I think I might have accidentally sold my soul, advice?

[martyrdrebel27]

let me preface this by saying I'm not a religious person. i consider myself an agnostic atheist. i don't believe in any deities, but also understand that such things are beyond my scope of comprehension. that being said, i have a genuine fear that something bad has happened.

i frequently have lucid dreams, and last night while dreaming i was laying in the bed in the room i am in now, depressed about a mistake i made years ago and said i would sell my soul for another chance. at that moment, a red circle began glowing on my palm and my door opened to reveal a hallway that doesnt exist, with a red glow. i could see the edge of a gateway. then i heard a voice. it said "could i take your soul to the bottom of waters or bury it 10 feet deep for a decade?" my two worst fears are drowning and being buried alive, so i hesitated. at which point the voice said "you don't want this" and the red light began to fade. i panicked and said "yes!" at which point something came in from the hall. it had a voldemort-esque face and reaper robes and long pointed fingers. it reached into my chest and pulled something out and disappeared into the hallway, my door shut and and i was looking at the room exactly as it was when i woke up seconds later. when i fell back asleep i found myself in a boorcamp of sorts, when i saw him again. he asked "how do you like your new friends?" and all i could ask is how to achieve what i had asked for earlier. he gave me instructions, and i woke up again. now i feel... different. and there was a strange pressure-feeling on my chest when i awoke.

i'm a little concerned now, and being non-religious, i'm not sure what to make of the experience. anyone ever been in this situation before? besides daniel webster... assuming its real, a verbal agreement made while asleep isnt a binding contract, is it?

 

[Able Seacat]

Well as you said you are not religious so the soul (as a physical thing) cannot be sold. But if it makes you feel any better, your soul is not yours to be sold in the first place.

It was only a dream, take a minute and realise your dream was not reality in any shape or form. You are still the same you as you were before you fell asleep. If you feel different perhaps it is not your soul that is missing but just a realization that you would go to such desperate measures to change your situation.

 

[SuperFrankieLampard]

Dreams play off your most primal fears in a lot of cases, like in mine I am nearly always being chased. Besides I'm no expert on supernatural law, but being in a dream with your brain not functioning at full capacity sounds like you were not in such a state to make a deal and therefore being not of sound mind could not sign any form of binding contract. Plus the threat you mentioned implies the contract was made under duress and therefore would be invalid.

 

[Andy Shandy]

Well I do believe there is only one thing to do.

You get your 8 year old sister to buy it, and she will give it back to you, so you can eat it back up again.

 

[Zykon TheLich_v1legacy]

It was a dream. Dreams can be kinda weird and disturbing, and being a product of your brain, they will be relevant to you. Also feelings of pressure on your chest around the time you wake up sounds like a form of minor sleep paralysis. I used to get sleep paralysis and it often accompanied dreams that were about me being in bed, I'd wake up and have no idea that what had just happened was a dream.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Joined the club, granted I didn't sell my in a dream but rather out of frustration trying to finish this mission on Guild War (I've spend days trying to complete it and I mutter I would sell my soul to complete that mission and the next party I was with we barely completed it thanks to me).

While I am somewhat religious (I don't go to church but I do believe in heave and hell) but I dimissed at what I've said since I don't believe in it. I mean it was probably coincidence nor should I believe at what I've said and the event happened otherwise I would be worried as hell counting my days away. In saying so time will tell when I actually do died (if it is true then I will killed my past self figure of speaking).

In another word, just don't believe in it and I sure you will be fine especially when given some time past.

Beside let put it this way, did you follow throught the instruction given to you and did it come true or is it a long term goal?

If you still panicking about it then I guess you could visit a dream medium expect, not the doctor or profressor mind you, I mean shaman or someone like that.

 

[Diablo2000]

Well I guess you could file a court against Satan, that would take a while since the legal system is a true hell on earth.

 

[NightmareExpress]

Well I do believe there is only one thing to do.

You get your 8 year old sister to buy it, and she will give it back to you, so you can eat it back up again.

SIMPSONS DID IT! SIMPSONS DID IT!
*cough*

Let's see...the funny thing is, is that these souls come with a no buy-back policy.
You're going to have to go to dream world again and kick Voldemort's ass.
Good luck, bub.

Though it isn't all doom and gloom.
Bob Dylan sold his soul and he got talent and money from it.
As far as I can tell, the dude is pretty content with the deal.

 

[Hazy992]

Well I do believe there is only one thing to do.

You get your 8 year old sister to buy it, and she will give it back to you, so you can eat it back up again.

