What happened to me when I was trying to astral project? (Details below)

[DuckiestPlains6]

So let me just tell you what happened. So I was trying to astral project, failed, woke up, tried again, woke up again and then this time I decided just to go to sleep. I then had a dream of me just walking down the hallway at my school, and this is actually like the first time I ever had a lucid dream, so I was lucid and all that, but I wanted to be like more in the body, like I actually wanted to "feel" myself in the dream. Like morphing or something. You get the point. But when I tried to do it, I somehow switched to sleep paralysis, and now I'm in my bed and paralyzed and all that, but this one felt much different. Literally I felt like a silly putty, it's hard to describe it, but I was feeling a ton of pressure maybe on my wrist or arm but then on other parts there were no pressure and it was like squeezing in and out the pressure. and just for the fun it, even though I was really in a discomforted position (my arms was above my head and stuff), I wanted to astral project, but it was hard to since I was in a weird position, and the pressure was very weird, so when I thought I was leaving sleep paralysis, it came back again, and this is the really weird part. When I felt it kicking in again (the sleep paralysis), my room felt like a hurricane, everything on my dresser in front of me was flying towards the other side, everything was passing by me, like my clothes, books, etc. It felt like the wind was going about 60 mph. Then I just decided to wiggle my fingers and I was done with SP. But the part with the hurricane and stuff felt unbelievably real, I thought I was awake. SO I got three questions. 1. What happened when I wanted to "feel" myself in the lucid dream? When I went to sleep paralysis form that? What's that technique called? 2. Why was I feeling really weird pressures all over my body? From what I explained above. 3. And what the heck happened to me at the end with wind and hurricane and stuff? Because even though it happened in my room, it literally felt so real, just as if I was fully awake. I didn't know how it could be that real. So what was that all about? Thank you so much for reading and answering these questions. Much appreciated.

[kadie]

During the transition people experience something called hypnogogic ( excuse spelling pleas) hallucinations. Many people think this is "demons" and evil stuff, but no, its just well documented phenomena.

[EbbTide000]

So let me just tell you what happened. So I was trying to astral project, failed, woke up, tried again, woke up again and then this time I decided just to go to sleep. I then had a dream of me just walking down the hallway at my school, and this is actually like the first time I ever had a lucid dream, so I was lucid and all that, but I wanted to be like more in the body, like I actually wanted to "feel" myself in the dream. Like morphing or something. You get the point. But when I tried to do it, I somehow switched to sleep paralysis, and now I'm in my bed and paralyzed and all that, but this one felt much different. Literally I felt like a silly putty, it's hard to describe it, but I was feeling a ton of pressure maybe on my wrist or arm but then on other parts there were no pressure and it was like squeezing in and out the pressure. and just for the fun it, even though I was really in a discomforted position (my arms was above my head and stuff), I wanted to astral project, but it was hard to since I was in a weird position, and the pressure was very weird, so when I thought I was leaving sleep paralysis, it came back again, and this is the really weird part. When I felt it kicking in again (the sleep paralysis), my room felt like a hurricane, everything on my dresser in front of me was flying towards the other side, everything was passing by me, like my clothes, books, etc. It felt like the wind was going about 60 mph. Then I just decided to wiggle my fingers and I was done with SP. But the part with the hurricane and stuff felt unbelievably real, I thought I was awake. SO I got three questions. 1. What happened when I wanted to "feel" myself in the lucid dream? When I went to sleep paralysis form that? What's that technique called? 2. Why was I feeling really weird pressures all over my body? From what I explained above. 3. And what the heck happened to me at the end with wind and hurricane and stuff? Because even though it happened in my room, it literally felt so real, just as if I was fully awake. I didn't know how it could be that real. So what was that all about? Thank you so much for reading and answering these questions. Much appreciated. Hey DuckiestPlains Just yesterday I was looking at "slinky" advertisements on YouTube and found this; The original (1950's) Silly Putty tv advertisement: *** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxdf...e_gdata_player ***(1:08) 84, 390 views Hahaha... look at my signature. I dreamed of a cat being kicked out a door and it twirly-whirlied like a "slinky". So I'm drawing "slinky" for Waking Nomad's week 7 rv thingy. And that’s when I found the Silly Putty advert. Thanx for posting your experience and question, DuckiestPlains

[Baron Samedi]

