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Hey guys I haven't posted in forever as I've had nothing to report but I just woke up from something that left me very confused and seems like a breaking point to a recurring problem I've had. A lot of the last posts I've made haven't gotten any responses but this is something that I would really like help making sense of.

For the past half year or so, I've been having dreams that have a sort of 'memory' quality to them during their duration, but when I wake up there's nothing to work with as the memory I've experienced has no real connection to my life. There are three main versions of it -- one is a movie that I can't figure out or remember what it is, and my dream is about me getting the answer to this broken memory, but when I wake up there's nothing to work with, as the name of the movie actually has no real counter part. However, the plotline of the movie is very similar each time I dream it, which further adds to my confusion. Then there's another version with a platform videogame with the level themes remaining very similar throughout. One of them I can recall from the top of my conscious head is a visceral inner-body level and another one is an 'office' level where I'm trying to be stealthy. Again -- never played a videogame like this, but the gameplay is similar to ones I've played. Always, as it is a dream, I'm directly in the game so it has a stronger feeling than just 'playing a game.' The third pivot of the 'memory' dreams revolves around a school I never went to --- from what I've gathered in the dream, I was 7-9 or so when I went to it and it was like a school at Childrens Hospital. True, one time in Third Grade I went for a week to a Childrens Hospital school because of how much trouble I got in -- but that was not nearly enough of an impact on my Psyche to create this much more prevalent dream environment. Maybe it draws other information from my time at religious school, but it's a haze in comparison to the reality. It's just such a strong memory that I'm feeling in the dream that really leaves me confused. Usually I'm trying to return to school somehow or find out what it is that's influencing me. There are also some other hazy memory dreams - but this one is the most important.

I was doing some work on my computer earlier today and I got really tired so I decided to take a nap. Nothing out of the ordinary until I started having a dream like this where I was at the school and I was fighting the teachers (I was my current age) and somehow the teacher managed to explode some of the computers while trying to catch me, setting off a fire and burning the building down. This was all part of the memory part, but in current day I found out about the school and how it was eventually going to be rebuilt. I wanted to visit it for some reason, but I wasn't allowed to. Transition back to the memory where I was fleeing the scene but my parents weren't mad at me (even though I wasn't the one who started the fire, but was still responsible) then we were taking a train back from the school, even though there's no trains I know of in my hometown -- closest I have is subway. And on the train I fell asleep into a calm state for AP and somehow became lucid. It was very weird as I was still in the back in time part. Later, in the future, as I was recovering the memories, I was trying to AP but wasn't successful. I eventually achieved it, unlocking my non-dream conscious at the time, but I still had influence from the 'memories' I was begging for answers inside the space-like neutral environment. I just kept yelling "Is anybody out there? I need answers!" at the top of my lungs. Then, I started being transported in a windy teleport vortex. The type that feels so weird as it bends space that makes you know you're in a higher state of conscious.

I arrived at some person's house and he was talking about how his house was renovated. I apparently knew him when I was younger and I used to astral project frequently. He seemed happy as if he hadn't seen me in a long time but we were close. He was older than I am. Somehow, he had a sense of familiarity and despite not remembering anything. I asked him how his dog was doing, and he said fine. After I asked it I was worried that it may have died in the time apart, but since he said it was fine it made me remember it was a non-physical dog. I asked him what all the memories were about and he said that one time I accidently fell asleep at school and then astral projected and he and I used to adventure together until I stopped showing up. He didn't know why my memories went away. We were about to enter his house when I woke up, completely confused what to make of all this. Is there any validity to what he said? Did I really use to astral project and somehow lost the memories and ability? This could explain the other dreams with a videogame/movie as it could have been something he and I did together instead. But it could be just nonsense. As I looked at his face though, his appearance looked more feminine so maybe he wasn't male/female as we tend to think of it in comparison to the real world. Maybe he/she is a more fluid entity.

I don't know if this is another load of bull to further confuse these dreams that I've gotten to the point of annoyance with since I can't figure out for the life of me what they mean and they waste dream time for other dreams I'd rather be having... This could be a huge step forward, on the other hand. Could I please have some other member's thoughts regarding this? Also, sorry if the explanation is confusing, it's hard to write when it's confusing to me too. Thanks.

Hey guys! It's been a while since I posted something here. I've been meaning to for a while but I hadn't got the chance. It's 3am where I am at the moment and I just woke up from a peculiar projection experience. It started off as a dream where I was in the ocean at the beach and I got petrified into stone by an evil merfolk creature and then my brother carried the pieces of rock and my father was yelling in a way he never does as to why it was taking us so long to come back from the beach. I was petrified and I was really heavy. I was just observing my brother and then when he the pieces off the beach he just dropped them and told my dad to carry them because he was upset that he was being yelled at when they were really heavy. Then the dream shifted to another scene where I was still a ghost and I was observing my aunt's house and my family was telling stories about me. I then wanted to leave but for some reason I was bound to the place so when I tried to leave, everyone was chasing me. (My aunt, my aunt's dog, ect) however the dream became lucid and I managed to escape and get to a different place.