OT: If you really are an atheist why are you worried about your soul? Surely you don't believe in them?

 

[Jonluw]

Sounds to me like you had a vivid dream.

I guess there's an easy way to find out if you actually sold your sould though: Did you or did you not get a chance to straighten up that mistake?

 

[Hero in a half shell]

Sounds to me like you had a vivid dream.

I guess there's an easy way to find out if you actually sold your sould though: Did you or did you not get a chance to straighten up that mistake?

Yeah, that would solve it once and for all.

On the upside you are now technically a Ghost Rider.


So beware whatever mode of transportation you next step onto at night or you could end up becoming known as the one who is destined to forever roam the darkness on the flaming Segway of Hell.

 

[Total LOLige]

I'm going to go against the grain here and say you did sell your soul, or had a religious experience. Even though god doesn't exist(or doesn't appear to) the religious experience phenomena does exist and probably means something.I think you should go to one of those dream psychologists tofind out what it might mean, maybe a repressed memory or something has been awakened, I don't know I'm not a psychologist.

One of the gretest SF writers ever had a religious experience, Philip K. Dick. You can look at it two ways either you're a genius or bonkers or both.
Story ripped of PKD's wiki:

Spoiler

On February 20, 1974, while recovering from the effects of sodium pentothal administered for the extraction of an impacted wisdom tooth, Dick received a home delivery of Darvon from a young woman. When he opened the door, he was struck by the beauty of the dark-haired girl and was especially drawn to her golden necklace. He asked her about its curious fish-shaped design. "This is a sign used by the early Christians," she said, and then left. Dick called the symbol the "vesicle pisces". This name seems to have been based on his conflation of two related symbols, the Christian ichthys symbol (two intersecting arcs delineating a fish in profile) which the woman was wearing, and the vesica piscis.[citation needed]

Dick recounted that as the sun glinted off the gold pendant, the reflection caused the generation of a "pink beam" that mesmerized him. Dick came to believe the beam imparted wisdom and clairvoyance; he also believed it to be intelligent. On one occasion, Dick was startled by the pink beam. It imparted the information to him that his infant son was ill. The Dicks rushed the child to the hospital where Dick's suspicion and his diagnosis were confirmed.[27]

After the woman's departure, Dick began experiencing strange hallucinations. Although initially attributing them to his medication, after weeks of hallucinations he considered this explanation implausible. "I experienced an invasion of my mind by a transcendentally rational mind, as if I had been insane all my life and suddenly I had become sane," Dick told Charles Platt.[28]

Throughout February and March 1974, Dick experienced a series of hallucinations, which he referred to as "2-3-74", shorthand for February?March 1974. Aside from the "pink beam", Dick described the initial hallucinations as geometric patterns, and, occasionally, brief pictures of Jesus and ancient Rome. As the hallucinations increased in length and frequency, Dick claimed he began to live two parallel lives, one as himself, "Philip K. Dick", and one as "Thomas", a Christian persecuted by Romans in the 1st century AD. He referred to the "transcendentally rational mind" as "Zebra", "God" and "VALIS". Dick wrote about the experiences, first in the semi-autobiographical novel Radio Free Albemuth and then in VALIS, The Divine Invasion and the unfinished The Owl in Daylight (the VALIS trilogy).

At one point Dick felt that he had been taken over by the spirit of the prophet Elijah. He believed that an episode in his novel Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said was a detailed retelling of a story from the Biblical Book of Acts, which he had never read.[29] Dick documented and discussed his experiences and faith in a private journal, later published as The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

Well, if your agnostic, that means you con't actively believe in God and accept that one omnipotent being is as likely as twelve ones made out of pasta and meatballs.

Thus, not believing in God, your soul would be going to Hell anyway because the Bible says time and time again that Salvation is through faith.

So, if there is no God, you didn't sell your soul, if there is you were going to burn for eternity anyway (assuming the Bible is 100% correct on what gets you into Heaven). Unless you want to become an actual Christian and pray for forgiveness and the return of your soul (since selling souls isn't mentioned in the Bible as far as I am aware, might fall under some "no refunds" divine policy), there isn't much I really think you can do about it. >_>

 

[martyrdrebel27]

Well, if your agnostic, that means you con't actively believe in God and accept that one omnipotent being is as likely as twelve ones made out of pasta and meatballs.

Thus, not believing in God, your soul would be going to Hell anyway because the Bible says time and time again that Salvation is through faith.

