Precognitive dreams – can dreams be premonitions of the future
A personal answer to precognitive dreams. Have you ever wondered “Can dreams be premonitions of the future?” From my own personal dream experiences I can tell you, without a doubt, dreams can tell you what will happen in the future.
While there are many reasons given as to why do people dream I don’t have a good answer. Nor do I know the meaning behind dreams or if there is even a meaning to most dreams. I just know sometimes my dreams are precognitive.
How do I know dreams can tell the future? Because I’ve had dreams that came true. Can I prove this scientifically? Nope, not a chance. All I can offer as proof is my own personal experience and that just doesn’t satisfy science. However, it does satisfy me and several other people I know.
Not only do I have dreams of the future, sometimes I can make them happen. Most times when I do dream of the future I know during the dream that it is a dream that will come true. My precognitive dreams are not your normal dreams. No flying, no fantasy, no falling and none of the other mumbo jumbo that requires someone to do dream interpretation.
They are as real as reality is. Nothing weird happens. Actually, as far as dreams go they are pretty boring. There is also a feeling about them that I can’t explain but does tell me which dreams are real and which aren’t.
For years, since 1976, I’ve had precognitive dreams of the future. Lol, now if I could just tell the future of stocks or the lottery or something like that I’d be rich but no, it doesn’t seem to work that way. Believe me I’ve tried.
Some nights I can make dreams of the future happen but it’s kind of rare. 4 to 5 times per year on average. Overall I have an average of about one a month that I can remember. I used to tell my cousin about them after what I’d dreamt had happened. She told me to start writing them down when I had them, so I did. Now she believes me but she can’t do it near as often as I can.
How do I make dreams of the future happen? Simple, I just tell myself to have a dream of the future. Easy as falling off a log, I wish. I’ve figured out that they happen more frequently when I don’t take any kind of drugs before going to sleep. No Xanax, no cough suppressants, no alcohol, no sleeping pills, nothing at all.
When I’m laying there waiting to fall asleep I just keep telling myself, in my mind, “Subconscious, I command you to give me a dream of the future and make me remember it.” Naturally I’m one of those people that keeps a notepad on my nightstand so I can write down whatever I remember when I wake up. Whether right after the dream or at the normal time in the morning.
Now this isn’t new age wackiness but it is old age wisdom. I actually got the idea I could do this from the Rosicrucians. They can teach you to do great things with you mind. The wisdom they teach is from ancient times and from the bible, not some new age quackery fast buck artist.
One other little thing I know about having dreams of the future. The future is not set in stone. It can be changed if you recognize the situation early enough. Next time you are in a Deja Vu circumstance, try to remember what’s going to happen next. If it’s something you don’t want to happen, change your actions or words so it doesn’t happen. You’ll be surprised, as I was, that things could be changed.
Unfortunately the vast majority of my dreams are of things in everyday life. Some of them I change and some I don’t. I’ve avoided a few large problems by paying attention to my dreams but by and large most are pretty unexciting.
If you want to have precognitive dreams or don’t believe dreams can be premonitions of the future try commanding your subconscious to give you dreams of the future. It does work but you may have to do it every night for a long time to actually get a dream you remember. After you have a few you will be able to tell the difference in dreams of the future that are going to happen and regular dreams.
If you have one please come and make a comment about it. I’d appreciate it and I know other readers will also. You can do many seemingly amazing and impossible things with your mind. Dreaming the future is just one of them.
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October 30th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
i totally agree with what you said, my dreams do come true. Maybe after a few weeks or months.
October 31st, 2008 at 10:05 am
Yep, if you can learn to recognize them while you’re having the dreams it makes it een easier to remember them. It’s really simple, if you focus on what you want to dream about and keep trying it will happen.
I’m glad for you and after visiting your site I don’t think you’re evil at all. Lol, at least not any more than I am.
