DREAMING AND DREAM INTERPRETATION

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions on dreaming and dream interpertation are a summary of those most frequently asked. Additional questions on dreaming or general questions on dream interpretation may be e-mailed to me. If you require a personal dream interpretation, please order a dream reading.

I don't dream. Is there something I can do about this?
Dreaming is a natural process for everybody and is most pronounced during REM sleep. Some people are simply more adept at remembering their dreams than others. The article entitled Dream Recall provides some guidelines on learning to remember your dreams.

How can I learn to interpret my dreams?
The Dream Interpretation Tutorial on this site has been written in response to questions of this nature. It covers most of the dreaming process and includes dream incubation, how to record your dream symbols, dream analysis and interpretation, the dream journal, and how to give your dream true meaning.

I remember many dreams each night and can't record them all. Which are the important ones?
It depends very much on what you're looking for and there are several answers to this question. My simple rule of thumb is that happy, feel good dreams are good to remember if you want to raise your vibration, and recurring dreams or those with strong negative emotional charge are usually indicative of areas in your life which need to be addressed and resolved. Meditating on your dreams will also assist with guiding you intuitively to the most important ones.

Can I choose what kind of dreams I want to have?
Most definitely. One of the methods is through dream incubation, where you focus on a specific question prior to going to sleep and set your intent to be woken as soon as your question as been answered. It is very important to write the question down prior to going to sleep - often you may find that you have either forgotten the entire question or forgotten how you posed it and having it verbatim is very beneficial when interpreting. Usually the answer comes during the same session of sleep. If not, I suggest that you repeat your question prior to your next sleep session. Do so until you are satisfied that it has been answered. Also, using meditation to set your tone before going to sleep is beneficial. For example, if you wish to experience joyful dreams, dig into your library of happy memories or thoughts and relive them in your mind until you nod off. Please see Phase 1: Dream Incubation for further information.

What are nightmares?
Nightmares are usually indicative of deep, unconscious fears and are thus important dreams to interpret, particularly if they are recurring. Many say that they serve as strong warnings of things to come in your life. For your own sanity however, be cautious about interpreting all nightmares or bad dreams as warnings - your thoughts dictate your vibration, and living in a state of perpetual fear is likely to result in you manifesting your fears.

I have many dreams where I'm being chased and I'm unable to move or scream. Why is this?
Our bodies secrete a hormone when we nod off to create sleep paralysis. The purpose of this is to protect us by preventing us from acting out our dreams and potentially injuring ourselves and others. I suggest that you work with these dreams and try to make peace whatever it is that you're running from in your life.

Are the people we see in our dreams really those people?
Sometimes they are reflecting the actual people we're seeing in our dreams (particularly in premonition dreams), but usually the other characters are reflecting an aspects of ourselves. See it as the Universe mirroring back to you that which you need to recognise, appreciate or resolve within yourself. As without so within.