January 9, 2025 • 14 mins
This episode delves into the understanding of dimensions in relation to our existence, exploring the connections between life, dreams, and afterlife. We contemplate the journey of the soul, the transformative experience of death, and how our thoughts shape reality.
• Exploring dimensions as different perspectives on reality
• The significance of birth and early fears in shaping our lives
• Understanding consciousness through three distinct states
• The creative potential of the subconscious and dream world
• How our thoughts and connections manifest in reality
• Insights into the unconscious and the nature of dreaming
• The transition of the soul upon death and concept of earthbound spirits
• Embracing love and personal growth beyond the physical realm
• The role of mindfulness in manifesting dreams and desires
You might also want to check out Stuck in Between Realms: Understanding Earthbound Spirits
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Jay Lane (00:01):
Get ready to be captivated and intrigued as we
delve into my life of spiritsand all things paranormal.
Join me, your host, Jay Lane,on The Laneway to Spirit as I
share my stories and personalexperiences in the hopes of
inspiring others to exploretheir own spirituality.
(00:22):
Grab your favorite mug andsettle in and let's get started.
I thought it would be sointeresting to talk about
dimensions and also how it fitsinto death, in the afterlife,
(00:44):
because so many people ask me ona daily where we come from and
what happens to us after we dieand where do we go?
You know, before we're evenborn.
I believe that we come from theother side, what we call the
afterlife or the fifth dimension.
But before we get into that,let's talk about what dimensions
are.
(01:04):
To me, dimensions are just adifferent way of seeing the
world.
Visually.
We live in the third dimension,which is what gives us that 3D
perspective.
Think about a Zoom call.
When you're on a video chat,you're only seeing each other in
two dimensions, like flatlittle pancakes.
You lose the sense of depth andof volume.
(01:26):
It's like watching TVEverything's flat without being
able to see the layers behind it.
Now the fifth dimension that'ssupposed to be the realm beyond
our normal 3D existence, theplace we come from before we're
born.
It's this whole other plane ofbeing that we can't fully
comprehend from our limitedperspective here.
(01:48):
But I believe that's where weoriginate from.
That's the other side.
We come from there before weenter this physical world.
Have you ever thought aboutthat?
Does that make sense to you?
Now?
The more dimensions there are,the more we can see, the more
we're able to perceive.
As I've mentioned, we originatefrom the fifth dimension.
(02:11):
Before incarnating here, wemake agreements with one another
to undergo certain lifeexperiences on this earthly
plane.
Then we're born.
Do you recall the experience ofbeing born plane?
Then we're born.
Do you recall the experience ofbeing born?
If so, it was likely quitetraumatic.
Birth is one of the mostchallenging days of our lives.
(02:33):
It's where we first learn fears.
We're born as conscious beings,but not yet fully self-aware.
From day one we develop fears,like the fear of noise and the
fear of falling, which we carrywith us throughout our lifetimes
.
As we grow and as we learn, wegradually become more
(02:53):
consciously aware through ourearthly experiences.
Most of us start to rememberour lives between the ages of
two and three, but some don'trecall much until their teens.
I think that's because we allhave different experiences and
varying desires to rememberwhether our pasts were traumatic
or not.
(03:15):
As I mentioned, we perceive theworld in three dimensions, just
like when you go to the IMAX andyou have to wear those funky
little 3D glasses to seeGodzilla popping out of the
screen, making you feel morerealistic.
We also exist in three distinctmodes of being as human beings
Our conscious, subconscious andunconscious states.
(03:39):
Our conscious state is ourphysical body.
We can see, hear, smell andsense the world around us, and
these senses help keep us safe.
We can also perceive things inour peripheral vision.
In this conscious mode, bodilyfunctions like breathing and our
(04:07):
heartbeat, without having toconsciously control them,
because trying to manuallycommand all of these processes
would be like a full-time job.
Our subconscious is a complexand multifaceted realm.
It's where our emotionshappiness, sadness, anger and
everything in between reside andmanifest.
In many ways, it's the core ofwho we are, our very essence.
(04:29):
This subconscious dimension isalso connected to a fourth realm
, the fourth dimension, a dreamworld where the impossible
becomes possible.
When we close our eyes andvisualize something like, for
instance, a pink cake withpurple polka dots.
We don't see ourselves.
We simply experience the imagein our mind's eye.
(04:53):
The ability to conjure vividmental imagery is a testament to
the power andinterconnectedness of our
conscious and subconsciousstates.
Our subconscious is not just arepository of feelings, but a
creative wellspring, an unseendimension that shapes our
reality in profound ways.
