When we sleep,we cycle through different stages. We start the night in non-rapid eye movement (NREM).sleep which gets progressively deeper. We then cycle back until we hit rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. During REM sleep we are most likely to have vivid dreams.At this stage we are also paralysed. Perhaps as a safety mechanism to stop us acting out our dreams so that we don't end up attempting to fly.
But sleep paralysis is really not all that complicated; simply put your mind wakes up before the rest of your body. During the dreaming stage of sleep, your muscles relax to a point where you can't control them,probably to keep you from acting out your dreams. If you become mentally aware while in that state, you experience a sense of paralysis, but it usually goes within minutes.
Dreaming is possibly one of the most mysterious and mystical aspects of the natural human experience. Isnt't it strange to that every night, we slip into a seemingly alternate reality built entirely by our minds, during which we can experience the deepest emotions, ranging anywhere from intense passion to sweat-inducing fear?
Have you ever seen or met a ghost when you're fast asleep? That is in dream? If you haven't had a ghost dream so far, there's every likelihood you may experience one in the future. That's because dreams that involve contact with a ghost or spirit, generally known as "VISITATION DREAMS" are quite common. What does it mean if you see a ghost in dream? Is it just a trick of the mind or is there something more to being visited by a ghost in your dream? There are many explanations and many possibilities,some of them are scientific, some of them are spooky, some of them are historical, some of them are traditional, some of them are supernatural and so on, each one of them equally intriguing.
Dreams are in fact considered one of the most effective ways for the spirit realm to connect to the living. It is thought that perhaps dreams allow a little opening in our consciousness for the mystical realm to slip through-offering us a time to experience enhance clairvoyance, divine inspiration and even messages from the dead. Scientists truthfully know so little about dreams or why everyone has them. So, creepy as it may be,it's worth it to open your mind to the possibility that may be spirits can visit people in dreams to deliver messages, warning,and beyond.Anne Reith, phD and founder of the institute for mediumship, Psychic, astrological and Reiki training explains that it is actually easier for spiritual entities of all kinds eg: deceased loved ones, guides, angels to communicate with us while we are sleeping, partly because you're more likely to be receptive to it in a dream than you would be in a waking state.
But how do we know that a dream about a dead loved one is actually ghostly encounter and not just a manifestation of our subconscious? "Visitation dreams are typically clear, vivid, intense and are experienced as real visits when the dreamer awakens. The dreamer is always changed by the experience" explained Patrick McNamara,phD an associate professor at Boston University School of Medicine. So apparently if an apparition is actually contacting you in your sleep, you'll know, as it'll feel distinctly different than your average dream.
Apparently,though it isn't just loved ones who can visit you during a dream state. "Any spirit can get in touch with you while you sleep." explained psychic medium Amanda Linette Meder. "This includes people that you know who have crossed over, other deceased people that you have yet to meet,but want to get your attention, deceased family members and friends of people you currently know on earth, spirit guides and angels."
And while many reports of visitation dreams are overwhelmingly positive,there are certainly times when they could be more sinister. So called "EARTHBOUND SPIRITS" are allegedly ghosts who have remained behind due to an attachment or fear of passing on. These are typically the ghosts that are attributed to hauntings-and they can sometimes make their way.
But not to fear-if you encounter what you believe to be a spirit in a dream and you aren't getting the best vibes, try to summon love, not fear and send them off by letting them know they're not invited to enter your space. "As long as the dreamer remains on control, has no fear, and does not give their power or energy away to the earthbound spirit,no attachment will take place."
In countries and cultures around the world, dreams have been regarded and treated as spiritual experiences since ancient times. Ancient Chinese and Maxican civilizations believed dreams allowed them to communicate with their ancestors. Ancient greeks and Romans allegedly saw dreams as divine guidance and as "direct messages from the gods",forwarning them about future events." If reports about visitation dreams and ghosts contacting people in their sleep are true, then these traditional beliefs may be rooted in truth-and if you ever experience one for yourself, then perhaps you'll know for sure.
However, as has been pointed out repeatedly,Scientists attempts to dismiss ghosts in dreams as "Misfiring brain chemistry and derailed sleep cycles" is hard to reconcile with many reports from reliable personalities that describe "actual physical symptoms of attack, effects on the real world, or episodes witnessed by other people, complete with inexplicable physical phenomena such as moving objects."
