Our dreams are screens for late-night public service announcements from our unconscious minds. Dreams often call our attention to problems and issues in waking life - and some of these dreams can really be wake-up calls!
Most of us have dealt with nightmares and scary dreams at least a few times and usually write them off to stress, having too much on our minds or eating something funky too close to bedtime. Dreams use a language of symbols and can manufacture some pretty bizarre pictures, and they also have the ability to speak to us in very clear plain English.
For example: You've been through a series of traumas and disappointments that have thrown you into a state of depression. You haven't really allowed yourself to grieve or process your emotions and your denial is manifesting in a level of procrastination that could really get you into trouble. No one seems to notice that anything's wrong, but you've been feeling very inadequate and as though you're not giving much of anything worthwhile to your job or family. You sleepwalk through your days feeling like you're just existing. You know you're letting your life fall apart, but you just can't deal with it.
You fall into bed exhausted, as you do nearly every night, and dream that everyone is mad at you because the landlord is upset with you and now everyone has to move. Worse, you call the licensing board for your profession and are told that you don't even exist!
When you wake up and remember your dream, you feel just plain "icky." You may have a pretty good idea of what the dream is trying to tell you, and you feel guilty and scared. The "icky" feeling stays with you all day.
Some tribal cultures believe that the dreams we remember are the ones we need to take action on. These dreams can be an incredible gift when we have been struggling. Although they may be scary, these dreams can often be enough to help light the fire that we thought we'd lost. Such dreams can be a form of "shock treatment" by presenting us with a view of the possible outcome of our actions.
Have your dreams ever given you a wake-up call? How did you respond? Please come and share your dreams and experiences in the forum
May all your dreams come true!
Parthena Black is a professional social worker and ordained minister with experience in tarot and runes. For private spiritual counseling and intuitive readings via e-mail, please visit her at oymygoddess.com.
