Because learning about your brain and sleep can be fun . . .
For most of us, dreaming of someone before we meet them doesn’t happen to us every day. When it happens, what does it mean? Why are you dreaming of this person? Why don’t you dream of everyone you meet before you meet them? What’s going on? Do souls meet in dreams? There are people with…
Sometimes dreams have obvious messages; other times, they’re not clear at all. We don’t understand the message. Even if we chart the dream using the SOM framework going point by point, for one reason or another, our conscious mind still doesn’t understand. This happens to the best of us. You can ask for a clarifying…
Sometimes there are spiritual meanings to dreams, though not all the time. The proposition that dreams can have spiritual meanings is generally accepted, and it’s been true in many cultures and recorded in the Bible, other spiritual books, and by anthropologists and archeologists. Fiction parallels the truth. If it doesn’t, the stories don’t seem believable.…
You’re taking a fresh look at an old dream in your dream journal. Sometimes dreams make more sense days, weeks, months, or even years later than they do the morning after. When it ruminates in your mind, deeper meanings come clear. Or even if you don’t think about the old dream again after you write…
I’ve had them; every dreamer has. Dogs were wearing boxing trunks walking around on hind legs in one dream. Someone was wearing a hat with everything he needed tied on a string in another. The objects flopped around, getting in his way, hindering him from doing his job. You might call them stupid dreams or…
When you analyze this dream you just had, if you’re being honest, it conflicts with your beliefs. Does that mean you don’t believe what you say you believe? Does it mean you’re a hypocrite? Maybe. Maybe not. Does having dreams that run contrary to your conscious beliefs make you a hypocrite? The word “hypocrite” comes…
Teenagers aren’t supposed to die, yet sometimes, they do. Anyone at any age can die. Anyone at any age can also have a dream about their death. Having a dream about your death doesn’t mean you will die soon. There are many different types of dreams and different types of information from dreams. Some dreams…
With so many slick-tongued, sharp-witted scammers trying to convince you that they can help make sense of your dreams, don’t be fooled. Only you know the symbols in your dream and how they relate to experiences from within yourself. Decoding its meaning is ultimately up to no one else but you! Only you know what…
It’s not at all widely talked about, but did you know your dreams can help heal you? Whether or not you remember them, they can help heal you mentally and emotionally. That ties into actual physical healing as detailed in books like The Body Keeps the Score If you remember dreams and work with them,…
Your alarm goes off, and you wake up suddenly. You get up, and you’ve got somewhere to go. The dream fades. You wake up wondering what time it is. How much longer do you have to sleep? You look at the clock on your phone or on the nightstand. The dream fades. Your bed partner…