Tuesday, May 21, 2024
The Awakening's Mystery Box Experiment: A New Dream/Paranormal Experiment
Sunday, January 21, 2024
Dream Experiment: Connecting with my doll through dreaming: Some of the dreams and findings
I am excited to share my latest dream experiment and results. If you missed the Awakening and the discussion you can see that here. If you don't know about the dream experiment you can read about it here.
In this experiment, participants were asked to spend time before sleeping focusing on Anna Mae doll, who appears to interact with the dream world. Participants were then asked to report their dreams in the morning.
Experiment Results:
Number of Participants who sent in a dream: 11
Meaning of Experiment: To connect with Anna Mae and the objects on the table, to see if any shadows appear on video during this experiment.
Top Common Symbols: Green, car, red and farm
Experiences: I had some odd experiences during the experiment, including a one dreamer connecting all the dots and another dreamer receiving a Thank you.
My experiences
At 1:11 I heard a woman firmly say Out! Voice sounded like it was coming from my office.
1:52 I heard a noise in my office like someone moving around and moving things.
2:14 I had a dream someone told me they lost the connection.
Sometime before 5am dream a man told me he was not sure if the door would shut and was afraid to go through I told him just put your sheet in the doorway so it doesn’t shut!
Denise had some conversation with Anna Mae and she Denise noticed a red match box car next to Anna Mae only Anna Mae told her she liked the green car better or the car in green better.
So I had horrific nightmares for two nights after experiment my husband said why not give Anna Mae a green car.. so I did and my nightmares and disturbed sleep stopped.
Dani Saw a White Thank you note with black
maybe that was the Zenner card a star can be a way to show recognition or to thank
someone.She heard a woman say Thank you.
I think two people heard my TV on in the background Justin and Denise.
Rob seeing a shadow was possibly Anna Mae he described
how to get to her exactly, the 9 was an alert to end the session, or wake up.
Most common group symbols:
So many people dreamed of green, green lights, green snakes, green cars, green the color. How they made the connection:
The green thread: symbolizes the essence inherent in all life, which builds and enlivens every form in permanently increasing circles – from the single particle to the endless dimension of the universe – from matter to the energetic vibration – from the past to the present, into the future – into infinity
Green *******
Car ****
The country or a farm *****
Red ******
Relevant dream symbols to the objects.
Car: Sam, Denise, Bill,
Triangle: Rob who also seemed to experience the layout of the room and possibly run into Anna Mae as a shadow figure.
Room itself: Rob and Justin
Zenner Card Star: Dani saw a Thank you note white with black.
People who interacted with Anna Mae Directly: Dani, Rob, Mallory and
Denise.
Scary things that happened:
Rob ran into a shadow person leaving the dream and woke up screaming
Elvis was fighting off possibly the connection of the green string (snakes in his dream)
Dreams:
Rob: I was in a house that did not belong to me but I was supposed to be there – I was invited.
I remember being there with somebody, but I do not remember who. I am fairly certain we were called in to investigate. Most of the details are muddy or lost but….
There was a cardboard banker’s box with somebody’s personal effects. In the box was a toy soldier, a small clock, and a small jewelry box along with an old magazine or two. The jewelry box was gray with a triangle on it. Not sure why it was important. I remember it smelling like band-aids.
I put everything into the box and was told (not sure but who) to bring it to the “back room”.
This room was at the end of a long hallway off of the kitchen if the house. I turned left to enter the room and placed the box on a desk. The desk also had a pen, and some kind of rock on it. I turned to walk out and I ran right into woman, crazy shadow figure looking thing with crazy as she was coming into the room. It scared me so badly that I literally woke up screaming.
Dream Pt. 2 : Sunday NIGHT – please note that I wasn’t feeling well.
This dream, I believe is connected.
I found myself in a basement this time with a flashlight. I was looking for something but I do not know what.
I kept moving boxes and there were spiders that had me freaked out so I grabbed a weird looking stuffed animal that might have been a dog to shoo the spiders away.
