Clarification on AP/OBE (?)

Ok. It seems like a lot of people on these forums and on the internet in general (including myself) do not understand what Astral Projection exactly is.

Lets talk about the term "Astral Projection" - the word projection itself means projecting something, this could very well mean it doesn't have anything to do with reality. Projecting = Imagination? Are people who experience the AP simply projecting thoughts with their minds and naming them Astral?

Whats up with that?

A lot of people claim they have experienced AP a lot of times yet they never find themselves on Earth but rather in some other worlds again calling them Astral, talking with other beings etc.. Again, a nice argument for all of this to be simply an imagination.

What is your opinion on what Astral Projection means exactly? Write a definition below as if you were going to explain it to someone who has no idea what it could be.

Don't get me wrong, I'm simply curious on what people here perceive as AP, and what arguments they have to support their beliefs.

Here's mine:

Astral Projection is a state of living trough your mind/soul instead of body, you separate from our physical dimension and are free to explore our universe in a completely different form of life, with different set of abilities.

One more time, I firmly believe some sort of AP/OBE is real, I just want to see what people here think they are trying to achieve.