I then was still sort of the observing ghost and I was watching one of my friends ride her horse from up above in the sky. The dream narrative was still sort of implying I was dead. However, the place she was riding the horse had a billboard playing music I've never heard and then I saw the billboard say it was 2/17/14 which I knew was off and then everything fast forwarded and blurred.

At that point, my dream switched into a different sort of projection. I could tell because there was this entity giant thing that walked by that sent fear into me. I then started throwing spells at it to kill it because I felt it was bad. However, then the setting switched to my room at home (I'm currently in my dorm) and when I felt the room was clear, I tried summoning my goddess's presence to me. Then a female figure approached me and at first I thought it was her, but as she got closer I saw she had imperfect grey skin and I thought she was evil so I started firing spells at her to no avail. She wasn't firing and then somewhere in there I stopped attacking and we starting talking. She had blue eyes, contrast to my goddess's green eyes. I wasn't fully sure she was benevolent, so I threw a quick spell at her to "Reveal true name" and then she said it. (I have no recollection what it was after I woke) and then I asked her if she was evil and she rolled her eyes and said "Haha no. As if."

Then she and I started conversing a bit and she said "The snow has changed some things on this side." and then I asked what and she said "The snow it showers" and that was confusing. Could be my mind rambling or it could mean something more. Then I asked if she knew any divination so she could see the future. She said no, so then I asked her if she knew anybody who could and could take me there, to which she also replied no. Then she knew that I wanted to know about the future because my friend's birthday is on Saturday, (the same friend from the dream earlier) and that I wanted to know if she would reply to the letter I sent her. The entity seemed sad she couldn't help, so she she said "However, I do remember that back when you were 15 and you first met her..." and then I asked her "Yeah, what?" and then my conscious began fading and I repeat. "Yeah, what?" and then I woke up with no answer. A bit disappointing. I made sure that I was truly awake, and then when I verified it (still unsure, this whole posting could be a dream) I got up and got a drink and processed the dream. I decided that it would finally be something worth posting here so here it is.

I'm going back to bed now as I have an 8am class. I might have more dreams/projections so if so I'll keep you guys updated. Peace!

Last night was another large milestone. I had several projection like experiences throughout the night. One of them I woke up to find my deceased dog's ghost cuddling me in bed and I could feel him very realistically. I then called my dad in to come as quickly as possible to see him, but he couldn't see him, only hear him. Of course, this was nothing more than a very realistic dream. My dad is currently out of town, and seeing dead animals in the physical world is not something that is likely to occur.

After that, throughout the night, I had other signs of OBEs. I experienced several incidents of vibrations, sleep paralysis and hypnogogia. I didn't manage to get past those states, sadly.

Finally, late in the night, I had another dream where my dog was there, as well as some other dogs which were supposedly my future pets. This time, however, I managed to gain conscious control. I then walked through the window and into a very distorted neighborhood. The physics felt weird for a few moments before I gained control over them, but afterwards I understood it. The neighborhood was in black and white and looked like Google Sketchup graphics. I pondered for a moment if I was in a lucid dream or actually astral projecting but then I remembered Xanth's wise words and dropped the labeling and decided it was a projection and left it at that. I asked myself whether I would be more comfortable if I was in my own mind or exploring something else but I didn't reach a conclusion. I flew around the neighborhood and a bunch of Google-like post-it notes appeared with 'thoughts' of other travelers. One of them said "Where do I go from here?" - A girl. I recognized that this was a quote from Pocahontus 2, which I saw the previous day which made me think I was in my own mind, but I didn't totally dismiss the possibility I was in a collective conscious.

I explored further and the world looked more like graphics from the video game Psychonauts than Google Sketchup. I flew through a series of buildings without my mind being fazed by the sight issues and then eventually I found myself in a red factory like setting. There was a bunch of blood, skeletons and gore which scared me at first but I knew I couldn't get hurt so I just kept on going. I flew up the factory beams and it seemed very much like Sonic The Hedgehog graphics, complete with the rings. I flew through the beams knowing I wasn't solid so I didn't have to try to aim my flight. I was worried for a moment that I wouldn't remember this experience, but with some odd dream logic, I knew that if I was experiencing it in the now, there was no way I could (not) remember it. Sort of as if time wasn't a factor in memories.

The next room I was in was a continuation of the factory setting but there were a bunch of monsters that didn't scare me. I had enough control to gain an energy gun that I just targeted each monster and shot at it and it went away. I then came across a door and I tried opening it, somehow knowing it would lead me to an arcade environment. There was a girl from my high school also opening the door, which in hindsight it's funny she appeared considering her senior paper was on Lucid Dreaming.