When I did – the flashlight started dimming and I started to panic. I grabbed my phone to get the flashlight ready and the number 9 kept coming up on the screen – it wouldn’t let me unlock the phone. Then I felt a hand on my shoulder and I woke up.
*The number 9 in my dream book symbolizes saying goodbye an ending.
Sam:
when I focused on AnnaMae, there was a strong color of green that came through. Now I didn’t see anything or anyone when I was seeing the color, just the color itself. Also, I did visualize a car? lol I don’t why, I couldn’t make out the make/model or year of the car but I could see it was a vehicle and it was a car not an SUV. Idk what all that means. As I said I didn’t see a person specifically just there was a car that came after seeing the color green. I hope this resonates somewhere lol
Dani:
I honestly felt as though the images were coming to me right as I drifted off to sleep, like, it didn't feel like it was a full blow dream (I don't know how else to explain how it felt...but I mean, I was asleep, so it had to be a dream.) There was no real story line to anything, just pictures of things popping up out of nowhere.
all of this happened in a black void...nothing around, no walls, no ceiling, no sound, no scenery...kind of like it was happening in a black hole or space or something.
first there was this bright green flash (it sort of reminded me of when you walk in front of a green laser grid that's fully charged. The flash sort of spotlighted, moving from my right and arching over to the left and then it was gone...
right after that, I heard a female voice (almost robotic, as though maybe it was computer generated, but not fully) say Thank you. and then there is this card that says thank you on it...it's a white card, folded horizontally with the words Thank You in black. The card never opens and disappears shortly after it appears.
after the card, there is a rocking chair, or maybe even just an old farmhouse kitchen chair. I never saw the bottom half of it, but it was like an old fashioned wooden chair with the slats on the back, there was a green and bluish hue around the chair, and I faintly remember white paint chips on it, as though all the paint had fallen off and you could see the natural wood with some sparce paint chips still clinging on for dear life.
and that's it, that's all I remember......on the drive in to work, the voice that said thank you and the vision of the card came back to me, and so I took that as a que to Thank Anna Mae, and so I thanked her for any connections she may have provided.
Justin:
Well, I gave it the old try to connect with Anna Mae. Since she was familiar with me all ready it was half in half out. Is best as I can say.
She came to me first. She must have been aware I was trying to connect with her. Warm presence. Didn’t feel anything negative when she paid me a visit.
I saw her in dim lit room. Thank you for that by the way. Saw her sitting on a table between two what looked to be book shelves with a picture hanging above her.
Wasn’t quite able to make the picture out. Just saw it hanging above her. Walls must have been a light greyish colour. Usually if I go to a place that has white ones. You can really see the white.
Heard what must have been a spirit box on. There was lots of echo in the background. Wasn’t able to make out the objects around her, but if they were crystals.
Colours I did see, were violet. Did see yellow. T
Turquoise Blue. The Turquoise blue, was in the shape of a plant to me for some reason. After that, I ended up coming back here for a bit, before I ended up going to check on my usual person :).
Brett:
Sunday January 14, 2024, 9:45pm - Immediately when looking at the doll while doing a screen shot so I have easy access before bed, I'm reminded of my grandma and a doll she had. I also see a can of vegetables with a vintage looking label. Reminds me of the sun-made raisin label, but I see more green than the red and yellow or the sun-made.
Monday 12am - Before bed - reminding me to look at the doll and I began to get Fourth of July and Americana imagery, rockets, fireworks, Midwest farm imagery... The farm in Captain Marvel or Avengers.
Mallory:
I tried the Anna Mae dream experiment and my dream I was her and I was walking through a field of Sun flowers. I had a gold bracelet on and the sun was setting. I did not have anyone else in the dream but me. I was also carrying a journal and camera. I found a patch of flowers and would lay down documenting my day and also snapping photos of the flowers. That is pretty much what my dream consisted of.
Bill:
In the dream I bought a late 90s black Porsche Boxster convertible for $898. I bought it to be a project car because I wanted to rekindle the fun of working on cars (in real life I used to love working on cars, but in the last few years I started hating it). I was thinking about lifting the car and painting it green.
