Vision or Hallucination?

[bean]

Yesterday morning I was visiting my friend’s grave, meditating as the sun came up. While I was meditating I had a vision. I saw her walking in a field, wearing a flowing blood-red dress (red was her favorite color), her hair long and auburn (when she was alive she kept it short and black). She would periodically turn around and motion for me to follow her, so, I did. During our walk I saw all sorts of animals: rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, wild cats, hawks, exotic birds, peacocks. I felt very at peace and “at home” through out our walk. We came to the border of a forest and she told me that this was the end our journey, and as she walked into the woods, she told me “Never forget who you are. Your path is clear, should you choose to follow it.”

I’m not really sure if I nodded off while meditating, and this was a dream, or a hallucination from lack of sleep, or if it was an actual vision from her. Has anyone else had anything similar happen to them?

[Guest Game of Chance]

Yesterday morning I was visiting my friend’s grave, meditating as the sun came up.  While I was meditating I had a vision.  I saw her walking in a field, wearing a flowing blood-red dress (red was her favorite color), her hair long and auburn (when she was alive she kept it short and black).  She would periodically turn around and motion for me to follow her, so, I did.  During our walk I saw all sorts of animals: rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, wild cats, hawks, exotic birds, peacocks.  I felt very at peace and “at home” through out our walk.  We came to the border of a forest and she told me that this was the end our journey, and as she walked into the woods, she told me “Never forget who you are.  Your path is clear, should you choose to follow it.” 

I’m not really sure if I nodded off while meditating, and this was a dream, or a hallucination from lack of sleep, or if it was an actual vision from her.  Has anyone else had anything similar happen to them?

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Cool...If it was a dream, sounds like a lucid dream to me. Just curious, did you feel like you had some amount of control in the dream?

[Homicidalheathen]

Vision, not Hallucination is what I think. Awesome....didn't you feel weird sharing it? Sometimes I think this stuff is best kept a secret.

Yesterday morning I was visiting my friend’s grave, meditating as the sun came up.  While I was meditating I had a vision.  I saw her walking in a field, wearing a flowing blood-red dress (red was her favorite color), her hair long and auburn (when she was alive she kept it short and black).  She would periodically turn around and motion for me to follow her, so, I did.  During our walk I saw all sorts of animals: rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, wild cats, hawks, exotic birds, peacocks.  I felt very at peace and “at home” through out our walk.  We came to the border of a forest and she told me that this was the end our journey, and as she walked into the woods, she told me “Never forget who you are.  Your path is clear, should you choose to follow it.” 

I’m not really sure if I nodded off while meditating, and this was a dream, or a hallucination from lack of sleep, or if it was an actual vision from her.  Has anyone else had anything similar happen to them?

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[DarkChylde]

I had many friends/family who died in the past and went through the similar phase's when I visited there grave, im very use to it.

[Onyx]

Whatever it was, it sounds beautiful. We live on through the memories of those who knew us.

[bean]

I felt like I had complete control during it, and yes, I felt weird sharing the experience. I'm just at an odd point in my life, where I have a million questions and no answers. *shrugs*

[Rozzlyn]

It's only a vision if you believe it was.

Seriously.

Furthermore, "visions" in the clairvoyant sense usually involve some hints of fortelling the future -- which, in general, is hard to prove. This had re-assurance of the Self and no real fortelling. It was a nice dream that you had while nodding off in a graveyard meditation. Nothing more, unless you want to believe it was more.

[pomba gira]

Yesterday morning I was visiting my friend’s grave, meditating as the sun came up.  While I was meditating I had a vision.  I saw her walking in a field, wearing a flowing blood-red dress (red was her favorite color), her hair long and auburn (when she was alive she kept it short and black).  She would periodically turn around and motion for me to follow her, so, I did.  During our walk I saw all sorts of animals: rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, wild cats, hawks, exotic birds, peacocks.  I felt very at peace and “at home” through out our walk.  We came to the border of a forest and she told me that this was the end our journey, and as she walked into the woods, she told me “Never forget who you are.  Your path is clear, should you choose to follow it.” 

I’m not really sure if I nodded off while meditating, and this was a dream, or a hallucination from lack of sleep, or if it was an actual vision from her.  Has anyone else had anything similar happen to them?

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Call it whatever you want... your friend's spirit was communicating w/you and that's the important thing. It's so easy to get ensnared by words and the rationalizations that come with them... the essence of the experience is what really matters.

& afa sharing the experience, if it were meant to be kept secret you'd know... you seem pretty in tune w/"things" so would definitely have felt a strong sense of wrongness even considering making it public.

[JaneDead]

Call it whatever you want... your friend's spirit was communicating w/you and that's the important thing. It's so easy to get ensnared by words and the rationalizations that come with them... the essence of the experience is what really matters.

& afa sharing the experience, if it were meant to be kept secret you'd know... you seem pretty in tune w/"things" so would definitely have felt a strong sense of wrongness even considering making it public.

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i agree

[bean]

Thanks guys.

[Mikielikesit]

Each of us have our own journies and our own paths to follow and we all have connections with the past, present and the future, but most tend to ignore those connections. it seems like a beautiful happenning in your life and your friend was possiblaly showing you the wonders of this life and that your journey here is not finished and it is not time for you to follow her to the other side.

