Do you believe dreams can have meaning, connected to daytime events or a disconnected experience ? Ever had a dream that made you wonder what is was about? An intangible occurence or other . Where and why do certain dreams occur?

it_is_the_light wrote on Aug 30^th, 2016 at 7:52am:

   Light I always thought dejavu was experienced before hand and then later on you experienced a "I know I have been here before" type experience.. that is my take on it anyway, and as a child it used to happen to me all the time. 
I originally started this thread because once , when my girl was around 3/4 we experienced a shared dream ie: we had the same dream at the same time- it was a very vivid dream. My girl came into me that same morning and said to me "mama- I dreamed you lost me" - I had just woke from a dream where I dreamed I had lost her - that really freaked me out. I had never even knew that such dreams existed and have since found out they are a rare occurance.   One or the other of us had entered the others dream.

Dreams are a viable method for God [a spirit being] to give messages to us [mostly to our subconscious?], especially when he, God, still wishes for us to have some doubts [i.e. no tangible evidence] of his existence.

No ?


Personally, i regard all of those 'persons' who i encounter in the dream state, as spirit entities who are trying to evoke some 'emotional' response in myself.            Like a 'bootcamp' testing.




1 Kings 3:5
In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.


Job 33:14
For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
15  In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
16  Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
17  That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
18  He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.




Do you ever experience dreams where you are awake [i.e. you feel fully conscious] ?

Google;
lucid dreaming



p.s.
BE CAREFUL.

Because,     'Here, there be monsters.'     !!!

.....in the spirit world/realm.

certainly things like drowning, tidal waves, tsunamis seem to involve feelings of "waves of emotional overload" and are common when people are overwhelmed.

when you have a decision to make you may have things like locks and keys and find yourself at intersections.

lots of bridges and gates also indicate that you are in a transitional state.

there are plenty of good books on interpretation of dreams

Freud wrote one

Unforgiven wrote on Aug 30^th, 2016 at 2:16pm:
Your nightmare would be to be back in British colonial India crapping in a gutter while a rich pom chucks you 20 pence.

Unforgiven has nightmares about living as a heterosexual white male and having to be burdened with the blame of slavery, gay rights, affirmative action, and having to find a job based on skill rather than being part of a minority group. Unforgiven loves it when he wakes up back on the other side of the demographic.

mantra wrote on Aug 30^th, 2016 at 11:51am:

  Exorcism, is that like someone comes to your house maybe a priest..was that scary at all ?  I don't dream a lot now but when my kids were little- all the time.

one I have now and again is being crushed by a vehicle that I'm working under... 

other times its a sex dream and when I wake up i find the doona resembling a Huge Pakistani Marquee... 

Excalibur - In The Land Of Dreams

Normally, I don't discuss dreams in any great detail, because no matter how interesting they may seem, they tend to bore the listener.

However, I can say I puzzled over a practical woodworking problem for several years, and the answer came to me in a dream.

mantra wrote on Aug 31^st, 2016 at 5:48am:


I used to experience sleep paralysis-started at about 18, but you must have been plagued with them to go to that length, just glad you got some relief-  I  also experienced  being pinned to my bed by a "body" and that was very frightening, that  only happened once but the dream stayed with me to this day- it might sound crazy to some who haven't experienced it but then not everyone will get it-


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Did you know  that Paul MrCarteny conceived the song "Yesterday " in a dream?

Yadda wrote on Aug 31^st, 2016 at 9:13am:


The physiological explanation is that people wake up before REM is finished, but I'm not convinced that is always the case. To this day I often wake up after a couple of hours sleep and stay awake, but I haven't experienced that sleep paralysis since. I believe that I left myself susceptible to demons at one stage of my life.

Yadda - your picture looks how it felt at the time and the blurry image I often saw and felt on top of me wasn't dissimilar to that ugly goblin.

Agnes wrote on Aug 31^st, 2016 at 9:28am:


You never forget it.

mantra wrote on Aug 31^st, 2016 at 11:00am:



Not sleep paralysis in my opinion

Demonic attack

The hideous blob has been described by millions throughout thousands of years.  It's a mug-shot.  Or, picked out of a line-up by millions.  And that's because it exists and is able to be described by many, thus enabling the artist to paint it

Except in reality it's far less 'cute' or bemused
and knows exactly what it's doing and attacks with ruthless intent

Prayer kicks its arse

'Happens in our heads'


But you claim you've had many similar experiences to those described by others


You equate psychic experience with getting rich


You need to clarify

' makes me feel drawn to want to go back there!'

