Dreams repeat sometimes. Why do they repeat?
In ancient times, before the destruction of the earth by the great flood recorded by indigenous peoples in all the world, there lived a man named Job. Job suffered at the hands of the devil, who tormented Job by killing his family, sending thieves to steal his flocks, and finally by afflicting Job's body with sores.
The Story of Job (in brief):
Three of Job's friends come to speak to Job. With them came a young man named Elihu. Later in the story, God talks to all the men about the days-long conversation just concluded. God is so mad at the religious things the three friends said to Job, God wants to kill them. But Job prays and God forgives them.
The young man, however, spoke well. Here is what Elihu said about repeating dreams:
Elihu's Wisdom:
Job 33: 14-16 "For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. In a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
17 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
If the dream warnings are refused... the next passages warn of physical torment... then Elihu gives a prophetic message about the Redeemer.
(Chapter 33 of Job is the young man, Elihu, speaking. Elihu is not mentioned when God lists the other three, older, men as having spoken incorrectly about Him.)
Is a Repeating Dream a Certainty to Happen?
I have broken many repeating dreams. I saw them, took them as a warning, and changed key decisions and even daily behavior. If you have a repeating dream, the outcome or result of which you do not like, do not accept that result as absolute. Many people have repeating dreams about conflicts in their lives. All they need to do is create peace and resolve the issue. The negative things seen as a result will then never come (at least not as a result of the conflict about which the current dream warnings were.)
Look at your repeating dreams. What are they about? What are they really about? A dream about bad driving may really be addressing the manner in which you navigate through social situations or conversations. People who cut others off in traffic tend to be the same people who don't care enough to listen when others share their thoughts. What needs to change in your life if you want a different future? Repeating dreams warn us. Their intent is to direct us off the broken path and onto the narrow path of right living.
Conclusion:
A repeating dream is a warning. If you have a repeating dream- Pray for wisdom, understanding and to be protected by God. Even though man does not perceive the dream, an effect results. God repeats the dream to "seal instruction."
Remember: Not all dreams come from God. Read about my experience with the top man in the Buddhist dreaming camp: Buddhist Dream Guru
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Dream Recall Enhances Other Gifts
Increasing Spiritual Knowing by Increasing Dream Recall
An increase in dream recall ability also increases other forms of communication with the spirit. You will notice an increase in dream recall as you exercise your recall skills, dedicate yourself to recall and learn more techniques and skills to use in exciting dream recall.
Other spiritual interfaces will emerge as well. In the process of seeking the truth of God and seeking to receive spiritual wisdom, guidance and knowledge via dreaming, I noticed in my own walk and in the walk of others that as dreaming increases, other gifts of the spirit also increase. Most spiritual people have one primary method of receiving communication. These can be dreaming, visions, spoken prophecy, prayer, meditation (focused concentration and listening for the Lord) or some other way to “see” and “hear”.
Many prophets have one particular avenue. Daniel Rodes of Virginia hears from the Lord in prayer. The same is true for Peter Kumar of India. Tom Deckard from Mount Carmel, Iowa receives closed visions. The author of this writing receives dreams. Tom Deckard also receives information via dreams and prayer. Daniel Rodes rises early in the morning to pray and seek a word from the Lord.
All these are legitimate methods to receive from the Lord and commune with the Lord. However, expect to experience the other avenues of information. I myself have had open visions, closed visions, prophetic messages in prayer, dreams and prophetic leadings. A prophetic leading is when the Holy Spirit leads you into an understanding via conversations, research, study and a combination of other communications.
You should also expect to experience these.
Other things will increase as well. Intuition will increase. “Just knowing” something will increase; you can look at someone and “just know” they are cheating on their wife, suicidal, confused about a decision, and etc. There are many other things that increased for me as I practiced and desired to increase my dream recall and to seek truth. These will happen for you as well.
An increase in dream recall ability also increases other forms of communication with the spirit. You will notice an increase in dream recall as you exercise your recall skills, dedicate yourself to recall and learn more techniques and skills to use in exciting dream recall.
Other spiritual interfaces will emerge as well. In the process of seeking the truth of God and seeking to receive spiritual wisdom, guidance and knowledge via dreaming, I noticed in my own walk and in the walk of others that as dreaming increases, other gifts of the spirit also increase. Most spiritual people have one primary method of receiving communication. These can be dreaming, visions, spoken prophecy, prayer, meditation (focused concentration and listening for the Lord) or some other way to “see” and “hear”.
Many prophets have one particular avenue. Daniel Rodes of Virginia hears from the Lord in prayer. The same is true for Peter Kumar of India. Tom Deckard from Mount Carmel, Iowa receives closed visions. The author of this writing receives dreams. Tom Deckard also receives information via dreams and prayer. Daniel Rodes rises early in the morning to pray and seek a word from the Lord.
All these are legitimate methods to receive from the Lord and commune with the Lord. However, expect to experience the other avenues of information. I myself have had open visions, closed visions, prophetic messages in prayer, dreams and prophetic leadings. A prophetic leading is when the Holy Spirit leads you into an understanding via conversations, research, study and a combination of other communications.
You should also expect to experience these.
Other things will increase as well. Intuition will increase. “Just knowing” something will increase; you can look at someone and “just know” they are cheating on their wife, suicidal, confused about a decision, and etc. There are many other things that increased for me as I practiced and desired to increase my dream recall and to seek truth. These will happen for you as well.
Correcting Dreams
Some dreams correct us against bad decisions.
Two Dreams about a Bad Decision
The first dream is my wife’s. The second dream is mine.
Background:
We began to attend a church in the next town. One day, several weeks ago, I craved chocolate and crossed the street to the market nearest my door. There I met a man who told me he had been completely set free from drugs and alcohol. He had been free for several months.
That excited me. I wanted to see the power of God working, so I attended the next meeting there- a 6 pm Bible study group. Most of the men there had found salvation through the prayers of their relatives.
After two weeks, problems manifested. A comment was made about “wearing our Sunday best.” The next week, I missed the Thursday study group, but attended Sunday. A regular passed me saying, “Nice to see you back.”
That gave me a bad taste and I replied, “Where have I been?”
Another comment was made about attire, and I was ready to return to my neighborhood church. But, I hate to lose to an offense, so I continued going to meetings and Sunday service. My wife worked weekends, so attended a few group meetings only.
A Replacement Wedding Ring (Wife’s Dream)
My wife dreamed that she was promised that, if she would invest her diamond engagement ring, the borrower would return her investment and a large dividend. She gave her ring. But, the return was a replacement ring only. “This is fake.” She told the woman.
”No,” the woman replied. “This is your ring.”
My wife became very upset and cried in the dream. The loss of her wedding ring upset her greatly.
When she told me the dream, she appeared very tired, distracted and a bit sad. Later in the day, she commented that the dream had given her melancholy throughout the morning.
We talked about the dream. I asked her what a ring meant to her, personally. While we talked, I desired to receive an interpretation, and waited for it. I suddenly understood- the ring represented her marriage to Christ. The fake ring represented the new church- and a marriage to a fake Christ.
A Church without any Power
I dreamed someone removed my wedding band and replaced it. (I did not discern if it was the same, or a fake, as in my wife’s dream.) Next, I saw a black cord pulled from an electric socket. I heard the word, “unplugged".
But, here is what happened the evening previous to my dream. I attended the Thursday study night. I first waited to deliver my wife to a jewelry sales presentation “party”. It started at 7, but she consented to an early drop-off, and I rushed directly afterward to the study.
At the end of the study, the pastor asked me, “Do you know the study starts at 6?” His tone said a bit more. He was telling me I needed to arrive at 6.
I talked with him outside the building, between the door and our cars. I mentioned that the following Sunday, I would attend my neighborhood church at my wife’s request. The pastor and I talked for about an hour. He laid out his requirements. I had to be “faithful, accountable and teachable.” By faithful, he meant, and I had already learned, regular attendance. Under the topic of faithful, he also stated that tithing “to the local church” is required. He could not meet my challenge to support that with scripture from the Bible.
“Accountable” he defined as submission to an authority. Each person needs a cover, someone to whom he is accountable, he asserted. He also failed to support this doctrine with the teachings of Jesus or the disciples.
The conversation soured as he proclaimed someone who attends more than one church is “sick, just sick.”
I prayed Thursday night, and woke Friday morning with the dream shared in this blog post.
Wedding Ring Dream Meaning:
So, the dream meaning of a wedding ring, in these dreams is interpreted to mean “commitment.” A marriage is a commitment between a husband and wife. The dream talked about a commitment to not a church assembly, but to God. My wife receiving a “fake” ring represents the spirit of control in the out of town church. Jesus came to set the captives free from religious control.
We never again attended that church.
The Next Sunday...
We attended our neighborhood church the following Sunday. The service was amazing. During the service, the pastor’s wife took another woman to the stage and gave her a microphone. This woman reported, “The Lord says there is someone here who has been ‘sitting on the fence’, not making a commitment here or there. It is time to make a decision.”
Note: A few days before my wife's dream, she said to me, "Why hasn't the Lord given me a dream in a long time?" I answered that we should pray for her to receive a dream, and we did. Initially, I prayed for her to receive a dream that very night. But, while praying, I felt this was wrong, and prayed for her to receive a dream "this week." Her dream was three days later.
Follow Up, Three Years Later:
Of course, I prayed for this pastor, and for the people attending there. A few months after I quit there, I met the same man who had been set free from drugs after his family prayed for months. He complained about his mistreatment at the church.
About three years later, the Holy Spirit began to bring to my mind something from my prayer time for this church. I felt I needed to share this message with that pastor. So, I prayed God would create the opportunity. The Holy Spirit occasionally reminded me of this undelivered message over the next few weeks. One afternoon, I suddenly felt an inclination to drive to a particular Carl's Junior restaurant and eat lunch.
I felt inclined as I walked out the door to return for a particular item. And, when I arrived at Carl's Junior only a few minutes later (I hit every light but one green), I carried it in with me. I ordered, and turned around to find a table.
Someone said, "Interesting book you got there." The item in my hand was a Bible.
