07-27-2011, 01:56 PM
Monkey, I have recurring dreams where I try to turn on the lights and they won't turn on. Usually these are very vivid experiences, and they usually involve normal things like me getting up to go to the bathroom, trying to turn on the lights, and finding they won't turn on. I am usually convinced I am awake when these things happen, only to wake up in bed shortly after. I've come to believe that I am going out of body in these particular dreams. The inability to turn the lights on almost always results in an inward battle between the fear of being trapped in the dark and the acceptance that the dark cannot hurt me. The end result is usually me accepting the darkness and releasing my fear, which causes a lightness inside of me.