SOMETIMES HEAR VOICES WHEN IM IN BED

[spurs12345]

Hoping someone can help me as I hope Im not going mental. Sometimes at night-time when Im in bed I sometimes hear my mum or my sister call my name. But they are at home. Also last night heard a helium balloon pop. I have been feeling very tired lately. Could this be connected? Also when I was 10 years old felt my mum tap me on the head and call me by my name. But my mum was asleep in bed when this was supposed to have happened. Also used to see my mum come in my room and stand there watching me but she was in bed when this was supposed to of happened as well. I know this because when I asked my mum at the time why she stands by my doorway watching me she had no idea what I was talking about and said that I must of been having a bad dream. I have also had an out-of-body experience happen to me when I was 7 years old. When I told my mum this she just dismissed it and thought I was dreaming.

Yes I agree, sometimes people only see what they want to see, but in my humble opinion, it's all down to your experience and how you interpret it. Also, it's fine to ask others what they think, you might just meet someone who can help. Or not.

I've said this on other threads, I can hear & see people in my mind, and fairly often are passed on relatives. I've also had people speak to me in my mind and then I later find out they have died.

I have actually hidden this from people for fear of ridicule, but in the end - it's my experience and I have had to figure things out for myself over many years. I can't prove this to anyone, all I know is it happens. Anyway, far too much about me. Isn't it amazing how many people are experiencing things that they don't understand or can't explain, and happen onto mumsnet to talk about it? How brave.

LadyF I have astrally projected spontaneously and it's not something I've ever tried to achieve, it just happens.

Hey Spurs hope you are alright. I definitely think it's better to explore all aspects of what this might be, as obviously I can only give you my opinion on my experiences. The links posted by others are all great resources.

I would say make sure you don't feel scared or fearful of this. If you do then there are things that can help you.

Can you identify any times in your life that this has become more prevalant?
Please feel free to PM me.

Pixie and Grimma, you are certainly welcome to pat yourselves on the back for being so "rational", but don't forget that this is a Spirituality forum, and as such will attract metaphysical (beyond the physcial) explanations.

Indigobarbie,

Thanks for sharing about your experiences. I personally don't shy away from discussing mine, because I can use facts to disprove these opinions which are almost always based on fear,lack of knowledge and understanding.

I am struggling to understand the ridicule in this thread, and indeed this forum. Certainly if this topic had been posted in the other forums such as AIBU etc, then I can accept that such comments will be posted, but given that this is a spiritual sub-forum, it makes no sense whatesoever.

I hope Spurs does take you up on the PM offer; that's truly kind of you to offer.

I know - posting the question under this topic is a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy, its inviting 'spiritual' interpretations.

But if theres a simpler explanation which fits, no harm in proffering it

bear in medical science cannot even fully explain how the brain functions

even? the human brain is the most complicated mechanism we know of in the universe and we've barely started looking at it. No, of course we don't have all the answers ... but if we don't keep questioning we never will.

Cheers LadyF

You are so right. There's no point in hiding our truth is there?

I am pleased to find a forum where there are like minded individuals such as us (or should I say those who have had the same kinds of experiences) - so cheers cheers

You're probably in my soul family! helllooo
PM me anytime

Grimma Right with you here. All avenues should be explored.

I just think it's interesting that there are many people asking the same questions right now.

I am totally for science, but it can't yet explain everything. Maybe this is a good thing.

Grimma,

You are partly right in offering up an explanation, but to then continue and write off mine as 'rubbish' is harmful because it is a detrimental and fallacious opinion that is not based on fact.

LadyFanny

OP, you have every right to ignore my earlier explanation, but I thought it was only fair to try and prove that the concept of soul travel is not new, and has been investigated, researched and practised by noted Scientists. For example, Jack Parsons who was born in a period when a rocketry enthusiast was mocked in Congress as "a crackpot with mental delusions that we can travel to the moon!" but then went on to become a rocket scientist. Jack's personal life however was even more interesting (because of his interest in the occult) in that he wrote extensively on astral travel. My point is that I am in a position where I can justify my explanation (as a matter of fact, it is the reason why I recommended that book so you could do further research and come to your own conclusions).

