"Dreams come in service to man."
This is the core message of Jeremy Taylor, D. Min., a dream worker and one of the founding members of IASD. He says, "Each one of us is uniquely blind to the deeper meanings of our own dreams, and dream work helps us see what amazing gifts are there, just below the surface … It is my assumption that all dreams come in the service of health and wholeness and that only the dreamer knows for certain what his/her dream means."
Noted historian and pioneer of Active Dreaming Robert Moss, addresses the healing aspect of dreams:
"The great Greek physician Galen always used to look at dreams with the idea that consciousness is traveling inside the body, during the body, and it brings back, through the vehicle of dream reports, accounts of what is right or wrong with it from which you can base, as a physician, the diagnosis of the condition and your recommendations on how to keep that body well… But in relation to healing – it`s about more than diagnosing physical symptoms; it`s about understanding the nature – emotional, physical, and spiritual wellness or otherwise."
Dreams can focus our attention toward health by presenting images that evolve and change through repeated dreams. They can allow us to fulfill desires that would be unacceptable in the waking state. They can also afford visions of how healing can occur. Dreams allow the blind to see and the deaf to hear, even when those faculties are present in the waking life. When your dreams come as healing agents, they serve others as well as yourself.
Then there are dreams that serve others through improving the quality of our lives. Stories of inventions and great ideas arising from dreams abound in our world. From mathematician Ramanujan to author Robert Louis Stevenson to inventor Elias Howe, accounts of dreams that spark innovations that relieve the burdens of life abound. Most of these dreams are incubated. Conscious intention for responsiveness on the part of the dreaming world is deliberately formed in the waking mind before sleep. What comes from this, is often the answer the dreamer seeks. That answer produces wholeness.
Have you created something of value to others through dream experiences? Or perhaps you have experienced a dream of profound healing. If so, share your HEALTH & WHOLENESS DREAM here and it's story.
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Dream Date: 6/7/2010 Gender: Male Country: USA
The Dream
I dreamed that a dog we used to have named Sir, who was sick for many months and died, was in my dream sitting on his side. His hair was normal, not wet and smelly and matted like it was all the months while he was sick. He seemed happy, healthy, and clean. A few people and I are petting him. We are outside in a yard. I remember that he was sick and he’s all better now. We are glad. It’s daytime.
Dream Interpretation
Sir was in another dream a few months earlier, when I was very distressed, and he was driving my car in circles and he was in pain. I was glad Sir was healthy in this newer dream. I was glad to see that the habit he represents was a)not in control of my actions and b) no longer a source of pain. Sir represents my habit of wanting to be liked, wanting to be a source of happiness to others and be appreciated for it. When I was trying to please other people, I found myself running around in circles of endless activity being unhappy. In the newer dream, I was in a healthier state of mind.
Dream Date: ?? Gender: Female Country: USA
I received this dream message after driving for 10 hours in an ice storm. I was very tense, and did not use cruise control because of the treacherous conditions. When I arrived at my destination, my lower back was in extreme pain; I had wrenched it driving for so long in such a tense state. As the evening progressed, the pain grew worse.
Before going to bed, I gave my subconscious mind a clear desire to wake up pain-free, and asked for a dream that would give me a healing message. I wrote that in my dream notebook.
I awoke pain free! I heard the words in my mind, “Walk backwards” and wrote it in my dream journal. I was elated that the pain was gone, but cautious (did not want to get too arrogant about it …). I walked backwards around the room for a bit, and it felt kind of strange but seemed balancing.
The next day I had to drive again, about a 5-hour drive. In my car, I popped an audio cassette into the tape player. This is a tape a friend had given me months earlier, that I had never listened to. It was by Gary Young who specializes in Young Living Oils which are used for healing purposes. On the tape, he was telling a story about a people he visited who regularly walk backwards to adjust their spines. And he spoke about how children naturally walk (even run) backwards in play, and how they probably have a natural instinct to do it.