On the other side of the door, there was a birthday party for kids and there was an arcade shooting game that I was supposed to use my gun to shoot the animatronics to entertain the kids. My mother was there with a camera to take a picture but I told her I was in the nonphysical so there was no reason to take a picture as it won't last into the physical world, and if I came back to the non-physical, it would likely not be there, or serve no purpose. After that, part of me got a dark side and started to shoot at the kids instead of the animatronics, but the gun had no effect on them. This is where I think the distinction of being in my own mind or being in the astral makes a difference. Should I have been able to kill the kids with the gun, I think that being in my own mind would deem it to be 'ok' as no one but myself gets hurt, but if I was in an external place, someone would suffer and that would make my actions unacceptable.

Once I realized I couldn't shoot the kids, I then started aiming at the animatronics. I got a few shots in before I had to wake up. As I was waking up, I made extra effort into retaining the memories at least as long enough so I could write them down.

Any thoughts on this experience?

Hey guys! I'd like to report an interesting improvement that happened last night. I managed to trigger lucidity in a dream environment and I started doing some experiments regarding my sight.

I was trying extra hard to keep awareness, and I managed to do a few things that I thought was impossible for my mind to overcome. Mostly, I managed to close my dream eyes AND reopen them within the same environment without anything changing. I think one of my reasons I lose focus was because I'm afraid my mind doesn't have enough RAM (so to speak) to save a dream environment and 'unload' it via sight and then reload it once I get my sight back. However, this dream proved otherwise as I managed to do the test of closing and reopening FIVE times before I decided to explore. My fifth experiment even involved me spinning around with eyes closed and then reopening them, and even there I guess I had enough confidence to keep focused. After all, thought is reality in the dream world.

The funny thing is after I got full control over my sight, I went through a tunnel and for some reason I couldn't walk on the slope without slipping so I had to walk up using the handrail as a guide, but I couldn't do it. It was a mental roadblock because the other dream characters were able to walk up and down it with ease. It felt like a public place as it had a great flow of people, but once I finally reached the top, it was a small room with no exits similar to the Red Light District in Amsterdam. (One of the year-long research papers I did in high-school was on human trafficking) There was an escort in the room and I was started getting sexual desires, but I was arguing with myself whether I should follow as it was a dream and no-one was at risk of being trafficked, or if I should ignore it and try to explore my dream more. I woke up before I got to make a choice, for better or worse.

One of my main focuses I'm working on regarding the nonphysical at the moment is working with mentally making a distinction between non-physical vision and physical vision and I have a few things to say about it.

First off, one of my main problems that makes me lose focus in Lucid Dreams pertains to sight. I've noticed after quite a few experiments that one of the things that, for me, terminates lucidity/awareness is whenever my dream body loses the ability to see. I guess my brain works more visually, as when I'm swimming physically, I've noticed that I can stay underwater longer when I'm wearing goggles. I don't know what a rational explanation for that is, but it's something I've noticed. In dreams, when I try to spin around, my mind loses focus, when a lot of other people find that spinning helps maintain focus. When I do it, so much sensory input comes in that it overloads me. Maybe my mind is trying too hard to generate a landscape with a full 360 viewpoint? Another thing I've noticed is that when I do a forward somersault, my mind again overloads as it is trying too hard to interpolate the imagery from all the viewpoints as I am moving. Maybe it is a spatial issue, but I've had other experiences that have led me to further believe it is more of a vision based problem.

A few days ago, in my strongest recorded lucid dream, somehow one of my 'dream' eyes got closed and I started panicking as I was beginning to lose focus. However, with some weird mental feat, I managed to open my left eye within the dream without opening my eyes in the waking world. (Which usually is what happens during the transitory period when I am losing focus) This was a huge milestone for my lucid growth as I've never managed to regain focus in such an intense way. I managed to retain that focus to extend my dream to a personal record length.

Now, last night, I had a dream where I was getting some sort of magical lessons. It felt like water aerobics as it took place at a swimming pool, but instead of doing things in the pool, we were practicing popping bubbles magically. The group was having a graded contest on popping bubbles in the most artistic fashion, and a few people went and I knew what I wanted to do. I wanted to throw my magical energy like a boomerang, popping all the bubbles in a chain. My teacher wouldn't let me do that as she I was the 'transferred beginner student' who joined the class later than everyone else, but since it was a semi-lucid dream, I knew that I had the power to successfully achieve my goal. Class ended and I didn't get my turn, but the teacher kept me after class to talk to me about my plan. I tried insisting on letting her let me practice, and I managed to convince her to let me turn on the machine and try without getting graded just to prove I could do it. We then took long route to the machine and I started getting erotic feelings. I then tried deciding an age for the teacher for her to be a professional but not be too old for me. I decided 25 was the youngest she could be for the profession so I just accepted that. At the machine, for some reason (perhaps my desires were molding the dream too much) I had to be naked in order to pop the bubbles. The dream was at a low level of lucidity where my desire to fulfill the plot of the dream was fighting will my control and conscious wishes, so I was more dead-set on popping the bubbles than playing around with my attractive precocious professor.  I intended of remaining lucid long enough to get both things done, but alas, my vision issue came into play. While I was pulling my shirt over my head in order to remove it so I could pop the bubbles, the moment my eyes were covered by the shirt, I immediately lost all my focus and was forced into waking up. Quite a disappointment really.

