Did I project or was it a dream?

[daytona955]

I woke up at 6:30 this morning and went down stairs. I then decided I would take this time to try to project so I lay on the sofa and made my attempt.
I had a false awakening at first, where I thought my wife had come down to get ready for work but I then awoke for real only to find that I was still alone. I closed my eyes again and at some point I began to experience the vibrations along with SP. I tried to free myself but to no avail and I was worried about breaking the SP, so I decided to use the technique recommended my Xanth yesterday, and imagined my self floating. At this point things got rather strange!

It was still dark and when I tried to look down at myself asleep on the sofa, I appeared to be wearing a strange mask of some sort, like a skeleton mask. I wasn't worried as I felt quite excited. I then decided to go up the stairs to see my wife in bed. As I passed my kitchen there seemed to be the strange shape of an elephant face looking at me in the gloomy dark! I ignored this and proceeded. Half way up the stairs I began to have a double vision. I could see the stairs and I could also see the Christmas tree in my living room as it would have looked from my sleeping position in my physical body!! I managed to over come this but from time to time the split vision would reappear of it's own accord.

I then went in through to the bed room and the door was open, but I knew it to be closed??? I then decided to return to my body but I don't recall anything after that.

All through the experience I don't think I was actually quite lucid. Things didn't look the way I had expected them to, and I felt like I was really on a ride rather than actually making any predetermined decisions.

Should I have called for more consciousness, or was it really just a dream brought about by having AP on my mind?

Your thoughts would be most welcome! Thanks.

[AlanRK]

Whenever we dream we are in the astral, usually in real places such as our homes. The subconscious induces hallucinations which can confuse and distort the original environment, but if you are in the astral objectively you will definitely be in an actual place. The subconscious can fabricate a place, of course, but this is not a very convincing illusion and unlikely, not to mention especially unlikely if you're in the astral consciously to some degree.

Physical places like our homes do look different in the astral for some reason, likely because it's a kind of copy, and in that copy details can be changed which might not necessarily be in the physical location.

You were seeing some weird things like the skeleton mask or elephant thing due to subconscious influence, which means you weren't 100% conscious for your experience. You were not dreaming, but dream images were present which indicates lack of clarity. With more experience this aspect will improve.

[daytona955]

Thanks for the reply, I'll look forward to future experiences and hope that the clarity improves. At least this means I did it at last!! 

[Naykid]

Sounds like a classic case to me, WTG daytona!  And welcome to the forums!

[daytona955]

Thanks!