This is just an example of a retrieval that I had thought originally was just a lucid dream.

I was on a ship on one of the lower floors, it was night and as dark as could be except from the glow of embers from the furnaces (not really sure what it was...just assumed furnace because there was coal and embers everywhere and it was the only light down there) and I found a young boy of around 5 on his knees crying with his head in his hands.

As soon as I saw him I ran over and asked, "Are you ok?  How long have you been here?  Where is your family?" And for awhile he didn't pay any attention to me.  Then I felt so heartbroken for his situation because I got the feeling he had been abandoned (or that was his feeling) that I started crying too and I told him I would be his new mommy and that I would take care of him.  He suddenly realized I was there and grabbed ahold of me and said "You will?...you promise?" and I hugged him tight and promised I would...and all of a sudden a man and a bunch of other people came in and the man had tears in his eyes and he told me, "Thank you so much for getting him...we have been waiting so long" and the boy took off towards them and there was a joyful reunion between all with laughter and tears of happiness.

I sat there for a few minutes completely confused - the dream being so lucid I had thought I was really going to be raising another boy...and at first in the dream I was wondering why they waited until I had agreed to take care of him before they showed up.

It wasn't until after I woke up and thought about it... that I had to get wrapped up into the whole situation myself in order to pull it off...and that his family had actually been waiting all along for him to see them.

So without even realizing I was helping in a retrieval, I 'inadvertantly' did one...because it was necessary for this individual in order to get him to notice anything outside of his feeling of abandonment, I also had to believe it was real.

It reminds me of the movie 'What Dreams May Come' with Robin Williams when he found his wife in hell...and he couldn't reach her until he completely let go of his reality and joined her in hers. 

Jenn

Jenn: this feels very real to me, both the experience and your analysis of it. I'm sure it will be helpful to newer posters who do not quite realize just how much we can "do" in our "dreams".

best wishes: gordon

As soon as I saw him I ran over and asked, "Are you ok?  How long have you been here?  Where is your family?" And for awhile he didn't pay any attention to me.  Then I felt so heartbroken for his situation because I got the feeling he had been abandoned (or that was his feeling) that I started crying too and I told him I would be his new mommy and that I would take care of him.  He suddenly realized I was there and grabbed ahold of me and said "You will?...you promise?" and I hugged him tight and promised I would...and all of a sudden a man and a bunch of other people came in and the man had tears in his eyes and he told me, "Thank you so much for getting him...we have been waiting so long" and the boy took off towards them and there was a joyful reunion between all with laughter and tears of happiness.

I sat there for a few minutes completely confused - the dream being so lucid I had thought I was really going to be raising another boy...and at first in the dream I was wondering why they waited until I had agreed to take care of him before they showed up.

It wasn't until after I woke up and thought about it... that I had to get wrapped up into the whole situation myself in order to pull it off...and that his family had actually been waiting all along for him to see them.

So without even realizing I was helping in a retrieval, I 'inadvertantly' did one...because it was necessary for this individual in order to get him to notice anything outside of his feeling of abandonment, I also had to believe it was real.

Thanks you guys for your replies 

Having a 'lucid' dream for me, means that I thought it was really happening the same as if I'm awake.

Before I had actually told the boy I would take care of him I had gone through the whole thought process of...gee...am I capable of raising another child...how am I going to afford the daycare...will I be able to give him a good life...is this the right thing to do?  So when I told him I would take care of him, I had actually gone through the struggle of deciding if it was the right course of action.  I truly thought this was real. 

I have had several dreams throughout the years that I woke up disoriented from because I had thought they were truly happening.  It takes me a few minutes to get my bearing and to understand where I was.  In some I have even done the 'pinch' myself to see if it was real or a dream...and it actually hurt (so that doesn't actually work  )

Jenn

Oh ok....no...I can count on one hand how many times I was aware I was dreaming (but those were fun...I was changing all kinds of things in my surrounding  )

These are a 'this is my current reality' lucid dreaming.  I'm so into the situation that I don't question whether I'm dreaming anymore then I do when I'm awake (which I do question once in awhile  )

Yes you have a point about me working through things too.  I feel that the retrievals that we do (whether it is spontaneous or we volunteer to do or are drawn to) have a significance to us as well.  Kind of a 'kill two birds with one stone' kind of deal.  We help that soul, and the soul helps us...but we may not always be aware of it at the time.

Jenn

Dear Crying Raven,

Excellent retrieval!  I've had a few that occurred in the dream state although at the time I didn't know what they were.  It wasn't until I found Bruce's website and read his books that I realized what was going on.

Interestingly enough, once I began doing them consciously I stopped dreaming about doing it -- or at least remembering those dreams.

I know what you mean about the "this is my reality at the time" type of dream.  That's probably constitutes the majority of my current dream pattern.

Looking forward to hearing more.

Jeff

thanks Jeff. will check Matheson out someday!

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Can I bring the popcorn?

I watched Somewhere In Time. Yes, it was very good. I'd forgotten how good looking Christopher Reeve was when he was young. And I was also thinking that he's been walking ever since he crossed over.

Love, Mairlyn