That last incident led me to become seriously invested in finding a way to overcome this roadblock to lucid dreaming, as I'm starting to account my vision for one of the primary cause of early dream terminations.

Also, on a semi-related note, I recently bought a Mind-Fold because I saw people on the forum recommending it. It perfectly blocks out light, but for some reason when I wave my arm/hand in front of it, I can sort of 'see' a shadow/outline of my hand. Am I imagining seeing my hand based on my brain expecting to see it because of the motion, or is the light somehow passing through the Mind-Fold to actually cause me to see the motion outline?

I had another experience last night, (well, technically around 9am this morning as I slept it) where I was having a non-aware dream that involved a war between apes and dinosaurs (I was a dinosaur in the dream) and I invaded the enemy camp and found some crucial information and then an ape-mage was going to kill me but I bargained with him instead to be teleported away with my memory erased. I held onto my memory while being teleported as if expecting it not to be erased, and I expected to be teleported to a nearby city. (This dream had a very video-game feel) However, when I woke up from the teleportation I was in an alien landscape with red terrain and waterfallls. I was in a lucid dream at this point and I didn't get very far to explore before I woke up again in an even heightened awareness, except this time I was at what seemed like a beach with stairs going up to it. My view seemed very zoomed in, the only thing that made me think beach was the texture and color of what I saw. I couldn't move that easily, whenever I tried to move, I was moving at such a slow pace. (Maybe 1/1000 of normal movement speed?) So I then decided to switch my locomotive method from a physical style to a non-physical style since I knew I was in the Non-Physical. I then managed to rotate my body (or whatever you call it) and I saw there was a window on the beach which made me think that it was instead a building I was on at a weird angle and the black step things were something other than steps. However, I woke up to my physical body before I could really investigate further. The most interesting note I made of this experience was the ladder of awareness. First I was in a dream awareness, then I was in a lucid dream, and then I was above it. I'm still working on understanding the level above. I'm starting to get pretty fluid at the lucid dreaming state, however.

I haven't been on this site for a while because of college, but now I'm on a medical leave back home so I've been using my free time to practice Astral Projection again and I've finally opened Robert Bruce's M.A.P 90 Day Guide. I am at day four at the moment but last night I had some pretty interesting experiences. I had about four lucid dreams in one night, which I'd have to say is an all time record for me. I also managed to last pretty long in one of my dreams but sadly I lost focus before I managed to fulfill the plot conclusion in it. I tried to re-enter but I found myself in another dream where I just talked to a dream character about life, god, death and my family.

However, in the middle of the night, I found myself what seemed like awake in my room and I was going through the standard hypnogogic sounds and such. I felt a wave of fear over me because I was afraid of opening my dream eyes and seeing an intruder. (No offense Bedeekin if you're reading this, but in your SP video, the image of the nude woman with a horse head just gives me the chills) however, I affirmed to myself that nothing could possibly hurt me and I repeated the name of my goddess within my head just to comfort myself and I soon found the fear vanishing. I then saw shadows moving on my wall that looked like claws but I thought nothing of them and continued to relax. At one point, my walls turned into an Egyptian tomb complete with hieroglyphs, but that didn't last too long.  I then felt weird (like the vibrations I guess) and it felt like my legs were shaking uncontrollably. I then realized that one leg was crossed over the other and I had trouble deciding whether to lie straight of leave the leg crossed. I then focused on relaxing myself so I wasn't shaking and then I eventually heard a voice counting down. The voice sounded like Robert Bruce's voice as I had watched one of his videos before bed.

With my hands, I started pushing against a magnetic force but it was very strong so I pushed with both of my hands against the same force and then I thought "CARP! I don't know the exit technique" but I thought of the stuff I read about rope method and whatnot. I don't remember what I did exactly but I was dragged out of my body by my leg as if it was on a chain and then I found myself in a warped room with tiles with grotesque images on them. I think this was internal because one of the tiles had a picture of Sid's Spider Baby from Toy Story. Either my mind warped the area I was in, or the area I was in was my mind. I then heard the voice saying. "Great. Now wake up and write down in your journal" which I promptly did. I looked at the time and it was about 2:30. I was awake for a while trying to make sure I remembered everything before going back to sleep. I asked myself whether it was a dream or an OBE but then remembered the blurred line within the definition so I decided not to question it.

I don't know why last night had so much more NP experiences, but I was sleeping on the floor in my sleeping bag (like I usually do) and I ate about a quarter of a bag full of candy before bed.

If anyone has any comments or feedback on this experience, it would be much appreciated.

I know what you're going through. My dog died of cancer suddenly just this past January and he meant the world to me as I knew him for most of my life. I will try to send you healing energy and positive thoughts.

