I had another space dream yesterday morning. It's been a while since I had one, and even though this was a brief dream I think it's worth writing down. (Simply because they've become rare, although I think I had one recently but forgot all about it because I never wrote it down).
First of all, it's a little out of left field. Okay, so it's A LOT out of left field.
This dream was very quick, and at the very end of it I was waking up. (This happened to me recently with another dream, but like I said... I never wrote it down and now I can't remember it). In this dream someone was bestowing knowledge on me. I never saw them. All I saw was a planet or nebula; just outer space really. I don't even know if this person was male or female.
What they told me is really difficult to explain because 1). it was explained very briefly in just one or two sentences, and 2). What they were talking about was completely out of my wheelhouse. They were talking about physics here, which is way over my head. I'm fascinated by astronomy, but when it comes to subatomic particles and the like... I'm totally lost.
If I'm remembering this dream correctly, they told me that the Universe created us. The Universe created human beings, and we are just one working part of String Theory.
See? I told ya it was weird. I can't even remember what string theory is. Actually, I don't think I ever have known what it is so after I had this dream I decided to look it up.
I'm still confused, but imagine this was just a rubbish dream anyway. And weird.
3-15-15
Purple Planet
Had another space dream last night.
In this one I was in space, looking down on a planet. It was so DARK all around, but the planet below glowed a very DEEP purple. I was looking down at the curvature of it, and the entire dream was just this feeling of danger; that space travel was incredibly dangerous and unpredictable, and I hoped we'd survive it.
Well... just now I decided to write down this dream on here. I started looking for a photo to use with this post, and when I typed "purple planet," the results from Google were a bunch of articles.
Here's one: "Find a purple planet, and you may have spotted alien life. Some of the first Earthlings were purple bacteria that ruled the planet about 3 billion years ago. If any Earth-like exoplanets host similar microbes, their distinctive hue will be visible from space."
To me that's one weird coincidence.
4-6-15
The Return of Tiger Lily
I had a really quick dream this morning.
In this one I entered our craft building. Once inside I saw Tiger Lily, my cat that passed away a few years ago.
I was so happy, and surprised of course, to see her! I scooped her up and carried her outside with me, announcing to my mother that Tiger Lily was back!
5-7-15
Hello Again!
Last night's dream was really, really weird.
In this one I had died. All I know is it had something to do with my head. It was on the right side, near the top. I don't know the details though. I'm pretty sure it wasn't anything like a brain tumor because in this dream I kept envisioning a hole there, so it was something like a gun shot or I hit my head on something.
Okay, creepy, so... moving on.
What's weird about this dream is the undeniable fact that I had indeed died, but then four years later I was alive again. I was back from the dead. Same age and everything.
I was literally dead for four years, then one day I just popped back into existence as if nothing had happened. (In the dream I was matter-of-factly telling this to a few people).
I even remember my dream-self thinking about how hard that must have been for my parents to lose a child, but at the same time it was almost as if all of that was swept under the rug once I returned.
We had all just moved on, accepting the mystery of all of this but also being grateful that everything was okay again.
In this dream I was cleaning beneath a dusty bed. I remember there being empty boxes, Madame Alexander dolls, etc underneath it. Someone that I didn't like lived there, and was asleep in another room nearby.
Someone inspected how messy it was, but I told them not to worry about the dust because I'm a clean person. (Unlike whomever it was I was cleaning up after).
On some ledge over the area I was in I see a tiny, strange creature. It was yellow and orange, and looked to be a cross between a deer and a giraffe. (Like in the photo above. When researching images of animals that would remind me of what I saw in my dream, a gerenuk - something I've never heard of - comes closest). This creature moved strangely, sort of like those old Claymation cartoons.
I tell the guy nearby to please get rid of this thing. I'm afraid of it possibly attacking me, because as it's moving it's looking at me.
One, of two men, is wearing a red T-shirt. He tells me that the creature I'm seeing is very rare and is considered good luck to many. (Like a ladybug, or some lucky totem). I ask him to repeat that, because I didn't hear all that he said... as in what he compared it to or the creature's actual name. Instead of answering me, the two men only stare at each other in silence.
I'm told that they can't repeat its name. They said it has something to do with saying it's name too many times; like it was sacred and if you utter it's name too much the magic and it's importance would diminish.
I begin to speak but notice the guy in the red shirt has disappeared. I ignore the thought of him vanishing into thin air. I tell the other man that I'm feeling unsettled around this creature anyway, and to please take it safely outside.
