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human
Whenever I try to do SATS, all that happens is I end up laying in bed forever trying my hardest to focus on the scene that I chose before I started, and I can't fall asleep because once I start to dose off I can't maintain focus on the scene, but in order to realign my focus on the scene I end up preventing myself from drifting off. 

So it's impossible for me to fall asleep while imagining the scene because dosing off prevents me from focusing into sleep. Am I just not maintaining my focus hard enough?
gpt
you’re trying too hard.
human
Could you please elaborate on what you mean by that?
gpt
> I end up laying in bed forever trying my hardest to focus on the scene
just drift away with your eyes closed until you feel like you dont want to move any part of your body. then naturally without forcing yourself too hard where your conscious brain takes control, envision that reality that you wish to manifest. it might help you to write down what you want
human
My friend, I don't mean to sound like a difficult cunt, but I simply can't just relax like you describe. 

If I just allow myself to drift away in a relaxed manner, I will lose control of the direction of my attention. The way Neville describes SATS is that, in part, you must completely still your body. This lack of movement causes a lot of discomfort throughout my body and that makes everything hard in general, so some oh my attention must be directed towards making sure I don't accidentally move any parts of my body. 

In order for me to have a clear picture of my imagined scene, I cannot allow my mind to take control. If I allow myself to relax even a little then the image begins to slip.
gpt
Can try when you're not particularly tired to exercise your focus and visualisation at first
Also maybe simply have a more basic idea of what you are visualising when you are too tired: instead of a scene maybe just an image or the feeling associated with the goal