December 13th, 2008 at 10:19 am
I have those kinda dreams sometimes.. I had this unfortunate even where a friend’s money got stollen and I tried asking for truth in my dreams on who took it.. and it showed that it’s this new sweet girl that I just met.. We’ve been hanging out for a while now.. but I don’t know whether to believe my dream this time? I get premonitions in my dreams sometimes.. But I am just so confused now…
December 17th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Well, if it was me I’d have found a way to test the new girls honesty and veracity. Then you don’t have to rely on your dream as proof. Perhaps I’d leave some money lying around where she’s the only one with access to it and see what happens.
As for the premonitions that come in dreams, with out knowing more about you and how often your premonitions happen and if you can tell drems that will come true from those that won’t, I can’t tell you much.
If your premotions that you dream happen frequently when you’re awake then I’d pay a lot of attention to them. If they happen seldom I wouldn’t pay much attention. If you have even one wierd thing in a dream, it’s not a dream that’s likely to come true.
It does become easier when you can recognize true dreams from false dreams. It just takes some time. I hope it gets easier for you.
December 21st, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Hi,i tell you about my experiences. It started with my parents having strange things that happened in their past. Like 2 separate window binds going up at the same time and the next day recieving a telegram saying a brother was killed over seas. But ill get to mine ,i usually dont have dreams i remember but the day before my father died i woke up from a nightmare in the middle of the night thinking i was living at my father s as a young boy and a van pulled up to the house and i went to the door thinking it was a delivery and when i opened the door a man came charging in at me chasing me like a mad man. I woke up and told my wife about the dream. She said in the morning as we discussed it that my father probably passed away and i had the call that morning from a family member.The same evening my sisters 8 year old daughter was in putting her p js on and started screaming , my sister ran in to see what was the problem and she said there was an elf in the mirror looking at her.She recieved the call the same day as me about our fathers passing. Another was , driving home one night from out of town i seen a glowing figure on the side of the road and it bothered me that i started questioning if i was tried and imagined it. So i pulled into a garage to stretch and have a cup of coffee and a chat with the attentant which lasted about 15 mins and then continued on my way home on the highway .Acouple of miles down the road a 18 wheeler was flipped on its side across the highway and i felt the glowing figure i saw made me question myself so i pulled off and averted that accident.If my parents didnt tell me these things of their past i probably wouldnt have thought of these as premanitions. The mind is a power thing.
December 22nd, 2008 at 12:09 am
I have had several dreams that have been precognitive. As early as six years old. I dreamt that I woke in a pile of hay in our barn. I walked to the front of the house and there was a police man standing in front of our house. In real life, i woke up at that point and went to look for my mother. I found her on the porch with my step father and a police man. The police man had obviously been there on a domestic disturbance call and told my mother that she should round up the kids and he would take us to grandmas house. 15 minutes later before we even left, my step father shot and killed himself.
A few years ago, when i first met my daughters mom, i dreamt that she would leave me for a construction worker. 3 yrs later she left me. Not for a construction worker but the guy she left me for… his last name was the same as a local construction company that was familiar to me.
Ive had so many it would literally take all night to jot them all down. The one that i am struggling the most with right now is. 2 months ago i was with someone that i cared about very much. I dreamt that she was struggling emotionally. In the dream she was sadly saying good bye to someone, he left and she came back to me, hugged me and held my hand. My interpretation is that she was struggling emotionally for her recently divorced ex husband but eventually would chose me and come back to me. This one could very well be just a dream. Its been almost two months now and no sign of coming back.
However, a week after we broke up i had another dream. I dreamt that I was back at her house again. but everything had changed. I cant explain in detail what changed but in the dream nothing was the same! But I was back and didnt complain. A week later i was informed by my ex that she had some sort of catastrophy at her house and all of her floors needed to be redone. How freaky is that? Yet, its been almost two months so maybe just parts of the dreams sometimes happen? It can be very confusing at times and sometimes i feel like im going to go insane. Im sure its a gift but its a confusing one at times. God bless. Comment please. I would love to hear any opinions or insight. Ron
December 30th, 2008 at 7:42 am
James, premonitions come in all kinds of different ways as your experiences attest to. I pay close attention to mine and use them when possible. However I know which dreams I have will come true and which won’t so I tend to trust them a lot more.
