Dreams

[Twilight Hue]

I heard some say that you can train it, so you can learn to "control" what you do in your dreams, not sure if that is true or not. But if possible, then you could potentially fly in your dreams and do all kinds of other crazy things.

Have you find it rather odd when the crazy stuff happens like that in dreams , you think nothing of it as if that's perfectly normal?

The only time you think it's crazy and weird is when you wake up.

A bit freaky. Heh.

 

[JustGeorge]

I heard some say that you can train it, so you can learn to "control" what you do in your dreams, not sure if that is true or not. But if possible, then you could potentially fly in your dreams and do all kinds of other crazy things.

I never really trained for it, but I had the same location appear in my dream so many times it became a trigger to realize I was dreaming. After that, I had full control. I usually just went with it and controlled my own actions in the dream scene, but if things started getting yucky, I'd remind myself I could change it, and did. Then I'd start controlling the actions of other 'dream people', or which place I went next.

Not all my dreams are lucid; just the ones that I get 'triggered' with the knowledge that I'm dreaming. Sometimes I do crazy stuff; most of the time I just explore.

 

[Nimos]

Have you find it rather odd when the crazy stuff happens like that in dreams , you think nothing of it as if that's perfectly normal?

The only time you think it's crazy and weird is when you wake up.

A bit freaky. Heh.

I really enjoy it, I know it's a dream and they are not nightmares, never think I have had a nightmare at least not what I can remember. But the idea that things which usually are impossible or places that don't exist suddenly are created in your head is rather entertaining I think. But I would like to be better at controlling them, so you could go explore a bit more

 

[anna.]

Twice in the last two nights I've dreamed about people (3 total) in my life who've died - relatives and friends, and I was having these conversations with them. One of them passed recently and the other two have been dead for years now. I've dreamed about people before who've died, including my parents, and sometimes they're talking and I can remember what they said. The dreams aren't sad, and they bring me comfort, like my memories coming to life. I miss them.

 

[Trailblazer]

Twice in the last two nights I've dreamed about people (3 total) in my life who've died - relatives and friends, and I was having these conversations with them. One of them passed recently and the other two have been dead for years now. I've dreamed about people before who've died, including my parents, and sometimes they're talking and I can remember what they said. The dreams aren't sad, and they bring me comfort, like my memories coming to life. I miss them.

My father died in 1964, my only sister in 2005, my mother in 2007, and my husband last year. I have no family left except my older brother who lives in another state. I have no children but my cats have always been my family. I have lost so many cats in the last 25 years. I used to dream about the cats not long after they passed and I believe they still exist in the spiritual world. I never dream about my father but infrequently I dream about my mother or my sister. Since my husband passed on I have dreamed about him a lot. Although I don't see a visual or hear a verbal, I know it is him in the dream. Often the cats we had together are also in the dream. Often we are in a car we went around in together, that is one way I know it is him.

 

[anna.]

My father died in 1964, my only sister in 2005, my mother in 2007, and my husband last year. I have no family left except my older brother who lives in another state. I have no children but my cats have always been my family. I have lost so many cats in the last 25 years. I used to dream about the cats not long after they passed and I believe they still exist in the spiritual world. I never dream about my father but infrequently I dream about my mother or my sister. Since my husband passed on I have dreamed about him a lot. Although I don't see a visual or hear a verbal, I know it is him in the dream. Often the cats we had together are also in the dream. Often we are in a car we went around in together, that is one way I know it is him.

I'm sorry for your losses.

It seems the hardest part of living is saying goodbye. It's so hard, losing parents and siblings, and friends and pets. I still often think of the pets I've lost, and I dread losing the cat I have now, I'm so protective. I have children and the fear that I won't go first is always lurking back in the part of my mind where I keep it hidden. When I've dreamed of my mom and dad they've been younger than when they died, like back when I was a kid. The people I dreamed about the last two nights, one of them was telling me about death and the other was teasing me in the voice I remember before they lost their voice to a stroke years before they died. Now that was really something to experience in a dream.

