2/3/22
I had another lucid/visitation dream last night. Lucid dreams are those dreams where you know you are dreaming. Visitation dreams are those dreams where a deceased person comes to visit you.
In my dream I was standing outside my mother's house on the deck when I turned around and saw my deceased sister walk out the door toward me. At that moment the dream turned lucid because all the colors turned bright and clear. She said something to me and I reached out for her so happy to see her. I touched her arm and could feel it like I was actually touching flesh and blood. She told me that she wanted to get out of the sun because she didn't want to get sunburned. So she stepped into the shade and I walked over to her and asked if I could hug her. She said yes and I gave her a hug that felt as real as if she was still alive.
Then she said that she wished she had lived life differently and didn't focus on the trivialities so much. I was just so happy to see her and I wanted to keep the conversation going. At this point in my dream my other sister (who is still alive) showed up and we both asked my deceased sister where she was now. Usually when I ask that question in visitation dreams, the deceased person disappears and the dream ends. However, in this dream my deceased sister just smiled. I asked her if she saw our deceased father there and she said "yes, he was on the train with me." I said "what train?" She said the one that took them to where they were going. So I said, "dad was there to greet you when you died?" She said "yes."
I said "where are you living now?" She said "in a palace." Then I turned to my living sister in the dream and said "see Jesus was not lying when he said 'In my Father’s house there are many mansions. If not, I would have told you: because I go to prepare a place for you' (John 14:2)." At that point I continued the conversation and asked my deceased sister if she had seen God or Jesus. She said no. Then the dream started to break down out of lucidity and I told my living sister that she must be in purgatory. At that point my deceased sister disappeared and the dream continued normally until I woke up.
So what to make of it all? People will say it was just a dream and that dreams are just jumbled thoughts of the previous day. I don't believe that is true because if that is the case you can think about any deceased person and have that person come into your dreams that night. It doesn't happen that way. I have no control over lucid/visitation dreams. They come when they come. Also, I think about Jesus, Mary and God in my prayers every day. I have never once dreamt about Jesus, God or Mary. Why is that?
Human beings have no interest in dreams, nor what happens after death. It's all metaphysical crapola to real "scientists." All scientists care about is the physical body and earth, which is why our society is obsessed with staying alive at all costs on this earth. Science has no interest in the consciousness, which is the human soul/spirit. Your soul/spirit will survive physical death, no matter what the "scientists" say.
The only thing you will take with you after death is your soul/spirit as it was formed during your time on earth. If you don't work on the spiritual virtues espoused by Jesus (faith, hope, charity, prudence, justice, fortitude, temperance) during your life, you have no chance to work on them after death. Heaven, as a place of perfection, will not accept a soul/spirit espousing the opposite of the spiritual virtues (pride, wrath, envy, sloth, greed, gluttony, lust). Where do those souls/spirits go? According to traditional Catholic teaching, Purgatory or hell. Purgatory is place for purification of a soul/spirit until it can enter Heaven.
What also do those opposite virtues espouse? Love of the physical body and world. When you die you won't be taking your covid-vaccinated body, your slave masks, your prescription drug vials, your job, house, car or money. And if all you cared about during your life were those things, your soul/spirit will not go to Heaven and may go to hell.
So why did I think my deceased sister was in purgatory? Because I knew how she lived her life. Also, she said she wished she didn't live her life focused on trivialities (the physicalities of life). It's a warning to me. I know the way I live is not good enough to get to Heaven (nor maybe even to Purgatory). But God is giving me time to correct my ways here. God gives all of us time to refine our souls/spirits. It's what we do with that time that will matter after our death.
Thank you for sharing your dream/vision. I was raised Lutheran before it was infiltrated by Liberalism (I am 73). I have always believed that I have a Heavenly Father, and that Jesus was the Son of God who was my Savior, and that there was a place in Heaven prepared for me after my death. Since that time, my journey became difficult and confusing. I married a man with small children who was Baptist. I was told that I should follow my husband's faith as he was my spiritual "head" and chose to do so for the sake of his children. This was a painful time and I suffered under Baptist doctrine. My infant Baptism was unacceptable, and I underwent a second Baptism by immersion, hoping to be welcomed there, even though I felt offended by their attitude. I was a fish out of water...and nothing changed that. When the children were grown, I chose to leave...but much damage had been done. I could not return to the defiled Lutheran Church. I missed the Liturgy, the Holy Communion and the beauty of my previous faith. I began to study the Catholic Church...this was during the time of John Paul II and I was moved by his holiness and demeanor. I made the decision to join the Catholic Church in 2008. I live in a rural area with a small Catholic Church and was faithful for many years, but over time my health has taken a tole, the Priest that I loved left and with little support at home, stopped going to Mass. Now I am house bound, but continue to be in prayer, love the LORD. Please pray for me....