Thread: anyone ever dreamed something and then it happend in real life?

It's extremely statistically possible that you dream about something and then it happens. I don't know the exact numbers, but let's make some up hypothetically. 1 in 1000 people lose their mothers each year. 1 in 1000 people dream about their mother dying each year. Therefore, statistically speaking, 1 in 1000000 people will dream about and lose their mother each year. This is especially true if you distort and bend things, like how you distorted gum to mean premature ejaculation. Dreams have never shown any clairvoyant abilities that fall outside the realm of chance. The purpose of this site is to enlighten people about the fascinating mystery that is the dreaming mind, please don't litter it with superstitious dribble. Oh, and welcome to DreamViews

Originally Posted by Conkt

It's extremely statistically possible that you dream about something and then it happens. I don't know the exact numbers, but let's make some up hypothetically. 1 in 1000 people lose their mothers each year. 1 in 1000 people dream about their mother dying each year. Therefore, statistically speaking, 1 in 1000000 people will dream about and lose their mother each year. This is especially true if you distort and bend things, like how you distorted gum to mean premature ejaculation. Dreams have never shown any clairvoyant abilities that fall outside the realm of chance. The purpose of this site is to enlighten people about the fascinating mystery that is the dreaming mind, please don't litter it with superstitious dribble. Oh, and welcome to DreamViews

thank u for your honest answear..I know..I have awasame dreams everynight...will soon share some of them..and I am hoping to learn more about lucid dreaming..this where just some of the not lucid dream I have had..just really strange..so where just wondering..

Being frank is my specialty. My lack of tact aside, this is a great site for learning about Lucid Dreaming. You may have to sift through some of the bull that people make up here, but the recognized tutorials are great and the staff are well-versed in LDing and teaching others the art. I hope you find what you need here.

Happy dreaming.

To answer your question on if anybody here has had a dream that came true-Yes. I have a few times. I suppose it's just chance as Conkt said but it is still a bit weird

Precognitive experiences

I used to do it frequently. Now, not so much. It seems to happen for me based on if I'm in a really crucial time in my life or not. If really important stuff is happening, I dream the future just about every night. If it's just a normal day, I rarely have a precognitive dream.

Oh yes, and my precognitive dreams kick me out of lucid dream control, if I have any. Occasionally I'll still be lucid, but I can only watch, not interfere, even if things are happening in first person.

I agree with conkt that it is easy to manipulate your dreams to fit your real life, but the idea of your dreams can behold your future is not merely superstitious – let me explain.

It’s a common occurrence for people to look at their dreams and “cold read” themselves when they find events pertaining to real life situations. For example, in your dream your dog may runaway, your best friend may become ill, or you lose your job. One of these things may happen by coincidence (or not) and your suddenly hold your dreams to be an ESP device (this does not have enough evidence to be concluded true). In these instances I would say that the dreamer is not appropriately evaluating what is actually happening in your dreams…

My argument is that your subconscious (or unconscious) mind picks up on things you may not consciously see (as proved by subliminal advertising in the 1950s). Your dreams are pre-determined by perceptions and events in your conscious reality, and are altered in various ways that correlate to your subconscious. We often solve problems in our dream, or struggle to find solutions to pestering events in on daily lives.

Our minds never stop working to solve that problem, and sometimes dreams are used to find those solutions for some individuals. Therefore we are basically looking at what our unconscious mind may have picked up on... when our dog was checking out the dog next door, when we were zoning out at work, or ignoring our friends sniffling during a movie. The results of this, can cause our dreams to become reality.

That’s my 2 cents, and it’s all based on basic psychological principals of our conscious and unconsious reality.

Originally Posted by Mortal

I agree with conkt that it is easy to manipulate your dreams to fit your real life, but the idea of your dreams can behold your future is not merely superstitious – let me explain.

It’s a common occurrence for people to look at their dreams and “cold read” themselves when they find events pertaining to real life situations. For example, in your dream your dog may runaway, your best friend may become ill, or you lose your job. One of these things may happen by coincidence (or not) and your suddenly hold your dreams to be an ESP device (this does not have enough evidence to be concluded true). In these instances I would say that the dreamer is not appropriately evaluating what is actually happening in your dreams…

My argument is that your subconscious (or unconscious) mind picks up on things you may not consciously see (as proved by subliminal advertising in the 1950s). Your dreams are pre-determined by perceptions and events in your conscious reality, and are altered in various ways that correlate to your subconscious. We often solve problems in our dream, or struggle to find solutions to pestering events in on daily lives.

Our minds never stop working to solve that problem, and sometimes dreams are used to find those solutions for some individuals. Therefore we are basically looking at what our unconscious mind may have picked up on... when our dog was checking out the dog next door, when we were zoning out at work, or ignoring our friends sniffling during a movie. The results of this, can cause our dreams to become reality.

