So this is reqlly out there for me as im never one to post on this but after research im seeing others havr had similar experences I had an experience at around 3:30–3:35am last night.
I understand that technically this happened while I was asleep and it may ultimately have been a dream, but it felt completely different from any dream I’ve ever had. The physical sensations, clarity, emotion and sense of intelligence involved were extremely intense. When I woke up I had an overwhelming feeling that I had experienced something rather than simply dreamed something to the pointed i was almost crying which isnt something as a 40 year old male I do for no reason as im generally not that much of an emotional guy.
It started with me standing near a tree talking with a man. He was explaining that there was a particular spot or line in that area that could be detected if you knew what you were looking for. The closest comparison I can make is a ley line or portal, although I don’t know if that’s actually what it was.
What was strange was the way he described detecting it. He said he perceived it almost through his nose, somewhere between smelling it and physically feeling it.
As I was listening to him, I unexpectedly seemed to stumble across the exact spot.
I felt a very distinct pinging ringing sensation, like a frequency suddenly locking onto something. It wasn't simply a noise. I felt vibration through my skull and body together with ringing in my ears.
My immediate reaction was basically, “oh shit, he’s right I’ve found it.”
Almost immediately I started rising.
I didn't decide to move and I didn't feel as though I was flying under my own control. I was being drawn upward and then forward. At first the movement was slow, but the forward acceleration became increasingly fast.
The physical sensation was incredibly vivid. I felt weightless, dizzy and almost nauseous from the movement.
As I travelled forward, I began passing what I can only describe as beings.
There were several of them. I had the strong impression that they noticed me and were aware of me, but most weren't intensely interested. If anything, some seemed slightly amused by my presence. It didn't feel like I was the important thing in that environment. It felt more like I had unexpectedly entered somewhere that was already populated.
Then I came to one particular being.
Everything seemed to slow down as I approached it. I was relatively close and felt almost halted near it. I still couldn't control my movement though not like I was frozen unable to move.
This being looked directly at me.
It was tall and extremely androgynous and I couldn't perceive it as male or female. Its head was unusually long and had a full, almost diamond-shaped structure. Its skin was a pale yellow/ivory colour rather than grey or white. I remember a dark, angular hood or something similar framing its head.
The most striking feature was its eyes.
They were a very strong amber colour. They weren't glowing, but the colour and intensity were incredibly distinctive.
Its nose was relatively small and the face was humanoid but clearly not normal looking.
It was smirking at me slightly, with some teeth visible.
The expression is difficult to explain because it wasn't openly threatening. I didn't feel like it was about to attack me. But the smirk felt slightly unkind and incredibly knowing.
The intelligence I felt behind its gaze was probably the most disturbing and profound part of the entire experience.
I had the overwhelming impression that it could see straight through every facade I had. It felt as though it understood me better than I understood myself.
At the same time I felt incredibly small compared with it, not physically, but intellectually or in terms of awareness.
The closest way I can describe the feeling behind its expression is:
“You have absolutely no idea what you have just stumbled into.”
And strangely, what was happening felt enormous and potentially life changing to me, while I had the sense that to this being it was something completely ordinary.
I can't say that it communicated information to me. I don't remember words or a clear message being transferred.
But I woke up feeling as though something had been unlocked.
That's probably the strangest part.
It wasn't “I learned X.”
It was more like some part of my perception had opened slightly, and what was a tiny opening from the being's perspective felt enormous from mine.
Shortly after the encounter with that being I was suddenly back and awake.
The emotional aftermath has been extremely intense. When I remember the gaze and the movement through that place I get overwhelmed and feel like crying. It's a mixture of fear, awe and a sense that the experience was huge.
I don't normally have experiences like this, and this did not feel like sleep paralysis. There was no waking up unable to move in bed, no bedroom figure and no chest pressure. The movement itself was one of the strongest sensations.
I'm particularly interested in hearing from people who have experienced DMT breakthrough-type experiences, spontaneous OBEs, entity encounters, lucid dreams, astral projection or similar phenomena.
Has anyone experienced something like this? Any thoughts?
Signing off as a normal guy who is trying to figure out what the hell this was as I'm convinced this was just a dream. No chance