I kept my eyes closed feeling the up and down of something small and dark jumping on my bed. My heart was racing and I am sure my palms were sweating as they do when I become acutely fearful. I opened one eye and saw them. Three or four demons taking their turn jumping on my bed and then down and then back onto the bed again. And so it went. One was staring at my feet and was he tickling them or trying to? It never did occur to me how it was that my feet were available for tickling as I have always been very careful of keeping my feet under and tucked in with the sheet and comforter. As a child, this was a regular fear of mine - my feet being promiscuously available for goblins, spooks, and the boogeyman.
I shut my eyes closed tight and squinching to keep them tight as I could close them. “Oh dear God. I am scared. I am scared. Please make them go away. Dear God please make them go away. I am so scared. Help me please!” With almost a certain knowing, I opened an eye. They were gone. Almost a complete sigh of relief and thanks to God for taking care of that so quickly but then “Why am I still scared?” I was still completely frozen with fear. The dark bastards were just pretending to be gone. “They’ll come back,” I thought and so back to paralyzed fear I went and too scared to move.
No sooner than that thought than I saw a figure approaching from the foyer into my bedroom doorframe. I knew it to be Jesus the Christ - although he was heavily shadowed from the lack of anymore light than the light from the streetlamps outside that were reflecting through the blind slats and off the opposing wall. But it was him because I was comforted and I felt His strength.
He just stood there and I looked at his silhouette not very surprised he was there standing quietly. Maybe two heartbeats later, after it absorbed it was He who I was now dealing with, he made a deliberate motion with his finger and up to his lips as if to say “Shh” but no sound from Him came. In that instant a flood of feelings and thoughts permeated the who I was and I knew, then, a lifetime of me. Yes, it was He and no doubt.
In that instant I knew I was off my path and so very far removed from the where I wanted to be. He conveyed but not by speaking [telepathated I call it] some actions and behaviors I had been engaging in that - I would later deduce - had opened up an ability for these ugly dark “demons”/”gremlins” to attack/induce fear in/paralyze me.
But those goblins, gremlins or demons were still the only things I could keep my mind on. Here this man was - I have loved my entire life and promised to follow at age 5, but on that evening was so far from that age 5 innocence - standing in my doorway and fear was my pervasive emotion and the need to be free from it. “But I’m still scared,” I whispered to him desperately. And with that statement I knew that I was conveying that I was still too scared to go back to sleep, to be alone, to be okay without an interruption of my current emotional state….And the fact that He did what He did, told me he knew all these things as He whispered loudly, “Samsara!”
I whispered back, “What?” and sat up straight in bed, awake.
He was gone and so was the fear.
Assurances. I am not on any mind-altering chemicals - nor was I at the time of this incident. I am not drunk and haven’t had any alcohol in over 4 years - nor was I drunk during this incident. I do not suffer from any mental anomalies or personal or social disorders that would cause hallucinations.
After - Notes: The only notable difference that has my believing this to be an Astral, parallel or alternate dimension experience as opposed to a very vivid dream is my experience with dreams… In this experience, everything was the same when I had woken as when I was “asleep” but for one: My body was under the covers - feet included. I would later discover the term “Astral body” and understand that our Astral body goes further than our skin. (Which gives me no problem in believing that “entities” could have been tickling my feet.) Other than that, the light reflections were the same, the position of my body [on my back - which is unusual] was the same, and my room was the same “asleep” as “awake.”
Have you ever had demons in a dream? Were you convinced you were awake or did you suspect you were in “a parallel universe” or an astral realm? This heart-pounding, palm-sweating experience happened to me in 1995 or 1996; Over a decade ago either way. I encourage people to know that no matter what sort of weird dream or astral experience, they are not alone. Someone somewhere has had something similar happen.
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22 Responses:
February 6th, 2007 at 7:12 am
Thanks for this. I’ve been on the fence about posting some info about astral on my own blog. I was hesitating for all the things you talked about. I still haven’t decided, but I might point toward this post if I do.
February 6th, 2007 at 8:10 am
Look to me for the poster child of sound mind? Aah So. :)
You know what? I had said at one time, Never. Then with the re-awakening of my “whatever” and this world coming more into focus in current day…With the knowledge now I am HSP…with the knowledge that others are HSP…I felt that my ego of “mental sanity” wouldn’t be served if I kept my mouth shut anymore vis a vis: Helping people who may feel alone or pretending this doesn’t happen to me.
I encourage you to think deliberately before posting “this part of your life” only because there is a potential for backlash. Ask yourself, “Can I spiritually handle any backlash?” versus what your motive would be. [To help others? To share your story out in the open for yourself? To keep a logged reminder to notice any patterns?]
