What do you dream about before the death of a relative? Prediction of death to see in a dream
Scientists, parapsychologists and esotericists from all over the world have been trying for many centuries to lift the veil of secrecy and find out what happens to a person at the very moment when life ends and death occurs. Attempts to find omens of imminent death are often attempted in a person’s dreams, perceiving them as a transitional state from life to death. So is there a connection between dreams and death? Should we be afraid of what is written in the dream book? And is it possible to understand from what you see in a dream that the last day is near?
IF YOU LOOK INTO THE DREAM BOOK
Often, after disturbing and scary dreams, people first turn to the dream book. Not that everyone believes in what is written, or in the ability to interpret dreams in general, but it helps to quench curiosity or calm oneself.
Firstly, the most obvious misconception is that death in a dream foreshadows death in reality. Even in dream books, one’s own death in a dream is not considered an omen of imminent death in real life.
For example, according to Miller’s dream book, one’s own death means doubts and hesitations in real life, recognition of one’s own guilt, fear from an accomplished action or event. According to Freud's dream book, one's own death represents the fear of losing independence. Vanga even believed that a dream about death is a sign of a long and happy life next to a loved one. A similar interpretation was given by Nostradamus and the medium Miss Hosse. Thus, one’s own death in a dream, according to dream books, can in no way be considered an omen of death in real life.
The approaching death is predicted by completely different dreams. For example, a lost tooth with blood will mark the death of a blood relative. Or the arrival of a dead person whom a person agreed to follow in a dream. Symbols foreshadowing death also include: a celestial body falling from the sky, crossing a river by boat, muddy and musty water, digging a hole, a croaking crow, otherworldly forces, falling into a well or other depression.
But on a more serious note, is there evidence that dreams are in any way related to death, can foreshadow it, or simply reflect real-life experiences?
Psychology became interested in studying the dreams of dying people back in the 19th century. For example, the philosopher and psychologist Maria Louise von Franz in her book “On Dreams and Death” described how she observed the dreams of terminally ill people, in many of them death appeared as a passage through a tunnel, a dark spot or cloud that expands and threatens the dreamer. For example, a young woman who suffered from an incurable disease and died on the operating table, shortly before her death, described her dream as follows:
“I am at the edge of the lake with my husband and friends. The lake is very deep, the water is clean, transparent blue. Suddenly, at the depths of the lake, I see a black bird. She is dead. I feel great compassion for her and want to dive in and find her and save her. The thought of her being dead is unbearable for me. My husband intervenes in a caring but persistent way and asks me not to do this because, according to him, this is the way it should be. I look deep into the lake again and see the bird's eyes, which appear like brilliant diamonds. After that I wake up."
Von Franz in this case calls the bird a symbol of the spirit of life extinguished in the body. In other dreams there were images of a black spot, a dark box. According to her observations, in dreams before death one rarely sees beautiful and colorful images. Another frequently encountered image is that of travel.
“I packed two suitcases. One of them held my work clothes, and the other held my jewelry, diaries and photographs. The first was for the mainland, and the second for America,” one of the patients told about her dream shortly before her death.
Carl Jung, who also observed the dreams of terminally ill people, concluded that shortly before death, people begin to see events from their early years in their dreams. In addition, patients often heard beautiful music in their dreams, saw humanoid creatures, motionless figures of people with Mongolian features, as well as wide landscapes and rocks from which voices emanated. But unlike Von Franz, Jung concludes that the closer death is, the more beautiful dreams look. And negative images are seen when a person’s body begins to get sick.
« The closer death is, the more beautiful the dreams become, it seems that some new life begins with these magnificent pictures: in order to achieve this life, the human body must die,” he writes.
The famous neuropathologist Mikhail Astvatsaturov, while observing dreams, concluded that nightmares before death are most often experienced by people suffering from heart disease; they usually begin during the latent period. In a dream, the fear of death appears. Today it is even generally accepted that in the absence of visible symptoms, frequent nightmares are a reason to consult a doctor and have your heart checked.
WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SLEEP AND DEATH?
Research shows that in the vast majority of cases dreams are secondary, psychologist and hypnotherapist Vasily Danilov told a MIR 24 correspondent.
