Originally Posted by Beekeeper
Here's what I believe commonly happens. I was one of those children, as were my siblings and sons, who became aware of projections as a child. I remember as a child discussing with my brother and sister our projection experiences in kiddy terms so that we called it "the shaky bed thing", "the heart pounding madly thing", "the loud noises thing." I usually got frightened by these experiences as did my brother and sister as we experienced the dweller phenomenon as well. I do remember spontaneous projections and lucid dreams that I found exhilarating. I didn't know the various experiences were connected, so I actively sought to repeat one and avoid the other.
I have two sons. My 14 year old recently went through a series of projection events where he experienced the loud noises, the vibrations and the dweller. Even though I explained what this was, he felt frightened by it and asked for ways he could avoid it. My 11 year old, however, has projected out of dreams. He had a lucid dream just a few days ago where he was walking to school aware that the sun was about to explode. Suddenly, he thought that that was just silly and realised he was dreaming. Because his experiences have been pleasant rather than frightening, he welcomes them.
I wonder if the causes of projection experiences in the young are largely biological. Perhaps it's to do with sleeping patterns and hormones. I recently had a former student of about 15 or 16 years of age contact me because, like my eldest son, she'd experienced the noises and actually projected. She was afraid she was going crazy. It may be that some people are better able to recall their projections because of their particular sleeping patterns.