Dream Interpretation- The Magic Questions, Part 2

In the last dream post, we talked about the two magic questions of dream interpretation:

• What does ( your word here) mean to me?

and

• How does ( your word here) make me feel?

Lets look at the questions in a bit more detail…

What does (your word here) mean to me?

As I’ve previously said, symbolic dreams are written in our own personal symbolic system. For instance, a dream of a foggy day might mean “mystery” to one person and “depression” to another. Both would be legitimate interpretations of that  dream, and which interpretation was accurate would depend on who was having the dream.

That make sense?

In the previous post, I used the example of a dream of being chased by a bear. If  “Bear“  stands out as an important point, what does ” Bear” mean?

Well:

• Bear is strong and powerful
• Bear is omnivorous, so is very flexible
• Bear hibernates, so can symbolize a need to rest
• Bear has traditional identity  in healing, in certain cultures
• Bears can come in threes( is there a 3 connection)?
• Bears are something you shouldn’t feed

And so on.

To find the meaning, you page through various meanings/ connections/ symbols.  When you find the meaning, it’ll jump out at you.

Take each important point and write down it’s meaning for you in this dream.

Next time round, we’ll look at question number 2…

Catherine

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11/08/09

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Dream Interpretation-the Magic Questions, Part 1

You’ve dreamed…

You’ve written down everything you can remember about your dream…

You’ve marked each and every important part or aspect of that dream…

Now it’s time to ask the Magic Questions…

Take each word/phrase/aspect/point that you marked as important and ask yourself two questions:

What is (your word here) to me?

and

How did this (your word here) make me feel?

That’s the key.

These questions don’t seem very magic, do they?

 Surprise! They are the keys that unlock the secrets hidden in your dreams.

I’d encourage you to sit down with your dream and try these questions now. For each point, ask the questions and write down what you get. You may surprise yourself…

Next dream post, I’ll go into this process in more detail,  but trying the basic process free of complications has a lot to offer.

Til next time, dream on…

Catherine

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11/05/09

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Dream Interpretation-Finding the Clues to the Hidden Story

In the last dream post, I asked to you to write down your dream in as much detail as you could. Not just the high points, but the details as well- the sensations, the feelings, the little things you notice that seem to be incidental to the dream.

I want you, in short, to write the story of your dream…

Once you’ve got that story down, we’re going to look for the real story hiding behind the story you dreamed.

Go get yourself a high-lighter, a colored marker, or any other way of emphasizing words that suits your fancy.

Now we’re going to go through your dream and mark any aspects of the dream that jump out at you. (Please note that I’m not saying “each aspect that seems important”. Sometimes, key information is passed by something that seems unimportant/peripheral but jumps out at you anyway…)

For example:

In a dream where-

 a bear was chasing you through the woods. You’re running hard, frightened, exhausted. You see a house and run towards it. As you reach the front door, you see a chipmunk. You run through the door and find yourself falling through space…

When you look at this dream, you might find that bear, running, exhausted, chipmunk, door  and falling were what seemed to jump out at you (Your results may vary. You might find totally different things were what seemed key).

Most dreams tell some kind of story. This first story is the matrix that holds together the clues that lead to the real information you’re being given- the real story.

Please note that you’re not just marking nouns. Verbs, adjectives or any other word that pops up in your description may be important.

Mark each word that jumps out at you. We’re going to tackle them individually, but first you have to identify them.

Once you’ve got these key concepts identified and marked, we’re ready to interpret your dream.

But that’s coming in the next dream post…

Catherine

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11/3/09

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I’ve Got Your Back! (Massage Table-Product Reccomendation)

When Starwolf and I first started doing Reiki, we found that using regular furniture made working hard on the back. So, after some research, of course, we trotted out and bought a massage table.

Given that I’m 5′ 1 3/4″ and he’s 6′ 3″, an extraordinary table was indicated.

More recently, I had a class inquire after the type of table we have. Here’s the pitch for any of you who are interested.

