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Dream Interpretation / Re: Christ figure / mansion
« on: February 09, 2011, 05:24:51 PM »
Any ideas out there? There's just so much going on in there that my ideas seem to fall short.
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Dream Interpretation / Re: Christ figure / mansion
« on: January 25, 2011, 06:47:00 PM »
my life in exchange for theirs. Just as the black figure materialised next to me, I woke up.
Also, I'd like to apologise for the multipost. Would you believe that every computer in my house broke within a week? Now I have to post from a device that can only post a certain number of characters at a time.
Also, I'd like to apologise for the multipost. Would you believe that every computer in my house broke within a week? Now I have to post from a device that can only post a certain number of characters at a time.
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Dream Interpretation / Re: Christ figure / mansion
« on: January 25, 2011, 06:43:20 PM »
right into the statues, paralysing themselves. They were then posessed and ran down to the room below to a fountain of some sort. It looked like they would be eaten or killed.
For some reason, I decided that I was dreaming to get past the statues. It wasn't necessarily a lucid dream, but there was this idea that if I was dreaming that nothing would affect me. It worked. I ran past the statues and threw a rock at the clock the woman Christ was trapped in to free her. Then we ran to the room below.
As we ran to rescue the others, the massive paintigs almost morphed into real places/events and distracted me. For a while it was like my dream just rebooted into a different one. Then the woman Christ shouted at me to shake me out of it. Then I became aware of the 'main' painting of the area--a person on their hands and knees next to a black figure holding a flaming sword, all overseen by a giant person on a balcony.
Suddenly I realized that everyone here was already going to die, so I decided that I would offer
For some reason, I decided that I was dreaming to get past the statues. It wasn't necessarily a lucid dream, but there was this idea that if I was dreaming that nothing would affect me. It worked. I ran past the statues and threw a rock at the clock the woman Christ was trapped in to free her. Then we ran to the room below.
As we ran to rescue the others, the massive paintigs almost morphed into real places/events and distracted me. For a while it was like my dream just rebooted into a different one. Then the woman Christ shouted at me to shake me out of it. Then I became aware of the 'main' painting of the area--a person on their hands and knees next to a black figure holding a flaming sword, all overseen by a giant person on a balcony.
Suddenly I realized that everyone here was already going to die, so I decided that I would offer
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Dream Interpretation / Re: Christ figure / mansion
« on: January 25, 2011, 05:57:50 PM »
so I had to roll as far as I could and hope to hit the ground instead of the lava. It worked, but I was so scared I almost got left behind anyway. I made it to the door just before it locked.
Stepping back inside was like going into another dimension. It looked like Dali himself was the architect of everything in sight. We started walking down the hall and the Christ figure was suddenly a woman and 'melted' into a clock on the wall. She made everyone stop moving and asked me to go ahead alone, offering a large strand of hair to pull myself back with if I got stuck.
A bit ahead were two demon statues with half-shut, glowing red eyes. I looked at one and its eyes started to open, paralyzing me more and more. Using the hair rope to pull myself away, I reported that I could see nothing past the statues. The woman Christ urged me to keep trying, and eventually I saw a room the size of a mansion with paintigs bigger than small houses on the wall.
The group of people with us got impatient though, and rushed
Stepping back inside was like going into another dimension. It looked like Dali himself was the architect of everything in sight. We started walking down the hall and the Christ figure was suddenly a woman and 'melted' into a clock on the wall. She made everyone stop moving and asked me to go ahead alone, offering a large strand of hair to pull myself back with if I got stuck.
A bit ahead were two demon statues with half-shut, glowing red eyes. I looked at one and its eyes started to open, paralyzing me more and more. Using the hair rope to pull myself away, I reported that I could see nothing past the statues. The woman Christ urged me to keep trying, and eventually I saw a room the size of a mansion with paintigs bigger than small houses on the wall.
The group of people with us got impatient though, and rushed
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Dream Interpretation / Christ figure / mansion
« on: January 25, 2011, 05:35:42 PM »
Hello again, Mr. Crisp!
I think today had one of the most incredible dreams yet. I'm fuzzy on how it started, but eventually I'm with this Christ figure and a group of people stepping out of a door in his house.