I would ask you to pose this questions to the people submitting po-faced comments. Can they disprove this concept? Even better, can they explain why millions of people experience these and other events whilst in bed, and particularly in that state of being between awake and asleep?

I think you will find they can not.

Indigobarbie,

to you too IndigoBarbie and we must exchange 'woo' filled PM?s !.

Ps - Good to see you have also noted the growing interest

LadyFanny (great name, BTW!):

but to then continue and write off mine as 'rubbish' is harmful

It wasn't me who said your explanation was 'rubbish'. I'm only trying to give my answer to the OP and now Indigo, not enter into some sort of argument with you.

detrimental and fallacious opinion that is not based on fact

ok, well I'll leave other readers to make their own judgement whether that's in any way applicable to anything on this thread. I'm not an expert on this area, just I've have had this sort of experience and find no detriment in accepting a rationalist solution.

LadyFanny - re your reply below:

"I am always amused by how quickly Westerners presume to dimiss something they do not understand as 'rubbish'"

1. I am not "Western"
2. I do understand what you are saying
3. It is still incorrect. Or "rubbish", if you insist.

"The concept of soul travelling is not new, and dates back to Egyptian and Sumerian times"

Oh sure, among other factually correct (ha!) stuff that Egyptians believed like one animal-headed God holding up the sky and having power over snakes, another animal-headed God reincarnated with each pharaoh etc. Truly fascinating and fictional stuff.

"bear in medical science cannot even fully explain how the brain functions"

Even in Carl Sagan's 1970 book "Dragons of Eden", there is quite a bit about the brain and how it functions. Lately, with the use of brain scans and increased computing power, we have learned a lot about the brain and we continue to learn something new every day.

"oh we don't know it all, so I will just believe in crackpot myths from 4000 years ago" is a laughable stand for an adult to take, imho.

CoteDazur,

You clearly do not comprehend what I am saying, but it does not stop you from trying to discredit what you think I am saying. I note you still haven't submitted a theory to explain why millions of people experience what the OP does. Are we all suffering from a neurological disorder? how convinient.

As for the depiction of

Ahaha @ 'Lately, with the use of brain scans and increased computing power, we have learned a lot about the brain and we continue to learn something new every day'

As someone who works in Radiology, and hence with these "brain scans", I can assure you this is not the case. To be fair, I can see how you would convince yourself otherwise.

How is this for another 'fictional' product of their overactive imagination. The Egyptians always decpited the universe in the form of a female stretched over the world. They called her Nuit (night) and considered her to be infinite space (constantly expanding), Matter, and most importantly the Mother of all Gods without whom life as we know it would cease to exist. Silly Egyptians.

Fast forward to 2009 when scientists began to worry about the rate at which the universe was expanding. They had finally realised that the universe is made up of 70% dark matter, which is what holds everything together (ergo was called 'god particle'). What to do? spend billions of dollars to build the The Large Hadron Collider and find a way to stop this acceleration because left unchecked, life would cease to exist.

Side note - Matter comes from the latin word 'Mater' which means 'Mother'

Crackpot myths indeed!

What happened to my post?!

The second paragraph should read 'As for the Egyptian gods being depicted with animal heads, or animal forms on their bodies. Simply put, they had a far more superior understanding of the energy that certain animals possessed. Additionally, they used other animals to convey a message. Case in point, scarabs symbolised death and rebirth.

Finally, if their belief system was all ficticious nonsense, then why is the West so obsessed with Egyptian symbols ? why was Paris named after the Egyptian goddess Isis? Why did the author Herodotus grudgingly admit that the Greeks learned many things from the Egyptians and that all the Greek (and subsequently Roman) gods were originally borrowed from Egypt?

I would really like to know.

Spurs12345 how are you doing?

balloon bangs in your head before you go to sleep is something called exploding head syndrome... look it up. it's very harmless but probably caused by stress

when i get them i know it's time to try and relax

take care

I have had this a couple of times, only in this house, I woke up and heard an old man grumbling, couldn't make out any words though. I also felt somebody tap me hard on the shoulder, waking me, I felt it was some kind of brain fart/lucid dream.

Although I did hear the grumbling man again the other day, thought it was the tv but it was off, was wide awake too .