{"id":567,"date":"2012-02-14T10:14:45","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T15:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unfoldingseries.com\/?p=567"},"modified":"2012-10-07T15:32:25","modified_gmt":"2012-10-07T20:32:25","slug":"on-dreaming-and-gong-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unfoldingseries.com\/uf9\/on-dreaming-and-gong-there\/","title":{"rendered":"On Dreaming and \u201cGoing There\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I used to be able to drop into an altered state at will \u2013 that is until I unintentionally went somewhere I might have best waited for a later time &#8211; after becoming more experienced. Now dreams are my primary doorway to the unknown.<\/p>\n<p>I can describe perhaps four states of awareness I\u2019ve experienced while dreaming. There is a link at the bottom of this post to a Wikipedia article on dreams, if you want a longer and more official source.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The four common types I\u2019ve identified are:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Reliving recent experiences.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I understand this is how we learn new things.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: circle; list-style-position: inside;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">e.g. When immersed in BlackBerry Enterprise Server training for weeks on end, I would sometimes dream so lucidly my physical right hand would move to the limits sleep paralysis would allow and mimic mouse movements<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Habits may also be expressed in these dreams.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2. What I call \u201cpsychological\u201d dreams<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I have to believe most dreams either fall into this category, or are heavily influenced by it.<\/li>\n<li>This must be a hardwired type of dream.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: circle;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">For example fears may come out \u2013<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: circle;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A recent news story had a veteran relating how he dreams he is on a patrol and can\u2019t find his weapon.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: circle;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Perhaps I may find myself on the way to a class to train people and unable to find the room.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Nightmares certainly spring from this mechanism.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>3. PSI, or ESP type of dreams<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They have a deeper feeling of awareness about them<\/li>\n<li>I am careful about identifying this kind of dream, because it\u2019s easy to confuse it with a psychological dream.<\/li>\n<li>This is where I start looking for validation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: circle;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">For instance I dreamed of a friend once and asked her briefly about it. She didn\u2019t become upset, but was clearly uncomfortable.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: circle;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Another time I related a moment when I heard a thought from her during the in-between state of wakefulness and sleep. She didn\u2019t react, except to smile and later asked me to keep in touch.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Imagine the kind of world we could have if more people could be in that state of awareness and want to remain friends.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. A combination of the above and, to an extent, will involve some level of lucidity<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>These are the deepest dreams I&#8217;ve had. They offer the richest experience and lasting memories.<\/li>\n<li>These can include:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: circle;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Meeting spirits, ghosts, angels, or other non-physical entities<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: circle;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Meeting with people who are alive in our level of reality<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: circle;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Past lives<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: circle;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Recurring dreamscapes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: circle;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Contain archetypical symbols, characters, and\/or imagery<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Validation when ESP is involved may be difficult to obtain, would the person you may have dreamt with admit to such things?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What percentage of the deeper dreams are real? How many can be chalked up to imagination? Unless a person joins with one or more dream partners, dreams involving the paranormal can be difficult to validate.<\/p>\n<p>No common mechanisms exist with us in today&#8217;s highly technical physical world to measure it. Just another thing to live with and suggest to the seeker that a greater reality is possible.<\/p>\n<p>Take the gifts dreams bring to you and enjoy each and every one.<\/p>\n<p>To go one step further, follow the link below to\u00a0 WikiHow\u00a0 and read the article \u201cHow to Influence Your Dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pleasant Dreams,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211;<\/strong> <em><strong>Jeffrey A. Limpert<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">__________________<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>References:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Influence-Your-Dreams\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Influence-Your-Dreams<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dream\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dream<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u00a0Image information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Hupao (&#8220;Dreaming of the Tiger&#8221;) Spring in Hangzhou, China<br \/>\nUser:Sh1019<br \/>\nExtensive photography data but I could not find the name of the photographer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Hupao.jpg<\/p>\n<p>Updated on 02\/26\/2012<\/p>\n<div id=\"nuan_ria_plugin\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I used to be able to drop into an altered state at will \u2013 that is until I unintentionally<a href=\"https:\/\/unfoldingseries.com\/uf9\/on-dreaming-and-gong-there\/\"><\/p>\n<p>Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,40,46],"tags":[82,77,83,81,65],"class_list":["post-567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-borderlands","category-dreams","category-paranormal-psi-esp","tag-altered-states","tag-dream","tag-learning","tag-lucid","tag-paranormal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unfoldingseries.com\/uf9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unfoldingseries.com\/uf9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unfoldingseries.com\/uf9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unfoldingseries.com\/uf9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unfoldingseries.com\/uf9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unfoldingseries.com\/uf9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unfoldingseries.com\/uf9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unfoldingseries.com\/uf9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unfoldingseries.com\/uf9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unfoldingseries.com\/uf9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}