Towards the end of a rather normal dream (a normal dream for me is extremely abnormal to most people), I was standing in a dark room.  I was lookin into a reflective glass, probably a window.  I then saw a shadowy, thin figure standing some distance behind me in the reflective glass.  THe feeling I got from this being was extremely strange.  It felt as if this being was not just simply part of my dream.. it seemed as if this being had its own consciousness, it seemed as if this being entered my dream purposely.  

I did not like the feeling I got from this being, so I decided to leave the dream.  The room skewed, my mind traveled off quite a distance.. but after a few seconds I saw an image of the shadow figure again, and it seemed to be following me.  

Finally I woke up and I almost had a heart attack.  Everywhere I looked, I saw the image of alien heads.  On the walls, on objects in my room, and even on my girlfriend.  However, I certainly was not dreaming.  I waited about 30 seconds, and the images faded away.  I dont know if that figure that came to me in my dream had some connection to the images I saw upon awakening.  My guess is yes.

don't feel bad Dude, I'm not a normal dreamer either! :) so far the little men in white coats have not found me thus u still have the pleasure of my dream interpretation [smiley=vrolijk_26.gif]

you seem to have a healthy fear of aliens, but if you recall our TMI founder himself claims to have come from another star system and he's actually an ok type of guy, sort of regular I'd say!

our fears will nonetheless play out in dream or obe, as all that stuff is not in the conscious C1 area and it needs to play out somewhere, so dreams is excellent way, or obes, to get in touch with our greater selves, which we could be aliens ourselves, from another star system, in other words for the newbies, just because we find our selves living in ELS doesn't necessary mean we sprung up from the dirt, hatched from an egg or whatever..we may have flew in on some spaceship eons ago.
this is metaphorical, don't take me too seriously y'all.

as you decided to leave the dream, you found that you were followed, so you cannot escape what may be a part of you. like your shadow follows you, and you even called it a shadow.
you woke up and you are aware you were not dreaming as you saw the alien faces. you almost have a heart attack you say, you are expressing the terror of the areas you have entered in exploration. you are a brave explorer nonetheless as u continue, but you are learning by a type of shock method, as I see it you are safe because in truth nothing can harm us, but we can still feel terror of the unknown areas we enter within our minds.
as you meditate more on PUL, on your intrinsic safety within PUL you may begin conversing with unknown entities within these areas. some interesting messages may develop. beaming acceptance to one u might see in a dream may produce more info, may alleviate terror of the unknown.
you may be working with extraterristials on another level who now acclimate theirselves into your C1 thru dreams. I really don't know, all I know is you're becoming an adept.
remember this:
Nothing Real can be threatened
Nothing unreal exists.

Dude:

I've had lots of odd experiences and I'm still alive and kicking.

Here are three possibilities for what occurred.

1. Your mind created the whole thing.
2. An unfriendly being made an appearance, but couldn't do anything to hurt you.
3. Your spirit guidance, perhaps your higher self, created the experience in order to let you know that you don't have anything to worry about.

How does your spirit guidance let you know that you don't have anything to be worry about by creating such an experience? Because they created a no lose situation.  If your mind caused the experience, in the end the experience didn't get the best of you.  If an unfriendly spirit is responsible, it couldn't get the best of you. If your spirit guidance created the experience, it let you know if a very strong way that you're safe.

As long as you chose to live according to love and light, you should be well protected.

I remember that in a past thread you stated that you used to be afraid of aliens, but then got over the fear. I've found that sometimes we believe we got over something when we haven't.  A fear gets repressed for a while.  Sometimes we'll create an aspect of mind without consciously choosing to do so. Perhaps we'll read what a guy like David Icke has to say about aliens, consciously dismiss it, but another fragment of our mind takes what David has to say seriously, and creates a mini belief system that eventually has to be dealt with. The fact of how you became afraid during this experience suggests that you haven't gotten over your fear of aliens completely, otherwise you would've responded differently.

If I had to guess I'd say that your spirit guidance created the experience because 1) the being appeared during a dream; 2) because you saw a bunch of alien heads at the end of your experience (Why would aliens appear in such a way?) 3) if you have a fear to deal with your guidance is going to do something to help you get rid of it; and 4) it reminds me of some of the experiences my guidance has created. Whatever it takes. ;)

I found that one's higher self/spirit guidance can create all kinds of experiences.

I know this is a long time ago but what did the being look like??  Did it have a bigger than normal eyes,  trying to look human.  with a sort of pug nose???  If so please let me know!! :-?