Does anyone else see faces of people you don't know...

[New Earth]

when you're falling asleep? Does anyone know what this means?

I know I have a sixth sense, I have many times felt or predicted when someone was going to die, and how. (Can't do it on demand though, so don't ask). I can also pick up on health problems, as well some other types of ESP.

But a lot of time at night when I am falling alseep, I see faces of people I have never met in my life. I have always wondered if it was the deceased somehow creeping into my head or something - or if there was some kind of explanation for it otherwise.

Not sure if this would be a good forum to post this in, but I figured someone out there might have a response.

[MsConduct]

1. I don't know what that means...

I'm always dreaming about people I don't know, but in the dream I know them. When I have dreams about people I do know, they don't look like themselves. The only way I know who they are is by the interaction I have with them! Does anyone know what this means?

It would be nice if someone had an answer to both of our questions, huh?

I believe we all have ESP, some of us are just more tuned into it. I get flashes of horrible disasters or aftermaths of disasters all the time. Now I just turn them off before I see too much. I'm really good at predicting things that will happen to, or for, my friends and family.

[Desertrose]

2. you could ask....

ask for your guides to tell you...in a dream or perhaps by some other sign...I often get answers by songs coming on the radio or a book or magazine that somehow just jumps in my face. Sometimes a preson will unknowingly say something that is the answer I've been asking about.

Ask the question as to who are these faces I'm seeing....you can also ask "why" you are sseeing them and if there is a reason. If it disturbs you, you can also request that you simply tune them out.

Sounds simplistic but sometimes the simplist explanation is the best :)

:hug:
DR

[hippiegranny]

4. speaking of songs...

almost every morning I have a song lyric looping in my head. Often it is a song that I have not heard for a long time. It is usually just one line that repeats in my head over and over until I am fully awake. Like dreams, I often do not remember what they were later. I should keep a diary by my bed to writre them down as soon as I get them!

[Desertrose]

5. I often think of a song or group and the radio clock comes on

and they're playing that song or artist! Or I may be asking a question and the somg basically comes on with an answer to my question.

Love the way that works...


I find that songs do get easily caught in my head too...sometimes its Ok and other times I have to work really hard to get rid of it or at least replace it with something I like better LOL

[nclib]

3. My dad had this happen.

He said he'd see one face after another coming toward him. Sorry, don't know what it means. He didn't know who they were or why.

[NMDemDist2]

6. could the faces be your guides? n/t

[Pallas180]

27. No one will ever see the face of their guide. You will see the

form, the clothing, but the face will always be hidden.

[flpeach]

7. I See Faces all the time . . .

I'm not sure what they are, but as I go to sleep at night I will see a flash of a face not known to me, but it seems like they are trying to tell me something. Sometimes, even, a few weeks or even months later, I will see the same face in life, and I take a doubletake, I'm sure they wonder why I stare.

I think that we ALL have ESP - just some have a more mature and evolved than others. I do not believe I am very evolved, but then again maybe I am, as I can see all sides of everything. Sometimes it can be very hard.

My boss (who is a lady, younger than me) told me she didn't vote for Kerry because she didn't like his wife. Teresa. Teresa mishandles her money, she told me. I told her, so, Teresa does a lot of good for the needy, but you like the Stepford Wife better, and she had to agree with me that Laura is a bit Stepford. Teraaaasa turned a lot of people off, believe me, and I had a hard time with that because I adore her and think she would make a WONDERFUL first lady. She has an "accent" which a lot of "red" Americans just hate. What the heck are we gonna DO in this country. There is a GREAT divide.

To hell with the non-educated religious and poor red states. I don't mean that. I mean, how can we ever win them back? I guess they will have to be so poor that the democratic platforms will start to look good to them. I am so sorry it has come to this. America as a country will have to be ruined and poor for everyone to turn around. How sad!

Edited for better grammatical sentences.

[Cleita]

8. I do all the time, kind of like a movie.

I think we make these ourselves from parts of people we do know. I think if we couldn't do this no novelist would ever be able to invent characters for their stories.

[Mabus]

9. Glad you asked

Now I know I'm not alone. Like someone else who responded, sometimes it is like a movie. I can see people talking to each other, I can see what they are wearing, where they are sitting and a sense of what is going on. It's like I'm floating from house to house sometimes watching what people are doing.

Other times, I see a single face. It's like the face is very bright and almost shimmering. I've seen the same face more than once but a lot of the times I don't remember them.

[indigo11153]

10. Yep

it's like I see something and then it gets closer and clearer and I see a face form.. clearly a face but I don't know them.

