How Dreams Speak

If we pay attention to our dreams, they speak to us. Actually, they speak to us even when we don’t pay attention, it’s just the way they are. They like to talk, in fact they are quite gregarious companions. They also have stunning showmanship.

They can demonstrate different states of awareness with cinematic precision and give us hours of amusement, confusion and mystery. They also hang us from the highest cliffs and suspend our disbelief.

It’s important to pay attention to dreaming because it can be the blueprint to living.

Elias Howe, the inventor of the sewing machine tried for months to think of a way to attach the thread to the needle. One night he dreamt he was being attacked by a group of natives who challenged him to invent the sewing machine or die. He noticed in his dream that the tip of their spears had a hole in it. He woke up and decided that was how the thread was going to be attached to the needle - the rest, as they say, is history.

While many dreams may not be as clear cut as the one above, they still leave us clues as to how to navigate our path in life. If we want more control of dreams, we can have it.

If you want to go to an exotic place where you’ve never been, just order it. Tell yourself before you go to sleep. For instance, if you want to dream of Egypt, just say before you drift off, “I want to dream of Egypt.”

I can only speak with authority on this because I have done it myself and I have traveled all over the inner and outer worlds. If I were to gain frequent flyer miles, they would be in the trillions.

Once you tap into your dream power, you can do anything, go anywhere, be anything. You can learn new things from cooking, learning a foreign language, something job related - anything.

All you have to do is relax. When you go to bed, take time to clear your mind of the daily debris that gathers. You can even do a five minute meditation.

There is a sweet spot in the night, the time when all noises are off. A time when the night speaks in sonnets and dulcet tones. A time not disturbed by the sounds of traffic, phones, children, construction workers, music, radios or televisions.

If you can tap into this spot before you fall asleep, you can tap into the essence of dreaming. You are surrendering to the universe and thus surrendering to opening your inner eyes.

Heed your dreams. Let them guide you into your inner life. Let them show you how you can enhance your life. Let them show you - you.