QUOTE(VioletCalla @ Mar 30 2013, 09:13 PM)
Thanks for that. I've actually never heard of physical symptoms manifesting in that way. I know that I have had severe stress which causes pain in my body, but the pain only causes more stress, which only causes more pain. The only issue is...I've never had large BRUISES as a result of this. This is a very first time experience, although frightening. At least I know I'm not being attacked by something in my sleep. These are pretty big bruises for something that's manifest.
Not noticing anymore correlations. I'm guessing this was an isolated incident. I managed to go on a quick spiritual journey and clear myself of any negativity and had an absolutely dreamless sleep. At least dreamless in that I don't remember anything at all. No news is good news, i suppose.
OT, going to research all I can about reiki now. Thanks!!
If you have an interest, my own article about reiki is here:
http://thousandpetalsmassage.com/reiki_article.phpThere are three kinds of dreams: wish fullfillment, prognostication, and venting.
The first kind are dreams where you get to act out or do the things that you want to do, and sometimes serve as well to alleviate the stress of not being able to do what we want, not getting what we want, etc.
The second kind are the mind's attempt to predict and prepare for the future. For the vast majority of people these dreams are all based on past experience, a matter of unconscious calculation as to the outcome of events, and usually take place when we are afraid of something, looking forward to something, etc. If our mind is focused on a future event we'll often have these dreams. For people who are a bit more open and sensitive, sometimes the content of the dreams is drawn from the unconscious information drawn from a slightly higher plane, and we get reflections of events that are in motion but haven't happened yet, or we dream of likely possibilities. The same thing can happen in wish fullfillment dreams, when we dream of being with someone and later find out that they dreamed of us as well. Me and the gentleman I'm seeing lately seem to be very in tune to one another and have shared dreams twice in the three weeks I've been seeing him. I don't often dream of the future, but it has happened a few times in my life. I think most people get them once in a while, especially when they pick up what I call 'emotional temporal resonance' - an emotional event in your life so strong that it resonates along your timeline like ripples because of the 'loudness' of the event on a higher dimension of our being where time isn't linear. We can encounter those ripples especially in dreams, but also in meditation and other altered states of consciousness. For instance, the strongest prophetic dream I ever had was of the death of loved one, and this is a very common version because the emotional impact is so heavy.
The last kind, venting dreams, are the jibber jabber of the unconscious, and often don't make sense. WHen they do, they are often somewhat cathartic because what is actually happening is that the mind is ejecting material that is causing conflict in the unconscious mind. Sometimes that's a good thing, sometimes it isn't - what your unconscious mind considers 'conflict' just means that there is strong, older pattern conflicting with newer and therefore weaker one. The stronger one can still be negative in the sense that it isn't healthy for you, and your mind can vent the healthy one instead. These dreams are usually less symbolic, and it is more difficult to remember them.
Any dream that you can very clearly remember in the morning is most likely either a wish fulfillment dream or a prognostication dream, as these are examples of your unconscious attempting to fulfill or establish behavior patterns for storage, or you could even say, planning purposes. But of course, just because you don't remember any dreams, doesn't mean you didn't have all three in a night. Normally, we do have all three, in the order referenced - wish fulfillment, prognostication, then venting.
neat stuff!
peace