Listening to this tape was an affirmation that my dream’s healing message was correct, so I got out of the car at the next rest stop and walked backwards! I have continued to use this method ever since to keep my spine adjusted.
Dream Date: 10/23/2009 Gender: Female Country: USA
This was a dream that I received after having made a serious commitment regarding the path I’d be taking in my life:
The Dream
Dr. Daniel (the director of the College of Metaphysics) had the college students host the upcoming class of new students. I was on my way there, to be a new student. I wasn’t sure if I needed to make more money, so I just needed to have faith that I did have enough money, and that I earned my way there to study.
I was officially there, and there was special seating for new students up front of this sacred outdoor assembly. My promise ring (which I wear on my wedding ring finger as a sign of my Self commitment) was to be passed around. When we received my ring, we were to get up and go in search of our new bedrooms on campus. Some were out by these sacred trees, and we looked all around them. It was a sacred task.
I was up, and I took my ring and searched for my new room. I went to the Peace Dome, and it was like there was a main room, and from that room there was a staircase leading to the upper chamber. There were three bedrooms up there. There was a sign made as a door hanging that said “Dr. Mark.” (He was a student at the Louisville School of Metaphysics where I was teaching at the time of the dream). I was sure that he was not coming to be a college student- that they were merely open to the possibilities of him being one. I flipped the sign over on intuition, and there was my name- it was really my room.
Why is this dream a health and wholeness dream?
I spent the summer of 2009 in much solitude and contemplation. I was unemployed after having worked in a stressful environment and enjoyed the freedom, yet was aware I needed to get myself back into the connectivity of society. I also knew I’d need to get a new job and start earning money.
I was easily influenced by the stimulus from others, whether negative or positive. I had both types of stimuli at work in my life, and I was torn between both of them. One part of me was depressed and believed I was no good and incapable of pulling myself out of a rut. This belief came from the negative thoughts of others, and I easily took to them. The other part of me had a lot of support in making the choice of a lifetime, a choice to move to a whole new state and learn from and within a highly evolved spiritual community. I was constantly swaying back and fourth between being empowered or dumbed down. Finally, I made the solid choice that I would indeed raise the funds to study full time on the campus of the College of Metaphysics for a year and a half term. This would require paying off debts and having thousands of dollars in savings. I had only a few short months to make this money.
At the time of this dream, I had an early morning job and just began a second job. I was working every day. I was getting creative in the ways that I could raise the money needed. The drive to become a student at the college became more and more internal and less from outside sources. I was motivated toward my high ideal and grew rapidly in my spirituality and understandings.
The “promise ring” in my dream reflects the commitment I made to myself to use the earth as a school room for my soul. I remember waking from the dream and feeling such a deep sense of wholeness. I knew I was healed of the depressing negative thoughts that kept me small and weak. I was inspired and assured that my efforts would pay off and that I’d make it in time for the winter semester.
I have heard the saying many times “Life is about the journey, not the destination.” What brought about so much wholeness was knowing that I was in the present moment, learning all along the way. My dream bedroom was the main room in the World’s Peace Dome, which is a holy site on the campus of the College of Metaphysics. This reassured me that my dwelling place in my mind had evolved greatly. I had to pay close attention to take ownership of the holiness I had produced in my consciousness. I was valuable.
This dream assured me that my efforts were working, i was on the right path, I was no longer in a depressed state of mind, and I was indeed going to reach my goal. (And of course, I did!)
Dream Date: 8-28-10 Gender: Female Country: USA
My dream:
I knocked on the door to my friends apartment B* and N* who are married. I needed a place to sleep. N* opened the door and I asked him if I could sleep at this place. B* was on the couch watching T.V. with their baby in her lap. He said sure and led me to a pallet he already made up of white down feather comforters. I thanked him and walked to the pallet laying on the floor. I saw that right next to the blankets was a trash can that was over flowing. To the right of the trash can was a pile of food that had not been eaten that was being thrown out. I thought it was odd that it wasn’t eaten.
