Why do some dreams feel so real? They can terrify us or bring extreme pleasure, both resulting in a response from the body, making it real in the 3rd dimension. Some may experience visions of the future resulting in déjà vu as I did when I was very young, 7 or 8 years old. I recall an Asian mother with her son, tote bag in one hand his in the other; walking past me at the pool and she stumbled down to one knee. As I past with my mother and saw that she was fine I said, “Mom, I’ve seen that before in a dream.” This happened over 3 decades ago but it is still clear to me, never to be forgotten. Why?
Dreams are defined, a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person’s mind during sleep. To me, thoughts, images, and sensations are all real participants in my everyday waking hours so logically why was I taught, “It’s all in your head?” Probably because seeing is believing even though it’s one of the senses and secondly, it’s difficult to remember the intricacies of a dream as the day progresses; but the feeling remains.
I find lucid dreaming, becoming conscious of being in a dream, and able to manipulate it some kind of voodoo. I’m no expert because to date I’ve lucid dreamed 10 times in my life. But last week I had an exceptional involvement.
I found myself in an apartment, mine I assume, throwing a party. A high school buddy showed with 3 shady looking men and when they got out line, I confronted them but “Where’s Tony,” was met with; “Not here.” He wasn’t and they proceeded to beat and rob me. But then I realized I was dreaming and woke. I went to the bathroom and I was upset, so I asked to be put right back in that environment to clean house; and it happened!
I was looking at two of the men on the couch, that’s when Sam L Jackson, Tripple X in black with white lit angel wings, hands me 2 black, pump, handle only Mossberg shotguns. I take aim and the closer man says, “He won’t do it.” I eased the trigger in anticipation of recoil but nothing. The safety, which was at the top, was on. A quick correction and the buck shot popped their balloons into a grey mist.
I awoke with such a satisfaction of overwhelming understanding of the power gifted to a man, a woman, a child, a senior. We seldom give the subconscious mind the props it deserves. We, I, forget that it is in control over 90% of the time. So time must be given.
Another lucid dream that I’ll never forget happened in Florida 3yrs ago on my sister’s couch. I was spent from yard work in the Florida heat and had a nap. When I realized I was dreaming my first rational mind thought was, let’s fly right through that building. But I only got my arms through and failed on a 2nd attempt. I was in a downtown setting of concrete, glass, with a few trees and the sun was out. I decided F that I’m going over. Crouching down building thrust I exploded upward with velocity. Passing the streetlights mid-air, 5 golden lit angels in a V formation where speeding past me, descending for the pavement and high-fived me. They didn’t have faces per se but they were outlined in light; halos and all. I stopped at the top of the building and said, “Holdon I want to hang.” But the phone rang and I awoke.
What a beautiful experience but they all haven’t been so. On 6-6-06 I found myself in what seemed to be a war zone on another world. There was a blue woman who was sexy and so I did what a mortal man does. She said, “He doesn’t know where he is” and I stopped, understanding she was not mortal. She took me to witness 3 different murders, which was quite unsettling. Thinking about it today my preprogramed disposition on 666 probably aided my subconscious and my astral travel but I was never harmed.
People are afraid of evil spirits, aliens, demons, ghosts, and monsters. Why? I suppose because they believe these entities can cause them harm. But as Netflix has shown the #1 movie is about demonic procession. Why? Maybe people are curious of the unknown through others seeking an understanding of what they refer to as the ‘supernatural’. When one doesn’t have a top-mind awareness of their own metaphysical structure how can they feel safe? Instead survival mode kicks in and thus they are more mortal, scared.
If one is religious, I remind them they are cut from the cloth and if not, I remind them they are cut from the Big Bang, both hold a consciousness of One. Sure, there are negative entities in all forms but humanity holds a higher vibration if it chooses. The only way they win is if one allows but this took many practices of fighting off attacks to accept.
In one instance I was doing battle with a demon in a dream and he was giving me a run for my money. But a women’s advice, who was a captive, had me get the upper hand. When I was in between states of sleep and awake he was on top of me, red skin, and horns. My arm just wouldn’t punch stuck in slow motion but the third time it hit and he dissipated. After going through a yearlong depression I discovered it was ‘I’ that was empowering them. And that’s a doable correction if I place awareness on it.
Months ago I heard a man say he will meditate why lucid dreaming, something I aspire to do. Last night I came close. At my father’s home there was a party in the basement and I was sitting on a blanket. I decided to meditate and immediately a women came through the red hue of my third-eye singling me to come closer. I obliged and found myself at the front door without my pants. She signaled again with her hand to proceed out into the snowy night. She wanted to fly with me and had a Peter Pan shadow. She gave me my own but I couldn’t keep up with her speed, so she gave me hers.
When I came back into the basement, I asked what happened? Chad said, “You threw your pants against the wall and started speaking in tongues in the corner.” We had a laugh as I dressed. They were watching wrestling and the woman of Latino descent appeared on TV as a manager of one of the stars. It was her.
So what does all this mean? A logical person’s first instinct is to research the studies produced over time in psychology. Data equals understanding. I can appreciate that but for me it’s more accepting that ‘Steven’ is more than meets the eye. As simulation theory grows mankind finds itself between two worlds, even though data of an atom is quite revealing in what is solid, real.
For me appreciation has morphed into understanding. Letting go has made me feel more in control but it’s not control, it’s more a certainty. I heard the body, mind, and spirit mantra many times before but I don’t think I took that seriously because of my programming. Today, it feels like they all are operating as close to equals as they have ever been. My meditations over the last month have resulted in a LSD grin and tears of joy in under 15 minutes every time, I’ve started back to work, and ideas are racing.
Dreams are also defined as a cherished aspiration, ambition, or ideal. Something that is cherished should be shared because it’s existence is a beacon to where ‘I’ wants to live. And when one dreams, dream big! I’m reminded of the movie The Founder, “Is there any other way?”
