Much has been written about dreams, such as, how to interpret them, what causes them, whether they are meaningful or just nonsense, but I am not sure any of these writings hit the mark. So I am going to write my own explanation of dreams. An explanation I learned from my near death experience.
We are spiritual people enjoying a physical life for the purpose of learning about ourselves. Our physical body needs to rest, so it sleeps, but our spiritual consciousness has no such need. We are literally our consciousness (spirit), and while our body sleeps, we in spiritual form, explore the spiritual and physical realms. Overturning rocks, peering into crevasses, testing our skills, and just being curious about everything. While our body sleeps we go into the spiritual world to go to classes, help others, and to learn more about ourselves.
These journeys are necessary for us to stay focused in the physical dimension. We must leave our bodies and visit the spiritual dimension frequently or we become disoriented and fractured so to speak. We don’t go out of body every time we sleep, but there are indications of when we have been out of body. We will talk about them in the specific dreams section.
It has long been known how disoriented and confused people become when denied sleep for long periods of time. During WWII it was not uncommon to find soldiers laying on the ground, with no wounds, that couldn’t be woke up from their deep sleep. Only after hours of sleep they would wake up on their own. The soldiers may have been awake for days before collapsing into a deep sleep.
Some people can remember their dreams and others can’t remember them. Some only remember their dreams once in a while, but it doesn’t matter, you dream anyway whether you remember it or not.
Outlined below are some of the most common types of dreaming, and a brief explanation of them.
Lucid Dreams
These are dreams in which the dreamer is aware he is dreaming and can interact with the dream. Usually only spiritual persons with knowledge of their spiritual nature can have this kind of dream. It has a lot of advantages, you are able to change or quit activities in the dreams. You can shape, and choose the outcome of your own dreams.
General Dreaming
The dreams listed below are examples. People can have more than one kind of dream mixed with other kinds of dream. They can have dreams that are not listed below, there are no set rules on dreams. But remember that during some dreams you will go out of body and into the spirit realms. Now in the spirit world there are many things that can not be translated into physical terms. There are no languages in the spirit world, only thought forms. Which means that your consciousness will try to symbolize what was seen in the spirit world using physical symbols. This can result in some really weird dreams which seem to have no meaning at all. However, all things including dreams do have meaning, whether we can understand it or not. I recommend you write down your dreams upon awakening, then compare them. It can be an interesting study. Dreams are not hallucinations, delusions, meaningless wandering of the mind, or even the mind sorting out daily activity. Dreams are the journeys of the soul while the body sleeps.
Flying Dreams
These are fun dreams, you go flying over houses, and countryside, you may know the landscape, or it may it new to you. Another form of this dream is skimming along a foot or so above the ground. This type of dream is almost always an indication you are out of your body, but still in the physical dimension.
Falling Dreams
In this dream you find yourself falling off a high place, going down really fast in an elevator, or some other form of falling. It makes your stomach feel funny, and there may be some anxiety associated with it. The good part is you always wake up before you get to the bottom of the fall. This dream is a sure indication you have been out of body, the falling nature of this dream indicates the process of going back into the body. Falling back into the body.
Paralyzed Dreams
This is not really a dream. It is the effect of being out of body. If you have been out of body, and wake up slightly before your spirit fully enters and takes control of your body again, you will feel like you are paralyzed. This can cause a lot of anxiety, but lasts for only a few seconds as control returns. A variation of this condition is when you wake up, and for a few seconds can’t remember where you are and what you were doing. In my opinion these conditions are not harmful, just scary.
Anxiety Dreams
These are very common dreams. You are being chased by a monster of some kind. A gang of bullies is going to beat you up. You have failed a test or missed some goal. You are lost and can’t find your way. You are searching for something you lost and can’t find it. It is scary, full of stress and anxiety. You wake up tired, feeling like you didn’t sleep at all. It is sometimes called a nightmare. Anyway you look at it this dream is not fun, and for some people it happens frequently. This is an indication of anxiety and stress in your waking life that needs to be addressed. It can be alleviated by using stress reduction exercises. Bringing spiritual principles into you life will help at lot. I recommend doing affirmations on a daily basis. Affirmations can be found at the top of this page.
Working Dreams
Here you may find yourself at the office or plant working away. You may be in a classroom learning something that you can’t remember. These dreams may indicate you are out of body and studying/working in the spiritual world on subjects you need to learn for spiritual growth. It is very hard to really know what you are studying or working with because of the inability to translate spiritual events into physical events.
Bathroom Dreams
When you dream about looking for a bathroom it usually means only one thing, you need to wake up and go use the bathroom. You may even find a bathroom while dreaming, but it will not help your body feel better. This sort of dream usually interrupts another dream.
Confusing Dreams
Most dreams have parts that are confusing and just can’t be understood. In the spirit world there are colors, sounds, forms, thoughts, and emotions that have no equal in the physical world. How can you translate a color from the spiritual not seen in the physical, well, you can’t. So I caution you here to not try to read something into dreams that can’t be readily understood. The old book of dreams where dreaming of money means you are going to get rich does not apply to the reality of dreams.
Helping Dreams
Advanced spiritual people help others while they are dreaming. They go out of body and act as guides, helping others to cross over. They sometimes help people near death to understand what is happening to them, they act as counselors, teachers, even healers while they are asleep. It is something done in love for others, and it can be tiring to help others all night, then wake up and help more people during the day. So the person needs to pace themselves with vacations from the nightly helping. It is a great honor to help others whether you are awake or asleep and out of body.
Future Dreams
Then there are dreams that foretell the future. Some people dream about the future, and their dreams come true. Other people dream about the future, and their dreams don’t come true. The future can not be foretold until it becomes the present. All events of the future can be changed by the choices made before the event happens. So unless you have a lot of experience with future dreams don’t put much faith in them.
The world of dreams is larger and more complex than the waking world, because it covers both the physical, and the spiritual world. Nothing written on dreams can be comprehensive. This is written as an outline of the dream world, hoping it will be of value to others.
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