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 

Hey guys,

I’ve got a strange one.  When I first met my second husband in 1984, he was obsessed with the theme song to Some Where in Time, because he loved the movie so much. I’d never heard of it.  I finally got to see his favorite movie but I really didn’t care for it because so much was left out, it was intriguing but depressing to me.  One of his daughters just recently bought him the DVD knowing that he has loved this movie since it first came out in 1980.  Meanwhile, I became obsessed with the movie, What Dreams May Come, and purchased the video.  I love the colors (almost as vivid as the ones I viewed in my first extreme lucid dream experience with a tree about 7 years ago), the implications, and Robin Williams.  “You never call me” was the funniest line and it still gives me a chuckle when I recall that scene where he was stepping on the heads as he was looking for his wife.  This movie was the closest I could get to recapturing the essence of Monroe/Moen’s experience as an entertainment visual for my down time. My husband hates the movie because he finds it too depressing.  I didn’t realize that both movies were based on the same authors books.  I’m reading the insert for SWIT now-the book is called Bid Time Return.  Together, these movies kinda’ sum up our 20 year marriage, he’s a romantic and I’m a seeker who never gives up hope.

Meanwhile, Crying Raven, your retrieval experience was really helpful to me for understanding how I might be misinterpreting some of my dreams as merely dreams rather that realizing that they could be retrievals.  I say this because my dream activities are including more and more people and because I get the sense that I too am getting “wrapped up” to where I can’t tell if I’m working my daily stuff out or actually doing, what I place as my intention to do, retrievals before I go to bed.  For the past 6 years, I have been going to bed most nights with Monroe-“This is your exploration of sleep” in hopes that I will be traveling and meeting others.  In doing the actual retrieval exercise from the Harborside tape, I’ve found that I don’t even have the patience to expand on the retrieval that was offered to me.  That’s why I hoping to be able to recognize them during the night, expand on them, and to later recall them.  You see, I’m trying to kill 3 birds with one stone, do retrievals at night, work 10 hours the next day at a paying job, and get a full night’s sleep.  My experience is that I have more than enough energy to do the day work and this 60-year-old body gets about 8 hours of sleep every night with no meds.  My only gap seems to be in recognition and recall of my night travels.  That’s why it is so important for me to read of your retrieval and many others on the board.  I’m depending on these reports to continue to remove any subconscious blocks of fear to my intentions of doing retrievals and resistance to remembering them.  For me, the written word has served to motivate me to action and something does appear to be happening.

Keep up the good work, Love Jean