Unfortunately I’ve never had anything happen like the blinds or seeing strange figures, glowing figures or anything else. The closest I can come to that, in personal experience, is one day I was driving down the road to go to a town about 50 miles away and about halfway there the sky and clouds changed to a very dark purple.
The sky had been deep blue and the clouds as white as they could be. IOW it was a normal spring time day and no storms or anything else was in the area. I thought it might be my sungalsses causing the phenomenon so I took them off and the sky got even more purple.
I have no clue what was going on or what caused it but I certainly didn’t feel comfortable with it so I turned around and went home. The next day I talked to several people and nothing had happened where I was going nor on the highway to get there.
That’s the major problem with premonitions. You don’t always know what you avoided or even if you avoided anything at all. You just know you had a feeling or sign that caused you to change your mind about what you were planning or going to do.
From what I know, have seen, or read, I believe children can see more or are more open to what adults would consider strange. Because of adult pressure children soon learn to ignore what they really see and stop telling adults about it because of the ridicule they receive. It’s to bad we, as a species, seem to force everyone into the same niche and the same beliefs.
You’ve had some interesting experiences and have handled them well. Keep it up and keep trusting your instincts even if it may see wierd to others.
December 30th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Hi Ron,
The first thing I thought of when reading your post was don’t worry so much about whether yur dreams are going to come true or not. Sure it can be scary if you try to over think it or become obssesed with it happening or not happening.
I believe that these things are entirely normal and this makes you normal, too. While your friends or family may not believe in what you see in your dreams it doesn’t mean you are going crazy, becoming unhinged, losing your mind or anything like that.
I understand it can be scary but there really is nothing to be afraid of. Try to relax and just let life happen. It will unfold as it’s supposed to. Just be alert to what’s happening when you recognize the circumstances you saw in your dreams. If what you saw in the dream came to a bad end, it’s possible to change the outcome by changing what you say or do or by simply removing yourself from the situation.
I tend to discount any dreams I have about people I’m deeply and emotionally involved with when we aren’t together anymore. The strong emotions and wanting the person back can be very misleading when it comes to dreams and premonitions. At least in my experience. Sometimes I attribute those dreams to wishful thinking.
Also be careful of having dreams, like the construction worker dream, where you think about it so much you actually make it come true. Next time you have a dream like that try and figure out what you can do to change the outcome that was reached in your dream. Don’t obsess over it but relax and watch for points where you can change the outcome and then do the things necessary to get the outcome you want.
The future is not written in stone and inevitable. We always have the ability to make different choices than we did in the dream. In my view precognitive dreams let you know what’s going to happen if nothing changes, however if you change something then the outcome has to change. Look at it as more of an advanced warning of future problems.
Think about it like the gas gauge on your car. The needle is always moving away from full abd if you don’t change what’s happening your car is going to run our of gas. That’s inevitable if you keep driving without filling up. However you can change that end result just by stopping and putting more gas in your car. Things are only inevitable if you let them be that way. Taking action when you see the problem will change the outcome.
Scientists know little about the mind and how it really works or what it’s really capable of. The negative attitude surrounding the mysteries of the mind make it much harder for people who do have precognitive dreams or other non scientifically repeatable premotitions, psychic experiences or anything else the majority of people consider ‘normal’.
Science want’s things to be repeatable and have the same outcomes everytime. Unfortunately the mind doesn’t seem to work that way or science doesn’t have the tools, yet, to be able to measure accurately and make the results repeatable. Science does not like, and never has, anything that relies on anecdotal evidence. They want hard proof before they will believe anything.
The Rhine experiments proved that some people have some sort of psychic ability but not how they do it. It’s really to bad that a lot of this type of experimentation is not carried on today. It’s sort of considered Voodoo science and not particularly reputable to be involved in this sort of research.