Nice post, Lady Lols

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I know that 'want to go back there' feeling, as do many, no doubt

With me, it's a feeling similar to that of homesickness.  Yet it's for a place (actually several) that I've never seen outside dream experiences

Haven't been back there for a while. Have never attempted to consciously summon the place or visit it.  But I could draw a rough map of it.  Has no connection with my real life.  As if I live another life (or several) while I'm asleep

It has a atmosphere all its own.  It's peopled

When I awaken, it's with that 'homesick' feeling.  Takes a while to shake off.  I think to myself, 'Where is that place? Why do I keep going back there?'.  But while I'm in the dream, it's just like ordinary life and I don't realise I'm back there

It's a fascinating part of our lives that many are too shy to discuss with others:

dreams
precognition and precognitive dreams
dream places feeling familiar
repeat dreams
shared dreams
ESP and Telepathy in dreams
dream 'schooling'
dream travel
dream solutions and resolutions
preparatory dreams
communication with the deceased and possibly those yet unborn, in dreams
etc

Which life is our 'real' one: our dream world or the 'reality' we believe we're living in at the moment?  Science doesn't know

Dreaming about spewing carbon monoxide, after being tied underneath a car. Wake up exhausted.

UnSubRocky wrote on Aug 31^st, 2016 at 5:39pm:


That sounds like a nightmare. Did someone threaten you or are you reliving an experience from another life?

Vic wrote on Aug 31^st, 2016 at 7:46pm:


Haha. Having never been a father - I hadn't heard that one.

I also dream about Alex Dimitriades like every second night. What do you guys think that could mean? Any dream experts on here?

Neferti wrote on Aug 30^th, 2016 at 4:30pm:


Yes, that's the first thing I noticed 

UnSubRocky wrote on Aug 31^st, 2016 at 5:39pm:

A few nights after the death of my ex-girlfriend, I had this vivid dream about having sex with her in my room. She is better in bed as a ghost than she was in real life riding me.

greggerypeccary wrote on Aug 31^st, 2016 at 8:46pm:



It Is The Light may have asked the question before.  Some questions are worthy of repetition

In that vein, I'll post a dream which I've posted before

A few years ago I awoke exhausted from a dream.  We're told dreams last only a few seconds, but my dream seemed to have been going on for most of the night

Over breakfast I told my family about the dream.  It involved my father, with whom I wasn't particularly close.  It had dwindled to the point I now sent cards at birthdays, Christmas, etc.  And every now and then, he'd phone.  But we'd had little contact for a number of years apart from that.  Geographically, we were separated by hundreds of kilometres and I hadn't seen him physically for well over ten years

It took a few days for the dream to wear off.  Then, several days to a week later, my father phoned out of the blue.  Almost immediately, he informed me he'd returned home from hospital only hours earlier.  ' I nearly died', he said.  He'd been in hospital for a number of days apparently

He began telling me what ailed him and had put him in hospital.  Before he'd said much, I commented that it all sounded like a dream I'd had around a week earlier

'Go on', he said.  So I told him about the dream, in which I'd seen him lying in a sort of ditch or sunken impression in the ground and screaming in agony to the point I'd seen the veins in his neck standing out and sweat on his face.  It involved his legs and at varying points in the dream, he'd pulled one of his legs up toward his chest with both arms, screaming in pain

It was night in the dream, and hot. People were out on verandas to escape the heat.  They were drinking and chatting.  I could hear them and could hear what sounded like a radio playing.  In the dream, I couldn't understand why they weren't going to help my father, because he was very close to them.  I wasn't able to make myself heard in the dream, even though I'd been calling out to people to help him.  The effort of trying to alert people to my father's predicament formed a large part of the exhaustion I'd felt when I awoke.  The dream seemed to go on for hours with my father lying there in the ditch, screaming out for help with people all around

After I told my father the dream, he was quiet for several moments, then he said it was almost exactly what had landed him in hospital. He said it had been a very hot night, too hot to sleep, and he'd been watching tv with two fans on.  Eventually he'd decided to go to bed. But when he went to get out of his chair, he'd fallen.  He was elderly and had various health problems, and had been unable to right himself.  He tried repeatedly to get off the floor, but he'd become wedged in amongst furniture.  He'd been drinking Scotch which wouldn't have helped

The night drew on with him still trapped between furniture and unable to get to his feet. The cool breeze from the fans was blowing directly on him and became frigid, he said. The cold air went from being a relief to becoming very painful.  But he couldn't move to escape it. Then, his legs began to cramp badly.  He said it was agonizing.  He called out for help because he could hear people nearby, but no one came.  He said he began lapsing in and out of consciousness.  Finally, he must have lapsed into total unconsciousness.  Next he knew, he awakened in hospital

He was told that a friend had called around to see him the day following his fall, but although he knocked & called out several times, the friend received no answer.  Rather than leave, the friend decided to investigate.  He went inside and discovered my father lying unconscious on the floor.  The ambulance was called.  When he regained consciousness in hospital, my father said he was told he could easily have died if the friend hadn't decided to go inside to investigate

The parallels between my dream and the actual event are obvious.  It appeared I'd witnessed my father's suffering from a distance of over 800 kilometres

My father died not long after the event detailed above

'a doorway a gateway through your non physical / spirit self '...