Under a baseball cap, sitting in a booth, was the pastor from the unplugged church. I asked if I could join him. We talked for a long time. I told him what the Holy Spirit had told me, "You have the ability to build a strong church. You are not your father. Do not try to build like he built. Build according to what is in your heart." We talked about a lot of doctrines. I was able to locate several scriptures to support my position. I was very glad the Holy Spirit reminded me to bring it. Additionally, while I am not the person who is typically able to recall the scripture and verse of a teaching, on that day, the Holy Spirit brought them to my mind over and over again.
Who knows what God will do with that church? The Holy Spirit warned my wife and I in a dream. And, the Holy Spirit also encouraged the man pastoring there. His father preached once. I ranked the sermon in the upper echelon of dead preaching. He preached a cerebral, university-type educational sermon on the history of scripture.
He concluded by asking everyone to think for a minute, "How can you build the church?" We sat for a moment. I concluded this is done by preaching the gospel and casting out devils and healing the sick. The pastor's father finally answered, "Every person invite one person to church and bring them next week."
Two Dreams about a Bad Decision
The first dream is my wife’s. The second dream is mine.
Background:
We began to attend a church in the next town. One day, several weeks ago, I craved chocolate and crossed the street to the market nearest my door. There I met a man who told me he had been completely set free from drugs and alcohol. He had been free for several months.
That excited me. I wanted to see the power of God working, so I attended the next meeting there- a 6 pm Bible study group. Most of the men there had found salvation through the prayers of their relatives.
After two weeks, problems manifested. A comment was made about “wearing our Sunday best.” The next week, I missed the Thursday study group, but attended Sunday. A regular passed me saying, “Nice to see you back.”
That gave me a bad taste and I replied, “Where have I been?”
Another comment was made about attire, and I was ready to return to my neighborhood church. But, I hate to lose to an offense, so I continued going to meetings and Sunday service. My wife worked weekends, so attended a few group meetings only.
A Replacement Wedding Ring (Wife’s Dream)
My wife dreamed that she was promised that, if she would invest her diamond engagement ring, the borrower would return her investment and a large dividend. She gave her ring. But, the return was a replacement ring only. “This is fake.” She told the woman.
”No,” the woman replied. “This is your ring.”
My wife became very upset and cried in the dream. The loss of her wedding ring upset her greatly.
When she told me the dream, she appeared very tired, distracted and a bit sad. Later in the day, she commented that the dream had given her melancholy throughout the morning.
We talked about the dream. I asked her what a ring meant to her, personally. While we talked, I desired to receive an interpretation, and waited for it. I suddenly understood- the ring represented her marriage to Christ. The fake ring represented the new church- and a marriage to a fake Christ.
A Church without any Power
I dreamed someone removed my wedding band and replaced it. (I did not discern if it was the same, or a fake, as in my wife’s dream.) Next, I saw a black cord pulled from an electric socket. I heard the word, “unplugged".
But, here is what happened the evening previous to my dream. I attended the Thursday study night. I first waited to deliver my wife to a jewelry sales presentation “party”. It started at 7, but she consented to an early drop-off, and I rushed directly afterward to the study.
At the end of the study, the pastor asked me, “Do you know the study starts at 6?” His tone said a bit more. He was telling me I needed to arrive at 6.
I talked with him outside the building, between the door and our cars. I mentioned that the following Sunday, I would attend my neighborhood church at my wife’s request. The pastor and I talked for about an hour. He laid out his requirements. I had to be “faithful, accountable and teachable.” By faithful, he meant, and I had already learned, regular attendance. Under the topic of faithful, he also stated that tithing “to the local church” is required. He could not meet my challenge to support that with scripture from the Bible.
“Accountable” he defined as submission to an authority. Each person needs a cover, someone to whom he is accountable, he asserted. He also failed to support this doctrine with the teachings of Jesus or the disciples.
The conversation soured as he proclaimed someone who attends more than one church is “sick, just sick.”
I prayed Thursday night, and woke Friday morning with the dream shared in this blog post.
Wedding Ring Dream Meaning:
So, the dream meaning of a wedding ring, in these dreams is interpreted to mean “commitment.” A marriage is a commitment between a husband and wife. The dream talked about a commitment to not a church assembly, but to God. My wife receiving a “fake” ring represents the spirit of control in the out of town church. Jesus came to set the captives free from religious control.
We never again attended that church.
The Next Sunday...
We attended our neighborhood church the following Sunday. The service was amazing. During the service, the pastor’s wife took another woman to the stage and gave her a microphone. This woman reported, “The Lord says there is someone here who has been ‘sitting on the fence’, not making a commitment here or there. It is time to make a decision.”
Note: A few days before my wife's dream, she said to me, "Why hasn't the Lord given me a dream in a long time?" I answered that we should pray for her to receive a dream, and we did. Initially, I prayed for her to receive a dream that very night. But, while praying, I felt this was wrong, and prayed for her to receive a dream "this week." Her dream was three days later.
Follow Up, Three Years Later:
Of course, I prayed for this pastor, and for the people attending there. A few months after I quit there, I met the same man who had been set free from drugs after his family prayed for months. He complained about his mistreatment at the church.
About three years later, the Holy Spirit began to bring to my mind something from my prayer time for this church. I felt I needed to share this message with that pastor. So, I prayed God would create the opportunity. The Holy Spirit occasionally reminded me of this undelivered message over the next few weeks. One afternoon, I suddenly felt an inclination to drive to a particular Carl's Junior restaurant and eat lunch.
I felt inclined as I walked out the door to return for a particular item. And, when I arrived at Carl's Junior only a few minutes later (I hit every light but one green), I carried it in with me. I ordered, and turned around to find a table.
Someone said, "Interesting book you got there." The item in my hand was a Bible.
Under a baseball cap, sitting in a booth, was the pastor from the unplugged church. I asked if I could join him. We talked for a long time. I told him what the Holy Spirit had told me, "You have the ability to build a strong church. You are not your father. Do not try to build like he built. Build according to what is in your heart." We talked about a lot of doctrines. I was able to locate several scriptures to support my position. I was very glad the Holy Spirit reminded me to bring it. Additionally, while I am not the person who is typically able to recall the scripture and verse of a teaching, on that day, the Holy Spirit brought them to my mind over and over again.
Who knows what God will do with that church? The Holy Spirit warned my wife and I in a dream. And, the Holy Spirit also encouraged the man pastoring there. His father preached once. I ranked the sermon in the upper echelon of dead preaching. He preached a cerebral, university-type educational sermon on the history of scripture.
He concluded by asking everyone to think for a minute, "How can you build the church?" We sat for a moment. I concluded this is done by preaching the gospel and casting out devils and healing the sick. The pastor's father finally answered, "Every person invite one person to church and bring them next week."
Monday, June 29, 2009
Dreams About Someone Else's Life, Pt 2
THIRD DREAM INTRODUCTION
A false dream leading to bad choices in my life.
In this dream, I saw a woman with sandy brown hair. The camera angle panned in close to her, then moved around her in a circle. It circled and circled. I could see grass beneath her feet and trees surrounding the place where she stood.
A voice said, “These are the kind of friends you should have.”
Later, I met the woman at a Native America Sun dance festival. This is where men and women who are not menstruating stand in a circle around a tree. Men who have fasted for seven days without food and 24 hours without water dance around the inner circle, suffering for their causes, which they are presenting to “Tunkashila”, aka Great Grandfather spirit. The place also summed up a large collection of dreams spanning about five years. I collectively labeled them “The Gypsy Fair”. When I arrived, I quickly recognized the festival grounds, the circle of stone, the campfires and the lines of trees.
When the dancing started, I finally understood the significance of the camera view moving in a circle.
I met the woman, who was a nurse. I exchanged many emails with her. She was a Christian, but who was involved with false and demonic things such as the Sundance and also believed in reincarnation. My friendship with her encouraged me further to believe in reincarnation and the idea of “soul mates.” Both those ideas brought destruction into my life.
TESTING DREAMS
It is vitally important, if any person wishes to grow strong and wise using dreams, to proceed with caution and skepticism. Every dream must be tested by the spirit to discern it’s status as from the Light or from darkness. Adam and Eve each took a bite from the fruit of the tree of "the knowledge of good and evil." We are all their descendants and also are able to know if something is good or evil. We discern this instantly. It is only the verbal arguments of the mind, or of another person which override this information.
There are other trivial sources of dreams, but the importance of true and false dreams takes great priority. Discerning the categorization of a dream is the first thing to be done with a dream. “Is this dream real, and from a loving source?” is the first question to ask. Christians can ask, “Lord, is this from you?” False dreams should not be written, recorded or shared.
You should remember the information presented in the false dream, its poisonous false content. Later, when you see another person presenting this false information as truth, you will know something about that person’s ability to discern credible information from false. Most people will tell you a false dream. They think, “If I dreamed it, it must be true.” I once heard a message about one of the apostles of Jesus, but understood it was false. Today, I see many teaching the same message I heard, but knew was a false message. I know those teachers are misled by an enemy.
If you learn to discern true (constructive & prophetic) dreams from false (destructive and misdirecting) dreams, you will surpass the great majority of people who think they know about dreams. The goal of this blog is to equip you to grow mentally and spiritually- without exposing you to the risk of being misled by a false dream.
A false dream leading to bad choices in my life.
In this dream, I saw a woman with sandy brown hair. The camera angle panned in close to her, then moved around her in a circle. It circled and circled. I could see grass beneath her feet and trees surrounding the place where she stood.
A voice said, “These are the kind of friends you should have.”
Later, I met the woman at a Native America Sun dance festival. This is where men and women who are not menstruating stand in a circle around a tree. Men who have fasted for seven days without food and 24 hours without water dance around the inner circle, suffering for their causes, which they are presenting to “Tunkashila”, aka Great Grandfather spirit. The place also summed up a large collection of dreams spanning about five years. I collectively labeled them “The Gypsy Fair”. When I arrived, I quickly recognized the festival grounds, the circle of stone, the campfires and the lines of trees.
When the dancing started, I finally understood the significance of the camera view moving in a circle.
I met the woman, who was a nurse. I exchanged many emails with her. She was a Christian, but who was involved with false and demonic things such as the Sundance and also believed in reincarnation. My friendship with her encouraged me further to believe in reincarnation and the idea of “soul mates.” Both those ideas brought destruction into my life.