That’s my 2 cents, and it’s all based on basic psychological principals of our conscious and unconsious reality.

Right, what are the chances of someone seeing a thin crescent moon with two planets at a certain angle in a dream? Not only that, but knowing in the dream what the two planets are? On top of that, the next night a thin crescent moon with two planets at the same angle is viewable precisely like in the dream from said location in the world.

The probabilities and psychological synchronization are pretty much nil.

I'm talking about "The Smiley Face Moon". Yup, I had a dream about that the night prior, which the angle from the dream matched the angle viewed from my location in the world and I knew what the exact two planets were through emotional feelings in the dream. Personally, I consider dreams like this meaningless because no tangible information was derived from them besides just being foresight. It begs the question, whats the point. Then again, I only remembered that specific part of the dream in detail and clarity, so the tangible information could reside in what I didn't recall.

Anyhow, to answer the OPs question, yes I have. My dream research I plan on doing in about a month revolves around the concept. Also, I'm taking into account Deja Vu because I've been able to pin-point some of my Deja Vu encounters to dreams. I've actually been able to stop myself from fulfilling a Deja Vu because I had about a fifteen second realization to realize what was going on. The end goal is that I would like to see if lucid dreaming can be utilized as a conduit to control the frequency and obtain hidden knowledge.

My theory is that future predictions are actually recalls of past memories. I came up with the theory through personal experiences and philosophy. The research I'm doing will essentially be in real-time and uploaded onto the internet. It will be an archived and legit. The reason it will be legitimate is because I will be doing detailed uncensored uploads on a daily basis since premonitions or whatever you want to call them can occur within one day or less time. From what I've seen, no one has done this before with or without scientific precision.

Am I bonkers? My personal experiences and the probabilities say no, which I'm acting as to how a scientific mind should. What would be bonkers is for me to sweep aside what I've experienced to conform to what others state as fact when 99% of the time their facts are indeed theories too. Considering the possibilities and if true, it would completely change the scope of everything as we know it to be. It is like changing the concept of a flat Earth to a round Earth.

The research can work either to prove or disprove precognition. I'm leaning in the direction that there will be distinct results proving precognition. It would be way easier to test if we had the technological capabilities to record dreams, but as of yet, I haven't heard of such a thing.

I wouldn’t totally rule out being able to tell the future in dreams, there are many things in this world that people still don’t understand and probably never will. Let us briefly think about the 6th sense, you may laugh but think about it, you get that feeling when someone’s watching you and you turn to find someone indeed is, how when you’re in the car on the motorway (in the back seat) you turm to look at the drivers next to you and somehow they nearly always know someone is watching them and they turn and look back at you. What about the “gut feeling” feeling you get, your body pumping with adrenaline, but sometimes you wonder for what reason? How about feeling that something is going to hit you in class, so you change our position and sure enough an eraser flies past your head. Sure these aren’t proper recorded and studied results, but isn’t it strange when sometimes you just know?
Back to the dreaming world, something weird or maybe seemingly uninteresting happens in the dreaming world and then the next day it happens.
Here’s another thing to think about, that feeling of deja Vu in dreams, can it be explained? Who knows, but I read a great book with very interesting theories about past lives being recalled in dreams-
Past Lives, Future Healing
By Sylvia Browne

I encourage you to read it as it is very thought provoking and a theory that I feel could make some sense. But they are theories, everyone had their own opinion and views I’m just sharing mine.
Oh and welcome to dreamviews!

I would generally call that peripheral vision, Dreamdreamdream17, not a 6th sense but a continuation of the first. I would very much agree with Mortal, as he is not claiming anything superstitious and using an explanation through a recognized scientific venue. Also, I disagree with ArcanumNoctis, and would call his idea unscientific balderdash, but I respect him in that he will use the scientific method to explore his ideas.

oouh many interesting answears!! thanks! But I must say dreamdream17 I like the way you are explayning thigs..can we ever really know? I do not know so just have too live life and see

Precisely ! I thinks that's a good view of life, to live and see and come up with your own answers
and Conkt, yes some of the instances could indeed be explained by peripheral vision, however you can't see from the back of your head, no matter how good you think your eye sight is!

Yes. Yes, I have, and it was the chances of it being coincidence were virtually nil.

Originally Posted by ArcanumNoctis

Am I bonkers? My personal experiences and the probabilities say no, which I'm acting as to how a scientific mind should. What would be bonkers is for me to sweep aside what I've experienced to conform to what others state as fact when 99% of the time their facts are indeed theories too. Considering the possibilities and if true, it would completely change the scope of everything as we know it to be. It is like changing the concept of a flat Earth to a round Earth.