[yellowdawgdem]

11. I've never had anything like that

happen, at least that I can remember. But I often get pictures of people I do know- sometimes right before I run into them, or right before they call. Or sometimes for no especial reason. I would find it unsettling to see pictures of unfamiliar faces, I think. But maybe if you can zero in on any associations you have towards these faces. Are these people you are seeing while doing a bit of what would I guess be called astral travelling. Or are they people from a past lifetime, or even parts of yourself in another reality. Or, even you could be seeing future stuff- or, as someone suggested, are they possible guides, though if that were the case, would they not communicate that to you? Oh, it's all so fascinating, really something to think about and keep an eye on, lol!

[Anwen]

12. This used to happen to me almost every night.

I would be falling asleep and suddenly see flashes of people and places that I've never seen before. The images are always so crisp and clear like photographs. It doesn't happen as much since I relocated a couple years ago, but it still happens once in awhile.

I've always wondered what it means. It's neat to discover that this happens to other people as well!

[Sweet Freedom]

13. Yes.

The images are black and white and the people are usually dying. It's very disturbing and I have to shake myself out of it. I have no idea who they are.

I've also had multiple dreams about the same house. I don't think I've ever been there, but (dead) members of my family are usually with me in the dream. I love parts of the house, but parts of it feel creepy.

[Pallas180]

14. I'm going to answer the people who are seeing faces of people they don't

know just before they are falling asleep -

(many of those who posted here are having various forms of psychic perception, but I am answering a specific thing)

Just before you fall asleep you are in an altered state of consciousness, the same altered state (Alpha) where psychics or sensitives go to "tune in"

Our brains cycle in several "vibrations".

Beta,Alpha, Theta, Delta

Beta is full consciousness - your everday alertness

Alpha is a semi dream state - where you go when your mind wanders - you're getting messages at that point, but most are not able to quiet the mind enough to be aware of the message.

Theta is a deep sleep, such as in hypnosis or under anesthesia

Delta is so deep, such as coma, that no-one really knows what occurs there.

But it is known that during sleep we cycle through all four states of
"consciousness".

Those who are seeing unknonw faces just before sleep when they are in the Alpha state are exhibiting mediumistic tendencies. Meaning they are able to bridge the divide in that state between the spirit world and this world.

It is unlikely that they are seeing "spirit guides" although in some cases it may be. It is more likely that spirits who have found an
avenue to communicate, are attempting to do so.

It would be best for the person seeing these faces to get into a course on psychic development so they can learn to protect themselves, to communicate or to choose not to.

In the meantime, you might say," if you come from good and God you may stay, if not, I command you to go".

If they stay, ask mentally, what is your name?, who are you trying to contact? What is it you want to say?

DO NOT ask them what do you want.

then Bless them literally and tell them to Go Toward The Light.

There is always the possibility these are spirits who have lost their way and don't know the direction to go. Always tell them to go toward the Light.

There are groups of people who do nothing but that kind of work. Help lost spirits find their way by telling them to go toward the Light.

Until you learn to tune in better, and protect yourself better, that's the best and nicest thing you can do. Guide them to go toward
the Light.

Just as people coming into YOUR hourse of YOUR living room, it is YOUR space they are in and you can invite them in or command them to go.

At this point, you should not be inviting them in. And when you say
I'if you are from good and God you can stay, if not I command you to go" you will know immediately who or what they are. If not good, they will be gone. Then do your blessing.

That's about all I can tell you right now. It's just not feasible to give a ten week course on-line. But know that you are gifted and you should develop it so you can be more in control of the gift.

Pallas

[Behind the Aegis]

17. Faces

This is an excellent explanation! I see the faces on occasion. There are usually in color, but faded. Some appear in black and white. Most are friendly in appearance, others have scared me. Most have tried to talk to me, but I strain to hear them and hear nothing, so I have started to try reading their lips. The ones that frighten me are sent away. I like what you have said, and when it happens again, I will attempt to do what you have suggested! Perhaps, I will even be able to learn to hear them.

Great post!

[Pallas180]

25. Behind the Aegis (love the name by the way) - in order to

hear, one meditates.

There are specific meditation methods/exercises which quiet ones mind so that they can become aware of inner messages and close out all the stimuli and noise of the material world such as
car noise, and neon signs, and babble, etc. etc.

there are people who tell me they meditate for an hour at a time.

Not a good idea.

Five minutes is good enough to start. Fifteen minutes should be max.
One wants to stay balanced, right?