A little girl, whom I was with earlier, starts to pick up the creature for me, but it hops off the ledge and hangs on to my left arm. I'm worried it'll hurt me from touching me.
The girl pries it off, and I see that there's a residue from it on my arm. It's a yellow/orange color that's tacky and pasty. I immediately try to clean it off.
Mission Space
I had forgotten about this dream until recently.
A long time ago I had this pretty ordinary dream about some room with a circular ceiling. Strung above me, from the ceiling, were plastic Disney characters in space uniforms, and then a planet. This room was filled with people just lumbering about.
A few months later I saw that Disney World added a new ride called "Mission Space." The gift shop to it was decorated like the room I saw in my dream.
So again.... I'm sometimes Disney psychic.
8-11-15
A Hidden Planet
Last night I had some ridiculous dreams, but one of them stood out.
I was in some room, with a professor or something. This room had one wall where the entire length of it was a window; a lot like the Starship Enterprise from Star Trek. (I've only recently started watching the NG Star Trek, so that's probably why I dreamt that. And FYI: Not really a fan of it so far. It's kind of boring. I wonder if the original series is better).
There's a big white desk of sorts in this room. The professor and I are standing behind it, looking out this large window at a planet. The professor hands me a 'slide' of sorts. (Like in the pic above). It looks like the cardboard that surrounds an old photograph, but there's dark brown transparent film on the inside.
I'm looking at this planet, which can be seen up close on the right-hand side of this large window. (Only half of it is in view). The professor is talking to me, and after he hands me that slide I hold it up in front of me. Through the transparent film I see the large planet I had been looking at, but also there - seemingly out of nowhere - there's a second planet just behind it. I think it was a blue or purple planet, and it had faint rings. When I saw those rings I instantly had the thought that that wasn't so rare a thing because most planets do have rings. (That's what my dream-self thought anyway). Either this was a much smaller planet than the one I had been looking at, or it looked smaller because it was farther away.
The strange thing is that the moment you stopped looking through the transparent film/slide, all you could see was the blackness of space and no sign of a planet even being there at all. It was completely invisible to the naked eye. Only the larger planet was visible.
7-23-16
Space Pod
I haven't written down any new dreams for a long time, but last night I had another space dream.
It was a short one. All I can recall is sitting inside a very small space pod with a man. I think we both had astronaut suits on, only they weren't near as bulky as the ones astronauts wear today. I believe we worked together.
I remember us looking out the window and every now and again the pod would sort of do a little dipping motion. It felt a little disconcerting when it did that. It was a normal thing, but it felt strange because you know there's no bottom to space. You could just continue 'falling' into nothing if you could. I just didn't like the feeling of being suspended inside nothingness like that, with eternity running off into forever beneath your feet.
I recall there was a small 'wheel' of sorts on the console in front of us. It wasn't round like a car steering wheel. It was a thin white rod that was in place horizontally. The man was the one that was operating it.
The entire dream was really just us talking - about what I don't know - while we looked out this window into space. The view was a lot of stars. Red stars mostly.
A lot like in the above photo, only the colors were much bolder and there wasn't any dust. All I could see was the blackness of space and those red stars.
Note:
Every single one of these dreams came long before I started watching those geeky Universe shows on the Science Channel. (We didn't even receive that channel until recently). It's these dreams - which felt very vivid - that got me into astronomy in the first place.
I remember going through a period as a kid - before my teenage years - of wanting to go into outer space, but... what kid didn't?
I just thought it important to mention that these dreams were in no way influenced by television, movies, etc. Actually, the truth is the exact opposite. It's thesedreams which spurred an interest in astronomy.
Catastrophe -
This dream was just so strange and felt so real. I was a female pilot, and I think my hair was in a very long braid. My hair was reddish brown I think. I was on a planet that was orange or reddish brown. There were mountains, but some of them looked strange. I saw little 'volcanoes' spewing up from the ground. Tall streams of lava or fire were just shooting straight up in these places. They were like geysers. I don't know if it was something man made underground, or lava. I can't remember for certain, but I really think it was fire. All I remember is whatever was shooting out of the ground... it looked very controlled; as if spewing out of a thin pipe that was underground.
There were no man-made structures or vegetation around here at all. It was completely barren with all these geysers spewing everywhere. (If that's what they were). They weren't huge either.