I’m considered a highly logical person by most people, at least until I get into areas of what the mind can do. Then people think I’m crazier than hell. The ‘Secret’ is one example of this. You can change your life just by changing the way you think. I’ve done it and I know others that have done it so for me I know it works. Perception and belief can change what we see as reality and can in fact change our future reality.
As for how long it takes for a dream you think is true to happen can be days to years. I had a dream about 5 years ago that I believe is going to come true. It hasn’t yet but I’m still waiting. I was walking along a pure white sand beach with a woman and we were having a good time. Not a care or worry in the world. I didn’t get to see the womans face but I got the impression she was tall, skinny, white, younger than me by quite a bit and very beautiful.
I have no idea where this beach is or who the woman might be. Even tho I’m currently living with a woman she doesn’t meet the description at all. She’s short, black, pretty and a few pounds overweight. Yet I have no doubt the dream is going to come true sooner or later. Just because I can’t see how, when or why doesn’t make it any less likiely to come true. So I just wait to see what’s going to happen next.
Maybe it will come true maybe it won’t. Maybe it will come true and I’ll still be with my current love. Maybe it will be totally innocent and unrelated to romance. I won’t know for sure until it happens. Lol, when it does happen I’ll sure recognize it tho.
All I can say is try to relax and let life happen. When you see a point where you can change the outcome to be more what you want, then change it. Don’t worry what others think as most don’t even have a clue as to what’s possible and precognition is far from most peoples list of possibilities. You aren’t crazy or in danger of losing your mind.
You have a gift that can help you through life and tht’s more than most people get. Cherish and embrace it and use it when you can. Don’t be afraid of it just because others might be. What’s normal for you is not normal for them but they think if they haven’t experienced it or if science can’t prove it then it’s not possible. They are wrong.
Relax and stop stressing over it. Grab yourself some books and learn more about the mind. If you are truly worried then I’d say go to the Rosicrucians website and signup for some of their courses. They can and will teach you more about the mind and how you can strengthen some of your abilities or enhance the ones you already have. You can find them at Rosicrucians Mind Teachings.
There are a few books on the Mind Resources page that may be able to help you. Check them out if you like. They might be able to teach you more ways of using yur mind or at least make you more comfortable with what you already have.
I understand it can be scary but it’s only as scary as you let it become. I see you as absolutely normal but confused. To get rid of the confusion you just need a bit more knowledge about what you and your mind can do and what is truly possible through the power of your mind.
Good luck and thanks for your great comment. Sorry I was slow in answering. Christmas threw me off schedule.
July 26th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
I keep having the same dream that I’m dusting a table in front of a big picture window and i look up and see a redish orange mushroom cloud in the sky..later i look in the room and outside and there’s a lot of greyish white suet on everything and everything outside and inside is dead , it’s the same dream everytime i dream it, i’ve dremp it probably 10 years now. I’d love to know what it means
thank you connie b.
August 6th, 2009 at 7:34 am
i have dreams like this…all the time,acctually.i just cant remember them till it happens,then i realize,oh,i drempt that.it makes me dizzy…i had a dream last night that my aunt and uncle were murdered…..but i dont know whether to believe it as a premonition or a bad dream……can you help me???
August 8th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
Does anyone believe that gut feelings/instincts can be premonitions?? Something that has always bothered me is that when I was about 12 years old, my dad told me we had to go to one of his friend’s houses one night, and I just had this gut feeling we should stay home, that there would be an accident or something of the sort. It was such a strong feeling that I broke down crying begging him to not go. Before we even reached his friends house we were hit by a car pulling out of a gas station, nothing to serious, more of a fender bender, but still traumatizing for me at the time as I was only 12.
Another thing I would like some insight on is the fact that my fibs/lies have a tendency to come true. This has happened pretty frequently. For example, I’ll say “I can’t go out with you tonight because I’m sick” a week later I’ll end up cooped up in bed with a bad illness. I know it’s not just Karma, because I’ll just admit, I’m a pathological liar (runs in my family it seems) and I lie to make myself look better, more interesting, etc. and sometimes the BS I come up with to do so comes true to my benefit. I’d say this happens to me more often than dreams or gut instincts. No specific pattern to it or anything, but I do usually have a gut feeling when the lie that I tell will come true.