As for things such as these happenning in my life I have had many such things happen in my life some I have ignored and some were to powerful to ignore but each one is for the person who has had whatever you want to call it to contemplate and and to utilize, there is always a message in there somewhere weather it be a dream state, vision or hallucination. Our psyche is so powerful and will guide us upon our path if we listen to it, but we are moving too fast in our busy little lives to stop and be quite and tune in to it. It is the whisper of our being that tells us right from wrong. SHHHHHHH quite LISTEN .....and you will hear.....M

[Dollardave]

I'd be scared if that happened to me.

[bean]

It wasn't scary at all to me...more frustrating now that I am thinking about it because I have no fucking clue what my path is supposed to be. There's really only one thing I see in my future, and I can't see having a vision telling me to go ahead with this thing, but who knows....there's no "path" or anything that I can see. *shrugs*

Mikielikesit, you make a good point about what it could mean, but that could be influenced from the conversations we've had on IM.

Anyways, thanks again to everyone for your ideas and such.

[the eternal]

You should cherish a dream like that.

My dreams are never that beautiful.

Usually I die in a certain way,

or I walk in on someone close to me having sex with someone else and they stop long enough for the mystery person to tell me to get out and person #1 to laugh at me

or a family member dies and I have to see my wretched family who gossips about me and makes me feel like shit

sometimes I have great sex with a lot of people

or Im a successful actor accepting an award and I start thanking all the people that made me miserable for toughening me up and making me who I was in spite of them

or Im killing my boss and laughing at him

or I win the lottery and I hire someone else to kill my boss while Im laughing at him

or Im drowning and I think I wake up but I wake up in a river about to go over a damn and then I die and I wake up and feel like I have less breath than usual

or I just walk into a river and let the water surround me until it envelops me and Im free :cheerful

that or Im a homicidal care bear

[Draco1958]

Think of it as an unplanned spirit quest. Your essence crossed over to the area where we can communicate with spirits. Your friend was there to show you she was at peace and the walk was to open your eyes and heart to what is around you. Somewhere in what you saw is a key to your path. In time you will know what it is. Don't dwell on it, it will come to you at the right time.

[bean]

I normally have really odd dreams or nightmares, so this was refreshing. I visited her grave on halloween, as I do every year, and had another "dream, vision" whatever it was. I won't post it, its long and I'm lazy.

I see my path now and I have realized a few things. I need to stop getting angry over petty things and petty people...if I continue on the way I am, it will be my death. I need to care less about others opinions because what I think of my actions is most important. I will continue to choose to do what I do no matter how many closed minded people have a problem with it. I am who I am and those that have an issue with it can turn a blind eye and ignore me instead of being ignorant fucks.

[Mikielikesit]

YES YES YES YES YES YES YERS YES YES YES YES YES YES

[the eternal]

I normally have really odd dreams or nightmares, so this was refreshing.  I visited her grave on halloween, as I do every year, and had another "dream, vision" whatever it was.  I won't post it, its long and I'm lazy. 

I see my path now and I have realized a few things.  I need to stop getting angry over petty things and petty people...if I continue on the way I am, it will be my death.  I need to care less about others opinions because what I think of my actions is most important.  I will continue to choose to do what I do no matter how many closed minded people have a problem with it.  I am who I am and those that have an issue with it can turn a blind eye and ignore me instead of being ignorant fucks.

To reference the immortal comic book guy,

Best...post....ever

[gothicmom]

I see my path now and I have realized a few things.  I need to stop getting angry over petty things and petty people...if I continue on the way I am, it will be my death.  I need to care less about others opinions because what I think of my actions is most important.  I will continue to choose to do what I do no matter how many closed minded people have a problem with it.  I am who I am and those that have an issue with it can turn a blind eye and ignore me instead of being ignorant fucks.

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Good for you!

[DisturbedMania]

Don't think of people with negative vibes, I know that on is hard I can't still all the way yet. The reason little old people tell me never to change and compliment me in grocery stores and I now finally feel accepted by others is simply this, Live life like who you are is the most normal natural thing. I can walk anywhere wearing any number of strange things and people don't change their impression of me, because I don't give them that power. I also tell myself what I want and deserve and can usually bring it to myself.

[odims_sphere]

I worked in a cemetary fo 8 years and never and never had anything like that happen, however, I never buried anyone I was close to so it must be something that required an emotional attachment. You should take it however you feel. If it made you happy, go with it, if you don't believe it, forget it. I've noticed the greaving process is as different as fingerprints, and who is to say what is right and wrong. It's as everything in life, believe what you believe, if the universe is infinate how can you be wrong?

[bean]

Don't think of people with negative vibes, I know that on is hard I can't still all the way yet.  The reason little old people tell me never to change and compliment me in grocery stores and I now finally feel accepted by others is simply this, Live life like who you are is the most normal natural thing.  I can walk anywhere wearing any number of strange things and people don't change their impression of me, because I don't give them that power.  I also tell myself what I want and deserve and can usually bring it to myself.

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It is very difficult not to think of people with negative vibes, but I am working on it. I get complimented at the grocery store by little old ladies and mothers all the time. It's hysterical. They will tell me my tattoos are pretty or my hair is cute (when it's all done up like I wear it at the club). I even had a few little old ladies tell me that my septum ring looked good on me!

Live life like who you are is the most normal natural thing.

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I really like that statement, it is something we should all follow, I think.