TESTING DREAMS
It is vitally important, if any person wishes to grow strong and wise using dreams, to proceed with caution and skepticism. Every dream must be tested by the spirit to discern it’s status as from the Light or from darkness. Adam and Eve each took a bite from the fruit of the tree of "the knowledge of good and evil." We are all their descendants and also are able to know if something is good or evil. We discern this instantly. It is only the verbal arguments of the mind, or of another person which override this information.
There are other trivial sources of dreams, but the importance of true and false dreams takes great priority. Discerning the categorization of a dream is the first thing to be done with a dream. “Is this dream real, and from a loving source?” is the first question to ask. Christians can ask, “Lord, is this from you?” False dreams should not be written, recorded or shared.
You should remember the information presented in the false dream, its poisonous false content. Later, when you see another person presenting this false information as truth, you will know something about that person’s ability to discern credible information from false. Most people will tell you a false dream. They think, “If I dreamed it, it must be true.” I once heard a message about one of the apostles of Jesus, but understood it was false. Today, I see many teaching the same message I heard, but knew was a false message. I know those teachers are misled by an enemy.
If you learn to discern true (constructive & prophetic) dreams from false (destructive and misdirecting) dreams, you will surpass the great majority of people who think they know about dreams. The goal of this blog is to equip you to grow mentally and spiritually- without exposing you to the risk of being misled by a false dream.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Dreams About Someone Else's Life
A dream can teach you about someone you have never met, but are going to meet.
This happened to me several times when I lived in Philadelphia. I received this type of dream from both destructive and constructive sources (evil and good). In the night, I would see several scenes about a person. The next day, or perhaps in two days, I would meet the person.
The material from the dream validates you to them, and you know a little about them as well. This type of dream will continue your entire life after you become skilled at recalling dreams. Interpretation belongs to God, and He can give easy to interpret dream content, or cause you to wait for understanding. A person's details typically present a straight-forward view of their person, nature, lifestyle or other identifying characteristics. There may be one scene, or several. There may be more than one night of dreams about this person.
Here are three dreams about people I soon met:
1. THE REBEL: I saw a young woman. She was a typical little girl at first. Then she started to wear a black leather jacket. Eventually, she got a mohawk and her jacket now had shiny metal spikes. I saw her in prison. I saw her take a drag of a cigarette with her left hand. Then I saw her take a drag with her right hand. This repeated several times. Left, right... then again, left and right. I didn't understand what the left and right detail signified, but I was expecting to meet this person in one or two days, as had happened to me several times already.
Two days later, I walked into my coffee shop in downtown Philadelphia. There, I looked at a young woman. I had seen her the previous day as well. However, this day, as I looked at her, I kept remembering the dream about the rebellious young woman who went to prison. The sense of the dream also visited; the dream itself seems to "push". This young woman looked nothing like the rebel, however. She was dressed conservative-cute and her long black hair looked very healthy. She was an attractive young woman of 19 or 20.
I approached her table. "Excuse me," I began, "did you used to wear a black leather jacket?" I asked this particular detail, because it was innocuous enough and had the potential to quickly disqualify her as the person in the dream. She said yes, so I asked, "Did it have metal spikes on the shoulders?" Again she confirmed my guess. These things did not fit her current presentation at all. So, I felt a bit encouraged.
I was thinking, "I just 'guessed' information about her that no one could possibly know. Perhaps she will believe this." I sat down and explained the dreams I saw two nights previous, and that I had noticed her the previous day, but was too busy to stop and chat.
She confirmed all the details I saw, even the mohawk. She added that she had gone to juvenile hall several times. I asked about the left and right smoking. "Oh," she said. "That is easy. I am ambidextrous."
She came to the coffee house several times. I always enjoyed her company. She also remembered very vivid dreams. One theme that came to her often was her death. She would meet a man and they would have a great love. She would have several children, but then fall ill and die. I encouraged her to seek a healthy lifestyle and to not accept the death she saw. I encouraged her to take the dreams as a warning, not as fate.
2. THE LOVED ONE OF GOD: In a dark night, I see a dark car driving hard down a dirt road. Cheers can be heard from the car. In the darkness, I see square buildings and open spaces. A chain link fence surrounds the area. They drive up to the largest building. A group of young men emerge from the car and go to the door. One of them says, "Don't worry, I do this all the time." He does something with the door, and it opens. They rush inside.
My 'camera view' pans up, way up, above the door through which they just entered. I see a painting there. It is a nature scene. But, my scene focuses on this painting. The paint I see begins to fade and my view merges into the paint. Then I see a previous scene painted on the muslin canvas. There are masonic symbols there.
After I realized the content hidden on the painting above the main entrance, the scene turned and followed the young men into the free weights section. This gym was unusual. In the middle, there is a racquetball court. A short wall surrounds it. But it is completely open. People at the ground floor, where the boys were, could stand at this short barrier and watch a racquetball competition below.
A set of monkey bars stood in this area. It was oriented perpendicular to the racquetball court. One of the boys walked to the far end. "Hey watch this!" he yelled. Before he said this, I noticed two large demons sitting on the ceiling. They lounged there as if the ceiling itself had it's own gravity.
"Ha-ha!" one chuckled. "Watch this!" As the boy reached the end (nearest to the pit of the court), he performed a type of jumping dismount. The intent seemed to be to jump a good distance. However, the demon grabbed him, pushed up and away, and sent him sailing far beyond what a boy can jump. The boy cleared the short wall and tumbled through the air, landing in the pit.
His friends rushed to the edge to look. I could see the boy. blood quickly formed a pool behind his head. He did not move.
Then, a bright light appeared. I looked up and saw a very large stained glass window. Through it came a woman in long white robes. Light emanated from her. She was very tall. As soon as the demons saw her, they began to whimper and cry out with great drama. One turned to flee, but the other, stepping on the first, held him down. The top demon crawled over the first demon. He never took his eyes off the angel, but kept his head turned backward and his eyes locked on her.
"You know you cannot do this." She said. "You have no right." By now, the screaming and wailing of the demons is extremely loud. Their panic is great. They are balled up together, one still partly atop the other.
The angel moves her arm in a gesture. I sense some kind of movement. I watch as the boys run backward away from the racquetball court. I watch the young boy come back up from the floor and return into the air. He ascends up to a point, but does not return to the monkey bars. Then, I see a trampoline at the bottom of the court. The angel drops her hand and time progresses again forward.
The boy falls, hits the trampoline, bounces and hits the ground. He hits his head, however. There is a deep cut behind his right ear. The boys are amazed at the trampoline. They take their bleeding friend and leave. The scene ends. But...
Next I see a different type of scene. This is an image suspended without any backdrop. I see the young man who fell. There is a deep cut. I hear a voice say, "And God loved the boy so much, He would not allow the enemy to put their mark on him." I watch as the injury rapidly heals, leaving only original skin. There is no scar.
MORE THAN A YEAR LATER, I have a dream telling me I need to talk with a young man. He is in his early twenties and has very long, black hair. I see him in the dream. He is friends with a group of guys I know. They are regular customers, but I don't like them. Their rough appearance keeps customers out.
The day following that dream, the rough tough fellows walk in. With them is a new person- with long black hair. I watched them pass me and go down into the basement sitting area. "Amazing," I thought. "If that is him, he will come back up and I can talk with him then." After a few minutes, he stood at the cash register and ordered a drink. I offered it for free in exchange for 5 minutes of conversation. With a wide smile, he said, "I'll purchase the drink. Conversation is free."
After we had been friends for several months (I never thought he was the young man in the demon attack), he told me the story of going onto the military base near where he lived, breaking into the gym. He explained the bizarre way he "hopped off of nothing" during his dismount from the monkey bars. He never felt the demon's hands lift him. He told me with amazement about the trampoline in the racquetball court. I just stared at him in complete amazement. I had been remembering the dream about the demons and the angel for a few days. Now, I was hearing it from a man I had already known for months. Before I could say anything, he said, "When I got up, I could see the spirit of my mother. She was dressed in white buckskin. My friends never saw her." Then he turned his head and said, "And look at this, there is no scar, none at all. It healed in just a few days."
We are friends to this day. I am godfather to his daughter.
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This happened to me several times when I lived in Philadelphia. I received this type of dream from both destructive and constructive sources (evil and good). In the night, I would see several scenes about a person. The next day, or perhaps in two days, I would meet the person.
The material from the dream validates you to them, and you know a little about them as well. This type of dream will continue your entire life after you become skilled at recalling dreams. Interpretation belongs to God, and He can give easy to interpret dream content, or cause you to wait for understanding. A person's details typically present a straight-forward view of their person, nature, lifestyle or other identifying characteristics. There may be one scene, or several. There may be more than one night of dreams about this person.
Here are three dreams about people I soon met:
1. THE REBEL: I saw a young woman. She was a typical little girl at first. Then she started to wear a black leather jacket. Eventually, she got a mohawk and her jacket now had shiny metal spikes. I saw her in prison. I saw her take a drag of a cigarette with her left hand. Then I saw her take a drag with her right hand. This repeated several times. Left, right... then again, left and right. I didn't understand what the left and right detail signified, but I was expecting to meet this person in one or two days, as had happened to me several times already.
Two days later, I walked into my coffee shop in downtown Philadelphia. There, I looked at a young woman. I had seen her the previous day as well. However, this day, as I looked at her, I kept remembering the dream about the rebellious young woman who went to prison. The sense of the dream also visited; the dream itself seems to "push". This young woman looked nothing like the rebel, however. She was dressed conservative-cute and her long black hair looked very healthy. She was an attractive young woman of 19 or 20.
I approached her table. "Excuse me," I began, "did you used to wear a black leather jacket?" I asked this particular detail, because it was innocuous enough and had the potential to quickly disqualify her as the person in the dream. She said yes, so I asked, "Did it have metal spikes on the shoulders?" Again she confirmed my guess. These things did not fit her current presentation at all. So, I felt a bit encouraged.
I was thinking, "I just 'guessed' information about her that no one could possibly know. Perhaps she will believe this." I sat down and explained the dreams I saw two nights previous, and that I had noticed her the previous day, but was too busy to stop and chat.
She confirmed all the details I saw, even the mohawk. She added that she had gone to juvenile hall several times. I asked about the left and right smoking. "Oh," she said. "That is easy. I am ambidextrous."