My interpretation of the dream:
There is a frame of mind I am in need of utilizing in order to assimilate (needing a place to sleep). This frame of mind I sought out was in regards to freeness and honesty (represented by B* and N*). I desire to assimilate with purity (white blankets). When I start the process of assimilation I discover both things that are unproductive and I don’t need anymore (trash) and knowledge and tools that I did not utilize (food) previously.
Meaning:
The way this dream fits into my life is beautiful. I love to have dreams where I know exactly what it’s referencing in my waking world.
The previous day I overheard a conversation between my teacher and a classmate of mine who had just started to feel better from a week long illness. She had him mind-map his sickness so that he could better understand the cause and effect of his mental attitudes and how they manifested in the body. It stimulated me to go deeper with the illness I had experienced just a week or two prior.
I realized that I had gotten better and understood the cause yet the understanding was incomplete. I knew it was incomplete because, one: I hadn’t fully allowed myself time to assimilate the experience and two: I had difficulty remembering what the learning was. This prompted me to journal (need for sleep in the dream). I also got the book “Permanent Healing” and looked up the mental causes for disorders. I freely and honestly (Qualities I see in the dream aspects of B* and N*) examined my state of being leading up to the sickness.
What I realized was that it was all the unproductive thought processes (overflowing trash) I had about myself that caused me to be sick. I built up a lot of toxins (trash) in my body through the toxic mental thoughts; thoughts of worthlessness, hopelessness, anger, depression, and such. It was these thoughts combined with my physical health that allowed the sickness to flourish.
I was grateful for what I discovered from the journaling and from the dream. It became much more clear in my mind especially from the symbols in the dream. Since I was sick, I increased my health a great deal. I have been saying uplifting affirmations of praise, truth, love, value, and thankfulness. I’m making conscious choices to redirect my thinking in the moment by accepting enjoyment in my life rather than thinking I can’t enjoy my life for some erroneous reason. I’ve discovered the power of directing my own thinking and claiming that power. I’m causing myself to choose, think, speak and act on positive thoughts. I am putting more attention on the ways I choose to respond- checking my attitude about situations rather than just reacting. This dream insight was very helpful and enabled me to have a more complete understanding of my healing process.
Dream Date: 3/4/2009 Gender: Female Country: USA
My dream:
I entered a house, there was a number of people in the house; there appeared to be a meeting in progress. I soon realized that it was a planning meeting. We were planning an escape from the city. The location is somewhere in Europe during World War II. I left with a male; he was driving a car of the period. I was in the passenger seat. We were coming up to a junction with several men in uniform (guards); I got out of the car and commence walking beside the moving car. It was known that we were more likely to be stopped if there were two or more people in the car. As we approached the uniformed men who were on the opposite side of the street – one guard said, there goes a car but did not stopped us.
We continued to drive through many streets with me walking and running beside the car through several cities. This took place over what appeared to be several hours.
The significance of this dream to my life:
I am a 62 year old who at the time of the dream was attending a residential course of applied metaphysics. The other students were in their twenties and thirties. Under normal circumstances it was understandable feeling that I could not keep up with my classmates. In addition, I have a hip condition that causes pain, sometime more than others. This did not prevent me from keeping up with the classmates; as a matter of fact, they often remark on my physical stamina, and at times, I am able to match their endurance.
In my twenties, thirties and forties my stamina and endurance was high. I was nicknamed the energizer bunny. The vehicle in the dream represents the physical body. As previously stated I often have conflict within self, as to whether I am strong enough or healthy enough to work a long side the younger classmates.
The day prior to the dream I was contemplating my capability of continuing the effort of being a college student, because I did not feel physically strong and agile to continue on. Having this dream I realized that it was significant, and discussed with two or three individuals until I found someone that allowed me to understand how the dream fits into my life.
I now realize that the dream is a communication to assure me that my thoughts of limitation are not real. It was going to the discipline to direct myself in order to attain my ideal. Since this time I have not entertainment any thoughts of limitation. I am also well aware that I can maintain the level of endurance required to accomplish the activities, on a daily basis.
