Premonition dreams

[Suzie]

I was wondering what makes it seem as if a dream has come true? I know of several people who claim to have had dreams that foretell an event in the future. These people seem sincere and have nothing to gain by these claims, so I am led to believe that they genuinely beleive that they have dreamed the future.

What causes this? Is it just that we dream so much that eventually one or two will hit on an actual event?

 

[Phil]

I was wondering what makes it seem as if a dream has come true? I know of several people who claim to have had dreams that foretell an event in the future. These people seem sincere and have nothing to gain by these claims, so I am led to believe that they genuinely beleive that they have dreamed the future.

What causes this? Is it just that we dream so much that eventually one or two will hit on an actual event?

That's part of it. But dreams are also ill-remembered, and usually assigned premonition status after the fact. They are "post-monitions" if you will.

 

[Paul C. Anagnostopoulos]

Imagine I have a dream about something that is going on now, and is likely to have future ramifications. Then later something actually happens that resonates with the memory of the dream. Do you think afterwards I can accurately sort out what happened from what I dreamed? Usually.

~~ Paul

 

[Cecil]

I cannot speak for anyone else, but I usually remember my dreams for a minute or two after I wake up, then they fade from memory even though I write them down. However, occasionally something will happen later that day that will remind me of a dream - a similar event, perhaps, or an image. However, if I notice nothing of the sort, I never remember the dreams at all.

So the only dreams I actually remember during the day are the ones which would seem to have foretold later events. In any event, my dreams often contain realistic scenarios; I would be more surprised if I never dreamed something that later happened.

 

[Jaan]

I remember when the Challenger blew up, my friend swore that he saw it in a dream a few days before. I pointed out that it was coincidence and it just happened to occur. I also pointed out to him that I had a dream that morning that I was a Mafia hit man and that I might think it prophetic if that actually happened to me.

All these years later, I'm still not a Mafia hit man )c:

 

[Zep]

I was wondering what makes it seem as if a dream has come true? I know of several people who claim to have had dreams that foretell an event in the future. These people seem sincere and have nothing to gain by these claims, so I am led to believe that they genuinely beleive that they have dreamed the future.

What causes this? Is it just that we dream so much that eventually one or two will hit on an actual event?

If you are serious about studying this, and definitely we have no reason to scoff at this stage, then your friends need to get a bit organised. I suggest the following method (others may have better ideas than this, though):

1/ Get them to write down the dream as best they can in detail as soon after they have it as possible. Notepad by the bed, etc. Sign, date and timestamp that paper and put a copy in a sealed envelope, also signed and date-stamped on the outside, and leave the envelope with a trusted person.

2/ Make sure that if a dream is somehow a premonition, that anything that can date or positively and accurately locate the premonition happening is good. Eg. "next Saturday" or "on mom's birthday" or "in history class next Wednesday".

3/ When an event that they think is referred to by a dream actually occurs, get someone to cross-check their copy of the dream reading with records of that event. See how close they came, including the specifics listed. Vague readings score badly, exact readings score well.

4/ Most importantly, try to eliminate any "naturally occuring" reasons for getting hits. E.g. really vague readings like "something bad will happen on Saturday" will almost always be true somehow somewhere in the world, so that does not count as a good premonition (in fact, it should be ignored).

If the person starts to get consistent good hits then they may be on to something, so have them apply for the $1M JREF prize!

 

[NullPointerException]

All of my dreams come true, it's just that all I can see in my dreams is secret government activities and thus I cannot apply for the prize as there could be no validation of my premonitions.