She came to the coffee house several times. I always enjoyed her company. She also remembered very vivid dreams. One theme that came to her often was her death. She would meet a man and they would have a great love. She would have several children, but then fall ill and die. I encouraged her to seek a healthy lifestyle and to not accept the death she saw. I encouraged her to take the dreams as a warning, not as fate.
2. THE LOVED ONE OF GOD: In a dark night, I see a dark car driving hard down a dirt road. Cheers can be heard from the car. In the darkness, I see square buildings and open spaces. A chain link fence surrounds the area. They drive up to the largest building. A group of young men emerge from the car and go to the door. One of them says, "Don't worry, I do this all the time." He does something with the door, and it opens. They rush inside.
My 'camera view' pans up, way up, above the door through which they just entered. I see a painting there. It is a nature scene. But, my scene focuses on this painting. The paint I see begins to fade and my view merges into the paint. Then I see a previous scene painted on the muslin canvas. There are masonic symbols there.
After I realized the content hidden on the painting above the main entrance, the scene turned and followed the young men into the free weights section. This gym was unusual. In the middle, there is a racquetball court. A short wall surrounds it. But it is completely open. People at the ground floor, where the boys were, could stand at this short barrier and watch a racquetball competition below.
A set of monkey bars stood in this area. It was oriented perpendicular to the racquetball court. One of the boys walked to the far end. "Hey watch this!" he yelled. Before he said this, I noticed two large demons sitting on the ceiling. They lounged there as if the ceiling itself had it's own gravity.
"Ha-ha!" one chuckled. "Watch this!" As the boy reached the end (nearest to the pit of the court), he performed a type of jumping dismount. The intent seemed to be to jump a good distance. However, the demon grabbed him, pushed up and away, and sent him sailing far beyond what a boy can jump. The boy cleared the short wall and tumbled through the air, landing in the pit.
His friends rushed to the edge to look. I could see the boy. blood quickly formed a pool behind his head. He did not move.
Then, a bright light appeared. I looked up and saw a very large stained glass window. Through it came a woman in long white robes. Light emanated from her. She was very tall. As soon as the demons saw her, they began to whimper and cry out with great drama. One turned to flee, but the other, stepping on the first, held him down. The top demon crawled over the first demon. He never took his eyes off the angel, but kept his head turned backward and his eyes locked on her.
"You know you cannot do this." She said. "You have no right." By now, the screaming and wailing of the demons is extremely loud. Their panic is great. They are balled up together, one still partly atop the other.
The angel moves her arm in a gesture. I sense some kind of movement. I watch as the boys run backward away from the racquetball court. I watch the young boy come back up from the floor and return into the air. He ascends up to a point, but does not return to the monkey bars. Then, I see a trampoline at the bottom of the court. The angel drops her hand and time progresses again forward.
The boy falls, hits the trampoline, bounces and hits the ground. He hits his head, however. There is a deep cut behind his right ear. The boys are amazed at the trampoline. They take their bleeding friend and leave. The scene ends. But...
Next I see a different type of scene. This is an image suspended without any backdrop. I see the young man who fell. There is a deep cut. I hear a voice say, "And God loved the boy so much, He would not allow the enemy to put their mark on him." I watch as the injury rapidly heals, leaving only original skin. There is no scar.
MORE THAN A YEAR LATER, I have a dream telling me I need to talk with a young man. He is in his early twenties and has very long, black hair. I see him in the dream. He is friends with a group of guys I know. They are regular customers, but I don't like them. Their rough appearance keeps customers out.
The day following that dream, the rough tough fellows walk in. With them is a new person- with long black hair. I watched them pass me and go down into the basement sitting area. "Amazing," I thought. "If that is him, he will come back up and I can talk with him then." After a few minutes, he stood at the cash register and ordered a drink. I offered it for free in exchange for 5 minutes of conversation. With a wide smile, he said, "I'll purchase the drink. Conversation is free."
After we had been friends for several months (I never thought he was the young man in the demon attack), he told me the story of going onto the military base near where he lived, breaking into the gym. He explained the bizarre way he "hopped off of nothing" during his dismount from the monkey bars. He never felt the demon's hands lift him. He told me with amazement about the trampoline in the racquetball court. I just stared at him in complete amazement. I had been remembering the dream about the demons and the angel for a few days. Now, I was hearing it from a man I had already known for months. Before I could say anything, he said, "When I got up, I could see the spirit of my mother. She was dressed in white buckskin. My friends never saw her." Then he turned his head and said, "And look at this, there is no scar, none at all. It healed in just a few days."
We are friends to this day. I am godfather to his daughter.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Buddhism and 24-Hour Consciousness
What is 24-Hour Consciousness?
Buddhism teaches that it is possible to maintain your consciousness for a full twenty-four hour period. Most people, when they sleep, there is a void in memory. Someone who sleeps eight hours has sixteen hour consciousness. If she can remember, to her conscious mind, 4 hours of activity, then she has twenty hour consciousness. Someone who has achieved 24-hour consciousness can recall every event of their sleep. Such a person remembers all their dreams.
I once had an opportunity to meet one such person. Living in Philadelphia at the time, I had a friend who had become a servant to the group that traveled with the Dalai Lama. This friend arranged a meeting between me and this guru, whom he described as the number one teacher of dreaming and 24-hour consciousness in all Buddhism.
This man was teaching at the University of Pennsylvania for just two nights. His schedule allowed him to meet me only for five minutes, after the end of his second teaching session. I waited outside until the end. The fee to attend the lecture was high, and I waited outside. I was not allowed to attend without paying.
At the end, my friend came out, looked around hurriedly, saw me and motioned quickly with his arm. I walked up to him, "Okay, let's be quick. He is very busy." We walked to the stage. A group of individuals pressed at him with questions.
I myself had a very pressing question. I shared it previously with my friend, and that conversation brought me to the Buddhist dream guru. I told my friend, "All the systems of dream teaching and dream analysis validate every dream. Each dream is acceptable, and has something to teach. But," I said, "I believe some dreams are meant to mislead, delay and destroy. I strongly suspect some dreams are from a corrupt source and are intended to bring the dreamer to destruction." I was not sure if this was true. So, I talked about it a lot. I wanted to know. Are some dreams bad?
When my time came, and I stood in front of the guru, I had been pondering this question for almost three years without clear resolution. My friend brought me before the guru. He bowed neatly, without disturbing his red and yellow robes. As his shaved head returned to upright, and his eyes fixed on mine, an amazing thing happened.
I saw everything the man ever knew or learned in a moment. I suddenly saw inside his mind. There, a screen raced backward, searching everything he knew. If there were visual database searches, this was it. Having completely searched through all his information, I saw that he knew nothing. My answer was not there. I thought that was very cool. I wondered how he had been able to show me all his knowledge on dreams in such a rapid visual storm. I had never heard of this mental sharing before. But, I wanted to look cool in front of all the celebrity worshipers, so I just bowed, took a step back, turned and left. I wanted him to understand that I understood his gracious gesture. I also did not want to embarrass him by revealing to his fans that he had no idea about the answer to my question.
The next day, my friend visited me. "Why did you do that?" he asked. "It was a big deal for me to get you this meeting. I never asked for such a thing before. When you just left without saying anything, he was furious. He was really offended. He was mad. Why didn't you ask your question?"
I explained what happened. We both realized- the guru had no idea what happened. He did not initiate my seeing all his knowledge.
Today, I know unequivocally that there ARE false dreams and there are true dreams. A false dream is one which is sent to put the recipient on the wrong path. This creates delay, disappointment and discouragement. A true dream is one which teaches, encourages, and promotes right living, success, and godliness. This lesson, of false and true dreams, is priceless. Today, you learned the concept for free. The ability and wisdom to apply this knowledge comes with time and experience.
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Buddhism teaches that it is possible to maintain your consciousness for a full twenty-four hour period. Most people, when they sleep, there is a void in memory. Someone who sleeps eight hours has sixteen hour consciousness. If she can remember, to her conscious mind, 4 hours of activity, then she has twenty hour consciousness. Someone who has achieved 24-hour consciousness can recall every event of their sleep. Such a person remembers all their dreams.
I once had an opportunity to meet one such person. Living in Philadelphia at the time, I had a friend who had become a servant to the group that traveled with the Dalai Lama. This friend arranged a meeting between me and this guru, whom he described as the number one teacher of dreaming and 24-hour consciousness in all Buddhism.
This man was teaching at the University of Pennsylvania for just two nights. His schedule allowed him to meet me only for five minutes, after the end of his second teaching session. I waited outside until the end. The fee to attend the lecture was high, and I waited outside. I was not allowed to attend without paying.
At the end, my friend came out, looked around hurriedly, saw me and motioned quickly with his arm. I walked up to him, "Okay, let's be quick. He is very busy." We walked to the stage. A group of individuals pressed at him with questions.
I myself had a very pressing question. I shared it previously with my friend, and that conversation brought me to the Buddhist dream guru. I told my friend, "All the systems of dream teaching and dream analysis validate every dream. Each dream is acceptable, and has something to teach. But," I said, "I believe some dreams are meant to mislead, delay and destroy. I strongly suspect some dreams are from a corrupt source and are intended to bring the dreamer to destruction." I was not sure if this was true. So, I talked about it a lot. I wanted to know. Are some dreams bad?
When my time came, and I stood in front of the guru, I had been pondering this question for almost three years without clear resolution. My friend brought me before the guru. He bowed neatly, without disturbing his red and yellow robes. As his shaved head returned to upright, and his eyes fixed on mine, an amazing thing happened.
I saw everything the man ever knew or learned in a moment. I suddenly saw inside his mind. There, a screen raced backward, searching everything he knew. If there were visual database searches, this was it. Having completely searched through all his information, I saw that he knew nothing. My answer was not there. I thought that was very cool. I wondered how he had been able to show me all his knowledge on dreams in such a rapid visual storm. I had never heard of this mental sharing before. But, I wanted to look cool in front of all the celebrity worshipers, so I just bowed, took a step back, turned and left. I wanted him to understand that I understood his gracious gesture. I also did not want to embarrass him by revealing to his fans that he had no idea about the answer to my question.
The next day, my friend visited me. "Why did you do that?" he asked. "It was a big deal for me to get you this meeting. I never asked for such a thing before. When you just left without saying anything, he was furious. He was really offended. He was mad. Why didn't you ask your question?"