Breathe in to a count of 1, 2,3, 4

and hold it to a count of 1,2,3,4

exhale to a count of 1, 2, 3 4

all done slowly.

Onthe holding of breath, one can say to themselves, " I am one with all that is good" and then exhale slowly.

Repeating this trains the mind to be quiet and to hear.

[Behind the Aegis]

30. Thanks (love your name too)

I have been told by another psychic who is more of a medium that I need to tap into the universal consciousness through meditation. She said the spirits told her they have been waiting for me, but I am stubborn and try to do too much on my own and end up depleting my energy too quickly.

I will try what you have offered. This is the best I have seen so far. Most have suggested an hour, like you said. I just couldn't do it! But, I think I can handle 5 minutes and work my way up. That is a more attainable goal.

Much appreciated. I enjoy reading your insight on a variety of topics! :)

[Pallas180]

20. A good book to start off with on "Developing your Psychic Skills"

is by Enid Hoffman/Huffman.

Try Amazon or used books.

Explains much and how to go about protecting yourself etc.

In the absence of a psychic development course, that book is the next best thing written by a very old and wise woman.

[Auntie Bush]

47. Have you ever heard of Rosemary Altea? Who wrote a book called

You Own The Power. She tells how to meditate, heal yourself and others and develop your psychic powers.

[Sweet Freedom]

22. Thanks Pallas

I'm glad to know other people experience this. I'll try your advice.

[Behind the Aegis]

16. The house!

I am by no means an expert, but I have become fairly good at dreams. So, with no offense, here is my insight into your dream. The house you are seeing is a representation of your "self." The different rooms represent the different aspects of your whole self. An example would be, the kitchen might represent your domestic side; the bedroom, your sexuality/sensuality. Your family members are acting as guides. They are helping you recognize things in yourself, especially when you are not wanting to. If a part of the house is "creepy," then there may be an aspect of yourself that you are ill-at-ease with and something you need to address. The next time you are in the house, try to explore it. Look at small items. What do they mean to you? Is there an area of your life that is out of control or not going well? Try to go to the room that represents that aspect and explore, take a relative with you.

Sorry to "nose in" but I really like dreams and when I see people talking about "the house" I tend to pipe up. :)

BTW...I also see the faces!

[Sweet Freedom]

21. Thanks for the advice

The house I'm in is very cool -- lots of secret passageways through closets that I know about and love to hide in (children are with me and I am a child as well). I also know of secret passageways out of the house that lead me from the second floor to the roof, which I can easily climb down from.

Next time I'm there, I will check out the small items. I know the dresser in the bedroom is covered in old beautiful knick-knacks. (I haven't checked them out before because my now-deceased aunt is lying in the bed alive.)

[Behind the Aegis]

23. S'alright! :)

Here is some more insight based on what you wrote. If you see the house as "cool," then you are probably very comfortable with yourself. You have a keen sense of self-awareness. The secret passages show the 'hidden' aspects of yourself. Check to see which rooms connect to which rooms, and that may give you even more insight. It would suggest that those "rooms" connected have some commonality. Since you can reach the roof (the higher self) with ease, probably indicates you have a strong spiritual beliefs and can easily 'transcend' them. The relationship you had/have with your aunt, will lend you some insight into your private self (thus, she is hanging out in the bedroom). All in all, sounds like you have a healthy spiritual self, and probably are pretty self-aware.

:)

[disillusioned1]

15. I don't see faces, but

when I'm falling asleep, I always, and I mean always, have thoughts about Michael and David. I don't know a Michael or David. This has been going on since I was a teenager. They don't have a face, they're a name. Weird.

[saracat]

18. I have strange people walk through my bedroom.

They just pass through. I have no idea who they are.A friend thinks my room is a gateway. Could that be possible?

[Pallas180]

24. Sara - read what I have written above and please put it to

good use.

Anyone who is "seeing" is already functioning on a psychic/"medium"
level without knowing what they are doing, how to start it or stop it.

Allowing and not allowing are the first things each psychic/medium must learn - for their own safety and sanity.

[saracat]

28. Thank you Pallas.

I have also had an experience when I looked in the mirror to see someone who looked like me but wasn't.It took a momentfor me to relize that we were not dressed the same! And I was NOT asleep. I saw it long enough to get a good look. It this the same phemomenon?

[Behind the Aegis]

29. Freaky!

I have had that happen too! It has only happened twice, both times startled me. It is VERY odd to have a different set of eyes staring back at you from a mirror!

[Pallas180]

31. No. How old is the mirror? And

did you have the sensation of knowing or having seen the person before somewhere in memory.

