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I'm not 100% on astral projection, how it is achieved, what it is technically considered to be / mean, or why some people seek to achieve it.

Like most people, I have had dreams of flying. I have also had dreams of being in space. I have also had dreams whereby I have not flown, high as birds do or as the sky as such, but have been able to levitate. I have also had dreams of floating above myself - watching myself sleep. I have also dreamed of watching myself as a child, meeting face to face and then exploding into the stars. Are any of these things considered to be astral projection, or is it only considered astral projection if you make a conscious effort to achieve it? Just interested to know your opinions, and if there is an 'official' view

Hi ! I need some advice. I have some questions. I have had some unusual experiences. I typed a few things into google and I came across an old forum chat from 2009, which is how I found this site.

Basically, to cut a very long story as short as possible, I've always had crazy spacey dreams, and for a while suffered from sleep paralysis. Then, one day about a year or so ago, I kind of dreamed, but was aware of the fact that I was in my bed, of a chorus of angels singing. The chorus was incredibly loud, the pitch just got higher and higher inside my head and I felt it in my chest. In my minds eye I saw lots of angel faces, pink and gold. When I fully opened my eyes (the pitch was so high I physically couldn't deal with it) I realised that actually I was arched in my bed, my chest lifted up and I was crying. I felt as though I had been filled with golden light and I just sobbed for a while.

Then last week, a similar thing happened. I was in bed and kind of half woke up very early in the morning. I was laying this time more on my front than on my back. I was dreaming but I was aware that I was dreaming, I could feel the bed sheets on my skin. So anyway I dreamed about walking through a very old gate, there was a very small man's face and I remember thinking "these monks were tiny" so then I hear a male voice, it has a choral sound like before but this time it is tuneful, not just one note getting higher and higher like before. More male voices join in and it is so beautiful, as the intensity of the chorus grows my body begins to vibrate, my insides, my brain, I feel a little panicked for a few seconds like I might just float off or die, or my chest might explode, but the voices are so beautiful, I just relax and let the vibrations go through me. It does get so intense however that it just kind of stops. My eyes are partially opened during all of this and I can see the morning light in the garden through my window. It was so powerful I can't even tell you.

I am not religious. I have been working with the Reiki energy a bit more than normal but not a lot. I was attuned to the first level 2 years ago now after spending a few years thinking about doing it. I have been considering doing the 2nd level but have been very busy at work.

What does this mean? Am I mentally ill or going to have a brain seizure or something? I read a few articles about body vibrations and sleep paralysis and everyone was recommended an MRI scan. It didn't actually occur to me that there may be something physically wrong with me, and that that might be causing these experiences, now I'm a tad worried.

I don't really know anything about what is going on so could anybody perhaps enlighten me somewhat?

Thank you

Gilly K