This door led to a rocky cliff overlooking a pool of lava. To one side was another big cliff, and between the two was a floating rock platform. I climbed onto it, and for some reason sat upside down on it. Then the Christ figure told me he would check heaven and hell for me to see if anyone I love was there. The crowd shouted names, and he would check them for us, but going to hell was clearly unpleasant (ha).
On a side note, I think hell might be everyday life because he said my uncle was in hell, but he's still alive. (Maybe just personal trouble in his life)
Anyway, we stopped asking names when he showed clear signs of wear and tear. Everyone started going back inside, but they forgot I was still upside down on the rock. I couldn't get down safely by myself because there was no room to move
I think today had one of the most incredible dreams yet. I'm fuzzy on how it started, but eventually I'm with this Christ figure and a group of people stepping out of a door in his house.
This door led to a rocky cliff overlooking a pool of lava. To one side was another big cliff, and between the two was a floating rock platform. I climbed onto it, and for some reason sat upside down on it. Then the Christ figure told me he would check heaven and hell for me to see if anyone I love was there. The crowd shouted names, and he would check them for us, but going to hell was clearly unpleasant (ha).
On a side note, I think hell might be everyday life because he said my uncle was in hell, but he's still alive. (Maybe just personal trouble in his life)
Anyway, we stopped asking names when he showed clear signs of wear and tear. Everyone started going back inside, but they forgot I was still upside down on the rock. I couldn't get down safely by myself because there was no room to move
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Dream Interpretation / Re: Dreamt half a life
« on: January 10, 2011, 12:02:11 AM »
Thanks for taking so much time to help me out with this, Mr. Crisp.
I do have a few questions, though. You mentioned that death is necessary to reach a greater awareness, that through the death of the mind state I have, a new one will be born that will allow me to develop further. How could I possibly aid this process? At present, I spend my time focusing on my breath and sight until I feel a bit 'detached' (silent mind?) from what's going on around me. But if my present mind-state needs to die, would that mean I need to shift gears, or continue what I'm doing until it's finished?
My other question is about my totem animal, as you put it. I need to become more intimate with it, but is it the animal, or the self-esteem and the magic of life and death that I need to come into contact with? How do I do either? Most of my dreams just happen...sometimes I'm aware that they're dreams when they're happening, but I have no control over them and I'm not sure how I could have control over them. That awareness is also fleeting--I soon get caught up in the dream, trying to let it do its thing and "read the sentence before I worry about the grammar." Dreams are just so enjoyable for me, no matter what's happening in them.
(Sort of like when the first half of a sentence makes absolutely no sense until you finish reading the whole sentence. I try to let the dream play out so I can see all aspects of it before I try to understand it.)
Again, thank you for helping me out with this. My meditation practice is starting to happen without me even trying to do it, so I'm feeling a bit 'between worlds' right now. The rational mind is cynical of these things, and the passive mind doesn't seem to care if it's anything at all.
I do have a few questions, though. You mentioned that death is necessary to reach a greater awareness, that through the death of the mind state I have, a new one will be born that will allow me to develop further. How could I possibly aid this process? At present, I spend my time focusing on my breath and sight until I feel a bit 'detached' (silent mind?) from what's going on around me. But if my present mind-state needs to die, would that mean I need to shift gears, or continue what I'm doing until it's finished?
My other question is about my totem animal, as you put it. I need to become more intimate with it, but is it the animal, or the self-esteem and the magic of life and death that I need to come into contact with? How do I do either? Most of my dreams just happen...sometimes I'm aware that they're dreams when they're happening, but I have no control over them and I'm not sure how I could have control over them. That awareness is also fleeting--I soon get caught up in the dream, trying to let it do its thing and "read the sentence before I worry about the grammar." Dreams are just so enjoyable for me, no matter what's happening in them.
(Sort of like when the first half of a sentence makes absolutely no sense until you finish reading the whole sentence. I try to let the dream play out so I can see all aspects of it before I try to understand it.)
Again, thank you for helping me out with this. My meditation practice is starting to happen without me even trying to do it, so I'm feeling a bit 'between worlds' right now. The rational mind is cynical of these things, and the passive mind doesn't seem to care if it's anything at all.
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Dream Interpretation / Re: Dreamt half a life
« on: January 05, 2011, 08:22:48 AM »
I had another dream that was very similar to this one, but the physical appearance was different.
