| The the first thing I did to start understanding my | | | | father. I always receive an answer. You must be |
| dreams was to delete any symbolic attachments | | | | open to these sources. Don't be afraid, and don't |
| to them. For example my aunt always said that if | | | | see it as your being crazy. God or your instinct, |
| you see fish, it is a sign of an emergency or if | | | | or whatever you have faith in are there. They |
| you saw a family banquet with meat a sign of | | | | are channels of help. It took me years to |
| death or cakes are a sign of sadness. For me all | | | | understand this. |
| of these are signs of hunger! | | | | If the dream is vivid, when I wake up, I try to go |
| I searched libraries (before the net) read Freud, a | | | | through it again and again. Sometimes I write it |
| multitude of books and then searched the net. | | | | down but I do not necessarily look for signs and |
| What I found was total confusion, and an | | | | symbols. I read it carefully scrutinizing it first with |
| awareness of dreams which I began to decipher | | | | a set of questions then move on. |
| like the daily zodiac. For example, dear Geminis | | | | The beds were a sign of illness but not from my |
| today you will see a loved one from the past, | | | | fears. This is why clearing yourself is really |
| was how they were more or less understood. | | | | important. If I were afraid of illness I'd see the |
| By attaching stereotyped symbols to our dreams, | | | | dream as one of my fears. Instead the beds |
| we only acknowledge preconditioned ideas and | | | | made me build my strength because I knew |
| beliefs about the meaning of dreams. If you do | | | | something was on its way and my father's |
| not let go of these symbols you fall in the trap of | | | | presence soothed me and paved the way to |
| analyzing falsely - like the daily zodiac example. | | | | tolerance of any situation. I only missed the |
| You may even find yourself reading in them too | | | | previous dream with the priests because of fear |
| deeply, where you shouldn't. Sometimes you may | | | | being filtered to me. |
| not get any sleep due to your anticipation. | | | | You have to see your dreams objectively. Stand |
| Secondly, what I did was to acknowledge myself. | | | | outside them and do not hurry to give them |
| When I say myself, I mean me! My spirit, my | | | | meaning. Analyze them by asking them questions. |
| soul, my heart. I have sat down many times with | | | | Last night I had a dream of a house by a rich |
| myself and conversed. At first it was difficult | | | | forest close to the sea. I actually smelt the pines |
| trying to get past a few things and other times it | | | | and felt the salt on my lips. It had a beautiful |
| was overwhelming, but now it's quite easy. This | | | | white bathroom something I have always wanted. |
| must be done because yourself needs to be | | | | I even saw myself driving to the sea close by. |
| heard and understood. If you like write things | | | | This was, however, a dream of what I have |
| down, record what yourself is saying to you. | | | | always desired. |
| Acknowledge all fears, desires, passions, anxiety | | | | The questions you should be asking are: |
| and beliefs. Do this in a quiet, airy place. Focus on | | | | 1)Does this dream contain any of my |
| you. Do this often, especially when troubled. Do | | | | preconceived fears, superstitions etc? |
| this as honestly as possible. No one needs to see | | | | 2) Does it tie in with any of my desires? |
| or hear your conversation. It's strictly between | | | | 3) Does it reflect any of my work's influences? |
| you and you. This will help you understand how | | | | Then take it apart. Do not expect an answer i.e. |
| you function and think in a deeper level. It will set | | | | today you will get a large inheritance from aunt |
| you at ease. | | | | Maud, but try to understand it. If it is in the form |
| Clearing yourself from any work anxiety is of | | | | of a nightmare, see it as a way of gaining |
| great importance too, since it is a source of | | | | strength from it. If it is a pleasant dream accept it |
| insecurity. For example I work in a very poor | | | | lovingly, let it fill your day with love and warmth. |
| area teaching children English as a foreign | | | | It's your soul's way of giving you the comfort |
| language, and I see poverty every day. Although, | | | | you seek. |
| I am financially comfortable, I do feel the | | | | Do not tell others your dreams. Keep them to |