“Dreams are a metaphorical analysis of the most vivid events that a person has recently experienced and which have reached the subconscious level of perception. Actually, all changes occur at the subconscious level, which then manifest themselves in consciousness. For example, a doctor, a person whose words, by definition, immediately fall into the patient’s subconscious, declares that the situation is complex and the prognosis is unfavorable. Unfortunately, today, incorrect formulations by doctors are common. The patient immediately develops a fear of imminent death. Perhaps not the first time, but from the second or third time this message will reach the subconscious,” he said.
Moreover, in practice it turns out that if a person perceives a dream as an omen, then the subconscious will begin to actively work towards the realization of this very dream.
“At this moment the second stage starts. When a dream is perceived as an omen. And the subconscious begins to work hard to fulfill it. The process goes in cycles, bringing death closer. Often out of the blue. A similar case was described, for example, by the doctor Pavel Bul in the book “The Theory of Medical Hypnosis,” says Danilov.
According to the psychologist, even if you had such a dream, you should perceive it not as inevitability, but as an attempt by the subconscious to help.
“Any dream is a sign. An attempt by our subconscious to help us. To warn us about something, to suggest something. Dreams about imminent death are no exception. It is important to treat such a dream correctly. Such a dream should not be taken as inevitable. Only as a warning about the need to change something in life,” concluded Danilov.
There is no direct connection between dreams and death, says somnologist Maxim Mironov. But dreams are capable of informing people both about past experiences and about future events connected with this experience.
“First of all, I have to disappoint lovers of mysticism: there is no direct connection between sleep and death. But our brain is a very complex organ with many functions that is ahead of consciousness. While our dreams are great informants about the experience we have experienced, or about future events related to this experience.
If we combine these two facts, we get the following picture: a seriously ill person, day after day, hour after hour, remains in a certain state, understanding the inevitability of what is happening. Plunging into sleep, being in its rapid phase, he sees dreams based on information processed by the brain. And, of course, in his situation, the dreams will not be rosy, but difficult, predicting an imminent death,” he said.
The moment of death forever remains hidden for a person, and dreams indicate a spiritual nature, believes founder of the theta-healing club “7 PLAN” Natalya Chumakova.
“In his works, Jung concludes that the human unconscious does not pay attention to the physical completion of life. As if the mental life of the individual will definitely continue further. At the same time, there are some dreams that symbolically report the end of the life of the physical body, but do not raise doubts about the continuation of mental life. The unconscious definitely believes in life after death. Symbolic pictures can be seen at any moment in life, simply by contacting an experienced theta practitioner.
In addition, such pictures can be seen in a dream when some important events occur in a person’s life. Turning points. But these dreams only testify to our spiritual nature, but do not speak of imminent death. From my experience with past life travel, I can say that our soul does not remember either pain or fear at the moment of transition. Feelings, sacred knowledge and spiritual experience of past incarnations are remembered. The time and moment of death itself are hidden from us,” she said.
People can have dreams that foreshadow death even when a person simply realized the existence of death or was afraid of it, she said psychologist and founder of the training center “The Right Decision” Natalya Kalaberdina.
“From the point of view of psychology, and Freud was the first to analyze dreams, if a person was sick or thought about death, then he would probably dream something. Freud wrote that at such moments one dreams of scenes of separation, moving, and some types of transport. But when a person does not know about death, he does not dream of anything. At the same time, Freud said that in any human cell there is information about the entire history of mankind. He described a case when a small child had in his mind an idea of existence, the structure of man, and dust.
Thus, dreams symbolizing death can occur to a person when he realized that death exists or was afraid of some fact of death. Jung said that dreams are symbols, and symbolism is very individual, so in the minds of each person, death can be perceived by a different spectrum of symbols. At the same time, it was Jung who described the theories of archtitypes and methods of archetypal defenses, which, when consciousness collides with frightening images, look for protective symbols. Thus, death in a dream can be personified by the image of an angel, a conversation with God, going to heaven,” concluded Kalaberdina.
What are dreams? Saint Gregory of Nyssa writes that they are “certain ghosts of mental activity,” which “are created by chance by that soul that is unreasonable.” This is evident from the fact that “the one who dreams in a dream often imagines the inappropriate and impossible, which would not have happened if the soul were then controlled by reason and reflection. But... certain semblances of what was in reality and echoes of what was produced by feeling and thought, which are only imprinted in it by the remembering power of the soul, are again depicted.”Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov) described this in detail: “During human sleep, the state of a sleeping person is arranged by God in such a way that the whole person is in complete rest. This rest is so complete that during it a person loses consciousness of his existence and comes into self-forgetfulness. During sleep, all activity associated with labor and performed voluntarily under the control of the mind and will ceases: that activity remains that is necessary for existence and cannot be separated from it. In the body, the blood continues its movement, the stomach cooks food, the lungs send out breath, the skin allows perspiration; thoughts, dreams and feelings continue to multiply in the soul, but not depending on reason and arbitrariness, but according to the unconscious action of nature. From such dreams, accompanied by characteristic thinking and sensations, a dream is made up... Sometimes a dream bears the incoherent imprint of arbitrary thoughts and daydreams, and sometimes it is a consequence of a moral mood.”
