{"id":3502,"date":"2011-11-11T05:25:41","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T10:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/dreamgates\/?p=3502"},"modified":"2011-11-11T05:32:14","modified_gmt":"2011-11-11T10:32:14","slug":"act-on-your-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dreamgates\/2011\/11\/act-on-your-dreams.html","title":{"rendered":"Act on your dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/dreamgates\/files\/2011\/11\/13th-Lake-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3503\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/80\/2011\/11\/13th-Lake-2-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a>Dreams require action! If we do not do something with our dreams in waking life, we miss out on the magic. Real magic consists of bringing something through from a deeper reality into our physical lives, which is why <em>active <\/em>dreaming is a way of natural magic \u2013 but only if we take the necessary action to bring the magic through.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping a dream journal and sharing dreams on a regular basis are important ways of honoring dreams and the powers that speak through dreams. Here are some more suggestions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>create from a dream<\/em>: turn the dream into a story or poem. Draw from it, paint from it, turn it into a comic strip<\/li>\n<li><em>take a physical action<\/em> to celebrate an element in the dream, such as wearing the color that was featured in the dream, traveling to a place from the dream, making a phone call to an old friend who showed up in the dream<\/li>\n<li><em>use an object or create a dream talisman to hold the energy of the dream: <\/em>A stone or crystal may be a good place to hold the energy of a dream, and return to it.<\/li>\n<li><em>use the dream as a travel advisory: <\/em>If the dream appears to contain guidance on a future situation, carry it with you as a personal travel advisory. Summarize the dream information on a cue card or hold it in an image you can <em>physically <\/em>carry.<\/li>\n<li><em>go back into the dream<\/em> to clarify details, dialogue with a dream character, explore\u00a0 the larger reality \u2013 and have marvelous fun!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dreams require action! If we do not do something with our dreams in waking life, we miss out on the magic. Real magic consists of bringing something through from a deeper reality into our physical lives, which is why active dreaming is a way of natural magic \u2013 but only if we take the necessary&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":224,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,25,5,2,14],"tags":[734],"class_list":["post-3502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-active-dreaming","category-conscious-living","category-dreams","category-dreamwork","category-journaling","tag-real-magic"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Act on your dreams - Dream Gates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dreamgates\/2011\/11\/act-on-your-dreams.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Act on your dreams - Dream Gates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dreams require action! 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