Hello acheo,
I agree with LightBeam's perspective on what you are experiencing; this is a very normal situation to encounter early on. Let me offer a slightly different perspective on what may be happening-
As you relax and move deeper into your meditation/visualization, the 'fixation point' of your awareness is moving from the purely Physical into the Non-Physical...and yes, that can be the dream world or the astral...or a combination of both. When this happens, your awareness is moving back and forth grasping for a 'fixation point' within one of these awareness areas...and that takes time and practice and adjustment.
One way to think of it is like a Venn Diagram where you have an arrangement of three circles of Awareness, where the bottom circle represents your normal Physical awareness, and the other two circles are arranged one to the upper left, the other to the upper right, and all three circles overlap by maybe 20-30% at their inner edges. The second circle represents your dreaming reality and the other, your astral reality. This is not exact but works for our discussion. Also, don't discount experiences in one area or another.
Once you are deep in your meditation/visualization, your awareness is bouncing around within that overlapping boundary area of the circles, experiencing confusing moments of one 'reality' and then another, or overlaps of two or three areas. Learning to operate within this new region takes time and repeated experience and a certain amount of confusion is normal. Part of the confusion is also due to the idea that you are rediscovering Non-Physical senses that you originally abandoned for this Physical incarnation. Realizing and developing those NP senses is part of the learning process. Eventually, you will learn to 'fix your attention/awareness' within a single area and then can go exploring.
The 2Dimensional 3 circle overlapping Venn Diagram is a simplified version of the truer nature of our experience- It is actually a much larger 7 or 10 or greater number of Venn circles, overlapping one another in a much more 3D, 4D and higher set of relationships, the complexity and beauty of which is left for us to discover.
Continue your practice and don't change anything for now; you are doing fine. This is a very normal period of initial confusion and adjustment; you will make progress with each new experience. Don't push or expect too much, be patient and just go with the flow.
I agree with LightBeam's perspective on what you are experiencing; this is a very normal situation to encounter early on. Let me offer a slightly different perspective on what may be happening-
As you relax and move deeper into your meditation/visualization, the 'fixation point' of your awareness is moving from the purely Physical into the Non-Physical...and yes, that can be the dream world or the astral...or a combination of both. When this happens, your awareness is moving back and forth grasping for a 'fixation point' within one of these awareness areas...and that takes time and practice and adjustment.
One way to think of it is like a Venn Diagram where you have an arrangement of three circles of Awareness, where the bottom circle represents your normal Physical awareness, and the other two circles are arranged one to the upper left, the other to the upper right, and all three circles overlap by maybe 20-30% at their inner edges. The second circle represents your dreaming reality and the other, your astral reality. This is not exact but works for our discussion. Also, don't discount experiences in one area or another.
Once you are deep in your meditation/visualization, your awareness is bouncing around within that overlapping boundary area of the circles, experiencing confusing moments of one 'reality' and then another, or overlaps of two or three areas. Learning to operate within this new region takes time and repeated experience and a certain amount of confusion is normal. Part of the confusion is also due to the idea that you are rediscovering Non-Physical senses that you originally abandoned for this Physical incarnation. Realizing and developing those NP senses is part of the learning process. Eventually, you will learn to 'fix your attention/awareness' within a single area and then can go exploring.
The 2Dimensional 3 circle overlapping Venn Diagram is a simplified version of the truer nature of our experience- It is actually a much larger 7 or 10 or greater number of Venn circles, overlapping one another in a much more 3D, 4D and higher set of relationships, the complexity and beauty of which is left for us to discover.
Continue your practice and don't change anything for now; you are doing fine. This is a very normal period of initial confusion and adjustment; you will make progress with each new experience. Don't push or expect too much, be patient and just go with the flow.