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The 25 Most Commonly Asked Questions About Dreams Numbers 9 through 18 |
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9. I have no desire to rekindle my relationship with my ex-(husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend). Why do I constantly dream that they are a part of my life again?Dreaming of a person from your past brings your attention to the need to use and express particular qualities that you specifically associate with that person. Relationships with others throughout our lives provide us with the opportunity to learn by realizing and developing particular qualities. Sometimes the full benefit of what was gained from earlier experiences is left behind with the physical part of the relationship. When there is no one presently in the dreamer's life who reflects this quality, the subconscious mind will draw upon information stored in the brain during an earlier time period in order to get its message across. Thus you may dream about a former love, a college classmate, or a grade school teacher.10. What do animals represent in dreams?Animals function compulsively through instinct. Unlike man, they do not possess the necessary physical form for reasoning to be active. Therefore, in a dream animals represent compulsive ways of thinking or habits. Although they are still symbols indicating compulsiveness, there are four animals which universally lend more specific insight into how the dreamer is thinking. Once of these is the snake. Universally, as with the caduceus used in the medical field, the image of a snake signifies creativity, healing, and wisdom. In the Universal Language of Mind snakes represent creative or Kundalini energy. This is a mental energy used for creating the conditions and circumstances in your physical life. The dream action will reveal what your subconscious mind is communicating concerning how you are using your creative energy. An example is dreaming that you fear snakes, indicating your need to acknowledge and admit your own creative ability so you can rise above compulsion. Another example might be handling snakes and directing their activity, indicating intelligent control of your creative energy. The additional three animals cited above are a horse, a fish, and a bird, representing respectively the will, spiritual knowledge, and subconscious thoughts.11. My car was broken down in my dream. Should I prepare for car repairs?A car is a vehicle that we use to get from one physical place to another. The mind uses the physical body to move from one place to another. In a dream, small vehicles (ex: a car, small plane, boat) represent your physical body. The condition of the vehicle will reflect the condition of your body. When you dream that something is impairing the function of your car, your subconscious mind is letting you know that your current thoughts and attitudes are dis-eased and if allowed to continue will probably manifest as an illness in your physical body. These "health dreams" are extremely valuable for promoting optimal health in mind and body. For the average person a health dream will occur many weeks before physical symptoms appear. When you learn to interpret your dreams and act on the information, you can change the dis-ease at its point of origin to produce health in your body.12. Does it mean that my brother is going to die if he is killed in my dream?Death is a change or transformation to another state of being. Change occurs millions of times in your life as the cells of your body replace themselves and then die. While growing up as a child these changes in cellular structure bring you closer and closer to your goal of becoming a physical adult. In a dream death signifies change. When someone dies in your dream, it represents a change in the way you identify or understand that aspect of Self. The old aspect is dead and a new transformed you is now expressing. These dreams are to be revered rather than feared for they indicate growth.13. Sometimes I kill people in my dreams. Does this mean that I have a desire to kill people?As before, death represents a change in an aspect of Self. In these kinds of dreams, the dreamer is making a conscious choice to cause a change. The dream image presented is one of initiating direct action to alter an aspect of Self. This dream will indicate that the dreamer is imaging a new way of thinking, such as becoming more courageous or giving or happy depending on the qualities associated with the person who has been killed in the dream. Remember dreams are symbolic messages for you, about you. You know if you entertain conscious, waking thoughts of harm to another. You don't require your dreams to tell you this. Dreams are offered in the Universal Language of Mind and must be interpreted in that language for full understanding to transpire. Trying to relate to your dreams in a literal fashion keeps you thinking only physically while impairing the development of bilingual skill.14. What does it mean when someone who has died appears in a dream? Are they really there?Over half of the people surveyed by the University of Chicago several years ago reported dreaming of people who have died. Some want to know why and how this can be while others want to know how to determine if it is really him/her visiting them during their dream. To know if the friend or relative who has died is actually there, note how the communication is occurring. When the mode of communication is telepathic, the experience occurring in the dream state is direct contact with the entity who is no longer experiencing in a physical body. Their lips will be still and the information received will clearly be through thought projection only. You have had an experience on the inner levels, in effect visiting the departed loved one where they now are existing. When the person interacts and communicates verbally in the dream, he or she will represent (like any other person appearing in the dream) an aspect of the dreamer. This person will indicate a quality of Self that had been transformed and is now reverting to its original expression. Whether a person is alive or dead in physical life, information about them is stored in your brain as memory and can be used for communication by your subconscious mind to create a representation of that person in your dream.15. What causes a nightmare?If you are a parent and you permit your child to play outside, you have probably told them to remain in the yard and out of the street. If the child begins to move toward the road you might speak sharply to get their attention, redirecting them to safety. Should the child continue to disobey your directions thus putting him/herself in danger, you will use emotion yelling loudly to get your point across or even take physical action. Nightmares are the way your subconscious mind emphasizes a message in order to gain your conscious attention. By the time you experience a nightmare, your subconscious mind has previously presented to you an important message that you have repeatedly ignored. Graphic images that your conscious mind will react to emotionally and thus remember are presented and you awake recalling what you call a nightmare. When the dream messages are heeded and growth occurs, the nightmares cease.16. I woke up in a cold sweat recently. My heart was pounding and my breath was labored. Why does this happen?This is the result of experiencing a nightmare. You may not recall what was occurring in your consciousness, but the mental and emotional imbalances are manifested in your body as the residual effects of what your conscious mind avoids or rejects. Your reaction to the physical symptoms is multiplied by your fear and anxiety of being out of control of your body. To break this habit of reacting to dream messages, endeavor to remember your dreams. Place a notebook by your bed, affirming to your Self before retiring that you will remember your dreams. Upon awakening, write down everything you remember. Practice this on a daily basis to cause a consistency in the recall of your dreams. Once you have the information, identify the symbols and what they represent. With practice you will be able to make changes in your life easily and efficiently based on the information you receive on a daily basis from your dreams. Life, and your dream experiences, will become a joy rather than something to fear.17. I dream of falling off of cliffs or tall buildings. Am I in danger?Experiencing the sensation of falling occurs when the conscious mind become alert in the dream state prior to waking up. The experience that you are describing is simply that you are conscious in the inner levels, where the dream is taking place, as your awareness moves outward toward the physical level of consciousness. When you reach the ground you are awake and fully aware in your conscious mind. Movement from one level of mind to another can be caused and experienced consciously by one who has applied metaphysical disciplines. There is an old wives' tale that if you dream you are falling and hit bottom then you will die. Those who have experienced this phenomenon reveal the fallacy in this tale.18. I feel paralyzed sometimes in my dreams. What is happening to me?Life is passing you by. The same type of paralysis exists in your waking life. Fear of life is what keeps you immobile. Life is for learning and growth. Begin creating desires for yourself and then follow through with action to bring them into existence in your life. Visualize your desired object or state of being. As conditions and circumstances in your life begin to change as a result of your active participation in life, you will begin to learn how to respond to the environment and to create greater successes for yourself and those in your sphere of influence. |
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