I went down a bit of a rabbit hole on parallel universes the other day. I was trying to figure out where dreams come from physically and what their ties are to the spiritual if any. I have some thoughts on some theories that may be possible, I’m just not sure where I land.
I’ve heard some different things about dreams that I think I can debunk a bit just based on my dream experiences. The theory that most resonates with me is that they are spiritual and sent by the energy of The Universe and/or Spirit Guides; subliminal messaging about our subconscious maybe?
Or else, they are subliminal messages to our soul sent from our soul and have nothing to do with consciousness. This then begs the question of if consciousness is connected to the soul though and I think maybe that it is. Actually, I am certain our consciousness is somehow connected to the make up of our souls. I think that maybe our conscious minds may be connected to our physical brains, but the subconscious and the unconscious are tied in some ways to the soul. However, I think the conscious mind is also connected to our souls just more distantly than our subconscious with our unconscious being the closest.
If I could draw a diagram it would be the “soul” wrapping around the consciousnesses in layers where the center of the soul is the deepest part of our soul. Outside the center we have a ring where the unconscious lies (or else this is in the center as well), then another ring where the subconscious lies (or…just outside the center), and then a few more rings for things I have not thought up yet with the consciousness being on the outer ring but still very much inside the soul.
I could not draw it because it would be a moving picture because I think the conscious mind dips in and out of the soul. I think this occurs in patterns that exist outside of awareness and that when the conscious mind is not dipped inside the soul, it exists physically in the brain. I have evidence of this based on my own experience with my consciousness.
I don’t fully believe all my ideas; my conscious ideas, are mine. Not completely mine anyway. What I am writing right now, in fact, I think is happening while my consciousness has dipped inside my soul and this is where my higher self sends messages to me and when my conscious mind is dipped inside the outer layer of my soul, I am able to receive “downloads” of these messages.
I think this explains the phenomena of “inspiration”. For example, my consciousness dips, an idea occurs to me – both from my higher self and soul at the same time (does my higher self exist inside my soul? I do not think so. I believe my higher self to be in the 5th dimension but that pieces of my higher self have been copied and downloaded into the fabric of my soul just out of reach inside my subconscious which exists in my soul.
These are just records) – and then my consciousness comes out of the outer layer of the soul and into my brain so that I can physically manifest this idea.
Sidenote: I think when we indulge in hallucinogens and healing medicines, they dip our consciousness into this outer layer, or furthermore, maybe the drugs temporarily break through the layer walls and allow the consciousness to dip further into the soul?
Anyway, where do our dreams exist? If this is the make up of the consciousnesses; layers of the soul approaching the center, where I believe the “answers” are held in records copied from the “genes” (for lack of a better word) of our higher selves. Not that I believe our higher selves have physical forms that could hold genes of any kind, I am just dumbing this down to be understood inside a dimension that is very much physical. I will now refer to these “genes” as “soul codes”.
These soul codes that exist originally and authentically in our higher selves are then copied and transcribed into the center of our souls found in the 3rd dimension on the planet Earth. It is not everything, but everything we can grasp in our physical forms which limit our intelligence and understanding of higher dimensions. So not near to everything but everything important and specific to this life cycle we are in currently. So, what I need and want to understand as the human Lily.
This is not much. I want to understand everything, of course, but I know that I cannot and so that information is not here with me in this dimension. It is also far out of reach of my conscious mind which is nowhere near the center of my soul where these records are held.
I think the soul center “leaks” messages out to the subconscious from time to time – in divine timing; very specific and purposeful – when our higher selves deem this to be necessary. Once these codes are leaked into the subconscious they become subliminal messages that are then carried out in dreams. So, do I believe that dreams come from the subconscious? I do not think so. I think it is more nuanced than that.
I mention parallel universes because of a theory; supported by experiences of people on the internet (not entirely credible), that states that dreams are glimpses into parallel universes. I don’t entirely believe that this is true. I think it is very possible and that it happens, but that is not the full picture of what dreams are, where they originate, or what their purpose is to us as physical beings.
And this has happened to me before. I went down another rabbit hole that spoke about a place in dreams that people seem to frequent. It has something to do with a “mall” and so I will present the “mall theory”. I have been here. What others have described seems to fit what I have experienced in my dream. To call it a mall is a misnomer, and it is why I am putting quotes around it but it is the closest thing to this reality that resembles this place.