Our massage table is a Stronglite, Inc. table.

Things of interest:

• It adjusts to good heights for Starwolf, myself and anyone else I’ve worked with to work either sitting or standing.
• It’s sturdy( some of our clients and friends are substantial)
• It folds compactly (I’ve transported it in the back of a Festiva)
• It’s light enough that hobbit-like me can carry it (wouldn’t want to take it on a 5 mile hike, but for all practical purposes…)
• The wider size (which we have) is wide enough that folks’ arms don’t topple off, but narrow enough to work across
• It’s cushy (I’ve had one student take a nap on it!)
• It comes in an assortment of pretty colors)
• Body is attractive wood
• You can fit your legs under it
• It’s well-priced for what you get

I could go on and on (indeed, looking above, I just did!)

Now, I don’t get a kickback on this. I just wanted to share information on a really remarkable table.

So if you’re looking for a massage table, give Stronglite a look.

I think you’ll be happy with it…

Catherine

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11/01/09

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Dream Interpretation- the Write Stuff

In a previous Dream post, I talked about books of “meanings of Dreams”…

And why they don’t work…

Since our dreams are written in our personal symbolic language, and the books are written in the symbolic language of the people who originally set up the systems, the odds are good that there will be considerable variance between one system and another.

so what’s a dreamer to do?…

Well, for starters, learn what your own symbol system is…

Now, I know some of us don’t remember our dreams, or believe we don’t remember our dreams.

I’ll be getting into that, as well as some other dreaming techniques later on…

But for now, let’s start with the dreams we have.

As most folks do when talking about dreams, I’d recommend you start by having a pen and paper placed at your bedside, ready for use.

Then, when you dream, as soon as you can, write.

Write down everything you can remember about the dream. The big stuff. The small stuff. Colors, sensations, feelings.

Write it all down.

And next time, we’ll start to work on that dream…

Catherine

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Dream Interpretation-Literal Vs Symbolic

In the October 6 post (Dream Interpretation 101 ), we touched on the difference between dreams where your mind is playing, vs the dreams that are psychic ones.

Psychic dreams tend to have one or more of the following aspects:

• They feel very real.
• You may have problems telling if you’re awake or asleep during a psychic dream.
• You may feel like you’ve woken up while you’re still sleeping.
• You may wake up and have trouble telling if you’re awake yet or still sleeping.
• They feel important (indeed, sometimes there’s almost a feeling of “Pay attention-this is important”).
• They tend to stick in your memory after you wake.
• They may be recurrant (you have the same dream repeatedly).
• They may be progressive (you have the same dream multiple times and, each time, the story progresses a little further.)

Not every psychic dream has all or any of these aspects, and not every dream that has these is a psychic dream, but they do make good guides for which dreams to look more closely at.

Psychic dreams, as you may remember, are divided into literal and symbolic dreams.

• Symbolic psychic dreams are when you dream of being dive bombed by pigeons, and your co-workers dump all over you the following day.
• Literal psychic dreams are when you dream of being dive bombed by pigeons, and are dive bombed by pigeons the following day.

Literal psychic dreams tend to be more rare than symbolic ones.

• People have sometimes had isolated warning dreams that were literal dreams.
•  There are experienced psychics who regularly have dreams of literal events to come.

Despite that, for most of us , psychic dreams tend to come in the symbolic variety. Because of this, we’ll be looking at interpreting symbolic psychic dreams first.

More dreaming coming…

Catherine

10/27/09

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the Goddess Festival (event announcement)

Halloween is rapidly approaching.

Have you got your treats ready?

More to the point, how’d you like a treat yourself?

On October 31, the psychics of Foresight will be doing readings (now there’s a lovely treat!) at the Goddess festival sponsored by Enchantments in Manchester, Ct. We’re seeing readers, vendors, free classes and workshops (including “Intro to Palmistry” by Catherine, and “Intro to Shamanism” by Starwolf) throughout the day, followed by a Haunted Halloween  Ball (attendance to ball-$25).

