Yes Alan, I have had two of these vivid 'lucid' dreams that involve the past. Some people rate lucid dreams as afterlife or OOB experiences I have read, but they are in the small minority. These two experiences still play a prominent part on my mind today, when I think of the many lucid dreams I've had. Some writers say they are past lives flashbacks!?

The first involves me standing up directing my troops to move forward against a line of Roman soldiers that was bearing down on us. Simply, the Roman soldiers had their shields locked next to the soldiers shield on either side of him. It was like a long wall of shields bearing down on us. I could see the eyes, head and helmets of the Roman soldiers. They wore those round type hard leather helmets. I could also see spears poking up behind them. They were about 10 yards or meters in front of us. I was instructing my men to push hard against the shields of the Roman soldiers when we contacted them. The Roman soldiers had those large rectangular shaped shields and my men had more of a oval type shield. Unfortunately my men could not stop the Roman advance, and they just moved forward. At this point the Romans were about five or less yards from me. I suddenly froze as I knew I was about to be killed. Unbelieveable fear and terror came over me and I woke up. I don't ever remember having such fear and personal terror in my present physical life.

It was not until many years later while watching a documentary on the Roman empire, that according to the documentary, this was they way how they fought. 'Lock shields, push forward, stab and slash with their short swords, while soldiers behind the shield wall threw spears'.

The second experience involved me standing, dressed in a frock that covered me from neck to my ankles. The sleeves also reached down to my wrists. It was of a checkered pattern in design and the neck, wrist, ankle hem part of the frock had white frills. I was a young woman!!! of white ethnic background.

Lying in front of me, on the ground, hands and feet tied but face up, were at least 4 or 5 men. There may have been a woman ot two? I don't know whether I was alive or dead(in my astral body or not). Suddenly a red indian male appeared. He was young and muscular. He wore buckskin bottoms with moccasins, but was naked from the waist up. He had beads around his neck. His hair was long and dark(black), and he was very sun tanned. He stood and looked at his captives lying on the ground. At this point I received a mental telepathic message in my mind that this indian was my brother in my present physical life. With haste he suddenly pulled out what looked like a shiny bowie knife and began to cut the throats of those lying on the ground. I could not describe the shock and horror I felt. I woke up. This was utter horror, anger and disgust, rather than fear as in my Roman episode.

Sincerely. Carl and family.



    

Alan McDougall wrote on Feb 18^th, 2009 at 5:06am:



Alan, To answer your question, and it's difficult to answer! It's like I knew who I was as who I am now. In both of these vivid and 'real' inner experiences I was who I am now. Even the second one when I was a young woman, I was still me! I was unaware of thinking, "Wow! I'm a woman!" I was still the Me, I am, a conscious living being. I did not make any comparisons whatsoever, mentally or emotionally, whether I was a man or woman. I just played the role as it was happening all around me, and in me, in a most natural and expected way.

To answer your second question, I was also unaware of the modern world that I live in now. To me where I was, was the exact 'right' place and time I should have been in. It was completely natural for me to be there like it's completely natural and right for me that I am typing this reply to you.

I've read on other spiritual sites on the net where some say God and the whole universe is one giant universal mind and we are but conscious individual thoughtforms in it. Is the Afterlife part of this also? Sincerely. Carl and Family