I had a lucid dream and found myself bouncing in a hallway. Other dream characters were there and I said “What the! Are we astral projecting?” I then stood up and walked out and saw a large pathway filled with medieval tortrure devices (Which later I knew was symbolic of my religious OCD), I thought why do I have to go through this? I’ll go around it. I went around it and told the dream ” Hey dream , take me to see heaven or Jesus”. The dreams deconstructed itself and I found myself waiting in blackness. Then the dream formed a large beach or shore. I saw other dream characters that kept following me trying to get my attention. One was a crying woman in a white wedding gown(I later found that she was a neural manifestation of apart of me that felt offended by not getting my needs met from the males in my life), I ignored her and the other dream characters. I followed one dream character into the ocean and swam. I felt the rush of water on my face, as I went deeper into the water, I felt my “subtle” body or astral body come from behind my human body and merge into my body laying on his side.
I’m confused was this an out of body lucid dream? And parts of our soul or mind dream out of body? Because I felt myself come back into my body from behind and outside. I felt so light and relaxed I loved it. OR was this astral projection?
Thoughts?