(05:14):
So let's take a moment to dream, to tap into that limitless
potential that resides withineach of us, potential that
resides within each of us beyondthe confines of the physical
world.
When I ask a hundred people tovisualize this pink cake with
purple polka dots, I'll likelyget a hundred different drawings
(05:36):
.
Some might picture round cakes,others rectangular ones, some
may envision a single layer cake, while others imagine towering
double and triple deckers.
The polka dots could be small,they could be large or they
might not even be there at all,and the reason for this variety
(05:58):
is that we all have our ownunique ways of imagining and
visualizing things.
Our mental images are shaped byour individual preferences,
fears and experiences.
When you picture this cake inyour mind, you're not actually
seeing yourself.
You're simply observing thevisual that your subconscious
(06:18):
has created in that moment.
Our inner dream worlds arehighly personalized and
connected to our own uniqueperspectives.
As I've mentioned, dream worldis where we can imagine the
impossible.
If I asked you to jump over theCN Tower with me, you'd think I
was crazy.
After all, it's physicallyimpossible to leap over the CN
(06:41):
Tower.
But if I asked you to closeyour eyes and picture yourself
soaring over the tower, youcould probably do it under a
minute.
In our daydreams, we can imagineanything.
We're in dream world all daylong, from the moment we wake up
, mentally planning what we'regoing to wear, our meals, our
(07:03):
conversations.
It's all about envisioning theday ahead.
Sure, dream world ismake-believe, but it's where our
minds are free to roam.
We may not be able to defy thelaws of physics, but in our
thoughts, the sky's the limit.
I'm sure you've had theexperience before.
You know, when you're justgoing about your day and
(07:25):
suddenly you think of someone,and then, a couple days later,
they reach out to you.
It's almost like we'reconnected in some way, right?
Well, there might actually bean explanation for that.
As I've mentioned, we're all inthis dream world, every single
one of us, every single day,which is considered the fourth
(07:46):
dimension, and it's sandwichedin between the physical, which
is the third dimension of earth,and the fifth dimension of the
afterlife.
It's like this space where ourthoughts and energies can
intermingle, even if we're notconsciously aware of it.
So it's quite possible that theperson you were thinking of was
also thinking of you around thesame time and your connection
(08:10):
in the dream world manifested inthe physical world with their
call or message a few days later.
Pretty fascinating stuff, ifyou ask me.
It's amazing how interconnectedwe all are, even if we can't
always see or understand theinvisible threads that bind us.
Now let's talk about ourunconscious, being that
(08:32):
essential part of every human.
Our unconscious is what allowsus to rest and re-energize our
bodies so that we can functionday to day.
Not everyone gets the rest thatthey need.
The truth is, we all becomeunconscious at times, and I'm
not referring to medicalunconsciousness, I mean the
(08:53):
resting state.
In that unconscious state, wealso have the ability to have
subconscious thoughts throughdreaming.
So we daydream, but we can alsonightdream, and many people
claim that they don't dream.
But the reality is is thatevery single human being dreams.
(09:13):
Some of those dreams can feelso real, they stick with us for
days, and then there are dreamsthat we don't recall until years
later, when a sudden memory ofthe dream flashes back, only to
disappear just as quickly.
This cycle of dreaming andforgetting is completely normal
(09:34):
when we dream.
There are some fascinatingthings to ponder, and you're
going to want to kind of checkthis out, because I'm sure you
haven't thought of this and ifyou have, you might find this
really interesting.
Have you ever noticed that youdon't see your own body when
you're dreaming?
It's like you're seeing fromthe eyeballs out, like you've
just got a pair of eyeballs withthis narrow, tunnel-like field
(09:57):
of vision, unable to perceiveyour surroundings peripherally.
Like when you're awake, youexperience the dream from a
first-person perspective, seeingonly what's in front of you
perspective, seeing only what'sin front of you.
Another curious aspect is that,unless you're dreaming of a
specific person, you may beunaware of their existence.
(10:18):
For example, if you're beingchased by a bunch of dogs in a
dream, your mother wouldn'tregister as present unless she
was an active part of thatscenario.
Have you ever flown in a dream?
Well, I have, but I've neverlooked back to see what kind of
wings I had.
It's as if, when dreaming,we're unaware that we're even
(10:40):
human, unless the dreamspecifically depicts us as such.
These are a few of thefascinating quirks of the
dreaming experience.
It's almost like our normalsensory awareness and
self-perception gets turnedupside down when we enter the
world of dreams.