I know what you mean about knowing someone is in the dream, knowing it's them even if they're not visualized. That happens to me too, about someone I used to know and there's no doubt who it is, regardless.

 

[Trailblazer]

I'm sorry for your losses.

Thanks. The loss of my husband of 37 years was by far the hardest loss.

It seems the hardest part of living is saying goodbye. It's so hard, losing parents and siblings, and friends and pets. I still often think of the pets I've lost, and I dread losing the cat I have now, I'm so protective. I have children and the fear that I won't go first is always lurking back in the part of my mind where I keep it hidden.

I have eight cats now and I treasure every one of them. All but one are cats I adopted or purchased after I lost a cat. I have lost upwards of 30 cats so I have learned how to cope through the school of hard knocks. I try to live in the present and not think about the future, that is the only way I can survive. Otherwise worry will take me over.

You are very fortunate. It is not usual for a child to die before a parent, although it does happen. My sister died 2 years before my mother.

When I've dreamed of my mom and dad they've been younger than when they died, like back when I was a kid. The people I dreamed about the last two nights, one of them was telling me about death and the other was teasing me in the voice I remember before they lost their voice to a stroke years before they died. Now that was really something to experience in a dream.

I don't usually remember the details of my dreams after I wake up, I only have a vague recollection.

I think there is a reason why that person in your dream was teasing you in the voice you remember before they lost their voice to a stroke years before they died. According to my beliefs, any diseases or infirmities people had in this life will no longer exist in the next life and they will be restored to their former healthy selves. That is because the disease was associated with the body that died so it doesn't affect the soul, which is what continues to exist in the next world in a new body that is spiritual.

I know what you mean about knowing someone is in the dream, knowing it's them even if they're not visualized. That happens to me too, about someone I used to know and there's no doubt who it is, regardless.

I think it is possible they are trying to communicate with us from the spiritual world.

 

[exchemist]

Twice in the last two nights I've dreamed about people (3 total) in my life who've died - relatives and friends, and I was having these conversations with them. One of them passed recently and the other two have been dead for years now. I've dreamed about people before who've died, including my parents, and sometimes they're talking and I can remember what they said. The dreams aren't sad, and they bring me comfort, like my memories coming to life. I miss them.

Oh I get this all the time with my late wife. As you say, the dreams are very matter-of-fact and not at all tragic. But sometimes I’m a bit disorientated when I wake up and disappointed to realise once more she’s not around.

In fact it did occur to me to wonder if this may be one reason why human beings tend to think there is an afterlife.

 

[Trailblazer]

Oh I get this all the time with my late wife. As you say, the dreams are very matter-of-fact and not at all tragic. But sometimes I’m a bit disorientated when I wake up and disappointed to realise once more she’s not around.

I know what you mean.

In fact it did occur to me to wonder if this may be one reason why human beings tend to think there is an afterlife.

I firmly believe there is an afterlife, a spiritual world we pass to after we die physically, and I also believe that our loved ones can communicate to us from that world in our dreams, letting us know they still exist.
I also believe our loved ones can communicate to us in other ways, as my late husband has done on numerous occasions.

 

[anna.]

Thanks. The loss of my husband of 37 years was by far the hardest loss.

I have eight cats now and I treasure every one of them. All but one are cats I adopted or purchased after I lost a cat. I have lost upwards of 30 cats so I have learned how to cope through the school of hard knocks. I try to live in the present and not think about the future, that is the only way I can survive. Otherwise worry will take me over.

You are very fortunate. It is not usual for a child to die before a parent, although it does happen. My sister died 2 years before my mother.

I don't usually remember the details of my dreams after I wake up, I only have a vague recollection.

I think there is a reason why that person in your dream was teasing you in the voice you remember before they lost their voice to a stroke years before they died. According to my beliefs, any diseases or infirmities people had in this life will no longer exist in the next life and they will be restored to their former healthy selves. That is because the disease was associated with the body that died so it doesn't affect the soul, which is what continues to exist in the next world in a new body that is spiritual.

I think it is possible they are trying to communicate with us from the spiritual world.

That's a lot of cats! It's wonderful that you gave them a good home.

