I've been attempting to practice astral projection for months, and I've had some success. I've had dreams that seemed to be more than dreams and strange sensations and experiences that I haven't been able to explain. It's all incredibly interesting, but I've been having some issues with consciousness that are making it hard for me to feel satisfied. When i'm projecting, or am experiencing a lucid dream, It always feels like there's something missing, like there's a fog over my mind. It still feels like I'm me, but there are subtle differences in the way my emotions are processed. I seem to be more emotionally stable, but my thoughts are less clear and more disjointed, and I lose the ability to contextualize events from my waking life. If I'm astral projecting and it still feels like a dream, how do I know it's a legitimate experience?
Enough has happened that I've become reasonably certain that these are more than dreams, but I'm having a hard time figuring out to what extent.
I've read some accounts from people who've said that they had exactly the same level of consciousness projecting that they do in their waking life. How does that happen? When it does happen, is it consistent? Consciousness seems to be a fickle thing, but I don't have enough information to verify or deny this.
Enough has happened that I've become reasonably certain that these are more than dreams, but I'm having a hard time figuring out to what extent.
I've read some accounts from people who've said that they had exactly the same level of consciousness projecting that they do in their waking life. How does that happen? When it does happen, is it consistent? Consciousness seems to be a fickle thing, but I don't have enough information to verify or deny this.