I always found it interestingbecause I remember a feeling I
(11:04):
had during a near-deathexperience and in that moment I
was unable to see my physicalbody.
I had no awareness of my mother, my father, my siblings, or
even that I was human.
It was like as if I hadundergone an instant
transformation from body to soul.
(11:24):
So when someone dies, theyleave the third dimension and
move into the fourth, the dreamworld as we know it.
Some souls get stuck in betweenrealms, unaware that they've
actually passed on.
Most people call them ghosts,but I prefer to think of them as
earthbound spirits.
This isn't a punishment, though.
(11:45):
The soul is still pure andhappy, just unaware that it's
left its physical body.
This tends to happen withsudden or violent or difficult
deaths, when the soul hasn'tfully accepted the transition.
It can also affect those whorefuse to embrace life while
they were living.
Ultimately, I believe death isan instant journey from the
(12:07):
physical world to the fifthdimension, the true afterlife.
It's a profound transformationthat we still struggle to fully
understand, but, the way I seeit, everyone's soul ultimately
gets saved and moves on to thenext plane of existence.
Some people leave this physicalworld behind and cross over to
(12:28):
the fourth dimension prettyquickly, then on to the fifth,
which is the afterlife.
Once they've made thattransition, they know that
they're in the afterlife andthat they're no longer in a
human body.
The thing is, when they crossover, they shed their ego.
They can't hold on to thingslike hatred, judgment or any
(12:49):
negative feelings.
Instead, they exist in a stateof unconditional love and pure
bliss.
It's like they're in a euphoric, higher state of being.
So while the journey isdifferent for everyone, the end
result is the same the soulfinds its way to the afterlife,
where it's freed from theconstraints and baggage of the
(13:11):
physical world.
It's a pretty profound andbeautiful process when you think
about it.
I enjoyed discussing the third,fourth and fifth dimensions with
you and the way that we are ashuman beings.
Remember we spend most of ourtime in thought.
Thinking belongs to dream world, which is the fourth dimension,
(13:33):
but it's also when you put itout to the universe.
That's where you're putting itout to is dream world, and we
have to be mindful of ourthoughts, as we tend to attract
what we focus on.
This life is all aboutmanifesting our dreams.
Look around.
Everything that you see, fromyour bed to the curtains, to the
paintings on the wall was oncesomeone's dream.
(13:56):
So always focus on what youwant, not what you don't want.
I wish you a happy andprosperous new year, and may all
your dreams come true Untilnext time we'll see you again
real soon.
Bye, bye.
Thanks for listening in.
I hope you enjoyed today'sLaneway to Spirit.
(14:17):
To learn more about me, visitmy website at mediumjaylane.
com or my socials on Facebookand Instagram.
Get ready to be captivated and intrigued as we
delve into my life of spiritsand all things paranormal.
Join me, your host, Jay Lane,on The Laneway to Spirit as I
share my stories and personalexperiences in the hopes of
inspiring others to exploretheir own spirituality.
(00:22):
Grab your favorite mug andsettle in and let's get started.
I thought it would be sointeresting to talk about
dimensions and also how it fitsinto death, in the afterlife,
(00:44):
because so many people ask me ona daily where we come from and
what happens to us after we dieand where do we go?
You know, before we're evenborn.
I believe that we come from theother side, what we call the
afterlife or the fifth dimension.
But before we get into that,let's talk about what dimensions
are.
(01:04):
To me, dimensions are just adifferent way of seeing the
world.
Visually.
We live in the third dimension,which is what gives us that 3D
perspective.
Think about a Zoom call.
When you're on a video chat,you're only seeing each other in
two dimensions, like flatlittle pancakes.
You lose the sense of depth andof volume.
(01:26):
It's like watching TVEverything's flat without being
able to see the layers behind it.
Now the fifth dimension that'ssupposed to be the realm beyond
our normal 3D existence, theplace we come from before we're
born.
It's this whole other plane ofbeing that we can't fully
comprehend from our limitedperspective here.
(01:48):
But I believe that's where weoriginate from.
That's the other side.
We come from there before weenter this physical world.
Have you ever thought aboutthat?
Does that make sense to you?
Now?
The more dimensions there are,the more we can see, the more
we're able to perceive.
As I've mentioned, we originatefrom the fifth dimension.
(02:11):
Before incarnating here, wemake agreements with one another
to undergo certain lifeexperiences on this earthly
plane.
Then we're born.
Do you recall the experience ofbeing born plane?
Then we're born.
Do you recall the experience ofbeing born?
If so, it was likely quitetraumatic.
Birth is one of the mostchallenging days of our lives.