If I can be of any service or help at all, I would do anything I could to help should you want to venture into this area. [Blogroll you Gangsta style? Offer a certificate of mental health and so forth…] LoL
Love & Light Friend. Thanks for your comments & thoughts.
Namaste,
Samsara
February 11th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
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May 21st, 2007 at 4:51 pm
I find it fascinating how experiences in our dreams can reassure and even help mold our beliefs related to other realities and “presences” within that realm and ours.
August 14th, 2007 at 11:17 am
I had a very similar dream regarding a small creature recently. I was lying in bed half awake and half asleep when I felt what I believed to be our cat jump on my bed and begin batting at my right foot. I thought that I would gently push her off the bed but was afraid that I would wake myself up too much, so I just let her have her fun. Shortly after I heard her jump to the floor and scamper off…well, I could not get entirely to sleep, so I got out of bed to get a glass of water in the bathroom, being careful not to let the car out of the bedroom by closing the door quickly behind me. I turned on the bathroom light only to find the cat asleep on the bathroom floor….so….what the hell was in the bedroom smacking my feet???? I am 40 years old so this was no childhood make believe. When I read this account, I believe I found my answer.
November 6th, 2007 at 10:09 pm
Your “testimony” should provide guidance to those who are suffering from similar nightmare experiences. They should know that if they simply call on Jesus, then He will come to help and to deliver. Have you ever thought about the fact that you called on God to help; yet, it was Jesus who appeared to you?
You see, Jesus knows His sheep and He protects His sheep, and loves them with a love that exceeds our imaginations. Keep yourself from doing things that cause you problems later. These evil spirits are like termites and pests that find a weakness and exploit it. Keep your mind focused on goodness and righteousness.
Remember that “fear” is your enemy. Choose to sleep in comfort knowing that if anything messes with you, then all you have to do is call on Jesus. The intruders will flee everytime.
Feel free to contact me by email, and you may share my web address or email with others.
With much love.
Princebernard.
January 3rd, 2008 at 4:18 am
I have had such experiences for nearly seven years now. I am only twenty years old, so I attribute many of my first experiences to simple imagination.
My first one was probably the scariest. It was an attempt to kill me I think. It was a suffocation attempt. I had to mentally battle my way out of lockjaw to pronounce the word “…jesus…”
Since then I have learned many techniques to keep them at bay. I am glad to find people at long last who take this as a serious subject.
(I do not presume to tell you what to do, nor to give untested advice, so please
I tend to seek them in my sleep. I don’t do it on purpose, it’s almost an instinct. I just “know” that something is wrong in the nearby energy and I hunt down the source.
As long as I know who I am in Christ, they can do nothing. I am an adopted son of the Creator. They are outcasts, liars, thieves, and murderers. Set loose for a short time before they are punished for their deeds. I am protected and empowered over them because of my Lord and His Father.
share my web address if you like, I am happy to have met someone who I can feel Truth in when I read her words.
God is my Salvation,
Joshua
January 3rd, 2008 at 4:19 am
I have had such experiences for nearly seven years now. I am only twenty years old, so I attribute many of my first experiences to simple imagination.
My first one was probably the scariest. It was an attempt to kill me I think. It was a suffocation attempt. I had to mentally battle my way out of lockjaw to pronounce the word “…jesus…”
Since then I have learned many techniques to keep them at bay. I am glad to find people at long last who take this as a serious subject.
(I do not presume to tell you what to do, nor to give untested advice, so please don’t think I am an expert in such things)
I tend to seek them in my sleep. I don’t do it on purpose, it’s almost an instinct. I just “know” that something is wrong in the nearby energy and I hunt down the source.
As long as I know who I am in Christ, they can do nothing. I am an adopted son of the Creator. They are outcasts, liars, thieves, and murderers. Set loose for a short time before they are punished for their deeds. I am protected and empowered over them because of my Lord and His Father.
share my web address if you like, I am happy to have met someone who I can feel Truth in when I read her words.
God is my Salvation,
Joshua
February 5th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Whoa. Look at this. This is one of those moments in life that you experience something and then find an amazing *coincidence* [synchronicity] that you will never forget.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
I’ve also had similar experiences, but have explained it as sleep paralysis.
May 12th, 2008 at 11:33 am
Sleep paralysis is different than this one Tia. I have had sleep paralysis too. Sleep paralysis [scientific explanations non-exclusive] is how I explain it as such: When our bodies are still asleep but *we* have become awake.
I visualize it like our astral body has not gotten back to our body completely yet and we’re trying to. Have you ever tried screaming or yelling out during these episodes? I have. No good.
THIS, though similar in that I think my astral body *thought* it was in my physical body. Then the astral realm - or my manifestation of the astral or parallel realm occurred.