At the same time, according to the testimony of Blessed Augustine, “the soul, even in sleep, does not lose the ability to feel or understand. For even then she has before her eyes images of sensory objects, and often they cannot even be distinguished from those objects of which they are images; and if the soul at the same time comprehends something, then it is equally true for both the sleeping and the waking one. For example, if someone in a dream sees himself reasoning and in a competition asserts something on the basis of true provisions, then these provisions will remain just as true upon awakening, although everything else turns out to be false, for example, the place where, as he dreamed, , he conducted his reasoning, the person with whom they were conducted, and the like, which, however, often passes without a trace and is forgotten even by those who are awake.”
Saint Gregory points out that the nature of dreams is also influenced by the state of the body: “So, to a thirsty person it seems that he is at the springs; and to one in need of food - that he is at a feast; and a young man in the prime of his life dreams in accordance with his passion and age,” and the influence of illnesses: “Those with an upset stomach have other sleepy visions; others - in people with damaged meninges; others - in patients with fever." And the moral character of the sleeper also influences: “Some dreams are for a courageous person, and others are for a fearful person; some dreams are for the intemperate, and others for the chaste... What the soul is accustomed to think about in reality, it creates images of it in dreams.”
The Monk Simeon the New Theologian says that the nature of dreams is influenced by a person’s way of thinking and activities: “What the soul is busy with and what it talks about in reality, it dreams or philosophizes about in its sleep; or, having spent the whole day worrying about human affairs, she fusses about them in dreams; or, having studied all the time in divine and heavenly things, he enters into vision of them during sleep and becomes wise with visions, according to the prophet: “Your young men will see visions” (Joel 2:28; Acts 2:17). And he is not deceived by false dreams, but sees the true in dreams and is taught by revelations.”
Saint Gregory the Dvoeslov explains in detail what types of sources of dreams there are: “Sometimes dreams are born from the fullness of the stomach, sometimes from its emptiness, sometimes from delusion (diabolical), sometimes from reflection and obsession together, sometimes from revelation, sometimes from reflection and revelation together. We know the dreams of the first two births from experience; and we find examples of dreams of the other four kinds in the books of Holy Scripture. If dreams did not often occur from the obsession of a secret enemy, then the wise man would never have indicated this with the words: “Dreams led many astray, and those who hoped in them fell” (Sir. 35: 7). Also: “Do not cast spells, do not guess from dreams” (Lev. 19:26). These words clearly show that dreams that are connected with fortune-telling should be averted. Again, if dreams did not sometimes occur from reflection and delusion together, then the wise man would not have said: “Drowning comes with much care” (Eccl. 5:2). If dreams were not sometimes born from secret revelations, then... the angel would not have inspired Mary’s betrothed in a dream to flee to Egypt, taking the Baby (see: Matt. 2). Again... [when] the prophet Daniel, discussing the dream of Nebuchadnezzar (see: Dan. 2: 29), reverently examines the dream and its meaning and explains from what reflection it came, he clearly shows that dreams very often come from reflection and revelations together. But if dreams are distinguished by such heterogeneity, then, obviously, the less one should believe them, the more difficult it is to understand from what source they come. However, holy men in obsessions and revelations, with some inner feeling, distinguish the very voice and image of the visions, so that they recognize what they perceive from a good spirit and what they suffer from the obsession of the devil. If the mind is not careful in relation to dreams, then through the seducing spirit it will fall into many dreams: it has the habit of predicting many things that are true, in order to later entangle the soul with some kind of lie.”
Saint Philaret of Moscow speaks about the same thing: “Dreams are different. They can come from various states of the body, especially the nerves, from the heart, thoughts, imagination, as these are in reality, and, finally, from the influences of the spiritual world: pure, mixed and impure. In order to determine the merit of a dream, a lot of testing is required."
