I got frustrated with trying to lucid dream and failing every single time, so I decided to try astral projection for the first time at around 11 AM. It wasn't WBTB or right after waking up, just a random day nap. After 30 minutes of laying down - I started seeing images, which only lasted for a split second. They would come and go. Eventually, I woke up in my dream/astral body.

I was laying down in own room, except there were minor changes (different items on the table, etc) It was very blurry and fuzzy, then I tried to stand up. It took some force, and I just 'floated' through my door past my family. Things became less blurry and fuzzy then. My family was talking and I could hear them very clearly. I went outside, everything was so vivid and the outside was the same like real life. My neighbors said "hey" to me as I passed them. I woke up eventually, but basically everything was a very similar replica of real life.

I experienced astral projection, right? Can you control things in the astral world...and what is the different between astral projection and lucid dreaming exactly? I haven't really experienced LD yet, but this was awesome and I did it on my first try.