My first Astral Projection

[avenged7x]

I have been practising Lucid Dreaming for about a year now. I started practising because I used to get terrible Sleep Paralysis attacks and Lucid Dreaming seemed to make them less frightful.
I am at a point where I Lucid Dream four or five times a week, which is great!

I always thought Lucid Dreaming and Astral Projection was the same thing. But fortunately for me, I had my first Astral Experience about 3 months ago which settled my opinion.
I am pretty aware of what the dreaming plane feels like. I was defiantly projecting.

I was laying in bed trying to sleep, but I had other things on my mind. I kept myself awake by thinking through my problems. Eventually my body fell into Sleep Paralysis.
I knew I wasn't in REM because I hadn't slept yet (REM requires 90 minutes sleep) so attempting to Lucid Dream was pointless. Instead I decided to humour myself and try to Astral Project.

I began to visualize my Astral body move from side to side, in a rocking motion. I did this for awhile. The motion seemed to take my mind off the paralysis.
Out of nowhere, my Astral body was flung out of my waking body and dragged across the bedroom. At the time I was in complete horror, I never expected for it to work.
My body flew through my bedroom walls and across the street into someone's house.

I found myself stood in a bare room with a small coffee table in the centre. What struck me at first was how different it felt from a Lucid Dream, almost as if everything was too real? I felt overwhelmed with my own senses and energy.
I tried to move towards the coffee table to touch it, but I found it incredibly hard to move. It was like I was learning to walk for the first time  At this point I began to panic because I couldn't move so much and ended up being dragged back into my body. I then woke.

So yeah, I believe that was an OBE
I think I might start practising this, not sure where to look first though.

[Greytraveller]

Hello avenged
Yes, it does indeed appear that you had a full blown OBE. Kudos to you for that experience and for your ability to discern the difference between an OBE and a lucid dream.
While I find a lucid dream to be an enjoyable experience it is practically nothing compared to a full conscious out of body experience. Those people who can recognize the difference between the two are much more spiritually advanced than most.

Regards 
Grey

[Timandra]

Hi, congratulations on your first OBE! I also had one where I got thrown through the room, and I was a bit frightened, although it wasn't my first OBE. Here it is if you like to read it:

http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/welcome_to_astral_projection_experiences/obe_9_and_10_wormholes-t30335.0.html

Good luck with your practising and the OBE's to follow. 

[avenged7x]

Hi, congratulations on your first OBE! I also had one where I got thrown through the room, and I was a bit frightened, although it wasn't my first OBE. Here it is if you like to read it:

http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/welcome_to_astral_projection_experiences/obe_9_and_10_wormholes-t30335.0.html

Good luck with your practising and the OBE's to follow. 

Hello avenged
Yes, it does indeed appear that you had a full blown OBE. Kudos to you for that experience and for your ability to discern the difference between an OBE and a lucid dream.
While I find a lucid dream to be an enjoyable experience it is practically nothing compared to a full conscious out of body experience. Those people who can recognize the difference between the two are much more spiritually advanced than most.

Regards 
Grey

Thank you for your replies.
I would have to agree with you Greytraveller. My Lucid Dreams can be really enjoyable, but a OBE is completely mind blowing.

This morning I attempted to project again. I allowed Sleep Paralysis to take over and then I imagined my Astral body next to my bed. My Astral body lifted out of my waking body, which was a really odd experience. Once it was fully out, I tried to travel across my room.
I kept loosing my sight every few seconds and when I could see it was very blurry. I managed to move to my staircase although my vision has almost vanished by then, all I could see was the light shining through the front door at the bottom. I said to myself ' Clarity now! ' It felt like my waking body said it for some reason. My eye sight didn't changed at all. I panicked and woke myself up.
The enter time I could still feel the effects of sleep paralysis. Was this a partial projection?

I tried again three or four times, but they all ended up as Lucid Dreams. But im not complaining 

[VictoriaLS2004]

Congrats. I had my first full blown projection the other night. I had the same issue with learning to control movement...I would want to walk towards something but end up zooming through it lol

[Fresco]

Thats amazing, it takes most people 2 to 3 months of every day trying before they finally AP.
Maybe the lucid dreaming jarred your astral body loose