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Hi everyone,

Over the past 6 months i've been experiencing something quite unusual and rather amazing, I'm not sure quite how to catergorise it but I think the closest would be some for of lucid dreaming perhaps.

Basically what usually happens is, after a long period of sleeping of ususally 5-6 hours, I will wake up briefly and then drift into a wierd state of conciousness where I believe I am not dreaming or fully awake, but am perfectly aware and concious.

Now the strange thing is that during this time I have begun to experience beautiful music. Originally I would simply think about an existing song or composition and I could hear it back in amazing clarity, with every note and lyric being perfectly recreated. It was an incredibly pleasent and relaxing experience and would always awake after, often in total bewilderment.

Over the past couple of months I also have leaned that I can also create and manipulate completely original music in realtime. For example I can think to start off with a violin solo and build into a full orchestral piece. I can also change/morph the music to any genre, for example, classical to rock, rock to dance etc. It's amazing! The latest progression has been that I can create completely original vocals and lyrics to go with the music. The last experience I had, I was amazed at how everything rhymed perfectly and how the lyrics had such deep and emotional meaning.

What's most amazing to me about all this is that i've never played a musical instrument in my life and am not even what i'd call a 'musical person' and Im having trouble coming to terms with how exactly my brain is even capable of creating such vivid, intricate and moving music in realtime without a single fault. The only downside is, like some dreams, the music fades from memory quickly but the memory of the experience is very strong.

I have been thinking about these experiences a lot recently and am beginning to wonder if this strange phenomenom is limited to music. Im a 3d Environmental artist by profession and am planning to see if I can summon up imagery as well as music to inspire me in a recent project im undertaking. Currently when creating the music there is no imagery only darkness, its kind of like sitting and listening to your ipod with your eyes closed.

Im really curous as to whether I am the only one having this type of experience? or even if anyone can help explain what is going on?

Thanks!
Rob

Ever since I moved out in my new flat just over a year ago I have begun to have the strangest dreams which have begun to take over and ruin my sleep.

Before I moved here I only occasionally would dream (or remember my dreams) sometimes it would be weeks in-between memorable dreams and even then they would be unremarkable. But when I moved into my new flat, things changed drastically.

To start off with, the dreams were occasional and kind of pleasant enough, and I noticed they were always set in the same environment; what I came to think of as an 'alternate reality' of the town I live in now.

To describe this better, I would say that it a location that feels and looks like my town and area, but there are differences in the surroundings. For example, the park in the town is in the same location, but has many more trees and flower beds and is visually very different as are shops and buildings. This applies to many other areas but overall the layout is the same and feels very much like my town. Although it has differences these never change in the dream or 'alternative reality' world, and am now so familiar with the place, it's as if it were a real location.

To start off with the dreams were vague and didn't really go anywhere and just were focused in this location. Then after a few weeks I began dreaming about being younger and hanging out with old friends there. Pretty soon my dreams began to focus on the scenario of being back at my old school (in the same alternative reality town).
The scenarios were often quite nostalgic and I found myself dreaming of real friends and people whom I hadn't seen or spoken to in years along with some people I still know.

Although the whole thing was relatively pleasant to start off with, I began to grow concerned as the dreams became more and more frequent. Now every night I have very lucid dreams about being back at school and in this 'alternate reality', always with the same classmates and old friends usually in various different scenarios. These dreams are usually harmless but occasionally take a negative turn which leads me on to another dream I have alongside these.

I began to notice the tone of my dreams changing 6 or more months ago. At the same time as the recurring school dreams I also would dream of being back living with my mother and brother (also when I was younger, and still in this 'alternative reality'). Frequently I dream of being 'trapped' in the house while terrible arguments go on around me and feeling very angry or upset and frequently fighting to escape the situation.

In reality my memories of this house in aren't exactly amazing but they certainly aren't as negative as the dreams I have. In the dreams it's almost like the people are evil and are deliberately trying to upset me. I find myself waking up feeling very emotional, upset or angry and sometimes even shouting out.

Now I know that certain dreams can have meanings to them; the school scenario can mean I'm going through some kind of spiritual learning process and the arguments one means I could have inner conflict, but I'm confused as to what it is and why on earth it's been going on for so long and so frequently?

In reality right now, and in the past year, my life has been really good. I love having my own independence and my own flat; I work freelance and love being my own boss. My life is pretty stress free and I feel pretty confident with myself right now.

In fact the only stress I'm feeling right now is from these crazy reoccurring dreams which never cease. EVERY night I'll dream about both scenarios, often with the same themes or situations.
Feeling exhausted or tired within my dreams and being unable to sleep due to the arguments in the house is also another recurring dream (again, not tied to any real events or history)

It's gotten to the point where I actually don't enjoy sleeping. It's so strange because this stuff is never on my mind before I go to bed and usually I can be thinking about something entirely different.