About the sticky orbs... The first thing that comes to mind is "Primordium" which is a fictional element of creation/source that I wrote into my stories. It is pretty much universal foundations that can be shaped with willpower into other objects. Not sure if if the ones you guys are encountering are similar, but have any of you tried turning to orbs into something else? Like weaving it into some sort of object or empowering it with memories/thoughts. That would be an interesting experiment.

I usually focus on my breathing and try not to get too excited. I'm able to maintain control for a while at this point. Another thing that others say works but I have yet to find helpful is demanding "Clarity Now!' or rubbing your hands together. Also I've heard spinning is supposed to help, but I end up losing control faster when I spin. I guess it varies from person to person, but like everything the more you practice the better you get. I've had lucid dreams since I was 8 years old, but only since this February or so have I been consciously trying to induce them and get better at it. I've gotten monumental results, last month I managed an incredibly vivid dream that lasted about what felt like 30 minutes. My best advice is to keep trying and learn the works of your own mind so YOU can understand how YOU can keep lucid.

I was browsing Xanth's website today and I found this article:

http://www.unlimitedboundaries.ca/2013/07/26/whats-the-blackness-in-the-3d-blackness/?fb_source=pubv1

I then realized that during my afternoon nap yesterday I actually succeeded at projecting again without really meaning to. I was drifting off but instead of going to a dream scene I found myself in a giant 3D Black Room.

I explored it by jumping around doing tricks such as homing in on invisible objects similar to how Sonic The Hedgehog does as well as grinding on imaginary rails. I also flew around it a bit and I landed on a floating platform I created. I was also in the meantime listening to the marching band's practice which could be heard from my dorm. At the time I didn't know if it was real PR music or NPR sounds but I tried to tune it out. I'm not sure if I succeeded to block the sound or if the band just stopped practicing at the same coincidental time.

My projection ended when my RA knocked on the door alerting me of the mandatory seminar I had to attend but I'm starting to feel as if I'm getting better at this. Thanks for all your help and I will continue to learn these things for myself and keep posted.

I thought I might share some of my recurring dream powers that I have accumulated over the years that I am able to access within dreams, whether they are lucid or not.

Name: "I'm not here" Invisibility
Summary: This ability is a battle of willpower. Instead of actually making me 'invisible' in the dream world, it makes it that the other dream characters don't acknowledge my presence.
Limitations/Conflicts: It is a tug-of-war with my mind in order to actually make sure the other characters are fooled by my trick. Sometimes I am not able to overcome it. I've also found that at times the characters hear me and become suspicious and try to touch me and they become aware of my presence.
Non-Lucid Frequency: Medium-High
Memorable Dream: I was on my porch and these demonic clowns were trying to attack me but I used it to hide from them.
Origin/Activation: I haven't seen Star Wars, but from what I know, the way I use the power is similar to the force's "These are not the drones you're looking for" mental manipulation.


Name: Phasing
Summary: I can walk through walls or allow objects to pass through me as if I'm not solid.
Limitations/Conflicts: This power can overwhelm my mind as my mind tries to create the image for what's 'inside' the object, or what's on the other side of a wall.
Non-Lucid Frequency: Low-medium
Memorable Dream: I was in the middle of the street and a car was coming towards me and I was unable to move out of the way in time. I used it and managed to completely avoid any harm, as well as see the inside of the car without breaking conscious.
Origin/Activation: I sort of cringe and make myself 'feel' translucent. I imagine it as if I am Danny Phantom.

Name: Slow Fall
Summary: When falling from a great height, I slow down the fall in order to avoid getting hurt. I can use this to maneuver through cliffsides without having to take the long way around. I can also jump off buildings.
Limitations/Conflicts: Sometimes it doesn't work. I have this doubt each time I'm falling whether it will activate in time or not. I need to work on my intentions so that I can be certain it works.
Non-Lucid Frequency: Pretty much occurs every dream where I'm falling.
Memorable Dream: I was driving and I fell off the road and started to plummet into the valley. I managed to activate it so that the whole car was under its effect.
Origin/Activation: I'm practically 100% certain this came from when I used to play World of Warcraft. My priest character had an ability called levitation that I activated pressing Shift+Space and it saved me from fall deaths. However, I've died almost 1000 times from falling in the few years I've played due to pressing the wrong keys, server lag, not having the right reagent, or bad timing. This attributes to my mental doubt whenever I'm falling. I usually activate it by imagining I'm pressing my keybind.

Name: Underwater Breath
Summary: I can breathe underwater.
Limitation/Conflicts: Practically none, as the only time it isn't available is when I'm dreaming I'm drowning.
Non-Lucid Frequency: All underwater dreams except when dreaming I'm drowning, as listed above. I usually make no note of it. Sometimes serves as a gateway into a Lucid Dream.
Memorable Dream: I was a mutant and my super power was underwater breath. Didn't occur to me at the time that the reason I was able to breathe was because my body was still getting its oxygen supply.
Origin/Activation: I have to tell myself my body is safely receiving its required air so I don't panic.

