Does a Dream Have the Power to Make You Lose Your Mind?
This is a true story. I am telling it to you as it was told
to me.
A few months ago a friend of mine had been attracted to
the occult: reading books on witchcraft, sorcery, and magic;
both black and white.
He has also started to read books on philosophy; science;
and religion.
Books explaining the roles of gods, demons, angels, and other
spirit creatures from different cultures and how they connect
to the real world.
Books on the human; its potentials; future; and responsibilities.
His new interests struck me kind of odd because this fellow is
a realist: the logical type.
Maybe it’s just a phase; a temporary fascination with the taboo.
Or some kind of search for meaning or a different perspective of
the universe or something.
One night when he laid down to go to sleep he stayed awake
“day dreaming” for much of the night.
All of these symbols and images from these books were flashing
through his mind. The ideas and stories flooded his imagination.
Finally, he fell asleep.
As he was lying in bed some sort of light-image appeared in his room.
Keep in mind that he was now asleep and in the dream world.
He found himself kneeling on one knee in front of this thing and staring
directly at it without flinching or blinking. His kneeling was not to worship
but more to respect, revere, and maybe even to welcome.
Although he kept his composure in front of this light-thing; he was
actually terrified: even though he sensed that this thing was there to
help him or reveal something to him.
He could feel the immense power radiating from this thing and
he could feel its life-force. It was a living, conscience something.
Suddenly, this thing started to move around his room and effortlessly
and fluidly transform into one thing after another. He can’t remember
the forms that it took up but he says that this light-energy thing
resembled a holograph: a very colorful holograph.
Out of nowhere, the most agonizing pain that the human mind can
fathom overcame his entire body. He started to scream in pain. He
began to violently vomit some type of brown semi-solid stuff out of his
mouth. He described it as being like muddy quicksand or a chocolate milkshake.
This stuff exploded out from deep inside and far exceeded the amount one
person’s digestive system could retain.
He stumbled around his room. Screaming, stumbling-crashing into walls,
vomiting, in unimaginable pain. He began to feel his mind slip away. Not like he
was going crazy but like his mind was disintegrating: turning into mush. He was
going to become a lifeless vegetable; a zombie.
Strangely, through all of this he still felt that this light-image thing was
somehow there to help him.
It all seemed so real and life-like. This was the most traumatic experience that
has ever happened to him and it was only a dream. It was easily 100x more
intense than the closest dream.
He made his way out of his bedroom and into the nearby bathroom where he
tripped and fell into the bathtub. He got out of the bathtub and caught a
glimpse of his face in the mirror.
One of his eyeballs was expanding. He made his way back to his room in the
presence of the shape shifting light-thing.
He felt himself begin to transform. He thinks involuntarily.
The pain, sickness, and his body's attempt to transform itself, he thinks, came
from just being in the midst of this mind consuming light-thing and was only
a side-effect of being newly introduced to such a great power.
It was not there to hurt him.
The extreme power that this thing radiated was too much for him to handle.
He thinks it was trying to show him that he too possessed the same powers
that it does.
He did not transform but he felt that if he did it was going to be into a werewolf
or dragon. He is not sure if he resisted. But he believes that there was no resisting
a power of this magnitude.
This dream left him with many questions.
Let me make one thing clear.
He 100% understands that this was only a dream but the intensity and realness
of it all left him with a need to delve deeper.
Also, he was not aware that he was dreaming until after he woke-up.
Everything was so vivid: the room that he fell asleep in was the exact same
in the dream as when he closed his eyes and dosed off.
The pain felt real.
Him close to losing his mind felt real.
After waking he was sure that someone was going to ask him what was all
of the noise coming from his bedroom but they never did.
He suffered a headache concentrated on the right side of his forehead for a week straight. This was probably where most of the brain activity took place during the dream.
He was seriously considering going to the emergency room because he
thought he might have suffered a stroke or something but didn’t feel like
sitting for hours in a hospital waiting room.
He thought that he had somehow tapped into his unconscious mind.
He interprets this light-thing that appeared in his dream as part of his own
unconscious.
Sort of like himself revealing himself to himself.
If this was his unconscious then that means that he was really fearing his
own self and that this immense power that he kneeled on one knee in front
of was his own power.