The feeling I received from this dream was that I was fighting in some kind of war, or it was an end of the world type thing. I really think the latter is what was going on. (And the 'war' feeling was just stemming from all the surrounding chaos. I don't even remember seeing any people around. If there were, I didn't really notice because I was concentrating on the task at hand). Whatever planet this was, it was dying and I was one of the last people to evacuate. Whatever I was doing there, I was doing my job. (I have no idea what that job was exactly). I seem to remember there possibly being news reporters there; some staying as long as they could to get the information out there. I don't know if they were really there, but I understood that what was happening was an event everyone knew about.
Even though there were explosions and earthquakes everywhere, I wasn't panicking or anything. I was very focused on my job and just hoping I'd get out of there in time. I remember getting into my spacecraft, which was at the base of a HUGE HUGE HUGE rusty red/orange mountain. It was like a small, one-person jet/spacecraft of some kind.
This seriously felt like a memory. I know that sounds bizarre, even to me, but I'm just saying.... that's what it felt like.
2-29-12
This is really strange, and keep in mind that things like this do not happen to me often and I am still a big old skeptic. I'm just an open-minded one.
A few days ago I discovered some gorgeous Universe/Nasa pics on Pinterest. Amongst them were photos of Mars. That same evening, just a few minutes after turning out the light to go to sleep something happened. I couldn't sleep (normal for me), so after I turned over to my right side I closed my eyes and saw a bright flash of white light.
I decided to ignore it, thinking maybe car headlights somehow found it's way to my room. (Which really never happens. I've lived here a long time, and that just doesn't happen). Anyway, I ignored it and closed my eyes again. Immediately, I had this flash/vision come out of nowhere. One second I could see my little bookshelf beside the door and after I close my eyes - right where my bookshelf is - I see that vision.
What I saw was a barren landscape with a fire in the distance. It wasn't like I saw in that dream either; geyser-like. This was a flaming fire spreading over the ground by a few feet. This vision/flash that I saw was like watching a movie on a small film screen. It was very, very, VERY VIVID. I don't think I've ever quite had a vision that clear before. The colors were so bright and clear. It lasted for 2 or 3 seconds. It might have even lasted longer, had I not opened my eyes after seeing it.
Space Rescue:
I was in outer space, enclosed inside an egg-shaped... thing. Some holding area is the best way I can describe it. It was just me inside this glass 'egg' with a pipe leading out of it. The top of this egg-shaped thing was some kind of 'ribbed' clear plastic or glass, and the bottom was solid white. It was very tiny and tight in there. One person barely fit inside. I remember thinking how it was finally soquiet. Almost too quiet. I was trying very, very hard not to panic and think about how I would die if no one picked me up or they simply forgot about me.
I knew that I was one of the last people to leave some planet. I was trying not to think about that, trying not to become scared and feel all alone. I was waiting and watching for a small spaceship to come by and pick me up. When the spaceship finally arrived, it looked like a normal, silver ufo. (Think of the ship in 'Flight of the Navigator,' only there's a window up front). The man driving the ship had red hair and a thick, short red beard. I think he had a twin or was a clone or something? I also think he wasn't very tall and was sort of stout. The spaceship wasn't too big either, but was one that people could still walk around inside.
Change of Address -
I cannot express enough how REAL and emotion-packed this dream felt!
All I recall is that I found myself in some stranger’s home. I knew I was on another planet and that the aliens there looked exactly like us here on Earth. The father of the house I was staying in led me to a room. It reminded me of an office that was never used much, but it was also once (I think) the man’s son's room.
The walls were bare, and I remember a small desk behind me with a sheet of white paper on it (like a daily planner/calendar, only it was blank). It was a very small room. To my left and next to me was a very long rack of white poster paper. (Like the rack on wheels of poster paper found in classrooms). Planets were drawn on the paper in a line, varying in size and color. I remember waiting for the man and/or his family to meet me in the room again. (I had only met the father so far).
I thought to myself that I had no choice here. I was stuck there and would have to accept it 100% right then and there. I felt so VERY DEPRESSED. Also, it was really sunny outside.
Conversation
I can't believe I'm finally writing this dream down. I had it a long time ago and it was a little disturbing.
All I recall is being in a small room of some spacecraft. The entire room was all metal. I mean EVERYTHING was metal. The walls had all this circuitry - or something - on it and literally everything was metal. The walls, the floors, everything.
