i have only really began to contemplate the afterlife as described on this website, it really intrigues me.

anyway, some of you may experience this. i cannot yet communicate clearly with others in the afterlife, but i am beginning to be able to receive words from my higher self and others. i have to lie down and relax completely, and then i silently wait for words to 'come to me'. i dont know about you guys but i can tell the difference between the voices of my thoughts and the voices of outside influences.

i almost always, every other night, hear my voice over and over. the type of voice can vary, but i believe this is people trying to contact me.

last night, something happened for the first time. i was relaxing, trying to sleep, and i start to hear sounds/voices, i know that i could start hearing my name again so i relax and go with it.

but the strangest thing happens. i hear a knock on a door. 3 distinct knocks. i then picture this white door, which reminds me of the front door to my house. i open it, and i see my grandad, who has passed away. i was too scared to go any further (i still have to get over this fear of the unknown  :( ) and said sorry to him, but that i would do this another time, and i close the door. then i get back to relaxing.....5 minutes later, i hear this knock again, when i hear it i just get this vibe that i'm being stupid by ignoring it. so i focus a bit more and open the door. my grandad is there again. now it switches to a third person view, as if i was in the corner of the room looking at myself. my grandad walks in, looks at me, and starts moving his hands around my body. i then realise he is changing my clothes. hen he finishes, i am wearing a very smart black dinner party-esque suit. He ruffles my hair and smiles at me, then leaves. I wondered why this image of me in a suit? but then i realised i had to focus on what that image meant to me, what i was thinking about it at that time. when i saw myself like that, i looked very classy, very respectible, happy and confident. (i have problems with confidence and anxiety). i think this was my grandad showing me the strength i have inside of me, but i cant be sure. what do you think?

anyway, i just thought i would share this experience with everyone.  :)

love

chris xx

Chris,

Thanks for sharing!  What fascinating experiences!  You must be opening up very quickly now that you realize that you can.  

Your experience with your grandfather sounds like a very special and positive one!  

I'm looking forward to hearing more!  It might be interesting to see what happens if you mentally ask some questions of your guides/helpers/etc. to see how responsive they are.

love, blink

Wow what a spectacular experience!  You definitely seem to be moving along quite well.

I too have had a long battle of getting over my fear.  At night, at the moment inbetween sleep and awake, I hear all kinds of talking and what not and it freaks me out.  It got so bad that for the last few years I have had to have the TV on in my room so that when I go inbetween and hear things I can just tell myself that it's the TV and then I easily fall asleep.

I'm such a big chicken  :P  I haven't made much progress on it in the last couple of years so it is encouraging to hear how far you are getting despite your fear.  Thanks so much for sharing.

Much love,

Jenn

A lot of the time as I'm falling asleep but not quite there I find myself having a conversation with others. I jerk back into full wakefulness and try to figure out who I was talking to but haven't been able to yet. And the conversation never comes back to me eiither.

Blessings, Mairlyn ;-)

Hey Chris....I can't say that I have had quite the same experiences as this......but one specific experience similar to yours that I have often, is: when I am asleep, I will be suddenly jarred awake by a really loud knock...or bang. Even more often than that, I will be abrubtly woke up by a really loud voice hollering my name right into my ear! Holy!!! Can they not be more respectful when trying to wake up a sleeping person?!!!! heheheee....but in reality, I think that they, or 'someone' is trying to wake me up so suddenly, because I sometimes will sleep so deeply that I forget to breath. I know this because I will wake up suddenly gasping for breath. There have been times over my life when people have tried to wake me up and have had a really hard time doing so....they think I am dead. I remember the first time this happening and I was about 8 years old....my dad had tried repeatedly to wake me and ended up smacking the side of my leg hard in an attempt to wake me. When I finally woke up to suddenly feel the pain of the smacks...I asked why he was spanking me!!
hmmmmm, just thought I would add this to your experience.....
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yes Chris I agree you are right on the cusp of something here with the voices; my experiences, and I'm sure many others, are similiar. we will eventually be able to carry on conversations or receive "rotes" a term Monroe coined for a bunch of connected ideas.
I have heard my name called on occassion then nothing after that. but once my mother wanted to contact me and she did. calling my name in her grating voice made me jump about a foot off the bed. boy, when she gets determined, watch out! so that she would stop screaming my name, I quickly acknowledged her presence and she calmed down and told me she wasn't mad at me anymore. lol. this by feelings rather than a coherent sentence structure of words. I've come to believe it's difficult to utilize a conversational method such as speaking when you are communicating with non/physical beings. my mother is alive btw, yet even my discarnate hubby uses words sparingly on the other side. it's basically mental telepathy that operates there.  whenever I see a suit in a dream or obe, I become aware it's not casual wear time. it's business, like one plus one equals two. that sort of mindset. it usually means someone wants to make a deal, do a contract, make a win-win proposal, something like that. I think your grandfather will be guiding you into areas of greater self confidence and greater love of yourself, as he must love you very dearly. who better can give us confidence than someone who loves us? welcome to the shift in consciousness and a lessening of anxiety! http://images.bravenet.com/common/images/smilies/bouncer.gif

i have a question im new to all this But ive had lucid dreams all my life almost and some astral projection. But never knew what it was untill i found this site.I want to learn more about it >Are there evil helpers that want to harm you. Or hold you in this reality and not let you wake up > or whatever evil purpose they have? that would be my only fear I dont know if its my fear or what but when i leave my body i usually get all scared and thump im back in>> any help would be aprechiated.

Shawn

Wheee! Fascinating stuff.

Shawn, the beings that we contact are generally those that are more or less like us. The mutual resonance we share is how we can get in touch. For example, twins, parents and their children, and lovers are often in intimate contact at great distances.  If you feel that you are evil (whatever that might mean) then possibly you might be in contact with others of the same attitude. However, after you examine your conscience and discover that your biggest flaw is something that you could easily forgive it it were in one of your friends, then you're unlikely to get in touch with anything dangerous. Face whomever it is with unconditional love and compassion, even if they are a littl bit flawed as well, and everything should go well for both of you.

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Intersting i got some hemi sync cds this is cool heh > Thanks for your help guys