A Dream Speaks

The purely material worldview leaves me cold, I must say. As a metaphysical idealist I think there is much more going on behind the scenes than reductionist materialism can adequately account for. I feel this way because of my own experiences (which is the best "proof"), but also because - when you take the time to look around - others report these uncanny happenings. A case in point is a story I caught quite by accident because my television was still on after the news (which is hardly ever the case) on the show Inside Edition.

Seems that 20-year-old nursing student Emily Clark, from my home state of Georgia, was killed in a tragic car accident in April of this year. Four other nursing students also perished in the crash. The crash was fiery and devastating and a story about it can be found at this link.

The strange part of the story is Emily's younger sister Haily, who became convinced Emily's iphone was intact and somewhere near the crash site. Her parent's could not conceive such a thing and insisted the phone had been destroyed in the crash - not an unreasonable assumption at all, if you clicked the link above and read the details.

But Hailey insisted otherwise. In fact, Hailey went to the crash site and looked for the phone. She had a dream; a dream she felt was Emily attempting to guide her to the phone. "I could see the phone and it was at the crash," Hailey stated.

Then, as Inside Edition reported:

Like a bolt from the blue, six months after Emily's death came a call from police investigators. A cellphone had been found at the crash site, exactly where Emily had told Hailey where it was in her dream.

The phone not only was intact but just dirty. And with the iphone came a cache of photos Emily had taken - a priceless treasure for her family. It was as if a piece of her was still alive.

Some folks deny that dreams can convey knowledge of things or foretell the future, that the departed can communicate with us through them. I understand. The skeptic's worldview will not allow such things. But for those of us who have experienced meaningful dreams, no amount of naysaying will dissuade us.

Dream Warns Of Death In "Unseen Way"

Robert J. Grier II was the attorney for Andrew J. Nestler and he filed with probate court his client's handwritten will based on a dream. The will, dated November 17, 1952, stated:

The reason I am writing this statement Nov 11-17-52 (is) what happened tonight at a little after 3 a.m.

I was sudden awaken up by a dream of mother.

It was more like a warning than a dream. It was so clear to me.

So I bought this tablet for five cents at corner drugstore at Atwood and Forbes Street and I wrote down this statement.

Mother was close to me. One could believe she was still living. But I know she is dead. This is the third time she came to me.

She show (told) me in this dream I must write or make a paper. I must make a will or some kind of statement of all my affairs if (because) I Andy J. Nestler by some unseen way would not be here on April 1, 1953.

I used the transcription the newspaper provided because Mr. Nestler's note was a bit hard to decipher.

This interesting newspaper story, along with a picture of the handwritten will and of Mr. Nestler, can be found at this link.

The story goes on to relate that Mr. Nestler "was found unconscious by a guard in the washroom of the library." Nestler lived for only three more days.

A police report stated that all Nestler could tell them was he was hit on the head with some kind of instrument and he did not see who struck the blow, except for the assailant's feet.

This warning dream is fascinating because of its detail. Nestler was not "here" on April 1, 1953, as he died on March 1. His death was in an "unseen way" because he never saw who or what hit him the blow that directly led to his demise.

Dream insight fascinates because I feel I have been directed and informed by my dreams - although nothing as dramatic as this. But history is replete with dream warnings and information delivered through dreams.

Some feel we can communicate with spirits via the dream realm. My own personal theory is that during the dream state our normal filters are off and we are better able to connect with the great Cosmic Mind that undergirds reality.