There was another big hill, but this one was covered with vines, grass, and tree bark maybe half a foot deep. I was watching a bunch of elk with weird antlers eating when I noticed a big ball of fog roll in. It was at the bottom of the hill, which was connected to the ocean. The fog turned into what looked like dandelion seeds and they multiplied by the thousands until it was a solid, floating mass that not even air could fit between. It started spreading toward me, so I tried to run up the hill. I couldn't, though, because of all the forest debris in the way...it was like quicksand. Then some seeds got into my lungs, populated, and suffocated me. Then I died and somehow transformed into an elk and started eating grass..
Really similar to the last one, I think. You've explained the hill and the water... but what are the elk and the seeds about? Is it sort of the same thing that just looks different?
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
-PowerMad
There was another big hill, but this one was covered with vines, grass, and tree bark maybe half a foot deep. I was watching a bunch of elk with weird antlers eating when I noticed a big ball of fog roll in. It was at the bottom of the hill, which was connected to the ocean. The fog turned into what looked like dandelion seeds and they multiplied by the thousands until it was a solid, floating mass that not even air could fit between. It started spreading toward me, so I tried to run up the hill. I couldn't, though, because of all the forest debris in the way...it was like quicksand. Then some seeds got into my lungs, populated, and suffocated me. Then I died and somehow transformed into an elk and started eating grass..
Really similar to the last one, I think. You've explained the hill and the water... but what are the elk and the seeds about? Is it sort of the same thing that just looks different?
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
-PowerMad
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Dream Interpretation / Re: Dreamt half a life
« on: December 21, 2010, 12:36:38 AM »
Thanks for your response, Mr. Crisp.
A lot of what you said makes sense to me in the words you put them. I've been focusing a bit on silencing my mind, and it feels more and more like I'm getting closer to figuring out that I'm not getting closer to anything. There's still a lot of work to do and a lot of obstacles to remove, though.
I believe the first time we talked you mentioned that I was nowhere near enlightenment, and I sort of took it personally at the time. Then I looked into it and now I realize that it wasn't personal at all because there's really no me to even become enlightened. Now it's just a matter of burning all the false things out of the picture.
PowerMad
A lot of what you said makes sense to me in the words you put them. I've been focusing a bit on silencing my mind, and it feels more and more like I'm getting closer to figuring out that I'm not getting closer to anything. There's still a lot of work to do and a lot of obstacles to remove, though.
I believe the first time we talked you mentioned that I was nowhere near enlightenment, and I sort of took it personally at the time. Then I looked into it and now I realize that it wasn't personal at all because there's really no me to even become enlightened. Now it's just a matter of burning all the false things out of the picture.
PowerMad
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Dream Interpretation / Dreamt half a life
« on: December 17, 2010, 06:15:12 PM »
I came across this thing that transformed my hand when I put it on. It was sort of like a glove that gave me the ability to do ridiculously wonderful things that I can no longer remember. But the more I used it, the more my hand began to mutate into a thorny, weird thing that began to slowly take over my body. It did that from the start, but I was always able to fight it and get it to do my bidding instead of vice versa. One day the opposite happened. It was about 50/50, and it wouldn't let me use my right leg or arm....it kept forcing me to lift my right leg and tried to pull it up with the hand to further prevent me from using it.I was right outside a house at this point when some Harry Potter Hagrid type person came along and knew exactly what to do. He kept telling me and another boy I knew (who also had some similar thing going on) that we need to fight to become ourselves instead of just trying to get some quick thrills and let it take over us. That no matter what happens we always have the ability to fight.
Things calmed down. Neither of us wanted to give up all of these supernatural abilities, but we both knew it was for the best. So we all sat down on a big hill with a small cliff on one side, a pond at the bottom, and a forest around us. The Hagrid type person had us look at these birds in the trees, and when I did I saw the most beautiful, incredible sunset I've ever seen in my life through the leaves and the trees. I cannot put into words how utterly amazing what I saw was, including the birds he mentioned. One was owl-like, except it had radiant red feathers and was nearly dead. Hagrid knew this, and wanted to point something out to us. It actually flew over to us, almost to say goodbye, then died right before it got to us and fell toward me. I tried to catch it, but my dog caught it first. That kind of set me off--I wanted to help the bird, but I knew I couldn't hit him on the nose to make him let go because it would crush the bird.