I was standing inside one of these small rooms, although technically I guess it was more of a hallway I guess. It was some kind of special techy/control room in the back. Standing at the top of a small ramp... (it was metal and had these holes drilled into the sides)... I was speaking to someone, and the entire time I was disguising how troubled and a little afraid I felt. I was disturbed because I was having an everyday conversation with someone that was half human and half machine. Her head looked human, but the rest of her was like this boxy wheelchair. It sounds silly, but her face reminded me of the actress Kate Winslet. Her face and hair looked a lot like her.
And the conversation we were having was a friendly one. It really was like two friendly acquaintances just having a nice chat, but in the back of my mind I was overwhelmed. Still, I refused to freak out because...
1). This 'person' really did seem friendly and like a normal intelligent being. I didn't want to hurt their feelings by having a breakdown over their appearance.
2). I knew that I had to remain calm, to be on the safe side in unfamiliar territory. When in Rome....
Visitors -
It was a dark night and myself and an entire neighborhood/town of people were standing on this huge lawn sprawling with trees. We were all looking up at the night sky. There were lots of stars, but some lights in the sky were red and moving.
We knew they were some kind of spacecraft. No one was panicking, but instead were in awe. I wouldn’t say we weren’t frightened at all - b/c we were - but I guess no one was panicking b/c nothing bad was happening. It’s like they were observing us, as we were them.
Twins -
I only remember parts of this dream:
I was on another planet. It looked like earth’s landscape and was a pretty day. People everywhere were having picnics in this one huge park. I remember two twin males. I wasn’t sure they were nice, so I made a point not to get on their bad side. They were kind towards me, and I them, but I was still very weary. I remember one of them thinking they were funny.... but they really weren't. I think they were blondes.
Next, I remember leaving the picnic and going towards a building. There was a glass-cased enclosure there with some animals inside. I can't recall what the animals were.
Recurring Dream -
I've had this dream quite a number of times. It's pretty simple and sounds silly. I'm in a spaceship with LOTS of people and we're flying over The Magic Kingdom at Disney World. It's nighttime and we're floating closer and closer to the castle. It was a happy, exciting dream.
I think this was a recurring dream, which I never bothered to write down until now. I think I’ve had this dream 2 or 3 times so far.
Let me first say that this is yet another space dream. I don’t know why I keep having these dreams, as never in my life have I even read a science fiction novel. Until I started having these dreams, I was never even interested in watching science fiction movies like Star Trek, etc. (Although I am a Star Wars fan).
In this dream I was inside a spaceship with a small crew. It’s really hard to describe what the ship looked like. I didn’t see it from the outside. I only saw it from the inside of the room I was in.
The shape of it was really strange. The best way I can describe it to think of the design of a seashell in that it has separate ‘chambers’ that curve this way and that. I was standing inside this room, and to my left there was a ‘work station’ so-to-speak. It had a chair and desk/switch board. Someone was sitting at it. What’s really strange is that this work station was sitting inside an alcove of sorts. (Hence my using the design of a seashell as an example). There was a large space above this alcove/work station. (Think of an elevator shaft with a desk and chair inside). My guess is that this work station was able to move to the upper stories of the ship… hence that open space above it.
To my right, and high up was another work station. It was on a higher floor, but there were no walls. I guess the best way to describe it is to think of a large curving staircase with a work station on it. Above that work station there were many, many, many more upper stories. This ship was very TALL, and near the top there were really large windows which allowed for a view of the outside. At the top pane of windows I could see the moon glowing in a sea of black.
I suppose it’s possible we could have been on Earth at night, but in my dream it felt like outer space.
November 2013
The first part of this dream was horrible, so I’ll skip to the strange part. (And I do mean s-t-r-a-n-g-e. It was like something out of the movie Avatar).
There were these fancy, graceful birds that were pretty large. They were very elegant in the way they flew, and in the wind their wings would flow like scarves. Their feathers were a peachy color.
Words can’t describe how very flowing, graceful and otherworldly these birds were!
The Quetzal, and Asian Paradise Flycatcher, reminds me of them. (I had to do research to discover that birds like this even exist).
And now the strange part: People had no idea how these birds really traveled from place to place. Unbeknownst to the world, they traveled in disguise; inside the form of a fancy flower which was in actual fact a wormhole which led to other dimensions.
See? I told ya it was weird, so I’ll try to explain.
