Hello, i have been dedicated to practising lucid dreaming for about 1 year now, and have had great success. I have my ups and downs, but feel i have progressively good results each time... from the beginnings in which i could barely fly, needed to learn how to walk through walls, and fended off attacks in my lucid dreams.

what i would like to ask is... does anybody have suggestions on what i should do while in the astral?

i have taken courses in the past with a very spiritually-oriented group that teaches astral lucid dreaming... they have been really great, and i definitely have a viewpoint that lucid dreams can be used to learn about ourselves and the world we are in.

i don't intend to use lucid dreams simply for fun and adventurous experiences, but lately i am feeling that my mind is projecting alot into the lucid dreams i have. i am concerned that what i have been taught is making me approach lucid dreams in a particular way, and i now need to question my approach. i feel i need to explore, and i would like to travel in my dreams to exotic places, like the pyramids... i have been trying to contact spirit guides in my dreams, to affirm whether or not lucid dreams exist on an objective plane of reality (i.e. astral plane). a dillema here is that if one appeared, i still wouldn't know if my mind is creating it or not.

so, i am hoping to just explore in lucid dreams, test out the nature of these experiences, and improve my abilities to stay lucid...

truthfully, my ambitions are still to explore these experiences for any spiritual potential they have, rather than simply flying around. my problem with my lucid experiences has been that when i am there i don't really know what to do. i don't simply want to fly around goofing off, because i somehow feel it is wasting my time. perhaps i need to use my imagination and creativity in lucid dreams, but again my dillema is this... i am wary of "projecting" onto my lucid dreams, in case we actually do visit the astral plane during dreams. i want to experience the astral for what it is, not have a glorified dream where i can control what is happening... but i don't have any solid reason to totally believe the astral exists.

i hope all this made sense, and if anyone can suggest things for me to practise and try, it is appreciated. thanks!