Continuing a Dream after waking up

[ChopstickFox]

First off, I have spent the last few days using myself as a guinea pig to try out different ways of going OBE and such to see if I found a niche that worked better for me. It seems that binaural beats really don't do anything for me. They keep my mind awake, but my body never falls asleep so I'll just be sitting there awake for hours. That or I'll fall asleep. Bleh. I ended up not having any luck at all.

I had a break last night and I had a very neat experience. (Yeah, yeah, always when I'm NOT trying! haha!)

I was having an incredibly interesting dream. It was pretty long, too, detailed storyline. I was able to continue it, right from where I left off, at least 5 times. I wanted to share what was helping me out in case it could help anyone.

This was a little bit different from what I usually hear on here, being that once you wake up, you don't move, open your eyes, or anything. So, here we go!

Upon waking from the first part of the dream, it was smack dab in the middle of something interesting. I certainly had a strong desire to return to it. When I woke up, I didn't try to keep still or even keep my eyes closed. I thought in as much detail as I could about the dream, what I saw, who I met, what happened in the story. I imagined it playing in my mind without putting too much thought into it. As I recalled it, I let myself fade back asleep and for lack of a better word, phased right where I had left off with no memory of breaking.

It continued and eventually I woke up again. This time, I repeated from the very beginning of the first dream until the end of the second, phasing at the end.

This was done at least five times until eventually it concluded. I opened my eyes through about it, talked to my husband a bit, stretched, wiggled around, I was even tempted to try visiting the bathroom then coming back. And I can't pin this one on false awakenings because my husband really was talking to me.

I think the cause of this working is a mix of intent and thinking through the scenario. I think an important part is imagining through what has already happened, leading into the next part.

So... I hope this helps anyone interested in this! And let me know your thoughts!

[Lionheart]

Upon waking from the first part of the dream, it was smack dab in the middle of something interesting. I certainly had a strong desire to return to it. When I woke up, I didn't try to keep still or even keep my eyes closed. I thought in as much detail as I could about the dream, what I saw, who I met, what happened in the story. I imagined it playing in my mind without putting too much thought into it. As I recalled it, I let myself fade back asleep and for lack of a better word, phased right where I had left off with no memory of breaking.

Robert Moss calls this technique "Dream Re-entry" and he talks about it quite a bit in the video I put in this section.

I have been using this technique in a way for awhile now, but I called it "Rescripting".

I would awaken briefly from a Dream with full recall, but I would not like the way it ended or I might not have learned fully what I had to learn. So, I would immediately find myself back in the scenario and could alter it to better finale.

I was doing this long before I saw Robert's explanation.

[Astralzombie]

I do this all the time too. But I did not realize it until I read Lions post. Chops said everything fine only the concept did not come across to me.

Doesn't everyone do this with their dreams? Or is that just an assumption I made because I do?

[Lionheart]

I do this all the time too. But I did not realize it until I read Lions post. Chops said everything fine only the concept did not come across to me.

Doesn't everyone do this with their dreams? Or is that just an assumption I made because I do?

I have replied on other threads about my "Rescripting", they can be found by searching that word.

Most people I talk to don't have any Dream recall at all. MJ, my love is included in this.

She started to take a vitamin supplement before and for the first time, she started to remember her Dreams.

She didn't like that though, so she stopped taking the supplement and her Dream recall went away.

[Astralzombie]

Wow. I just asked three friends about their dream recall and they all said they very rarely remember them. Lion, I have to admit that I didn't believe that was true. That just goes to show how we mistake our own reality to be the same as others. That is some good insight.

[ChopstickFox]

Oh, yeah, endings can be changed this way too. I'll have to check out that post when I have more time.

It's really a neat feeling to discover something then realize others have discovered the same thing! The others are probably much more concise explanations though. xD I can be scatterbrained at times.

[Astralzombie]

No. You were simply relating the details of your dream and I was able to follow exactly what you were saying. I just did not realize that I did the same thing with many of my dreams. It only became apparent to me when Lion pointed out that the concept had a name. Until, then I hadn't realized that it was a concept. The fault lies in me and my tendency to assume.