Seeing cards in a dream
Last night I was feeling very calm, and I was able to relax like I haven't been able to do in a long time. As I thumbed through an old book on Zen, I felt very calm, with no thoughts of the past or future disturbing me.
I thought I might be able to have an OBE, so I set things up for the card test. I did the usual thing, closing my eyes, shuffling the cards, taking one from the deck, placing it face up, walking away, then opening my eyes.
Physical and mental state leading to the card experiment success
As I tend to forget things and then repeat the same mistakes, I thought I'd make a note of what I have been doing in the last several days that led up to this morning's success with the card experiment.
Physical state
Physically, in the last week or so I have:
Succeeded at the card test again
For at least the sixth or seventh time, I have succeeded at the "card test". Last night's card was the two of hearts, which I clearly saw in a dream and documented at least three hours before waking up and going to see what card was in the living room.
Unlike seeing the card in an OBE as I have done before, I was able to get this to work last night for the first time in the normal dream state, which is very cool.
The card test
The card test is simple:
Problems with "reality"
I'm starting to have a problem with "reality" again.
At a holiday party/gathering last night, I sat at the dinner table, and just thought "None of this is real, screw it." I wanted to get up and leave, or at least walk away, but for some reason -- maybe so I didn't scare some of my younger relatives -- I didn't. But something about this "normal", human life just isn't right, and I know it.
After the gathering I went home, a little sad on a variety of levels, and decided to drink some mojito coolers I've had in the refrigerator for a while, to wash away the sadness. Then, before going to bed, even though I didn't want to do it, I shuffled the deck of cards with my eyes closed, and placed the top card from the deck face side up.
As I turned and walked away, still with my eyes closed, I had a very clear impression that the card suit was spades, and it wasn't a face card, it was a numbered card. How many numbers? Four? No, it was more than that, more like six, maybe eight, but not as many as ten. (Unlike an OBE, where I actually see the number and suit, here I only had an impression of the number of spade images on the card.)
My magic deck of cards
Last night I had fun again with my "magic deck of cards". I refer to them as "magic" because every once in a while -- not often, maybe just once or twice a year -- I'm able to have an out of body experience (OBE) that I can control, and can accurately predict something about the cards. (You can search this site for "cards" to find other experiments.)
Seeing future cards and the score of a game
In the last few days I did the thing again with a deck of cards, this time seeing two cards in an altered state, and over the course of the next 24 hours turned over two (and only two) cards that matched those that I saw in the altered state, a queen of hearts and the jack of diamonds. This was different than the last time though.
One OBE, three cards
My mind is officially blown.
Yesterday I reported that I had an OBE, saw the Nine of Hearts in the OBE, woke myself up, went downstairs, and saw that was indeed the card I had turned over.
When I went downstairs and saw the Nine my mind was indeed blown away. But then I didn't know what to make of the other two cards, the Jack of Diamonds and the Six of Diamonds. I looked at the bottom of the deck, the previous card in the deck, the next card in the deck, and the top of the deck, but there was no Jack or Six. Was this my mind playing games somehow?
Seeing a card; my mom in pain
Lucid dream ... an OBE? I don't know, seems more like a lucid dream, mostly because my wife is involved.
Relaxed for a long time, nothing happened, fell asleep. During the sleep, I had a dream of an OBE (if that makes any sense), my wife is there, there is a mirror ... I'm floating up out of my body, and communicating with my wife at the same time ... then I remember that I have a card downstairs. I think "Oh my god, I have a card downstairs, I'm lucid, I need to go look at the card."
