Night Dreams! The Key to a more aware life?
NIGHT DREAMS! THE KEY TO A MORE AWARE LIFE?
If you have been even remotely interested in the subconscious and its working, chances are high that you would have come across articles about dreams. As I always only write what I experience, I would like to share something very interesting with my readers that could benefit them immensely.
In my experience dreams occur as the result of more than one reason. One reason is you are constantly thinking about something and wanting to have it. The subconscious vicariously fulfills the need in a dream. When I was 17 years old I badly wanted to get into a particular college (though that was not my true passion) as it was considered a prestige symbol and a sign of settling down in life. I constantly deliberated over how my life would unfold financially when I get into it. Many a time in the night I would have a dream of getting an admission letter. Eventually I did not make it. There was a tinge of sadness but I very soon put that behind me and thought of an alternate career (one of the signs that it was not my calling in life )
Another reason dreams might occur is when the subconscious wants to shock us into telling us to pay heed to something we are ignoring. The ways it does it is quite strange and fascinating. Seldom does it convey the same literally. It conveys it through people that can be reflective of parts of you. For example if there is someone you know you are doing an injustice to and in a dream, there is a fight and you die. For some reason you feel a sense of elation and NOT fright, it could signify an end to the cruel part of you. Do remember that all the characters in the dream represent parts of you in most cases. I cannot give a percentage here as the background and experiences people come from is as wide as the Atlantic ocean.
Let me share something very interesting. In the place where I originally was, there was a creeping sense of un-fulfillment and dissatisfaction. I wanted to go to a place where there were better opportunities but held myself back as I had invested five years in this place and leaving meant sacrificing quite some benefits that would come to me. I was at my wits end not knowing what to do.
One night I had a dream that went as follows. I am in my flat and the whole apartment started moving. At first it seemed pleasant but then the whole building started moving round and round at an alarming speed. I was petrified knowing that the building would soon collapse. I got up heart beating fast. The dream was dismissed but I had the same dream two more times. All three times, the same sequence, the same fear gripped me.
Having read a lot about the subconscious, I sat down and analyzed what it was trying to tell me. It then struck me in a flash. By staying in the same place, I was just going round and round and making no progress. My foundation in life was possibly getting weakened as time was going by and I was getting stuck in a rut. It all seemed so surreal. It was then that a firm decision to move out was made.
Another dream that I have had the most number of times is my going to an exam and not doing well in it. This is important. It is not that I saw myself incapable of doing it well. But rather I have all the time to prepare in the world but I fritter it away and in the last moment get panicky and feel very very bad that an opportunity which could have been made use of was wasted. This dream obviously related to facets of life where I was taking it easy and not putting in the right amount of planning and effort.
An interesting sequel was that when I practiced my music well, I would have the same dream wherein I do the exam well. This could be thought of as a kind of confirmation that what I deciphered was indeed accurate. After I moved out of my place, the building dream (mentioned above) stopped too.
If you are really keen on getting help from a higher source there are four things that you can do. These steps have helped me immensely in resolving nagging issues. It might do the same for you too.
• The first thing is buy a tape recorder and record your dreams in it. It is far easier to do this than to write your dreams down. This is because you can be in the dream like state and keep recording whereas while writing you come out of the reverie and might forget parts of the dream. Nevertheless if you dont have a recorder, it is ideal to start writing your dreams down. Over a period of time you start remembering more and consequently jotting down more.
• The second thing is be on the lookout for any similar patterns that might come up. An example in my case could be the apartment going round and round in one dream, I myself running round and round and not able to stop and feeling bad about it in another. Once you start this process you send a signal to your inner mind that you are indeed serious about listening to it and it would show you more and more insights.
• Third is after you have done the above for around ten nights or so sit down in a quiet place, close your eyes and think about what is being told to you. Preferably do this just after your afternoon nap or just after you get up from bed in the morning. These are the times you are connected closely to your inner mind. If at first you dont get any insights dont worry. Your inner mind WILL reveal the same to you if you are persistent. Jot down these insights and decide what you are going to do about them. And do it. For example when I got the dream where I was failing in exams, I realized I was not paying attention to my music and decided to act on that.
• Lastly pay attention to whether your dreams are changing, whether the same unpleasant dream is giving way to a more pleasant one. If that is so, you can rest assured that you are on the right track. If not keep asking your inner mind what it is trying to say. As I said, answers WILL come.
Very soon you will realize that you are being guided by a higher power and answers (which you otherwise may have no way of knowing) to many puzzling questions are being answered. Think of the benefits that can accrue to you. You would save many precious years and get much better solutions to issues that might be plaguing you. Most importantly a sense of calm would prevail when you know that you have an invisible means of support by your side.