I explained what happened. We both realized- the guru had no idea what happened. He did not initiate my seeing all his knowledge.
Today, I know unequivocally that there ARE false dreams and there are true dreams. A false dream is one which is sent to put the recipient on the wrong path. This creates delay, disappointment and discouragement. A true dream is one which teaches, encourages, and promotes right living, success, and godliness. This lesson, of false and true dreams, is priceless. Today, you learned the concept for free. The ability and wisdom to apply this knowledge comes with time and experience.
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Teeth Falling Out Dream
What does it mean when a tooth or a few teeth fall out in a dream? It is important to know that the subconscious mind desires to communicate with the conscious mind. It uses symbols it believes you will understand. Dreams are messages from the spiritual realm. There are both good and evil sources of dreams. Some dreams are meant to edify and lead you to safety and success. Other dreams are sent to lead you into delusion and destruction.
You always know which is which. Even those who do not believe in good and evil are able to discern that some things are "good" and other things are "bad". Dreams also fall into these two categories.
Sometimes a dream, such as a dream about losing a tooth may seem bad when it is good. Remember that there is no set, predetermined destiny. This is true regardless of what your religious organization taught you. You have free will. A dream is a warning when it shows you, if nothing changes, what will happen.
Losing a tooth means a loss.
LOSING THREE TEETH EQUALS LOSING THREE BUSINESSES
When I had my first dream about losing teeth, I asked myself, "What does a tooth represent?" I reasoned that a tooth is used to chew your food. This feeds the body. So, I thought, a tooth represents a tool which brings something to you.
In my dream, I saw that I had three silver teeth, which I lost. Then, I heard a voice say, "But don't worry. You will receive a Gold tooth far superior to these three to replace what you lost." I never applied it to my life. A smart question is, "Where does this apply in my life? What can it be that I will lose?"
Later, I lost all three businesses I owned. So, the "Losing" part of losing teeth is easy to understand: it warns of loss. But, what does the tooth in your dream represent? Like I reasoned, you should also reason -- for yourself -- "What does a tooth mean to me?"
LOSING A PARENT
Working in my coffee shop in downtown Philadelphia, I taught a lot of dream recall techniques, shared my own dreams, and listened to many dreams from other people. That atmosphere really taught a lot about dream interpretation. We would guess about the meaning, but the real understanding always seems to come after the event actually transpires. Here is one event about a teeth falling out:
A young woman walked in one morning and asked me if I was "the person who knows about dreams." I said yes. She said she had a dream about losing her front tooth and asked my opinion. I thought to myself, "A front tooth is of major importance. This is most likely an important means of bringing something to herself." I asked about her job, boyfriend, school financing, and other important things. She all of those things were secure.
Then she said, "I am a twin. My sister is having the same dream." This saddened me, and I asked about her parents. She said her mother had been ill. I said I was very sorry, and added "This could mean that she will pass away. Perhaps you should prepare yourself." About a month later, she returned to tell me that her mother passed away about two weeks after she and her sister had the dreams.
So, above you have two fulfilled dreams of teething falling out in dreams. In my case, I lost three businesses, but am expecting one superior business to replace them. In the case of the young women, they received forewarning to prepare their hearts for the loss of their mother.
Symbolism of Teeth in the Bible
The Bible is another source of understanding of teeth meaning. In the book of Amos, chapter 4, God tells Amos, "I have given you cleanness of teeth." In context, it refers to the fact that the people have no food. So, clean teeth can represent teeth that have not chewed food in some time. Again, some creative thinking can reveal the meaning. "What do clean teeth mean in a dream? Why are teeth clean?"
In Psalm 58:6, King David prays for God to destroy his enemies, praying, "Break their teeth in their mouth." Here, teeth represent power, or strength. This makes sense. A man who cannot chew his food will become weak in body, and eventually become sickly. To break someone's teeth is to break their power and to reduce their capacity to renew their strength.
Teeth are a bone, and the Bible mentions strengthening bones, renewing bones and also breaking bones. In Ezekiel 30:24, "And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded [man]." Here we see breaking bones to mean weakening and strengthening bones to mean gaining power. Notice that the king whose bones are strengthened also received a sword.
So, losing a tooth, or losing teeth in a dream represents a loss of something that "feeds" you or losing something important. The loss could be someone who feeds you love, as a parent.
Gaining a tooth, or strengthening bones means gaining in some way. It could mean a new ability, improvement in existing skills, or the introduction of an entirely new business or loved one. It could be something that establishes your power, as in a strong sword arm.
In each case, the meaning should apply to you. Do not disregard "gut" or revelatory understanding of the meaning.
Further Reading:
Broken Bone dream meaning
Teeth Falling Out with Blood
Dream Interpretation Broken Bones
Video: Man from Modesto on Teeth Falling Out Dreams
You always know which is which. Even those who do not believe in good and evil are able to discern that some things are "good" and other things are "bad". Dreams also fall into these two categories.
Sometimes a dream, such as a dream about losing a tooth may seem bad when it is good. Remember that there is no set, predetermined destiny. This is true regardless of what your religious organization taught you. You have free will. A dream is a warning when it shows you, if nothing changes, what will happen.
Losing a tooth means a loss.
LOSING THREE TEETH EQUALS LOSING THREE BUSINESSES
When I had my first dream about losing teeth, I asked myself, "What does a tooth represent?" I reasoned that a tooth is used to chew your food. This feeds the body. So, I thought, a tooth represents a tool which brings something to you.
In my dream, I saw that I had three silver teeth, which I lost. Then, I heard a voice say, "But don't worry. You will receive a Gold tooth far superior to these three to replace what you lost." I never applied it to my life. A smart question is, "Where does this apply in my life? What can it be that I will lose?"
Later, I lost all three businesses I owned. So, the "Losing" part of losing teeth is easy to understand: it warns of loss. But, what does the tooth in your dream represent? Like I reasoned, you should also reason -- for yourself -- "What does a tooth mean to me?"
LOSING A PARENT
Working in my coffee shop in downtown Philadelphia, I taught a lot of dream recall techniques, shared my own dreams, and listened to many dreams from other people. That atmosphere really taught a lot about dream interpretation. We would guess about the meaning, but the real understanding always seems to come after the event actually transpires. Here is one event about a teeth falling out:
A young woman walked in one morning and asked me if I was "the person who knows about dreams." I said yes. She said she had a dream about losing her front tooth and asked my opinion. I thought to myself, "A front tooth is of major importance. This is most likely an important means of bringing something to herself." I asked about her job, boyfriend, school financing, and other important things. She all of those things were secure.
Then she said, "I am a twin. My sister is having the same dream." This saddened me, and I asked about her parents. She said her mother had been ill. I said I was very sorry, and added "This could mean that she will pass away. Perhaps you should prepare yourself." About a month later, she returned to tell me that her mother passed away about two weeks after she and her sister had the dreams.
So, above you have two fulfilled dreams of teething falling out in dreams. In my case, I lost three businesses, but am expecting one superior business to replace them. In the case of the young women, they received forewarning to prepare their hearts for the loss of their mother.
Symbolism of Teeth in the Bible
The Bible is another source of understanding of teeth meaning. In the book of Amos, chapter 4, God tells Amos, "I have given you cleanness of teeth." In context, it refers to the fact that the people have no food. So, clean teeth can represent teeth that have not chewed food in some time. Again, some creative thinking can reveal the meaning. "What do clean teeth mean in a dream? Why are teeth clean?"
In Psalm 58:6, King David prays for God to destroy his enemies, praying, "Break their teeth in their mouth." Here, teeth represent power, or strength. This makes sense. A man who cannot chew his food will become weak in body, and eventually become sickly. To break someone's teeth is to break their power and to reduce their capacity to renew their strength.
Teeth are a bone, and the Bible mentions strengthening bones, renewing bones and also breaking bones. In Ezekiel 30:24, "And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded [man]." Here we see breaking bones to mean weakening and strengthening bones to mean gaining power. Notice that the king whose bones are strengthened also received a sword.
So, losing a tooth, or losing teeth in a dream represents a loss of something that "feeds" you or losing something important. The loss could be someone who feeds you love, as a parent.
Gaining a tooth, or strengthening bones means gaining in some way. It could mean a new ability, improvement in existing skills, or the introduction of an entirely new business or loved one. It could be something that establishes your power, as in a strong sword arm.
In each case, the meaning should apply to you. Do not disregard "gut" or revelatory understanding of the meaning.
Further Reading:
Broken Bone dream meaning
Teeth Falling Out with Blood
Dream Interpretation Broken Bones
Video: Man from Modesto on Teeth Falling Out Dreams
Monday, June 22, 2009
Write Notes First, Even with Digital Recorder
After posting the importance of short dream notes to stimulate recall, I broke that principle myself. I woke Saturday morning with three clear, developed dreams. I took my recorder and went into the front room. I talked out the first dream. Then, there was only a blank on the other two dreams. After focusing for a while, I recalled vaguely a fighter attack aircraft and an attack on a civilian population center. There was an explosion.
Before I spoke the first dream into the recorder, the scene and purpose of the attack aircraft dream was more detailed, and seemed more valuable. After focusing on recording the first dream, important components of the attack aircraft dream were gone. I erred in failing to take simple notes. Once the mind begins to focus on clear details of one particular dream (or scene within a series), other dreams' details get pushed away.
Some more notes on this event:
I went into another room to record. It was already time for me to wake, and I did not want to disturb my wife. I also do this in the middle of the night for very important dreams, such as warning dreams for release to the general public. Otherwise, I try to minimally upset the sleep of my spouse. If your work with dreaming becomes a burden on your spouse, he/she can develop a negative attitude to what you are doing.
Dreams about a future war, and future battles. This is a major theme in my dreams. It is a mistake to apply psychoanalytical methods to these dreams. Some dreams are literal. They show you exactly what is to take place. The focus of many military dreams I receive is on technology.
In general, the dreams we receive are not simply categorized into one family. There are different goals of dreams. Some teach, others warn. Some dreams are symbolic, others are literal. Some dreams are only about yourself. Some dreams are not for you at all, but a warning for another person. Some dreams are intended for the nation or even for the world. Some dreams are for other nations. Set yourself free from teachings of the scientific and psychological communities. Those fields are saturated with teachings of the mind. They lack wisdom from on high.
