How would a beginner do this?
Keep in mind this is a 4 year side project I’ve been working on...
1st get in tune with being able to meditate that will help connect your mind to your body and build a relationship with the unknown aspect.
One tip that helped me a lot was:
When your about to fall asleep usually your brain sends signals to check if your body is ready for example the itch or fuzzy feeling on your nose. When you feel that don’t react to it don’t itch it or move just continue to watch your self go deeper into sleep
I also listen to binaurals and other sleep aids like rain to drift into sleep. It’s hard to explain it allows me to keep one piece of my mind active and tracking while I let my body go to sleep.
last night I was listening to a monk “OM” freq meditation video that I am familiar with I believe that allowed me to enter a dark part of my conscious. No headphones just had the phone just behind my head next to me on a mid to low volume.
different binaurals do different things you have to experiment. Warning though i would use one binaural for a couple of days until I’m used to it. when I was successful I was at the will of my mind so be ready for what may come.
now I can use podcast, speeches etc. just about any video that doesn’t keep my mind restless. To get in this state you don’t necessarily have to use binaurals (they work the best because they are relaxing) you just want to have a activity for tracking the stages and be comfortable enough to go to sleep and trick your mind.
also have the intention in mind as you lay down.
As for when your in the dream you have to build it like weight training .You have to strengthen your dream self to understand what’s going on because there is something like in that movie eagle eye or the robots from the matrix that’s gonna try to separate you when it realizes your really there. I usually just observe, sometimes I step in and try to change things and sometimes I know the decisions that’s playing out like in real life. It’s really cool tbh