Visited by translucent beings

[oildrops]

This is my first thread here at Tao Bums.

 

I am not looking for an explanation (that would be nice, but not expected) for this phenomenon, but I just feel the need to acknowledge this.

 

The first time it happened was 7-8 years ago, when I woke up to see translucent tentacles reaching out from a 1400's world map recreation. I was terrified and as my vision adjusted and I became more awake it disappeared. I have since lost track of the number of times similar things have happened. They are always different shapes, and always translucent and floating, sometimes small and near my face, other times above my head. I know that in between sleep and awake states the mind can do funny things, but this has become too common for me to disregard. Sometimes they are latched onto me, and they disappear as a wake up, sometimes a few seconds after I exclaim "what the fuck" which is usually my reaction.

 

They sometimes remind me of those weird deep sea fish.

 

If you think this is just silly, that's valid. Also, if you think there is something to this, I would like to hear from you.

[Lindelani Mnisi]

Ofcourse theres something to this. For it to occur so many times there has to be something. Makes me wish I could communicate/interact with celestial biengs.

[Benji]

I too have had similar experiences. They happen most regularly when I wake in the middle of the night. At those times my ability to see Qi is heightened to the point that I can see spirits. I have seen many animals but sometimes people, faces, or other strange looking beings. Most of the time I feel they are harmless, but I would be wary of anything menacing looking- especially if it was latched on to me. Those could be entities feasting on your energy.

 

You may want to look into Qi Gong healing with a Medical Qi Gong doctor or Daoist priest....someone who has the skills to detach and bind any harmful entities that may be curious about you.

 

You can also learn to bind your house or the room you sleep in to keep unwanted entities out.

[GrandmasterP]

Perfectly normal. Nothing to worry about.

Happens to far more people than have the courage to talk about it for fear of being though odd.

Tell them to go away with intention and they usually do.

Any persistant little beggars are best dealt with by a specialist. Most Taoist centres have one or two of those.

Don't use anyone who tries to charge you for the service. Healing in these areas needs to be freely given to work well. If you are in UK check our centre via website at my profile . We have several entity specialists and all healing is gratis .

[oildrops]

I'm not sure they are doing me any harm yet, so I am reluctant to chase them off. I sometimes wish they would take me to whatever realm they exist in. I'm open to the idea of learning something from this.

 

It's too easy to say "well I'm hallucinating". I would like to hear from someone who has communicated with this energy in some way, or maybe I am and not realizing it? I wonder what they want.

Edited October 2, 2012 by oildrops

[Lindelani Mnisi]

Sorry to go off topic but, I also wish I could physicaly teleport or go to a different dimension, I'm sure I'd have fun...or get killed. 50/50.

 

Try beilieving that you are talking with them next time you see them. It might work

[idiot_stimpy]

....I'm sure I'd have fun...or get killed. 50/50.

 

 

 

Lol

[Fū Yue]

It's too easy to say "well I'm hallucinating". I would like to hear from someone who has communicated with this energy in some way, or maybe I am and not realizing it? I wonder what they want.

 

 

You're probably hallucinating. I was so tired once while laying down that my bedroom melted into my bathroom and I was suddenly standing up looking at myself in the mirror, I once woke up to a glowing phantom of my brother sitting on my bed twitching like a horror film with a ridiculous smile on his face, one time the fan in my room started talking to me before I popped into a lucid dream.

 

I woke up once to a small child patting me on the head and then running into my computer desk which was transforming into a tree house. Another time I woke up to a portal above my bed which I was being pulled into. One of my favorites was waking up to a memory of myself as an indian flirting with an incredibly beautiful woman, before my 'window of awareness' proceeded to pan out to a PSP gaming device which was apparently playing the memory, which shut off and disappeared when I realized what was going on.

 

Basically, what I'm saying is shit happens. When 'you' wake up ahead of your body, your mind will definitely play with you. The question is really how and why, rather than if. Expectations are everything when it comes to sleep paralysis, and fear of the unknown usually colors most peoples experience. But this could be something else, who knows?

[oildrops]

I have experienced what are definitely sleep paralysis hallucinations, which are generally more imaginative like the things you just described. Those are fun, and very memorable dreams most of the time.

 

This is very different from those experiences, because I feel awake, and these things are always very similar oddly shaped floating, ethereal, almost if colored smoke was an animal. I open my eyes, there is something floating around in front of my face, I sometimes reach out to touch it at which point there is some kind of jarring rupture of consciousness and then it's gone and I am fully awake and generally get a drink of water and go back to sleep.

[mrtiger]

This is my first thread here at Tao Bums.