Something led to the bird changing location, and as soon as it touched the ground a gigantic tree bubbled and sprouted out of the ground like it was straight out of a Dr. Seus book. Hagrid knew all this would happen and was happy the whole time, and tried to show us that we should be too. He made the dog go get some tentacle thing from the bird in the place it moved to, and take it on some strange pathway. Doing this would somehow show us something that would make each of us very happy. Then I woke up.
I know what I wrote is long, but the dream was even longer. It had countless details that seemed to go on and on until I felt like I was dreaming for years.
Things calmed down. Neither of us wanted to give up all of these supernatural abilities, but we both knew it was for the best. So we all sat down on a big hill with a small cliff on one side, a pond at the bottom, and a forest around us. The Hagrid type person had us look at these birds in the trees, and when I did I saw the most beautiful, incredible sunset I've ever seen in my life through the leaves and the trees. I cannot put into words how utterly amazing what I saw was, including the birds he mentioned. One was owl-like, except it had radiant red feathers and was nearly dead. Hagrid knew this, and wanted to point something out to us. It actually flew over to us, almost to say goodbye, then died right before it got to us and fell toward me. I tried to catch it, but my dog caught it first. That kind of set me off--I wanted to help the bird, but I knew I couldn't hit him on the nose to make him let go because it would crush the bird.
Something led to the bird changing location, and as soon as it touched the ground a gigantic tree bubbled and sprouted out of the ground like it was straight out of a Dr. Seus book. Hagrid knew all this would happen and was happy the whole time, and tried to show us that we should be too. He made the dog go get some tentacle thing from the bird in the place it moved to, and take it on some strange pathway. Doing this would somehow show us something that would make each of us very happy. Then I woke up.
I know what I wrote is long, but the dream was even longer. It had countless details that seemed to go on and on until I felt like I was dreaming for years.
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Dream Interpretation / Re: Lots of eyes
« on: November 11, 2010, 02:26:22 AM »
Dear Mr. Crisp,
Thank you for your help--I believe I can 'understand' the nothing that is everything concept. I think that the first dream I posted on your site about (another thread) was definitely a stepping stone to the spiritual realm for me, mainly because your response to it actually made me look into things a lot more deeply. Now that I've been pursuing spirituality in much greater depth, my dreams have begun to vanish (but I think I'm mostly just forgetting them). Whether it's good or bad, it's progress. Thank you.
PowerMad
Thank you for your help--I believe I can 'understand' the nothing that is everything concept. I think that the first dream I posted on your site about (another thread) was definitely a stepping stone to the spiritual realm for me, mainly because your response to it actually made me look into things a lot more deeply. Now that I've been pursuing spirituality in much greater depth, my dreams have begun to vanish (but I think I'm mostly just forgetting them). Whether it's good or bad, it's progress. Thank you.
PowerMad
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Dream Interpretation / Re: Lots of eyes
« on: November 02, 2010, 11:19:38 PM »
Dear Mr. Crisp,
I haven't read about the meditation you mentioned, although I've been told stories about people waking up, staring in the mirror and thanking themselves for giving themselves 'one more day.' I doubt it affected me in any spiritual sort of way on a large scale, but I've thought about it from time to time. I honestly can't tell if I was lucid or not at the time. It's the kind of imagery that usually only happens when I'm awake, but it felt sort of like I was just there viewing it all. I was watching from outside, then suddenly got sucked in, I guess.
As a very loose rule, I try to do my best to meditate before I sleep each day. Most of what I know about meditation was material from a man named Andy Cohen. I have no idea whether his claims of enlightenment are true or not, but the things he claims tend to make a lot of sense to me, so I try and incorporate things into my methods. I do this fairly unsuccessfully.
The method I invariably use is to first calm myself, then imagine my surroundings. I try to think of as many details as I can while viewing them all simultaneously, and then try to talk to myself in my head at the same time. By talking to myself, I just mean to think of whatever comes to mind normally and realize I'm thinking it while I think it.
