Help please, some weird invasive stuff is going on.

[nthjbam]

I was sleeping in my bed for no longer than an hour when I was rapidly warned in my dream that danger was lurking very closely.  My initial thoughts and reaction in my dream were, how could I have let myself fall asleep and not have my knife in my hand ready to stop an attack.  This was a strange thought, because quite obviously I do not sleep with a knife in my hand.  However, I did fall asleep with a large quartz crystal in my left hand that is supposed to be a poultice to help with clearing negative thoughts and enhancing relaxation.  I popped out of my r.e.m. sleep and my eyes sprang open but my body felt completely paralyzed.  I heard a noise and felt a presence around me.  The paralysis is one thing, that I understand about OBE's and that whole process, but what I felt writhing up the sides of my bed like a slow moving ivy was an entirely different scenario.

The noise can only be described as a swirling/shuffling, like two pieces of soft cloth moving against each other under a quiet gust of wind, or the quickening absence of sound as though all the noise in the room were being pulled into an invisible whirlwind that muted everything. 

The presence was far more harrowing.  (I don't know why but I sleep with a Himalayan rock salt crystal light in my room.  There are no natural windows and I'm not afraid of the dark but I feel far more comfortable having a low level of light as opposed to complete blackness.  I've also been prompted by my spirit guide on another occasion to go sleep where there is sunshine.)  My eyes opened as I lay facing the ceiling with my body immobilized and not moving as I was desperately trying to force myself to do.  To be ready to punch up, hop to my feet, anything.  I could feel a strange creeping sensation like a chilling vibration or wave lurking around my body and up and over the sides of the bed onto the unoccupied blanket space around me.  Moving closer and probing around me.  In my mind I started chanting 'Ohm mani padme Ohm' instinctively for instantaneous protection against whatever was around me.  I also mentally scrambled and cried out for my spirit guide by name to come and knock the crap out of whatever was in my room with me watching me sleep and creeping up on me.  I also asked G-d to cover me in white light to protect and heal me.  Bam, my voice started working and my 'Ohm mani padme Ohm' came out loud and clear.  As I did these three things I could feel the presence leave, but I was still freaking out and continued to chant my Ohm's until I felt slightly better.  Then I ran to my computer and wrote this down in the hopes that someone out there would be able to offer me some sort of explanation. 

This isn't the first time I've felt weird like this, it's just the most memorable and clear.  Usually I just wake up feeling like garbage after a night of black dreams.  Please, anyone with any insight write me and let me know what in the world or otherwise is going on around me.  I know the difference between good spiritual feelings and stop this isn't cool, it's freaking me out, I don't like this lurking violently vibrating amorphous cloud of acute angst business, because it's not cool.  Help, please.

Be well,
J

[catmeow]

Hi nthjbam

If it helps you at all, please be aware that what you experienced is quite normal and is an example of "sleep paralysis".  During stages of sleep our physical body becomes paralysed to prevent it acting out our dreams.  Occasionally, we become mentally alert whilst the physical body is still paralysed.  This is almost certainly what you experienced.  That's the science part. 

Curiously, "sleep paralysis" is often associated with sensations of tangible presence, beings sitting on the bed, stroking sensations, pressure on the body, noises, often creepy or malevolent sensations, sometimes the atmosphere is "charged", there can be a feeling of expectation.  It can be quite disconcerting.  These eerie symptoms are very common and science has not really explained why we experience these creepy sensations. However, please be reassured that millions, perhaps even billions of people have experienced this.

If you simply relax and allow yourself to fall asleep, no harm will come and you will wake up normally.  If you struggle really hard to move a finger or toe, you will succeed and break the spell.  I myself have done this, although I must say, even though the feeling of tension and presence leaves immediately, I remained spooked for a while afterwards.  But there is really nothing to worry about.

If you are feeling really brave, you could try simply stepping out of your body at this time and see what happens.  Any presence you feel, should disappear if challenged.

Hope this helps