If the dream does not include an interpretation within itself, don't guess at the meaning. Just record your notes and then detail the dream honestly. Then, if the dream was precognitive, you will recognize it clearly after it transpires.
Before I spoke the first dream into the recorder, the scene and purpose of the attack aircraft dream was more detailed, and seemed more valuable. After focusing on recording the first dream, important components of the attack aircraft dream were gone. I erred in failing to take simple notes. Once the mind begins to focus on clear details of one particular dream (or scene within a series), other dreams' details get pushed away.
Some more notes on this event:
I went into another room to record. It was already time for me to wake, and I did not want to disturb my wife. I also do this in the middle of the night for very important dreams, such as warning dreams for release to the general public. Otherwise, I try to minimally upset the sleep of my spouse. If your work with dreaming becomes a burden on your spouse, he/she can develop a negative attitude to what you are doing.
Dreams about a future war, and future battles. This is a major theme in my dreams. It is a mistake to apply psychoanalytical methods to these dreams. Some dreams are literal. They show you exactly what is to take place. The focus of many military dreams I receive is on technology.
In general, the dreams we receive are not simply categorized into one family. There are different goals of dreams. Some teach, others warn. Some dreams are symbolic, others are literal. Some dreams are only about yourself. Some dreams are not for you at all, but a warning for another person. Some dreams are intended for the nation or even for the world. Some dreams are for other nations. Set yourself free from teachings of the scientific and psychological communities. Those fields are saturated with teachings of the mind. They lack wisdom from on high.
If the dream does not include an interpretation within itself, don't guess at the meaning. Just record your notes and then detail the dream honestly. Then, if the dream was precognitive, you will recognize it clearly after it transpires.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Digitally Record Your Dreams
Recorder vs. Recall
Test yourself. Can you beat your recorder? I have listened to my recorder tell me dreams (it’s my voice, of course) which I do not remember at all. I just sit stunned, as if seeing the dream for the first time. When your skills, discipline and application improve with experience, a surprise dream will emerge from your recorder. You will look back on notes and think, “What?” Your recall will fail to match your recordings, either magnetic, digital or pencil.
A voice recorder is well worth the investment. The goal, ultimately, is to somehow find a connection with the Divine through dreaming. If a fifty dollar investment will facilitate this worthy goal, by all means, get one. A used recorder works just as well as a new one, except you already know that it is not a factory reject.
Recall vs. Time
Details Fade with Time
The longer you wait, the more information you will lose. Here is an easy test to make my point: Think of the last test on which you scored an A. How much of that information do you know now? Better yet, do you have a dream written down somewhere? Write down the dream as you remember it. When this is done, go and find the original. You will find big differences in details.
Record All Keywords First
Record your notes as soon as possible after waking. Even if you wake on Saturday morning with nothing to do, jot some quick notes before going into detail. If you sit down with three scenes in a series dream, or even three seemingly disconnected dreams, and write out the first in detail, only reduced versions of the other segments will remain. It may be 80% or 10%, but some detail will fade. If you detail some parts of a night's dreaming before writing all the keywords for the entire night, there is a significant chance of losing some of the keywords.
Record dream notes as soon as possible. Detail the dream later. Notes are first. Details follow.
I made a video teaching on this topic: Dream Lesson #7, a video on my YouTube channel, knowjesusknowpeace.
Test yourself. Can you beat your recorder? I have listened to my recorder tell me dreams (it’s my voice, of course) which I do not remember at all. I just sit stunned, as if seeing the dream for the first time. When your skills, discipline and application improve with experience, a surprise dream will emerge from your recorder. You will look back on notes and think, “What?” Your recall will fail to match your recordings, either magnetic, digital or pencil.
A voice recorder is well worth the investment. The goal, ultimately, is to somehow find a connection with the Divine through dreaming. If a fifty dollar investment will facilitate this worthy goal, by all means, get one. A used recorder works just as well as a new one, except you already know that it is not a factory reject.
Recall vs. Time
Details Fade with Time
The longer you wait, the more information you will lose. Here is an easy test to make my point: Think of the last test on which you scored an A. How much of that information do you know now? Better yet, do you have a dream written down somewhere? Write down the dream as you remember it. When this is done, go and find the original. You will find big differences in details.
Record All Keywords First
Record your notes as soon as possible after waking. Even if you wake on Saturday morning with nothing to do, jot some quick notes before going into detail. If you sit down with three scenes in a series dream, or even three seemingly disconnected dreams, and write out the first in detail, only reduced versions of the other segments will remain. It may be 80% or 10%, but some detail will fade. If you detail some parts of a night's dreaming before writing all the keywords for the entire night, there is a significant chance of losing some of the keywords.
Record dream notes as soon as possible. Detail the dream later. Notes are first. Details follow.
I made a video teaching on this topic: Dream Lesson #7, a video on my YouTube channel, knowjesusknowpeace.
Friday, June 19, 2009
S.A.N.D. Sleep Awake Notes Details
When a fisherman brings a fish alongside the boat, he nets it as quickly as he can. In the same way, it is imperative to capture a dream on paper before it gets away.
Let’s make an acronym to emphasize our method: SAND
S : Sleep
A: Awake
N: Notes
D: Details
Remember, sand is just one component of concrete. The other components are application, practice and determination. Make it fun. Go and “capture” a dream. Be a dream hunter.
Application
Apply the rules shared on this blog. Subscribe at the bottom of the page to receive updates. Many more helpful tips and lessons are coming to this blog. When a notebook and two pencils adorn your clutter-free nightstand adjacent your bed, you have applied the first lesson. When clear notes stretch across the pages, you have applied the second lesson.
Practice
Practice improves recall power. The field of cognitive psychology proved this experimentally years ago. Individuals losing their recall improved after practicing recall. They were shown a plate with twelve to twenty items for thirty seconds. The plate was covered and they then were challenged to write down as many objects on the tray as they could. Their ability to recall improved with practice. The more they exercised their recall “muscle”, the more items they could recall.
You will find the same true with dreams. In an abstract, instructional only sense, the more you exercise recall of dreams, the stronger your mind will become to access them. Stronger recall ability will capture more dreams. Those dreams will include more details. You will capture longer, more developed dreams as well.
Determination
Determination factors into practice. The more determined you are, the longer you will practice. Results will encourage you. You will become more determined.
Determination also factors directly into results. Whoever enters into the gift of dreaming with a casual attitude will fail- excepting cases of outside influence, which is a very critical lesson for later.
Determination, in every facet of life, separates the recreational from the professional. I ask you to be professional.
Challenge
Set a goal to persist. Set a goal to not quit. Can you record 100 dreams? It is easier than you think.
Let’s make an acronym to emphasize our method: SAND
S : Sleep
A: Awake
N: Notes
D: Details
Remember, sand is just one component of concrete. The other components are application, practice and determination. Make it fun. Go and “capture” a dream. Be a dream hunter.
Application
Apply the rules shared on this blog. Subscribe at the bottom of the page to receive updates. Many more helpful tips and lessons are coming to this blog. When a notebook and two pencils adorn your clutter-free nightstand adjacent your bed, you have applied the first lesson. When clear notes stretch across the pages, you have applied the second lesson.
Practice
Practice improves recall power. The field of cognitive psychology proved this experimentally years ago. Individuals losing their recall improved after practicing recall. They were shown a plate with twelve to twenty items for thirty seconds. The plate was covered and they then were challenged to write down as many objects on the tray as they could. Their ability to recall improved with practice. The more they exercised their recall “muscle”, the more items they could recall.
You will find the same true with dreams. In an abstract, instructional only sense, the more you exercise recall of dreams, the stronger your mind will become to access them. Stronger recall ability will capture more dreams. Those dreams will include more details. You will capture longer, more developed dreams as well.
Determination
Determination factors into practice. The more determined you are, the longer you will practice. Results will encourage you. You will become more determined.
Determination also factors directly into results. Whoever enters into the gift of dreaming with a casual attitude will fail- excepting cases of outside influence, which is a very critical lesson for later.
Determination, in every facet of life, separates the recreational from the professional. I ask you to be professional.
Challenge
Set a goal to persist. Set a goal to not quit. Can you record 100 dreams? It is easier than you think.
Keep Accurate Dream Notes
Accurate Notes Override Ignorance
There will be times a dream contains information you do not know. If your notes are accurate and honest, you will not lose meaning. There will appear people and places you have never met and never visited. There will be concepts which may be nonexistent or in fledgling stages when you see them in dreams. Attempts to make sense of what you have seen before you write it down can cost you later.
Whatever you see, just relate it honestly. If the item is obviously unclear, describe it as “something like a …” In my written notes, I use the shorthand “sla” to mean ‘something like a”. For example, “She held something like a small bag of potatoes.” When that manifested, it was actually a small brown purse. The sla term will be useful to you when you need to describe new technology or science not yet known generally in the public forum. You will need this term to describe things outside of your experience.
PEOPLE FACES
One of the first things I learned the mind distorts is faces. In 1995, I dreamed of the woman I would marry. She was Christian and had short, dark hair. Eventually, I met her in April, 2004. But, at the time, I knew only one woman with those two characteristics: Kelly, from my Bible study group. So, in the dream, I saw the Kelly I knew. I treated her very kindly after that, but I never felt like she was “the one” for me, and I could see that I clearly was not her type at all. So, in your notes, if the person you see in recall in the dream behaves uncharacteristically of the person you know in real life, feel free to qualify the mention. Write, for example, “Someone like Kelly arrives to the party and...” or write, “There is a person like Dave there.” If the person is important in the scene, include the details that make them like the person you know.
PEOPLE POSITIONS AND OFFICES
Many would-be prophets failed in November, 2008 when George W. Bush left office without being assassinated. Google “dream Bush assassination” and see the hundreds of thousands of “misses” on that. Those who called for “President Bush” to be assassinated now have a miss counted against them. They wonder now if their ability to see the future precognitively is accurate or merely a shade of accurate. A veteran would report only something like, “a president of the United States is assassinated.” This allows for the fact of substitution. While Bush was president, who but the Illuminati knew Obama would win? So, in the dreams of those who looked forward, they saw Bush, not Obama. This is a substitution according to office or position. The face seen in the dream is the face of “the American president”. To a person dreaming in 2004, the American president is George Walker Bush. Likewise, without further information, it is folly to proclaim Obama will be assassinated.