I do this for a while until I fall asleep. Typically I have no particular goals, either in real life or in my dreams; all I know for sure is that I have some ridiculous dreams on a fairly regular basis. They're usually so strange and outlandish that they delight me, whether they're scary or happy, but occasionally I have one like this that I just can't explain.
Black holes, very pale individuals with white hair, and various monsters that I have to battle tend to pop up a lot.
Edit: I just remembered what first led me to spirituality, which could possibly explain the tunnel. When I close my eyes, I see a large amount of varying color--mainly green, but also blue, purple, and white dots. This from a scientific view is something called phosphenes..... and if I focus on the white dots and keep my eyes centered on one specific dot, my peripheral 'vision' (with closed eyes) starts moving toward me and gives me the sensation of being in a tunnel.
I hope that helps, and I apologize for the massive bricks of text.
I haven't read about the meditation you mentioned, although I've been told stories about people waking up, staring in the mirror and thanking themselves for giving themselves 'one more day.' I doubt it affected me in any spiritual sort of way on a large scale, but I've thought about it from time to time. I honestly can't tell if I was lucid or not at the time. It's the kind of imagery that usually only happens when I'm awake, but it felt sort of like I was just there viewing it all. I was watching from outside, then suddenly got sucked in, I guess.
As a very loose rule, I try to do my best to meditate before I sleep each day. Most of what I know about meditation was material from a man named Andy Cohen. I have no idea whether his claims of enlightenment are true or not, but the things he claims tend to make a lot of sense to me, so I try and incorporate things into my methods. I do this fairly unsuccessfully.
The method I invariably use is to first calm myself, then imagine my surroundings. I try to think of as many details as I can while viewing them all simultaneously, and then try to talk to myself in my head at the same time. By talking to myself, I just mean to think of whatever comes to mind normally and realize I'm thinking it while I think it.
I do this for a while until I fall asleep. Typically I have no particular goals, either in real life or in my dreams; all I know for sure is that I have some ridiculous dreams on a fairly regular basis. They're usually so strange and outlandish that they delight me, whether they're scary or happy, but occasionally I have one like this that I just can't explain.
Black holes, very pale individuals with white hair, and various monsters that I have to battle tend to pop up a lot.
Edit: I just remembered what first led me to spirituality, which could possibly explain the tunnel. When I close my eyes, I see a large amount of varying color--mainly green, but also blue, purple, and white dots. This from a scientific view is something called phosphenes..... and if I focus on the white dots and keep my eyes centered on one specific dot, my peripheral 'vision' (with closed eyes) starts moving toward me and gives me the sensation of being in a tunnel.
I hope that helps, and I apologize for the massive bricks of text.
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Dream Interpretation / Lots of eyes
« on: November 01, 2010, 07:26:22 AM »
I had a dream the other day where I was looking through a tunnel at an eye. I did what I could to make as many eyes appear facing as many angles as I could until a geometric room with eyes in triangle-shaped sections stared at a person meditating.
I had a panoramic type view where I could switch between any eye I wanted, but was never seeing through them all at once. The 'camera' spun around until my eyes locked with this person's, and that person's eyes became black holes that sucked me into them and merged the person and myself into one being.
I'm curious what that's all about. Any ideas?
I had a panoramic type view where I could switch between any eye I wanted, but was never seeing through them all at once. The 'camera' spun around until my eyes locked with this person's, and that person's eyes became black holes that sucked me into them and merged the person and myself into one being.
I'm curious what that's all about. Any ideas?
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Dream Interpretation / A visitor from beyond.
« on: October 20, 2010, 07:53:28 AM »
I recently had an extremely detailed dream in which the spirit of a certain plant (at least that's who I believed it was) visited me.
First of all, I try my best to become as spiritually aware as I can... and one method of doing so is to partake in something known as Salvia Divinorum. I do not condone the use of drugs. In fact, this particular plant is so intense that I highly recommend you do NOT use it unless you know full well what you're getting into. Anyway, this plant tends to remove you from reality and put you in a very physical other reality that seems like the 'true' reality. It's like visiting another dimension, and you will truthfully believe you are there, and that you've left normalcy behind forever. On to the dream.