Last night it occurred again, as usual, and as has happened many times before, I became lucid and realised I was just dreaming (when this dream occurs I now am so familiar I usually regognise I'm dreaming). Usually in the past I have been able to just fly out of the situation or try to change the dream into something more positive, but just recently it's almost like I have lost control. I find myself unable to change the scenario, fly or do any dream-like stuff.
For example, last night I thought to myself whilst dreaming: "ok this sucks, im gonna go dream of flying" I jumped and tried everything but nothing happened, I tried a quite a few things in fact, but had no luck; like the dream world is becoming too real.

After another disturbed night of dreams last night I feel at the end of my tether. It almost feels like my subconscious has been put into purgatory and I have to live it out this in the form of the same crazy dreams each night.

What is happening to my mind? Is my subconscious trying to tell me something, am I being influenced by something negative?

The only connection I can see with my school is that I occasionally drive by it on my way home, but this is usually pretty rare, and even then I certainly don't even acknowledge it.

Anyone got any ideas how I can get out of this vicious cycle of strange dreams?

-Rob

Hey,
Just want you to know I had exactly the same experience. It was very real at the time and when I woke up I felt very dijointed from 'reality'

I dreamt I went to see an old school teacher at a school I never went to, then I started to remember extremely intimate details about my school life; freinds, teachers, classes I took, even where I sat in the class. Then I started to remember my parents and the town I lived in. Like you said it felt so natural and like 'that' was my real life!

Totally freaky

I think it is possible that the dreams you are having are from a past life.  If they are that real.  What time frame were the dreams in?  Look at cars, clothes, and other things.  This should give you a good idea about what year it is.  Also next time you have one of these dreams try to find a mirror, like in a bathroom or something.  Look at your own reflection and see what you look like.  Is it you or someone else?

Past life experiences, have been so well documented in hundreds of case studies that they have basically been scientifically proven.

Joachim Wolf goes in depth about them in his awesome book "Understanding the Grand Design.  Here is a link for him.

http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=11283

thelou

Hey there....

I just wanted to let you know that I moved your topic from the "OBE Discussions" forum to the "Astral Chat" forum, because I think it goes better here.  Let me know if you disagree.

Anyway, I can totally relate to what you're saying.  Over the last few years, I have developed a severe (and I do mean severe) phobia when it comes to flying.

Basically, to put things bluntly, I freak out on planes.  Not only that, but every plane trip I take is WORSE than the last, meaning that the last time I have been on a plane has always been the worst experience in flying.

The last time I was on a plane was 4+ months ago when I flew back from Hawaii, and I literally freaked out....started hyperventilating, made other passengers turn and look at me, etc.  It was humiliating.

I don't know WHY this is....I think something must have happened to me in a plane in another life at a certain age....because when I was younger, I never had a problem with planes.  The older I get, though, the more my a** likes to stay on the ground, know what I'm saying?

To this day, my wife and I have minor arguments over the fact that she wants to vacation in places across the country, and I tell her to have fun without me.

At least 5 times I've felt like this world is a dream (and had increased telekinesis ability). At least 2 of those times, I saw the space in the room vibrate (curved 4-dimensionally).

I just saw this on the BBC website, i thought the bit at the end was interesting;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3098230.stm

Treatment side-effect

He added: "I come at this from the point of view of asking whether there is really a phenomenon here to look at.

"It is of interest because the brain may not be functioning when it happens... but we need real data."

Swiss doctors have previously managed to trigger out-of-body visions by stimulating the brain.

The researchers used electrodes to excite the angular gyrus in the right cortex of a patient.

The doctors did not set out to achieve the effect - it occurred when they were treating a women for epilepsy.

If all of us could go out of body at will and explore the astral planes and speak with people who have died, then several things would have to change. Religions, science, society, banking, and just about everything else. Whether the changes would be for better or worse, though, I can't guess.

welcome to the forum.  i'm still learning but i've heard many voices while experiencing sleeping paralysis.  all of the experiences i've had w/ it have been extremely wierd.  i just wrote a post about one of them called ' paralysis bit'.  have u read teh treatise on obe that's on here?  read as much as u can on this site, i'm suer you'll find some similarities.  

the voices though, could have been anyone in the astral. do a search on 'the dweller' and see what comes up.  if you consider the experiences you've had to be bad,  this may be related.  

the energy building up in the back of your head is something that i'm not famiilar w/.  i belive robert wrote in his book somewhere about certain people having stronger brow centers than others,  and that being the place that they will most likely project from.  he recommends somewhere that if you want to project to a very high level of the astral that you build up massive amounts of energy in your brow chakra.  feelings like your head is about to explode are common for this type of energy work.  i myself have experienced very intense pressure throughout my entire head at times, which made me think my head was going to explode.

fred

it would be a good idea to read the NEW treatise also.  it may help you in that situation.