Now I have the “normal” precognitive dreams as well. It’s rare that I remember my dreams (I think it is because I am a big drinker/smoker and suck at memory as is). One just happened last night/this morning though. I dreamt that for some reason I dumped my fish out onto my dresser assuming it was okay as long as it was in a puddle of water (yes I know this is stupid and weird, and I would never do such a thing in real life) and when I came back the fish was really swollen up, losing color and clearly dead. First thing when I woke up this morning, I went to look at him and sure enough he was dead, and it had just happened too because he was not yet floating at the top of the bowl. But he looked identical to the dead fish in my dream. I had no clue either that a fish would lose color so quickly and swell up when dead. Now there is an argument between my roomate and I as to whose fault it is he died (didnt feed him, change water etc.) so could it be that since I stupidly dumped him out of the bowl in my dream that it is my fault? Dumb example, I know, but it is just the most recent and I am starting to freak out a bit.
One last thing, I have a good judge of character, I’m talking impeccable here. Within 5 to 10 seconds of meeting someone I can almost always tell whether or not they’re a good or bad person. Hard to explain, but could that possibly tie into all of this as well?
I’m not sure I want a gift such as premonitions, because I was raised Catholic, I’m not necessarily a devout Catholic now,but I hear this kind of stuff makes you more susceptible to demons, possessions etc. And although I may not be a practicing Catholic now I still believe that stuff is possible.
I know it’s a lot, but if anyone has any insight/opinions I would greatly appreciate it because I am clueless about all of this stuff and this is the first time I am looking into any of it.
November 9th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Hey,
My name is Havala. I’ve had these kind of dreams ever since I could remember. I am now 18 and about to turn 19. As I’ve gotten older they seem to become less and less. I wish I could remember my dreams and I have tried on many occasions to remember them. Definitely since September 11, 2001. When I dream I either remember the dream or I don’t remember it at all. The ones I remember are everyday dreams that everyone has and its just fantasy dreams. But when it comes to the ones I don’t remember, they end up coming up sometime in the future. The one I regret not being able to remember is what happened on September 11, 2001. I went to school that day and I was in my history class. I remember it as plain as day. The principle came over the intercom and told the teacher to turn on the TV, because it would be in the history books one day.
November 9th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Then he turned on the TV. I immediately asked the person next to me., ” Didn’t this already happen?” Then I realized I was the only one that had seen it before, and I had. It was in my dreams. I dreamt that that day would happen and I couldn’t remember it. It made me so depressed for many days. The thought of being able to save the lives of those people.
But now I realize that even if I did remember that dream before it happened that it wouldn’t have helped, because there has been reports that people knew about it before it happened and they told the government and they did nothing about it.
Though I couldn’t have done anything about that. What if an occasion comes up were it involves me and some other people and it is up to me to save them. I would like to remember my dreams, not for my benefit but for the benefit of others.
If anyone could help me with this I wish that you could contact me, but only by email.
havaluvs9kahne@aol.com
Thank you for reading my story. I have read all yours and I understand everything you are going through.
