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So I've been pondering this question for a while:

as time does not exist beyond the physical plane, couldn't one be reincarnated as someone from the past?

(I personally don't see time as linear, nor cyclical. In fact, I don't even believe time exists, as the past nor future ever exists in the present, which is all that exists.
though in saying that a generation of people that no longer exist have created a generation that currently exists, time would dictate that the past has created the present.
(I'm one to put myself at both sides of a debate))

anyway, this question lead me to a thought.

what if life is an endless process of reincarnation of every sentient being from the beginning of time until the end?
-that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself through the life of everything that has ever existed, and everything that will exist, forever.

This thought came to mind as I crossed paths with a man walking opposite my direction on the sidewalk. As we shared eye contact and nodded our heads at each other, I wondered if I ever had, or if I ever will live their life.

I hope this makes sense. It's very difficult to explain.

so I now know how to project from sleep paralysis, and find it very simple at that; though I seem to be having trouble seeing. It seems like my eyes are closed while I'm out of body, though am unable to open them. I'm sometimes able to create an image or surrounding for a few seconds though as soon as I turn in another direction everything goes black. I'm able to float/move around but it just feels like I'm blind.
any ideas?

So last night I had my first "experience" of consciously willing myself out of my body. This has happened to me a few times before, though it was spontaneous and when I wasn't trying. I suppose I wasn't expecting this to happen to me tonight either, but eh.

anyway, last night I drank an energy drink containing probably a lot of caffeine, so I took 3mg of melatonin to help me sleep. this felt like insomnia and sleep paralysis combined. My body was heavy yet my mind was clear. My mind was wide awake, and my body asleep. I was able to focus my awareness on any part of my body. after a while I could feel energy pulsating throughout my body and as I directed it to my left hand, my consciousness was sucked into it as the bed underneath me vanished and I found myself standing beside my bed, looking at myself laying in it, laughing.

I won't go into detail about my following experience, but i had a lucid-dream like experiences. I would wake up back in bed and did it all over again. this happened about 3 times. During the experiences I was just experimenting and such (i.e. picking up the phone and listening to the voices coming out of it, walking down the street having conversations with people, going into houses. just exploring, basically)

anyway, this was a very dream-like scenario.

I realize that a dream is an out of body experience with self-created hallucinations, keeping you from perceiving the "astral realm". Realizing this, I'm able to make my surroundings vanish, though that's about it. I can make scenery appear at will and such. I believe I read somewhere that to enter the astral from a dream you must first make everything vanish, so I did. I was now in a black abyss. at one point I tried to feel around whilst floating in the blackness and discovered some glass-like trinkets which felt very real. very smooth and sideways-teardrop-shaped. I was able to touch these objects, though I was unable to see anything. everything was black, but I could feel my astral body as I made "jogging-in-place" motions and did back flips and such. At an attempt to try to get my vision to work, I tried to take my astral hands and open my brow chakra by rubbing it or something, but my head was in the way. haha. (I hope this makes sense)

I suppose my questions are obvious:
how can I see the astral plane/ know the difference from a dream/ enhance clarity etc.

is there some sort of "third-eye energy work" I could do?

what does the astral plane look like? is it self-created?

I'm not exactly sure how to explain this. Last night I had a false awakening though in the back of my mind, I thought my physical body was moving while I was dreaming of the false awakening. I felt my physical body get out of bed, and fall to the floor, as I was dreaming of a false awakening (like I said, hard to explain). I began to wonder if I was in the transition stage of astral projection, from a dream. So as I felt my physical body, kneeling on the floor, I was conscious in a dream like state, surrounded by hallucinated scenery behind my closed eyelids. I tried to dispel the dream scenery to enter the astral realm (as I've heard that's how it's done). After consciously and willingly dispelling my dream scenery, I open my eyes to see that I'm actually on the floor. I stand up to do a reality check. I plug my nose, and I can no longer breath. I take a good look around me, and everything seems 100% real. I look at my hands. Nothing wrong with them, all five fingers, not melting, can't put them through eachother. I get up and look at my bed, I don't see myself on it. Though I was still not convinced I was awake. I walk down stairs and at some point, loose consciousness. I awake later in my bed (with the memory of a dream I had later on, after I had lost consciousness).

does this sound like astral projection? why would the reality checks have failed?

(I have been practicing astral projection for about two months now and have gotten no further than intense vibrations and dissociation.)

I'm having a little trouble understanding what your astral body's supposed to "feel like" while exiting. I've tried various techniques before but tonight I tried something different; my own "technique", if you will. At first, while trying the "rope" technique, I felt intense vibrations, as I usually do, followed by the usual ceasing of such. As I lay there in a somewhat deep trance, dissappointed, I decided to try a phasing method, imagining myself on one of those exercising stationary bicycles. I imagined myself pedaling to the rhythm of my breathing. After doing this for a few moments I felt energy sensations in the lower half of my body. I'm not sure what the astral body is supposed to feel like, but it felt as if my legs were made of nothing but pure energy, and that they were moving in synchronization to the motion of what I was imagining myself doing: pedaling an exercise bicycle. It didn't feel like my physical body pedaling, but as if some sort of energy, surrounding my legs, were pedaling. As usual, all sensation stopped at some point. Could this have been my "astral body"? My persistance leads to an increase, followed by a decrease in results. what could I do to go further?

Any response is greatly appreciated. Thank you very much for your time. 

a few weeks ago something very strange happened to me. let me start from before that. i had been trying to astral project for about a month prior to when this happened, sometimes using binaural beats to aid me. I felt the vibrations on my first attempt and practiced every night since then, never feeling vibrations as intense as on my first try. On one particular night, however, i felt very close to projecting. as i lay on my back, my consciousness felt as if i were positioned on my side, and that the top half of my body was pointing one way as the bottom half was in the other direction. i continued meditating until it felt like i was propelling at great velocity through a tunnel. i continued to keep my mind clear. eventually i got the very intense vibrations as i continued travelling through this tunnel. for some reason everything just slowed down. the vibrations got less intense, the sense of moving ceased, and i could soon feel my physical body again. somewhat disappointed, i decided to go to sleep. i had a few non-lucid, but long/strange dreams while asleep.

this is where things get weird.

i had, what i assumed to be, a false awakening. i awoke in my bed, wearing headphones, and could hear binaural beats. at first i had thought that i had fallen asleep with my headphones on until i realized that i hadn't been listening to binaural beats as of recent. i went to pick up my mp3 player and to my surprise, there was nothing in my hand. i could feel it in my hand, but i was holding nothing. i look in front of me and everything seemed 100% real/physical. but a little blurry (my vision is often blurry when i wake up). alright, so i look to my left, and this is the crazy part. I'm still seeing the same thing. i get up out of bed, try to stumble to the door, and the whole time I'm seeing the same thing. the same view i had while in bed, looking in front of me, seeing what i had seen when i went to check my invisible mp3 player. as i tried to open the door, i had a very intense head rush and passed out.

i woke up exhausted, sweating, and with a terrible headache, no headphones, on my back, in no unnatural position. i tried to find out what this could've been until i saw a topic on here by Selski on astral sight. i came across "Body Sight" and thought that might be what i had experienced. but could i really have projected through a non-lucid dream/false awakening? or was this just a strange, drug-like lucid dream? everything seemed/felt very real. even in retrospect.