Dream

Ascension By Ortrun Franklin (Jan, 2016)

Happy New Year! Another year is over; a new one has just begun. It’s time for making New Year’s resolutions, setting new goals, and “dreaming.”

You have heard of resolutions and setting goals for the New Year, but “dreaming?” Before explaining the “why” of dreaming, let me begin by sharing a variety of dream types. Some are depicted from my personal experience while others are adaptations from the Dream Moods website.

Dreams are your friend. Each type of dream has its purpose. They may be happy, sad, intense, frightening, resolving or creating. Did you know when affirmations are made in the alpha state they are 100 to 200 times more powerful than if they are spoken in the awake state?

Daydreams occur between the sleep and awake state of consciousness. Your imagination can carry you away.

False awakening dreams cause you to go through daily routines thinking you are awake, only to find yourself waking again and realizing it was just a dream.

Lucid dreams are those in which you realize you are actually participating in a dream. Most dreamers wake themselves up. Some others have acquired the skill to actively participate, which allows them to influence the direction or outcome of them.

Nightmare dreams are disturbing and usually cause you to wake up feeling anxious and frightened. Nightmares are the subconscious mind alerting you to pay attention. This type of dream may indicate a fear that needs acknowledgment, a life situation to be confronted or a response to conscious life trauma.

Recurring dreams more than likely occur because unresolved life lessons need to be identified. They continue to repeat themselves until a resolution is attained.

Healing dreams provide information regarding your health. Through the body/mind connection, physical symptoms can be identified before actual physical symptoms occur. The Ancient Greeks called these dreams “prodromic”.

Prophetic dreams (precognitive or psychic) are dreams that foretell the future. Your unconscious mind knows what is coming before your conscious mind has pieced things together.

Epic dreams or Cosmic Dreams are life changing. They cause you to discover new parts of yourself and your connection to the universe. These dreams are profoundly vivid and can remain with your for years.

Progressive dreams occur when you have a sequence of dreams over a period of nights that continue where you left off the previous night. Such dreams help you to problem-solve by exploring different options and approaches to a situation.

Mutual dreams occur when two people have the same dream at the same time. If you and someone else are focusing on a certain goal, they can occur at the same time. These dreams usually occur with someone with whom you have a strong bond or are attaining improved communication.

Note: all types of dreaming involve either the conscious, subconscious or super conscious parts of the mind. The brain wave patterns of these parts of the mind are known as the beta, alpha or delta state. Signal dreams or intuition occur in the beta state or conscious part of your mind. Daydreams occur when beginning to relax and move into the alpha state or subconscious part of your mind. In meditation you drift deeper into the alpha state or subconscious part of your mind. All other types of dreams occur in the superconscious part of the mind.

Did you know when affirmations are made in the alpha state they are 100 to 200 times more powerful than if they are spoken in the awake state? Now think of the benefits you can have when dreaming in the alpha state. See yourself dreaming in the relaxed space of meditation, focusing upon that which you desire; your subconscious mind is accepting the message of your focused dream 200 times more often than when speaking about the dream in the awake state. Can you see, by dreaming with focused intention in a relaxed or alpha state, your goals can be more quickly attained?

Dreams are your friend. Each type of dream has its purpose. They may be happy, sad, intense, frightening, resolving or creating. No matter what, they are there to assist you in learning, growing and becoming. Become familiar with your dreams, the different types, what purpose they serve, as well as what the symbols in them represent. Then, begin to interact with them. Before doing so, remember to call upon the assistance of your spirit family and surrounding yourself with protective light and love.

Many songs have been written about dreams, but one of the most well known is Johnny Mercer’s jazz tune “Dream,” sung by Frank Sinatra.

Dream, when you’re feeling blue | Dream, that’s the thing to do | Just watch the smoke rings rise in the air | You’ll find your share of memories there | So dream, when the day is through | Dream, and they might come true | Things never are as bad as they seem | So dream, dream, dream.

To familiarize you with dreaming, I’ve prepared a guided visualization taking you to your place of dream making. Happy Dreams to you! ✦

* Remember your reflexes are slowed when you are in the meditative state. It is advised that you do not listen to this recording while driving or performing services where acute attention is required. Now, take a deep breath, relax, become still and listen…

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Reference Types of dreams. (2015, March 28). Retrieved January 2, 2016, from www.dreammoods.com/ dreaminformation/dreamtypes/

Ortrun Franklin is a columnist for Star Nations Magazine. She is the co-host of the live stream show “Living in Two Worlds” which focuses on the connecting the physical world with the spiritual world. It airs the last Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CT. www.ourspiritualascension.com | Ortrun71@aol.com | Living in Two Worlds