I wish you the best of luck, but there would be no point of research if you can’t distinguish between fact and theory. Fact is - proven information that we use to build on other theories and hypothesis. I’m not saying all fact has been proven inaccurately, but 99% is a high number to simply dismiss, and where do you plan on finding basis of your research? I’m not trying to discriminate you, but the truth is Déjà vu is still theoretical in nature. There are dozens of solid theories on Déjà vu, and nobody is claiming FACT on a scientific manner of how it works. We are still very much in exploration of the brain and its many psychological concepts, including Déjà vu.

What exactly do you mean by personal experiences? I‘m fairly certain lucid dreaming can be utilized to find hidden knowledge, because you are basically opening exploration of your superego which is knowledge not seen at the conscious level.

Originally Posted by ArcanumNoctis

The research can work either to prove or disprove precognition. I'm leaning in the direction that there will be distinct results proving precognition. It would be way easier to test if we had the technological capabilities to record dreams, but as of yet, I haven't heard of such a thing.

Precognition is unrelated to Déjà vu, but can be used to explore the outer aspects of what may have occurred. When you discuss precognition theories you are talking about future events, and not anything tangible in the now. Dejau vu is based on principals of when we feel something that reminds us of that happened to us, therefore is has already been experienced.

Originally Posted by Dreamdreamdream17

What about the “gut feeling” feeling you get, your body pumping with adrenaline, but sometimes you wonder for what reason? How about feeling that something is going to hit you in class, so you change our position and sure enough an eraser flies past your head. Sure these aren’t proper recorded and studied results, but isn’t it strange when sometimes you just know?

Let me ask you counter-intuitive question – how many times have you had that "gut feeling" and simply dismissed it when something wasn’t there? We have adrenaline spikes throughout the day, and they occur for a variety of reasons. Something we drank, activities, temperature, pheromones in the air, etc.

When we see something that concludes that our belief is true, we often emphasize our six sense reality. This is pretty much what I was talking about in the first post, and it’s basically no different. You’re using associative memory – taking past memories (smells, figures, colors, sounds, etc.) and applying them to current themes to make it fit your reality. Your ego does this because it’s constantly trying to find a solution to what is currently happening and make sense of it. I guess you could almost call this a ‘glitch’ in your brain, but is not that easily explained and there are dozens of solid theories on precognitive experiences. What you are talking about is just that, and is unrelated to Déjà vu.

Yes I have. I've had a dream of a conversation with certain things going on in the room then it will happen later exactly as my dream. The most specific was one time I had a dream about making freezer pizza at my sister's apartment and the knife we used to cut them feel between the counter & fridge. When I had the dream I had not yet been to my sister's new apartment so I didn't know the layout. But the event happened just as in my dream.

I have also. I once had a very detailed dream that blew me away... I was sitting there pondering all the details of the dream, and strange details of the dream, things that were very unlikely to occur. When suddenly I realize that I am in fact sitting in the same place the dream took place, only to then have all those unlikely strange 1 in 100,000 chance things happen one by one, just as they had in my dream. This sold me on the possibility that somehow our subconscious may have some ability that we have yet to grasp.

As for the Nay sayers, and the rude replies you have received seeming to have ALL THE ANSWERS and tell you its not possible and its superstitious. Thats honestly just asinine, and these people will never experience the possibilities with such a closed mind. In fact, im surprised they arent the ones having trouble with LD's considering it requires a lot of belief.

To The Nay Sayers themselves:
Don't tell someone something isnt possible and tell them not to bring such superstitious things into this. Your a fool for doing so. You have no proof that its not possible such as they have no proof for you that it is. These things are for each and every person to see for themselves and to find out what is and isn't possible. However, just because you yourself cannot do something, do not tell them that they can't. You have no proof its not possible. Don't discourage people from being open to the possibilities. If you can't contribute to this forum in a positive mature manner, maybe you are the one who should not be posting here. Thanks for being a member to the forum and have a good day

My experience is, yes, I have. There was absolutely nothing to be left to coincidence.

Personally, no, I haven't had any dreams like that. Mortal's first post pretty much said what I think about it, although I'm not sure I'd completely rule out other possibilities. I'll believe it when I see it for myself.

@atkins513: I see no way that not believing in precognitive dreams would affect one's ability to lucid dream. It's true that to lucid dream you need to believe it's possible, but there's a huge difference between believing something that has been scientifically proven and believing something only supported by individual accounts.

Originally Posted by Hidden

Personally, no, I haven't had any dreams like that. Mortal's first post pretty much said what I think about it, although I'm not sure I'd completely rule out other possibilities. I'll believe it when I see it for myself.

