Re: Dream-Anything Significant?
False awakenings are definitely a sign of progress and if they keep occurring you can use that situation to create lucidity. Simply do reality checks every time you wake up in the morning. If you have a false awakening and do the reality check, you'll know you're dreaming. It's probably easier to have lucid dreams first and then use them as a platform for OBEs if you so desire.
Sleep paralysis can be used to access OBEs as well, as you know. Astral noise can be a sign of being close to projection or having just come back from one and the heart chakra sensations are also a good indicator at times too.
You're close to remembering a projection.
When are you making your attempts? It's better if you get 4 to 6 hours of sleep and wake up briefly, read about lucid dreaming and OBES, then return and lie very still, trying to stay conscious while you feel sleep paralysis set in. You need to avoid the urge to scratch or turn over, which is your body's way of seeing if you're asleep and ready for sleep paralysis and dreaming. You may then see hypnagogics (that you could possibly phase into), see through your eyelids, feel floaty or spinning sensations, feel your etheric limbs doing their own thing, feel vibrations and/or hear astral noise. These are all indicators that a projection is close and you can try different exit methods. Just experiment and see what timing works for you. For example, there are people who get vibrations who say it's better to wait until the vibrations are over before willing themselves to float out of body.
If you fall asleep under these circumstances, you're just as likely to have a lucid dream or a false awakening that you can transform into a lucid dream, if you're in the habit of doing sincere reality checks.
"A dream is a question, not an answer."
(Therapist and dreamworker Strephon Kaplan
Williams)
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