 

I am not looking for an explanation (that would be nice, but not expected) for this phenomenon, but I just feel the need to acknowledge this.

 

The first time it happened was 7-8 years ago, when I woke up to see translucent tentacles reaching out from a 1400's world map recreation. I was terrified and as my vision adjusted and I became more awake it disappeared. I have since lost track of the number of times similar things have happened. They are always different shapes, and always translucent and floating, sometimes small and near my face, other times above my head. I know that in between sleep and awake states the mind can do funny things, but this has become too common for me to disregard. Sometimes they are latched onto me, and they disappear as a wake up, sometimes a few seconds after I exclaim "what the fuck" which is usually my reaction.

 

They sometimes remind me of those weird deep sea fish.

 

If you think this is just silly, that's valid. Also, if you think there is something to this, I would like to hear from you.

 

 

Have you ever heard of the Babylonian fish people?

 

Apparently the Babylonians claimed that they got all their knowledge from beings who lived in the sea. They would come to the surface and teach them during the day and at night go back to the ocean.

 

This went on for a long period until eventually there was a huge flood and the creatures disappeared forever.

 

From then on the head priest / scholar would wear a hat shaped like a fishes mouth in honour of them. This then evolved into the Pope's mitre that we know today.

 

I believe the Dogons (an ancient African tribe) have a similar story.

 

So you can take some solace in the fact that you're not the only one to be visited by creatures from the deep.

 

I can only find really flaky links to support (do a google search) but you can hear scholars from Cambridge and the British Museum discussing the fish god this and many other aspects of the Babylonians here... http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004y25j

[Small Fur]

This is my first thread here at Tao Bums.

 

I am not looking for an explanation (that would be nice, but not expected) for this phenomenon, but I just feel the need to acknowledge this.

 

The first time it happened was 7-8 years ago, when I woke up to see translucent tentacles reaching out from a 1400's world map recreation. I was terrified and as my vision adjusted and I became more awake it disappeared. I have since lost track of the number of times similar things have happened. They are always different shapes, and always translucent and floating, sometimes small and near my face, other times above my head. I know that in between sleep and awake states the mind can do funny things, but this has become too common for me to disregard. Sometimes they are latched onto me, and they disappear as a wake up, sometimes a few seconds after I exclaim "what the fuck" which is usually my reaction.

 

They sometimes remind me of those weird deep sea fish.

 

If you think this is just silly, that's valid. Also, if you think there is something to this, I would like to hear from you.

 

 

 

Hi Oildrops,

 

Color is a play of light, though there are 'essential' colors in the universe- essential spectrums of lighting: this is what we are actually trying to tap into when we do chakra alignments using color. It is not the 'earthly' colors of light we are harnessing; these colors exist on a much more vibrant universal spectrum out in 'space'.

 

As for colorless ethereal sight, it may be that you are just experiencing things without registering the color or it may be that there is not color in what you see. A lot of my own sight gift registers forces, movements and entities through varieties and shades of translucence.

 

Without meeting you, looking into you to see if I can see your visions, or a more pronounced description, it is hard for me to say what I think you are experiencing. There are many forms of tentacles…. some of them are entities themselves, some are just attached to entities, some are merely forces. And generally, in my experience with tentacled energies…. they can become integral to an individual, that being either highly disruptive and draining, or also potentially beneficial. Tentacles, generally are conduits between you (or an object) and something else…

 

As for more ethereal shapes and forms… some energies are amorphous, but there are too many to describe. Some may be actual beings such as spirits (perhaps with low vibration bodies), while others could simply be natural energetic patterns of the universe similar to wind, smoke, steam and movement, as well as more abstract or 'spiritual' kinds of forces.

 

I think the important quality about your thread here is that you realized and are able to distinguish that what you are seeing is from a state of consciousness, not unconsciousness. Both forms of sight afford types of vision, but each bring with it different types of understandings, utilities and validities.

 

The important part now is to begin to increase your consciousness around these sights so that you can understand what it is you are experiencing. In order to do that, becoming grounded is important. Also, letting go of any egoic astonishment around the mystery of it all (eg. forget about that "WTF" feelings. Your request for acknowledgement on the forum and deciding to share these things is a good step in that direction). So accept the occurrence and your experience of it without doubt, yet remain open and curious to what it actually means. Realize that in the clarity of the visions there is an uncertain clarity in your understanding and pose this to yourself in the universe as an open question about what can be known. Doing this may make the experience more mundane and potentially less exciting, but it also creates the possibility to deepen your understanding, increase the rate of occurrences, while adding a steadiness and clarity to your relationship with these phenomenons.

 

Thanks for suggesting your thread to me and sharing. Small Fur

Edited July 12, 2013 by Small Fur