posted March 18, 2006 08:50 PM         

Anyway, I thought I'd post about the sleep paralysis that I get every once in a while. The last time I got it, I noticed a pattern with the dreams I had along with it - They were always the "dream within a dream" type of thing; dreaming about dreaming, then waking up and still being asleep. They weren't really frightening in the sense that I was dreaming about being in mortal danger, but it was the fact that in the dream I couldn't move or speak, and felt like I was going to faint. And always there was something I would want to say or scream out. When I wake up, I can't move for the first few seconds of being awake, and my hands, feet, and face are numb. And usually I'll hear something like voices or see something. The first time it happened I kept hearing this distant drum beat that seemed to move steadily closer. That could have been my imagination, but last time I swear I saw a flash of bright light like a camera come from the corner of the room, and there's nothing that could have caused that. I don't share my room with anyone.

This last time that it happened, I was dreaming I woke up in a dimly lit green room, and I was wearing these huge earrings that had the signs of the zodiac on it. The earrings were clanging together and they sounded like windchimes. It was deafening, and like always I couldn't move, and I knew it was the sound of the earrings that caused this. But since I couldn't move, I couldn't take them off. I think my mom and my buifriend(yes, I have a reason for spelling it that way (= ) were there and they were trying to talk to me but I couldn't say anything. That's about it before I woke up.(I swear the actual dream was scarier than it sounds)

posted March 19, 2006 06:22 AM         

I too am new to this site! I have this too, however it is tied into my sleep disorder...mild narcolepsy...sleep paralysis is common with people who have sleep disorders. Also, you are experiencing hallucinogenic dreams...which is also a common symptom. I have seen people, heard sounds and conversations and even felt various physical sensations (depending on the dream) all while I was waking up (in that stage between asleep and awake). It took many years to get a real diagnosis (which finally happened when I had a sleep study done) and it is amazing how many people there are who have experienced the same things as me. Although, there isnt much help the medical world can offer and I do not agree that everything I have experienced is scientifically explainable, but I would be interested if someone knows how to treat, cure or just deal with narcolepsy...other than taking medications.

posted March 19, 2006 11:56 AM         

It seems your energy body is still disattatched from your physical body for brief moments upon wakening.
The shift usually takes place earlier on.
The numbness correalates to this.
Any tingling sensations are signs of the energy returning to your physical form.

The glow..the sounds...you are still experiencing from the senses of your ethereal Being. These are not hallucinations, but they are from a realm that the physical mind cannot usually see or experience.

This is an amazing gift. The fact that you are aware you are dreaming within the dream (lucid dreaming) is showing you great potential and power of future exploration, if only you can relax within in and not close yourself off with fear, because of its unfamiliarity. The 'unknown' is always frightening at first. Leave yourself as open as you can that this is a natural phenomenon. It is. We are all astral beings/astral energy while sleeping. Just, most aren't given the tangible awakenings (proof) to this that you have been shown.

In the meantime, relax and seek more knowledge. A book that might be a good start would be: Our Dreaming Mind by Robert L. Van De Castle, Ph.D.
Or any information you could get about lucid dreaming would be benefitial.
Not sure if you'd yet be ready for Carlos Castaneda's "The Art of Dreaming".
But it's a good one to keep in mind as well.

posted March 19, 2006 01:12 PM         

And if you were indeed dream sharing or experiencing lucid dreaming and an OBE...
Lia is correct in her observations.

Read Robert Monroe. http://www.near-death.com/experiences/triggers12.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Monroe