[Number Six]

This is taken from a post I made a few months ago.

I was not alone. Ok this might be a bit creepy, but I want to mention it. Before I fell through the sofa, I was aware of something near the window. Not a person - it was like a shadow in the shape of a person, or an almost shape...like a blotchy person...but it was so black. Like...I noticed this thing in darkness...through closed eyes...under a blind fold, and it contrasted the dark like a black hole. I felt how dark it was. Anyway, this black hole dude, I've had a weird feeling about stuff like this for years now and I genuinely decided 'pfft, I'll get back to you.' like he was an inconvenience. I didn't actually feel threatened or anything, but that could just have been because I was all 'Oh, class, I'm trying not to move and now I'm falling face first into the sofa...Worst - attempt - ever. Oh, and there's a shadow monster sleeping at the window...bonus.'

But yeah, I don't know what to make of that last part, but I figured if I was a shadow dude that nobody could see, I'd like a mention - so, there we go.

Source: World of Lucid Dreaming Forum • View topic - 3rd day - bumbling success

If you want to debunk it because it's "astral projection crap" (which has been scientifically validated for like three decades), that's your prerogative, but I've found myself to be sensitive to this sort of stuff all my life.

I don't think they're malicious unless you yourself are malicious. If I had to define what "they" are - I'd say they are like empty bubbles that reflect negativity. If you're scared, they will manifest as your worst nightmare - if you don't give a shit, they'll just sit there, unaware.

 

[Number Six]

There can not be scientific proof on astral projection: it is, if it exist, not part of the physical world. Believe or not, your choice. I do not.

Stating that science can't prove something and then backing it up with the words "physical world" is a fallacy and the exact reason Newtonian physics is now outdated and being replaced by the quantum world.

Sleep paralysis is also a misnomer because the body is not paralyzed but is put into selective stasis, where the diaphragm and the eyes are free to move (this is where the term REM comes from) and it is through this that the first scientific evidence for lucid dreaming by Stephen La Berge came from. By your own logic, this should be an impossibility because the world of dreams is not of the "physical".

Everyone's free to believe whatever they want to believe, but inconsistencies of thought stand out like a car crash to me and when I point them out, I only do so in the spirit of illumination. It's probably healthy to have a sense of skepticism so I'm not suggesting you're wrong, but to reinforce such skepticism with absolute statements ("there cannot be scientific proof")will lead you to ignorance on your part.