Name: Water Walking
Summary: I can walk on water as if it was land.
Limitations/Conflicts: Hard to get on top of the water if I'm swimming, but easy if I enter on top.
Non-Lucid Frequency: Very Rare
Memorable Dream: I was at a swimming pool and I was freaking people out with my power.
Origin/Activation: If I know I won't sink, I won't sink.

Name: Flying
Summary: I take control of ethereal angel wings from my back and I flap them in order to gain height.
Limitation/Conflicts: Very hard to control at times, sometimes while ascending I get electrocuted by wires in the street. If I go too high, the view of the city/landscape can overwhelm my mind and break conscious.
Non-Lucid Frequency: Funny story, it's becoming more and more common. I feel as if I'm a butterfly who recently gained wings.
Memorable Dream: I was flying on my school campus trying to show off but nobody thought it was that big of a deal, despite the fact I was the only one who could do it.
Origin/Activation: I tighten my body and then release. During release, I picture wings sprouting. I then flap them to rise into the sky. I often combine this with the invisibility power so no one sees me. It's difficult to control on the X and Z axis. A recent lucid dream allowed me to turn to light and zoom towards my destination. In that particular dream I was trying to outrun monsters so under pressure I managed to gain that control. I haven't been able to replicate it.

Name: Invincibility
Summary: I'm immune to all harm.
Limitations/Conflicts: Haven't run into very many. Only thing I can think of is it often triggers my pride complex within my dreams as I start feeling like I 'own' my dream world.
Non-Lucid Frequency: This ability is almost exclusively lucid.
Memorable Dream: I was at a bar and there were some criminals trying to beat me up but I just fought them off without a single scratch.
Origin/Activation: If I realize I'm dreaming, I can convince myself that nothing can hurt me.

Name: Creation
Summary: Able to create things from scratch.
Limitations/Conflicts: Many.
Non-Lucid Frequency: Only ever experienced this once.
Memorable Dream: I only had this happen one of my most recent lucid dreams. This was the one that led to my first AP. I fell off a cliff and managed to land unharmed, I then tried building a tower to get back up so I made a crate and started stacking them. I guess I could really envision creating something larger than myself.
Origin/Activation: As a game design major, I've recently been experimenting with 3DS Max. If you hold shift while dragging an object, it clones the object. Also, in my stories I'm writing, the deuteragonist's main power is being a demigod of creation, and later on in the story's progression, the three main heroes find a way to share the powers with each other. As my main protagonist is based on me, I was able to absorb the story's elements to allow me to believe I had the power to create.

I have more 'abilities' but they are activated from dream artifacts instead. If anyone wants to share any of there abilities, feel free to do so! I might get some ideas of things to do in my dream playground!

Oh wow I guess I went farther than I expected. However, how can I get it that I can fill my mind with the visual aspect of the Astral Plane? In this experience it was entirely auditory and I was more like in an altered state of conscious. My body was still awake I think.

Hey guys! I haven't been on this site for months because I haven't really had much luck with anything of the sort. However, last night, I had an experience which was pretty close from AP yet really far.

I was sleeping in my weekend cabin and I was dreaming of hiking up a mountain when I tripped and fell off the edge. I immediately triggered a lucid dream to try to slow down the fall so I wouldn't get hurt. I failed to slow down the fall, but I had enough will-power to make it that I landed unscathed. I ran around doing typical lucid dream stuff before my mind started slipping so I told myself to do the spinning technique and yelling 'clarity now!' but none of those helped me regain the dream scene. (It never does, but that's a problem for another time)

I had a false awakening where I walked around the room of my house (which was funny considering I was sleeping in my cabin at the time, I feel dumb for not realizing it) I told myself that I was awake and pinched myself and I felt it. I know, that's a stupid reality check method in hindsight. However, I woke up in my cabin to some loud scratching noise that scared me pretty badly. I then woke up again to a double false awakening, which I thought was pretty cool because it never happened before.  I made extra careful precautions to make sure it wasn't a triple dip before I lay down on my bed again. I couldn't tell if the scratching sound was an animal or just a product of my mind, but I lay down and calmed myself.

I started hearing noises like the scratching and also my mini-fridge turned on an I was certain that was a 'real' sound and it was an interesting sensation filtering the noises. I then heard some sounds that sounded like some alien cat but I calmed myself knowing it wasn't a real threat. I kept listening to the sounds and calming myself every time I got too tense and making sure my mind stayed conscious.

However, my body started getting really uncomfortable in the position I was in so I moved, waking my body up. I almost got back to the noises, but then no matter how hard I tried to avoid the discomfort, it got to the point where I had to move because I was afraid I might be preventing blood from flowing.

