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So last night im pretty sure i had my first Lucid Dream, in this post i will tell you what happened ( please read to give me a concrete answer to wether it was a LD or not )

Last night i went to be like normal, which is by staying on this forum until about 11-12 and then laying in bed, i then relaxed my body and tried to sleep also i said i will wake up after my dream once, and i also put an alarm on for 5-6 hours after sleep.
I was then asleep then i woke up but not from my alarm, it must of been from the mantra i said, when i woke up i turned my alarm off because i thought i wouldnt need it now ive just woke up. i then went back to sleep(this is where it starts)
I then enter a dream and i will explain what happened in this dream in full now :

My dream first started when i was in a sex scene with a girl down a black path near the willows, i then saw people walking up towards me who where after me in the dream and for some reason i saw one of my friends in real life there who i dont really speak to( but i saw him tonight because i had a football match) after that we walked past the primary school and into the shop on the corner, and there was a group of dark skinned men and i even saw my doctor! when i came out the shop i saw a big dark skinned man staring at me asif to say he was going to hurt me, i walked close to him. Next thing i remember is being outside the nursery gates and the big guys where in the mans house + they told my friend to hit me and i said "Why Jack?" and he said " you will probably hurt me because you have a longer reach" I then started to run away and at that point i knew something was wrong because i was running in slow-motion(i have had many of these dreams before looking on forums and knowing to RC) i then did a RC by pinching my nose and trying to breathe out of it, after i saw my sister after realising i was dreaming and was telling her " lauren im dreamin im having my first lucid dream!" Next IMO i became lucid because i was saying to myself im dreaming and i started rubbing my hands together to keep lucidity or increase it, next i tried flying by standing there and just floating up, this worked and as soon as i flew up i tried hiding away from the people who where after me, i hid on a bulidng in the school, the people who where after me where walking past looking for me but couldnt see me, however when they went back resigned to losing me my friend somehow flew next to me and shouted " he's here". next thing i know is that i was trying to run away again and i said to my self that i have read somewhere that you can use your finger as sort of a wand to make things come out of the end of it, so i tried to make the floor icey behind me where they was chasing me. A light blue zap flew out of my finger but it didnt make it icey it just covered the ground behind me, i then tried again and when it hit the floor it created like a black hole, the only person who died in the hole was the person who wanted to hurt me at first. after i was trying to make more holes in the ground with the zap but it wouldnt work. i then tried flying away but a women grabbed me and i said to her i can take you anywhere im dreaming and i said to my friend " cant i jack?" he said yes. my dream then started to fade and i woke up.

I just want your opinions on wether if i was lucid, semi-lucid or wether i was dreaming about being lucid! Thanks for reading !

Sorry For the long post.

Are lucid dreams a good path towards AP?

Would it be better for a newcomer on the AP like myself to learn more about LD first then once i feel comfortable in LD move onto AP?

Do binaural beats work? I have a 20min mp3. beat called eternal peace and i think they work quite well but they cant seem to get me to the pre- projection stage, so what is your views on BB?

I have always wanted to know this since practicing and reading into AP, also i know that the scenes around you evolve depending on your thoughts, so for example I'm sort of fascinated by dinosaurs so would this mean if i was 100% aware in the astral would I be able to encounter things such as T-Rex and see what they was really like?

I know it sounds stupid but I'm really curious.

I want to know how to do this because i think this is whats letting me down, so any tips or advice would be appreciated !

Im asking this question because i usually sleep on my side, but with practicing AP i lay on my back. When i go to sleep on my side it takes me on average about 10-15 minutes to fall asleep and obviously fall into SP, however when i practice by laying on my back i can be layed there for 50 - 60 mins without really deepening my relaxation levels. But if i was to practice by laying on my side as if i was going to sleep is there anyway i could bring back consciousness just as my body fell asleep?

Hi, my names Lewis and Im 17 and I recently discovered Astral Projection ( About 4 days ago ).

I have been searching all over the internet in order to find the best technique's to concentrate, relax and Project. When I felt i had the correct technique I would lay on my bed with my arms at the side palms up, i would then close my eyes and try my hardest to relax and concentrate on one thing, I would then feel asif my head was spinning, waves where coming over me and it felt asif my arms where  floating up, after that my breathing seems harder and deeper. After i would just lay there waiting for the projection to happen with no results.

What am I doing wrong?
What am I doing right?

I know that I'm sticking to Astral Projection I was just wondering what your thoughts on my efforts was.