John wrote:"It is generally accepted now that there is also a mid-way point between sleep and wakefulness. We all experience it at the point when we "fall" asleep or are just awakening. Some call it the "twilight zone". That is the point where most "visions" happen. It is the time when dreams overlap with reality and it can be difficult to discern, at that time, the difference between the two. That would, be the state that you seem to be describing in the rest of your last post and it is by no means "wacky" or strange, it is absolutely normal."

The name of that paticular state is refered to as the "Hypnogogic" (sp?) state, it is where the waking and sleeping states more or less intermingle. Those who pratice lucid dreaming use that paticular state of dreaming to initiate their experiances.

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