What is this? Am I imagining it?

[skt2k4]

I took some time off from trying to learn AP (I've been a fairweather attempter for the past few years) when I went to my first year of college.

A few days ago, I got interested again. I read Astral Pulse before going to bed, then woke around 4:30 am. I didn't move, and attempted to imagine myself APing. I got the vibrations, felt scared, and cut it short. But it felt too convenient, too easy, and I didn't feel like I was in that special a mental state. It felt different from being fully awake, but I could still think in words ("maybe i'll envision being downstairs now...), just not as clearly (right word?) as when I'm awake.

Strange.

Happened 2-3 times since, so it's either a recurring dream (maybe I could go lucid? who knows) or some kind of pre-AP phenomenon?

[Stookie]

It sounds like you've maybe entered a light trance. (Maybe Monroe's "F3" or even "F10"). Getting good at that is a great first step towards regular projections.