{"id":2228,"date":"2011-04-16T18:39:37","date_gmt":"2011-04-16T22:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/dreamgates\/?p=2228"},"modified":"2011-04-16T18:41:18","modified_gmt":"2011-04-16T22:41:18","slug":"a-dream-is-a-place-you-can-visit-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dreamgates\/2011\/04\/a-dream-is-a-place-you-can-visit-again.html","title":{"rendered":"A dream is a place you can visit again"},"content":{"rendered":"

A simple and natural way to become a lucid or c\"\"<\/a>onscious dreamer is to use a remembered dream as the portal for a journey. Think of it this way: In your night dream, you went to a place, which may resemble a site in ordinary reality or may be somewhere quite extraordinary where the physics are utterly different. Either way, because you were in a certain place, you may be able to find your way back there, just as you could return to that caf\u00e9 or bookshop or house party you once visited in your regular life. <\/span><\/p>\n

Why would you want to do such a<\/span>thing? There are plenty of excellent reasons. Maybe you\u2019ve been running away from your dreams and leaving them broken and unfinished because there\u2019s something in your dream world that scares you. If you can find the courage to go back inside one of those nightmares, wide awake and conscious, and face what frightened you, it\u2019s more than likely you\u2019ll find power and healing waiting for you on the other side of the terror. The fiercest dragons guard the richest terrors, said Rilke, with a poet\u2019s clarity.<\/p>\n

You may want to go back inside a dream because you were having a great time that was interrupted by the alarm clock or the kids tickling your toes. You may want to go back in to have more of a conversation with someone who appeared to you in a dream \u2013 your departed grandmother, maybe, or a wise old man you suspect is a guide \u2013 or to read a letter you left unread. You may want to see what\u2019s on the top floor of that mysterious house, or down in the root cellar. You may have a mystery to solve.<\/p>\n

You may want to clarify whether that plane crash could take place in the future, as either a literal and symbolic event, and what you need to do with that information (once you have it clear) in order to avoid or contain an unwanted development.<\/p>\n

You may simply want to know more about a dream. The best way to understand a dream is to recover more of the experience<\/em> of the dream. Dreams are experiences, not texts, and a dream experience, fully remembered, is its own interpretation.<\/p>\n

Through the technique of dream reentry, you can pursue any of these agendas, or simply enjoy the fun and adventure of using a personal dream image as a portal to the multiverse. The best time to attempt dream reentry may be when the dream is fresh and you are still closely connected to it \u2013 lazing in bed after waking, or slipping back into bed after a bathroom stop. But if the dream has energy for you, you may be able to go back inside it long afterwards.<\/p>\n

You’ll find detailed guidance on the dreem renetry technique in several of my books, including the new one, Active Dreaming<\/a><\/em>. I have recorded a CD of shamanic drumming to fuel and focus the dream reentry journey, titled Wings for the Journey<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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