So treat yourself to a really good time  (you deserve it)!

Hope to see you there.

Want to know more? Check out www.enchantmentsschool.com (see upcoming events page)

Catherine

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10/25/09

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Dream Interpretation-By the Book

Now, when people think dream interpretation, usually the first thing they think of are  the classic manuals of dream interpretation. You know, one of those thousands of easily available classic books full of lists that tell you “a turkey means this” and “a blender means that” in your dreams.

They’re nice books.

Unfortunately, they don’t work….

Why?

The truth is that images that appear in your dreams ( as in visions, and other metaphysical applications…) are written in your own personal symbolic system.

What do I mean by that? For instance, in a dream, a cat might mean “cuddly and comforting ” to me, and “aloof and reserved” to you. Two totally different meanings that are both legitimate because they’re based in our individual experiences of cats.

So my dream of a cat and yours might mean totally different things.

And, since the dream interpretation books reflect the symbolic people of the person that created them, they’re unlikely to be useful to us.

In the next dream post, I’ll start showing you how to interpret your own dream-symbols…

See you then.

Catherine

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10/22/09

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It’s never too late with Reiki time travel (class announcement)

As noted in another recent posting  ( Oct. 11,2009 ), Reiki rocks!

It’s good for 

• helping your body heal itself;
• giving you energy;
• manifesting amazing things;
• helping others;

and lots of other good stuff.

This Saturday, I’ll be teaching Reiki II at Talisman in Monroe, Ct. This class includes two attunements( Usui and Angelic), the first 5 Reiki symbols, a method of using Reiki for manifestation, distance Reiki ( across the room or across the world), the ability to send Reiki forwards or backwards in time , and lots of other good stuff.

And, if my past classes are any indication, we’ll have a great time…

To take Reiki II, you must already have had Reiki I( it’s fine if it was with another teacher).

With level II Reiki time techniques, you can certainly affect the past or future, but if we’re going to get your reference material ready, we need to start pronto. If you’re ready to take the next step and you’d like to take it with me as your teacher, please contact Talisman as quickly as possible and reserve your place. If you have more questions, please feel free to contact me (methods available at www.ForesightYourPsychic.com ) but reserve quickly so you don’t miss this oppurtunity.

Hope to see you in class

Catherine

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Dream Interpretation- the Conscious and the Unconscious

Why would psychic abilities first surface through dreams?

To better understand this, we need to look at the nature of the mind.

Your conscious mind has roughly 20% of the power of the mind. This includes your judgement.

Now some folks look at judgement as a negative thing (the ability to look down on other people, for instance). 

 I’m not one of them. I think that judgement is what keeps you from doing foolish things, like touching the stove to see if it’s hot, or getting in the car with the creepy stranger.

Used appropriately, judgement’s great. It’s here to keep us safe and help us make better decisions.

Unfortunately, sometimes judgement misfires. Since our society doesn’t publicly accept psychic phenomenon and can stigmatize people who do, our conscious mind will often explain away psychic experiences, in an attempt to “fit in” or “not look crazy”.

So you’ll be having psychic experiences and not know it. Or denying it with all of your strength..

Your subconscious/ unconscious mind has around 80% of the brain power, including the Mind-Body connection and most of your psychic ability.

Thus, when you’re asleep, the unconscious mind (with all of that psychic ability) is in the driver’s seat; and your judgement is asleep, and unable to tell you that you can’t possibly be  psychic…

That’s why psychic abilities tend to surface first in dreams.

It’s worth noting that, once you consciously accept that psychic phenomena exist and that you may be psychic, you can gradually increase your conscious control over your psychic abilities.

Some folks continue to have psychic dreams at this point (dreaming may help you reach deeper levels).

Some don’t  (you may find a conscious practice is more your style).

But the dreams are the way most of us usually start…

Next time around, we’ll start looking at how to interpret your dreams.

Dream on..

Catherine

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10/18/09

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