Astral Projection Forum

The dream world and astral plane are almost the same thing but, they most likely are seperated by levels of awareness (frequency); just like different colours are still part of the same spectrum called light. If you don't usually dream this kind of thing, especially seeing symbols around you and brilliant sky and grass (very akin to high vibration astral experience, where you can start to see things that are shared in the collective memories of people), as well as the sense that your cat had a living presence and communicated with you on some level, then I would consider this an astral experience.