If I wake up and remember the dream I write it down as soon as possible. Sometimes with pencil and notebook, sometimes I dictate into my phone so I can get it all down while I remember the details. Try that and see if it helps. I'm fascinated by how our mind works when we dream, although I don't see them as messages to me, more like my mind sending those memories out. I do believe in an afterlife, most of the time. I want there to be an afterlife and I haven't let go of that desire but there's been a stubborn doubt nagging at me for quite a few years now.

 

[anna.]

Oh I get this all the time with my late wife. As you say, the dreams are very matter-of-fact and not at all tragic. But sometimes I’m a bit disorientated when I wake up and disappointed to realise once more she’s not around.

In fact it did occur to me to wonder if this may be one reason why human beings tend to think there is an afterlife.

In one of them we (including my siblings) were all sitting around the table and my dad was making a typical dad joke, and my mom was laughing. I'm glad the dreams are good, not all my actual memories are good.

 

[YmirGF]

When I was in prison, one night, I had an extremely vivid dream. In the dream, I was touring the facility, going from floor to floor. Peeking in windows and doorways etc, just looking around. I went to a lobby-like area and was struck by the scene of a huge, oversized steam engine out in the roadway, with white smoke billowing up. It was a dazzling sight. Soon, I realized that it was almost time to wake up, so I made my way back to the floor my unit was on and even stood at a doorway, waiting to be buzzed through. Then I woke up.

I am an avid fan of dreaming and the symbols found therein, but the symbolism in this dream left me scratching my head. The only reason I'm telling you folks about this is when I was thinking about this last night, the penny dropped. I'm thinking that this was meaning "full steam ahead" into the light of a new day (a new way of thinking) because that is what happened shortly after this. I got transferred out and my life changed. The weird part is, no one knew me at the first prison, whereas after a few days everyone knew me, or of me, at the 2nd. So, full steam ahead, it is.

It's funny how things don't make sense, and then when looked at through a different lens, suddenly come into sharp focus.

 

[Trailblazer]

I do believe in an afterlife, most of the time. I want there to be an afterlife and I haven't let go of that desire but there's been a stubborn doubt nagging at me for quite a few years now.

I definitely believe in an afterlife, which is kind of a misnomer, since I believe the next life is only a continuation of this life.
The only difference is that the next life is conducted in a spiritual world, not a material world.

A friend asked: “How should one look forward to death?”​

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‘Abdu’l-Bahá answered: “How does one look forward to the goal of any journey? With hope and with expectation. It is even so with the end of this earthly journey. In the next world, man will find himself freed from many of the disabilities under which he now suffers. Those who have passed on through death, have a sphere of their own. It is not removed from ours; their work, the work of the Kingdom, is ours; but it is sanctified from what we call ‘time and place.’ Time with us is measured by the sun. When there is no more sunrise, and no more sunset, that kind of time does not exist for man. Those who have ascended have different attributes from those who are still on earth, yet there is no real separation.”​

‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London, pp. 95-96​

Nevertheless, I have a fair bit of anxiety about what the next life will be like, since it is unknown. I am anxious whenever I have to go to a place I have never been to, but in this life we can always look at the brochures and we know we can always come home. Such is not the case with the next life.

 

[anna.]

When I was in prison, one night, I had an extremely vivid dream. In the dream, I was touring the facility, going from floor to floor. Peeking in windows and doorways etc, just looking around. I went to a lobby-like area and was struck by the scene of a huge, oversized steam engine out in the roadway, with white smoke billowing up. It was a dazzling sight. Soon, I realized that it was almost time to get wake up, so I made my way back to the floor my unit was on and even stood at a doorway, waiting to be buzzed through. Then I woke up.

I am an avid fan of dreaming and the symbols found therein, but the symbolism in this dream left me scratching my head. The only reason I'm telling you folks about this is when I was thinking about this last night, the penny dropped. I'm thinking that this was meaning "full steam ahead" into the light of a new day (a new way of thinking) because that is what happened shortly after this. I got transferred out and my life changed. The weird part is, no one knew me at the first prison, whereas after a few days everyone knew me or of me at the 2nd. So, full steam ahead, it is.