I don’t have all the answers and I am wary of folks who claim they do…but I *am* aware of my own experiences, as we all can be. So I feel fortunate in that I can differentiate between experiences that vary and not allow some “so-called pro” try to mitigate the meaning.
I hope we all take awat from our experiences exactly what we’re to take away from them and not allow others to detract from them. :)
- Sorry I missed your reply sooner.
July 7th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Hi Samsara,
google “the old hag dream”
even wikipedia has something.
I had one of those dreams years ago, they are terrifying.
I told someone about it and they said……..oh….you had the old hag dream.
July 8th, 2008 at 1:44 am
Yes. I have hag dreams often or rather, used to. It’s when the astral body fails to reconnect with the physical one and then the feeling of paralysis settles in. Sometimes it feels like we’re choking or can’t breathe and definitely cannot scream.
This was different. Very much different. I could talk and breathe and scream if I needed to. I just did not need to. I was simply petrified from the demons jumping up and down on my bed.
My astral was still not connected to my physical or else when I woke I would have seen my feet above the covers, as they were when I was “asleep”. [But my astral feet wouldn’t be below the covers because of course our astral body extends well past several inches…some odd feet? from our physical.]
As for the hag. I first went through that after I began astral projecting. But then so often I was leaving my body that it would be natural I would experience disconnect. I know scientists have their theories but I feel my theories I guess.
I detest the hag experience. Literally there have been times I was convinced that something was choking me- prohibiting me from screaming and breathing. But…my theory is that it’s my astral body thinking it’s reconnected [but not really] and then discovers it cannot breathe or scream. [Well how can an astral body breathe or scream in the first place?] But me, thinking it’s really my body that cannot breathe - when clearly I am or else I would die - start to panic.
Inevitably I wake up.
What hag has in common with this one is that in both cases I am convinced my spiritual self was not connected to my physical. But in both cases, I do not realize this until I “wake up.”
Thanks for hangin’ out Alan! I’m finishing up a post and then I’m hitting the sack!
November 2nd, 2008 at 7:46 pm
I have had many out-of-body experiences, lucid dreams, visionis, etc. I pray to God to take it away but they continue. Within these I, at times, have seen demons and angels. I have also seen beings that co-exist on a realm that is not ours. I have become rather reclusive. I’m a divorced mother with two beautiful children.
November 3rd, 2008 at 10:45 am
Lynn, I was sharing with a friend just two days ago how I had to “bind” myself due to the same thing. I was drinking at the time and I was encountering scary elements in the astral realm. I was able to stop after praying to God.
When I got sober I lifted the binding and was able to experience good experiences again.
The one above happened before I’d binded myself and before I knew I was going to be constantly leaving my body.
I am very happy for your validation that confirms the existence of other beings who co-exist on a parallel realm. I am convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that this was the experience of above.
Lynn, if you are not abusing your body or emotions or spirit, then maybe there is a reason you continue to have these visions and experiences? Perhaps you are so HSP, you are supposed to be a “link” from this world to the other?
I understand the reclusive nature of this because people would look at us like we were nuts. I would therefore suggest you try to contact other metaphysicals so you know you are not alone.
Because you’re not, dear heart. You are special.
Thank you for commenting.
Love, Samsara
December 4th, 2009 at 6:00 am
I have a friend who has been experiencing increasingly morbid dreams, which she has out of discomfort decided to leave out too many details. They seem to all relate to her from an experience she had some time ago seeing the dead spirit and image of the parent of a friend of hers, but someone she head never met. This woman had been murdered, and my friend saw her in this state, sitting in the passenger seat of her car.
This was a couple years ago, and her and I constantly revolve conversation around what she has seen and experienced. This was actually how we met, I had encountered/seen spirits and demons, and could share what I believed.
We dated long distance over the summer from college, and ended the relationship over what we had viewed as “difference in personality.”
She began to date another guy, someone who doesn’t believe in an active spiritual realm, and he has continuously been trying to convince her that what she has seen/experienced is nothing. He is most definitely a firm believer in Jesus Christ, however.
Ever since around the time they began dating, she has been experiencing morbid dreams of the dead, mostly of her running through a field and seeing bodies hanging from the trees. As time has progressed, she believes that the dreams have become more vivid.
I personally believe that this is something that defines who she is, and that it’s something she should not allow someone else to convince her does not exist. She desires a serious personal relationship with God, but feels that these dreams are pulling her away, and that they must mean something.
It’s hard for me to be objective, being the ex, but I care about her. I also know that the devil has no access to our thoughts, which is why demons have to be verbally cast out/away, because they can’t hear our thoughts.
I just want to help her try and understand what she’s going through. It seems like every time she has an experience she is drawn to me instead of her new boyfriend. And that as much as she would like to rely on her own resources, she needs to rely on those around her, (in this case me), that understand what she is going through.
