following the light

Last night I had an orb dream, I have had quite a few remembered ones, but also perhaps some forgotten. I have also had physical manifestations of orbs.
What interests me about the dream you mention is that most of my orbital dreams include visual disturbance, sleeping and conscious confusion- well many of the phenomenon you mention here.
In my dream last night the orbs were cluster-ish not a defined light point, but a blurred light source which seemed to be acting as a vehicle for an entity/entities. They did not reveal themselves, but I was aware that they occupied this bright but slightly fractured body of light. At one point in the night (I tend to awake and then re-enter dreams) I awoke to see a shower of small red orbs covering my field of vision.
In my dream the orbs were accompanied by disabilitating visual disturbance.
The orb is said to also act as a vehicle of travel, and can be used to dream quest if you figure out how.
Thanks for sharing

there was a recent ufo sighting involving a craft with amber orbs... adding to the idea that orbs are used for travel.

http://www.examiner.com/x-2363-UFO-Examiner~y2009m3d20-Military-jets-cha...

That's a mystic initiation, not a dream. It happens when the spirit world opens up to an individual, signaling that you're ready to begin such work.

I recommend that you look into cultivating this relationship!

You don't have to sell all your possessions and join an ashram; just a weekend course here and there will start you. If you have a strong faith tradition you can probably find one within it that speaks to you. Personally I prefer the 'belief-less' ones, like Shamanism and Buddhism, especially Tibetan.

You can also ignore this experience, and continue your life as it was. But spirit chooses you, not the other way around. So you'll find it comes back for you, with increasing insistence. :-)

It's very good you're following up with actual classes: No amount of book knowledge will open the door for you. They'll show you where it is, but won't actually open it.

[The reason is that books speak to your intellect, which is only part of your psyche. It's two other parts of your psyche that actually open it & go through: your inner poet, and inner observer. In dreaming states this is easier because the dominant forces of intellect and willpower are disengaged ]

All mystic traditions deal with this in one way or another. The point is to do them, not learn about them. That can be done alone, but direct instruction is far more effective.

My feeling is that you should get a taste of shamanic journeying, to see what that work is like. It is basically a visualization exercise, very similar to your 'dream'. It's usually augmented with live or pre-recorded drumming at a specific rate, four to seven beats per second (the same as theta brain activity).

Michael Harner's book "The Way of the Shaman" describes it in how-to detail. His Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.shamanism.org) lists many local workshops & practitioners, too.

Another school you should look into is The Four Winds (www.thefourwinds.com), founded by Alberto Villoldo. A good introductory book is his "The Four Insights". I find this teaching to be very effective, slightly too fast for me. :-)

Good luck!

I had an experience last Thursday night before reading this topic that correlates with this discussion. I saw a light that moved about and dripped out as if it were a fireworks display. It was not a dream but I was still the quasi dream-state and the lights were so fantastic and I was still fully conscious. It started out in the form of an orb. I more or less wrote it off and had forgotten about it. However, the next afternoon my wife started explaining to me about this amazing dream of bright lights and circles of light, and that made me start and wonder if something more transpersonal had taken place. This discussion has piqued my curiousity even further. I wonder what's afoot here! Thanks for sharing everyone...

I wouldn't have seen it if I hadn't believed it.

One of the most important orb dreams I have had involved a crop circle. I found myself standing inside a crop circle surrounded by a group of orbs (bright spherical light sources). The orbs were communicating telepathically, and I was able to hear what they were saying, though I was clearly also an outsider. They seemed to regard me with amusement, but they also expressed surprise at something I had done, though they didn't say what. They seemed to reach an agreement and decided to award me an orb, it was a small white ball of light which was placed into my hands.
I agree with some of the posts above regarding shamanic journeying etc. I haven't found the right place for me yet though.