Prophetic dreams
It is worthy of attention how the holy fathers explain the so-called “prophetic dreams” that come true. The Monk John of Damascus speaks about this quite briefly: “The thinking ability includes judgment, approval, the desire for action, as well as aversion and avoidance from it... This same ability acts in dreams, foretelling the future for us.”
St. Gregory of Nyssa describes this “mechanism” in more detail, drawing a difference between such dreams and revelations from God: “Confusing memory and foresight, dormant under some kind of superimposed covers, present [to a person in a dream] similarities to what was bothering him in reality, and often indicate something that comes true. For, due to the subtlety of its nature, the soul has something more than the corporeal plumpness and can discern something else from what really exists... So the cupbearer squeezed a bunch into Pharaoh’s cup, so the baker imagined that he was carrying coffers - what everyone did in reality, he considered himself to be doing the same in a dream. The similarities of his usual activities, imprinted in the providential ability of the soul, provided the opportunity, according to such a prophecy of the mind, to predict what would come true over time... Although everyone has natural sleepy visions, only some, and not all, become partakers of Divine revelation in dreams. And for everyone else, if a certain foreknowledge of something is communicated in dreams, then it happens in the way described above.”
Saint Nicholas of Serbia reports on the signs that the Lord sends to people: “Often the Lord God in a dream gives people a signal not to do what they are planning... Some God-fearing wives suffering from infertility, who earnestly prayed to God to give them a child, were given in a dream signals that their prayers have been heard... It is not so rare that someone in a dream is given a sign that death is near... Examples of dream-signals are numerous even today.”
At the same time, the holy fathers condemned the desire to interpret dreams and tell fortunes from them. The words of St. Gregory the Dvoeslov were already quoted above, recalling God’s commandment not to guess from dreams. Saint Basil the Great also writes with censure: “A dream angers you - you run to a dream interpreter.” Below we will talk in more detail about how, according to the holy fathers, we should relate to dreams.
Ascetic attitude towards dreams
Saint Theophan the Recluse writes: “Historically, it is confirmed that there are dreams from God, some of our own, and some from the enemy. How to find out is beyond your imagination. Peephole peephole. The only thing we can say decisively is that dreams that are contrary to Orthodox Christianity must be rejected. Also: there is no sin in not following dreams when you lack confidence. God’s dreams, which must be fulfilled, were sent repeatedly.”
It is generally accepted that demons often use dreams as weapons against believers. Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov) writes: “Demons, having access to our souls while we are awake, also have it during our sleep. And during sleep they tempt us with sin, mixing their dreams into our dreams. Also, having seen in us attention to dreams, they try to make our dreams entertaining, and to arouse in us greater attention to these nonsense, to introduce us little by little into confidence in them.” We read the same thing from the Monk Isaac the Syrian: “Sometimes the enemy, under the guise of revelations from God, unleashes his charms on the environment and shows something to a person in dreams... and does everything to be able to little by little convince a person and at least a few bring him into agreement with himself, so that a person will be delivered into his hands.”
From this it is clear that even simply entertaining, vivid dreams that attract attention can pose a danger if you treat them with unhealthy interest. Therefore, the Monk John Climacus also has instructions on how to behave after sleep, so as not to suffer any harm from a former dream: “During the course of the day, no one should imagine in his mind the dreams that happen in a dream; for this is also the intention of the demons, to defile us who are awake with dreams.”
But St. John also points out several special types of demonic temptations sent to monks through dreams: “When we, for the sake of the Lord, leaving our homes and relatives, give ourselves over to the hermit life out of love for God, then the demons try to outrage us with dreams, presenting us with our relatives or those who mourn, or those who are held in prison for us and suffer other misfortunes. Therefore, whoever believes dreams is like a man who runs after his shadow and tries to grab it.”
“Demons of vanity are prophets in dreams; being sly, they infer the future from circumstances and announce it to us, so that, upon the fulfillment of these visions, we are surprised and, as if already close to the gift of insight, are lifted up in thought. Those who believe the demon, for those he is often a prophet; and whoever despises him always turns out to be a liar before them. As a spirit, he sees what is happening in the air and, noticing, for example, that someone is dying, he predicts this to the gullible through a dream. Demons know nothing about the future by foreknowledge; but it is known that doctors can also predict death for us.”