Several years ago, I read a detraction of a psychic. They should all be detracted. Working with demons will always produce inaccuracies. However, this woman had accurately predicted an event that befell a British Parliamentarian. Incorrectly, however, she predicted the event would strike the current holder of that office. Later, the man she fated to stumble politically was removed from office prematurely. His replacement, however, fell from grace just as predicted. She erred in that she failed to observe the lesson you are now learning: beware of mental substitutions.
HOW SUBSTITUTIONS HAPPEN
Many people have shared with me their dreams of a future spouse. “But I could not see her face,” most of them said. The same was true for me. I only once saw the face of my future wife. In other cases, her face was clouded out, or grayed out. I am not sure why this is. However, of interest to us is how the substitution happens in recall.
The mind does not like open questions, unanswered conundrums, or things you cannot remember. It will continue to work on one of these issues until it is resolved. When an vague or unfamiliar face appears in the dream, the mind automatically substitutes a known face for the unknown one. The mind possesses the capacity to do this with every category of thing and object.
The mind substitutes automatically. Be wary of faces, things and changing offices, they can be renewed at any time. Many times, you will feel that something is not correct in your perception of the dream. But, this will not always happen. The best thing is to be aware of the mind’s automatic substitution in dreams and to ask yourself, “Am I absolutely certain this is the case? Or, is this just similar to something (or someone) I know?”
HONEST NOTES
Just take honest notes. Later, you may not be able to remember that there was a hazy nature to the detail that was substituted. If you do not qualify it as uncertain, when the dream is coming to pass three, five or ten years later, how will you be certain?
There will be times a dream contains information you do not know. If your notes are accurate and honest, you will not lose meaning. There will appear people and places you have never met and never visited. There will be concepts which may be nonexistent or in fledgling stages when you see them in dreams. Attempts to make sense of what you have seen before you write it down can cost you later.
Whatever you see, just relate it honestly. If the item is obviously unclear, describe it as “something like a …” In my written notes, I use the shorthand “sla” to mean ‘something like a”. For example, “She held something like a small bag of potatoes.” When that manifested, it was actually a small brown purse. The sla term will be useful to you when you need to describe new technology or science not yet known generally in the public forum. You will need this term to describe things outside of your experience.
PEOPLE FACES
One of the first things I learned the mind distorts is faces. In 1995, I dreamed of the woman I would marry. She was Christian and had short, dark hair. Eventually, I met her in April, 2004. But, at the time, I knew only one woman with those two characteristics: Kelly, from my Bible study group. So, in the dream, I saw the Kelly I knew. I treated her very kindly after that, but I never felt like she was “the one” for me, and I could see that I clearly was not her type at all. So, in your notes, if the person you see in recall in the dream behaves uncharacteristically of the person you know in real life, feel free to qualify the mention. Write, for example, “Someone like Kelly arrives to the party and...” or write, “There is a person like Dave there.” If the person is important in the scene, include the details that make them like the person you know.
PEOPLE POSITIONS AND OFFICES
Many would-be prophets failed in November, 2008 when George W. Bush left office without being assassinated. Google “dream Bush assassination” and see the hundreds of thousands of “misses” on that. Those who called for “President Bush” to be assassinated now have a miss counted against them. They wonder now if their ability to see the future precognitively is accurate or merely a shade of accurate. A veteran would report only something like, “a president of the United States is assassinated.” This allows for the fact of substitution. While Bush was president, who but the Illuminati knew Obama would win? So, in the dreams of those who looked forward, they saw Bush, not Obama. This is a substitution according to office or position. The face seen in the dream is the face of “the American president”. To a person dreaming in 2004, the American president is George Walker Bush. Likewise, without further information, it is folly to proclaim Obama will be assassinated.
Several years ago, I read a detraction of a psychic. They should all be detracted. Working with demons will always produce inaccuracies. However, this woman had accurately predicted an event that befell a British Parliamentarian. Incorrectly, however, she predicted the event would strike the current holder of that office. Later, the man she fated to stumble politically was removed from office prematurely. His replacement, however, fell from grace just as predicted. She erred in that she failed to observe the lesson you are now learning: beware of mental substitutions.
HOW SUBSTITUTIONS HAPPEN
Many people have shared with me their dreams of a future spouse. “But I could not see her face,” most of them said. The same was true for me. I only once saw the face of my future wife. In other cases, her face was clouded out, or grayed out. I am not sure why this is. However, of interest to us is how the substitution happens in recall.
The mind does not like open questions, unanswered conundrums, or things you cannot remember. It will continue to work on one of these issues until it is resolved. When an vague or unfamiliar face appears in the dream, the mind automatically substitutes a known face for the unknown one. The mind possesses the capacity to do this with every category of thing and object.
The mind substitutes automatically. Be wary of faces, things and changing offices, they can be renewed at any time. Many times, you will feel that something is not correct in your perception of the dream. But, this will not always happen. The best thing is to be aware of the mind’s automatic substitution in dreams and to ask yourself, “Am I absolutely certain this is the case? Or, is this just similar to something (or someone) I know?”
HONEST NOTES
Just take honest notes. Later, you may not be able to remember that there was a hazy nature to the detail that was substituted. If you do not qualify it as uncertain, when the dream is coming to pass three, five or ten years later, how will you be certain?
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Recording Dreams with Digital Recorder
After yesterday's blog, I was inspired to capture a dream. So, last night I put my recorder next to me, on the windowsill. I have a high bed, with a thick mattress, so this is convenient. You do not want to place your recording tools in an inconvenient location. If you have to fumble around to get your tools in your hand, it is possible to begin losing the scene from your mental platform.
My goal is to train you so that you will be able to remember several dreams each night, and to be able to recall dreams with great ability. These little tips may seem unimportant now, but as we work together, you will see their importance.
Keep your recording tools close, and very easy to access.
I grabbed the recorder off the sill and pushed the record button. There are just three buttons on the Olympus I own: Play, Stop and Record. I pushed the record button at the bottom, just as I always did when I was recording two or three dreams per week (a slow pace). An old message began to play. I thought, "What?" Then I realized I must have pushed "play." I pushed Stop (middle) and then pushed the top button. The screen lit up, and I could see the 'available memory' bar appear. This let me know it was recording.
You need to know if your recorder is actively recording. Previously, I used the Sony VOR M-527V microcassette-corder. It works very well. With this recorder, or one similar, check to see the cassette moving before speaking. If you hit the end of the tape while speaking, you will have to turn over your cassette, or worse- find a blank.
Congratulations if you fill a tape. I bought my tapes at Radio Shack, but eBay may be a greater resource today.
However, after the first time you fumble around in the dark for a tape, you will remember to check your cassette. Ensure there are at least a few minutes recording time available before the end. Remember that there is unusable tape at the end of the reel. It is stronger material used to attach the tape to the reel, but not recordable. While this clear tape is moving over the recording section of your recorder, it will appear to you as if it is recording. You will be speaking, and losing whatever you say.
Check the tape when you use microcassette recorders.
So, last night I recorded a dream. Here it is:
"When things are repeated in Proverbs, what is the pattern?"
Yes, that is the entire content of my recording. But, I have not recorded in a long time, so it is a small victory for me. Your first recorded dream will also be a milestone. Now, here is where recall techniques come into play.
I read the work of Stephen LaBerge and the Lucidity Institute. I don't think much of them. You do not need their special night goggles and electronic wall equipment to record a dream! They pitch those things simply out of need to fund their operation. (Which is a military-industrial operation, btw.)
LaBerge doesn't know about individual recall ability. You can develop, exercise and strengthen your ability to recall. Yes! You can.
So, I hear the message on my recorder. Next, I remember a man walking out of a room. He has an aide, and says to him, "Research Proverbs. Look at the lines which repeat. Look at there numbers and tell me if you find a pattern."
Now, do not stop here and think, "That is all I got." I like to say "capture a dream". Dreams can be elusive, but we are going after them. We use our natural talent to go get it.
Sit back, relax. Assume a relaxed posture, similar to falling asleep. Relax your muscles. Drop any thoughts about work, relationships, whatever. Look at the image. For me, it is the man leaving a room. I want to 'see' his details.
Well, I concentrated and focused. Since I have not excercised my recall skills in some time, I was able only to recall the general sense that I was shown several scenes about this man. He was on a train and also worked out at a gym. There is a sense he is an influential man.
With practice, I would have recalled the room from which he departed- the physical nature of it, e.g. a board room with an oval table and high-back chairs. (I believe it was a meeting of men in suits.) Then, I would have recalled the events: the general sense of the event, the discussion, any conflict or high points. Then comes another transition event.
A transition event can be anything. In the case above, it is the doorway through which he walked. My memory stops at the door. The scene I was able to recall is the man in the hall, dark suit with sharp details (well attired), his aide, a briefcase in his hand, they are moving fast. He seems busy. All that I have, but it is a snapshot. My memory stops at the door.
To move from the snapshot backward into the previous room, I need to animate the scene. Then, I will see him move in reverse, back into the room.
Also, remember that there is still a chance you will remember other parts of the dream later during the day. This reduces with each passing day dramatically. I will assign a number: 30% chance to recall second day following failed or partial recall, 5% third day. After three days, any recall chance is very small.
My goal is to train you so that you will be able to remember several dreams each night, and to be able to recall dreams with great ability. These little tips may seem unimportant now, but as we work together, you will see their importance.
Keep your recording tools close, and very easy to access.
I grabbed the recorder off the sill and pushed the record button. There are just three buttons on the Olympus I own: Play, Stop and Record. I pushed the record button at the bottom, just as I always did when I was recording two or three dreams per week (a slow pace). An old message began to play. I thought, "What?" Then I realized I must have pushed "play." I pushed Stop (middle) and then pushed the top button. The screen lit up, and I could see the 'available memory' bar appear. This let me know it was recording.
You need to know if your recorder is actively recording. Previously, I used the Sony VOR M-527V microcassette-corder. It works very well. With this recorder, or one similar, check to see the cassette moving before speaking. If you hit the end of the tape while speaking, you will have to turn over your cassette, or worse- find a blank.
Congratulations if you fill a tape. I bought my tapes at Radio Shack, but eBay may be a greater resource today.