In the dream I worked next to a franchised mechanic (like Tire Choice or Firestone). I left my truck and the Boxster there to get inspected. My truck was the same truck I really have, but silver. My actual truck was silver when I bought it, but last year I painted it black.
During the day I forgot to bring the keys of either car over to the mechanic, so at the end of the day I brought them over. They would need my truck overnight, so I just had them work on the boxster. This led to some ribbing from some employees about the Boxster being a "girls car".
Everyone was wearing black shirts. I feel like the color black was important. (the main colors of the mechanic were red and blue).
There was also a blonde walking around. Everytime she would walk by the employees would stop talking to watch her. I never got to see her face. As I am writing this, I wonder if that was meant to represent you, since it is your experiment.
This all took place on a sunny day. It was in New York (which is where I work), but honestly felt like California.
Another thing that just jumped in my head as I write this...Barbie's car in the 90s was based off the Boxster. That coupled with the blonde walking around, I wonder if Anna Mae is sitting next to a Barbie car.
Denise:
So it was very chaotic every time I was in. Music playing, lots of voices..not overwhelming or uncomfortable just very busy. The song in the background was a country song Swinging..but it was the cover version by the Mavericks. For some reason that was important that it was the Maverick version that has a big band type feel to it. The name Charlotte was popping up a lot and the apple of my eye part of the song. Again though the emphasis was on the booming bass/big band type- someone really likes that sound. A bridge…nothing happened on the bridge but every time the doll or people go over it it’s a nervous feeling- it goes over land not water..a deep ravine/gully. Gorgeous in the fall with the colored leaves but it makes folks nervous . The color red..spicy, peppery. I see a little car- like an old fashioned matchbox . The doll says she liked “it when it was the green color better” but I’m not sure what she meant by that.She appeared to be looking out towards a hall or little alcove when she said it but she liked the green better than the orangy/reddish? around 4:12 am there should be a shadow forming/ a darkening occurring near the doll to her left side it won’t move like a shadow figure..it’ll just start to darken there and if you blow it up and look close you’ll see a quick fleck of light- almost like the tiniest piece of glitter
Saturday, January 21, 2023
A Guide To Work Through Your Nightmares By Deedee Jebrail
Nightmares
Nightmares can feel incredibly real. They can frighten us enough that the emotions follow us into the next morning—or even make us afraid to go back to sleep. Our sleeping and waking lives are more connected than we sometimes realize.
There are even movies that grew out of our fascination with nightmares. Remember A Nightmare on Elm Street?
Wes Craven said the idea for the film was inspired in part by stories he read in the Los Angeles Times about Southeast Asian refugees who experienced terrifying nightmares. Some became afraid to sleep, and several later died unexpectedly in their sleep. Craven took that frightening idea—what if something could get you in your dreams?—and turned it into one of the most recognizable horror movies ever made.
It's easy to understand why we want to forget a nightmare as quickly as possible.
But what if, instead of running from a nightmare, we went back and looked at it?
Sometimes the frightening imagery may be exactly what gets our attention.
Nightmares are vivid dreams that create strong negative emotions such as fear, anxiety, anger, or distress. They usually occur during REM sleep and are more common during the second half of the night, when REM periods become longer. Because a nightmare often wakes us, we may remember it much more clearly than an ordinary dream.
Stress, anxiety, trauma, lack of sleep, certain medications, alcohol or other substances, and some physical or mental health conditions can contribute to nightmares. PTSD is also strongly associated with recurring nightmares. Occasional nightmares are common, but if nightmares happen frequently, interfere with sleep or daytime life, or make you afraid to sleep, it is worth talking with a healthcare professional.
But there is another kind of nightmare I want to talk about—the notice-me nightmare.
This is the nightmare that comes once in a while and seems to demand your attention. The imagery may be frightening, but when you go back and examine the dream, you may discover that the fear wasn't necessarily the message. The fear may have been what made you pay attention to the message.
I had one of those nightmares myself.
It frightened me so much that it took me about 35 years to finally sit down and really analyze it. When I did, I realized the dream wasn't telling me that I was powerless or that I needed something outside of myself to protect me.
It was telling me the opposite.
I already had the power.
