Yes, nocturnal dreams are strange and may often feel utterly incomprehensible, but there is always method in their madness. Once you learn this method, you'll find that your dreams are your ultimate reality check. They are your most devoted friend, the one who stands by you regardless, refreshingly honest and always there for you. The pressures of daily life can sometimes be too much to resolve when you are awake. The answers, leaps of faith, and creative connections you need can often only be found when your logical mind is sleeping, and your intuition is unleashed in your dreams. You are always your own best adviser, but sometimes it takes a whole lot of self-awareness and self-belief to get the message through. Working with your dreams can fast-track you to that game-changing self-awareness and trust, especially when other self-help tools have failed. The simple truth is that your greatest inspirations, Eureka moments, personal realizations, and self-healing leaps don't always happen when you are in a state of flow, or when you're meditating, or even when you're in the shower. They happen all the time in your dreams. I'm sure at some point in your life you have been told to "sleep on it," but what this really means is, "dream on it." The best is always yet to come when you fall asleep, and waking up with dream recall is an everyday miracle that can always be relied upon to raise your vibration. And your awareness. Understanding the wisdom of your dreams can heal your life. If Your Dreams Could Talk Your dreams want a committed, long-term relationship with you. And, your dreams don't just want a one-night stand! They want a long-term commitment. It frustrates them when you are all in for one dream and then forget about them the next night. Every night they appear like a long-running TV series you need to tune into again and again for the next thrilling instalment of yourself. They are in this with you forever! The more you love them, the more they will reward you. What you dream is what you attract. The power is always within you. Your dreams love solving puzzles. What you choose to believe and therefore dream about is what becomes true for you. Your dreams don't judge or belittle you. The fact you are reading this article is a sign that you are ready to know the truth about yourself and to empower your life from the inside out. Your dreaming mind is noticing and loudly applauding you! Your dreams show you that what you feel about other people is within you. Every dream you have is trying to encourage you to take back your own power. And contrary to what you may believe, dreaming of your past isn't about the past, it's always about what's going on for you now. Your dreaming mind is simply using symbols from your past to alert you to similar patterns surfacing in your present. How you think is how you dream. This point is so important that your dreaming mind never tires of restating it, often through recurring dream themes. Your dreams reveal, in a symbolic vision, the unconscious beliefs that create your thoughts. They shine light on the deepest part of you, o?ering you an opportunity to become aware, understand and then change unconscious limitations and therefore the present they are creating and the future they are attracting. Not recalling your dreams is another way they speak to you. Inner peace comes when there is a balance between the external and the internal, the logical and the intuitive. If you can't recall your dreams, there may be too much focus on your waking life, on the material "stu?" or on what is happening outside you. You need to find balance by consciously connecting to your inner world through journalling, daydreaming, listening to music, reading fiction and poetry, drawing, dancing, spending time in nature, or simply reflecting on the mystery of life. The more creative and empowering your dreams, the more your self-love will grow. Your dreams help you let go. Sometimes letting go is simply forgiving. Not forgetting but forgiving. Often the thing you find the hardest to face and forgive in yourself and others appears as the dominant recurring theme of your dreams, because it's the thing you most need to let go of. Your dreams want many things for you, but most of all they long for you to release yourself from what holds you back so you can learn and grow. Your waking reality is a mirror of your inner world. You are more than your body and mind. Dreams want you to love yourself just the way you are. Ah, with this newfound knowledge fresh from this intimate conversation with your night vision, what dreams for you, dear reader, may come! Now you have heard the clear and present voice of your dreams calling out to you, the scene is set. Time now for the night light to shine directly on you and your always astonishing dreams. Are you ready for your Dream Cure? Are you ready to continue this deep conversation with your dreams and begin the first lesson of your night school? Are you ready to unlock the door to your dreams, engage with the illuminating power of your night vision and allow it to do what it does best: heal your life? |
Theresa Cheung (United Kingdom) is a Sunday Times bestselling author and dream decoder. She has a degree from Kings College, Cambridge, and is the author of numerous titles, including The Dream Dictionary from A to Z. ...