For example, there are kiosks here and kiosks exist mostly in malls. There are some stores, but they are more like open rooms; the entrance being a wall that has been completely removed. I have been inside this place and gotten the feeling that it was actually a hotel. I have been inside this place and gotten the feeling that it is actually the layout of a cruise ship. It appears to be a mall with stores and kiosks but not quite.
The last time I was at this place it was located as beach front property, and I was checking into a “hotel” – it most resembled a hotel or motel but not quite – and I “left” the hotel (I was still inside the mall) to jump into a taxi to take me somewhere but instead chose to walk. I walked up a set of small stairs and came across kiosks. Yes, this set of stairs was in the middle of the “road” where I had found the taxis that were now behind me.
There was a spiral staircase on my left that seemed to lead to something resembling a coffee shop but lofted on the left and overlooking the space where the kiosks were at the top of the small staircase. I went down the other side of the staircase and came across one of these open stores. They were handing out free things to bring in new clients. I cannot remember exactly what this “store” was selling but they gave me products that seemed to be in the “beauty” department but again, not quite.
I received a sweatshirt and sweatpants, an eye mask for sleeping, slippers, and a robe. For free. So, I’m still not sure how these “stores” operate inside this “mall”, but I then passed by an ice cream “shop” on my right that had a counter. It was shooting something out into the “road” (the road continued on the other side of the staircase) as I passed by and out two double doors onto the actual street that was outside the mall.
So, I have experienced this place that has been labeled “mall” and it is talked about as though it is located in a parallel universe. So, yes, I think we do get glimpses of parallel universes through our dreams, but that is not all that is happening. It is something that happens but is a minor pie piece to a much larger pie.
If this mall place is in another universe than I would have to assume my soul; and by extension (if I believe dreams come from the subconscious), my consciousness is connected to myself through many parallel universes. I have never been anyone other than myself in my dreams. I do not ever look in the mirror in my dreams though, so that may not be entirely accurate either so then comes this theory that we are one consciousness split into many different physical forms and this could make sense too.
This would explain empathy; the feeling of others’ emotions. Like when we get “second-hand” embarrassment or feel betrayed when a friend gets cheated on. We can feel the emotions of others quite easily if we focus our consciousness on the “other”. So, there is some evidence for this.
This would also back up my theory that inside my soul is only the make up of what my higher self has deemed necessary for me to understand – in divine timing – throughout my life as the human Lily. And everyone has this, but are we more seriously connected to one higher self? That makes me believe that our “higher power” is then us. Not a separate divine being, but what I would then call the “collective consciousness”.
This would mean that the higher power is one “being” or consciousness that has scattered itself through many different physical forms in order to dumb things down, or even to slow things down, so that “it” can more deeply understand its own self.
Which is kind of sad, I suppose. This higher being is in fact alone. Maybe this is why we crave interaction so badly. Why we crave company with each other over isolation. We are in isolation; constantly. Loneliness may be our most basic and natural emotion to feel!
In an attempt to be less alone, and in an attempt to take an infinite amount of time and use it to slow things down enough to understand each part of itself, this higher being (our entire collective consciousness), scattered itself into many different physical forms.
So, have I been someone other than myself in my dreams? I do not think so, but I am unsure if I believe that fully.
If I have only ever been myself in dreams, then can it be said that our dreams are influenced by our reality – I am myself as Lily in this reality and always have been and always will be; therefore, in my dreams I can only be Lily? Or more accurately, what we process as our reality into our perception of it?
For the sake of the argument lets pretend that I have only ever been myself in my dreams. Are my dreams influenced by my human experience at all? Do I see in my dreams what I perceive of my reality? I don’t think so. Based on my experiences of dreaming, it is not at all constructed by or a reflection of my perceived reality.
I think dreams can link to parallel timelines/universes, but I also think they link us back to “self” or the higher consciousness/our higher selves/the 5th dimension/the higher power.
But in a way that we can understand. We will never see ourselves as the collective consciousness or this higher power because that is not something a human could handle. It would mean we are essentially alone just scattered throughout a physical dimension where we take physical forms to learn different lessons all at once but slowed down and looked at microscopically by each individual that makes up the collective consciousness of this higher power “being”.
Anyway, I’ve already written a lot. More to come on dreams and their meanings later. Hope you’re well.
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