Unable to separate...then why did it feel so real?

[piyal_14]

Hi everybody!!

I have successfully RTZ projected before this. But this Sunday something very weird happened. I had been on a day trip with some friends and when i came back home i was so tired i barely had supper and retired to bed early. I did not have in mind any intentions of astral projecting. Around 3:30 AM however, i needed to use the bathroom once so i got up.
Next thing i remember is the similar sinking feeling. I knew for sure that in a few moments i would be able to project. After a while i opened my eyes and i saw a aura around me, some sort of a whitish gleam. I knew it was my astral body trying to separate. Then i remember drifting back into a deep sleep. After sometime however, i felt as though i had separated successfully and i sat up and got out of bed. As i moved towards the door, i looked back and saw that my physical body wasn't there. It was then that i realized that i was sleep walking!
After going back to bed then, i drifted off into a dream which felt very real as though i was astral projecting. Why i say this is that in that dream i was able to walk through doors too.
In that dream i went downstairs in my house and out the balcony. There i saw two guys. I didnt know them and had no idea who they were so i got a bit scared and walked back inside my home. They seemed to follow me however and once they were inside i wasnt scared  anymore. Next thing i remember is that we were conversing while we stood on the stairs leading upstairs to my room. The funny part is that the taller guy and me seemed to have some sort of a deep connection. It was like exchanging information through the eyes and a feeling of assurance. Maybe he was my soulmate or something!! 
I never wanted that dream to end but then "i woke up".
What confuses me is that if this was a lucid dream, then why was i able to pass through doors? And if not, then why didn't it feel much like a projection?

[Astralsuzy]

 piyal_14 You said, What confuses me is that if this was a lucid dream, then why was i able to pass through doors?
You can go through doors when you are in a lucid dream or astral projecting.  It is the same.

[Contenteo]

Lucid Dreams, Projections and Dreams are all essentially the same thing with a different level of awareness. It is the same phenomenon.

Cheers,
Contenteo