| insecurity of poverty. I do see myself in my | | | | yourself if you want to be able to gain messages |
| dreams walking barefoot and in rags - a sign of | | | | from them. The reason why is that others may |
| my fears (which in turn become misconceptions). | | | | influence you negatively and fill you with |
| Therefore on a daily basis I say thank you for | | | | preconceived conceptions. You are your dreams, |
| what I have and before sleeping tell myself that I | | | | you must learn to understand them through you |
| am more than fine financially. | | | | and your experiences and thoughts. Listen to your |
| In a few words acknowledge you! Acknowledge | | | | dreams and read with as much understanding as |
| your sphere and understand it. This will clear your | | | | possible. |
| mind and spirit - preparing them to receive true | | | | Five years ago, I had a dream of a Saint visiting |
| and pure dreams and not ones of fear or plain | | | | me in a church I was in. He directly told me not |
| desires. This is important because our conscious | | | | to worry about not receiving communion since I |
| presses onto our subconscious our daily thoughts | | | | had just got my period and that he will be waiting |
| and experiences. In turn the subconscious gives | | | | to visit me in his house. He told me not to worry |
| us our dreams which we readily misinterpret - | | | | because I will experience something bad but all will |
| only in the event of a great war or depression will | | | | be fine. I searched for clues and wondered what |
| I be barefoot and that only when all my shoes | | | | it was all about. I was in awe as I am not that |
| are worn out! | | | | religious i.e. not the devout Christian priests tell us |
| Another example of this is when I dreamt of a | | | | we should be. Two weeks later I was in surgery |
| helicopter falling before flying out to Amsterdam. | | | | for an ectopic pregnancy with ten minutes to |
| That was because my partner's fear of flying and | | | | spare. It was on the eve of Saint Nicholas' Day |
| his constant referal to it had influenced me. What | | | | celebrated here in May. When I was discharged |
| I did not notice in that dream was the procession | | | | my mother in law, who should have been a nun, |
| of priests and my partner's insistence on following | | | | told me to visit St Nicholas' monastery which is an |
| them - he feel ill during Holy Orthodox Week. I let | | | | hours drive from here. On entering the church the |
| my fears override my better judgment. | | | | main icon had on it the image of Saint Nicholas as |
| The next step is really important. My father died | | | | I had seen him. I was in shock. I told the priest |
| 15 years ago. He was my guide and I really miss | | | | about it and his words were: |
| him. To this day though he still guides me as does | | | | " In future keep all dreams to yourself. Share the |
| my faith in my intuition and God. How? | | | | happy ones to spread happiness. Keep the others |
| Within you, find your faith! Find what you really | | | | to yourself and decipher them through your own |
| believe in. It can be God, You, instinct, a guardian | | | | means. Their messages will come with time, |
| Angel or someone who has passed away but did | | | | practice and faith." |
| help you when they were alive. I'm sure that dear | | | | It was my Faith that sent me this. |
| aunt Mavis, who I had never met really, has | | | | So basically, it is all about clearing yourself of any |
| others to look out for! Believe that through these | | | | preconceived ideas and trusting your instinct and |
| chosen sources you will receive answers, that | | | | intuition. It is also about having Faith and Believing |
| you will get messages. | | | | in God or Ourselves. Something out there is |
| Once during Orthodox Holy Week, I saw my | | | | protecting us. We all do have guardian Angels and |
| maternal grandmother changing hospital beds and | | | | our dreams are shields to future discomforts. If |
| hospitals. I also saw my father reassuring me and | | | | we read them carefully, we can draw courage |
| comforting me. Instantly, I thought that my | | | | and strength from them. They are messages |
| mother would become ill again. The next day my | | | | from different channels guarding us. |
| partner was in ICU for cardiac arrest and | | | | Remember: Cooking can be taught, but dreams |
| transferred between two hospitals -the beds, | | | | cannot - that is why you have to decide what |
| changes and priests in the first dream. | | | | they are all about. |
| Every night I ask for guidance from God or my | | | | |