At the begining of the dream I died in a plane accident. There was a huge explosion but then all of the sudden I was in what looked like a classroom with no doors or windows. There were many other people there and they were all dressed in black tunics and sitting at desks. I myself was dressed the same. I took a seat. Suddenly a yellow bird apears and it begins to land on the heads of various people. It didn't land on mine. All who were untouched by the bird stood up and dissapeared leaving the touched behind. Then I found myself in what looked like an auditorium, only there were no chairs. Everyone was dressed in oreange tunics and was standing around conversing with one another. I joined them and ended up making two friends, a man and a woman. All the women were called to form a line on the stage leading backstage. This was the waiting line for determining weather or not we were worthy of heaven. I waited untill it was my turn. My friend was in front of me. When it was her turn, a sparkeling vortex apeared in front of her, and she stepped inside. Those who were denied stood around waiting for something else. They seemed to be dressed in black bathing suites. On my turn the vortex apeared, but I was worried for my male friend, and I ran to ask him if he was sure he would make it. He said he was and I should hurry before the vortex dissapeared. I did as he said, and stepped into the vortex. I began to spin around and around and felt as though lifted into the air. I awoke lying in a tree. I climbed down and noticed one of the branches was in the form of a hand pointing. I went in the direction it pointed, running. It was sunny and there was nothing but an open feild with greenery up to my knees. I was wearing a white silk dress. I reached a table of white metal beneath a flowered tree. My friends were sitting there and they asked me to join them. I did and I asked them what we were to do now, and they said we were to wait.
and then I woke up.

ok, now that is an odd dream, my dreams do get odd every so often, i've had so many dreams about the end of the world and huge disasters that its untrue, but thank god none have come true, saying that if i didn't have dreams i'd go insane so i've heard somewhere..

I have an imagination big enough to hold two Earths. My dreams are vivid and detailed. This doesn't help for nightmares at all. Worst of all, I feel pain. I got a sword through the gut once and I felt it clear as crystal.

Did you watch a lot of sci-fi movies before going to bed?

Why don't you tell your dream. I don't really believe they mean anything all of the time, but they sure are intertaining.

Which dream would you like me to tell you about? I've got lots of odd dreams and have posted a lot of them in my dream thread.

Which one do you think is the weirdest?
I myself have tons of weird ones as well.

I have a very vivid imagination but I rarely have or remember my dreams, does anyone know why?

What I do in order to remember my dreams, is I keep a notebook by my bed. Every time I wake up, I try to remember stuff, and when I do, I write it down.
By the way, if you get up and going before the sun rises, you're less likely to remember. Most memorable and detailed dreams are had in the morning.
You're also more likely to remember if you are ill.
It would help if you eat a lot of blueberries.

Draco, that's definately a strange dream. I have heard of so many people dreaming VERY VIVID DREAMS during the past year or so. These dreams seem to include such things as natural disasters, terrorist's attacks, wars, and their own deaths. Maybe it's just the state of the world that we live in today influencing everyone's dreams.
For about a month prior to 9-11, I had very vivid dreams of vehicles ranging from airplanes to automobiles smashing into various buildings, mnt's, and even into other vehicles and exploding. After the attacks in N.Y.C. and D.C., my vivid dreams seemed almost frightening. I know several others who had simular dreams prior to 9-11 including my now ex-g/f's 10 y.o. daughter, Autumn. We discussed our dreams after the attacks and Autumn told me that when she saw the live pictures on television of The WTC, that she wasn't surprised at all. She said that she had "seen" it all in her' dreams. She said that She just "Knew" that something was going to happen. Ironically Autumn had just traveled by airline two days before the attacks occurred, but she said that she wasn't ever worried about her' own flight because, in her' dreams, she was watching these things happen from a distance. She's a VERY perceptive kid. My own daughter had premonitions before the attacks, but thats a story for another post.
Draco, I'm not saying that YOUR dream was prophetic. (Hopefully NOT anytime soon anyway!!!!) However, you might have been given a peek into what we all have to look forward to one day. It might be that you dreamed of the time between lives, (if you believe in the reincarnation thing.) Maybe you were "remote viewing" someone else's death experience, perhaps someone was simply showing you what comes next OR it COULD BE that this was just a very vivid dream.
I think that for every possibility that one person comes up with, there are ten more that someone else can think of.
Dreams are one of my favorite topics. Thanks for sharing your dream.

Whether or not they are prophetic, I don't really think about it all that much.
My dreams are my vacations. There's nothing I find more fun. I can do anything that I want!

Draco-

I lucid dream too a lot. Flying seems to dominate my dreams. I've died several times as well, one time falling off a cliff, and no I didn't wake up before hitting the bottom. It hurt! I woke up from that dream and my body was aching, my ribs felt like they were broken, and I couldn't breathe very well for a few minutes.

Have you been in Somalia, Raven? Or may be you have watched on the TV some military operations in Somalia before going to bed... Or reading a magazine with an article about Somalian kids? Some times your brain is taking the idea from the real life and making its own story while you are sleeping...