St. Peter of Damascus speaks about how demons imitate “spiritual” dreams: “Seeing that Christ, in His extreme goodness, condescends to the holy martyrs and reverend fathers, appearing to them either Himself, or through angels, or in some other inexplicable way, as He said ( see: John 14:21), the devil also began to present many deceptions to destruction for some. That is why the prudent fathers wrote that nothing of this kind should be accepted: neither any images, nor light, nor fire, nor any other seduction. For the devil contrives even by this to deceive us in dreams or sensually.”
Blessed Diadochos of Photikis warns of another danger: “When the mind begins to feel the gracious consolation of the Holy Spirit, then Satan also puts his consolation into the soul in a seemingly sweet feeling, during the night’s tranquility, at the moment of some subtle sleep (or falling asleep). If at this time the mind turns out to be holding in the warmest memory the holy name of the Lord Jesus... then this evil deceiver will immediately leave.”
What is the difference between dreams from God and dreams from demons?
Many holy fathers wrote about this issue, pointing out the signs by which one can conclude whether the spiritual dream seen is true or false. It makes sense to quote their statements.
Blessed Diadochos of Photikie: “Dreams that appear through the love of God... do not change from one image to another, do not induce fear, do not excite laughter or sudden sadness, but approach the soul with all calmness and fill it with spiritual joy; why the soul, even after awakening the body, with all lust seeks this joy experienced in a dream. In demonic dreams, everything is contrary to this: they do not remain in the same image and do not show their appearance for a long time without being confused... at the same time, they talk a lot and promise great things, and intimidate even more with threats, often taking on a kind of warriors; sometimes they sing something flattering to the soul with a noisy cry... It happens, however, that good dreams do not bring joy to the soul, but a kind of sweet sadness and a non-painful tear. This happens to those who have already succeeded in great humility."
Venerable John Climacus: “The demons are repeatedly transformed into angels of light and into the image of martyrs and represent to us in a dream that we are coming to them; and when we awaken, they fill us with joy and exaltation. Let this be a sign of delight for you; for the angels show us torment, the Last Judgment and separation, and fill those who awaken with fear and lamentation. If we begin to submit to demons in our dreams, then they will scold us while we are awake. He who believes in dreams is not at all skilled; and whoever has no faith in them is wise. So, believe only those dreams that announce to you torment and judgment; and if they lead you to despair, then they are also from demons.”
The Monk Barsanuphius the Great answers the question of “how dare the devil, in a vision or dream, show the Lord Christ or the holy communion?”: “He cannot show either the Lord Christ Himself or the holy communion, but he lies and presents an image of some man and simple bread; but he cannot show the holy cross, because he does not find a way to depict it in any other way... the devil does not dare to use it (to deceive us), for on the cross its power is destroyed and a deadly wound is inflicted on it by the cross... So, when you see the image of the cross in a dream, know that this dream is true and from God; but try to get an interpretation of its meaning from the saints and do not believe your own thoughts.”
Venerable Ambrose of Optina: “These dreams, perhaps, are not true, but from a sham side, because from true visions there is peace and spiritual benefit, but from these dreams followed general confusion. Therefore, I advise you not to trust these dreams, but to leave them without a decision and pray that the Lord and the Queen of Heaven will arrange something beneficial for you, as They please.”
Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov): “Dreams sent by God carry in themselves an irresistible conviction. This conviction is understandable to the saints of God and incomprehensible to those who are still struggling with passions.”
The same saint adds: “We need to know that in our state, which has not yet been renewed by grace, we are unable to see dreams other than those made up of the delirium of the soul and the slander of demons... How our consolation during our wakefulness consists of tenderness, born from the consciousness of our sins , from the memory of death and the judgment of God... so in a dream, very rarely, in extreme need, the angels of God present to us either our death, or hellish torment, or a terrible near-death and afterlife judgment. From such dreams we come to the fear of God, to tenderness, to crying for ourselves. But such dreams are given very rarely to an ascetic or even to an obvious and fierce sinner, according to the special unknown vision of God.”
You shouldn't believe dreams
Although the holy fathers, as shown above, recognized that there are dreams from God, however, due to the fact that for people who are spiritually imperfect, it is impossible to distinguish these dreams from devilish obsessions, the saints unanimously and categorically call not to believe in dreams at all. To confirm the seriousness of this threat, examples are given of how sometimes even very experienced ascetics suffered falls due to trust in dreams.
