Some people believe that they have received spiritual messages in their dreams. They claim to have been spoken to by angels, deceased souls, spirits, saints, or even the Voice of God. The messages can range from advice to warnings to questions about where one is going in life. The Bible as well as the beliefs in other religions state that this may be possible. What do you think?
Can you relate a time when you believe you received a message from the spiritual realm? Do you believe messages of this nature are true? Do you think they come from good sources, bad sources, or either depending on the nature of the message?
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Thursday, September 4, 2014
September Song
Dream topics will often change seasonally--that is in winter we might dream about winter weather or holidays and in summer our dreams may reflect our activities of that season. As I grow older my dreams will take me back to my younger days though with the awareness that I am in my older mind. I may dream about being in school, having youthful romantic flings, or working in a place where I worked long ago. In fact many of my dreams now seem to reflect more on my youth than on my current age of life and yet I understand that I am mentally older than in the physical time depicted in the dream. In some ways my dream self seems ageless or unattached to any specific time of life while in reality my waking self continues to age.
Do you have a sense of your age in your dreams? Is there a particular time of life that you dream about more than others? What life era would you choose to be stuck in if you had full control of your dream topics?
Please visit my current Battle of the Bands at Tossing It Out post to vote on your favorite version of "September Song".
Do you have a sense of your age in your dreams? Is there a particular time of life that you dream about more than others? What life era would you choose to be stuck in if you had full control of your dream topics?
Please visit my current Battle of the Bands at Tossing It Out post to vote on your favorite version of "September Song".
Thursday, August 28, 2014
A Summer Place
I'm sure we all have at least one summer place in our memories. Most of us probably have many. Places of happy times that make us smile when we think back on them. Or hazy memories that cause us to drift into dreams of places and times that we kind of remember, but not exactly. Were they real times? Or do some memories exist in an almost inaccessible place somewhere between reality and a distant netherworld? Were we only dreaming? Are we dreaming now? Funny how memory sometimes plays little tricks on us.
What special summer places and memories appear in your sleep and day dreams? Can you think of any memories that you suspect may have been actually imagined though seemingly real? If you could revisit one special time of your life what would it be?
What special summer places and memories appear in your sleep and day dreams? Can you think of any memories that you suspect may have been actually imagined though seemingly real? If you could revisit one special time of your life what would it be?
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Then I Close My Eyes
There are times when I am tired--so tired. Fatigued. Perhaps after a long day of driving or a stressful ordeal. Perhaps I am worried or angry or confused. My brain goes a million miles a minute. I long for sleep. I crave sleep. I want desperately to sleep and to dream. Eventually my body seems to melt. And then I close my eyes...
Are there times when you are so tired that you find it difficult to go to sleep? How are your dreams affected when you are in that state? Do you really get a good night's rest when you are like this?
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Ordinary World
The dream world is an extraordinary place that defies logic and all to which we are accustomed. There are the inklings that hint at reality and threads that seem to connect us to the world we know. In a dream, we might feel secure, reluctant to wake up into the ordinary world. Dreams don't last forever, but they are like vacations from waking life.
Does 'dream ordinary' seem the same as what you see as ordinary in your waking life? Do you ever wish that the extraordinary world of your dreams would become your normal existence? When your dreams reflect your everyday existence do you remember them less?
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