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Many people disregard the importance of dreams.\u00a0 <\/span>They may think of them as a crazy, mixed up, subconscious unraveling of the day\u2019s events.\u00a0 <\/span>Often they pay them no attention whatsoever, except perhaps when they have a vivid nightmare or a dream that occurs over and over again.\u00a0 <\/span>But even then many are likely to discount dreams.\u00a0 <\/span>They keep them stuffed in the back corner of their mind and they pretend the dreams don\u2019t mean anything.<\/p>\n But therapists, shamans, and most indigenous people know better.\u00a0 <\/span>More and more people are recognizing the importance of dreams.\u00a0 <\/span>Sometimes dreams bring to the surface issues which need to be addressed.\u00a0 <\/span>Sometimes they provide suggestions or solutions to problems.\u00a0 <\/span>A good therapist or dream group or dream teacher may help you to decipher these kinds of dreams and that\u2019s a very wise thing to do.\u00a0 <\/span>The Talmud tells us that an unexamined dream is like a gift unopened.\u00a0 <\/span>I agree.<\/p>\n However there is another category of dream altogether.\u00a0 <\/span>These are Big Dreams, numinous dreams, sacred dreams, and medicine dreams.\u00a0 <\/span>These kinds of dreams seem to come not from our subconscious, but from a Source outside of ourselves.\u00a0 <\/span>(Or perhaps in Jung\u2019s jargon, they come from the collective unconscious.)\u00a0 <\/span>These dreams often contain higher wisdom or teachings or experiences beyond the ken of every day ordinary waking consciousness.<\/p>\n I want to talk today about Wisdom Dreams.\u00a0 <\/span>Sometimes I will have a dream \u2013 often quite a short dream \u2013 in which there are some specific words of wisdom.\u00a0 <\/span>I get the sense these words do not come from my ego, from my little self, but from the part of me or the world that is so much bigger.\u00a0 <\/span>This wisdom could come from my higher self, from spirit guides, from God\/Goddess\/Spirit, or we could simply say it comes from \u201cThe Dreammaker.\u201d (This is a term sometimes used to describe that which is not really knowable \u2013 the creative force behind our dreams.\u00a0 <\/span>Where do they come from? \u00a0<\/span>Since we can never really know for sure, let\u2019s just give this Source\/entity a name.)<\/p>\n Here is a small collection of words of wisdom which have come from my dreams:<\/p>\n Other times there are dream characters \u2013 teachers and wise ones in the guise of old men or women, or perhaps animals or children \u2013 and they share with us words of guidance or instruction or inspiration.\u00a0 <\/span>Here are a couple of mine:<\/p>\n Other authors have written about sacred dreams they have had and the words of wisdom which have been uttered by dream characters\/guides\/teachers.\u00a0 <\/span>Here are a few:<\/p>\n Dreams are blessings meant to help you, heal you, instruct you, inspire you, and guide you.\u00a0 When your dreams speak to you, please listen.\u00a0 <\/span>If a wise one appears in your dream, please pay attention.\u00a0 <\/span>Wisdom is available to us if we are open to receiving it.<\/p>\n Dream well, everyone.<\/p>\n Peace be with you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many people disregard the importance of dreams.\u00a0 They may think of them as a crazy, mixed up, subconscious unraveling of the day\u2019s events.\u00a0 Often they pay them no attention whatsoever, except perhaps when they have a vivid nightmare or a dream that occurs over and over again.\u00a0 But even then many are likely to discount…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":553,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[218,3,94,25,128,95,216,4,143,219,141,220,42,217,214,215],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-big-dreams","category-blessings","category-divine-guidance","category-dream","category-dream-exploration","category-guidance","category-guides","category-inspiration","category-learning","category-medicine-dreams","category-metaphysical-messages","category-sacred-dreams","category-spiritual-tools","category-the-talmud","category-wisdom","category-wise-ones"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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