8/21/11Dream: Dr. Daniel (College of Metaphysics Chancellor/Teacher) and was walking back up a path to the Peace Dome (A Dome structure dedicated to world peace). I was there and there was a mentally challenged boy there, he could not physically speak. We had no need for words, we were telepathically communicating. I projected love to him. Commentary: The day before this dream I had doubt in my thinking. I embraced my doubt and that aspect of myself that came up which in the past I viewed as broken and wrong. I was at an “Eco-Fair” gathering people for a lecture on health and dreams. The first half of the day I was excited, enthusiastic, and very confident that I could gather people. Later on the day I was again gathering people, I started to doubt that I could and I started to go down the spiral of negative thinking. Instead of condemning myself I observed the doubt and said oh…okay doubt is there. I was honest and admitted it, and then I realized that it didn’t have to stop me, that I can still function and do not have to entertain those thoughts or be consumed by them.
Health Dream:
September 15, 2011
I drempt that I was in an enormous hotel. I was part of starting a health and wellness program with a group of women that has its office in the hotel. I know some of the clientel will be autistic. Two of the young women and I were walkingaround the hotel looking around at the businesses that were there. We met two men who were very attractive and seemed interested in the work we were doing. They tagged alongwith us. We decided to go to the pool, the water was deep. Suddenly the play got very aggressive and the two men drowned the women intentionally. I was shocked and got out of the water. The men didn’t follow me, it seemed as though they only wanted the women.
My whole life seemed to be turned upside down. I was appalled at the betrayal and the fact that my friends were dead. Iwas a bit confused and saddned even though life bustled on. I found J*Female (Teacher) in the hotel. She calmed me down saying that I was capable of moving forwrd and maybe the women needed to go. I was comforted by this and went to the healing center. I felt highly distrustful of men, even though I felt better.
I went into a room which was designed, very intentionally, as a huge shower/locker room for the paitients needs. It looked dusty and abandoned in the short time I was gone. I was sitting with another woman who was going to work in this center, although she wasn’t one of the founders. I talked about what the place would’ve been like if the two women hadn’t died. The woman was suprized. She told me she still wanted to work with me and that there were many women who did (I saw a flash of a large group of women). “Aren’t you afraid?” I asked. “I don’t know if it will happen again.” She said that no one was afraid. I was excited and we started cleaning the room.
Somewhere (a different dream?) S*male told me I needed my glasses. I said, “How do you know I need glasses?!” I was mad at him for knowing about the glasses and the fact that he was right. I went and got them out of my purse.
Interpretation:
This dream was an excellent reflection of about six weeks of intensive study at the College of Metaphysics. Five weeks before this dream I fractured and sprained my foot. I spent the next few weeks purifying my consciousness and delving very deep into my psyce to create healing. Shortly before this dream I experienced an energy healing where I actually saw the bone in my foot suture back together. I saw my body for what it truly is, energy slowed to various rates. I knew that energy is moldable, therefore, my body is moldable and when the healing was complete I stood up pain free.
All of that culminated with this dream. A dream where I am literally building a space in mind for wholness. There was an experience in my day where I was around an individual who was angry. Anger was an emotion intimately connected to my injury because I had tremendous fear of receiving other people’s anger as well as my own. After the healing of my foot I knew I had the strength to “stand on my own two feet” and had this particular experience of receiving another individual’s anger. At first it threw me off balance and I felt deflated. However, because of what I had learned I was able to rerout my thoughts using my conscious mind and begin perceiving things in a new light. After the exchange I realized that whatI could give in the situation was love. I projected love to the person and to the space which, I think, lead to my admittance of the need for glasses and taking them out of my purse.
I was thrilled to receive this dream. As I said it showed that I was creating a space within myself that I could access at any time which is incredibly freeing. The scene with the dusty room showed my deflation from the exchange and the unkown woman and I cleaning up showed my willingness to keep on going. The way to true health is to change thought. This dream gave me security to know that I was doing that and encouraged me to continue my quest toward wholeness.