These ‘flowers’ looked like the petals of some fancy flower you’d find in Hawaii. It looked very tropical, and to we humans we saw nothing but the flower itself, and then the stray ‘fluff’ from the flower; a lot like a dandelion, only larger. (The flower being larger).
These birds were inside the 'fluff', flying around in flocks. In other words, another dimension was inside the fluff, hidden from our view.
But all we could see was the flower, and it's fluff, floating on the wind.
7-5-15 UPDATE:
Another way to describe the underlying concept of this dream is to imagine the Tardis from Doctor Who; bigger on the inside. (I don't know why I didn't think of that before).
But now to my update...
Before going to bed last night I decided to scroll through the tv programs to see if I wanted to dvr anything. A couple weeks ago I started watching Star Trek for the first time. (The Next Generation series, with Patrick Stewart). So far, I'm not really a big fan of it but have continued watching some of the episodes when they come on anyway.
So last night I decided to go ahead and record one of the Next Generation movies set to air this morning. (It's called Insurrection). I came really close to canceling it after programming it to record, and then this morning I came close to just deleting it and not watching it at all.... but in the end I decided to just quickly fast-forward through sections of it.
Near the beginning of the movie I noticed a fancy bird that looked like the birds from my dream described above. I thought that really odd, so I decided to fast-forward a little slowly just to see if it makes a reappearance.
Which it did, and not only did I see the bird... I also saw the flower/fluff!
In this particular scene of the movie, there's a woman and Captain Picard sitting inside a garden. She touches his hand, and everything starts to slow in time. The little cascade of water starts to move in slow motion, and the woman picks up a flower and blows away the stray fluff from it. This fluff slowly glides toward the bird.
That is to say, the fancy bird that is eerily similar to the one from my dream; fancy, long tail feathers.
What are the odds of that happening? (Seeing the fancy bird AND the dandelion-like fluff).
FYI: This is the second time something like this has happened. (Dreaming about something strange, and then seeing it on a Sci-Fi series either the next day or years later).
October 21, 2013
This dream was just silly. I dreamed that my brother had a daughter, and she was a silly little thing. She had straight blonde hair and wore a dress-up princess dress which was handmade. It was very feminine with these pretty rosebuds sewn on.
Her sense of humor was really silly, albeit strange. It was Halloween, and she was afraid that her dad was going to sneak inside her bedroom while she was asleep to steal all her Halloween candy.
The Halloween candy was inside a bowl set on a little kids table in her room. She wanted to catch her father if he tried sneaking off with any of her candy loot during the night, so she had a plan.
What she did was go to bed, wearing swimming goggles of all things. She knew it’d be difficult to see if her eyes were open or closed inside the mask, so should her father start stealing her candy, he’d soon find out that she was witness to his crime.
Told ya it was silly!
September 2013
This dream was very short.
I dreamed about two characters in the first book I ever wrote. In it, “Emily” (the main character) was holding a newborn baby. Sitting next to her was her stepdaughter, “Amelia,” all grown up or at least around 19 years of age. Emily told Amelia that this was going to be the last baby she’ll ever have.
Emily felt very melancholy about that. Very sad. Sad and bittersweet.
After Emily shared her feelings about the baby, Amelia said nothing and just held her hand.
Also, even though she remained silent in the dream, Amelia’s personality - and even her appearance - felt a lot like Rebecca’s. (When writing the first book of the series, “Rebecca” was undoubtedly the most vocal of my characters. She was a hoot to listen to and from the very beginning she came to me as a fully formed, fleshed out character).
Two Dreams – 2012 and 2013
Until now, I never wrote these dreams down because they were so strange and difficult to explain.
Or even comprehend.
First Dream:
I was walking outside, at night, in the neighborhood my grandmother used to live in when I was little. (My house was only blocks away from hers. I practically lived at Grandma’s house on the weekends).
So it was nighttime and I was strolling through the neighborhood when suddenly I see that there’s something following me. This something feels almost impossible to even explain.
The closest way I can describe it is to imagine a very square, boxy chair of sorts. Kind of like a bunch of black Legos connected in an odd shape. It sort of looked like a throne, but with odd angles. It made no noise as it floated in the air and followed me around.
And it literally followed me around, like a shadow. I was really creeped out about it, because it felt like it had intelligence. I did my best not to show how frightened I was, but with every single step I took it continued following me around. And it really was perfectly silent and hovered only a few feet from the ground.
