Cats are excellent astral projectors! No doubt your cat was aware of what was happening to you and itself jumped astrally off your bed. I use the term "astral" in its broadest sense, as what happened sounds more like an OBE within the RTZ (Real Time Zone).

The astral body can be changed at will, so perhaps your cat had some reason to change its colour; what that reason might have been, it's difficult to say. You will have to ask your cat that telepathically!

When you returned rapidly to the physical, the cat did the same. Hence its colour was as it always has been in the physical: black!

Hope that the above helps.

Thanks :D I just actually got back from trying without any recordings. I would tell myself "My body will fall asleep but my mind will stay awake in 5 minutes" Then i would Count 1 (inhale) 2 (exhale) 3(inhale) And ect. And I did 5 intervals of 60 seconds. This brought me to vibrations really quick somehow. I was for sure in sleep paralysis. I felt very strong tingles in my hands, chest and above my lip for some reason, then eventually my legs. And I tried to move and it was very hard to, I sat up and my hands were stuck in the same position for a few minutes before i regained control of them.

Oh, yes! That sounds like the start of a projection, all right! Keep up your efforts - and try to avoid being disturbed next time.

The forum admin too had a similar experience you can read here:

http://www.forumforastral.com/your-experiecnce-on-astral-projection/strange-experience-obe/msg240/#msg240

Just search the forum once, you can read some other experience too :)

Hello, Mike, and welcome to the forum! It sounds like you had a brief first projection; congratulations! You say that something frightened you. This almost certainly caused the projection to end so abruptly.

It is important to feel no feel no fear - and no other negative emotions - both before and during projection. Work on spiritual cleansing (chakras, etc.) before attempting projection. This will help you be in a positive, moving, frame of mind when you project.

Good luck!

This only underlines how important it is to be in a calm, loving, positive state before attempting astral projection. Meditate deeply, having previously purged all negative thoughts and emotions and filled yourself with positive ones.

If you are in a spiritually pure state, you won't see scary creatures any more. They do not exist on the higher levels of the astral.

LPC is right, the Astral plane your in is almost like a mirror image of our reality built off your own perception and imagination, so small iregularities are the norm. I viewed my feet from an OBE uncovered by my quilt whilst they were actually covered.  :)

yes, last time i had a proper fully aware obe etc.

when the obe was over and back into my body, a deep and rich warm energy throughtout my body, from toes to forehead, as if my soul was throbbing with new insight, very vibrant and fully of static charge you might say.
very energetic energy for me heaps of bounce, not much relaxation.
was about 2-3 weeks ago for me.
things are back to the normal now for me at least

I agree with Darklon. I would only add that you could try developing astral vision by working on your third eye chakra. Also, you should know what your room looks like so well, that you could at first use your imagination to manoevre around. With time, your astral vision will certainly develop.

Jacob, many people hear noises at exit time: buzzing, whooshing, banging, etc. It's very common. Sounds like you have reached the stage of paralysis. That's good. It means that you are nearly ready to AP. Stay calm and relaxed and in due course you should be able to AP. Some people use techniques such as the "rope method", whilst others just float out gently and naturally. There are no rules about this. It all depends on the person.

Warmest best wishes!