Why was he afraid then?
What was he going to transform into?
Is it good that he didn’t transform because it was going to be into something evil?
Into something that would have gave him a power that he was not prepared for or
responsible enough to use wisely?
Would this have placed a power in his hands that would have led to his destruction?
How can he call up this great power that resides within (and outside?) and
consciously align his conscious life with it?
Is that even possible?
What would have happened if he would have talked to this light-thing?
What would it have said?
Do they speak the same language as us?
Are there other parts of the unconscious that can reveal themselves to us
in a dream or is there only one?
How would they look and what would the experience be like?
Will it be a light-image; or a “real” person; a animal; a black light;
will it be a double of himself; a dead loved one; a star?
Would there be more pain and vomiting; or will there be feelings
of extreme pleasure or something else because this other thing
represents a different dimension of our unconscious?
Can any of the others speak our language?
What other hidden powers and knowledge are they able to reveal?
As traumatic as this dream was he is thirsty for a similar experience.
The pain and vomiting left him feeling somehow purified.
He feels that he has passed some sort of test
and is ready for the next level.
He thinks that this light-image took him to the edge and pulled him back;
right before his mind snapped.
Or that he had what it took and persevered in the presence of this newly
revealed dimension of energy.
He feels that his mind is stronger and can handle more stress
than it could before.
The next time he is in the presence of this powerful thing he will not fear it
and it will not have the same overwhelming effect on him.
He thinks that the power he felt was his own and he longs to be able to use it.
Now that he has had a slight glimpse of real power he desperately wants it too;
even though he doesn’t understand it.
This dream made him take the dream world and the unconsciousness mind more
seriously. He has done more reading and this has led him to the art of lucid dreaming.
Becoming conscious while in a dream. Able to act, think, and change the settings,
of your dreams. It’s a dream so there are no physical laws.
I decided to read up on lucid dreams and found that it is not only an art but
is also accepted by science and can be studied under the laws of science.
Not saying that science is king.
It made me wonder though.
The dream world is the bridge to the unconscious where the imagination
dwells and all creativity flows from.
So, if one can became a lucid dreamer: then, what doors does that open up
to the practitioner?
to me.
A few months ago a friend of mine had been attracted to
the occult: reading books on witchcraft, sorcery, and magic;
both black and white.
He has also started to read books on philosophy; science;
and religion.
Books explaining the roles of gods, demons, angels, and other
spirit creatures from different cultures and how they connect
to the real world.
Books on the human; its potentials; future; and responsibilities.
His new interests struck me kind of odd because this fellow is
a realist: the logical type.
Maybe it’s just a phase; a temporary fascination with the taboo.
Or some kind of search for meaning or a different perspective of
the universe or something.
One night when he laid down to go to sleep he stayed awake
“day dreaming” for much of the night.
All of these symbols and images from these books were flashing
through his mind. The ideas and stories flooded his imagination.
Finally, he fell asleep.
As he was lying in bed some sort of light-image appeared in his room.
Keep in mind that he was now asleep and in the dream world.
He found himself kneeling on one knee in front of this thing and staring
directly at it without flinching or blinking. His kneeling was not to worship
but more to respect, revere, and maybe even to welcome.
Although he kept his composure in front of this light-thing; he was
actually terrified: even though he sensed that this thing was there to
help him or reveal something to him.
He could feel the immense power radiating from this thing and
he could feel its life-force. It was a living, conscience something.
Suddenly, this thing started to move around his room and effortlessly
and fluidly transform into one thing after another. He can’t remember
the forms that it took up but he says that this light-energy thing
resembled a holograph: a very colorful holograph.
Out of nowhere, the most agonizing pain that the human mind can
fathom overcame his entire body. He started to scream in pain. He
began to violently vomit some type of brown semi-solid stuff out of his
mouth. He described it as being like muddy quicksand or a chocolate milkshake.
This stuff exploded out from deep inside and far exceeded the amount one
person’s digestive system could retain.
He stumbled around his room. Screaming, stumbling-crashing into walls,
vomiting, in unimaginable pain. He began to feel his mind slip away. Not like he
was going crazy but like his mind was disintegrating: turning into mush. He was
going to become a lifeless vegetable; a zombie.
