Article Highlights:
- If you don’t dream you can still have dreams
- Life is but a dream
Dear Life Dreamer,
A month or so ago I shared with you a dream I had. I heard from many of you after, some of you expressing sadness that you no longer seem to dream, or at least don’t remember them.
As you know, dreamwork is one of the most effectively tools I use to assist others and myself and to enrich my life. Life circumstances as well as stress can affect our dreaming, so can sleeping with someone. Also, as we age our body chemistry changes in ways that can effect dreaming abilities. Melatonin, certain hormones, etc are all part of what creates vivid dreams and sometimes they decrease with age.
We all know, as well, that if we engage in a concentrated effort to write down and remember dreams, it generally increases dreaming and remembering. But this can take a lot of time and focus and most people don’t feel impassioned enough to give it such focus on their own. And being consistent about writing dreams down immediately is necessary which can interfere with sleep patterns if you have trouble getting back to sleep
So what to do if night dreaming doesn’t work for you for whatever reason? Is it a door that is simply closed for you? No, there’s another dream technique that I use at least as often, if not more. It’s day-dreaming. It can be just as graphic, colorful and useful as night dreaming, and as rewarding and fun.
I’m not talking about the type of daydreaming you may have been criticized for in school when you stopped paying attention. I’m talking about an active skill that is quite easy to gain and implement that can become even more powerful perhaps than night dreaming ever was for you.
There are two ways I work with daydreaming and I’ll get into that next week, but for today, let me give you an example so you get a sense of the potential of this kind of dreamwork. Several years ago a friend invited me to go to the Monroe Institute with her, at her expense. She wanted a fun buddy to do that with.
I’d had interest in the Monroe Institute over the years – it’s a place where one can gain intuitive skills, and learn out-of-body journeying as well as remote viewing. It was founded by some interesting people many years ago and I had a friend who loved his experience there in its earlier years.
Fast-forward 20 years to my opportunity to go there with my friend. Was it for me? Here’s how the answer showed up. On a trip to town for groceries, a very unusual thing occurs. Leaving the subdivision I’m aware of flashing lights far ahead. As I turn onto the main highway, I see there are flashing barriers that narrow the traffic to one-lane.
Between each barrier for the next mile are black CIA-type suburban vehicles. In them, and standing outside of these vehicles, are men in black talking into their wrists or shoulders! I realize I have my answer.
How did I know this was the answer to my question about the Monroe Institute? What did it mean? How did I create this real-time “dream” answer? I used a day-dreaming technique I call “Life Is But A Dream.”
Next week I’ll share that technique so you have a way to experience dreaming beyond the usual types of night dreams. I think it’s something you’ll really enjoying playing with.
Until then, keep a look out for moments in your day that have dream-like qualities. See what you notice that you might not otherwise pay that much attention to.
Dreaming-ly,
💜 Mayet Leilani
