Did I just have an astral projection?

[Dan4487]

Last night I was in a dream and suddenly realized that I was dreaming. I controlled the dream for about 5 minutes and after wandering around for a while everything went black and the dream seemed like it ended. I heard a very loud roaring sound and a felt mild swaying motion, similar to when you are travelling on a subway train. My body felt very strange too, like it was being slightly suffocated or was encased in something. I had the impression that my body was frozen. Then after a few seconds the blackness disappeared, and I saw what looked exactly like my digital alarm clock. The vision became fuzzy, then clear, then fuzzy again, and I felt like I was zooming in closer to the clock and then back again. The vision i had a this point was like trying to tune a TV. Then I felt myself glide and walk through some kind of wall. Suddenly sunlight hit my eyes and it looked like I was looking at my own street where I live. Then I instantly felt my body again, woke up everything became normal. My whole room was dark but I quickly checked the window to see if it was sunny outside, and it was. This was 7AM.


What kind of experience was this? Was it a prolonged lucid dream?  I thought I might have accidentally opened my eyes when I saw these things but I remembered that I sleep with an eyemask. When I woke up my face was also facing my alarm clock. Any advice or reply about this experience would be much appreciated.

[Szaxx]

If you were not thinking of doing exactly that it couldn't be a lucid dream. That is very unlikely. The details are correct for an outing to the RTZ. An early one too. If this is your first time after trying for a while you were successful.
Looks like congratulations are in order.

[Dan4487]

If you were not thinking of doing exactly that it couldn't be a lucid dream. That is very unlikely. The details are correct for an outing to the RTZ. An early one too. If this is your first time after trying for a while you were successful.
Looks like congratulations are in order.

I forgot to mention something important. I actually did go to bed that night with the intention of having a lucid dream. I used to Mild technique for the first time and repeated affirmations in the hypnagogic state. If it was just a long lucid dream, then that's okay too, because the books I have all say you can reach the astral plane by becoming aware in your dreams.

[Astralzombie]

This experience basically played out like many of mine do when I gain my awareness while dreaming. After doing so, I will continue with the dream narrative for a bit and then I usually fade to black. Then it's anywhere from there.

Many people have reported seeing a vortex open or a door while in the blackness but I haven't.

Don't be concerned if all your experiences come from gaining your awareness while dreaming. I believe your books are 100% correct when they say you can access the astral plane in this state. It's just a realization away.

Good job.

[Dan4487]

This experience basically played out like many of mine do when I gain my awareness while dreaming. After doing so, I will continue with the dream narrative for a bit and then I usually fade to black. Then it's anywhere from there.

Many people have reported seeing a vortex open or a door while in the blackness but I haven't.

Don't be concerned if all your experiences come from gaining your awareness while dreaming. I believe your books are 100% correct when they say you can access the astral plane in this state. It's just a realization away.

Good job.

Thank you for the reply. I actually had two lucid dreams last night but the other one was very brief. I've never been able to astral project.. The closest I ever got was a tingling sensation. But if I can turn lucid dreams into obe's then I'll be very happy. I've seen a lot of people say they're just two sides of the same coin.

[Astralzombie]

You have astral projected!

Don't be disappointed because it wasn't the most fantastic experience of your life. Those will come but there are going to be far more that are personal stuff you have to work through. At least this has been my experience.

I used to prefer the term OOBE but now, I use AP more often than not. To me, there is no difference whatsoever.

It's just different cultures naming the same experience.

[Szaxx]

When you're becoming lucid, stay with the dream and awaken the same you that you are in the physical. Its a carefully done process as you'll find out. Slowly but surely, as AZ pointed out, the dream fades into a blackness. Do your best to get this far and learn to stay in it for as long as you can.
From here everything opens up with a thought. It should have a feel of depth to it. A 3D ambience, it's very peaceful too.
This is the doorway to everything non physical. You can ask questions here and an experience follows with an answer.

[Joe_Tracy]

Sounds like a you astral projected to me or had a Wake Induced Lucid Dream. Congrats to you. That's awesome.

