By Bella Gill; psychic, medium and healer
www.belgill.com
I started my first “Dream Journal” about 15 years ago after a friend suggested it to help me fine-tune my intuition. At first it was all upside down and all over the place, and I couldn’t seem to find anything that made sense or helped me with my direction or intuition.
After a while I began to understand the meaning of certain symbols to me. I also bought myself a dream interpretation book and started to log my dreams each morning.
After a while I started to feel more connected, more aware of what my intuition was telling me, and looking back through my journal I also saw that a lot of what I had dreamed had happened in my life. I became addicted! I still am!!
I am a firm believer in listening to your inner dream world. Learning to understand your own dream language is important, and I say that because everyone has a different personal interpretation for what something means to them. Yes, we do also incorporate everyday life into our dream world, so it can take a bit of practice to sift out what is intuitive and what is our day-to-day mind chatter. Generally it’s pretty obvious which is which, and you can tell a lot about what a dream means by the feeling it leaves behind.
For those of you that have lost loved ones you might find that they take the opportunity to pop in while you’re dreaming. My Dad was a big part of my dreams for the first 10 or so years after he died, and he would bring me messages now and then that were helpful in my day-to-day life. Without having gotten to know my dream world I may have missed this.
There is also the chance to get clarity into situations in your life that may not be working, or things you’re missing though dreams are not always about guidance or messages. Sometimes we are simply processing things, working through things in our subconscious that need to be released or dealt with, cleaning out the old stuff that’s been stored away in our subconscious.
I think it’s important to understand that we live between worlds, the practical realm and the spiritual realm; we need to keep them in balance, so keep that in mind when doing dream work. Life is never all one way, it’s about interweaving all the aspects together, that’s how we find wholeness.
Some people don’t remember their dreams. This is quite common and doesn’t mean you are not receiving guidance via your dreams, it just means you’re processing yours differently. You may not need a lot of info because you’re aware in your waking life of what you need to know or you’re just not in the habit of remembering. A great way to start training your waking minds to retain your dreams is to write down anything you get as soon as you open your eyes – if you’re anything like me you have to be quick!! My mind kicks in a few seconds after I wake up, so as soon as I come out of the dream I grab anything I can remember and write it down straight away. Don’t pressure yourself, relax, what you need will come to you, and it can take a bit of practice but you will get it.
Nothing has more power in your life than you do. Use dreams as your own inbuilt psychic, offering you guidance and information that you may be missing in your day-to-day life. Listen to the feelings you are left with when you wake up, sometimes the energy of the dream stays with you the whole day. This is so because there is something important in the theme of what you dreamt, so enquire and see if you can unravel it. If you get stuck ask a friend, quite often things are clearer to someone outside yourself.
I suggest buying yourself a good dream dictionary, choose the one that “feels right”, as there are many different meanings for dream symbols, at the end of the day, it has to feel right to you.
Know that you’re on the right path, your life is unfolding exactly as it should. Don’t forget the power of ” asking for help”. Before you go to sleep surrender up what you need help or clarity with, ask your higher self to speak to you through your dreams, and then see what happens.
See you in the dream world.
Bella. X
More blogs by Bella Gill:
1. Moving On From Bad Habits And Bad Behaviour
2. How To Maintain A Gossip Free Diet
3. How To Rebuild Your Trust In Yourself And Others
