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Moon Base (S&D)

by J. Roberts
(Stanford)

In this dream I awoke at a hotel and for some reason I was traveling downstairs to ask my parents a question. They were in the pool area on the first floor but once I got down to them (via stairs) I realized that I had forgotten something. I don't know what I had forgotten but I knew I had to return to my room. On the way back up to my room on the 12th floor I took the elevator. Why I didn't take it down I don't know.


Inside the elevator was an operator and a little kid sitting on a bench. In the middle of the elevator there was a large dial that resembled a clock and the operator told me that I had to visualize in my mind the floor I wanted to go to in order to get there. I thought about the number 12 and saw the hand on the clock move toward it but it wouldn't quite get there. Then I noticed that on the clock face were the words moon base and I immediately started thinking about that. As that happened the elevator took off through the roof of the building and starting hurtling through space. The operator had disappeared and just me and the kid remained. The elevator soon went to and we were somehow breathing in space as we went toward the moon. The little kid then transformed into a bird like creature and protected us from a hail of comets, alarm clock.

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Aug 02, 2012
 Book of dreams comment NEW
by: Anonymous

Hi I am a person who has a book I can tell you what your dreams are about and what the meaning is of them. I am no specialist this is just what it says from the book. Well since you took the elevator going up it's good if you had taken the elevator going down it would be bad so good things are coming your way since you took the elevator up and not down. and since you dreamed of waking up at a hotel you will see Great responsibilities at work.
Dec 14, 2014
 That's cool! NEW
by: Anonymous

This is awesome - a great story - and it also means I'm not the only one who has strange dreams! Love it.
Jun 06, 2015
 Thrusted out into the world NEW
by: Anonymous

This is what I love about dreams. Just when I thought I could not be surprised, that's exactly what happened. But anyway, I think possibly, the whole 'moon base' thing is possibly a symbol of 'you don't know what you're in for' and the whole taking off into space is about becoming independent, on your own and possibly being thrusted out into this cold, lonely world and this kid is the only thing that protects you from all the bad things that you are about to face or that you are about to see in the world. This could have something to do with the fact that your parents are in the dream too ie. you are leaving them behind and going out on your own. Hope that helps.
Sep 05, 2016
 Sounds Familliar... NEW
by: Lapis Lazuli

This reminds me of a tv show called Steven Universe. If you're a fan that could have been part of the cause of this dream?
Nov 23, 2016
 cool! NEW
by: Anonymous

wow that sounds like a cool dream
Dec 20, 2018
 Reality NEW
by: Anonymous

It really happened but not in the way you think. Screen memories overlay our experiences to appear as "dreams". The operator was experimenting on you to see if you could transport to the actual moon base with your mind. The child you were with was also a real person sharing the experience with you. This child possessed strong psychic powers and must have had some shapeshifting DNA. Look up survivors of Project Montauk, secret space ops, d.u.m.b.s and super soldiers. Our minds are uploaded to computer simulator programs while we sleep, also R.E.M. clones, and sometimes energy transference between bodies of other humans. Children with abilities used all their lives in time travel, off planet wars, and spirit invocation rituals by elite and government factions who own all advanced technology as well as interbred with alien forms of parasitic consciousness. Because people are kept amnesiac (memory wiped), ignorant and mind controlled, this stuff sounds too nuts to possibly be true.

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