Dreaming Yourself Awake

When I was studying with one Native American elder, she would have us do “dream practice”.  Many of the subtle teaching were actually held during the dream time ~ which meant that we had to really pay attention and remember what we dreamed, and to be ready to ask questions and learn from what happened.  It was a very exciting, expansive time for me!

She said that some of the classes were held on other planets.  That was another thing that used to fascinate me:  how did we get there and back?  All I can say is that it’s possible — and that it worked.

There is a close relationship between what happens during your ordinary faytime life, and what happens in the dreamtime.  I can see why the Aboriginal Elders (along with other Indigenous peoples) say that the Dream Time is the only real thing.

What kind of world would we like to dream into being now?  Let’s do it!  We have the support of the entire Universe with us.

Lucid Dreaming

For many years I studied dreaming and dream states, along with consciousness, to learn as much as I can about the mind and how it works.  Such things have always fascinated me.  Many of the indigenous cultures have very clear ideas and instructions about the dream time, what it means, and how to work with it.  Most of the indigenous cultures also believe that the dreamtime is incredibly important, not only to our health and well being but to everything in the world.  The Australian Aborigine elders say that the Dream Time is real, and that our ordinary daytime life is the “dream.”

The Tibetans have a thing called Dream Yoga, and so do many other Asian cultures.  I’ve studied some of the Tibetan teachings about lucid dreaming, to my great benefit.  I firmly believe that it is a part of one’s spiritual development to work with the dream states, as part of learning how to control one’s thoughts and emotions.  When you can master your own inner landscape, you are truly master of your own destiny.

It is entirely possible to be conscious in your dream, to take actions of your own choosing, and speak to whomever you please, whether they are on the same plane of existence or not.  (Let this statement tantalize you to explore further, if you’ve not already done so before!)

What has been YOUR experience with dreaming and consciousness?  I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Gosh, the frustrations of being Indigo!

But because it finally occurred to me that, once again, maybe I’m not alone. . . I decided to go ahead and share my story about “night classes.” It’s a long strange trip, believe me. . .

What I’m about to describe has nothing to do with school or classes in the regular sense of the word. Instead, this is something that’s been happening regularly for me, in the middle of the night, when I am deeply asleep.

The reason I even know that it’s happening at all, is that from time to time I awaken — not fully, but enough to notice that there is something going on. At those times, it’s almost as if my consciousness is prevented from rising to full awakeness, and I have to struggle just to stay alert enough to notice what exactly is happening, as best I can tell.

Images are pr0jected onto the ceiling of the room where I sleep. usually through some kind of colored filter (often rose pink, but also sometimes deep indigo blue or deep green.) The images sometimes are fixed or static; that is, they don’t move. Other times, the images are rapidly moving, so fast I can’t quite distinguish one from the other. At those times, all I can tell is that there are rapidly moving shapes being projected against the ceiling. I call them shapes because they are not like pictures or photographs or movies; they are images of numbers, geometric forms, math symbols, graphic symbols, and multidimensional “things” — for want of a better way to describe them.

The images often pulsate, and frankly there is an other-worldly sense about them. I won’t say “alien” — because many of them actually feel familiar. But it’s definitely not ordinary, in any sense of the word. There is something different about this experience, that distinguishes it from ordinary dreaming or lucid dreaming. For one thing, there is the physical sense of being in my body but not being able to move; I am not quite fully awake but neither am I any longer in a dream state. In fact, I have usually awakened from a different dream into this experience, as if my dream was interrupted by “this” (whatever you call it.)

I found this image online that represents fairly closely some of how the images appear (although this drawing isn’t an actual drawing I’ve seen before.)

Strange Stuff on the Ceiling

It also occurs to me that there have been nights when, as I’m falling asleep, I say in my mind, “Teach me, Lyricus” — with the intention that if there is information I need to know, that will be useful here on the planet during these times, it will be made known to me.

I suppose I can’t complain if the information is delivered in, shall we say, rather unconventional ways. But still. . .

Maybe it’s time for me to head over to Dr. Richard Boylan’s site and read up on Star Kids. I hear he has a great questionnaire going over there.

I’d love to know if anyone else has experienced things like this. Hey, it’s my turn to ask for help in not feeling alone here!

Stay tuned for more on this general topic. And please do add your comments below.