Hypnopompic — when you wake up but still feel the presence of other worlds.

Hypnagogic vs. Hypnopompic: Understanding the difference between these two states of consciousness.

Have you ever woken up feeling like you weren't quite "here" yet?

(or, as some say, feeling like you haven't fully downloaded your soul yet?)

As if part of you were still somewhere else — on another plane, in another reality, or inside a dream that hasn't ended yet?

This moment, when we awaken but are still between worlds, is known in sleep psychology as hypnopompic.

The name may sound strange, I know — but it describes an experience that happens to all of us, even if many people don't realize it.

Hypnopompic is the transitional state between sleep and wakefulness, that is, that instant when the body awakens, but consciousness hasn't yet fully "downloaded" from the extraphysical dimension.

💭 There is also the opposite state, called hypnagogic, which occurs when we are going to sleep.

But since I've already explored this topic in detail in another article, here's the link for anyone who wants to understand the difference between the two portals of consciousness:

👉 Hypnagogic — the portal of projection of consciousness, inspiration, and divine connection.

🌙 What is Hypnopompic?

The word hypnopompic comes from the Greek hypnos (sleep) and pompic (passage, conduction).

In simple terms, it is the transitional state from sleep to wakefulness, when consciousness is returning but still carries residues of the dream world and subtle dimensions.

It is a borderline moment: the physical body awakens, but the mind and energies are still partially in another realm of reality.

Therefore, many people report experiences such as:

🔸 Seeing images or symbols floating in the environment even with eyes open;

🔸 Feeling subtle presences or vibrations around the body;

🔸 Having vivid memories of dreams, messages, or ideas that seem to "descend" from the spiritual plane;

🔸 Or, simply, that feeling of not yet being fully present.

Science describes hypnopompic as a borderline state of consciousness, in which the brain alternates between theta and alpha waves — typical of deep relaxation — and beta waves, associated with wakefulness.

But, from a spiritual perspective, this moment can be seen as an energetic bridge between dimensions, when the soul is still returning from the extra-physical realm and consciousness attempts to fully reintegrate with the body.

🌞 The “download” of information upon awakening.

When I wake up, I often notice an interval between being asleep and being awake.

It's as if consciousness is returning in layers — first the extra-physical body re-fitting into the physical, then thoughts reorganizing, and only then does full lucidity emerge.

In the meantime, ideas, memories, phrases, and insights begin to come — sometimes about situations I was reflecting on days before, other times about spiritual themes, teachings, or symbolic messages.

It's a very clear feeling that I'm "receiving data": as if the unconscious — or the extraphysical field itself — were sending everything that was processed during sleep.

On some days, this state seems to last quite a long time.

I've had the impression of lying motionless for approximately 10 or 15 minutes, just observing the flow of information descending — maybe even longer.

It's difficult to be precise, because at this stage the perception of time changes completely.

In the extraphysical realm, time doesn't run the same way as here in the physical; therefore, the sensation is that everything stretches out, as if the moment lasted much longer.

My ex-wife even joked about it: she said I woke up "serious and paralyzed," staring blankly into nothing — when, in fact, I was receiving what I call an energetic and informational download.

And the most interesting thing is that, when the process ends, it seems like I know exactly what to do.

Questions that were confusing become clear, decisions become evident, and often solutions that I couldn't find the day before simply appear ready-made.

It's as if, during hypnopompic, the soul and mind synchronize their files, and, in the end, the entire system — physical, mental, and energetic — is "updated."

🌌 A Multidimensional Perspective.

From a spiritualist and projectionist perspective, during sleep we project ourselves outside the body — what Conscientiology calls projection of consciousness or separation of vehicles.

Upon waking, this process reverses: the extraphysical body approaches and gradually reattaches to the physical body, and the energies adjust until integration is complete.

It is at this moment that many people feel:

🔸 The body vibrating (spontaneous vibrational state);

🔸 Subtle images dissolving;

🔸 Internal sounds or voices;

🔸 Or an overlap between physical and extraphysical reality.

Hypnopompic, in this sense, is the moment of reintegration between planes, when part of the consciousness is still "there" while the body is already "here".

That's why experiences of downloads, insights, subtle presences, and memories of projections are so common at this time.

✨ Why pay attention to this moment?

These minutes — or, in my case, sometimes even half an hour — between sleep and waking are precious.

It is there that the boundaries between worlds are thinnest — and, if you learn to observe calmly, you can transform hypnopompic into a daily portal of self-knowledge and inner guidance.

Some simple practices help to better enjoy this state:

1️⃣ Avoid waking up abruptly. If possible, use gentle alarm clocks or wake up naturally.

2️⃣ Observe before moving. Note what you feel, hear, remember, or intuit in the first moments.

3️⃣ Write everything down. Ideas, phrases, or images can be quickly lost; a journal by your bedside is a treasure.

4️⃣ Don't be afraid of the unusual. Many of these sensations are natural — just different from what we call “normal.”

5️⃣ Value the messages. Sometimes, what emerges at this threshold is exactly what you needed to understand for your day.

⭐ Conclusion:

Hypnopompic is a phenomenon that unites science, spirituality and direct experience.

It is the moment when the body awakens, but consciousness still dances between dimensions.

While neuroscience describes it as a transition of brain waves, spirituality recognizes it as an energetic re-engagement of the soul, an instant in which extraphysical information can be decoded in the form of intuition, clarity, or insight.

And perhaps it is precisely in this brief interval — between sleep and lucidity — that life delivers answers that cannot be expressed in words, but that settle silently within consciousness.

👻 Professor Renan Schütt – researcher of consciousness, out-of-body experiences, and the multidimensional dynamics of the soul.

👽 WRITTEN BY: Renan Schutt 🛸 AUTHOR'S LINKS: SPACESHIPS | UNIVERSE