communication in your dreams

My father died about 5 years ago. I get dreams every now and then him showing up at my door or im visiting his place in acapulco. sometimes they hurt more than anything else.

afew days ago I had a hard one where it felt so damn real not just in my dream but it felt like if i was talking to someone in real life like right there in front of me. and i woke up with a huge heart shock. lucky i didnt have a heart attack. He just surprised me in that dream more than any other time. I even felt kinda dizzy the rest of the day. never felt anything like it

sometimes in the dreams i have with him after talking awhile i know they are fake, sometimes they are so real in my dream im crying bumping into him and when i wake up my face is already wet from crying while i was asleep thats how real they feel.

some people are telling me he is trying to communicate with me and stay in touch. I dont know if thats true or its jus my immagination 100%

you know usually in dreams you cant control what goes on but last night i had another dream with my dad. and in that brain i can focus and decide what questions to ask him and what i wanted to do. its like if i was in another world but there in person. for some reason i didnt wake up with a huge heart shock like afew nights ago but in this one i communicated more realistically

I dont know if im crazy and he is trying to stay in touch or its just my immagination of the communication thats going on cause maybe i know what he would say if he was still here.

but they feel so damn real.

Has anyone else felt like they can communicate with lost ones in there dreams before ?

Love doesn't stop flowing the moment someone dies. The need to connect is deep and strong, and the mind accommodates when it can. My father died more than 20 years ago, and he still pops up now and then in my dreams (so does my brother, who also died about 5 years ago), and when I realize I'm dreaming and seeing him again, I cry and at the same time treasure those moments.

I have yet to experience anything that would suggest I am actually communicating with his spirit. But in terms of what the heart needs to heal, to remember, to cherish, these moments are as real as they need to be.

Originally posted by Mindship
Love doesn't stop flowing the moment someone dies. The need to connect is deep and strong, and the mind accommodates when it can. My father died more than 20 years ago, and he still pops up now and then in my dreams (so does my brother, who also died about 5 years ago), and when I realize I'm dreaming and seeing him again, I cry and at the same time treasure those moments.

I have yet to experience anything that would suggest I am actually communicating with his spirit. But in terms of what the heart needs to heal, to remember, to cherish, these moments are as real as they need to be.

Usually they all feel so real but this one was like whole different level. its hard to explain

Originally posted by chomperx9
They are nice momments for sure but they can be so heartbreaking. its like you never want to wake up. once you wake up and find out it was all a dream it kills you. I had one afew nights back where in my dream almost had a heart attack and as well when i woke up cause it felt so damn real. I couldnt leave the house that day.

Usually they all feel so real but this one was like whole different level. its hard to explain

Originally posted by Mindship
Maybe you should keep a dream log.

Originally posted by chomperx9
dream log ?

Originally posted by Mindship
From now on, write down what you remember of these dreams: date, content, intensity; especially if they happen once in a while. See how they compare. They'll likely recur.

I like the ones better i used to have afew years back where in my dream he is still alive like if he was still here on a normal day.

Like i had some dreams before where I just went over to his place and hung out with him after work like i used to. like it was just a normal day when he was alive. those dont bother me and they are fun

the dreams i get now i know in my head he is dead and when i see him it just F ing hurts like nothing else.

Had one afew days ago him telling me he never died that he just wanted to move on and found a better life for himself. thats when i woke up with the big heart shock and could not breath for afew secs.

Sounds like your dreams are moving you toward facing the fact, emotionally, of his demise.

Originally posted by Mindship
From now on, write down what you remember of these dreams: date, content, intensity; especially if they happen once in a while. See how they compare. They'll likely recur.

why was the 1,ooo,ooo post forum closed?

lately i've also been having some weird dreams. I hardly choose to remember my dreams usually and I like it that way, but lately I have been dreaming about someone I used to work with when I was a teenager. Damn she was hot 🙁

Dreams are nothing more than our imaginations running wild.

For what it's worth: my two preferred definitions of dreaming...

1 (long winded version). When awake, the organism's attention is mostly on gross-level activities, basically bodily survival, eg, eating, or not getting run over by a car when crossing the street. When asleep, attention shifts more to subtler processes, metabolic, information processing; basically activities the organism still needs to survive/develop. Our perception of these subtler processes we call dreaming.

2 (short version). Dreaming is the whole body (not just the brain) "thinking."

In either case, because the "gestalt of the organism" is involved, this is why dreams often seem to make no logical sense and often seem so real.

Originally posted by Mindship
For what it's worth: my two preferred definitions of dreaming...

1 (long winded version). When awake, the organism's attention is mostly on gross-level activities, basically bodily survival, eg, eating, or not getting run over by a car when crossing the street. When asleep, attention shifts more to subtler processes, metabolic, information processing; basically activities the organism still needs to survive/develop. Our perception of these subtler processes we call dreaming.

2 (short version). Dreaming is the whole body (not just the brain) "thinking."

In either case, because the "gestalt of the organism" is involved, this is why dreams often seem to make no logical sense and often seem so real.

I usually have number 2 when I do dream, so that makes sense.

Originally posted by Kaibs
I usually have number 2 when I do dream, so that makes sense.

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
You dream and pewp at the same time?

You're sick sir.

I could imagine that it is possible I have had dreams about my Grandfather who passed away a year ago and we talk like he is standing right next to me and is alive but I never remember what is said.And he comes to my dreams in different ages through I am the same.

Try some Ayahuasca, and experience co op dreams. Ie a group dreams together the same dream with each other.

I never heard of that.Is that really possible?

Originally posted by ADarksideJedi
I never heard of that.Is that really possible?