However, after the first time you fumble around in the dark for a tape, you will remember to check your cassette. Ensure there are at least a few minutes recording time available before the end. Remember that there is unusable tape at the end of the reel. It is stronger material used to attach the tape to the reel, but not recordable. While this clear tape is moving over the recording section of your recorder, it will appear to you as if it is recording. You will be speaking, and losing whatever you say.
Check the tape when you use microcassette recorders.
So, last night I recorded a dream. Here it is:
"When things are repeated in Proverbs, what is the pattern?"
Yes, that is the entire content of my recording. But, I have not recorded in a long time, so it is a small victory for me. Your first recorded dream will also be a milestone. Now, here is where recall techniques come into play.
I read the work of Stephen LaBerge and the Lucidity Institute. I don't think much of them. You do not need their special night goggles and electronic wall equipment to record a dream! They pitch those things simply out of need to fund their operation. (Which is a military-industrial operation, btw.)
LaBerge doesn't know about individual recall ability. You can develop, exercise and strengthen your ability to recall. Yes! You can.
So, I hear the message on my recorder. Next, I remember a man walking out of a room. He has an aide, and says to him, "Research Proverbs. Look at the lines which repeat. Look at there numbers and tell me if you find a pattern."
Now, do not stop here and think, "That is all I got." I like to say "capture a dream". Dreams can be elusive, but we are going after them. We use our natural talent to go get it.
Sit back, relax. Assume a relaxed posture, similar to falling asleep. Relax your muscles. Drop any thoughts about work, relationships, whatever. Look at the image. For me, it is the man leaving a room. I want to 'see' his details.
Well, I concentrated and focused. Since I have not excercised my recall skills in some time, I was able only to recall the general sense that I was shown several scenes about this man. He was on a train and also worked out at a gym. There is a sense he is an influential man.
With practice, I would have recalled the room from which he departed- the physical nature of it, e.g. a board room with an oval table and high-back chairs. (I believe it was a meeting of men in suits.) Then, I would have recalled the events: the general sense of the event, the discussion, any conflict or high points. Then comes another transition event.
A transition event can be anything. In the case above, it is the doorway through which he walked. My memory stops at the door. The scene I was able to recall is the man in the hall, dark suit with sharp details (well attired), his aide, a briefcase in his hand, they are moving fast. He seems busy. All that I have, but it is a snapshot. My memory stops at the door.
To move from the snapshot backward into the previous room, I need to animate the scene. Then, I will see him move in reverse, back into the room.
Also, remember that there is still a chance you will remember other parts of the dream later during the day. This reduces with each passing day dramatically. I will assign a number: 30% chance to recall second day following failed or partial recall, 5% third day. After three days, any recall chance is very small.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Electronic Voice Recorder for Dream Notes
A Dream Log is of utmost importance. There are dreams on my recorder that I do not remember recording. I listen to them in amazement. Many times, there is information on the recorder that I did not remember when I shared it earlier in the day.
This will benefit you, as well. Buy a small hand held recorder. These are the type used by college students. I use the Olympus Digital Voice Recorder WS-300M. It has a detachable battery component. When the battery portion is removed, a USB connector is visible.
<-----You can buy this recorder here.
I plug this recorder in to the back of my laptop and open a media player. I minimize the player to the top of my screen, and size a Word document to fit just beneath it. I leave both visible. The window showing the file contents of the recorder, I leave tiled, or offset slightly, behind the Word doc. I play the voice recording until I hear a full sentence, or a full idea. It should be enough message to expedite your writing, but not too much, which will cause you to omit some information, or cause you to replay portions of the message.
Don't write down your umms, uhhs or yawns. Leave them out. They won't be interesting later to you or to anyone else. I have read dreams transcribed verbatim-- yes, including yawns, burps and ummms. Such transcriptions project a sense of strangeness. Why would someone include these? Include garbled words. Omit body sounds and speech filler.
Do respect the verbs and details you put forth during the actual recording you made at a waking point in the night. There will be times particular verbs will make more sense than verbs you introduce for the sake of good reading. Respect your original thoughts. They may be inspired by content of the dream which you did not recall.
The voice recorder and dream log will teach you many lessons. Through your log, you will begin to see patterns and recurrent themes. These will indicate to you personal issues, major future events and even the rules of dreaming.
This will benefit you, as well. Buy a small hand held recorder. These are the type used by college students. I use the Olympus Digital Voice Recorder WS-300M. It has a detachable battery component. When the battery portion is removed, a USB connector is visible.
<-----You can buy this recorder here.
I plug this recorder in to the back of my laptop and open a media player. I minimize the player to the top of my screen, and size a Word document to fit just beneath it. I leave both visible. The window showing the file contents of the recorder, I leave tiled, or offset slightly, behind the Word doc. I play the voice recording until I hear a full sentence, or a full idea. It should be enough message to expedite your writing, but not too much, which will cause you to omit some information, or cause you to replay portions of the message.
Don't write down your umms, uhhs or yawns. Leave them out. They won't be interesting later to you or to anyone else. I have read dreams transcribed verbatim-- yes, including yawns, burps and ummms. Such transcriptions project a sense of strangeness. Why would someone include these? Include garbled words. Omit body sounds and speech filler.
Do respect the verbs and details you put forth during the actual recording you made at a waking point in the night. There will be times particular verbs will make more sense than verbs you introduce for the sake of good reading. Respect your original thoughts. They may be inspired by content of the dream which you did not recall.
The voice recorder and dream log will teach you many lessons. Through your log, you will begin to see patterns and recurrent themes. These will indicate to you personal issues, major future events and even the rules of dreaming.
Dream Notes & Dream Log
If you are going to be serious about advancing yourself and your interaction with dreaming, you will need a dream log. The dream log book can be simple. I use the classic Mead Composition book, the one with black and white marbling on the cover.
Keep this log book by your bedside. Keep a good, functioning pen or pencil right with it. Be sure you have a flat surface and no clutter. Remembering a dream can be tricky enough without wrestling a lamp, a stack of books and yesterday's socks. Have a clear surface. Half of your nightstand will serve just fine. If you choose pencils, keep two. Clumsiness of the night can break pencil leads.
Your goal in recording some notes is to give yourself sufficient material for recall. Attempting to record an entire dream along with adjectives, colors and emotions will take time. The longer you write, the more likely you are to attain a fully awake state. Just record the main verbs, places and emotions.
Writing too much will wake you fully, and reduce your effective sleep for the night. This can weary the body. If you begin to be sleepy during the day because of your dream writing activity, you will lose some desire to grow in the ability to recall and learn dreaming.
Here is an example of dream notes taken with pen onto paper:
W/ father building chair, marble
Later, preferably the next day, I write the dream in long form. Here is the expanded version:
In a forest with my father, we see broken marble on the ground. The pieces are large, but not heavy. Each broken piece is white, but seems to have a silver marbling. We recognize that they are from one original item. One of the pieces looks like an armrest, so we begin to assemble a chair.
At the end of the dream, we are nearly finished. A very large throne is nearly rebuilt.
For multiple scenes, or complex dreams, you will need more notes, obviously. You can retain more scenes if you capture more verbs and key items.
Keep this log book by your bedside. Keep a good, functioning pen or pencil right with it. Be sure you have a flat surface and no clutter. Remembering a dream can be tricky enough without wrestling a lamp, a stack of books and yesterday's socks. Have a clear surface. Half of your nightstand will serve just fine. If you choose pencils, keep two. Clumsiness of the night can break pencil leads.
Your goal in recording some notes is to give yourself sufficient material for recall. Attempting to record an entire dream along with adjectives, colors and emotions will take time. The longer you write, the more likely you are to attain a fully awake state. Just record the main verbs, places and emotions.
Writing too much will wake you fully, and reduce your effective sleep for the night. This can weary the body. If you begin to be sleepy during the day because of your dream writing activity, you will lose some desire to grow in the ability to recall and learn dreaming.
Here is an example of dream notes taken with pen onto paper:
W/ father building chair, marble
Later, preferably the next day, I write the dream in long form. Here is the expanded version:
In a forest with my father, we see broken marble on the ground. The pieces are large, but not heavy. Each broken piece is white, but seems to have a silver marbling. We recognize that they are from one original item. One of the pieces looks like an armrest, so we begin to assemble a chair.
At the end of the dream, we are nearly finished. A very large throne is nearly rebuilt.
For multiple scenes, or complex dreams, you will need more notes, obviously. You can retain more scenes if you capture more verbs and key items.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Dream Interpretation: My Thoughts
Vivid and lucid dreams have been with me since I was a small boy, wondering why I could see such clear things in the night, but could not understand them. I asked adults, who added to my confusion.
As an adult, I began a dream log. From there, I began to recognize rules that could be bent and rules that were unmovable.
In this blog, you are going to learn skills, rules and guidance to save you from the errors I made. I will use anecdotes, well-developed scientific thought and straight teachings learned from my dreams. I will also share some precognitive events that will happen in the future.
Be sure to have a dream journal. Get a blank one. Add an index page first. Allow the next two pages to remain blank. They will be future index pages. Number the pages as you go. This facilitates looking up a dream later.
As an adult, I began a dream log. From there, I began to recognize rules that could be bent and rules that were unmovable.
In this blog, you are going to learn skills, rules and guidance to save you from the errors I made. I will use anecdotes, well-developed scientific thought and straight teachings learned from my dreams. I will also share some precognitive events that will happen in the future.
Be sure to have a dream journal. Get a blank one. Add an index page first. Allow the next two pages to remain blank. They will be future index pages. Number the pages as you go. This facilitates looking up a dream later.
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There have been a few dreams recently, posted in forums, about black dogs and dark women. These are manifestations of evil. A black dog ...
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Broken bones in dreams signify loss of power or ability. A man with a broken leg cannot stand. He cannot move forward easily. Predators ea...
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I received an email. This woman shared an amazing testimony of being freed from demons. Her family members followed her example and calle... -
SHARED DREAMS HAPPEN-- ABSOLUTELY TRUE There are absolutely, without question, shared dreams. These can be spiritual events, shared by mo...
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Snakes in Dreams The following instruction about the meaning of snakes in dreams is carefully composed from over 18 years of personal exp...
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These inventions and inventors linked to dream insight are the result of many days of searching and reading. Currently, the list is in no sp...