very true funky :-)
next time you do that method just try it my way and you will see. let yourself relax and just sink into your bed more and more and more.

binz....
heres what to me validates it completely.....
being aware the whole time my body falls asleep and finding myself out of my body. while out I have full controll and I do indeed know my body is sleeping. when I do this I can go and put my hands through solid objects and feel the vibrations of it. I can fly through the air at will and even completely change my surroundings. I can visit the akashic records or travel through time.
but tell me this.......
how do you know your whole reality isnt just bullshit and fake.......
it could be completely constructed of thought itself

goofball.....
my sentence that you quoted, what I mean by that is....
in most cases you have to believe completely before you are able to do it.
and you also must be able to mentally handle it
in the other cases that it happens to people who dont even know what astral travel is it will happen through a near death experience most of the time. other times it has been known to happen out of the blue to people that didnt know what was going on at all but just found themselves floating above thier sleeping bodies.