Dark rooms

[mark7]

Hi all, im new on here as of today,
anyways
ive had sleep paralysis all my life, which is about 30 odd years, never really knew what it was,
and had some pretty scarey episodes until about a year ago when i realised i could relax into this state, and it was acctually quite nice.
Before that i would allways panic and developed a way of bringing myself out of it.
now, i have been out of my body many times, usually just walked round the room, but occasionally have ventured downstairs in the kitchen, i allways believed i was dreaming but controling the dream, obviously not!, what i was expieriencing was AStRAL,
so heres my question, is there anyway i can light the place up ?, as its allways dark, i have acctually tried turning the lights on but to no avail lol,
can i manifest light ?
thnks,
mark.

[mark7]

ok maybe i should rethrase the question,
is it normal that the rooms should be dark ?, or am i somewhere i shouldnt be ?
in my own thinking the room should be dark if its night time and all the lights are off, and i am indeed stepping out of my own body at that moment in time,
if it were to be daylight, when i step out of my body, then i could safely assume im dreaming and not acctually astral traveling, maybe a test would be to cover my eyes when going to sleep, but leave the light on in the room, then when i step out of my body, it should in theory be lite up ? yes/ no ?

[acillis]

i do not know if this will help
but can you touch things while astral?
when i am lucid, i find my self in dark places aswell against my wishes...
so i taught my self a little trick, i grabed a light bulb and channeled my energy into it, it actually lights up! im not sure if this will help but who knows

[mark7]

to be honest i never seem to have to touch things ie. door knobs and the likes, its almost as though i go through them, i did have a strange thing apear the other week, when i was doing self hypnosis,

i had counted myself down to the level of blissfullness i normally associate with meditation, then used the stairs method to take myself deeper, i start at level 10 and then slowly walk down imaginary steps, down to the 9th floor and so on until i hit the first floor,

i always create a basement but have never taken that extra level down yet,
anyway on this occasion when i reached the fouth floor, i looked to my right and there was a room, a dark room,

i felt totally safe and in control as this is part of self hypnosis,
in the room was a purple star, as big as me, it looked as though it was made of glass and filled with a purple liquid ???
i walked around it then touched it, it was 3 dimentional

i could physically feel it on my hands, but nothing happend, i stayed in that room just looking at the star for about 15 mins then carried on my descent to the first floor, where i was doing some affermations to my self

what the star signified i havnt got a clue, but to answer your question on that occasion i could feel something, but i must add,
i dont feel the steps on my feet as im walking my self down the staircases
strange ????
i will have to have a play with this idea
: )