A life in a dream

[ChopstickFox]

Had an unusual dream. The story was very precise and put together. In perfect colors, sounds, smells, details as if awake.

I was in what I'm assuming was India and not in modern times. I was a man (I'm actually a woman) and I would always pester a blind man that owned a stall that sold stuff. He would make art out of the shells from the sea shore. One item in particular was a beautiful piece of Hindu gods. I would always mess up his wares, break things, and really be an utter butt-wipe. Even though it was a dream I am embarrassed with myself looking back on it. No one really seemed to do anything about it, either. Maybe I was in a position of power that made me immune to being put in my place or maybe just no one cared.

One day, I'm not sure exactly why it happened, but I want to say that perhaps the gods got fed up with my behavior and wanted to punish me. They changed me into a woman and forced me to have the blind man fall in love with me. At first I was incredibly reluctant, but as the weeks and maybe even years went by, I learned incredible lessons. I truly fell in love with him and cared deeply for him. I was to be changed back, but I was so upset that I would lose my love and become a man again that rather than living, I turned into beautiful sea shells.

[roman67]

Firstly you were not happy because God changed you into a woman but when your dream was over you were upset because you lose your love. Very strange dream but it was interesting.

[newmethod]

i am a man in this lifetime.
Once i had a dream, a very real dream where i was a woman.
It was very real and i am sure at some time i was this woman. maybe a past life?
whatever caused it, it was quite profound.

By the sounds your 'dream' was also quite profound.

Did you feel a knowledge or familiarity with the 'man' you were in the dream?
Like you knew him somehow?

[ChopstickFox]

I know what you're talking about and I have had very strong feelings and sense of identity with being certain people in my dreams, male or female. I've also tossed around the past lives idea. This felt incredibly real, and a lot happened, but at the same time, it wasn't the same as other dreams. There was some detachment to it. Considering what actually happened in the dream, it's not exactly a realistic scenario either, not that that would matter much given the nature and symbolism in dreams. I guess I would consider the character I was to be static or thin. Like I could only see a sliver of the whole so I only got the gist of him. I don't know. But it certainly still stood out from other dreams.

[Astralzombie]

I can't recall a single dream in which I was not myself. But oddly enough I've had several dreams in which people I know very well are portrayed by people I don't know. I always accept them as usual though and move on for the narrative sake.

[Lionheart]

I can't recall a single dream in which I was not myself. But oddly enough I've had several dreams in which people I know very well are portrayed by people I don't know. I always accept them as usual though and move on for the narrative sake.

I feel that happens as a kind of "reality check" created by your own consciousness to awaken you to your Lucid Awareness.

It's the indifferences and the idiosyncrasies that bring our awareness to light!  

Many times it's also the emotional scenarios that do this as well.