My favorite part of dreaming is that intermezzo between sleep and wake. It’s sort of that last moment you possess control to end a dream in a way that seems to satisfy your rational, waking mind.
I’ve had a reoccurring dream for several years where I am being chased by different Borg-like things through a series of mazes and obstacles. It’s sort of like a frightening video game where I am put through various tests and am trying to hide from, defeat and eventually escape the bad guys. For example, during last nights dream, one phase involved my gouging out one eyeball of each of the two monsters I encountered. After I had killed these two beasts, another test awaited.
Though I inevitably win the challenges, throughout all the variations of this dream I remember feeling utterly exhausted and that I can’t defeat any more murders or monsters. But, the maze is very cluttered and essentially endless. The next phase, the next life threatening situation, is always right around the corner.
During the intermezzo between my dream and wake this morning, I was able to exhibit some control over the outcome. This time, I didn’t simply force myself to wake up as I have habitually in the past. This time I manipulated my dream to let me walk onto a path that lead to an open, green field with small, colorful cartoon-like flowers scattered about. My mind then seemed to speak out loud and say, “Instead of the never ending maze, why don’t you just let yourself go to this open field and be at peace?” And that’s where my dream ended and I woke up next to R.
March 17, 2008 at 6:21 am
It sounds like your dreams have been describing your life in the past and now the present. You went through many adverse events that you had to overcome, putting yourself on the defense against guys for a while..and then finally being at peace by being with R..kind of like the open field.
I had a weird dream the other night, but I think it’s one of my pre-cognitive dreams, so I’ll write it down and see what happens. It won’t happen for a few years, but we’ll see..
March 17, 2008 at 8:14 pm
i agree with ara, maybe R makes you feel content and complete, or at least serenely in place.
I’ve kind of had a similar dreams where, “Rakshas” Demons chase me, but I got so used to seeing them, that they went away,hehe.
March 20, 2008 at 12:45 am
If you believe in dream theory, they say that you can control your dreams (just as you describe). I am very good at remembering my dreams but no matter how hard I try I never can control them. It aggravates me.
Until I was about 18 I had a reoccurring dream of a woman and a little girl walking into a tire shop and KABOOM up went everything. My dream also had a smell that went with it and from time to time I smell the smell and remember the dream. I do not know why I had it or why it stopped but I remember having the dream as early as 3.
From about 19 through 22 (and every once and a while now) I have dreams that my husband is either mad at me, cheating on me, not with me, etc. I think it is a deep down fear these dreams feed off of.
The worst dream I ever had was a couple years back. I was running from bad people (which A LOT of my dreams have to do with) but the reason I was running was I was falsely persecuted. In the dream I was caught and I remember standing in a wooden box (kind of like a coffin) with a window the size of my face. I was given my last rights and a Priest then read Psalm 23….Now every time I hear that Psalm I remember the dream and it frightens me.
March 20, 2008 at 3:24 am
WmWB, from the upbringings I have head. I can probably explain the dream you had that up until about 18. It’s probably actually a past life you are remembering. When people die a violent death, sometimes you remember what happened to you before. I have a recurring dream of being in a city in a station wagon. I was in the back, and somewhat knocked our car backwards into the water. My mom was driving..but it wasn’t my mom as I know her now. I remember us going into the river..and we didn’t make it. I have a huge fear of dark water because of this. Because I remember drowning. Don’t worry about it though, that was then, this is now
March 20, 2008 at 6:13 am
I don’t like when I have my senses in my dreams. Those are usually my pre-cognition dreams, and most of them are not usually very nice. I almost always see when someone is going to die. I told my mom and best friend 3 days before grandma died and just how it would be. Surprise surprise… I wish I wasn’t right sometimes
A few times, I have had good dreams too though, and I’ll hold onto those
March 22, 2008 at 6:49 pm
Interesting idea though I cannot say that I believe in past lives (or reincarnation).
My thoughts on why we sometimes know of things that have happened or things that will happen are slightly different.
March 27, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Interesting… not many people can control their dreams. Some believe that doing so has a direct effect on daytime reality, like swimming underwater and possibly influencing the surface from below.
Of course, this kind of thing is difficult to demonstrate from a conventional scientific standpoint. Although C. G. Jung believed that sufficient independent accounts constituted a type of ’scientific’ data.
Not everyone agrees, however, saying that Jung promoted scientism instead of science.
April 4, 2008 at 7:10 pm
Earthpages, thanks for the thoughts. Sorry your comment was initially marked as spam. Welcome!