Hi
Just wondering if anyone can shed any light on a type of dream I sometimes have.
Sometimes I have a bad dream an then, while I'm having the dream, I am awake and something happens but really I'm not awake at all but just dreaming that I've woken up. Often when I'm dreaming I'm awake everything is normal (get up, getting ready for work etc) and then something bad will happen and I wake up (for real this time) with a jolt.
An example:
I recently dreamt that I was suddenly hit with a force of energy which was trying to invade my body and had to expand my aura to fight it off. I then thought that I was awake and having to really push back as it was still there and I'm not sure if I was actually awake or still asleep when it happened.
Does anyone know what this means? Or do you have dreams that you are awake but you are still asleep?
RE: Dreaming I'm awake
Hi wand
I have had this problem myself in the past. It can be really scary, especially when you realise you are not actually awake. I have speculated about what this means, as it can really put me off balance, however it hasn't happened for some time and I put this down to getting lots of sleep. Are you feeling overtired. If so, in our sleeping hours, we can be open to other dimensions due to not being aware of physical material things, like walls, doors, windows and houses - we are a body suspended in space. If you're particularly tired, I think your brain can go into half awake/half asleep mode (this is very common), and you can experience this in a lot of different ways - some people wake up and feel completely paralysed, others experience what you have described. Have a wee look into it on the internet, as these are just myopinions, which I have formed from experience and a little research over the years. When you're tired you are more open and thus more vulnerable. I would really suggest trying to go to bed earlier, even if you don't feel tired. It can be the main culprit. Sorry for a bit of a disjointed message, but I hope it helps in some way.
xxx
RE: Dreaming I'm awake
Wand,
This is a thing that happens when you are in a state of experiance of the edge of the worlds this is a time of bringing about balance so that you are able to adjust your views to bring about a desired result looking at things for there are also clues from the spiritual realm as the Angels tell me that this is a time of demenionalcomunicatonwe pick the parts tobe at and wechoose put in situations that will show that there are things in the consiousness of the life that you are working on that the work that we are transforming...So to look at where were at is important as the is a realm is sought with things unknown....Commucation when awake is important as the Angels of Matter come into play....So if this happens a way to adjust to the negitive is to look to the balance that they are able to bring to the Awakening Parts of your journeys....Gypsee
RE: Dreaming I'm awake
Hi
Thank you both for your input. Bluemagpie, I am often very tired so knowing whether I am overtired when this happens is tricky to know (I have never been a good sleeper). Gypsee, your comments are particularly interesting as the last time I had a bad dream it was after spending time in my spare bedroom and I found things connected with my ex in there that I have disposed of -I suspected he was messing around with magik but didn't really know what he was doing!
Thank you both
RE: Dreaming I'm awake
Hi Wand,
I get that quite frequently. I have learnt to figure out if I am dreaming or not during the dream though - sometimes I get it wrong but it is useful to knowduring, if you are actually awake or not.
I do this by causing a little bit of unharmful pain- like digging my fingernail into my finger & really thinking "does this actually hurt?" In a dream you wont feel any real pain, & then you'll know if you are dreaming or not.
When you know your dreaming, you can either control your dream to a certain extent, or wake yourself up. As for controling the dream, as long as you don't think to yourself, "don't think about X scarey thing" (which means you then would) then it can be pretty cool. Now, when I know I am dreaming, I know that it's not real & that I can't get hurt so it's never scarey (anymore anyway - I used to nearly always think, "don't think about X!" & of course I would.)
Anyway, if you know you are dreaming & you want to wake up, what I do is this: screw my eyes up really, really tight & suddenly open them really wide - I do this in the dream with the hope that I actually do it in my sleep & wake myself up. It sometimes takes a few tries (& can be really frustrating when it doesn't work for what feels like 10 mins or so) & also as you suddenly open your screwed-up eyes, let out a "AARGHHHH!" - again with the hope that it wakes yourself up.
Anyhoo, I very rarely used to be able to know I was dreaming, but I often had that "dreamt you've woken up" thing when you haven't. The worst I ever had it, was 7 times, in a row; I dreamt I was waking up, getting up, getting dressed, showered etc, & then I suddenly woke up...then I got up, got ready, etc etc, then I woke up...anyway, this went on 7 times & when I really did wake up I kept pinching myself to make sure I really was awake. It's easy in dreams to think you can feel pain, when if you really think about it, you can't. I also couldnt be bothered to get ready again lol.
I have experienced sleep paralysis several times, but the worse thing to do with that is panic & try to move. If you relax, don't try to move & try to go back to sleep then it's over before you know it.
The weirdest thing that ever happened to me is this: I fell asleep on a blanket on the floor (a place in our house where the sofa used to be where our youngest used to have weird nightmares & what seemed like visions) I had a weird dream about someone coming into the room, - it was my grandmother, then it morphed into my sister, which freaked me out but I felt like there wasn't any harm meant - someone was just trying to appear to me in a non-threatening way, then I "woke up" my eyes were open, I couldn't move but I could see everything infront of me (I know my eyes were open because when I finally did wake up, I was looking at the exact same picture infront of my eyes I just had been looking at whilst paralysed). I was on my side, & the *person* in the room in my dream was behind me so I couldn't see them. However, I could hear them standing there & they walked towards me. I could hear it so clearly & it was so realistic. The person kneeled down & as loud as I could in my head I asked them to stop & go away as they were freaking me out. The person suddenly stopped moving, & I (quickly thank goodness) managed to wake myself up properly. When I properly woke up, the feeling of the person behind me disintegrated & faded away.
I usually don't think that dreams are related to spirits or other realms or anything, but this was one of the cloeset things I have had that have made me question that.
I think I sleep too much though & althoughlack of sleep can induce these kind of dreams, too much sleep definately can too.
Anyway, I have so many other stories & experiences of being awake but not, or knowing I