Communication through lucid dreams

Q) I would like to know if you can make contact with someone deceased through lucid dreaming? And how would you know it was really them?

A) Well, I am not so sure I have an answer right now because this topic is actually something I am very interested in "outside of channeling". Actually I'd never even entertained or thought of using a lucid dream to contact a dis-incarnate. I've been so focused on Clair skills to communicate it just never occurred to me. Although I don't see why as plenty of people talk about such things.. ..I personally have not had the chance yet to explore dream work, or do the research that I wish to do with it. I really am interested in the topic. My guides lead me to the works of Robert Bruce to study in regards to this topic. And after reading the first 100 pages, within a weeks time, I had a lucid OBE.

It's called the Collected works of Robert Bruce. Here is a link/URL to it online,

http://www.scribd.com/doc/11058038/Collected-Works-of-Robert-Bruce

Or a downloadable version.

http://www.heartalchemy.net/Robert_Bruce_collected_works.pdf

and the authors website.

http://www.astraldynamics.com/home/

Also take a look at Erin Pavlina's website. She talks a lot about such dream experiences. Although I think her's is more from the view point of astral travel.

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I think I can count on one had the number of solid "lucid dreams" I've had before. I've blogged about there here on the site as well as some other related content. From my own personal experience I feel that feelings and a "knowing" are the key indicators of knowing whom you are in contact with. For me, the dreams also incorporated out of body experiences or relatives or Erik. And the clarity of recognition left absolutely no room for doubt. The experiences felt more real than real even though I knew I was not fully conscious in 3d physicality. There was this sense of ownership that I am not even sure how to describe right now. It's like someone asking you, how do you know the sky is blue? Well, I don't know. But I see it and it is real to me. Although I read about the chemistry, and physics of it and know it is not really blue because it does not exist quite like I perceive. But what I do perceive is very real to me and means a lot to my own reality and how I interact with it. Does that mean that what I perceive is wrong or somehow make me less than? No, I don't think so as I think consciousness IS all about perception and focus of a particular facet of who we are. I see, I feel, I think, I react.. =reality. Yours? maybe not. But for now, in this moment it is mine... I think this type of concept is true for a lot of Spiritual matters surrounding various states of consciousness. I am comforted by the belief that whatever I do perceive, that I will still be me. :)

Now as far as what I know about various dream types:

I don't have very much experience with dreams. I've not even done very much with research in that area. What little experience I have had was highly symbolic. In the case of standard dreaming, I've had Robert (from CE.) or another CE blog reader help me decipher it, or I worked on it-over time getting a sense of how it pertained to my life. Those types of dreams are usually the brain attempting to interpret multidimensional experience through symbolism and gestalt. This is it's way of recording the spiritual experiences. Some times these types of symbolic dreams are influenced by past life memory, other times they are representational metaphors for astral experiences. Other times it involved future events. Most of the time though, they are about emotions.

The other type of dream that can be this "real" or level of recall with detail are lucid dreams. In lucid dreams the same sort of subjective representation applies, only you KNOW that you are dreaming. And to a certain extent you are "viewer" and not "just' the experiencer. In my own lucid dreams, Spirits are usually interacting with me on some conscious level. And when awake, I've had Erik et. al. to verify my interpretation of them.

Finally the other type of "dream scape-escq" experience is the obe and or astral dream. Where you are lucid, and a participant on muti-dimensional levels. This is where "bedside spirit visitations" occur, and where you "visit the spirit world so to speak". This is related to shamanistic travel and stuff like that.

All of these are real and the last two usually "feel more real than real". All are highly emotional and communicative. And are part of the other lives we lead when we are not perceiving through our waking consciousness.

I also highly recommend the Seth books for information on altered states of consciousness and dreams. In them he talks about how All lucid dreams can exist as a reality or part of a reality in dimensional space. It's the filter and interpretation of the brain that makes the fuzzy memory.

I can ask Seth at a later time or ask through Robert this question. I am very interested in multiple view points. So defiantly stay tuned. I have every intention of doing so at some point. Although Knowing "them" they will want me to do more "homework" first! ha ha..