Havala
November 27th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Ive had premonition dreams since I was in my early teens and the first time it happened (i remember it now so vividly) it freaked me out. When I was 14 a friend was killed in a car accident. I had the dream one year prior. In my dream I saw a car hanging in a tree and two other people were still in the car. I saw someone had been thrown out through the windshield but I couldnt see the person’s face. The two people in the car a saw perfectly. When I got the call about the accident and I was told who it was I was absolutely shocked. My friend had been thrown out of the car. Her brother had been driving on a curvy road and he tried to dodge a cat and lost control of the car. Where did the car end up you ask? You guessed it, hanging in a tree (it was a small 2 door hatchback)! Ever since then when I dream I try to write them down so I can go back and analyze them as much as I can. Most recently I have been dreaming about an ex who I havent heard from in a while. He moved away and has since started dating again. I dream about him and some dreams are good and some are not so good. The one’s that are not good leave me worried about him and his well being while the good dreams make me think that one day we will reunite. A couple of nights ago I had a dream that I woke up in a strange bed and I was in Michigan (I dont live in Michigan) and I walking around a strange apartment with no one home. As I go into the living room the front door opens and in walks my ex! I ask him what he was doing in Michigan since he lives in TN. He just smiled and kissed me and hugged and told me how much he missed and was so glad that I was there. I asked him about his new girlfriend and he told me it was over with them.
Needless to say I was ecstatic in my dreams to hear that.
It has been almost a year since we last spoke and recently he became a facebook friend. As I looked on his page I almost fainted to find out that he lives in Michigan now! To weird for words! I dont know what it means but I am open to any suggestions
Alicia
November 28th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Writing dreams down is an excellent idea. I recommend it to everyone. Lol, for verification purposes I also recommend telling a friend about the dreams you expect to come true. Lol I tell my sceptical cousin all of mine and if I say something wrong when telling her how it came true she lets me know. Stick to the facts you know. Heh, facts you know and dreams seems an oxymoron doesn’t it?
When I dream I know the difference between a realistic dream and a dream that’s going to come true, sooner or later. Hey, I’m still waiting to see who I’m walking on a white sand beach and holding hands with. I don’t see it happening anytime soon and I’m 62 with COPD so it better happen soon or it won’t happen at all. Anyway, maybe I confused that dream with whats to come but I don’t thinks so. I’ve had dreams come true years later. Some happen exactly as I dreampt them. I’m about 95% accurate, so far, with knowing which are going to come true.
If you believe it’s a true dream then just wait and see how it plays out. Now understand this part. You can change what you saw in your dream. As I’ve noticed, it seems that the future is not written in stone. Just because you dream it doesn’t mean it has to end the way the dream did.
BTW, if I were you I’d try a lot harder to remember why you got rid of your ex the first time. Don’t let your mind go all gooey over your ex just because you had a dream.
December 14th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
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December 21st, 2009 at 9:39 pm
for as long as i can remember the only times i remember my dreams is when they are a premonition or prelude to things to happen, and they always happen. i bring this up because years ago i had a dream of dying in surgery, i can still taste the anestesia in my mouth. next month i have to have a fusion at c6-c7 in my neck and am scared as hell because of it. to the point i dont want to do it. it is herniated in on the spinal cord, and i would rather live with the weakness and other symptoms than die. any help into this matter would be greatly appreciated. thank you
December 23rd, 2009 at 7:59 am
This is a a little wierd as I have the same problem at c6 and 7. I also have pain and a numbness in my left arm, wrist and fingers and my leg doesn’t always do what it’s supposed to. I refused the operation way back in 1980 as the odds of success were only 33% it would get better, 33% it would stay the same and 33% they might make it even worse. I decided that 1 out of three chances of making it better wasn’t worth it.
I’ve never had a dream where I drempt of my own death. Kinda wish I would but that’s a different story. I really don’t know what to tell you. I know if I was going to take a trip and I had a precognitive dream that the plane crashed I wouldn’t be on that plane. It’s a very serious surgery and from what I understood when they explained it to me even 1 little slip could have left me dead or paralyzed. I wasn’t willing to take that chance as I could and do live with the pain and the annoyance it causes.
I know the Canadians are doing differrent things for this type of problem and you might want to check to see if there are any other options available. I’d be scared too. All I know is if I ever dream of my death I am going to do everything in my power to avoid the situation I died in, in the dream.
If you really believe you are going to die in the surgery you have a tough choice to make. I guess it all comes down to if you can stand the pain and the limitations not having the surgery. Heh, I’d double or triple my life insurance if I was having it. I hope it all works out well for you which ever decision you make.