I've had these kinds of experiences, and they are very real-feeling. In fact, I describe them as feeling MORE real than waking life.
However, what is real as an experience and what is useful in describing and interacting with the world around us are different things. I've never seen nor heard any credible evidence of someone using Astral projection to find information that they could not otherwise have had access to.
That doesn't mean it's impossible-- only that I have too little confidence in anecdotal evidence and personal reports to draw a positive belief about it.
However, what is real as an experience and what is useful in describing and interacting with the world around us are different things. I've never seen nor heard any credible evidence of someone using Astral projection to find information that they could not otherwise have had access to.
That doesn't mean it's impossible-- only that I have too little confidence in anecdotal evidence and personal reports to draw a positive belief about it.