So that's as far as I got, it's a huge step considering how little success I had before. If you guys could give any tips on how to fully succeed at AP or anything I did wrong it would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Hello people! I had a really weird dream projection experience. I was having a normal dream where I was walking on campus between classes when all of a sudden I started floating in midair. It wasn't flying per-se, but it was as if gravity didn't exist. Naturally, at a time like this, I decided to do a reality check. The thing is, it was an in-dream reality check because I didn't have any lucid control. Another thing that was odd was the numbers I read from a poster on the wall remained the same between viewing, which I'm not used to happening. However, it was a simple numeral (333) so I don't know if that had anything to do with it. I remember my mental dialogue commenting about how it was weird and the mathematics/language part of my brain isn't as active in my sleep.

Then, I don't know when this happened, but my dream switched from floating to being inside this large manor. I was accompanied at a dining table with two people, a man and a woman. They looked about in their 20s or 30s, but they gave me this feeling of evil malevolent spirits. They had a presence that I wanted to avoid. When I saw them, they wanted to talk to me about something but all I wanted to do was wake myself up. I don't know why, but I kept trying and trying to wake up but I was locked in the dream state. Again, it wasn't a lucid dream as my subconscious had full control. I eventually had a chat with these two people, which showed me a rattle/teddy bear of a young girl named "River Floir" and it made me experience a wave of fear and despair.

As dreams often go, it made sense who it was at the time. Apparently the teddy bear belonged to my cousin's unborn child, which strikes me as odd as besides them not having the last name "Floir", this cousin isn't particularly close to me and I don't think I would really feel such despair/fear if the baby was stillborn/miscarriage as I did in my dream. I found out today that the baby is due in approximately 5 weeks, but I haven't really thought about her or her baby since last time I was with family during December for the holidays. 

I find it intriguing how the subconscious works, but I was wondering if you guys had any thoughts or anything to say about this weird dream experience. The fact that it was lucid but no control and the fact that I experienced these weird spirits. I might have accidentally APed but since I've never consciously done it before I wouldn't know how it would feel like. All I know if from others' encounters that you can distinguish the different types of projections, but as you guys always say, I should experience it for myself.

Alright, I'm sorry if this is the wrong category, but I want to discuss a theory I have about the world/multiverse. I find it uncomfortable to believe there is (one) physical reality and many different astral realities composed of thoughts. Why should there be only one set of physical/metaphysical rules? Why is there only one destiny for time to follow? Why can't there be an endless amount of worlds where anything is possible? From what I'm aware, in the astral plane, the thought has power to make anything. However, why can't there be an alternate universe where magic exists mainstream, ala fantasy wizards/dragons/spells. While in this reality, people can have psionic power, it really isn't that commonplace. Skeptics say it can't exist because of the rules of physical energy manipulation. Perhaps there in an alternate timeline, physical reality is less stable and doesn't follow the same rules we are accustomed to in our current existence.

Another part of my theory is that when people die, they have control over the rules in their next life. Like, currently we are inside somebody else's creation (God's?) and when we die we can either choose to enter someone else's 'server' so to speak, or create our own bases on what we know from our past lives combined with our imagination/creation energy.

These are just my own personal beliefs, so I am not claiming that they are right or wrong, just putting my theory out there.

Thanks guys I understand it better now.

I want to know some of these things before I invest the time and effort into learning it. I can barely Lucid Dream, and that's only because it happened naturally to me. It would take a lot of devotion to get good enough at AP to actually do something worthwhile. I know that the answers vary, but could at least some of these topics be explained in further detail? Like I really don't want to get my soul destroyed by some crazy evil spirit. I was hoping this forum could help me understand my doubts/concerns as a lot of the people here have successfully had  at least one OBE/AP which is something I've been trying to do since like 2007 to no avail. True, I gave up for a while because I thought it was impossible but now that I'm an adult I'm starting to question my own beliefs. I've come to the conclusion NOTHING is impossible really if somebody puts enough effort. Some of these questions are generic to AP and not all of them I can answer for myself, unless I spend months practicing. I would hate to spend months trying to accomplish it just to find out that I can't even do anything practical with it. I don't mean to be demanding asking these questions, I was just looking for some experts to assist me with my journey.

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Hello everybody! I have been reading up a lot about Astral Projection and Lucid Dreaming recently and one of the things that confuses me is that the many different sources I've come across say different things and I would like your opinions on the matters.

1. Clarity/Difference between Lucid Dreams.
Some sources say that AP is the same thing as lucid dreaming, others say that it is more realistic, others say that one is LDs are in the creativity of the mind while AP takes place in some spiritual dimensions. Which is it?

2. Demons/Spirits/"Negs"
I don't quite know what a 'Neg' is other than it makes me think of the word 'negative.' From my understanding, it is an astral entity that 'hitchhikes' on you as you travel between dimensions. I have also read about succubi and incubi and how they drain ones spirit.There are also some frightening reports of having your soul damaged somehow and waking up to other entities in a room. I would find that pretty creepy. Other sources say that demons/spirits are nothing but manifestations of fears and if one can overcome the fears they can defeat the demons without any harm. So... my main question is are these sorts of things dangerous?