So let me just tell you what happened. So I was trying to astral project, failed, woke up, tried again, woke up again and then this time I decided just to go to sleep. I then had a dream of me just walking down the hallway at my school, and this is actually like the first time I ever had a lucid dream, so I was lucid and all that, but I wanted to be like more in the body, like I actually wanted to "feel" myself in the dream. Like morphing or something. You get the point. But when I tried to do it, I somehow switched to sleep paralysis, and now I'm in my bed and paralyzed and all that, but this one felt much different. Literally I felt like a silly putty, it's hard to describe it, but I was feeling a ton of pressure maybe on my wrist or arm but then on other parts there were no pressure and it was like squeezing in and out the pressure. and just for the fun it, even though I was really in a discomforted position (my arms was above my head and stuff), I wanted to astral project, but it was hard to since I was in a weird position, and the pressure was very weird, so when I thought I was leaving sleep paralysis, it came back again, and this is the really weird part. When I felt it kicking in again (the sleep paralysis), my room felt like a hurricane, everything on my dresser in front of me was flying towards the other side, everything was passing by me, like my clothes, books, etc. It felt like the wind was going about 60 mph. Then I just decided to wiggle my fingers and I was done with SP. But the part with the hurricane and stuff felt unbelievably real, I thought I was awake. SO I got three questions. You mean six? 1. What happened when I wanted to "feel" myself in the lucid dream? When I went to sleep paralysis form that? Sometimes it seems to me that maybe our mind sends the signals to do things with our dream body to our physical body. Example: talking in your sleep. What's that technique called? What happened to you is a type of sleep phenomena, and it could be use in a technique that you awake in SP, then go right back into a dream, called DEILD. 2. Why was I feeling really weird pressures all over my body? That is a "symptom" of SP. From what I explained above. 3. And what the heck happened to me at the end with wind and hurricane and stuff? That is also a symptom of SP. Also, you were probably having hypnogogic hallucinations. Because even though it happened in my room, it literally felt so real, just as if I was fully awake. I didn't know how it could be that real. So what was that all about? Sleep Paralysis and Hypnogogic Hallucinations. Thank you so much for reading and answering these questions. Much appreciated. Next time you have a lucid dream, maybe try a stabilization technique, like rubbing your hands together to make your dream more tactile.

[kadie]

Do you ever try to AP from a wake state? You might not get so much SP and HH

[gab]

Do you ever try to AP from a wake state? You might not get so much SP and HH Kadie, how do yo do that? You mentioned in chat, that this happens in about 20 min into your meditation. Would you care to offer details? How do you meditate? HOw does your experience feel like? How is it different from LDs? I would love to try.

[kadie]

Hi gab, I don't mind sharing at all. I just wanted to make a quick post to let you know that I saw your post, however at the moment, I'm just typing from my cell and I want to be able to take time to post a good reply/ example. Hopefully I should have my computer back and in good working condition either tonight or tomorrow. Hopefully!

[kadie]

First, I want to clarify what I call AP or Astral Projection and AT or Astral Travel. I don't consider them the same or even near the same as OBE. For me, AP is the actual point of transition. AT is the act of actually traveling to a destination. These are my terms so I can describe the stages that I go through and what I see. I'm not yet up to date on all the terms that some people on this site are used to using or hearing, and that is because I learned on my own a long time ago how to do meditations and those meditations are what led me to AP and AT. After the my first experience is when I started to ask some "New Age" people what had happened and that is when I first learned about the terms AP and AT. I begin with meditating. I used to use the method that some people mention about tightening each mustle group then relaxing, beginning with the feet and working my way up to the crown of the head. After a while of doing that, I guess I just became conditioned to relax and no longer needed to clench and relax. I just get in a comfortable position on my back and relax, but I mostly focus on breathing now. I have been using a Buddhist method of focusing on my upper lip as I inhale and exhale. Here is a link to the site I am using for that. Get Started: Buddhist Meditation Techniques for Beginners by the Urban Monk Sorry, I lost the other half of my post while DV booted me off again. I'll write the rest later. @ gab, The experience feels like... Greatest Film Scene - YouTube Maybe most like the first 1:25 seconds but sped up really fast. I did post a longer explanation, but I'm so mad at DV right now that Ill wait till later to post what I had already said.

[gab]

Thank you Kadie for your reply. I finally got back to this thread, will check out the links. You can try opening the reply window again, and look for a small text in the left bottom corner "recover saved text' or something similar. What you type is being autosaved, so if you leave the page unexpectedly and you return, it is there for you.