Excellent post, thank you. Dreams fascinate me.
>- Q said "those good who know cannot sleep" or something to this extent. I wonder if it has to do something with third eye activation? Maybe people have to re-learn falling asleep after their "awakening"? Has anyone here experienced issues similar to mine?
I think Q may have been referring to the horrors of working in the Intelligence community. They have seen some horrid stuff. If life is illusory, would our higher self feel the same horror of our human condition? Are dreams our higher selves communicating and interpreting our experience?
Do you lucid dream? I wonder if vivid dreams are more controllable.
My recurring dreams are inception dreams. I wake up, wake up, wake up and it is very disorienting. Sometimes I die in the dream and wake up. Since it is this board, I will posit that maybe we catch a parallel reality? That reality ends and we are thrown back into this timeline? Another toy thought was if the universe is computational, maybe sleep is a way for the universe to preserve computation time/CPU cycles.
It is super rare for me to lucid dream, and have been actively trying to recognize that I am dreaming. I read something recently (sorry no sauce, cannot find it) on how to actively try to lucid dream. It's generally meditating more, keeping a dream journal, and having some item where you know you are dreaming. That text mentioned a spiritually inclined child that knew they were dreaming because they were wearing a watch in the dream.
>- Most humans spend a considerable amount of their lives asleep, so I suspect if it is something of importance, it would be a preferred angle of "attack" for anyone looking to manipulate.
I like to think we are sovereign over our souls and experiences. No doubt we have been subject to a lifetime of brainwashing, however we have overcome much of it and why were are here on this board. Researching how to defend against psychic attacks may be of interest. I did a quick search and saw a bunch of crystals and chanting newagey stuff. I don't think any of that is necessary, you are well ahead of the game by being aware. Being smarter than the average bear goes a long way. On that note, I think we can also meditate through life, not only just at set times.
>- I remember reading (maybe it even was here?One of ra's posts maybe) about the idea that dreams could be "scripted" by brainwashing (who knows of which avenue) to manipulate how we feel.
Of course they are. If life is an illusion, why would a Coca-cola bottle or commercial things show up in our dreams? The manipulation is already there, we circumvent the illusion by looking for the higher Self.
>- IMO sleep is a topic that is not very much discussed beyond the formulaic "omg I feel so tired" or people bragging about how little they slept last night, and it seems very obvious that there could be some metaphysical shenanigans going on during this time. I would love to be able to master the art of sleeping correctly.
Not sure if there is a correct way to sleep. If you sleep for 14 hours are you not groggy too? Sometimes waking up at 3:33am your mind racing and energy for the day. The only other thing to say is I understand our cave people ancestors would be more "dymaxion" in their sleep patterns(pic relevant)
>I could rattle on and on about this topic
Me too. It needs much more digging. Precognitive dreams, symbolism, patterns and so forth. Particularly people of our bent that don't have restful sleep, why some of us wake up at 3:33am, etc…