Thank you, It_is_the_Light.  Yes.  And might help people to know that they all (almost) are non-physical, spiritual entities having a 'human' experience -- a brief experience from which they'll emerge --- just as we 'awaken' from our everyday dreams

so don't despair, do not fear   

PZ547 wrote on Sep 4^th, 2016 at 9:51am:



PZ547,

I collected this quote along the way......



"We had thought that we were human beings making a spiritual journey; it may be truer to say that we are spiritual beings making a human journey."
- Teilhard de Chardin


and this one.....

"It is my suspicion that the universe is not only stranger than we do imagine but it is stranger than we can imagine."
- J.B.S.Haldane - biochemist

Excalibur - In The Land Of Dreams

http://thespiritscience.net/2016/09/14/4-explanations-of-deja-vu-that-explain-it...

4 EXPLANATIONS OF DEJA VU THAT EXPLAIN IT BETTER THAN SCIENCE

Maureen was sitting with her friends in a park. The weather is sunny, and the girls are relaxing after a busy day at school. Suddenly Maureen declares that a boy with a very funny haircut will appear. Her friends stared at her in amazement as that particular person walked by their bench. They asked Maureen how she had known he was coming. She couldn’t explain. She didn’t understand it herself.

Derrick was ecstatic, as any seven-year-old would be to see a medieval castle for the first time. His parents were shocked as he described every detail of each of the twelve rooms.  Before they entered them.(1)

Deja vu is a curious phenomenon that almost everyone experiences at some point in their lives. It only lasts a few seconds when an experience or dream feels eerily familiar. It comes from the French meaning ‘already seen.’

Who Gets Deja Vu?

About two-thirds of our population have this experience at least once in our lives. Studies found that gender makes no difference, yet age is significant. It seems the older a person is, the less likely he will have an episode of deja vu. In fact, the majority of these reports were issued from 15-and-25-year olds. It is also more common with those who watch movies or travel often. (6)

1. Mercury

Mercury is the messenger of the ancient Roman gods, and was also known as the Bringer of Dreams. He can assume any human form and enter the dreams of gods and man alike to relay messages, insights, and premonitions. Perhaps he delivers a hint of the future for the dreamer. When you experience his prediction, you cannot fully remember the vision of Mercury from your dream, and it is quickly dismissed. (2)

2. Reincarnation

This refers to the idea that deja vu is a glimpse of previous life. You are given a second chance to return a moment and relive it. It’s like the clock has turned back so you can choose better the second time. This theory clearly explains the case of Derrick who could have simply visited or even inhabited the medieval castle in a previous life. (3)

3. Time Space Continuum

Our existence runs on a track that is parallel to other dimensions beyond our awareness.

Time and space pass linearly in a straight line, alongside the lateral realms. Sometimes, under certain conditions, we can inadvertently slip into the parallel dimension or the Continuum.

This gives a slight out of body experience where you feel as if you recognize something you have never seen before. (4)

4. Big Bang

Deja vu’s mysterious sensation could be due to the multiple Big Bangs that occurred when the universe was created and recreated. Picture your computer screen when you refresh the Internet page. It ‘blinks,’ in a sense. Similarly, as the world is being recreated, it can affect random people at different times, thrusting them into a scene of the past, or a familiar sensation.(5)

What Do You Believe?

Deja vu is a reality that seemed to have leaped out of fantasy. Every speculation is intriguing, and there can be truth in every idea.There are so many undiscovered mysteries in this universe that one can only speculate about.

Ponder this: Are you sure you haven’t read this article before?

Sources:

(1) Deja Vu. Mysterious Tales. http://toa.edu.my/showcase/diploma/multimedia-design/assets/images/mm170/root/stories.html 2016

(2) Brilliant Dreams. Premonitions in Dreams and Déjà Vu http://www.brilliantdreams.com/product/deja-vu.htm

(3) Starperson. Deja Vu. http://www.truthcontrol.com/forum/deja-vu-1 Published: June 25, 2013

(4) In5D. Parallel Universes and Alternate Realities. http://in5d.com/parallel-universes-and-alternate-realities/ Published: February 28, 2015.

(5) Deja Vu. Deja Vu Myths. http://toa.edu.my/showcase/diploma/multimedia-design/assets/images/mm170/root/myths.html 2016

(6) Sandee LaMotte. No, you haven’t read this déjà vu story before. http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/08/health/deja-vu/ Updated: January 8, 2016

It was the most vivid dream I have had in a while. Have you not had those dreams where you are running, but not getting anywhere.

