I used to be very big in to the paranormal. Im talking thousands of hours of research. I became interested at a young age after I kept "waking up in my dreams". I didn't know what it was at the time, so I started asking around online. Someone mentioned the words lucid dream, and I looked it up and realized it wasnt common for most people to wake up inside their dreams and take control of what was happening. This brought me to a paranormal forum where I would talk about it with other lucid dreamers. There was a period of time where I could control my dreams every night for long periods of time.
After that I was hooked.
Ive probably watched over 100 paranormal documentaries. Ghosts, Aliens, Demons, Astral Protection, Satanism, you name it, Ive looked into it.
I used to make threads here about Satanism in the music industry, and reversing old songs with hidden messages like stairway to heaven etc.
I was really hoping one day I could find some solid proof that would make me believe without a doubt. Ive just never seen it. Ive seen some interesting evidence, but nothing that would be considered concrete proof.
I wanted to believe something more was possible, so I started experimenting. My cousin told me about astral projection, and claimed he could do it. Astral projection is leaving your physical body and traveling around outside of your body in a spirit like form. I used to argue with the forum members that they were lying or mistaken in what they were experiencing, as they could never describe it in a very detailed way that made it sound believable. My cousin is not the type of guy to make up stories, but I didn't believe him either.
I tried experimenting with falling asleep while still being completely conscious. I was already an advanced lucud dreamer, so that seemed like a logical next step. Every night before bed I would concentrate on staying mentally awake as my body fell asleep. After a few days I did it. When you fall asleep while conscious, you feel your body tighten up really hard and its a bit scary, and a little painful. I was aware that my body was now sleeping, you cant mistake that feeling, but I wasn't in a dream, I was just in my mind, it was black. I was trying to seperate frommy body, but I was never able to do it. I woke myself up because of the tight feeling in my chest had me a bit spooked.
I still don't believe astral projection is possible. I think its people mistaking a lucid dream for projection.
