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from Jesus:
It is indeed possible to
gain valuable insights from dreams, but as you point out, it can be
difficult to interpret dreams.
To correctly interpret dreams, you must begin by recognizing that there
are different types of dreams, one might say different levels of dreams.
The human brain is an extremely complex organ, and it can be deeply
affected by the chemistry of the body. Therefore, many dreams are nothing
more than chemical reactions in the brain that are producing certain
images or thoughts during sleep. In other words, many dreams are simply
chemical reactions, and therefore you should not place any significance
upon them.
The science of psychoanalysis is based on a correct recognition that
dreams can give insight into what is going on in a person’s subconscious
mind. Yet because many dreams are mere chemical mirages, you cannot
uncritically attempt to analyze every dream a person has. I see many
people who study their dreams and attempt to read meaning into everything.
This will lead to an immense waste of time, and it can potentially lead
you to make wrong decisions about your life.
You also need to be aware that you cannot correctly interpret dreams
with the human intellect. The human intellect is a relative faculty,
and it simply does not speak the same language as the deeper levels
of the soul. So many people, including many psychologists, attempt to
use the intellect to interpret dreams. This again leads to much confusion
or even wrong conclusions. I can tell you that many people have been
mislead by intellectual interpretations of dreams, whether the interpetations
were made by themselves or a professional psychologist.
So the first step towards interpreting dreams is to recognize that some
dreams are produced by chemical reactions in the brain. The next step
is to develop some form of discernment that enables you to recognize
which dreams are truly significant. The only way to develop this discernment
is by increasing your intuitive faculties, meaning your contact with
your Christ self. As you increase your intuition, you will begin to
wake up with a remembrance of a certain dream and a sense that the dream
is important.
When you do have the sense that a dream is important, you need to avoid
interpreting that dream with the intellect. Instead, you need to make
an effort to contact your Christ self and receive intuitive insights
about the significance of the dream. A good tool for achieving this
contact with your Christ self is the technique for inner attunement
given on this website. I also strongly recommend that people use the
technique for spiritual protection,
because some dreams can actually be projections from outside your own
mind.
It can also be helpful to recognize that there are two basic types of
significant dreams. One type of dreams are messages from deeper levels
of the soul. The soul is attempting to communicate to your conscious
mind that there is something in the subconscious mind that needs to
be resolved. This resolution can only happen when you come to a conscious
understanding of the problem and make a conscious decision that will
resolve the problem. I have given teachings on this throughout this
website, and especially in the book The Inner Path of Light.
However, many books on psychology and self-improvement can help you
gain a deeper understanding of the human psyche. This understanding
will help you see how to use such dreams, and it will also allow your
Christ self to give you more frequent and clearer dreams about the subconscious
blocks that prevent your spiritual progress.
Another type of dreams are what one might call premonitions. This can
be a sense a warning or even a dream about a specific situation that
has not yet happened in the material universe. Once again, it is important
not to interpret such dreams with the outer mind. If you receive a premonition
in the form of a warning, it is important not to go into a state of
fear because fear will cloud your vision and your judgment. Instead,
use the technique for inner attunement and get further direction from
your Christ self.
Although dreams can be significant and important, I must tell you that
important dreams are simply a means of communication whereby your Christ
self is attempting to convey a message to your conscious mind. If you
will make the effort to increase your contact with your Christ self,
you will begin to get more of such messages, and you will receive some
of them while you are awake and fully conscious.
Therefore, I strongly encourage people to increase this contact instead
of relying on dreams which can be a somewhat unreliable means of communication.
Even a significant dream can be affected by the chemistry of the brain,
and it is possible that what originated as a true message from your
Christ self can be distorted by the brain before it reaches your conscious
mind. It is therefore better to establish a conscious contact with your
Christ self, because this form of contact is less dependent upon brain
chemistry than dreams.
It is also important to recognize that the soul can travel outside of
the body during sleep. It is possible for the soul to travel into the
spiritual realms and attend the schools created by the Ascended Host.
We have many spiritual retreats where souls go to study at night. It
is possible that you can wake up with a remembrance of visiting such
a retreat. I have given further teachings on this elsewhere
on this website, including at technique that can help you travel to
the retreats.
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