UnSubRocky wrote on Sep 18^th, 2016 at 10:22pm:


I used to have them as a kid but when I could not run away I ended up flying. Breast stroke for slow flying, freestyle, for move my arse. I guess I must have faced the demons at some point, I haven't had one like that since I was about 12 or so.

Setanta wrote on Sep 18^th, 2016 at 10:28pm:



It was a nightmare - the start button had changed to an icon
saying you've got a virus & a laughing face.

Setanta wrote on Sep 18^th, 2016 at 10:39pm:




It was so horrific that I woke up.
Trust me to take a nap in the middle of the day.
I even rushed to my computer to turn it on in case the dream was real.
Luckily it was all ok.

UnSubRocky wrote on Sep 18^th, 2016 at 10:22pm:

I have and there was usually something/someone chasing me- kinda freaky.

It's interesting how some dreams form memories in the same way as events that occur to us in real life.  I can remember some dreams I had as a young child. And out of the thousands of dreams which most of us have over the course of our lifetime, some form memories whereas others vanish almost immediately

Then there are what are called 'fugue states'.  I wasn't sure I was using the correct term so had to look it up.  Found this:

Quote:


Maybe 'fugue state' isn't what I mean after all, but if not, I don't know the correct term for what happened

I was aged four to five. It was around dark and I was sitting in a chair near the fire, watching the flames reflecting off the brass (or copper, don't really know) ornamental plates on the wall.  I was waiting to be called to dinner.  Next I knew, I saw a harbor scene. I was 'in' the scene. It was night-time, but there were lights about. There was a stone harbor wall, men everywhere, all busy.  Several ships were moored. They were galley type ships, so it must have been a scene from the ancient past. I saw 'myself'. I was on one of the ships and was a young male, around 20 or so I suppose now, and wearing some brief girdle garment, bare chested, light curly hair, tanned skin

A hill rose up steeply behind the harbor and houses rose all up the hill.  I looked for my parents' home. Finally I found it, towards the top. Light shone from behind arches which ran across the front -- I suppose now the light was from candles or torches.  Several of the houses nearby also had arches running across the front and some of those had lights also

I was incredibly happy to see my parents' home and couldn't wait to go to them. I knew they'd have a feast prepared with lots of family friends there to greet me. Can't describe how happy 'I' was to be home

That's all I remember. I suppose I was called to dinner and hopped from the chair in real life.  It's just like a memory of something I experienced from real life and it's stayed with me all the years since

Some years ago I saw a photo of Naples. Until that point I hadn't known Naples has a hill running up from the harbor.  I almost lost my breath for a second when I saw the houses rising up the hill in tiers, because many of them had arches across the front, same as I saw in the 'fugue state' all those years ago

In another fugue type state when I was around twenty years old, I looked up and saw over a dozen faces, maybe two dozen, didn't count them.  They were of all ages and complexion. All but a couple were caucasion basically, although there were a couple that were much darker and one, maybe two, wore a turban

Apart from those in turbans, the rest were ragged. Many would be considered 'dirty' today.  Most lacked teeth, or those they did have were poor. Their clothes were rags in many cases.  Heavy wrinkles, scars -- rough looking.  But they were smiling or grinning, as if they were pleased to see me, or to have me 'seeing' them. They looked as if they lived hard lives. There were men and women

Next I knew, I 'saw' a U-shaped conveyor-belt basically.  The faces, possibly more than before, were on the conveyor-belt which ran from right to left.  The conveyor-belt was in perfect perspective.  It's amazing.  A professional artist couldn't render it more perfect. At the far extent of the 'U' (to the right) the faces were small.  They grew larger as they moved to the maximum curve of the 'U' which was positioned right in front of me.  Then, as they receded to the left, they grew progressively smaller again

At the maximum curve of the 'U', each face was quite large. The conveyor-belt paused for several seconds in order I could view each face.  Then that face was replaced by the one behind it and I looked at the new one, while the one I'd looked at previously moved slowly back up the arms of the 'U', going to the left

As each face came to the brief pause in front of me, it looked straight ahead and was at maximum size.  It was as if each face was 'alive'. They certainly didn't look dead.  They looked straight ahead. I had no option other than to look at them. Their expression was neutral. It was as if they wished to be seen warts and all. No artifice, no smile, no self-consciousness, just 'here I am, this is me'

Can't remember how many faces I looked at.  Then it all went away and all I saw were motes of dust floating in some rays of sunshine within the room

I hadn't been doing anything unusual before the above took place. I'd been reading a letter just received from a friend and when I looked up I saw the first tableau of the massed, ragged faces initially described above, followed by the conveyor-belt experience. So, nothing to explain why it occurred or what it signified