There's a kind of "haunting" or something along those lines where people actually think they have a demon sitting on them, haunting them and they also feel that pressure on their chest of something on their chest and they open their eyes and see a demon sitting on them. I saw something like this on TV a few years ago and apparently this sort of thing has plagued a lot of people and seems to happen to quite a few individuals. I know one lady said she could never sleep more than a few hours cause she'd wake up with a demon on her chest. I can't even remember the name of the show or if there's a name of this odd phenomenon.

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This is SO not normal...do you take any sort of hallucinogenics, op? Or medication that might be messing with your head?

I have had to instances where I was lying on my back and felt a great pressure on my chest. When I opened my eyes the first time there was a person on top of my chest with their hands over my eyes. I screamed and screamed for help. Then when I opened my eyes again I could see that it was me on top of myself, staring at me with eyes wide open. I continued to scream. When I "came to" I went and asked if anyone heard me screaming and they did not. This happened a second time, but I did not see anything, I just felt pressure and heard loud whispering.

I'm a lucid dreamer. Recently, I've been listening to binaural beats while I sleep, and holy balls. My dreams are 10x more lucid. Like, having in depth conversations with dead people lucid.

I don't remember anything from when I was 10-12. The Phoenix Lights incident happened around then, I wonder if there's any correlation. We lived near Luke AFB at that time.

Suppose your exposure to a certain religion (let's use snake-handling churches as an example) has convinced you that it's a bad religion and in your heart you believe that's true. You mention to someone that you think this is a bad religion and that you believe it can harm people. That makes you a bigot despite the fact that practically everyone with half a brain would believe as you do. It seems important to be able to express one's aversion to something without being branded. That's what free speech is about. And if you don't say something and your country becomes overcome with snake-handling religious people, you might come to the conclusion when it's too late (like after your kid gets bitten by a snake and dies) that you should have spoken up.

**disclaimer alert*** this post is not related to anything I have read hear. I wish people would understand the difference between racism, religious bigotry, phobias and hate speech/actions. They are all bad things, but speaking ones views regarding a religious faith is not a "phobia" or racism, it is bigotry or maybe hate speech if you try to incite violence against someone. Racism is dislike or bigotry based on ones race, not on their belief system. Its not acceptable either.

Years ago I came across something called The Michael Teachings. It explains that there are 5 Soul Levels - Infant, Baby, Young, Mature and Old. Within each level there are 7 incarnations as one's soul develops, so a full soul incarnation is 35 lives and can take hundreds or even thousands of years. *However*, not every person living at this moment has a past life, or more than one or two. Some are on their very first incarnation here. You know how you meet someone and say, "They are an old soul?" Well now, when I meet someone who just doesn't seem to "get" life, I think to myself that they must be an infant or baby soul. It really has changed the way I deal with people. Instead of getting frustrated with them, I'm more sympathetic to where they are in their journey.

The theory is that time isn't linear. When we're here on earth, we have to measure, calculate, and label everything because humans like to categorize. If you don't think of time as being real, of only being a man-made concept, a whole slew of possibilities open up. You could have multiple lives happening at the same time in another "dimension." It's OK not to believe in it, though. Go with whatever resonates with you.