QUOTE(valkyrie @ May 19 2009, 11:58 AM)
Hey everybody! I'll get right to the point. Do any of you have music in your dreams and astral journies?
I have been hearing music when i fall asleep and in my sleep since before i can even remember. I have never had repeat music, and ALL of them are original never-been-heard songs. Recently I've discovered a way to use the music as a tool. Its not just for comforting myself into a deep slumber, but it also helps me experience a calm lucidity. when i am aware of the music, i am aware that i am falling asleep. also during meditation or when I want to feel relaxed I listen for the music and I feel calm immediately once I hear it.
Do others of you have the same experience? And have you been catapulted/aided by the music into an astral projection? Have you become lucid in a dream because you became aware of the music. What is the origin of said music? Is this a form of self hypnosis?
i have several theories. Excluding tinnitus and auditory hallucinations, my guesses range from brain neurons rapidly firing off emulating musical affects, to self-induced therapy while said person sleeps, to the ephemeral disembodied musical product of the cosmos. to hear other people's experiences and opinions would be invaluable. thank you! (IMG:
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I too, have been experiencing this for quite some time. I have however, experienced the same songs in several dreams, but these dreams were also repeats, very similar, or fit into one overall theme. I've also noticed that the music changes, mutates, and transforms according to my emotions, the events in the dream, and the intensity of the experience. There has been little research on the subject, but one piece I found (http://www.brams.umontreal.ca/cours/files/PSY-6441/Musique%20et%20reves/Uga_2006_Music%20in%20dreams.pdf) suggests that this might show underlying musical talent. Definitely a subject worthy of more research and investigation. If I find any more information on the net I will be sure to post it here.