Hopefully some of this info may be of help.
I've had similiar experiences as the OP. The worst thing I did was tell some friends who immediately invalidated my experiences. I spoke to a Reiki Practitioner whom I knew and trusted, who said "It's a good thing you talked to me, because the average person would call you crazy" He felt I was experiencing Astral Traveling and Prophetic dreams.
Mistakes I made were to focus on the phenomena, but I couldn't figure out what I was supposed to do with the information. Usually I found prophetic dreams to happen while undergoing traumatic events in my life, or under great stress, or after too much red wine.
I got deep into divination, tarot, i ching, runes, dowsing, talking to psychics to find answers.
I've always had food sensitivities, allergies and other physical issues. At one point I was working with three doctors (a shrink, a Naturpath, an allergist. If two were in accordance to my gut feelings, it helped to find answers with support. And no, the shrink didn't think I was crazy, just sensitive.
Later, I decided to learn how to meditate, clear, strengthen and heal my own energy rather than seeing a shrink and saw a good Chinese doctor.
I found that "Runes" ruined my life so I got rid of all divining techiques.
In times of great stress while divining I'd read and certainly felt that I was attracting energy that was not good for me because of my weakened energetic state.
Recently, I started meditating at a Buddhist temple, a Monk told me to not get stuck with the phenomena, it's not the goal, observe, let it pass, which made sense.
Another spiritual teacher said the were dreams tangents or getting stuck on the side lines on the path to enlightenment. As well, that my low energy and fatigue had a lot to do with these dreams. That if I sleep 8 hours and have a Prophetic dream, its like I slept 5, taking too much out of me, not to mention the deliberating the dream meanings or what to do with the information.
My goal now is to feel healthy, to feel good, to be happy.
For me, this phenomena, which is known to be a lower vibration of conciousness when enligtenment is the goal, has lead me to a more spiritual path.
Last edited by stellasky; 08-22-2008 at 02:29 AM.
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