Last night's dream

[kmaaj]

The only thing between myself and confirmation is finishing my paperwork for the diocese marriage tribunal and arranging to pay the fee.

My wife and I had a strong disagreement about that prior to retiring for the night.

I normally do not dream, but when I do, they are usually very vivid and imply or portray a spiritual attack, when I awake, I feel a type of hair raising electricity, which I have always believed to be the Holy Spirit protecting me. These dreams and experiences I had a few times in my 20’s when I was running around in charismatic circles, but I have not had them at all until I started practicing meditative prayer and attending 1st Orthodox, and now Catholic parishes in the last few years.

I had just fallen asleep, and I dreamed there was a large screen on our kitchen table, and a white spot in the middle of the screen appeared to be trying to break through it. My son was in the dream; he recognized the white spot as something bad trying to get into our home, and he reached for the power chord to kill the power to the screen.

That was when I woke up, and right away felt that same electricity, Only this time I literally and physically felt it, in a rhythm, surrounding my heart. It was as if this energy was filling my heart with something, and there has been a prayer in my heart non stop since.

Frankly, I do not know if this truly is the Holy Spirit or some mystic new age goo. I welcome any and all (name removed by moderator)ut, good and bad.

 

[GEddie]

I normally do not dream…Frankly, I do not know if this truly is the Holy Spirit or some mystic new age goo.

Neither, IMNAAHO. Dreams are a normal means of bringing our subconsciousness to the surface while we aren’t using our senses or limbs. Certainly you have a great deal going on subconsciously given your recent efforts in relation to the Church.

Stay on that path, and pray for Divine guidance. If GOD ever does use a dream to guide you, it will be crystal clear. No guessing or online inquiry will be needed.

GOD Bless and ICXC NIKA.

 

[kmaaj]

Thanks, understood. But what about the physical experiences that I, every time I have one of these dreams, have afterwards, without fail, and while fully awake?

 

[GEddie]

Thanks, understood. But what about the physical experiences that I, every time I have one of these dreams, have afterwards, without fail, and while fully awake?

Body perceptions can easily arise from intense emotional or mental states. Certainly you’ve had both in this situation.

ICXC NIKA!

 

[kentuckyliz]

Dreams process anxiety.

Use sacramentals for peace–wear a brown scapular to bed, put a green scapular under your mattress, sprinkle blessed salt and/or holy water around your bed and home and doorways.

Did you ever engage in new age or occult practices? Confession!!! And do the penance ASAP and seek an opportunity for a plenary indulgence ASAP. Take out the trash!

 

[kmaaj]

Dreams process anxiety.

Use sacramentals for peace–wear a brown scapular to bed, put a green scapular under your mattress, sprinkle blessed salt and/or holy water around your bed and home and doorways.

Did you ever engage in new age or occult practices? Confession!!! And do the penance ASAP and seek an opportunity for a plenary indulgence ASAP. Take out the trash!

The closest I came to occult practices was listening to a lot of Tool a few years back, though there are some on a protestant board who view my hesychasm as occultic.

I’m not confirmed yet, so I cannot go to confession unless I revert back to the EO.

 

[kentuckyliz]

Oops, sorry, I didn’t realize you were EO’ing.

No, hesychasm isn’t occultic! And…adjust the list of sacramentals as needed!

 

[Bob_Crowley]

The only thing between myself and confirmation is finishing my paperwork for the diocese marriage tribunal and arranging to pay the fee.

My wife and I had a strong disagreement about that prior to retiring for the night.

I normally do not dream, but when I do, they are usually very vivid and imply or portray a spiritual attack, when I awake, I feel a type of hair raising electricity, which I have always believed to be the Holy Spirit protecting me. These dreams and experiences I had a few times in my 20’s when I was running around in charismatic circles, but I have not had them at all until I started practicing meditative prayer and attending 1st Orthodox, and now Catholic parishes in the last few years.

I had just fallen asleep, and I dreamed there was a large screen on our kitchen table, and a white spot in the middle of the screen appeared to be trying to break through it. My son was in the dream; he recognized the white spot as something bad trying to get into our home, and he reached for the power chord to kill the power to the screen.

That was when I woke up, and right away felt that same electricity, Only this time I literally and physically felt it, in a rhythm, surrounding my heart. It was as if this energy was filling my heart with something, and there has been a prayer in my heart non stop since.

Frankly, I do not know if this truly is the Holy Spirit or some mystic new age goo. I welcome any and all (name removed by moderator)ut, good and bad.

My experience is a bit different. I’ll be having a dream, but then it will suddenly go haywire, and turn nightmarish. I’ll wake up and there’ll be a sense of something sinister in the room. The available light seems to change hue and takes on a deeper blackness. And there may be a sort of “tingle” in the air. Sometimes there is what appears to be just a hint of an unpleasant shape floating around the ceiling.

I recognise this as a demonic attack. What concerns me is this “hair raising electricity” you experience. I don’t think its the Holy Spirit to be honest. If you’ve had a spiritual attack, what you’re probably experiencing is the after effects. My experience of the Holy Spirit is usually a strong sense of peace, and on one fleeting occasion bubbling joy.

I don’t think it’s purely physical. I think you are copping a spiritual attack. It might pay you to see an experienced spiritual counsellor, preferably a priest, or someone recommended by a priest. It’s not an occasion for an exorcism or anything like that, but a matter for spiritual discernment.

Been there. Done that, except that our experiences are probably similar, but not identical. I don’t experience much in the way of symbolic imagery as you seemed to, and I make no effort to interpret dreams. In fact, I hardly ever remember them, whether they’re a normal dream, or one of these nightmarish events. A few seconds after any dream, I usually can’t even remember what I was dreaming about.