Raven- that was an interesting dream. Do you ever have ones where you're different people, the opposite sex?

I must have some subconscious desire to know what it's like to be a man, because in so many dreams I'm a man (and no, I'm not gay). I'm not sure what that's all about, whether it's curiousity or what.

I have some of the most awsome dreams. I can change who I am as many times as I want in a single dream just to confuse people.

If you don't mind me contributing to the conversation, I have something I dreamed once when I was very aware of the pain. And believe it or not Draco, you helped me remember it when you said you were run through with a sword. I've had a similar dream.

It was kind of like the medevil times of Japan, way back when, when there were Samurai's and of the like, and we were on a feild. I wasn't aware of anything else around me though. But I do remember turning around and there was a Samurai clad in red armour whom looked at me and before I could say anything, embedded his sword deep into my stomach and out the other end. I could feel the searing pain and recall the blood in my mouth and feel it slide down my chin. It was very vivid.

I don't recall him saying anything, but it was like he didn't have to. It 'feels' like he was saying something like "I am in charge here, I am the only one." Something like that. And yes, this was way before the movie 'The Last Samurai'. I was a younger when I had dreamed this. I think I was 15 or so actually, 20 now. It was interesting nonetheless, but it was a painful dream as well. I felt it when I woke up and had the taste of blood in my mouth. But I don't find that very odd since sometimes I do still have the taste of blood in my mouth.

Whoa, fox... that's very interesting. You have very much mind over matter. Enough to burst your vessels when you believe you should be bleeding.
That is really, truely amazing. I thank you very much for joining the conversation.

Thanks. Mind over Matter, you say? That what it is? It doesn't happen all the time though. I'm glad it doesn't.

Also, is it an old wives tale, or is it true, if anyone knows? That usually when you die in your dreams, you die for real?

I heard it has something to do with the human psyche, that they cannot just accept the fact that they are dreaming when they die in their dreams because they are faced with their own death, and they die for real. Has that ever been proved? I heard it once before, always kinda freaked me out though. Have you ever heard of any stories of people dying from their dreams?

But I figure that it just may have something to do with older people who are easily scared into cardiac arrest or people who really are just scared very easily, you know what I mean? Because, I've never died in real life when I died in a dream.

It is exactly mind over matter. The human psyche is a powerfull thing. A man once got shut up in a large box and thought he was in a freezer. It wasn't even cold and the man had plenty of air, but he died just the same, just because he told himself he would.
But, I'm sure it's possible to truely die in your dream, but... I have doubts on whether or not you would wake up again.

Yeah. Our brain is our most dangeorus weapons, especially when used against oneself. Unfortunately, it's too easy to trick the human mind. It's too fragile with some people. I suppose if we had better senses to use, like some animals, such as a higher sense of smell, we couldn't be tricked so easily. Let's say we were placed into some type of illusion, we could smell that it was not real, since humans rely too much on our eyes than anything else. But that's just a thought.

But I'm rambling now, heh. Sorry. I do have very odd dreams. In fact, if you care to read the other one, I posted it here a while back. But I'll qoute it for you now.

have you ever woken up with marks on your body from being attacked in a dream?

Yes, it's a common phenomina.

No, I haven't. You say it's common Draco? Any links? That would be an interesting read.

Hmm, I've woken up with bruises that weren't there before, but then again, I've been known to thrash in my sleep a bit-I probably do it to myself.

I suppose if a dream were extremely vivid, a person might move around enough to scratch themselves too.

This has been very interesting. I am one that dreams every night. My husband on the other hand, says he doesn't dream, and I find that odd. I guess that's normal for some people. As for me, if I don't have a dream, then that's odd! I know exactly what you mean when you say that your dreams are vivid! Mine are too, which isn't exactly a good thing when I'm dreaming about someone or something chasing after me!! I have been shot in my dream before, and it was the oddest sensation that I had ever felt! I don't remember the whole dream for this was some years ago. I remember being outside, running from someone when I heard a noise and I turned to look and I saw a man hold up a rifle and shoot me, right into my right side! I felt it hit me like a gush of air went into my side, and then as I grabbed my side, I felt the pain hit, and I woke up. I don't think I've ever dreamt' of the after life? But I have dreamt' of the end of the world.
I've had many strange dreams, scary dreams, and really weird dreams. Everything from flying, (which by the way I have to flap my arms really hard to be able to fly) to dreaming I was running from someone and I was running down a road. I was tired of running so I said to myself I need a car. (Here's the funny part ) I looked around and saw no car but I sat down on the ground with my legs out in front of me and I pretended to start a car and step on the gas. Believe it or not, I actually began going down the road in my invisable car, which eventually turned into a real car on down the road! I've also been attacked in my dreams, sometimes it would be by someone I was really trying to fight off, and then there are other times it's with someone I don't try to fight off. Thing is, these dreams are really, really, really, "vivid".
I'm saying I can feel everything in my dreams, whether it's pain or whatever......
I've never understood this. It's just dreams. So why are dreams so real? So lifelike?