(02:33):
It's where we first learn fears.
We're born as conscious beings,but not yet fully self-aware.
From day one we develop fears,like the fear of noise and the
fear of falling, which we carrywith us throughout our lifetimes
.
As we grow and as we learn, wegradually become more
(02:53):
consciously aware through ourearthly experiences.
Most of us start to rememberour lives between the ages of
two and three, but some don'trecall much until their teens.
I think that's because we allhave different experiences and
varying desires to rememberwhether our pasts were traumatic
or not.
(03:15):
As I mentioned, we perceive theworld in three dimensions, just
like when you go to the IMAX andyou have to wear those funky
little 3D glasses to seeGodzilla popping out of the
screen, making you feel morerealistic.
We also exist in three distinctmodes of being as human beings
Our conscious, subconscious andunconscious states.
(03:39):
Our conscious state is ourphysical body.
We can see, hear, smell andsense the world around us, and
these senses help keep us safe.
We can also perceive things inour peripheral vision.
In this conscious mode, bodilyfunctions like breathing and our
(04:07):
heartbeat, without having toconsciously control them,
because trying to manuallycommand all of these processes
would be like a full-time job.
Our subconscious is a complexand multifaceted realm.
It's where our emotionshappiness, sadness, anger and
everything in between reside andmanifest.
In many ways, it's the core ofwho we are, our very essence.
(04:29):
This subconscious dimension isalso connected to a fourth realm
, the fourth dimension, a dreamworld where the impossible
becomes possible.
When we close our eyes andvisualize something like, for
instance, a pink cake withpurple polka dots.
We don't see ourselves.
We simply experience the imagein our mind's eye.
(04:53):
The ability to conjure vividmental imagery is a testament to
the power andinterconnectedness of our
conscious and subconsciousstates.
Our subconscious is not just arepository of feelings, but a
creative wellspring, an unseendimension that shapes our
reality in profound ways.
(05:14):
So let's take a moment to dream, to tap into that limitless
potential that resides withineach of us, potential that
resides within each of us beyondthe confines of the physical
world.
When I ask a hundred people tovisualize this pink cake with
purple polka dots, I'll likelyget a hundred different drawings
(05:36):
.
Some might picture round cakes,others rectangular ones, some
may envision a single layer cake, while others imagine towering
double and triple deckers.
The polka dots could be small,they could be large or they
might not even be there at all,and the reason for this variety
(05:58):
is that we all have our ownunique ways of imagining and
visualizing things.
Our mental images are shaped byour individual preferences,
fears and experiences.
When you picture this cake inyour mind, you're not actually
seeing yourself.
You're simply observing thevisual that your subconscious
(06:18):
has created in that moment.
Our inner dream worlds arehighly personalized and
connected to our own uniqueperspectives.
As I've mentioned, dream worldis where we can imagine the
impossible.
If I asked you to jump over theCN Tower with me, you'd think I
was crazy.
After all, it's physicallyimpossible to leap over the CN
(06:41):
Tower.
But if I asked you to closeyour eyes and picture yourself
soaring over the tower, youcould probably do it under a
minute.
In our daydreams, we can imagineanything.
We're in dream world all daylong, from the moment we wake up
, mentally planning what we'regoing to wear, our meals, our
(07:03):
conversations.
It's all about envisioning theday ahead.
Sure, dream world ismake-believe, but it's where our
minds are free to roam.
We may not be able to defy thelaws of physics, but in our
thoughts, the sky's the limit.
I'm sure you've had theexperience before.
You know, when you're justgoing about your day and
(07:25):
suddenly you think of someone,and then, a couple days later,
they reach out to you.
It's almost like we'reconnected in some way, right?
Well, there might actually bean explanation for that.
As I've mentioned, we're all inthis dream world, every single
one of us, every single day,which is considered the fourth
(07:46):
dimension, and it's sandwichedin between the physical, which
is the third dimension of earth,and the fifth dimension of the
afterlife.
It's like this space where ourthoughts and energies can
intermingle, even if we're notconsciously aware of it.
So it's quite possible that theperson you were thinking of was
also thinking of you around thesame time and your connection
(08:10):
in the dream world manifested inthe physical world with their
call or message a few days later.
Pretty fascinating stuff, ifyou ask me.
It's amazing how interconnectedwe all are, even if we can't
always see or understand theinvisible threads that bind us.
Now let's talk about ourunconscious, being that
(08:32):
essential part of every human.
Our unconscious is what allowsus to rest and re-energize our
bodies so that we can functionday to day.