My Nightmare
I was lying in bed, not asleep. It was early, maybe just past dusk. I had been to a church that told me to ask the Holy Spirit to possess my soul so no other entity could. They gave me a prayer. I don't remember the prayer. That is an important detail. As I prayed, a man-type figure flew from the sky and fell onto me like a slab of meat. This being was like all human muscles with no skin, not male or female. The entity then put its wrists over my wrists, ankles over my ankles, and the rest floated above me. We only touch our wrists and ankles. It was so solid and heavy that I could not move. It then began to steal my breath, and I thought, oh no, it was killing me! I started to say I rebuke you in the name of Jesus, but I kept saying I rebuke you in the name of Satan over and over again. I was so scared. I finally pictured the letter J, E, then S, and it was gone. I sat up! That is a scary nightmare, especially when you sit up choking for air!
The Meaning Of The Dream
This nightmare was about recognizing my own power. I had been told that I needed to invite an outside spiritual power in for protection, but my mind turned that idea into something frightening and overpowering. In the end, I was able to break free through my own focus and awareness. The message for me was that I didn’t need to invite anything outside of myself in to feel protected. The power I needed was already within me.
This is a guide to working through nightmares
Write the nightmare down while you still remember it. Treat it like a memory. Include the setting, people, objects, emotions, colors, unusual details, and anything that stood out. Then look at the symbols individually and ask what each one means to you. A symbol dictionary can give you ideas, but your own associations and emotions usually matter more.
Next, look at the dream as a whole. What was happening? Where did you feel powerless, afraid, trapped, angry, or threatened? Did anything in the dream remind you of something happening in your waking life? Instead of asking only, What does this symbol mean? ask, What might my mind be trying to work through?
Then change the ending. Rewrite the nightmare so that you regain control. You might defeat the monster, escape the situation, confront the threat, discover that the frightening figure was harmless, or simply choose to walk away. Read your new ending before going to sleep. This technique is similar to imagery rehearsal therapy, which is used to help reduce recurring nightmares.
Pay attention to what you take in before bed. Movies, social media, news, conversations, and stressful experiences can all become material your dreaming mind uses later. If nightmares are a problem for you, try giving your mind something calmer before sleep—a funny show, relaxing music, reading, journaling, or quiet reflection.
Look at what is happening in your waking life as well. Nightmares often become more intense during periods of stress, conflict, grief, fear, or change. Ask yourself whether there is something you have been avoiding, suppressing, or feeling unable to express. Journaling can help you identify those patterns before they show up repeatedly in your dreams.
If you like using crystals or other personal rituals, you can make them part of your bedtime routine. I sometimes keep Black Tourmaline near me because I associate it with protection and grounding. Whether or not you believe a crystal has spiritual properties, a familiar object can also become a reminder that you are safe and in control.
And most importantly, remember that a nightmare does not automatically mean something bad is going to happen. Sometimes it is simply your dreaming mind working with fear, stress, memory, or emotion. The goal isn't always to eliminate nightmares. Sometimes the goal is to understand what they are showing you—and to discover that you may have more power in the dream, and in waking life, than you realized.
References
Horror History: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) by Melissa Bastek https://morbidlybeautiful.com/horror-history-elm-street/
Nightmares and the Brain by Scott Edwards
https://hms.harvard.edu/news-events/publications-archive/brain/nightmares-brain
A Nightmare On Elm Street Was Inspired By This Horrific True Story
By Sean O'Connell
published October 20, 2014
https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Nightmare-Elm-Street-Was-Inspired-By-Horrific-True-Story-67798.html
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A Nightmare On Elm Street Was Inspired By This Horrific True Story .... https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Nightmare-Elm-Street-Was-Inspired-By-Horrific-True-Story-67798.html A Nightmare On Elm Street Was Inspired By This Horrific True Story .... https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Nightmare-Elm-Street-Was-Inspired-By-Horrific-True-Story-67798.htmlA Nightmare On Elm Street Was Inspired By This Horrific True Story .... https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Nightmare-Elm-Street-Was-Inspired-By-Horrific-True-Story-67798.html
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