Accidental AP?

[Serentripity]

So this is my first post on the forums - Hi, I'm Ashli, nice to meet you! I'm here because something that has happened all my life has begun happening with increasing frequency and vividness. I have dreams that feel like they don't belong to me - like I'm in someone else's dream, in their dream-body, in their consciousness. I've never seen "myself" (the body I am occupying) in any of these dreams, but the motion of the body is different, the thoughts are not familiar to my own patterns of thought, I know people within the dream who I realize upon waking I have never met in my life - and I have perfect recall of things which have never happened to me. I always wrote these dreams off as unfamiliar pieces of my own mind, but I am coming to recognize them as something else. I now believe that what I am experiencing is real, and ties in perfectly (and fascinatingly!) to the fractal reality I am now coming to understand we live in. I think I am tapping in to the collective web of knowing - accessing another branch of the single consciousness that divides to become each of us. Does this happen to anyone else? Does anyone have any reading material to recommend? Thanks in advance!

[1495]

I don't know if you view "Forgive the term" reincarnation in linear terms or as one large event, "fractal reality" would sugest the later but perhaps you are experiencing another you. Maby you are trying to contact your self. I have had at least one past life dream that I know of. This is an interesting topic and I will be interested to see what others have to say. Let me know if you find anything out.

[Serentripity]

Oh wow! I have considered that this is another "branch" of "me" (I need to embiggen my vocabulary to deal with this!) but it hadn't occurred to me that it might be a deliberate attempt at contact!! How cool!!!! For perspective clarification, I view reincarnation as an ongoing event, as I believe a linear progression of time is a feature of human perception. I intend to go lucid tonight and return with more details!

[Serentripity]

Well, I haven't attained lucidity or experienced the "foreign" dreams since my last post. I did, however, have another experience, which I have had before and never given thought to - but now believe to be connected to the dreams: I was sitting on the couch with my boyfriend (we'll call him T) watching some media, when my eyes began to feel really strange - like a pressure behind my eyeballs - and my vision changed very slightly... not like a hallucination, or a visible shift, it just looked like the resolution of my brain was set a little bit too low - objects appeared closer than they were, I felt "small" even though what I was seeing was from my usual height. At the same time, I started to have a wave of confusion - at first I just wrote it off as nothing unusual, as I admit, I am a stoner - but then it solidified into a feeling that I have felt before when entirely sober. A handful of times throughout my life I have had spells of feeling entirely unfamiliar to myself - for example, I look at T and he looks like a stranger. I still know who he is, I still can recall all my memories associated with him, but they feel distant and far away (almost like in the dreams when I "remember" someone else's memories). The first time I can remember this happening was about 4 or 5 years ago, but like I said - I've always just written it off and never thought of it again. So, you're clever, I'm sure you're already thinking what I'm thinking - either I'm going completely and utterly mad, or there's some kind of two-way connection going on here. Or both, I suppose. I have decided to have faith in my sanity and accept that there is some kind of connection going on, so assuming that... what do I do? How can I communicate with this person? I have read of something similar to this in "The Education of Oversoul Seven" trilogy by Jane Roberts, a psychic and spirit medium. While that was a fictional story, I am inclined to believe many of the concepts discussed within, partially because the author is so well-versed in these arenas, and partially because it simply resonates with my own beliefs and observations. Her description of the dream world and of the character's shared dreams is spot-on to what I have been experiencing. Has anyone read any non-fiction accounts of this type of experience? Does it have a name? I'm not even sure what to Google, lol! Thanks for any and all input, and for not assuming that I'm just nuts!

[stevenlchilds]

I have dreamed of being in someone else's mind or someone in my mind. I often dream I am someone else. I like your fractal idea. Your idea has scientific weight. Quantum mechanics is weird.

[Serentripity]

I have dreamed of being in someone else's mind or someone in my mind. I often dream I am someone else. I like your fractal idea. Your idea has scientific weight. Quantum mechanics is weird. Quantum mechanics IS weird! And at the same time, it makes perfect sense to me. I've done some reading on the scientific weight of these ideas (I have very strong faith, and I've never been a fan of blind faith), my favorite so far is "Spontaneous Evolution" by Dr. Bruce Lipton and Steve Bhaerman. Soooooooo awesome, I recommend it to EVERYONE!! What is your feeling on the dreams as someone else? Have you ever attempted to communicate with this other person? Do you think that you are the same other person in your dreams? I am not sure of this one myself - I hadn't considered the possibility that it was a different person each time until earlier today. Thank you for your input! I'm starting to realize that many people have dreams like this - the world is an awesome place, and humanity is pretty freakin' amazing!

[jessie1203]

Has anyone read any non-fiction accounts of this type of experience? Does it have a name? I'm not even sure what to Google, lol! LOL, what to google... (I've felt that way some times ) hmmm, this is interesting... My very very first thought when I read this is... You know how they say 'we are spiritual beings, living a human experience' and stuff like that?? My thoughts immediately went that way... Maybe you're experiencing the "real you"... theirs nobody else... its all you, completely out of your body... T might seem like a stranger cause you know him and you've lived with him as a human... But "the real you" your spiritual being is only using this physical body of yours as like a transport... to live an experience, that's all... (I don't mean to make it sound THAT simple, is just if we analize this in depth my point gets missing)) But yeah... maybe you got to a point of detachment from the physical, so great, that its just letting you experience your true self... Does it make sense?? just a thought anyways

[stevenlchilds]

Your talking about that evil spirit who wants to take over my Identity. He will fail. LOL My way or the highway steve...