Not everyone gets the rest thatthey need.
The truth is, we all becomeunconscious at times, and I'm
not referring to medicalunconsciousness, I mean the
(08:53):
resting state.
In that unconscious state, wealso have the ability to have
subconscious thoughts throughdreaming.
So we daydream, but we can alsonightdream, and many people
claim that they don't dream.
But the reality is is thatevery single human being dreams.
(09:13):
Some of those dreams can feelso real, they stick with us for
days, and then there are dreamsthat we don't recall until years
later, when a sudden memory ofthe dream flashes back, only to
disappear just as quickly.
This cycle of dreaming andforgetting is completely normal
(09:34):
when we dream.
There are some fascinatingthings to ponder, and you're
going to want to kind of checkthis out, because I'm sure you
haven't thought of this and ifyou have, you might find this
really interesting.
Have you ever noticed that youdon't see your own body when
you're dreaming?
It's like you're seeing fromthe eyeballs out, like you've
just got a pair of eyeballs withthis narrow, tunnel-like field
(09:57):
of vision, unable to perceiveyour surroundings peripherally.
Like when you're awake, youexperience the dream from a
first-person perspective, seeingonly what's in front of you
perspective, seeing only what'sin front of you.
Another curious aspect is that,unless you're dreaming of a
specific person, you may beunaware of their existence.
(10:18):
For example, if you're beingchased by a bunch of dogs in a
dream, your mother wouldn'tregister as present unless she
was an active part of thatscenario.
Have you ever flown in a dream?
Well, I have, but I've neverlooked back to see what kind of
wings I had.
It's as if, when dreaming,we're unaware that we're even
(10:40):
human, unless the dreamspecifically depicts us as such.
These are a few of thefascinating quirks of the
dreaming experience.
It's almost like our normalsensory awareness and
self-perception gets turnedupside down when we enter the
world of dreams.
I always found it interestingbecause I remember a feeling I
(11:04):
had during a near-deathexperience and in that moment I
was unable to see my physicalbody.
I had no awareness of my mother, my father, my siblings, or
even that I was human.
It was like as if I hadundergone an instant
transformation from body to soul.
(11:24):
So when someone dies, theyleave the third dimension and
move into the fourth, the dreamworld as we know it.
Some souls get stuck in betweenrealms, unaware that they've
actually passed on.
Most people call them ghosts,but I prefer to think of them as
earthbound spirits.
This isn't a punishment, though.
(11:45):
The soul is still pure andhappy, just unaware that it's
left its physical body.
This tends to happen withsudden or violent or difficult
deaths, when the soul hasn'tfully accepted the transition.
It can also affect those whorefuse to embrace life while
they were living.
Ultimately, I believe death isan instant journey from the
(12:07):
physical world to the fifthdimension, the true afterlife.
It's a profound transformationthat we still struggle to fully
understand, but, the way I seeit, everyone's soul ultimately
gets saved and moves on to thenext plane of existence.
Some people leave this physicalworld behind and cross over to
(12:28):
the fourth dimension prettyquickly, then on to the fifth,
which is the afterlife.
Once they've made thattransition, they know that
they're in the afterlife andthat they're no longer in a
human body.
The thing is, when they crossover, they shed their ego.
They can't hold on to thingslike hatred, judgment or any
(12:49):
negative feelings.
Instead, they exist in a stateof unconditional love and pure
bliss.
It's like they're in a euphoric, higher state of being.
So while the journey isdifferent for everyone, the end
result is the same the soulfinds its way to the afterlife,
where it's freed from theconstraints and baggage of the
(13:11):
physical world.
It's a pretty profound andbeautiful process when you think
about it.
I enjoyed discussing the third,fourth and fifth dimensions with
you and the way that we are ashuman beings.
Remember we spend most of ourtime in thought.
Thinking belongs to dream world, which is the fourth dimension,
(13:33):
but it's also when you put itout to the universe.
That's where you're putting itout to is dream world, and we
have to be mindful of ourthoughts, as we tend to attract
what we focus on.
This life is all aboutmanifesting our dreams.
Look around.
Everything that you see, fromyour bed to the curtains, to the
paintings on the wall was oncesomeone's dream.
(13:56):
So always focus on what youwant, not what you don't want.
I wish you a happy andprosperous new year, and may all
your dreams come true Untilnext time we'll see you again
real soon.
Bye, bye.
Thanks for listening in.
I hope you enjoyed today'sLaneway to Spirit.
(14:17):
To learn more about me, visitmy website at mediumjaylane.
com or my socials on Facebookand Instagram.
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