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Dream Decoder: A Collection of Symbols and Their Meaning

via Thespiritscience Everyone has a window into their own subconscious in the dream world. Unfortunately, we forget most of them. This is why, if you are invested in finding meaning in your dreams, you should keep a dream journal. Just quickly jot it down upon awakening. With time, this practice will become easy. In a general sense, if you dream positively or about the future, this means that your psychic and emotional work has been done, and you have few issues. on the other hand, negative dreams could be a sign that there are issues in your life that need addressing. The dream you’re having is an opportunity to work on whatever it is needs work. Sometimes our dreams will follow a certain theme for […] Read More

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Are You Living Your Dream?

A working vacation of sorts… This adventure represents the power of intention, persistence, dreaming big, overcoming fears, and thinking outside the box to create a dream life. This dream has been brewing in my head for years now… It all goes back to…

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A dark night is good for your health

Richard Stevens, University of Connecticut Today most people do not get enough sleep. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has called insufficient sleep an epidemic. While we are finally paying attention to the importance of sleep, the need for dark is still mostly ignored. That’s right. Dark. Your body needs it too. Being exposed to regular patterns of light and dark regulates our circadian rhythm. Disruption of this rhythm may increase the risk of developing some health conditions including obesity, diabetes and breast cancer Light regulates our sleep and wake patterns The physiological processes that control the daily cycle of sleep and wake, hunger, activity levels, body temperature, melatonin level in the blood, and many other physiological traits are called the endogenous circadian […] Read More

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Should You Throw Away Your Pillows?

By Dr. Mercola How long have you been sleeping on your pillow? If you can’t remember, it’s probably been too long… the average person keeps their pillow for more than three years, and more than half only replace their pillow and bedding when they notice it starts wearing out.1 But should you replace your pillow much sooner? The Sleep to Live Institute in America recommends replacing your pillow every six months, which might be a bit aggressive (and the Institute has ties to the industry). A more reasonable approach may be to use the folding test: fold your pillow in half, and if it stays folded instead of springing back into shape, it’s time to find a new one. If you prefer to use length […] Read More

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THE UNIVERSE IS DREAMING ITSELF AWAKE

by Paul Levy
When you begin to spiritually awaken, it is like waking up inside of a dream and recognizing that everything you are experiencing is nothing other than a very convincing projection, or display of your mind. The boundary between inner and outer, between dreaming and waking starts to dissolve, and you begin to realize that the same dreaming mind that is dreaming your dreams at night is dreaming your life.

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WHAT’S DREAMING?

Well, the Toltecs saw this as a twofold process. First, they saw that we were responsible for what we dreamed in our minds and that that was dependant on where we chose to focus our attention. For example, choosing to be happy is as easy as putting our attention on what is beautiful in life, rather than putting our attention on believing our fear-based beliefs and emotions. Even more important, they saw that we could use our attention to take our focus off of the world our physical eyes assemble for us and instead put our focus on the world we can see if we use our spiritual eyes. Second, they saw that by changing the way we dream in our virtual reality (our mind), […] Read More

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2007: Let Those Visions of Sugarplums Dance in Your Head, Not Your Stomach

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/14/AR2007121402015.html Tuesday, December 18, 2007; Page HE07 Worried about overindulging this holiday season? Give yourself a special gift: sleep. Despite the temptation to have too much of everything during this hectic season, a growing number of studies now point to the ill effects of missing even just a few hours of sleep — from increased appetite and obesity to a greater risk of high blood pressure and diabetes. So many people could benefit from more sleep,” says James Gangwisch, a Columbia University researcher and lead author of a new study on the health effects of missed sleep. “A lot of people don”t even realize that they are sleep-deprived.” Just look at the numbers: In 1910, Americans, who didn”t have television, computers and video games to […] Read More

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Dream Colors

From Dreams Obscure Often, dreamers don’t pay attention to the colors in their dreams. However, focusing more attention on this aspect of dreams may help lead to a more accurate and fulfilling interpretation. For example: A dreamer dreams of a statue, which falls from its place on a mantle and crashes to the floor. Seems pretty broad, huh? However, if the dreamer recalled that the statue was green, then one possible interpretation could be that the dreamer’s jealousy is leading to destructive ends. If a certain color continuously reappears in your dream, it may be time for you to figure out exactly what that color could represent. Your subconscious is most likely trying to comment on something by using that particular color as a symbol. […] Read More

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Dreams and their Interpretations

The dreams which we remember and are able to describe are those which occur just as we are falling asleep or just as we are beginning to awaken. It is during these times that our conscious mind is partially active and in a state to receive impressions which are retained by the memory. Frequently, however, these impressions are so faint that they are remembered only for a short time. We may remember a dream for a few minutes when we wake up in the night, but the next day, it is entirely forgotten. On the other hand, there are dreams which are so vivid, and which impress themselves so very strongly upon us, that we can recall them and describe them in detail years afterwards. […] Read More