The Art of Remembering & Interpreting your Dreams

The Art of Remembering and Interpreting Your Dreams
By Judith Orloff, M.D.

Your dreams can reveal many truths about your life. They can provide
extraordinary intuitive insights, give you information that can help your
health, love life and career. You'd be surprised at the straightforward
advice that your dreams give, either spontaneously or on request.

You are in partnership with your dreams. Initiate an ongoing dialogue with
them. It's like consulting the wisest old-time family doctor you can imagine
who knows you inside out. You can ask your dreams anything-even what seems
most impossible. No question is trivial if it is meaningful to you. Expect
answers. Some will be direct. Others may require interpretation.

Dreams can keep you well. Dreams provide answers. But first you must
retrieve them. Here are my four strategies to remember your dreams

. Keep a journal and pen by your bed.

. Write a question on a piece of paper before you go to sleep. Formalize
your request. Place it on a table beside your bed or under your pillow.

. In the morning do not wake up too fast. Stay under the covers for at
least a few minutes remembering your dream. Luxuriate in a peaceful feeling
between sleep and waking, what scientists call the hypnagogic state. Those
initial moments provide a doorway.

. Open your eyes. Write down your dream immediately; otherwise it will
evaporate. You may recall a face, object, color, or scenario, feel an
emotion. It doesn't matter if it makes perfect sense-or if you retrieve a
single image or many. Record everything you remember.

When you're finished, refocus on the question you asked the previous night.
See how your dream applies. One, two, or more impressions about the
who/what/where of your solution may have surfaced. Get in the habit of
recording your dreams regularly. Be assured I've never met anyone who can't
be taught how to remember. Keep at it. Remember to practice. Soon it will
become second nature to you!

In addition to the practical aspects of remembering dreams, there's an
intuitive level to understanding dreams. Reliable intuitive information
stands out in very specific ways. Watch for these clues:

. Statements that simply convey information

. Neutral segments that evoke or convey no emotion

. A detached feeling, like you're a witness watching a scene

. A voice or person counseling you, as if you're taking dictation from an
outside source

. Conversations with people you never met before who give instructions.

I've found that my most dead-on intuitions either come across as
compassionate or have no emotion at all. Develop a careful eye as you
practice separating the content of your dreams from your reactions to it.
Soon you'll be able to tell what is reliable guidance and what is not.

Be aware that your dreams go by different rules than your waking life. Get
ready for a mind shift. Physical laws no longer apply. Gravity changes. In
dreams you can fly!

Namaste Rosalie xo