For me though it was a way to fight and protect myself, and others.

This worked for years until last night. When I found out that I’m going to need something more. Like Laura I am also a Christian and have faith in God. But the attack last night was the first one I had in years, and it was the first time I couldn’t beat the monster that appeared.

When touching things in dreams I have always been amazed at the vivid level of detail they possess. I once stopped to pick up some small stones – and they felt more real than real. Quite a powerful experience.

Thank you for the advice. I’ll give manifestation a try.

Once I started talking my experiences escalated in frequency and took on a different character. It’s almost as if you become more “valuable” to them. You may also want to reach out and touch something in your dream. For example, stop to pick up a rock, or put your hand out to feel a wall. You will be quite surprised. It may upset your dream mates.

I’ve been thinking about giving a dreamcatcher a try. Maybe the early american Indians were on to something!

Sweet Dreams.
Laura

The weapon I found – although literally a weapon – is more important because of its personal symbolic meaning. It is a katana, or Samurai Sword. Swords have a special deep meaning to me. The visitations kept occurring, until the day I found this sword and kept it next to my bed. I then gained the ability to manifest this sword into my dream-scape when these visitors would appear.

But like I said, it isn’t about violence. It is the symbolic meaning. For me, the sword is a talisman or charm. Other people may use a religious symbol or item of personal meaning / value. I simply found that such symbols, when kept nearby whilst you sleep – grant you a certain ‘power’ or ‘protection’ for want of better words.

Hope that is of some help to you.

Also, I find it really interesting that you ask questions whilst dreaming. I think that is a fantastic oppertunity and idea, and will be trying it out for myself!

The dreams are not as disconcerting as meeting the visitor before and sometimes after the dream state. On occasion I can actually see them entering or leaving my room. They will either sit on my bed or lie down next to me. I am a christian with a strong faith and don’t have any fear of these encounters (God is almighty). Those visitors that do appear to me are there for mischief and I know I am in for a rough night. They try to frighten me and somethimes speak to me. At this juncture I force myself awake and move to another bed. I had a positive occurrance two weeks ago and have not had any more bad visitors. Visitors are still coming, I know they are there but they do not try to interact with me they just go about weaving their dreams and leave me alone. I have been successful at programming myself to “wake” inside my dream and ask questions, sometimes I get answers.

What I would like to know is what “weapon” you use to get rid of them. I don’t mind my benign visiors but in caes those nasty characters come back I want to be prepared.

Thanks for your help and understanding.

Wags

Well to me, those dreams certainly sound prescient. I mean the first time you can just put down to chance. Twice is somehow more than coincidence, but three times!

I wouldn’t put too much on the fact that what you saw in the dream didn’t correspond to the physical environments of the real events. Your mind is simply interpreting the information it has accessed in its own way.

I don’t know if this has ever happened to you, but sometimes I am asleep and my alarm-clock will go off. Except I don’t wake up immediately, and my sub-conscious will interpret the alarm in an odd way. I will dream, of a truck reversing or something like that.

Most visions (and some premonitions) are actually like this. It is also why there is that adage of not being able to fully understand prophecy until the event as passed. On the one level we are accessing future, past or distant events. On the other level we aren’t physically there, so our mind has to “fill in the gaps” so to speak.

I wouldn’t worry too much about prescient dreams – it’s not likely you will have them constantly. All these sorts of phenomena tend to happen whenever we take another step of spiritual growth.

I’ve had several such dreams all in the month of July — and haven’t had since then, at least to my conscious recollection. The first two involved events concerning people I have no connections or history with, and the last involved a friend of mine.

Originally after waking, I just thought the dreams to be strange but left a few brief notes regarding it since it left an impression on me nonetheless. Following the first of these dreams, I wrote, “hundreds of miles away”, “sea tower that once stood at Ward”, and “explosion.” I was lazy and that’s all I jotted down, but within 24 hrs. I happened to see a news report which made me pause. There was a plane landing accident somewhere in Europe and one of the control towers was struck and there was perhaps an explosion. Definitely not in exact accordance with the images in the dream for the location of the dream involved a local area which I’m familiar with, but the meaning and the similarity in the theme of the dream made me a bit nervous.

The next dream followed three or five days after this. In it I was on a bus and we were about to get swept away in a very strong current of water (in the dream it looked like a river under a concrete bridge)but I managed to “will” myself against the current and make it back to safe ground. Less than 24 hours later I happen to be watching the news and my attention was caught immediately by the report of a family who were spending time at the beach; their little boy was swept away by the currents and drowned despite the father trying to rescue him.

The last of the series involves a friend who was away on a trip at the time. I can’t recall the exact sequence or the images involved but I do remember that my friend looked very withdrawn and depressed and I got the impression that this meant things weren’t going well for him on his trip. Leaving out personal details aside, on his return he confirmed that things didn’t turn out the way he’d wanted but that he was “fine” with it — I doubt that somehow.

I don’t know for sure if these dreams are in any way related to the real events but they were certainly odd for me. What strikes me is that the images I see doesn’t exactly correspond with the real events, but the underlying meaning with the general images of the dream and the feeling and impression it left on me seem to match the real events.

The fact that you have been practicing rituals like that on a daily basis almost certainly would expand your awareness, (hence hearing and seeing odd things). Focused intent has a way of doing that. Has doing this affected your dreams in anyway?

Thanks for the comments about the site…

Sapphire, a lot of my dreams are actually like that. Very fragmented, with little recollection of them – often the feeling is the most vivid thing I can recall. That said, the time of year does seem to play a large influence for me. In winter I tend to have a lot of lucid dreaming.

I keep meaning to write a post about improving dream recollection. If you are interested, there are a number of things you are try. Clearing our sub-conscious mind will improve your dreams and make them less fragmented. Laying quietly at night before you sleep is a good practice – let your thoughts flow through your mind, but try not to follow them too much.

If you go to the Om Chanting post I wrote, there is some audio you can download. Listen to this – using earphones if you can – whilst you lay in bed, before you sleep. It’s very soothing, a few nights of this and you may find your dreams start taking on a different texture.