Strangely, through all of this he still felt that this light-image thing was
somehow there to help him.
It all seemed so real and life-like. This was the most traumatic experience that
has ever happened to him and it was only a dream. It was easily 100x more
intense than the closest dream.
He made his way out of his bedroom and into the nearby bathroom where he
tripped and fell into the bathtub. He got out of the bathtub and caught a
glimpse of his face in the mirror.
One of his eyeballs was expanding. He made his way back to his room in the
presence of the shape shifting light-thing.
He felt himself begin to transform. He thinks involuntarily.
The pain, sickness, and his body's attempt to transform itself, he thinks, came
from just being in the midst of this mind consuming light-thing and was only
a side-effect of being newly introduced to such a great power.
It was not there to hurt him.
The extreme power that this thing radiated was too much for him to handle.
He thinks it was trying to show him that he too possessed the same powers
that it does.
He did not transform but he felt that if he did it was going to be into a werewolf
or dragon. He is not sure if he resisted. But he believes that there was no resisting
a power of this magnitude.
This dream left him with many questions.
Let me make one thing clear.
He 100% understands that this was only a dream but the intensity and realness
of it all left him with a need to delve deeper.
Also, he was not aware that he was dreaming until after he woke-up.
Everything was so vivid: the room that he fell asleep in was the exact same
in the dream as when he closed his eyes and dosed off.
The pain felt real.
Him close to losing his mind felt real.
After waking he was sure that someone was going to ask him what was all
of the noise coming from his bedroom but they never did.
He suffered a headache concentrated on the right side of his forehead for a week straight. This was probably where most of the brain activity took place during the dream.
He was seriously considering going to the emergency room because he
thought he might have suffered a stroke or something but didn’t feel like
sitting for hours in a hospital waiting room.
He thought that he had somehow tapped into his unconscious mind.
He interprets this light-thing that appeared in his dream as part of his own
unconscious.
Sort of like himself revealing himself to himself.
If this was his unconscious then that means that he was really fearing his
own self and that this immense power that he kneeled on one knee in front
of was his own power.
Why was he afraid then?
What was he going to transform into?
Is it good that he didn’t transform because it was going to be into something evil?
Into something that would have gave him a power that he was not prepared for or
responsible enough to use wisely?
Would this have placed a power in his hands that would have led to his destruction?
How can he call up this great power that resides within (and outside?) and
consciously align his conscious life with it?
Is that even possible?
What would have happened if he would have talked to this light-thing?
What would it have said?
Do they speak the same language as us?
Are there other parts of the unconscious that can reveal themselves to us
in a dream or is there only one?
How would they look and what would the experience be like?
Will it be a light-image; or a “real” person; a animal; a black light;
will it be a double of himself; a dead loved one; a star?
Would there be more pain and vomiting; or will there be feelings
of extreme pleasure or something else because this other thing
represents a different dimension of our unconscious?
Can any of the others speak our language?
What other hidden powers and knowledge are they able to reveal?
As traumatic as this dream was he is thirsty for a similar experience.
The pain and vomiting left him feeling somehow purified.
He feels that he has passed some sort of test
and is ready for the next level.
He thinks that this light-image took him to the edge and pulled him back;
right before his mind snapped.
Or that he had what it took and persevered in the presence of this newly
revealed dimension of energy.
He feels that his mind is stronger and can handle more stress
than it could before.
The next time he is in the presence of this powerful thing he will not fear it
and it will not have the same overwhelming effect on him.
He thinks that the power he felt was his own and he longs to be able to use it.
Now that he has had a slight glimpse of real power he desperately wants it too;
even though he doesn’t understand it.
This dream made him take the dream world and the unconsciousness mind more
seriously. He has done more reading and this has led him to the art of lucid dreaming.
Becoming conscious while in a dream. Able to act, think, and change the settings,
of your dreams. It’s a dream so there are no physical laws.
I decided to read up on lucid dreams and found that it is not only an art but
is also accepted by science and can be studied under the laws of science.
Not saying that science is king.
It made me wonder though.
The dream world is the bridge to the unconscious where the imagination
dwells and all creativity flows from.
So, if one can became a lucid dreamer: then, what doors does that open up
to the practitioner?