Do you know dream states?

[Sirius]

What I told my children is that when the dream starts turning bad or threatening or into a nightmare, you can stop the dream, calm down, then say to yourself "I am in a dream, I can change it to anything I want". This may be what ultrabudgie is referring to as in 'pivoting'. Where you stop that moment of time in the dream, then move from the subconscious REM state to the in between state, then change the scenario then get back into REM sleep or jolt yourself awake and forget the whole thing.

So, I believe my deep dream state is during REM (subconscious) and this is where you need to train your mind to simply be able recognize when you are dreaming. Then the choice is yours where you take it.

BTW, I have never thought any of my dreams were real since I have practised deep meditation, ESP, have received family spirit visits, remote viewing, and OBEs. These are totally different experiences, well to me at this point in time any way...famous last words until we can understand the mind and spirit on higher levels of being.

I hope I was able to explain it in such as way that you may be able to practice it.

I'm thinking there are realms because it was turtles all the way down to get here. 

Most likely there is spiritual practices that taps into or has explored this because I got here through meditation.  Hoping more kind souls come forward and something here sounds familiar.