Maybe I saw HELL itself in my dream!

[Guhan]

Its quite sometime since I had this dream. I somehow forgot about it for a while...

But I remembered it again yesterday and thought to write it here, so that I can see whether anyone else can relate to such a dream.

Well, it was really scary... I was standing on a platform thats about 15 feet from the ground, the roof was close to my head...

The building was something like a pig farm... which had a fence of about 4 feet, filled with naked men and women! all covered with a thick liquid, slippery like oil & muddy in color... screaming in terror.

They all tried to crawl & swim there way to the rightmost side of the fence (to save there lives) atop of other men and women, they can't stand up since there are lot of people in the muddy oil, and all of them were floating & sinking simultaneously.

Why there was so much terror and struggle to get to the far right? well, thats the most scariest things in this dream... in the leftmost side i can see there's an opening through which the men & women fall through, because there are lot of people filled in, they are pushed out through that opening... which goes down like a dark cave...

I can hear the sound of a machine, right at the beginning of the opening of the tunnel through which the people are falling one by one... and that machine... (oh man I hate this...) squashes them into liquid in a second... only the blood can be seen flowing through the tunnel... whoever was close to the machine would scream like hell and grab other slippery bodies to get to the other side...

I was watching them with equal terror until I understood whats going on, something in the back of the mind told me that these are "bad" type of people and they are being punished...

Then I start running down the staircase  , and out of that place...

I was really upset when I woke up and was telling my friends too about the dream. It was really vivid than the everyday dreams, thats why I was a little disturbed... wish I can draw a picture of the scene sometime when I get time, to post it here.

[erynys]

let me be the first to reply on this unpleasant nightmare. i dont believe that i know what you saw. but i hope that by posting, i can encourage more knowledgable ppl to post something smart.

[CFTraveler]

Did you feel 'exempt' because it was supposed to be only 'bad' people going there to be punished?  I noticed political undertones in this dream (people struggling to go to the 'right' side, whild the 'left' side had a deathly trap?)
I see religious and political influences in this dream.  Did you perhaps grow up in a religion that looks sideways at eating pig?  That 'punishes' people for indulging in fleshly pleasures?  And I see some judgement:  For example, the conclusion that the dream was a glimpse of Hell.

[Jelal67]

Perhaps to continue the political undertones, the "oil" like substances... just a thought...

[Mydral]

Well since its a dream it must have been triggered by something. It might just be your average nightmare, however I never had any were a lot of people suffered.

I do not think its political since politics in this sense should not affect a dream. Its just not something we think so strongly about.

Secondly I don't think you saw hell or dreamt of hell. Afterall you ran downstairs to get out, if you would be a religious person that would mean you ran out of heaven. You cannot escape hell by going down.

Try to think about any events in the week prior to the dream which might have triggered it. Movies, games, experiences, etc. Most probably you will find one which explains the dream.

[Alaskans]

Very good post nodes. I especially agree with what you said about the mind. I find it interesting you (Guhan) were on a platform between the two. Perhaps the reason is you have risen above the ones below you is because you have chosen both intuition and logic? I wonder why they were being crushed though.

What I think of the crushing machine is not that they are being punished but being transformed into something else. But why is it so horrible? Personally my mind would never make me suffer a dream like this. I would say it is only to make sure you pay attention, but in this case it is so bad that you DONT want to pay attention to it. I dont beleive the people were you, you are being sypathetic to some external people.. Because you are too far above them you cannot help these people.

[Guhan]

First of all I apologize from everybody who replied to my post for coming sooo late... (I was trapped in work all this time, while in the back of my mind I was thinking what would have happened to the post)

When I came back today (with a good news of 6 or 7 consecutive lucid dreams for the 1st time last night, described in the following post: http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/welcome_to_dreams/6_or_7_consecutive_lucid_dreams_induced_intentionally-t25921.0.html), i was happy to see all your replies.

Well, I don't think it has anything to do with politics as CFTraveler has thought, since I hate politics and wouldn't think of it while i am in bed. But your "religious", idea might have a point (I am a Hindu), more on it below.

I don't believe the people were you, you are being sympathetic to some external people.. Because you are too far above them you cannot help these people.

Maybe Alaskans is right in that... I remember running away only because I can't stand there and watch that horrible squashing. I was not afraid that I would be squashed too, I was kind of "sure" about my character at that moment.

My meditation + reading spiritual text + spiritual thoughts might be playing a part too. I am a Hindu, but not that religious in the sense of 'rituals' & going to temple (i rarely go). But have a strong spiritual urge that pushes me to something.

I love animals... all of them. I have started feeling guilty of consuming chicken, fish etc. recently (I never stopped though). I even saw a dream where there are so much of animals on the road (all kinds, big & small), blocking my way (not angry, but just blocking the way), on a day I had chicken for lunch! Maybe I am scared deep within my subconscious mind about it)

Well, that sort of dreams never came again. Only happy lucid dreams, and my success rate increases in that

Thanks for all the thoughtful replies.