The dream started with a school program for students to study abroad in various oriental countries of our choosing. I, along with several others, traveled to China to study among the monks (Whether they were Buddhist or not, I have no idea). However, after arriving, many students came to find that the monks would use certain hallucinogenic drugs in a religious, spiritual context to achieve personal enlightenment. Among these was the drug Salvia. Several of the students got very excited, claiming that they had never even heard of Salvia, so they would 'definitely have to try it.'
After trying this plant myself, I grew worried for them. I began trying to talk them out of it, recalling how it is the most unpleasant sensation I've personally ever experienced in my life...and that while worth it, it is not the kind of thing you take without any knowledge. That's asking for trouble.
However, one of the monks disagreed with me. He was roughly the same age as myself, a young adult in his twenties, but his more distinctive features were that he was entirely bald by choice, and his eyes had a radiant white light to them. It was the most pure white I've ever seen, almost holy looking. I also got the notion that he either was, represented, or was the voice of the spirit of Salvia (an incredibly knowledgeable entity quite possibly possessing the knowledge of the universe). Anyway, he started talking to me about Salvia, and how it was 'lots of fun'. I vehemently disagreed, to which he replied with, "But look at what you can learn from it!" and began to distort reality directly in front of him. He seemed to create a white ball of energy that functioned similar to a black hole, sucking in everything and at his will spitting it back out to its proper place.
After this, the dream takes a more fantasy-based turn with me befriending a gigantic skeleton and jumping hundreds to thousands of feet high in the air around the world with him. Eventually the world took notice and began hunting us down, fearing my friend. I decided that we needed to find a place to hide, and took it upon myself to kill anyone that tried to hurt him or discover our hiding place. I remember only one actual killing where I stabbed a man in the side, and then I woke up.
Sorry for dumping all of that on there....nice big wall of text. But it feels good just to get it off the chest, even if nobody has a clue what I'm talking about. Thanks in advance to any attempted interpretation, and I fully understand if none is received.
First of all, I try my best to become as spiritually aware as I can... and one method of doing so is to partake in something known as Salvia Divinorum. I do not condone the use of drugs. In fact, this particular plant is so intense that I highly recommend you do NOT use it unless you know full well what you're getting into. Anyway, this plant tends to remove you from reality and put you in a very physical other reality that seems like the 'true' reality. It's like visiting another dimension, and you will truthfully believe you are there, and that you've left normalcy behind forever. On to the dream.
The dream started with a school program for students to study abroad in various oriental countries of our choosing. I, along with several others, traveled to China to study among the monks (Whether they were Buddhist or not, I have no idea). However, after arriving, many students came to find that the monks would use certain hallucinogenic drugs in a religious, spiritual context to achieve personal enlightenment. Among these was the drug Salvia. Several of the students got very excited, claiming that they had never even heard of Salvia, so they would 'definitely have to try it.'
After trying this plant myself, I grew worried for them. I began trying to talk them out of it, recalling how it is the most unpleasant sensation I've personally ever experienced in my life...and that while worth it, it is not the kind of thing you take without any knowledge. That's asking for trouble.
However, one of the monks disagreed with me. He was roughly the same age as myself, a young adult in his twenties, but his more distinctive features were that he was entirely bald by choice, and his eyes had a radiant white light to them. It was the most pure white I've ever seen, almost holy looking. I also got the notion that he either was, represented, or was the voice of the spirit of Salvia (an incredibly knowledgeable entity quite possibly possessing the knowledge of the universe). Anyway, he started talking to me about Salvia, and how it was 'lots of fun'. I vehemently disagreed, to which he replied with, "But look at what you can learn from it!" and began to distort reality directly in front of him. He seemed to create a white ball of energy that functioned similar to a black hole, sucking in everything and at his will spitting it back out to its proper place.
After this, the dream takes a more fantasy-based turn with me befriending a gigantic skeleton and jumping hundreds to thousands of feet high in the air around the world with him. Eventually the world took notice and began hunting us down, fearing my friend. I decided that we needed to find a place to hide, and took it upon myself to kill anyone that tried to hurt him or discover our hiding place. I remember only one actual killing where I stabbed a man in the side, and then I woke up.
Sorry for dumping all of that on there....nice big wall of text. But it feels good just to get it off the chest, even if nobody has a clue what I'm talking about. Thanks in advance to any attempted interpretation, and I fully understand if none is received.
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