It's funny how things don't make sense, and then when looked at through a different lens, suddenly come into sharp focus.

I think it's because dreams take on the significance that the dreamer attaches to them. It's your interpretation that determines the meaning.

 

[anna.]

I definitely believe in an afterlife, which is kind of a misnomer, since I believe the next life is only a continuation of this life.
The only difference is that the next life is conducted in a spiritual world, not a material world.

A friend asked: “How should one look forward to death?”​

​

‘Abdu’l-Bahá answered: “How does one look forward to the goal of any journey? With hope and with expectation. It is even so with the end of this earthly journey. In the next world, man will find himself freed from many of the disabilities under which he now suffers. Those who have passed on through death, have a sphere of their own. It is not removed from ours; their work, the work of the Kingdom, is ours; but it is sanctified from what we call ‘time and place.’ Time with us is measured by the sun. When there is no more sunrise, and no more sunset, that kind of time does not exist for man. Those who have ascended have different attributes from those who are still on earth, yet there is no real separation.”​

‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London, pp. 95-96​

Nevertheless, I have a fair bit of anxiety about what the next life will be like, since it is unknown. I am anxious whenever I have to go to a place I have never been to, but in this life we can always look at the brochures and we know we can always come home. Such is not the case with the next life.

I have a lot of trouble with not knowing, but have heard we can learn to be at peace with not knowing. So maybe someday.

 

[Trailblazer]

I have a lot of trouble with not knowing, but have heard we can learn to be at peace with not knowing. So maybe someday.

I sure hope that someday I can be at peace with not knowing what the spiritual world will be like, and I hope that day comes before I die.

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

As a spiritualist, I believe that our deceased loved ones, friends, or other acquaintances can communicate with us in our dreams. I've experienced it myself many times throughout my life. I've communicated with deceased loved ones and others in my dreams. I've also dreamed of my loved ones dying before and after their deaths without being told by someone else. Some of these dreams are reassuring to me, but others are very upsetting, such as the one I had yesterday morning. I dreamed that my husband's uncle suddenly stopped breathing while sitting at his kitchen table. I'm not going to be sharing any specific details about this dream, but it was very upsetting for me to experience. A few minutes after I woke up from this disturbing dream, my husband called and told me that his mother just called him to tell him that his uncle was found dead. He was found slouched over at his kitchen table. He was a deeply troubled man who had endured a difficult existence throughout his life. I have no doubt whatsoever that he is unable to cross over into the spirit world because of his mounting troubles in his last days and the suffering he endured in his life. It breaks my heart, but I don't know what I can do about it.

 

[anna.]

As a spiritualist, I believe that our deceased loved ones, friends, or other acquaintances can communicate with us in our dreams. I've experienced it myself many times throughout my life. I've communicated with deceased loved ones and others in my dreams. I've also dreamed of my loved ones dying before and after their deaths without being told by someone else. Some of these dreams are reassuring to me, but others are very upsetting, such as the one I had yesterday morning. I dreamed that my husband's uncle suddenly stopped breathing while sitting at his kitchen table. I'm not going to be sharing any specific details about this dream, but it was very upsetting for me to experience. A few minutes after I woke up from this disturbing dream, my husband called and told me that his mother just called him to tell him that his uncle was found dead. He was found slouched over at his kitchen table. He was a deeply troubled man who had endured a difficult existence throughout his life. I have no doubt whatsoever that he is unable to cross over into the spirit world because of his mounting troubles in his last days and the suffering he endured in his life. It breaks my heart, but I don't know what I can do about it.

That's a very upsetting dream, I'm sorry for your family's loss.

 

[Trailblazer]

As a spiritualist, I believe that our deceased loved ones, friends, or other acquaintances can communicate with us in our dreams. I've experienced it myself many times throughout my life.

Without going into too much detail, that is also a Baha'i belief.

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

Without going into too much detail, that is also a Baha'i belief.

Because of our ongoing conversations, I now know that Baha'is and spiritualists have similar beliefs about the afterlife.