Blessed Diadochos of Photikis dedicated an entire section of his work to “the virtue of not believing in any dreams.” Calling this a “great virtue,” he defines its essence in the following rule: “Do not believe in any sleepy dream at all. For dreams, for the most part, are nothing more than idols of thoughts, a play of the imagination, or demonic abuse and fun of us. If, adhering to this rule, we sometimes do not accept such a dream that will be sent to us from God, then the loving Lord Jesus will not be angry with us for this, knowing that we dare to do this out of fear of demonic intrigues.”
St. Ephraim the Syrian calls: “Do not believe in deceptive dreams, beloved; “Dreams led many astray, and those who hoped in them fell” (Sir. 35: 7). For what measure of perfection have we achieved so that we can see visions of angels?” The Monk Peter of Damascus also speaks about not giving any attention to any dreams at all: “Whoever wants to achieve dispassion must... also not be afraid of dreams, evil or seemingly good, neither thoughts of evil or good, nor sadness or seemingly joy.”
The Venerable Macarius of Optina writes: “When you believe in dreams, it is certainly no wonder that you will fall into delusion. The Holy Fathers completely reject and tell us not to believe dreams, for us passionate and self-important people. Instead of being embarrassed by an empty dream, you need to look at your sins and always reproach yourself for not correcting yourself and humble yourself, which will attract God’s help.” “Let her be wary of believing dreams; peace of conscience is enough for her; even if the dream was blessed, it will not be a sin when, fearing delusion, he considers himself unworthy of it.”
From St. Theophan the Recluse we read: “In your Lenten letter you ask whether dreams can be believed? It’s better not to believe, because the enemy brings a lot of trifles to mind even in reality, but in a dream it’s even more convenient for him. If any dreams come true, then, after they come true, thank the Lord for his mercy. And give thanks for pleasant and edifying dreams. Quickly cleanse your soul and memory from seductive dreams upon awakening. The best way to do this is prayer and bringing to memory good events, especially from gospel history.”
Venerable Ambrose of Optina: “Most of all, beware of believing your dreams and dreams, try to forget them and do not attribute any meaning to them.”
Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov) explains in detail “how foolish it is to listen, much less trust, to dreams, and what terrible harm can arise from trusting them. From attention to dreams, trust in them certainly creeps into the soul, and therefore attention itself is strictly forbidden.”
Dream of the Righteous
Blessed Jerome of Stridon says: “The Apostle commands us to always pray, but among the saints even sleep itself is a prayer.” The Monk Abba Thalassius testifies to the same thing: “The mind, freed from passions, sees subtle thoughts both when the body is awake and when it plunges into sleep.” St. Maximus the Confessor: “When the soul begins to feel healthy, then it will begin to have pure and serene dreams.”
Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov): “Nature renewed by the Holy Spirit is governed by completely different laws than nature that is fallen and stagnant in its fall... Their thoughts and dreams, which are outside the control of human reason and will during sleep, acting in other people unconsciously, according to the demands of nature, act in them under the guidance of the Spirit, and the dreams of such people have spiritual meaning.”
St. John writes in more detail about this state, that is, about the sleep of a perfect ascetic: “When he falls asleep a little, his sleep is like someone else’s wakefulness; for the fire of his heart does not allow him to fall into sleep, and he sings with David: “Enlighten my eyes, lest I sleep into death” (Ps. 12:4). He who reaches this measure and has already tasted its sweetness understands what has been said; such a person does not become intoxicated with sensual sleep, but only uses natural sleep.”
Naturally, with such a dream there are other types of dreams. The Monk Zosima Verkhovsky, talking about the spiritual experience of his teacher, the Monk Basilisk, wrote that he often had spiritual visions in his sleep: “In such sleepy visions he sometimes sees, as if in revelation, the future rewards prepared for sinners and the righteous, but, perplexed, how to explain both of them, he says that the reward for sinners is inscrutable because of terrible horror and unbearable painful cruelty, and for the righteous - because of wonderful glory and indescribable sweetness and joy. Sometimes he foresaw certain changes in the lives of his and other fathers, which eventually came true.”
How often do people develop a phobia due to illness! Especially at a time when doctors cannot make a definite diagnosis. Such a person worries about loved ones, because he might leave them. And a disease about which the person knows nothing seems fatal. A dream in which such a person received a prediction is just panic.
What if you dream of a death prediction?
