Have you ever wondered what is like to lose someone?And if you did lose someone, did you ever feel like you would never be the same and your life has completely changed because you would never get the chance to see them again?
I’m sure you thought you would never see those you lost again, but what if I told you that there is a chance you may see them again even if you are able to see them once, you get the chance to tell them how much you miss them or get to say goodbye if you never got the chance. It seems impossible, but is there really something that stops us from doing anything? Even if we’re discussing about talking to someone we lost.
Visitations are a way of seeing your loved ones. However, you can’t just close your eyes and see them. You do it whilst dreaming. Even if you have seen movies that show how people talk to those they lost, that may just be a different thing because that is a result of missing someone you love so much, that you cannot let them go. Understandable, but what if you want to see them so much that you’re not willing to let them rest? Because it’s said that dead people need to rest. And I personally believe that, because in my head I have this theory that after we live, we need to rest and what if after you live your life you need to rest and someone is just not ready to let you go even if they have to?
The majority of people do believe in dream visitations because they happen pretty often. They make us believe that there is life after death and someday we’ll see our loved ones who passed away. But it also creates rivalry for beliefs . It makes people wonder if visitations are real or not because of how many beliefs are out there.
However, there is a small chance that once you see them, you get affected because it would give you the illusion that you could see them often and you don’t have to lose contact with them. That, my friends is a problem. That’s when the real issue comes. Visitations are rare visits. You don’t get them just like that. Most cases, visitations happen because they will most likely tell you to move on with your life, not because they want o have regular conversations. Now, and example of a movie with visitations is Charlie St. Cloud. In this film, this guy who lost his little brother keeps going to the place where they used to hang out a lot and he ‘sees’ him. That has had an effect on the guy who lost his little brother and it can be identified as a problem of not letting go. But towards the end, this guy realises that he needs to move on with his life because his little brother is not coming back and he decides that it’s best if he’s not seeing him again. Was it really such a bad decision?
According to Fact Rider, visitations happen because the dreamer or the visitor is in need of comfort. Usually the dreamer needs more comfort because they lost a loved one. ‘There is solace in knowing that when a dreamer lacks guidance, nourishment, or tenderness it is possible to subconsciously call on a deceased loved one asking them to appear to provide assistance, light, and warmth to the dreamer.”
Those who passed away and returned have a couple of reasons: they want to show you that there is life after death or they have a message for you.
How do we tell if it’s real or not?
Whilst dreaming, if we have a visitor we’ll feel the presence of a spirit. If the dreamer feels comfortable with the spirit around, that mean that the spirit has crossed and returned. If the dreamer feels anxious with the presence, there is a sentence they can say so the spirit goes away : “You are not invited in my space. Please leave my energetic field. I send you off with love and light. Thank you.”
Visitations happen when you’re half-sleep, and they’re easy to remember as they are really profound sometimes. With that being said, if it’s that deep it might affect you emotionally. You can easily tell when they happen because they feel different, comparing to a regular dream. Regular dreams feel more simple and clear.
Visitations can also be warnings from your loved ones. For example, you get a warning because something close in the future is going to happen to you or to those around you. However, these warnings might not come as clear as you want them to come so you get things like clues to figure it out by yourself.
According to The Guardian, visitations started from the eight century BC. “In Homer’s Iliad, from the eighth century BC, Zeus sends “Wicked Dream” to Agamemnon urging him to attack Troy.”
Visitations have had a huge influence for the middle ages, ”when dreams were thought to link the temporal and the eternal, the human and the divine.” People have started to believe in them because in the Bible it is said that Jacob, Josephs’s father, dreams of a ladder bridging heaven and earth that angels traverse. (Jacob’s ladder)
Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist who claimed that our dreams, even nightmares, are wishes. The more people wish, the more terrifying their nocturnal expression will be.
I chose this type of dream for my project because is quite interesting to me. Even if never had a visitation, it makes me believe that someday when I lose someone I love, I will be able to see them once again. I have a few ideas of what I want to do for my project, and these include: using some after effects to create a place where the dreamer and the visitor meet and have a conversation, using after effects on the green screen and few other ideas.
References:
Rider, F. (2018). Dream Visitation: Why the Deceased Show Up in Your Sleep. [online] Fact Rider. Available at: http://www.factrider.com/2016/05/dream-visitation-why-deceased-show-up.html [Accessed 9 Jan. 2018].
Forever Conscious. (2018). Visitation Dreams and How to Know You’ve Had One – Forever Conscious. [online] Available at: http://foreverconscious.com/visitation-dreams-know-youve-one [Accessed 9 Jan. 2018].
the Guardian. (2018). In the night garden: a brief history of dreams. [online] Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/sep/23/brief-history-of-dreams [Accessed 10 Jan. 2018].