Walking around

Echo
Last night I was trying to meditate myself into sleep paralysis. My mind seems to frequently wake up during paralysis when that's my intention, but it does always seem like at one point it fell asleep. Is this normal?

It's normal, you need some more practice to overcome that :)

Echo
Now my other question is about the part that comes after sleep paralysis. Last night when I woke up to the paralysis I decided to try out different techniques I had read about to project. One thing I tried was this technique to imagine the feeling of falling backwards. It felt amazing, like totally butterflies. I mean it really felt like I let myself fall backwards on the edge of a cliff. So after I tried that, I just kept moving around ie sitting up then falling backwards, then rolling to my side trying to leave my body. I was going too fast though, and didn't really know what sensation I was looking for. But finally I rolled over on my side, and stood up by my bed. My eyes were open. It felt like sleep walking not astral projection. I felt like even though my body was up and moving, it felt weird, uncoordinated, and almost asleep. I still felt the vibrations. Anyway I just layed back down buzzing for a while then woke myself up.

Congratulations, You did it :)
Sleep walking ?? Yup, It's actually seems like that. But Its your astral body which is outside :)

Echo
Can your physical body move during the vibration part? Should I have tested it somehow, like look at the clock or try to turn on the lights. I'm always weary of thinking too much during the vibration part. I just thought to myself, if I'm sleep walking, I could fall down the stairs. But this morning i'm thinking, maybe should have tried to do something. I was on the ground, like I wasn't floating or anything.

Ya, with will we can more our Physical body. But, you will loose your vibration :)
I recommend not to move your physical body when you are in vibration :)
Just have some intention before your try for Astral Projection. like, I will see someone when I project now or I will meet my spirit guide when I Astral project now or something which you want to achieve when you AP. This will help you accomplish when you project :)

Hope this helps :)

Awesome, I had a strong suspicion that I did it. What are some of the best ways to test if you're really astral. Should I try to read something or try to float or turn the lights on and off?

I think this will help you :)
http://www.forumforastral.com/techniques-and-help-to-lucid-dreaming/difference-between-astral-projection-and-lucid-dreaming-151/

Happy Travels :)

That is very helpful. But what should my first move be? Just explore the realm I'm in? It's just mind boggling, i had no idea it would feel so much like reality, though I was only out for seconds before chickening out. I'll skim through the forum to hear more stories. You seem to know this board inside out so if you have a link to share I'm always very grateful. And thank you for your responses. Not many people in my world to discuss this with.

You're always welcome :)
I think you can start exploring realm, let your main intention be staying out as long as you can. Try to increase your energy and get into higher realms, get experienced and then start walking toward self realization :)

Always try to stay as far as you can from your physical body or else you will be pulled back soon :)

To get vibration even more easily:
http://www.forumforastral.com/techniques-and-help-to-astral-projection/must-read-for-beginners-the-steps-to-success-in-your-first-projections/

http://www.forumforastral.com/techniques-and-help-to-astral-projection/triangle-method/

http://www.forumforastral.com/techniques-and-help-to-astral-projection/technique-that-i-havent-seen-on-this-site/

A cool, motivational Thread :)
http://www.forumforastral.com/your-experiecnce-on-astral-projection/everything-so-far-)/

You can search forum for more information :)
I will try to arrange some good topics at one place. Will do it shortly :)

Happy Travels :)

Yeah , i dont know why its like that , i dont like it too , in astral body you move and its like.... I dont know how to explain it because you shall try it before you get it , but it feels like your eyes closed but you still can see from them but they are closed O.o its like walking while sleeping but you can see , its third eye i think no? We always see with our third eyes in AP or what?