Astral Projection in a dream

[Vanessa]

So, today I had the opportunity to exit in a dream. In the dream I was VERY tired and layed on my bed and closed my eyes and could instantly feel that my level of relaxation made
me feel my astral body and I could also partially see through my eyelids. The room, however, became my actual bedroom and I became aware somehow(at the time I thought it was a usual exit somehow).

I then decided to fall through the floor until I reached the bottom floor and then I though, hey let's ascend.. So I ascended back to my bedroom and then  remembering my last lessons about belief and trust in these dimensions I flew out of my window for the very first time!

Many times before my window has kind of been an obstacle and made me fall asleep again, but this time I just remembered my lessons of belief in your will and actions.

As I flew out of my window I started to feel a bit relieved and happy as usual, and then started to ascend. Weird thing is the landscape turned into my old neighborhood when I flew out the window and started to ascend towards the sky(I didn't realize this at the time, but afterwards I know that I had somehow exited in the dream, I was aware of everything but not the fact that the dream was a dream..). Usually my OBEs before has lasted 10-45 seconds until I somehow loose consciousness. This time I remebered that lesson of belief and how it affected my last exit and I felt that this time could last forever because of my faith in it. As I ascended the landscape became smaller like looking from an airplane, amazing. Realizing I couldn't do much up there besides watch a miniature of the landscape I descended..

I then managed to shift my astral form a bit, which I have never done before, but this time belief was an ingredient. I didn't think much more about the shift and went on the flying through the nighborhood. It seemed to be summer, but it is winter in reality... I flew around seeing a lot of people in this sunny beautiful day. Most didn't notice me which made sense. I just kept flying feeling 100% in control and flying around this place. People seemed very happy for some reason. This dream later changed appearance even though I didn't realize it was a dream completely(eventhough I was completely aware..). Cities from reality started blending into this neighborhood and different landscapes for a moment, and for a moment I thought I might have exited my body for good since I started seeing a lot of happy people how seemed familiar and parts of my life started playing before me in this dream, but it didn't really matter to me I was excited. Then I was in my neighborhood again, without any blending of cities and stuff, and I landed on ground and started walking and felt how strong gravity was and the belief of it. I got someone to notice me but I scared the person off for some reason.

I then tried flying but the belief of gravity was strong. I then remembered to have faith and successfully erased gravity and started flying to my old home to check what people was doing inside, but then I started waking up. Not because I lost conscious, but because people inside the  house made loud noises! The lessons of my past OBE made this astral projection last until physical sound woke me up! I achieved so many things because of that lesson of belief and look forward to future projections. However I can only exit when opportunities randomly present themselves, but I know how to take these opportunities. Time  duration felt like 5-10 minutes or and hour. Time was different there, IRL 3 hours had passed.

[Szaxx]

You learned to believe in yourself and things are not hard to do.this belief manifested as they do in the NP and you stayed there for longer than you previously had. Keep this belief going and you'll be there for much longer. It's all it takes.
Well done.

[Vanessa]

Thank for your comment! Always much appreciated. Also something interesting, lately I have been flying in my dreams a lot like every other day in different ways, although usually not lucid. I feel very good when I fly and kind of unlimited and free. I have also started almost having an opportunity each or each other day to OBE in case I choose to try lately.

[Szaxx]

Take the offer and go for it. So many people want to do this and you have the chance to improve your experiences into more awareness which is always a good thing.

[Bloodshadow]

seems everyone has said all the most important stuff, so I will just leave a link to my projection within a dream I had........ http://www.astralvoid.com/hydro1-journal/mixed-lucid-projection-dream-t673.html#p3046 

http://www.astralvoid.com/hydro1-journal/institution-t392.html?hilit=institute#p1282

hmm seems I had two of them but the second link was the one I was thinking of, but they both are projections in a dream enjoy.

[Whirlwind]

I had a dream of astral projection a few months ago. I was lying in bed in my childhood home, and lifted up out of my body and through my old bedroom window. I then experienced a loss of awareness, as I only remember reentering the house after awhile. Then I saw two men, who I identified as "agents" (classic CIA/Secret Service/Matrix-style agents); they appeared to be unable to see or hear me, and were both searching for something—one in the kitchen, rifling through a drawer, and another on the patio, beating a rug or something and examining the debris that fell from it, looking for something.

My question is: what do dreams of AP mean? Are they actual AP experiences? And does that question even make any sense?