What should you always remember and what should you never forget? Thought is material and creative. It can also become destructive. A person who believes in a foreshadowing in his dream may get sick and even die on the day predicted to him. And after that, everyone will begin to believe in such a significant and prophetic dream. No one would dare to assume that the person not only set the day of his death, but also fulfilled his plan. Therefore, to believe that the prediction was a dream about a long life is not only correct, but also necessary. Dreams, of course, sometimes come true. But only if a person allows them to come true. This is the key point.
Prophecies do come to people. It happens. Predicting death can frighten a sleeping person, and the thought of sleep will not leave you for a moment. But the prediction can be dreamed of simply because of poor health that night.
The body, anticipating illness, simulates the situation and a message about illness is sent in the form of an unpleasant magical dream. In the same way, a person can feel problems with loved ones. But if everyone who dreams like this actually died, then there would be no living people left on the planet. Sometimes such a dream carries a spiritual message. A person is sent some kind of hint from above. From the point of view of healthy atheism, this hint is sent by the subconscious. So why do you dream about predicting death? It's about changing your life. Perhaps the person has lost his way.
What does it portend?
Any nightmare leaves an unpleasant aftertaste. But all this happens for a reason. Instead of giving in to fears, it is better to cleanse yourself. If someone believes in God, it is worth going to church. If the prediction of death concerned someone you know, then you need to pay more attention to this person in your life. Almost all people in childhood want to live at least a hundred years. But this is also a fairly short period of time. We need to appreciate the hours and minutes given to us. This is exactly what a person’s dream should tell him about. Don't deprive yourself of the joys of feeling life.
One woman had a dream that her sister would die. She really died on that day, but ten years later. If we consider the opposite situation, turning on sober thinking, then this dream-prediction is similar to a purchased lottery ticket. Are there many people on the planet who win millions?
Should you trust your dreams and your premonitions? Perhaps you just need to listen to them. But believing in something bad and living in panic is absolutely unreasonable. People who trust their intuition can foresee unpleasant circumstances. But any of them will say that you never know when your intuition has worked.
The great Russian scientist, researcher and physiologist Ivan Sechenov expressed himself about dreams as follows: “A dream is an unprecedented combination of past impressions.” These words very clearly characterize many features of dreams. From a scientific point of view, it is impossible to see in a dream something that has not previously been perceived by the brain: after all, our consciousness cannot in any way “fish out” from the “computer” of memory something that is not there, has never been and, therefore, cannot be! Therefore, some researchers are still of the opinion that dreams cannot predict and anticipate events, they are only a reflection of reality.
Cases have been described many times when relatives saw the death of their loved ones in a dream. Comparing the day and hour, they were amazed at the incredible coincidences. From ancient times, a legend about Princess Olga, the daughter of the Prophetic Oleg, has reached our days. Olga saw in a dream the death of her beloved husband, Prince Igor, who, as usual, was preparing to go on a campaign for tribute to the Polovtsians. Seeing him off, she asked not to take more tribute than was required. However, Igor did not listen to his wife; he turned his horse and came for tribute again. Then the angry Polovtsians brutally dealt with the prince. Olga avenged the death of her husband and was popularly nicknamed “She-Wolf.” But very soon she began to be considered a saint. She again had a dream in which she was advised to go to Byzantium. There Olga converted to Christianity, and Emperor Constantine himself became her godfather.
Margarita Tuchkova - the wife of the general, hero of the Patriotic War of 1812, Alexander Tuchkov - one night had a dream: on the wall above her head hung a piece of paper enclosed in a black frame, where it was written in French: “Your fate will be decided in Borodino.” Drops oozed from the letters and ran down the paper. On September 1, 1812, she received news of the death of her husband in the battle of Borodino.
Foggy morning... Peter and Paul Fortress... The beat of drums... and five people awaiting execution. What is this? Description of the real events of the massacre of the leaders of the Decembrist uprising? Yes, but at the same time this is a dream of the mother of the Decembrist K.D. Ryleev, who dreamed about it when her ten-year-old son became seriously ill. Sitting by the bed of the sick boy, the mother began to pray and ask the Almighty for his recovery. Unbeknownst to herself, she fell asleep. She had an amazing dream in which she was shown the end of her son’s life if he recovered. In a dream, she was asked what she would choose: a healthy child who would live another ten years next to her, but then end his life on the scaffold, or would he die at the age of ten, avoiding a painful end? The mother chose the former. Her dream became a reality in 1825, when the uprising against autocracy and serfdom was defeated and its organizers were hanged.