Second Dream:
This one is even more difficult to explain than the first. I wish I had written this dream down after I had it, but I just could not find the words to convey what was going on.
Because I had NO IDEA what was going on. Even now, I’m at a loss because - once again - the images in this dream are things I’ve never seen before and my brain literally can’t comprehend. (It’s a lot like trying to explain to a goldfish what life above the water they’re swimming in is like. To a goldfish, there is no world outside their little pond. The thought that there is one would never even enter their heads).
I’ll do my best to explain, but bear in mind that it’s taken months of thinking to unearth a description at all.
First of all, I was in outer space. There were a lot of people around. I think we were in some kind of building. No, not even a building but a ‘patio’ or observation deck. (I’ve had a dream with a deck of sorts floating in space before, and this one was either invisible or black). There wasn’t a roof over our heads or anything like that. It really was as if we were standing on some kind of platform right there in empty space, although behind me I could tell that there was a building of some sort.
All my attention, however, was focused to my right. On the right hand side from where I was standing, you could see some sort of…. grid. It was golden colored, and on this grid there were a lot of objects floating. Even while looking at it I was having trouble comprehending what I was seeing because, like I said before…. these were objects my eyes had never seen before. My brain just could not compute what I was seeing. (It would be like asking your dog to explain to you what a circle was. Impossible. A dog doesn’t have the ability to speak your language, and even if it did it’s never been taught what shapes even are).
So I was looking at this weird “grid,” or whatever it was. I tried identifying all the things floating in front of it, but couldn’t. The only thing that I could comprehend was that I ‘think’ there were planets floating in front of it…. but I had no idea if they were real planets or just images of planets; like holograms. Everything else might have been debris or… or anything. I really don’t know. I have no clue what all these objects were.
But it gets stranger, and really uncomfortable here. As I was watching everything going on to my right, I realized that if a person moves too much – or beyond a certain spot – their body starts to pitch forward. Their body, and the “floor” they’re standing on starts to go all topsy-turvy. Everything starts to move and doesn’t stand still. It was a horrible, out of control feeling. It was as if gravity was trying to pull you in. If you took even one tiny step outside a certain zone, the gravity takes over and you get pulled in.
What’s strange to me about this is that I’ve had several space dreams over the years with the same theme. Well, almost. This particular dream was a little different, but close enough. (In those other dreams, every time I’d close my eyes I could feel myself flying like the speed of light. It, too, was a very uncomfortable out of control feeling. Only, in the split second that you open your eyes again, everything around you is still and perfectly normal. Once you open your eyes, you’re in control again but once you close them…. it’s like some automatic pilot takes over. Words can’t describe how fast I’m talking about here. I’m talking something like the speed of light itself).
Oh, Dear....
I had this dream back in March of 2012. I decided to post it here because it's just too ridiculous.
I was trying to find a bathroom that was more private, and get this... I was flippin' DORIS DAY, and also in the dream was John Wayne, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra.
My dream last night was a little unsettling. My mother and I were in her bathroom, talking after she washed her hair or was getting ready to call it a night. In the middle of just talking about random, daily things she told me she could no longer ignore that there was a spirit in the room that wished to speak to her. Wanting them to leave so that she could get things back to normal, she listened to them.
I don't know what it was they told her, but when they were done I noticed a scene out of some windows. It looked really strange because I was seeing this scene in something like tunnel vision. What I saw was pretty frightening, and it really made me angry that this was going on outside our window while this spirit selfishly took up our time handing over to Mom his message.
By the way, I think his name was Francis. (Which is strange b/c I've been told that "Francis" is a part of Patrick's name.... supposedly. I'm skeptical about anything connected to him).
So I was looking at this scene, and I was frightened because it really looked like the end of the world. In this sort of tunnel vision, I saw an approaching storm. The sky was filled with billowing clouds of red and pink, and they were encroaching closer to us. Suddenly, off in that distance is a red bolt of lightning which struck down to the earth in a straight line. In front of it I saw a white horse trying to beat the storm. It was racing like hell in front of it, and then it zoomed past us. There might have been a small team of horses behind it, but I'm not certain of that.
By this time, Mom is worried and says we need to run to the house NOW to gather up the animals. We call the girls to come inside this screened back door, which they do. Abby was the last one in, and for a second I came close to panicking that she wouldn't come in. Thankfully, I knew that if I remained calm so would she and then she'd come in as directed.
