So how do I know the next time I project somewhere if its a real place, or not something I made up in my own mind??!!
The replicated abode is always built from your expectation. But this expectation is inaccurate. By moving away from this abode and pushing away any lingering thoughts you may find yourself in constructs that are completely unfamiliar and seemingly impossible to change. These constructs are the ones I highly suspect that are not our own.
The experience is always real, in fact it can feel realer than real or hyper-real. It is only a question of where you are focusing: whether on a personal or collective level. Exploring is a good technique because it may lead you to see the "wider astral" so to speak.
There are many amazing things you can do in the metaphysical. Have you read Kepple's Wider Reality? I think that guy was spot on and a lot of what he describes tallies with my experiences. Try not to worry so much about where you will project. Any projection is an "out-of-body experience" in the sense that your conscious focus has disassociated from the atonic physical body and is now focusing on a realm beyond our current understanding.
So far we have spoken about, metaphysical projections (dreams, lucid dreams, astral projection). The other type is in the here-now physical reality (Focus 1 oC) and these are hard to come by because they tend to be induced from deep sleep paralysis states. They are also quite distinct from metaphysical projections in that, apart from being typically short-lived, you usually perceived them from a floating point of consciousness rather than a "dream body" that resembles the physical one. In focus 1, however, one can manifest a shadowy body too and, as in NDEs, you can phase into the metaphysical from there (Focus 2, 3 and so forth according to Kepple).
Also, vision and movement is different in Focus 1. It tends to start off as gradual movements into 'frames of space' but you actually feel like you can teleport anywhere. Colours are duller and vision is somewhat different (even from the vision during waking life).
In astral projections, however, the metaphysical realm is usually bright and colourful! And if it's dark or nighttime, the hyper-reality or crisp quality remains or a sense of
surrealism is still apparent. By the way, you can also go from lucid dreams into here-now projections by visualising that a door or mirror will lead you to the physical realm, OR, by pushing the dream content away and regaining physical awareness during a very deep state of sleep paralysis. Re-enter the phase from here and there is a good chance that you will separate into the here-now.
I hope this helped!
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