First Projection? Please Respond!

[BreatheIn1128]

Hey everyone.

Okay, so, a few years ago, one of my best friends and I discovered the idea of Astral Projection, and spent the next several months reading everything we could find about it and trying to achieve it ourselves. Neither of us ever got there, and eventually gave up. The closest I ever did get, though, was one afternoon while taking a random nap in my mom's bedroom (I don't remember the reason). I remember feeling completely relaxed and like I was about to fall asleep, then suddenly felt very strong vibrations throughout my body, and my head felt like it was sinking backwards into my pillow. Suddenly it dawned on me that I might be getting close to an AP, apparently got too excited, and completely snapped out of it. I was disappointed for a minute, but mostly SO excited -- I'd never gotten that close before, and actually never did again... until today!
Recently the thought just popped into my head, out of nowhere. I was talking with my boyfriend at the time and mentioned it to him and told him about my past experience, and by the time we finished talking about it, I was completely anxious to get started trying again! So for the past couple of weeks I've been refreshing my memory on techniques and reading up and checking out forums about it (this one being one of them -- I've been around for a little bit, but just registered tonight!), and every night I've tried what I used to: try to get to a point in meditation/almost sleep where I could possibly project. But, alas... it hadn't worked. I always just fell asleep. Until today!

Okay, so, here is what happened:

I had a long night last night and an early morning today, so early this afternoon when I had a chance, I decided to take a nap. I watched a little bit of "Never Been Kissed" (the movie) on TV, and then fell asleep. A little while later, I woke up. I didn't open my eyes, but I could tell by listening that "Never Been Kissed" had ended and the movie "Uptown Girls" was on. I don't particularly like that movie but I was super relaxed and didn't feel like getting up yet or changing the channel, so I just layed and listened for several minutes. Suddenly, I got the same kind of very strong vibrations all through my body that I had gotten with my one other experience a couple years ago! Immediately after, I felt a sensation like my head was sinking down into my pillow. I was really excited, but tried to stay calm, because I knew that was what had messed me up before. I tried to focus on other sounds I'd been listening to before (the movie, my mom and sister's voices in the kitchen on the other side of the wall, etc.), but the vibrations were so loud I couldn't hear them anymore. I wasn't sure what to do, and feared that if I did anything I would mess it up, but didn't really see another option that would help, so I decided to try to move. I tried lifting my right arm, just my forearm from the elbow up, and I don't remember opening my eyes, but I could see my arm move next to me! It was BRIGHT green, almost like a neon or green apple color, and made such a loud vibraty sound when I moved it, kind of like an electric field or an airplane. After that I decided to try to project completely, but wasn't sure how to go about it. I remembered hearing that rolling to the side is a technique that works for a lot of people, so I tried that, but I felt like I was just kind of flailing around, but not going anywhere. I remember then I had kind of two thoughts at once: one about other techniques I could try, and one of apprehension... then I snapped out of it. The vibrations stopped, and I could tell I was back to just laying on my bed normally, except I was a little shaky, especially in my right arm, which almost felt a little sore. But I was still so relaxed I didn't want to move (even though I was SO excited and wanted to immediately go tell anyone who would listen), so I stayed laying with my eyes closed, and fell asleep for what must have been only about 30 seconds (when I woke back up the movie was on the same scene as when I had fallen asleep) until I heard my phone vibrate with a text message. That immediately shocked me all the way awake, and I got up and texted my boyfriend (who was unfortunately at work at the time, or I would have called him!), then ran out of my room to tell my sister and my mom what had happened.

Now, several hours later, here I am.

I'm not really sure what my point is here. I guess, basically... what do you guys think? Was this really a partial Projection? I still can't believe it even happened!
Also, maybe, does anyone have any suggestions on how to achieve this again, and/or actually project?

And why was my arm green? Anyone else have an experience like that?

Thank you!

[CFTraveler]

I responded to your question, but for the 'arm green' thing look up 'reality fluctuations'.

[bondgirl3007]

The first time it happened to me, I was feeling the same way as you. Really excited to tell someone, and also questioning "was it for real?" at the same time. The vibrations you felt were definite indications that you were close to projecting. It sounds like you partially did, with your arm. Next time, just try and relax- one thing that helped me, is exhale when you feel the vibrations. It seems like as soon as exhale, it pops me right out. Good luck with everything! Let me know if you want me to share some stories with you.