10-16-2009, 06:46 PM
My dreams have always been widely varied in their content. The ratio is usually about this: 10% are really awesome dreams that I wish were real, 10% are terrible nightmares that I’m glad are NOT real, and the other 80% is random weirdness that barely makes sense and I mostly forget anyway (stuff like a giant octopus walking up to me in Wal-mart and asking if I have any post-it notes).
I’ve always had a select few of those very “special dreams” that seemed to feel more real than things feel when I’m awake, that had some deep, important meaning buried somewhere within them, but those are usually few and far between.
Lately, however, my dreams have taken on a rigid sort of schedule. At least every other night it goes like this: In my dreams I am being taught some very valuable lesson about awakening, the nature of the universe, or some other huge, profound thing, or at the very least something very relevant to the particular issues in my life. When I wake up I realize that I just had one of these “lessons” but I can’t remember the dream in the slightest or what the lesson was. I feel as if I’m being crammed into a school desk while someone yells “LISTEN UP!” then the lesson begins. It’s like being in school all over again.
I’m not complaining, but I was wondering if anyone else had experienced this and what the results may have been. Last night seemed like the most important thing yet. All I remember was that in my dream I had this huge epiphany. I was like “Aha! I get it now! It all makes sense! I can finally get to that next level!” and instead of waking up groggy I just shot up awake and full of energy, but I realized I couldn’t quite figure out what that epiphany had been in my waking hours. Usually when I wake up I sort of hear a voice in my head that repeats the main gist of the lesson, as if to make sure I remember it, but then a few seconds later I can‘t remember what it said. I can’t even remember long enough to write it down, even when I keep a notebook next to the bed! One night I *dreamed* I woke up and wrote it down, but then I woke up *for real* and realized I hadn’t and I couldn’t remember.
All in all this isn’t distressing me, but I’m wondering if I’m supposed to remember this stuff and something is blocking it, or if it is purposefully being stored in my subconscious because I couldn’t use it right now, but will be able to in the future? I almost feel like someone is “stepping in” on my dreams, taking over them, and running this program through my head. As far as I can tell none of it is negative and I don’t feel like I’m being manipulated, but it is remarkably different from how I’m used to dreaming.
Has anyone else gone to this “school” lately?
I’ve always had a select few of those very “special dreams” that seemed to feel more real than things feel when I’m awake, that had some deep, important meaning buried somewhere within them, but those are usually few and far between.
Lately, however, my dreams have taken on a rigid sort of schedule. At least every other night it goes like this: In my dreams I am being taught some very valuable lesson about awakening, the nature of the universe, or some other huge, profound thing, or at the very least something very relevant to the particular issues in my life. When I wake up I realize that I just had one of these “lessons” but I can’t remember the dream in the slightest or what the lesson was. I feel as if I’m being crammed into a school desk while someone yells “LISTEN UP!” then the lesson begins. It’s like being in school all over again.
I’m not complaining, but I was wondering if anyone else had experienced this and what the results may have been. Last night seemed like the most important thing yet. All I remember was that in my dream I had this huge epiphany. I was like “Aha! I get it now! It all makes sense! I can finally get to that next level!” and instead of waking up groggy I just shot up awake and full of energy, but I realized I couldn’t quite figure out what that epiphany had been in my waking hours. Usually when I wake up I sort of hear a voice in my head that repeats the main gist of the lesson, as if to make sure I remember it, but then a few seconds later I can‘t remember what it said. I can’t even remember long enough to write it down, even when I keep a notebook next to the bed! One night I *dreamed* I woke up and wrote it down, but then I woke up *for real* and realized I hadn’t and I couldn’t remember.
All in all this isn’t distressing me, but I’m wondering if I’m supposed to remember this stuff and something is blocking it, or if it is purposefully being stored in my subconscious because I couldn’t use it right now, but will be able to in the future? I almost feel like someone is “stepping in” on my dreams, taking over them, and running this program through my head. As far as I can tell none of it is negative and I don’t feel like I’m being manipulated, but it is remarkably different from how I’m used to dreaming.
Has anyone else gone to this “school” lately?
