Tour of the astral plane?

[extravagantdelight]

I had this dream a few months back. It was very memorable, and I awoke with a sense of calmness and happiness. It was one of my very favorites..it's one of those dreams that never fade from you.


I am in the universe, up in the night sky. It is dazzling, such beautiful colors..I can zoom in on galaxies and stars and nebulas. I am riding on a train. The train is not connected to a track, it just flies along where it needs to. There are others with me. We are looking out the windows, but we don't really need to to see the beauty surrounding us. There are huge, exquisite buildings. They look old fashioned like Victorian age, maybe. I am enjoying the beautiful architecture and the dazzling night sky. We are taking pictures of stars and other wonders of the universe along the ride. The train comes to a stop outside one particularly lovely building. Or rather, mansion..I get out along with some others. I become aware that I am wearing a beautiful red dress..again, looks very 'Victorian'..I become lucid at this point. A few women come out of the mansion to greet me. They too are dressed in extravagant fancy dresses. Our hair is up in curls. We are good friends. We go into the house together, chatting like old friends. I admire their home. We are talking, catching up?..We are getting ready for something, a party maybe. We walk outside and it is snowing. It is not cold, however. It is beautiful. We stand there for a moment to enjoy the beauty..The dream ends soon after.

I awoke very excited and thankful for the experience.
Could this possibly be the 'astral plane'? I have had other dreams in this landscape. Every time I remember this place like I have been there many times before. It is very familiar.
Reply with ideas/stories? Thank you!!

[psychic-test]

in my first ever lucid dream, i felt that i live my body and flying through the window outside to my garden. back than i was only new to lucid dreaming and astral projections and i didnt knew what i was expirence.

in the end i realized that i had both, i mean you can have astral projection and lucid dreams at the same time. but it doesnt need to be difine as a lucid dream or as an astral projection it can be both

[extravagantdelight]

I have had many dreams like that as well..I can sense my 'being' but cannot see myself..I fly through closed windows and through walls and ceilings. But it's weird, sometimes I seem to be only 'half' lucid..like I know I am in a dream, but it doesn't completely register in my mind that I can do whatever I want. Any tips on strengthening lucidity?

[psychic-test]

try the spinning technique.

when you feel that you are going to loose your lucidity just spinn arround yourself and it should work. you can also try to rub your hands against each other, by the time you will learn to control it naturally. and have a special symbol that will help you to focus. my symbol is the moon

[extravagantdelight]

Thank you very much, the spinning technique and the hand technique work very well for me. The thing that helps the most, however, is to simply tell yourself over and over that you will lucid dream tonight. Works for me, usually.

Oh! Here is something interesting. My sister told me that she had a similar dream to mine. It was her first lucid dream and her and I were flying in space. She said it was very beautiful and there were many colors. I often have dreams in this dreamscape.