Dreams ♥,

What
is your subconscious trying to tell you? Well, one good way to find out
is through your dreams. When we sleep, our subconscious doesn’t need to
battle with our conscious mind. Our emotional side is not challenged by
our logic, so it’s easy for our subconscious to break through barriers.
But it isn’t always easy to understand what it is trying to tell us.
The subconscious relays messages in the form of dream symbols, or
sometimes even bizarre dreams in which we are participants or
observers. Think of a dream as a private movie screening of a film in
which you play the leading role, or perhaps just sit in the front row
of the theater.



Dreaming
is one of the best ways for the subconscious mind to get your
attention. Many people get psychic impressions from their dreams.
Others may only dream when being forewarned about a situation. Some
people think they never dream. They do, but probably can’t remember. In
some dreams, our friends and family members may make an appearance.
Even loved ones who have passed on can show up from time to time to say
hello.



Prophetic and recurring dreams
There are two distinctly different types of psychic dreams: prophetic and recurring.



Prophetic
dreams are those that give us a glimpse into the future. These dreams
you will want to keep record of and attempt to interpret.

My
friend Mona had a dream that I was in Italy and being followed by a
handsome, young Italian man. She told me she dreamed of me going into a
store while this man was watching me. She didn’t feel good about this
guy, and described him as creepy. Her details were pretty vivid: I was
all alone, it was during the day, and I was definitely in Italy.

Weeks
later, my friend Julie asked me to go to Italy with her on a business
trip. I was very excited and had completely forgotten about Mona’s
dream. While Julie was busy with her meetings all day in Milan, I was
sightseeing by myself. I went into a huge department store to shop and
that’s where I noticed this older Italian man staring at me. I felt
uncomfortable and went into another department. He followed. I casually
walked into another department to see if I could lose him. He was right
behind me. Then I got on the escalator and went downstairs. He made his
way to the escalator, too. Off I went into another department. He was
there! I made a bee-line for the front door of the store, pushed my way
through a crowd of people, got on the subway and lost him. My friend’s
dream was pretty accurate. But her description of this “stalker” was
off. He wasn’t handsome at all!



This
is a good example of a prophetic dream. If someone dreams about you,
ask them for details. It may be nothing. Perhaps it’s something silly,
but it could be important.



Recurring
dreams are ones you have repeatedly. The same theme or series of events
is always played out in this type of dream. If you experience a
recurring dream, there’s probably a psychological or emotional reason
for it. Your subconscious mind is telling you that there is an issue,
fear, or worry you need to examine within yourself.



Other types of dreams
Here are a few other dream categories:



Precognitive
dreams: These are psychic dreams that can foretell the future. Make
special note if you have a dream that feels precognitive. Even if the
details are a little off, they may be close enough to alert you to
upcoming events.



Warning
dreams: These dreams alert us to possible danger or problems ahead.
These dreams help us by giving us prior knowledge so we can be prepared
or a crisis our even stop it from happening.

My friend Char
had a warning dream that scared her. She dreamed of a school that had
yellow police tape all around it — the kind you see at crime scenes.
She said it worried her because it was very real, and she was shaken
when she awoke from the dream. She described small children running out
of the building and dozens of police cars circling the school. She was
frustrated because she didn’t know exactly where the school was. She
felt helpless without more information. She wanted to be able to warn
someone, but didn’t know who. About two days later and twenty miles
from where Char lives, a first grader shot another classmate. The
little girl died. The tragedy made national news headlines. The events
that occurred later had been revealed first in Char’s warning dream. It
could be considered a prophetic dream, too.



Factual
dreams: We have lots of these! They don’t last long, and we’re more apt
to get bits and pieces of information than tangible knowledge. However,
they can be very helpful. For example, you could dream of being
interviewed for a new position or of talking with a friend about
something that is actually happening in your life.



Inspiration
dreams: If you are going through a personal crisis, perhaps having a
difficult time at work or worrying about something, an inspiration
dream offers a solution. It can give you insight to handle a situation.
These dreams leave you with good feelings when you wake up.



Visitation
dreams: Sometimes, deceased loved ones want to visit us, and the best
way for them to connect with us is through our dreams. When we’re
asleep, our subconscious is open to receiving messages from the other
side. But how do you know if you are just dreaming of a departed family
member or experiencing an actual visitation?



A
dream is something you’ll remember when you first wake up. It fades
over a few hours and eventually you’ll have little or no memory of it.
A visitation is an actual visit from the soul or spirit of someone. It
seems like a dream, but you will remember it vividly. It stays with you
all day, or sometimes for weeks and months afterwards...maybe even
forever. During holidays and around anniversaries and birthdays, loved
ones seem to make more visitations. It’s as if they want to share these
special days with you. If you have lost someone dear, know that you can
still connect with them. Ask them to come to you in a dream. Many
times, deceased family and friends come to us when we’re involved in a
major crisis to offer support and guidance.



Dream Journals
Many
people are keeping dream journals these days. A dream journal doesn’t
have to be anything expensive or even fancy. A spiral notebook will
work. Keep the journal next to your bed along with a pen. If you don’t
have time to write when you wake up, keep a tape recorder handy so when
you wake up you can record what you remember.

Date the journal
and write everything down that you can recall. Write it in sequence, or
in bits and pieces – whatever is easiest. Colors, numbers, faces,
places, people, discussions, times, and seasons of the year are all
meaningful. Specific details are important. Throughout the day, if you
think of anything else, write that information down too. No information
is insignificant, though some bits may turn out to be more important
than others.



Dreams
are made up of many elements. There’s always a main theme in every
dream. Pick the one thing that stands out in your mind as being the
most important, and analyze that first. I tell my clients that they are
the very best interpreters of their own dreams.



Ask
yourself first: What does the dream mean to you? Then look up meanings
for individual symbols in a dream interpretation book, if you have one.
If your dream is full of detail, this means it is very important. If
you only remember fragments and it fades quickly, it’s probably not as
important. It may not have much meaning unless it is linked to another
dream you’ve had in the past