Hello Floriferous:

According to Rosalind Mcknight's book Cosmic Journeys some people help with retrievels while asleep without realizing they are doing so. The being who spoke to Robert Monroe (as written about in Rosalind's book) said if people want to find out how they help, they can ask, and they will be provided with information in some way (these aren't the exact words that were written).

Did you read what Bruce Moen wrote about going to some sort of library during one of his explorations, and the man who worked there recognized him? Bruce figure the man knew him because he had visitacions to the library he wasn't aware of.

I've found that we can receive information about how we help through dreams. We are multi-dimensional beings, and parts of ourself might be involved with activities we aren't aware of.

One time I asked my girlfriend (ex-girlfriend) to ask for a dream about how I help, and she received a very detailed dream about how I do so.

Your grandparents might've been religious, but were they harsh and judgmental or basically loving and humble? Perhaps they didn't have to go to a place like a hollow heaven. Plus, intermediate realms can exist in different ways. It is a matter of what a soul needs.

Perhaps your grandfather seemed different because in his stuck state he was somewhat separate from the light and not feeling too good.

I think the symbology in your dream is too precise to be the result of your imagination. I say this after analyzing thousands of my own dreams and getting a feeling for what's self created and what comes from my higher self and spirit guidance.

I had a conversation a few years ago with a member of the Eckankar church (about which I know very little) and she said that she and other members do thousands of retrievals routinely at night while asleep. So that's part of their belief system I guess. Vee