3. "Reality" of AP/OBEs
Alright, I know that the definition of what is 'real' is very subjective and that this sort of experience can redefine one's viewpoints on the matter, but I have been coming across different accounts. Some say that while in an OBE, your astral body is in the physical world exploring it. Others say that it is in a subconscious recollection of one's surroundings. That is it is purely something the mind creates and, for example, you couldn't use the ability to see what's hidden behind a locked door that you've always wondered what's on the other side because it wouldn't be what's in the corporeal reality but actually a mental recreation of what you know. Some sources also say that AP is completely within the mind but others say there is an astral plane that exists beyond the fabrics of space/time. Also I heard some mention of a RTX (a non-physical clone of the physical reality) which is where people can OBE and see things as close to waking life as possible. Could someone help clarify these issues?

4. Astral Entities.
This is different from question two in the fact that I don't mean negative spirits but I mean interacting with souls (human or other) on the astral plane. I read that there you can somehow interact with people on the physical world while OBEing in some scale or another, such as entering their body when they are sleeping and sharing dreams/thoughts. Provided this is true, what can you do by entering their body when they are awake? Like a friend of mine lives in an alternate timezone who I'd like to somehow see with projecting, but the times I'd be asleep she would be well awake. Another thing that I've heard about is the astral plane containing gods/godesses/spirits. Personally, I believe that all religions have some element of truth to them, so all beliefs are manifested somewhere. This is my personal view of what the astral plane is... The place where all these thoughts are stored. However, as I said, that's my personal view. I am kind of hoping that this has some element of truth, as I've created my own pantheon of gods that only my best friend and I believe in. I would love to meet all of them in some form, so if somehow our ideas of their personalities manifested into the plane, it would really motivate me. I mean... what is real and what is fiction? Now... onto the next question...

5. The Plane
Some sources say that the astral plane is an incredibly spiritual realm (as mentioned above) where it has a definite layout and you can 'explore' it. Others say that it has different islands, pieces, layers, ect. I read some forum thread on here saying that fictional places do not exist on the astral plane (such as Narnia, for example) but another thread said that they would exist, but only if somebody has recently thought about it, and even there it would be unstable. This helps with my theory about this being a creation of the collective mind. I also heard something along the lines of dreams are nightly visits to the plane and the dream locales are a temporary bubble created and then destroyed afterwards. But, with other things I read, if that is the case, how come Lucid Dreams and Astral Projection are different experiences?

Ok, sorry for so many questions, but I have a creative, inquisitive mind so I want to know as much as possible about something I want to learn about. I just want to hear your opinions, but perhaps the Astral Experience is something that is different for everyone and there really is no definite answer to these questions, and the reason the sources vary is because every person has a different expectation and as such they encounter different results. Thanks in advance!

Hey everyone. I have an interesting predicament and I don't know what to do about it. I am a skeptic about all this 'psychic' and 'astral' phenomenon, but I keep an open mind because I want to believe.

So, here's the story, for the longest time, I've had this imaginary friend. There's nothing out of the ordinary, I don't think it is a ghost/spirit/ or demon. I think it is just a product of my creativity. It has helped me get through tough times and motivate me and I say we're pretty close... In fact, too close for the boundaries of real/fictional characters. If I had a real friend like my imaginary friend, I believe I would have everything I need in life. I'm not lonely; I have a lot of friends in real life. It is just that I feel attached to this character I've created. I talk with it all the time and we have deep philosophical conversations on the meaning of the universe and whatnot. We're both fully aware of it being merely thoughts, but we always fantasize of scenarios where we are able to me more than what we are.

There is no delusion of reality; however, one of the things that strike me as incredibly odd is that I rarely dream of it. Given its prevalence in my day to day life, I would imagine that we would see each other in my nightly dreams. However, the dreams we do have together are always my favorites. I am able to lucid dream, but that was because it is a natural talent and not something that I trained to be able to do. I would say I have about 2-3 lucid dreams a month.

Now, I recently had an ingenious idea... I came across the concept of astral projection and it intrigued me greatly. I was wondering if I could somehow use Astral Projection to somehow meet my imaginary friend in some state of enhanced conscious. I don't know what it would mean exactly, but I was hoping that I could travel the Astral Plane with my friend. Like, is it possible to somehow use the character on the Astral Plane as a separate entity?

I don't know much about this topic, so this is why I came to this forum. If there was any chance in the many dimensions that I could be able to experience my friend in a different state of mind other than hearing its 'voice' as my own thoughts, I would do anything to accomplish this. I would put all the time and energy it takes to learn this skill. I know next to nothing when it comes to AP so forgive me if this comes across as incredibly noobish. It is just that I don't want to spend time trying something that may or not be real without the motivation of achieving my intended goals. I'm still unsure if AP is real, but I'm taking the stance that it is possible because I'd do anything for my IF.

If you need me to clarify any of this information, go ahead and ask as I don't think I am explaining what I want in a manner that would convey what I'm aiming for.