So, if there is no God, you didn't sell your soul, if there is you were going to burn for eternity anyway (assuming the Bible is 100% correct on what gets you into Heaven). Unless you want to become an actual Christian and pray for forgiveness and the return of your soul (since selling souls isn't mentioned in the Bible as far as I am aware, might fall under some "no refunds" divine policy), there isn't much I really think you can do about it. >_>

well, that's something that isn't entirely accurate, and the timing kinda scares me. let me explain.

firstly, it needs to be said that the Pope's word is apparently god's word, so even when a new pope contradicts an old old, the new word stands as law.

and just the other day, the pope said that even atheists can get into heaven if they are good people. so according to god, even atheists are now fair game as pawns in the heaven/hell war.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

Well, if your agnostic, that means you con't actively believe in God and accept that one omnipotent being is as likely as twelve ones made out of pasta and meatballs.

Thus, not believing in God, your soul would be going to Hell anyway because the Bible says time and time again that Salvation is through faith.

So, if there is no God, you didn't sell your soul, if there is you were going to burn for eternity anyway (assuming the Bible is 100% correct on what gets you into Heaven). Unless you want to become an actual Christian and pray for forgiveness and the return of your soul (since selling souls isn't mentioned in the Bible as far as I am aware, might fall under some "no refunds" divine policy), there isn't much I really think you can do about it. >_>

well, that's something that isn't entirely accurate, and the timing kinda scares me. let me explain.

firstly, it needs to be said that the Pope's word is apparently god's word, so even when a new pope contradicts an old old, the new word stands as law.

and just the other day, the pope said that even atheists can get into heaven if they are good people. so according to god, even atheists are now fair game as pawns in the heaven/hell war.

Well, that is true only for Catholics. Other sects view that the man has no authority, just a guy in a funny hat, since the Bible never mentioned saints, bishops, or popes.

Of course, other sects believe a WIDE range of of things (some agree with the pope, others say only those who pray on a daily and hold off from the temptations of drinking, adultery and... dancing? can get through heavens gates), so choosing which to believe is up to you.

 

[Angie7F]

well, i dont think so. but if you believe so it will become that way.

 

[zidine100]

"you don't want this" and the red light began to fade. i panicked and said "yes!" at which point something came in from the hall.

if it makes you feel any better, doesn't this mean that you agreed with him when you said you didn't want this.

its highly likely it was just your own mind screwing with you, , a mind tends to do that from time to time, so don't worry about it ,that and you didn't actually get another chance after all so.... even if you did that contract is null and void as this figure didn't actually pay out, so you can feel safe in the knowledge that even if a soul does exist and even if this figure did make a deal with you, you still have yours.

sorry if this sounds nonsensical, its 0130 after all/.

 

[Trueflame]

Wow, that is a crazy weird dream. Really puts any strange dreams I've ever had to shame.

Anyway, I'm also an atheist, I don't believe in god, in satan, in souls, in gods, or anything else of the sort. I'm a big fan of fantasy and sci-fi though, so I'd love to believe that something is out there, and I'd like nothing better... but I can't bring myself to believe it. So anyway, knowing my background, my opinion is that you had a really vivid and crazy dream. That happens. Never to me, but as you said, your dreams are especially vivid and you have lucid dreams, so it's much closer to the norm for you. I don't think you need to be checked out or anything, you're fine. Just forget about it and move on.

Unless, that is, you actually notice that your life has changed. In which case congratulations, because you've just proven the existence of something "other" in the world. And could also probably write an awesome book about the experience.

 

[Jamash]

The best way to be sure is to check whether you've been given the chance to redeem your mistake.

Have you recently found yourself transported back in time, in the body of a younger self, at the moment where you made that mistake?

Do the consequences of that mistake still apply now, or has history re-written itself and are many facets of your life subsequently different and for the better?

If the answer to those questions are "no", then it's pretty safe to say you were just dreaming... or in the slight chance that it was real and more than a dream, the condition that you sold your soul for hasn't manifested, thus rendering the contract null and void.

You also have to consider that if in fact you had sold your soul and were given the opportunity to correct the mistake, then that timeline wouldn't exist any more and you wouldn't even be aware of the mistake that never occurred, but because you are still aware of the mistake, it probably was just a dream.

Paradoxically, if it was real and you had been granted the opportunity to correct the mistake, then that mistake would never have existed in the first place, meaning you never would have been depressed enough to sell your soul as you wouldn't be aware of the consequences of the mistake you didn't make.

Finally, if beings with the power to alter time in exchange for your soul did exist, I doubt the process would actually manifest itself like a cheesy supernatural TV show or horror film, much like the way actual robbers in real life don't carry their loot in large sacks with "SWAG" written on it.