The next thing I remember is seeing this strange wooden door. It was white and the paint was off in a lot of places. Little splinters of wood were poking off it. It was a 2-way folded door, but each side was comprised of several layers of door. (It's hard to describe). It's also a low door, which you have to get on your knees in order to enter the small cupboard/pantry behind it. I'm frantically opening all these doors because my flash drive with all the stories I've written are on there.
After I enter that little closet, the next thing I'm aware of is that the storm must have never reached us because everyone and everything was okay.
Creation of The Universe? (8-20-12)
It's no mystery that I've had some very strange dreams in the past, but I believe the one I had last night is at the tippy-top of the Ladder O' Weirdom. Dr. Seuss would have been proud. The first part of this dream was a little fuzzy, which is a shame, but here's what I recall.
Picture a huge, neverending staircase encased in complete darkness... in OUTER SPACE. It's an iron, industrial-like staircase where the steps are covered in a black plastic tarp. These stairs seem to go on for what seems like forever. I'm walking up them, and I'm with a few people. Three or 4 men, and I think one of them is wearing a brown plaid shirt. I can't really see their faces because it's dark and I really am a heck of a lot more interested in viewing my surroundings.
So we're talking and walking up these stairs, and in doing so I'm looking behind me and up. I'm in awe of what I'm seeing; stars and lots of color, because in the distance there's a nebula or something. The colors were gorgeous!
Here's the Dr. Seuss moment.... These men were talking to me about what it was I was seeing all around me. Where we were. It turned out these people were either creating or re-creating THE UNIVERSE. That's right, HUMAN BEINGS creating the flippin' Universe. I wasn't sure how I felt about that. I was quite conflicted because the impossible was happening here. I felt like Alice must have upon falling down the rabbit hole.
Now, in my daily life I am not a religious person b/c religion is man-made; hence why there are sooo many religions out there/why there are flaws/why a lot of these religions use fear as a tool to control their followers b/c let's face it... man is imperfect and has that ego which gets in the way. I do believe in a Creator, but I really don't think that Creator has anything to do with our daily lives. My guess is that "God" (or whatever you want to call it) created the Universe and that Earth was a gift where we could do with it what we will; hence why it's so filled with joy and evil at the same time. (Again, it's just a theory).
So even though in real life I'm not a religious person, I do believe The Universe was created by a Higher Being we cannot even begin to wrap our tiny minds around and actually understand. So naturally, even in my dream, I felt the same way yet here I was witnessing - and with my own eyes - a creation of a Universe by human beings and not a supreme being. I was upset, yet fascinated at the same time. All I knew was that what I was witnessing was a fact. It was etched in stone and I had no choice but to accept what man was now capable of doing.
The whole thing was so surreal. It would have been a lot more believable had I been inside some darkened warehouse that was made to LOOK like the Universe. Something like the Space Mountain ride at Walt Disney World, ya know? Lol! But... that wasn't the case here. It was surreal, and felt fake almost, yet there was no arguing that it was in fact very real.
The earlier part of the dream was pretty fuzzy. I was with only one other person and we were on those same stairs, but at a higher level. I didn't see stars or anything here, until I 'launched' myself up and ahead. I really can't explain it. I just remember closing my eyes, and then forcing myself to... fly?... leap ahead? All I know is that when I did this, I could literally feel myself being hurled really fast into space. I didn't like the feeling at all. You could feel it in the pit of your stomach and your entire body. I only did it twice, and I did it only because I don't think I had a choice. I wanted to high-tail it out of there, but I forced myself to go through with it and not think about how terrifying a feeling it was. I didn't want to acknowledge it. I felt safer by not acknowledging it. Also, I think that while I was 'flying' I had a picture in my mind's eye of an astronaut in their white spacesuit. I think I had that image inside my head just because I figured this is what astronaut's felt like when they were out in deep space.
So there ya have it. My strangest dream to date, which I'm very glad was just a dream!
Not long after having this dream - as in a day or two later I believe - I saw an episode of Doctor Who that was eerily similar. The episode was titled "Journey to the Centre of the Tardis."
The part of the episode that reminded me of my dream was when the Doctor showed everyone the "Eye of Harmony" - an exploding star in the act of becoming a black hole - that was powering the Tardis. They were even on some kind of metal catwalk, similar to my dream... only in my dream it was metal stairs.
I don't even want this one analyzed. 
