INSTANT HYPNAGOGIC STATE TIP
It occured to me many times, and whenever I wake up from a dream but needed more sleep this is the part where my mini shifts occur (i just started shifting this week) i went through about the hypnagogia blogs here and that explains the phenomenon that is happening to me.
for people having trouble inducing it heres the easy steps:
(this has worked in MY experience as someone who has trouble falling asleep at 5am)
1. before you sleep set an alarm 2-4 hours from now (depends each person) since you have to be tired
2. sleep, just affirm a little but just effortlessly sleep
3. WAKE UP FROM THAT ALARM AND TURN IT OFF
4. you will gonna feel so tired bc the lack of sleep and the need to sleep more !!!!! by that, ITS EASIER to start inducing the hypnagogia state, keep your mind a wake a little using any method, now start to feel your dr, affirm, manifest, think how would you think if you are in ur dr rn, activate/check your 5 senses, visualize (dont overdo your imagination because some people get pulled out) just feel your dr and it will start to assume you are in it, this is the state that some guided meditations wants you to feel.
5. enter the void or your dr, just by affirming (in this case you can just drift completely which worked for me waking up in my dr, just let it happen until you reach it)
if you fell asleep during step 4 just naturally wake up and try again!
DO NOT RUSH STEP 4 it takes a while for some people ( some users mentioned listening to theta waves help )
edit: I found a post similar to this method, and it has more steps and i suggest to consider it too! HERE
also symptoms include random hallucinations and it can be physical, i felt my body falling or floating during step 4, even hearing crowds and seeing figures but just affirm and manifest act like you are in ur dr. this helps to shift awareness
pls update me in the replies if this works for you or it works for most beginners especially to those who can only shift thru lucid dreaming.
about me: i just started to shift and this is the only method that i had close encounters with. waking up after a dream and between it i will do step 4 and sleep again, but this has an alarm method, again i am not an expert YET since i just started shifting and im suprised how far i had come, you can find my shifting journey in my profile! and im open for friends and moots