How to have an astral dream and dreams induced by fear and anxiety

It is said that to achieve an astral projection, one must have a healthy diet with very little meat, no industrial canned goods, no alcohol, and no cigarettes—apparently! One should be able to walk for 20 minutes a day in the fresh air. Sleep for 8 hours a night. Pray and meditate. Raise our vibrations through the purity of our thoughts and our ability to love without attachment, and practice positive thinking.

Dreams provoked by fear or anxiety are the result of what we have experienced or thought about with anxiety. It is true that we continue to live in our dreams what we strongly feared during the day. This is also true for the film that impressed us during the evening; we dream at night as if our life were transformed.

Good evening Rolande,

Please let us know the subject. I would like to share a dream I had at the age of five.

After watching a film at a friend’s house, “Orphéo Negro,” set in Brazil during Carnival, where a very upright man chased a Carnival participant to harm her, and for quite a while, in a tense atmosphere, we saw this man pursuing this woman. That evening, as I fell asleep, still caught up in the film that had left a mark on me, I dreamed all night that the man was chasing me to kill me. Instead of saying dream, I should say nightmare. I would wake up with a start, sweating and gasping for breath, fall back asleep, and it would start all over again. You see, it was so impactful that 45 years later, I still remember it.

Good evening Josy,

Being chased in a dream signifies that a person who has wronged you in the past is seeking to make amends for their faults.
In short, this means that a person is seeking a conciliation in the resolution of a matter concerning you.

See you soon
The magician.

Thank you, Lemagicien, for providing this clarification.

Could we consider that, apart from being disturbed by the film that caused this nightmare, this dream also highlights a lived experience, a situation that I was unconsciously bringing to the surface through this dream? I was so young at the time and was not aware that this kind of situation existed. It is curious; could this disturbance have triggered this process?

Or should I simply take this clarification as a straightforward analysis that has no connection to the disturbance?

Perhaps you will think, oh! Josy and his questions

Hmm, Josy, you were 5 years old at the time, and you mention that you watched a movie; your subconscious registered that movie... if you make the connection with your life, or your life was in danger.

There is also another fact… I actually think that environmental factors in your upbringing (intergenerational, etc.) are what caused you to experience the same scenario in your personal life.

Being chased by someone in a dream means fleeing from that person who keeps thinking about you in order to seduce or command you. It means fleeing from an influence, a passion, or an upbringing.

No way, Josy, your questions are always relevant and interesting.

Hello dear Rolande,

Being chased by a person in a dream means fleeing from that person who keeps thinking about you in order to seduce or command you. It means fleeing from an influence, a passion, or an upbringing.

Well, Rolande, with this information, following my inquiries, you have opened another door. I just realized that back then, the heavy paternal authority already stressed me out and prevented me from letting my inner little girl run free. Do you remember the dream about “a 5-year-old girl” where everyone, including you, gave me the meaning of that dream? If my memory is correct, those dreams were had within a few months of each other, around the same time. I know that our administrator does not appreciate the conflation of clairvoyance and psychologists, which I fully agree with, but regarding dreams, I think he will see no issue with my emphasizing information that was communicated to me by a psychologist, who told me: “I will only have peace of mind and personal growth if I distance myself from him (my father), and the rest is harsh: the day he is no longer around.”

To conclude, it is true that I have been fleeing this paternal authoritarianism tied to the particularly harsh education he wanted to instill in me for a very long time. Unfortunately, this situation has had serious consequences for the adult I am today, preventing me from fully realizing myself. I need to find a balance between this flight and allowing my thoughts free rein.

Please find my questions relevant and interesting. If they are, it is because you know how to trigger a process that allows us to analyze. I am very drawn to analysis and psychology, and to our exchanges; your very pertinent remarks also know how to fuel the search in the deepest parts of ourselves. Thank you so much, Rolande.

Well, Rolande, with this information, following my questions, you have opened another door. (You know, Josy, it is your openness and flexibility that make you the one who opens the doors, Josy… through your introspective work.) Process of individuation.

I just realized that even back then, the oppressive paternal authority stressed me out and prevented me from letting my inner little girl have her way. Do you remember the dream about “a 5-year-old girl” in which everyone, including you, gave me the meaning of that dream?

Yes, Josy, I remember that dream very well.

If my memory serves me right, these dreams were had at roughly the same time, within a few months of each other. I know that our administrator does not appreciate the conflation of clairvoyance and psychologists, which I fully agree with (you agree because it is your deep empathy, a quality of anyone working in a helping relationship, to varying degrees, of course), but when it comes to dreams (you know, Josy, a dream is not clairvoyance or an interpretation of clairvoyance; it has nothing to do with dreams or clairvoyance), I think he will see no drawback in my emphasizing information that was communicated to me by a psychologist, who told me: “I will have no peace of mind or personal growth unless I distance myself from him (my father), and the rest is harsh: the day he is no longer around.”