You all better get the Enid Hoffman's book.

You can't walk around "open" all the time. It's exhausting for one thing.

You need to learn how to "shut off/down" and ground yourselves.

[saracat]

32. If the mirror came with the house , maybe thirty five years old.

It is me in the mirror but I am dressed differently and seem somewhat different. For example, once I saw myself in a white high necked nightgown that I don't own while I was wearing a bathrobe over my jeans and shirt! Other than that I looked the same.Even my haircut, which is an unusual shingled red bob was the same!

[Pallas180]

34. Saracat, that's what I thought -

"It is me in the mirror but I am dressed differently and seem somewhat different."

[AgadorSparticus]

36. pallas, your post really hits the spot. i didn't realize any of this

and didn't know what to do with the harassing dreams. i thought maybe it was the house or the area. i just never thought of it in that way: "you can't walk around 'open' all the time". i mean, that makes complete sense and so obvious. it just never clicked for me until i read it like that. i'm ordering that book tonight. thanks for the tip.

[Pallas180]

37. Psychic communication is part of the human brain - everyone has it - but

in our western society it is frowned upon....thus people do't compare notes...and when the subconscious won't be quiet anymore...and the
psychic communication comes to the surface, many many people are terribly frightened.

Some,who have no access to people with psychic experience, intuition, figure they're nuts...tell the wrong person they're hearing voices or
seeing things and end up in an institution being labeled a schizophrenic.

My theory is that a major percentage of those people institutionalized and labeled, had the "door opened" or "veil lifted"
(between the two worlds) and did not know how to control it, turn it on or turn it off.

They have not been introduced to their guide, so the guide can't help...and in the case of mediums, they haven't communicated with their "gate-keeper" and therefore everything is coming in the gate.

You all know by now that I'm a cautious serious teacher of the mysteries...and these are not things to be taken lightly or fooled with. Alcoholics who see pink elephants and things that have never walked the earth, are not hallucinating.

Learn how to ground yourself, methods, meet your guide, meet your gatekeeper, surround yourself with white light, always command whatever is "not from Good and God" to go.

[Pallas180]

38. Agador,

I assume you don't know your guide yet, but nevertheless, mentally just before bed talk mentally to your guide - " My dear friend,my spirit guide, please do not wake me up with dreams unless they are important for me to know."

That should do it...but if you are awakened with a dream it will be very important to write it down and all the details of it, immediately. Then you'llneed to interpret the dream because it will be an important message for you.

Hey, let us know.

Pallas

[AgadorSparticus]

39. my guide is a male. don't ask me how i know this since i have

never seen his face. i just see a nondistinct body. but it took me a long time and a dozen dreams later to recognize the connection of this person as significant. in my early dreams, he was presence in the background. later, i recognize the presence but i don't see a person or entity at all.

i have gone to some places in my dream that terrified me and that required my guide to bring me back. other times, i get through it on my own with my mantra in my dream.

i dream EVERY night. sometimes they are kooky dreams. other times they can be premonitions or my spiritual work in action. not sure i can explain that well without going into details. but suffice it to say, a lot of stuff goes on when i'm sleeping.

IAE, i order that book last night from amazon. i also ordered her other book too: developing your psychic abilities (i think is the title. can't remember offhand). looking forward to reading both. i'll let you know what i think when i finish the books.

[Pallas180]

40. Agador,

read my post number 27 above:

"don't ask me how i know this since i have
never seen his face."

[AgadorSparticus]

41. i've been told that too by several people when i first started discussing

my dreams years back. but then i've also heard that your guide will never be of the opposite sex as you. :shrug:

[Pallas180]

42. Untrue.

"your guide will never be of the opposite sex as you. :shrug:"

[splat]

19. It's called a hypnagogic state

Hypnagogic when you're falling asleep, hypnapompic when you're waking up.

Google those words for more. Here's something from what turns out to be a Falun Gong site : Fleeting Moments between Waking and Sleep Conducive to Anomalous Experiences

Visual hypnagogic/hypnopompic imagery has often been referred to as the "faces in the dark" phenomenon because the seeing of faces is so common. Faces may range from the beautiful and the pleasant to the hideous and the terrifying (Mavromatis, 1987; McKellar, 1957). These faces are often characterized as being extremely lifelike and often seem to be looking at the observer ( Leaning, 1925). These faces can also develop into figures that may move towards the observer. Such faces or figures can be singular or in groups, of known or unknown, living or dead persons and may sometimes seem to represent particular moods and emotions (Leaning, 1925; Mavromatis, 1987). People undergoing such experiences may also hear their names being called, which might be interpreted as attempts at communication by deceased persons.