[Xanth]

Sounds like a you astral projected to me or had a Wake Induced Lucid Dream. Congrats to you. That's awesome.

Same things. 

[Joe_Tracy]

Same things.  

I say both to be respectful to people's belief systems. I consider them the same things as well.

[Dan4487]

Sounds like a you astral projected to me or had a Wake Induced Lucid Dream. Congrats to you. That's awesome.

Thank you. I used to do reality checks to try and have a Dild but it never worked. I tried the mild technique twice in one night and it worked straight away. I thought maybe it was something else but in Stephen Laberge's book he says that a lot of people have reported success in 1-2 nights using the Mild. I've only just started to realize how powerful affirmations are in the hypnagogic state. Researchers say that's when the brain is most receptive and it all makes sense now.

When you're becoming lucid, stay with the dream and awaken the same you that you are in the physical. Its a carefully done process as you'll find out. Slowly but surely, as AZ pointed out, the dream fades into a blackness. Do your best to get this far and learn to stay in it for as long as you can.
From here everything opens up with a thought. It should have a feel of depth to it. A 3D ambience, it's very peaceful too.
This is the doorway to everything non physical. You can ask questions here and an experience follows with an answer.

I will definitely try to do this technique. It sounds tricky but I'm sure I'll find a way. During the last two nights I've realized I was in a dream 4 times. The only problem at the moment is when I've woken up in a dream and it starts to disappear very quickly and I'm awake again. I'll have to work at that. It'd be amazing to actually ask questions and get a reply. I'm just so happy that I'm finally starting to recognize when I'm dreaming.

[Joe_Tracy]

Thank you. I used to do reality checks to try and have a Dild but it never worked. I tried the mild technique twice in one night and it worked straight away. I thought maybe it was something else but in Stephen Laberge's book he says that a lot of people have reported success in 1-2 nights using the Mild. I've only just started to realize how powerful affirmations are in the hypnagogic state. Researchers say that's when the brain is most receptive and it all makes sense now.


I will definitely try to do this technique. It sounds tricky but I'm sure I'll find a way. During the last two nights I've realized I was in a dream 4 times. The only problem at the moment is when I've woken up in a dream and it starts to disappear very quickly and I'm awake again. I'll have to work at that. It'd be amazing to actually ask questions and get a reply. I'm just so happy that I'm finally starting to recognize when I'm dreaming.

No prob. I personally think W.I.L.D's are actually easier to pull off (if you're waking up in 5-6 hours into your overall sleep cycle) then using reality checks to trigger a D.I.L.D. Stephen Laberge's M.I.L.D technique is very effective as well. I tend to use them both. I still do reality checks if I wear a watch. It's kinda a habit. Great work and keep it up.

[Astralzombie]

Most people want to have an OOBE but they do not want to put in the work. They want to be able to close their eyes for five minutes and project without having any lapse of consciousness. It doesn't work like that for 99.9% of us.

Doing reality/dream checks can increase your chances of projecting and quicker as well. You may wake up physically a few times in the beginning but it will increase your confidence. Think of it as a way of hedging a bet.

Continue to meditate and expect to have an OOBE in a couple of days, something that took most "masters" years to do...but increase your chances by doing the reality checks and affirmations and you might just succeed that way. If you believe in the objective reality of AP/OOBE then you will most likely come to see that the value of the experience doesn't change, regardless of the method used.

I succeeded relatively quickly but I had two spontaneous OOBE in the middle of the night. I wasn't scared to just admit to myself that I knew (not thought, I didn't think maybe...I knew) I had already done this twice without trying so doing it intentionally shouldn't be too hard.

This is what I attribute my success to. I knew that I had two OOBE that defied what I thought was possible and I believed very strongly that I could do it consciously if others had already done it.

But some people aren't convinced or maybe they had a lot of prior interest in the subject so they couldn't be sure that they weren't just seeing what they wanted to see, but in either case, they don't want to just take that leap and say, "I know".

It doesn't make you instantly crazy. It doesn't make you a fool if you change your mind later.

See my signature.