There can be quite a lot odd going on Alysia. I too have had the 'figuring the time' while in  state between sleep and dreaming experience. Although I usually can tell the time during the day to within a few minutes anyway and so am a little unsure if the mechanism in my case isn't something fairly ordinary.

That's not to knock the reality of some of these abilities.

At a retreat some time ago some of the group were playing with divining rods - you know the L shaped rods used to locate water or other objects. You start with them both pointing straight ahead, but they swing together to point.

I discovered I was able to at will move them around in people's hands from the other side of the room. A bit mischievious, but I had a great laugh to myself until I got caught in the act.

That same evening and for some time afterwards I found myself able to see auras, remote view and so on with fair a degree of accuracy and repeatability. (not quite McMoneagle levels of accuracy, but it  surprised me)

These latter abilities faded a bit during the following week, although I've not tried influencing physical objects since.

I flat refuse to believe that it's anything special if I can do it, but I do wonder if there are ways of 'getting in the zone' other than meditating all week. Any ideas Alysia, anybody else?

hmm Bets has a point how we can better our abilities, or a clue for us. but first, about the knowing what time it is.

related to this is internal rhythm. lol, soul clock.  I remember when I was needing to be somewhere early in the morning, years ago I set an intention to wake up at 7am.

when say, I was used to getting up at 8:30 or so. this only works if you don't use a mechanical device to jar you awake, which I seldom used and didn't own one.

so I'd say, to myself, this is important. 7am, not 7:10. 7am. then I'd just go to sleep feeling confidant I would either awaken before 7am or no later than 7am.

it always worked that my eyes would pop open right at 7am to my surprise I had programmed myself, but, it would only work (time and time again) if I concentrated hard for just a few minutes, out of necessity, as I didn't own alarm clocks, I suppose thats why it was urgent. the sense of importance came in as a determination thing. very determined I had to be.

so then Ian says, its just natural for him to know what time it is without looking at a clock and maybe it's natural for him, but it's not natural for me, as I have to keep looking at clocks through the day or time just flys away and its dark when it feels like I just got out of bed. so maybe we all have this internal clock ticking, we just need to tap into it.

Ian, Christmas is almost here!! lol, it was just summertime!!!

back to Bets...I saw from what Ian said, he was in a relaxed state of having some mischievous fun when he discovered he could move with his mind an object in another's hand. this is big news. I can't do that. Or could I?
the only reason I would want to, is to be having fun with it. It appears the only time we can do something that is not a habitual behavior or talent, is to move forward in this relaxed, have fun with it kind of state So when Bets said, we can "wear it out" it's kind of true, we can wear out a penchant for this sort of defying gravity concept, and looking at something with nonphysical eyes, say, we could start to have expectations around such a happening, which is what I think Bets is saying, by wearing it out.
I think a really open mind would be one without any preconceived expectations around it, then something might be able to come through which would show us, we are progressing along in our fashion, might be small, but need to be happy about small steps in order to be allowing more to happen for us, what we figure is useful though.

a friend I told about this waking up at 801 and it was 801. why not 802? if it was 802, I would not have been writing this down, and I would have blown the whole thing off that I was wrong what I saw. then I wouldn't trust myself very much when I get images.

so anyhoo, my friend said it does lead to bigger things, like she had intuition tell her to pull to the side of the road, just before some big boulders during an earthquake hit the road where her car would have been.
so she calls it intuition and that is as good a term as any, but we can also say she was tuned in to the Earth.

it is just possible in the years ahead we will all be discovering of our natural talents on a more consistant basis. love, alysia