Archive for September 16th, 2013
Dream
Early this morning I had one of ‘those’ dreams. “Wow, oh wow….,” I heard myself saying as I woke. A dream so engrossing, I knew I had to write it down. Overcoming my resistance, I got up, found pad and pen, and, ten pages later, I am happy it won’t be lost in the stream of consciousness that follows.
Everybody dreams. Not everyone remembers dreaming. Unless written or recorded, even the most powerful and intense dream will begin to fade by evening. Sleep research has shown that dreaming occurs during the REM phase of the sleep cycle, and is essential to our health.
Dream is both noun and verb. A dream is a language of images, a symbolic language. We each have a unique dream dialect. Recording our dreams allows us to interpret meaning based on our personal dream language. For example, a ‘black cat‘ in my dream may not represent the same meaning as a ‘black cat’ in your dream.
I am so very grateful that I am a dreamer. My dreams guide me, teach me, do a lot of process work for me, and contribute to restful sleep and good health.
This week I invite you to acknowledge and honor your dream world.