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The
Nature of Dreams
by Reverend Jennifer Baltz |
Most people assume that dreams have very set meanings
for everyone, but as an intuitive, I have found that
this is simply not true. You can’t just go to your
dream dictionary and divine the meaning of your dreams
that easily.
Dreams are really the communication between body and
spirit when the body is at rest and the spirit is out of
the body. As a human being, you are both spirit and
body. When your body goes to sleep, it is the safest and
most ideal time for you as a spirit to go out to the
astral plane and get busy.
The Dramatic Difference Between Spirit and Body
As a spirit, you are able to move at lightning speed
and even be in several different places at one time. As
a body, you move much more slowly, and can be in only
one place at a time. This huge difference in speed and
mobility often means that as spirit, it is easy to get
frustrated with the slowness of the body, and how long
things take to manifest in the "real world."
So, just as your body needs rest and a break from the
demands that you put on it, you as spirit also need to
have some "dreamtime" when you can be free and
go anywhere and do anything at any speed.
So, your dreamtime first functions as a
"breather" for both body and spirit. But
secondly, it is a place where you as a spirit can get
out there and create what you want for yourself. Some of
these creations might eventually be manifested into the
physical world, through your body. Other creations or
interactions will stay forever on the astral plane (in
the spirit world). On the astral plane, you will find
yourself communicating with others, visiting places that
may seem familiar or unfamiliar, and having many
different experiences. You as a spirit can pack in a
tremendous amount of activity in a single night!
How We Remember Our Dreams
While you as a spirit are out on the astral plane,
you are sending back information to your body. Depending
on what state your body is in at any given time (REM
sleep, etc), you may consciously remember some of that
communication stream. Often, you will remember only bits
and pieces of it, so it is very easy to take those bits
and pieces out of context. Also, you might find that
other things clutter the signal you are getting. Your
body spends part of the night processing the day’s
events and healing its systems from the day’s
activities. Your memories of your dreams are influenced
strongly by the processing and healing that your body is
doing.
For instance, if you went to bed worrying about
something, even carrying it in your mind subconsciously,
you may find that you dream about it as well. Your
dreams will consist of your worries and stress, mixed in
with bits of your astral experience. If you watch a
scary movie right before you go to bed, your dreams may
have elements of that movie involved in them, whether or
not you as a spirit actually did anything remotely like
that on the astral plane.
"Pure" astral memories are difficult to
achieve. But if you would like to remember more of what
you as a being are doing "out there" at night,
it’s important not to go to bed overtired . . . or
with unresolved issues troubling you. It’s also a good
idea to avoid TV too close to bedtime. A short
meditation before bedtime is helpful, as is somatic
movement such as yoga or t’ai ch’i, to help relax
the body and prepare it for sleep.
Copyright © 2001 Jennifer Baltz. All Rights
Reserved.
Rev. Jennifer Baltz is a
holistic minister, intuition teacher and author. She can
be reached for an intuitive reading or intuition
training at 800-600-3404, or via the web at Jennifer@creativespirit.com
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