Lucid dreaming occurs in the inner plane, while astral projection occurs on any plane. When you project, you go to a plane that can either be within your sphere, or outside of it. However, when you dream lucidly, you are in the same dimension or consciousness as you are when dreaming, you are simply (well, not 'simply') consciously aware while in that state.
I have had conversations with people i'm very close to in dreams, and only one of those conversations was remembered by the other party as well. But, strangely enough, while we both recalled talking about the same subjects, we recalled different words. As though the thoughts were interpreted according to our respective natures and opinions of one another. Our only real success in it was that we dreamed about one another on the same night, remembered it, and recalled a similar conversation. We haven't been able to reproduce it at will since then, as we both have lucid dreams irregularly.
I have heard that people can speak with one another through astral projection, and don't doubt it at all really, but I've never been able to make it work. Either one of us was off target, or we were distracted.
It would be great to establish a meeting place of some sort - the astral isn't exactly like meeting at the waffle house off exit ##. Someone else made a post about possibly meeting at one of the gates of the necronomicon... I've pondered the idea of creating an astral beacon, in the form of a sigil, that perhaps two people could project through at the same time.
Sometimes during projection, if I visit people I know and speak to them, they will actually answer me back. When I ask them about it though, they don't recall saying anything. I believe that it's because of a separation between normal and astral awareness. That, or, my 'landscape' is reacting arbitrarily to my action. Still haven't got a good hold on that yet maybe.
Perhaps if a space was established - a sigil to get there, a description of the space, like a 3-dimensional sigil in a way - we could try it out.
peace
This post has been edited by Vagrant Dreamer: Feb 22 2007, 11:12 PM
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