Yes, stepping back for a while to regain your strength allowed you to protect yourself and to choose yourself in the love of your heart (which is very difficult), because the past catches up with us, Josy. Once you have the available energy again and all the energy you need, you will be able, Josy, to look back for a better understanding of the bond between your father and you. I know what I’m talking about, Josy, because I’ve been through it, but with my mother.

Josy, no, the sentence isn’t harsh, it’s your own reality… that of your child’s consciousness (I get chills all over as I write to you). It remembers; that child’s consciousness isn’t crazy. Once again, this demonstrates the depth of your suffering and your emotional wound in relation to your father. I think it’s perfectly normal for you to express it… lucky you never heard what I used to think about my own mother, lol.

To conclude, it is true that I have been running from this paternal authoritarianism, linked to the particularly harsh education he wanted to instill in me, for a very long time.

Yes Josy, criticism and authoritarianism stem from rigid families, or in other words, chaotic families. And change does not happen as it does in flexible, more open families.

Unfortunately, this state of affairs has, in some way, serious consequences for the adult I am today, preventing me from fully realizing myself.

When I read this paragraph, Josy, I can clearly see that you are aware that the child within you clouds your relationships, disrupts your life, and distorts your perception. I dare to tell you that when you feel controlled and attribute it to the exaggerated power of a person or a situation, and when you feel restricted in your freedom, it is this child manifesting within you. In our language as therapists, we refer to this child as a subpersonality. The key is to become aware that this child is part of you, but she is not you; she is a subpersonality.

According to the author Assagioli (2003), for disidentification to occur, there is still a process of personal integration to be carried out, a kind of inner purification, and the recognition of a subpersonality deeply rooted in one's personal history. This acceptance is about recognizing that this subpersonality, or if you prefer, the child consciousness, pervades your relationships and your environment in a global and very specific way.

Josy, given that you are interested in psychology (I don’t think you conflate clairvoyance and psychology, but somewhere along the line, an excellent psychic also excels in understanding human psychology), analysis, synthesis, theories, etc., I would like to suggest you read a book called The Times of Life.

And I would also like to add, Josy, that if you ever wish to return to your studies, I hope you will consider helping relationships, because this is a part of your soul.

Best regards / Rolande

I need to find some grounding between this escape and letting my thoughts run wild.

Please find my questions relevant and interesting. If they are, it is because you know how to trigger a process that allows us to analyze. I am very drawn to analysis and psychology (yes, I have seen from the start of our exchanges that you are quite gifted, by the way), and through our exchanges and your very pertinent remarks as well, you know how to fuel the search in the deepest parts of ourselves. Thank you so much, rolande.

Thank you/and BEATI Josy
Rolande

Dear Rolande,

I need to tell you something that is close to my heart and thank you for being, by far, the person who, in just a few exchanges through various posts in different sections, triggered and shed light on elements of my past that I had buried deep within myself. You are a wonderful person, Rolande, and I am delighted and proud to count you among my friends. Even though more than 5,000 km separate us, I feel very close to you. Reading your posts always evokes positive vibrations in me, filled with emotion. It’s curious; I think I can hear your voice when I read your words. I actually mentioned this to one of my dear friends, who has the same sensation when reading her writings.

These elements are the cornerstone of the adult I am today. They significantly distorted my perceptions and emotions in my relationships, both romantic and social. They led me down the wrong path, forcing me to adopt an attitude that was not my own. Due to the family atmosphere created by my father, I gradually found myself in a state of inferiority. Praise be to God, my late husband, who had noticed this situation, one day used words that were both affectionate and harsh to wake me up and open my eyes, making me aware of my intellectual potential and the abilities I had been given to move forward in life. The woman I am today is thanks to him. He was very generous with me through his encouragement and compliments; he was proud of me, and all of this allowed me to propel myself forward and achieve partial self-realization. I say partially because his death plunged me into a kind of mental and moral lethargy. In two years, he allowed me to make up for about twenty negative years. I also owe him the awakening of my mediumistic potential and my spirituality, which had been dormant for a long time, even though the first manifestations occurred when I was very young.

I haven’t forgotten the questions you sent me during that famous dream about the 5-year-old girl. I’m going to answer them, but I need to be in a calm environment to do so objectively. I’ve been under pressure for a few weeks due to all sorts of hassles.

Thank you, Rolande, and thank you again for your listening, your warmth, and your friendship. God bless you.

Tenderness, Josy