When I was around 8 or so, I had a very strange dream that I have never forgotten, and believe it or not, it had a great effect on me. I'm not sure what it meant. It was so realistic, it may not have been anything, but I'd still like opinions. It is actually the only dream I have ever had that did not "feel" like a dream, and it took place during an afternoon nap.

I actually posted this on another forum before, but didnt get much help.

Well, in the beginning of my dream, I left my body and was floating through the house. I remember looking down at my body, and seeing myself lying there, then I started floating around the house. I was very curious as to what was going on, and why this was happening.

I remember feeling an eerie sense of being alone, as though I was the only one in the world. There was nothing going on outside, and no one in the house, and it felt as though time had stopped.....like it didn't even exist anymore. I floated through the hallway and into the bathroom, and I looked at myself in the mirror. If I recall correctly, there was no reflection. I started getting nervous, because I felt like something was about to, or had already, gone down, and that for some reason, I wasn't supposed to be alive. I started to float back to my room, in order to get back to my body, and I walked past my mom's bedroom. I wasn't going to go in there, but it was as though something was compelling me.

I opened the door, and the room looked completely normal, only empty, I mean all the furniture was there, but nobody seemed to live there, like it was abandoned. I turned around and faced the door, and closed it. When I turned back around, the room was light blue, walls, floor, and ceiling. Everything was blue. It was elongated, and completely empty, with no windows, and at the end of the room were 2 figures. I started moving towards them, but as I was moving, the room kept stretching. After what seemed like hours, I finally got to the end of the room, and there were 2 men. They were dressed in sort of renaissance-era clothing, with powdered wigs and they looked very regal. One was overweight, sitting at a desk, looking down at a really thick book with a feathered pen in his hand. The other one was thin, standing to his right. Their faces were a blur.

I communicated with them telepathically, and asked them what they wanted from me. They didn't answer...didn't even acknowledge I was there. The one guy just kept looking down at his book, and the other one just stared ahead. I asked them the same question again, but no answer. I was starting to get pretty upset, and remember asking them angrily "What do you want from me?" The one guy who was standing bent down, and the guy who was sitting whispered something in his ear. Then, he straightened back up, and said "You are not ready yet. Leave," in a very stern voice. I remember feeling disappointed and relieved at the same time.

I turned around to leave, but when I turned, the room had changed again, and I was right at my mom's door. When I turned my head to look back, the room was elongated again, and the guys were way at the end. Then I left my mom's room, then floated back into my body.

It was the strangest dream I have ever had, and the only one that I remember so vividly. I have always wondered what this dream could have meant. Probably nothing, but I'd still be curious.

Any insights?

Well, this sounds like an out of body experience, which isn't that rare. There are some good article about out of body experiences in the Lucid Dreaming section of this website.

These kind of experiences tend to happen more when you are younger.

They can also be accompanied by feelings of anxiety.

Eight years old is around the time that you start thinking critically and analyzing things, so you might have been thinking about the meaning of your life and your purpose in things, which could explain why you felt like you didn't have a reflection.

The two men in the dream sound like they represent archetypical old, wise men who are there to give you knowledge. But really, they are a part of you so you were looking for answers within yourself.

I sounds like the man telling you that you aren't ready yet is your unconscious reminding you that you are still young and have a lot to learn about life.