Abraham Lincoln was also warned in a dream of his death. His memoirs contain the following lines: “I barely had time to go to bed when I immediately fell asleep and had a dream... Dead silence reigned around me, when suddenly I heard suppressed sobs and sighs... I got up and went into another room ... an amazing sight appeared before me: a hearse on which lay a dead man covered with a funeral veil. "Who died in the White House?" - I asked the soldier. “The President,” he answered me, “he died at the hands of an assassin.” President Lincoln was shot by an assassin while visiting a theater.
A young American woman had a dream about her mother who boarded the Titanic on April 14, 1912. In the dream, her mother was saved by boat after a ship collided with an iceberg. The dream repeated the real picture of the sinking of the Titanic, and her mother was among the lucky few who managed to survive after this tragedy.
There is a well-known case when Adolf Hitler, during the beginning of his military career with the rank of a simple corporal, woke up from a nightmare: he dreamed that he was covered in rubble. He immediately rushed to the exit, a few minutes later a shell hit his bunker, and everyone who was there died.
Modern analysts recognize the existence of prognostic or prophetic dreams, which are based on an intuitive calculation of supposed and probabilistic events. Such dreams can also occur both in the form of symbolism and in plain text. The prediction of certain events in a dream is still of particular interest to scientists.
The modern research of academician P.K. is widely known. Anokhina. He came to the conclusion that the brain not only monitors the subtlest processes in the body, but also evaluates the environment, models the most likely outcome of the situation and reproduces it in the form of a dream. Research conducted over the past decades has confirmed the existence of a so-called “prediction center” in our brain. It has been proven that the brain can not only sense the subtlest processes occurring in the human body, but is also able to assess the situation and simulate its possible outcome.
It must be said that all the accidents in our lives are quite natural, and much of what then happens is already, as it were, “prepared” in advance in the subtle world, both positive and negative, and everything that happens to a person sometimes has a These are completely justified reasons. An anxious state is caused by the fact that a person does not understand what is happening to him, and he does not have the opportunity to correctly assess what is happening in order to then take some action. In addition, any upcoming changes in our lives are always associated with anticipation and the need to be prepared for the most incredible surprises. Sometimes a person clearly realizes that there is no obvious cause for alarm, but any living creature is designed in such a way that his subconscious involuntarily reacts to everything that stands out and attracts his attention, and in a dream it tries to send a warning, and such a reaction can be immediate and quite unambiguous.
A person who does not have the habit of following the rules when crossing the street subconsciously prepares himself, at first glance, for unexpected road accidents, and he has a much greater chance of getting hit by a car than an attentive and careful person. But according to all spiritual laws, a person must depart to another world in a natural way, having lived the full term allotted to him, and therefore, when he begins to see disturbing dreams, it is the Universe sending him “SOS!” and asks him to pay more attention to what is happening and analyze his behavior. Our subconscious is wiser than our mind. If a person does not pay attention to these distress signals, then nothing can be done, and a bad dream may well come true. As you can see, there is no special mysticism here!
There is another type of dream when something you have been thinking about for a long time comes true in a dream. If a person has a goal and desire to get something, then naturally his brain will constantly work to solve this problem. A person not only thinks about this constantly, but in real life all his actions are aimed at making his desire come true. He develops plans on how to achieve the goal and achieve the desired result and often goes to bed with these thoughts, which, accordingly, is reflected in his dreams. After some time, a person achieves his goal, and the wish actually comes true, but in reality. It is quite clear that such a dream can be considered prophetic, but from a scientific point of view this event should not be attributed to mysticism, but to the ability of our brain.
The following incident happened to an American paleontologist. He studied relict plants that have survived to this day. Once in a dream, he saw entire thickets of one relic at the foot of a mountain, located not far from the city in which the paleontologist lived. When the next morning he hurried to the mountain he had seen in his dream, he really saw what he had been looking for for a long time. Can this be called a prophetic dream? The scientist himself did not take such superstitions as prophetic dreams seriously, so he began to recall recent events.
As it turned out, this was a hint from his subconscious: a few days ago he was hunting wild goats at this foot of the mountain, and all his thoughts were occupied only with hunting. However, the scientist came across the plant he needed, and one fleeting glance at the plant was quite enough for, against his will, not only to be imprinted in the brain, but also to be preserved. This fact became real in consciousness during sleep.
