Ironically, I posted the other day regarding this… In a thread that is near to this one.
Estremely-long lucid dreams
Why I posted it there, I’m not entirely sure. I hadn’t seen this thread, which is why I find it ironic… It had just come to mind when reading that thread that I seem to have strange occurrences in my dreams that do not seem to add up to what people make mention of.
This is something that I don’t often talk about, but this multi-layering is something I experience consciously quite often.
I always identified them as “alternatives” or parallels.
Often when I’m dreaming, even when lucid, I witness more than one affect or result, by something I consider doing. In some of those alternatives, I carry out that action, wilst other’s, even sometimes the current “layer” i’m on, I don’t.
Multiple layer’s, i’ve never actually identified them as. Along with the examples of seperate experiences at the same time, I’ve also had fluid completely different dreams. I’ve always called these Parallel Dreams…
This is - as you mentioned, very rough on recall. My recall during sleep is exceptional in my view, and as posted in my response in that thread, this is one of the things I notice when I’m asleep.
As for “entering another layer” in regards to a lucid dream, my lucid dreams have the same behavior as explained above. I am still dedicated to one universal, but I still experience - deeper inside - the alternates/parallels.
This is the cause of my difficulty summoning objects, and sometimes other ability attempts when consciously aware of this. Sometimes it is manifested on a separate level, and exists on the dream parallel that I’m not focused on. Solidifying that object to the applicable presence is still rather difficult for me.
I’d always considered that explaining this would be rather difficult, as others may not understand what I’m talking about, so I’ve never really brought it up. I’m hard of words and explanations, but I imagine with what you’ve said - that it can now be understood.
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As for voices, and guidance, sometimes I say “Something is telling me”, I’m referring to a deeper feeling, or intuition.
I do occasionally hear a vocalized voice, but it is usually an observational commentary, rather than suggestions. Sometimes I vocallize a response towards that voice, but it is usually a clarification, or another comment on theirs.
When I wake up after this occurrs, I find it fascinating, and try to make it a goal to look more into this, simply because while I’m inside the dream, it just seems completely normal and nothing seems out of place. This typically only hear this voice when I’m lucid though. And it is very rare.
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After considering this mention, I decided to give an example and write it in my DJ for last night’s dream. here.
Dreamers Unite