Now I'm off to explore that site. I don't know much about Falun Gong, except they're persecuted in China for what looks like doing exercises.

On edit: Here's a scientific paper with lots of references at the end, some with links: Relationship between the hypnagogic/hypnopompic states and reports of anomalous experiences

[susanna]

26. Yes, quite frequently.

I never really thought about what it means though. It usually happens when I am in a meditative state of some sort.

[murray hill farm]

33. happens to me every time i go to sleep

Often what seems like a parade of faces. it happens in that space between being awake and being asleep..i love that space..that time between awake and asleep..almost feels like a doorway or opening of some sort...do not know what it means..if anything, but i love that space..ha!!

[Pallas180]

35. MexicoPat - read post #14 above..good definition you gave:

"feels like a doorway or opening of some sort"

[davsand]

43. Who or WHAT is that tall dark hooded dude?

Tall (very!) dark and wearing a hooded robe. He/it just stands there at the end of the bed not moving--just stands looking at me. I wake up to it sometimes. Makes me feel umeasy, but I also tell it mentally that it is not of my realm and is not any real threat to me.

Anybody know WHAT that thing is and why it comes around?


Laura

[Pallas180]

44. Laura, what color is the robe? and

is it like a monk's robe?

Are you uneasy like threatened or uneasy because it's a strange experience?

If the first, command it to go.


Tell him if he is from Good and God he can stay and if not, you command him to go.

If he stays, ask what his name is - and ask if he's your guide.

Let me know what happens.

[davsand]

45. He's always back lit somehow.

I have no idea what the actual color of the robe is beyond it being dark. I suppose the fear could just be the oddness of waking up to it--I don't usually wake up with "things" standing at the end of the bed. It is kind of outside my typical experience, you might say... :)

I have always had a sense that it is mostly watching me--not really a physical threat, however there must some element of menace if I'm thinking to tell it it can't harm me. It has never spoken, and has not really ever moved that I can recall.

I am a "seer" in that, usually anything that manifests to me comes in visual form. I see stuff moving out of the corners of my vision, or I live it in dreams. This hooded figure usually is proceeded by intense events like that for a few days ahead of its arrival.

Lately "stuff" has been moving around in the corners of my vision a lot and I'm wondering if he's due in for a visit soon. I'll let you know how it goes!

Thanks!

Laura

[Pallas180]

46. oops - sorry - no post

.

[queerart]

48. This Happened To Me As A Child.....

Every night... and I do mean every night this would happen...

It would scare me to death.... I would ache at the thought of going to bed... as I knew the faces would start again...

The faces would float by... men, women... but I never remember seeing children... nor do I remember seeing full body's.... Just faces... that would float by... and for some reason, I just had the feeling they were dead... I don't know why I thought that... I just did....

The colors were Blue and grey.... and when it would all finish there would be a pin point of light..... (like you would see when you used to turn off the old fashioned TV's) a bright color blue would reduce to a micro spot of blue in the middle with black all around...

After some effort... I made myself stop seeing the faces...

Too bad, as I would love to do it again.........

[Pallas180]

49. Children are more often in Alpha than not - up to the age of

about 10 when we societize them and tell them to stop with their imaginary friends.

Lots of those imaginary friends are not so imaginary.

Meditation, as I explained somewhere in the above posts will bring you
back to the Alpha states. The trick is to learn to go in and out.

Be here in Beta when you need to be, and switch to Alpha. There are
exercises and methods to do this.

[queerart]

50. Thanks!

I will try some meditation!

[Pallas180]

51. q. art - if you read through the posts above , you will find a particular

method of breathing during meditation that will help you get where you
want to go.

:hi:

[queerart]

53. Thanks Indeed!

:pals:

[Quakerfriend]

52. Yes, all were relatives that had crossed over

I did'nt always see their faces. They would give me messages without speaking. Usually they visited alone.

However, several times a group of folks seemed to be examining me from above and discussing things about me. I felt that they were there to help me. Never felt scary or bad.

All incidents occured just as I was falling asleep or awakening.

Often times, I would get some sign/confirmation of there visit the following day. For ex, once an aunt who had died of cancer when I was 8 visited and 'spoke' of how she would always be with her sons in spirit. The next day a neighbor dropped off a book to me, and I opened to pg. 454 and there was a quote from her father who happened to be a famous oncologist.

I enjoyed their visits and miss them a lot, as no one has come thru in several years.