Very strange dream was I projecting?

[StrangeDreams]

Have not been able to project while awake.  Keep falling asleep.  The other night I dreamed that I was flying around it was nighttime and I was around a street light looking up at the moon.  There were people flying everywhere.  I mean EVERYBODY was flying around like it was normal.  Next thing I knew I was hovering in the air in front of a building.  There were a few people standing on the edge of the building and their bodies were transparent, like ghosts.  Next thing I knew one of them jumped and hit the steps below and just got up and walked away.  Someone flying next to me told me those people had jumped off that building and committed suicide in the physical.  I keep having these strange dreams.  They are never good.  I am a good person and have never hurt anyone (nor would I ever) in my life.  I'm kind hearted and generous and I try to help people whenever I can.  So if I'm projecting in my sleep, why do I keep ending up in these bad places?

[Lionheart]

Someone flying next to me told me those people had jumped off that building and committed suicide in the physical.  I keep having these strange dreams.  They are never good.  I am a good person and have never hurt anyone (nor would I ever) in my life.  I'm kind hearted and generous and I try to help people whenever I can.  So if I'm projecting in my sleep, why do I keep ending up in these bad places?

It sounds to me like you are projecting. The scenario that the "someone" told you of those people previously committed suicide, sounds to me like a "classic Retrieval". Unfortunately Retrieval zones don't have a lot of good things going on. I find them after disasters and a number of mine have been in war torn areas of the world. I would say that you are currently being "primed" to be a Retriever. Congratulations! There is no better feeling than knowing that you helped someone, whether in the physical or the Astral.  
Check out Mendell's (Michael Lee) he is a member here that has wrote a new song called "Retrieve Me". http://drleemusic.com/
Good Luck and Safe Travels!  

[StrangeDreams]

Thanks for your reply Lionheart.  That makes me feel better.  I have read some of, I believe it was David Warner's experiences with Retrieval work.  And I do believe that I am projecting.  I just haven't been able to stay fully conscious and aware (keep falling asleep).  I've been using the affirmations technique from Adrian's book.  They definitely work.  I constantly get the "hypnogogic" imagery, lots of swirls and clouds of colors (a lot of purple) and little noises.  Two nights ago I was so close, after a long period of the imagery I suddenly saw some very bright flashes of light (I was still awake this time) and then I was being rushed through a large tunnel and there were all sorts of images flying past me.  One of the images was a long tubelike thing and I immediately thought of a snake and then I got scared that I would start thinking about snakes while in the astral and since I know anything you "think" will manifest, I was scared.  I became too fully alert and my heart was racing then everything slowed down and stopped and I was back in the blackness.  I did however "dream" that night and I believe it was a projection.  I remember being in some sort of a warehouse with people working at long desks.  Everyone was so "mechanical" and not very friendly.  The last part of the dream I remember I was floating and I floated into a room with 3 girls sitting on an old beatup mattress and I told them I was looking for my grandmother.  One of the girls looked up and said, "they won't let us up there".  As I know my true nature, I really don't have any fears of anything in the astral so as soon as I'm able to project while fully aware perhaps I will have more control over the projection and will get better results.

[Szaxx]

Hi SD.
This tube you described seems to be a portal to one of the many realms. Also known as a vortex by some. You missed out on a really good projection. These generally take you on a memorable trip.
I find these on occasion while just out and immediately jump  in. Have no fear unless its really dirty looking with discordant sounds. A very rare event, unless you are out to fight something nasty...

[StrangeDreams]

Thanks Szaxx.  Next time I'll know better.  I remember a "dream" from about a year ago - I don't remember how I got there but I remember standing up from a large tube like a water slide.  I went on a little adventure with some boy that I've never seen in my life but in the dream we had some kind of a bond, I could tell we really liked each other.  I remember going in his house and meeting some of his family and I was changing things all over the place.  I used to call them my "magic dreams".  The next part I remember is when Iwas leaving.  We hugged and I promised him I'd come back (didn't know what that meant at the time).  He left me at the water slide thing and after that I don't remember the rest.  I had no idea back then what astral projecting was.  But I remember waking up from that dream and feeling like it was SO SO REAL.  Obviously it had an impact on me as I am still remembering it a year later.  I now wholeheartedly believe it was a projection.  Still don't know who the boy was but I would love to find my way back.  Also I owe those people an apology because I was "changing" all kinds of things in their house to what I thought was "pleasing to the eyes".

[Szaxx]

Hi,
Sounds so familiar. Ive got many friends out there who I meet on ocassion and we know lots of things together. They dont exist physically and when back you can hardly remember anything. Staying out too long is the main reason. Seems like hours sometimes but only in the higher realms I find.