@atkins513: I see no way that not believing in precognitive dreams would affect one's ability to lucid dream. It's true that to lucid dream you need to believe it's possible, but there's a huge difference between believing something that has been scientifically proven and believing something only supported by individual accounts.

Well being able to Lucid dream requires a open mind and faith. That is the only link of the 2 that I have suggested. Of course they aren't one in the same.

Mortal,
First of all I respect that you have your own opinion, I am simply answering yes to the question, that I have indeed dreamt something and then it happened. Also, you can't go around stating things and telling people they are wrong because it is not your belief, not backed up by your facts. Have you ever considered that you may be wrong and that the ones you scoff at could indeed be right? There is no right or wrong answer. You do not know people's personal experiences. Your questioning my gut feeling? We are all programmed with these to make us beings, it's there for a reason, to warn us of something, to be precatious. So no, I never dismiss my "gut feeling" as I feel it would be idiotic to do so, I have it for a reason and am constantly thankful that I have it. It has helped me through life and stpped me from doing things that could have very negative effects.
As for my brain it's fine thank you, no glitches. To echo what atkins513 said you cannot simply tell people that they are wrong and you are right. You cannot state what I experience is in no relation to Deja Vu, I'm sorry I was under the impression that you had not lived my life, but seeing as though you are so sure I must be wrong.
What I say could be wrong, but it could be right. Same for everyone.
So how are the lucid dreams going?

Anyway to get back on track, back to the question. Though there have been many studies on brain waves while sleeping etc, the fact of the matter is people still don't not what dreams are and how they are created, and what they are for. Personally I think this opens many questions in life, this may be the link to other worlds, other possabilities. So I think that it is possible to have precognitions in dreams, live past memories, explore other worlds, not merely your own imagination. We have to find our own personal conclusions for our dreams.

Yes, you can have dream of future events. I did over a ten year period as a child and I have been in places and met people before I knew them. I have dreamed of the house my aunt currently owns and the neighborhood kids. I think the only thing I don't like about this is not recognizing the people when I meet them. Some of these people have been very bad associations and I'm think they all could have been avoid in someway. I would definitely had benefit from keeping a dream journal as a child.

Originally Posted by Dreamdreamdream17

Mortal,
First of all I respect that you have your own opinion.

Thanks

Originally Posted by atkins513

I have also. I once had a very detailed dream that blew me away... I was sitting there pondering all the details of the dream, and strange details of the dream, things that were very unlikely to occur. When suddenly I realize that I am in fact sitting in the same place the dream took place, only to then have all those unlikely strange 1 in 100,000 chance things happen one by one, just as they had in my dream. This sold me on the possibility that somehow our subconscious may have some ability that we have yet to grasp.

As for the Nay sayers, and the rude replies you have received seeming to have ALL THE ANSWERS and tell you its not possible and its superstitious. Thats honestly just asinine, and these people will never experience the possibilities with such a closed mind. In fact, im surprised they arent the ones having trouble with LD's considering it requires a lot of belief.




To The Nay Sayers themselves:
Don't tell someone something isnt possible and tell them not to bring such superstitious things into this. Your a fool for doing so. You have no proof that its not possible such as they have no proof for you that it is. These things are for each and every person to see for themselves and to find out what is and isn't possible. However, just because you yourself cannot do something, do not tell them that they can't. You have no proof its not possible. Don't discourage people from being open to the possibilities. If you can't contribute to this forum in a positive mature manner, maybe you are the one who should not be posting here. Thanks for being a member to the forum and have a good day

yeah..totally agreeing what you wrote..especially----

As for the Nay sayers, and the rude replies you have received seeming to have ALL THE ANSWERS and tell you its not possible and its superstitious. Thats honestly just asinine, and these people will never experience the possibilities with such a closed mind. In fact, im surprised they arent the ones having trouble with LD's considering it requires a lot of belief.

--I think this was very good written..thanks !!! =)

Thx

Mortal, thanks for the best of luck, but I didn't come up with thinking there is a high probability of it being possible through just one dream. That is why I said personal experiences. No, it isn't just dreams and I'm not going into detail.

Also, no, I'm not talking about Psychology, future, past, present, etc.. I don't really believe in time because in reality it is the human mind's way of coping with cycles. Science is full of illusions which theories are utilized to construct a reality that makes sense to us, which is why it is always morphing. Facts are what cement the reality we derive through theories, but the reality could be false. Pretty sure I have a rather solid foundation on the difference between facts and theories, and then more.

Oh and the research isn't for me, its for you and people like you. Really, the research is secondary to me. The things I'm doing that make it as pristine as possible is what is primary to me. The research is really only beneficial if a trend can be found or if it encourages others to try and find a trend.

If there is no time, what is precognition? Of course, you would have to dislocate yourself from what you know to even attempt to answer the question.