by Michelle Robinson
Bach. Counselling. Dip. Clinical Hypnotherapy
This month I’m returning to a topic I get lots of questions about – dreams.
While sleep studies show us that almost everyone dreams, some people have no awareness or memory of dreaming. The moment they become conscious, the dream evaporates as if it never happened. Whether or not we remember our dreams, our unconscious (subconscious) mind uses dreams to sort through significant feelings and issues.
Dreams often communicate messages our unconscious minds really want us to know. However, before we dive into these kinds of dreams, I should point out that not every dream has a message. Sometimes, our dreams are just a reflection of what we’ve been feeding our minds, such as when we watch a very active movie or series on television. We may dream about the characters or find ourselves mimicking their adventures as our brain attempts to ‘dump’ stuff that is stimulating but unimportant. These dreams have little emotional impact, and we don’t dwell on them.
When our unconscious mind does need to make us aware of something, it rarely tells us in a straightforward way. The language of the unconscious mind, and hence our dreams, involves imagery, symbolism and the imagination. That’s why dreams can seem hard to understand and interpret.
Rather than trying to understand the characters in your dreams when they don’t match real life scenarios, ask yourself, “How did the dream make me feel? How did this character (or dream event) make me feel?” That’s your clue to understanding what your dream is about.
If you dream about scary, aggressive animals like tigers, crocodiles or snakes that you can’t escape, reflect on who or what in your life just now makes you feel anxious, under pressure or at risk. If you dream about plane crashes or natural disasters such as tsunamis, ask where in your life are you feeling overwhelmed or threatened. I’m sure you can see where I’m going with this. By tracing the feeling of a dream back to its characters and events, you can see what your unconscious mind is trying to say about your real life. Sometimes there’s a warning about a situation or a person. Sometimes the message is to slow down and look after yourself. The possibilities are endless.
In addition to your unconscious mind communicating directly with you via dreams, people who have passed into the spirit world may also interject themselves into a dream. You’ll know when this happens, as part of you will recognise that they have died, and you’ll be aware that they are talking to you in their spiritual form. There is often a very high level of emotion when true spirit communication dreams occur, and the energy is hard to hold. Generally speaking, spiritual visitors in our dreams can’t stay very long as it requires a lot of energy to hold the right vibration. These dreams can be very comforting, especially when the visitor is someone we have loved greatly.
Our own intuition and our guides can also communicate via our dreams, showing us events that may be still to come. Helpful suggestions about how to move forward can also be offered in this way.
There is so much could be discussed about this subject, but I hope that you’ve enjoyed our short chat in our column. Take care and have a great month.
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