Hello, all. I had a couple of strange dreams last night that have been on my mind all day and for which I have not been able to find an interpretation. I dreamt that I was dead, but I didn't experience the death during the dream. I was merely aware that I was no longer alive. One person I encountered in the dream (a stranger) was able to see me and I asked her what I looked like. She said I looked like I glowed with light. I could feel the glow on my skin in the dream and could see that I was emanating light in my peripheral vision. The dream had many details, but the thrust of the dream is that while I was dead, I could do things to help the people in the physical realm that I encountered. Some of the people could see me, but most were unaware of my existence. I remember being very happy and satisfied in my new realm, but I was concerned that my unborn child (I'm currently pregnant) would not have a chance to live. I asked the person from earlier in the dream who could see me (and happened to be a nurse or some sort of medical professional) whether she could save my child even though I was early along in my pregnancy since I had recently died. It was then that I began feeling like I was either in some kind of early-death transition or possibly in a coma. I considered fighting to regain my physical form, but I was torn since I was enjoying my new realm. I reasoned that I should try since death would be permanent and my unborn child should have a chance to live. I haven't been able to find an interpretation that jives with my description. I would appreciate any thoughts. Jessica
I think this dream has a lot to do with your pregnancy. Pregnant women are known to have really bizarre dreams. Death in a dream often represents a change, and you are going through a big change. That's why in your dream, you think you have to die so your unborn child could live - for you to be a mother to your child in waking life, something about you has to change - you become a different person, in a way. The part of the dream where the stranger says you are glowing with light reminds me of how people say that pregnant women "glow". Your "power" to help people in the physical realm in your dream is related to your power in real life to nourish and care for a child. It's also common for pregnant women to have dreams about something being wrong with their child. They're just normal worries.
Thank you for your response, Marcia. One point of clarification: in my dream, I thought I had to be revived and brought back to the living world so that my child would live. In my dream, I enjoyed being "dead" and hoped that there was some way I could stay in the realm of the dead while my child would have a chance at life.