It seems to be that God may be telling her that ignoring what is going on is not the right thing to do, and that by continuing to do so is only making things worse.
Even though I’m sure this guy is a fantastic person, is it possible that God is telling her that although what he believes is true, what she knows is a greater truth only shown to us blessed few? That she should not be with someone to drag her down and pull her back from what she knows is true?
Is it possible that because we both had spiritual experiences of close resemblance that the devil or his demons had been working to pull us apart? As a possible threat to their means of action. This we had considered after breaking up and she had began to date this other person…when spiritual torment in her dreams had began to ensue.
It’s hard for me to be objective with her as far as how I feel about him. I just want another opinion and there aren’t many who understand.
January 11th, 2010 at 12:57 am
Finding the right site…
I guess I am growing tired of the same old type of sites that have boring cams. They seem to have the same old ugly girl doing nothing and just taking money from everyone. I know a lot of people that have sites put up these affiliates and I do myself …
January 22nd, 2010 at 5:58 pm
It happens to me during sleep to attack me something, then I can not move, I can not open eyes, and not even say anything ….. I think they are a Witch …. I managed a couple of times to get started driving when I say to myself ‘Our Father who art in heaven ….’ Do you know maybe what it could be? help me….
February 3rd, 2010 at 2:12 pm
Wow. I believe this is a gift from God, today to stumble on to this website and read the wisdom. Thank you. Nice to have a name HSP for what I am/experience.
I figured out I had prophetic dreams a while ago, but I also experienced the demon presences as a child and as an adult. My son does too, and we founf the only thing that sends thm packing is calling on the name of Jesus. They really hate it. We take precautions now and pray Psalm 91 over our home, too.
At first, there were just dark shadows or figures, but eventually I saw one and SHEW-WEE they are nasty. Yes, they are scary, but…Jesus is bigger, and is a VERY present help in time of need. I don’t dismiss my son’s experiences as my parents did, as him “having a vivid imagination.” We PRAY. I can’t explain it, and I am comfortable with “I don’t know,” but there is power in it. Now, when my son feels “slimed” by something, I say, “OK…take a shower” and we pray it away.
That’s all I have to offer. Be blessed.
February 12th, 2010 at 2:36 am
Just last night i had a very vivid dream that made me feel the fear that i used to experience as a child. I was sleeping in my living room and i had contact, with what seemed to be a demon. It tried to suck me into the closet ( like the dreams in my child hood ) Then i grabbed it and tossed it to the ground.
It was so fucking real. The only way i can describe it, is like in the movies. When the character has an encounter and then suddenly everything is back to normal.
That’s how my experience was. After i ” awoke ” from the dream, MY eyes were wide open and just staring into space…
I had to gather my thoughts quicklly, and the only thing that ran through my mind was ” Wait…is this still the dream or am i awake ” My eyes were open before i came into realization
February 22nd, 2010 at 10:06 pm
I’ve been dealing with this for several years. My Dad told me to read the Bible before I go to bed — and when I do thus, it never fails: I won’t have these. But what’s really strange, is that if I forget to do so, these things happen. I decided to search this out on the web because earlier this afternoon as I noticed that shift from thinking to sleeping, I heard an incredible voice. I knew it wasn’t mine because it was evil, and woman like. It wanted me to obsess over another male and think evil thoughts. It was disturbing. I was paralyzed at that point and tried to roll over. I always try to call out “Jesus” because that always helps. I knew there was a presence because it’s like an between of sleeping and being awake. Often, my eyes are closed but I am able to visualize everything in my room with heightened senses. I think that’s why you become noticeable of demons. I think they’re more around than we realize, but in that state our mind can truly sense them. Usually, I don’t hear anything speaking to me so that was odd.
I actually prefer sleeping in a room with someone because I hate being trapped and not having anyone there. I find it a comfort when God gives me people, but I can manage if I am alone. Sometimes I’ve had visions of the end of the world, the moon turning red, a strange old man walking around, people trying to kill me, destruction.
It’s very real. When I was in Florida on an internship, I had the dream where it comes over to you, in a black like veil. It was reaching for me, but there was another good like creature on top of me. The weird part isn’t any of that– my roommate at the time drew me a picture EXACTLY of what I just described without me even telling her. Even of the more complicated creature that sat on me that was like a cat, but with things floating off its head.
She saw it while being awake. I felt it in my sleep.
That’s really a tricky one for science to prove.
I also had one while on a mission trip in Kenya. There were four of them, usually just one. I think since it was such a strong spiritual battleground, they were trying to come after me. Someone was walking around at night and they had a different whitish color. I ended up finding out later that my friend April had in fact been walking around.
Take it seriously. But know they are just trying to scare you. It’s all they can do. Use God as a shield, Christ can save you he is real. Christ has authority over them.