[EscapeVelocity]

In my experience, having had a few of these as I was getting back into pursuing the Art, I would put them in the "in-between" category; they may not be conscious AP experiences but they are Non-Physical experiences, which is how I look at all these experiences at least initially, especially if I am a bit confused by them at first. Many people experience these and I think they fit into a significant category that indicates you are making progress; they are a kind of "trial run", your subconscious mind providing you with a practice run of an AP, testing how you would deal with it, what your reactions might be. I think it is one of the early signs that indicates good progress, and it is one sign (for you) that your progress is somewhat dependent on some personal and subconscious factors that you may not have been aware of previously.

So, next time you are going to sleep, send a message of thanks and that you "would like more of the same" to your inner/higher self.

Also start to realize that your NP self will not be the self that is awake and reading this post right now; it will be the self that was in that AP dream from a few months ago. It is a "self" that will have limitations and will require a certain degree of nurturing and development.

[Whirlwind]

In my experience, having had a few of these as I was getting back into pursuing the Art, I would put them in the "in-between" category; they may not be conscious AP experiences but they are Non-Physical experiences, which is how I look at all these experiences at least initially, especially if I am a bit confused by them at first. Many people experience these and I think they fit into a significant category that indicates you are making progress; they are a kind of "trial run", your subconscious mind providing you with a practice run of an AP, testing how you would deal with it, what your reactions might be. I think it is one of the early signs that indicates good progress, and it is one sign (for you) that your progress is somewhat dependent on some personal and subconscious factors that you may not have been aware of previously.

So, next time you are going to sleep, send a message of thanks and that you "would like more of the same" to your inner/higher self.

Also start to realize that your NP self will not be the self that is awake and reading this post right now; it will be the self that was in that AP dream from a few months ago. It is a "self" that will have limitations and will require a certain degree of nurturing and development.

Thank you for your thoughtful feedback; this confirms what I perceived about the experience when comparing it to both my "dreams" and the realtime OBE I described on this forum awhile back (your feedback was the best I received ) . http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/welcome_to_astral_projection_experiences/my_first_projection-t46362.0.html;msg360766#msg360766

[Lumaza]

I had a dream of astral projection a few months ago. I was lying in bed in my childhood home, and lifted up out of my body and through my old bedroom window. I then experienced a loss of awareness, as I only remember reentering the house after awhile. Then I saw two men, who I identified as "agents" (classic CIA/Secret Service/Matrix-style agents); they appeared to be unable to see or hear me, and were both searching for something—one in the kitchen, rifling through a drawer, and another on the patio, beating a rug or something and examining the debris that fell from it, looking for something.

IF we were on a "Ufology" based Forum, your description here would be labelled a classic "Alien Abduction Case".

I have had many of these "pulled" put of the body scenarios. I even had one where I got pulled out by my feet, and then I was corkscrewed upside down through my ceiling. I had to abort the consciously awareness there. It was too much of a system overload to handle.

You can read about it in this thread here. My name at the time was "Lionheart". June 27th 2013
http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/welcome_to_out_of_body_experiences/everything_you_could_ever_want_to_know_about_sleep_paralysis-t38734.50.html

What really happened? I still am not sure. I definitely feel that I was "taken" somewhere.  It was my consciousness that was "abducted", not my physical body. It felt like my body though. But that would go against the laws of nature and science.

[Whirlwind]

IF we were on a "Ufology" based Forum, your description here would be labelled a classic "Alien Abduction Case".

I have had many of these "pulled" put of the body scenarios. I even had one where I got pulled out by my feet, and then I was corkscrewed upside down through my ceiling. I had to abort the consciously awareness there. It was too much of a system overload to handle.

You can read about it in this thread here. My name at the time was "Lionheart". June 27th 2013
http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/welcome_to_out_of_body_experiences/everything_you_could_ever_want_to_know_about_sleep_paralysis-t38734.50.html

What really happened? I still am not sure. I definitely feel that I was "taken" somewhere.  It was my consciousness that was "abducted", not my physical body. It felt like my body though. But that would go against the laws of nature and science.

Yes! Of course! That makes a lot of sense, considering the abduction symptoms (and scant abduction memories) that I have; and I recently learned that 9 out of 10 Alien Grey abductions are of one's inner/astral body rather than one's outer/physical body, yet I had not connected this "dream" to them (but, rather, had wondered if these had been Gang stalkers, though due to reports of MILABS and other crossover phenomenon I guess that no such distinction can really be made anyway). I remember that you once had a different moniker before I found this forum because I read a few of the threads under Lionheart that you sent me links to. I'm on my way to read that thread now.