I know there is already a thread on this topic but I really wanted to make my own..
So after seeing the movie Insidious I was really interested about astral projection. I started to practice after looking up different methods online. I would lay on my bed perfectly still on my back, no moving, swollowing or thinking. Then when I felt heavy vibrations and my heart beating rapidly I would imagine my hands reaching out infront of me, pulling myself up on a rope. This would eventually lift my 'astral body' out of my physical body. I got up out bed and I was amazed. I saw myself sound asleep. Everything looked so real. I went out into the lounge room and saw my mum on the couch watching T.V and soon enough I thought about my body and I was sucked back into it.

Anyway, not long after I had my astral projection experience I discovered lucid dreaming. I read about the techniques and saw WILD. I was confused when I read about WILD because all the techniques about basicly the same as astral projecting. The only thing I noticed different was I imagined pulling on a rope but with the WILD technique you are supposed to imagine your dream scene. So are lucid dreaming and astral projection the same thing??

I always thought that lucid dreaming is a vivid dream that you can control, all made up of your imagination. And AP is actually your soul leaving your physical body and exploring and flying around the REAL world. Or is it real?
When I projected and came out into the lounge and saw my mum on the couch, was that real? Or was that my imagination because I knew she was there before I projected?

As you can probably tell, I'm very confused and want this cleared up. I know I'm not the best writer so sorry if the post is difficult to understand in any way. Thanks for reading.