{"id":5437,"date":"2013-02-04T18:04:37","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T23:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/dreamgates\/?p=5437"},"modified":"2013-02-04T18:04:37","modified_gmt":"2013-02-04T23:04:37","slug":"dreaming-we-are-at-home-on-the-other-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dreamgates\/2013\/02\/dreaming-we-are-at-home-on-the-other-side.html","title":{"rendered":"Dreaming, we are at home on the Other Side"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Marc Chagall “Jacob’s Ladder” (1957)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dreaming is the best preparation for dying because in dreams we travel the same roads, out of the body, that we will take after death, when we no longer have physical bodies.<\/p>\n

In our dreams, we are released from the laws of physical reality, and\u00a0travel into other dimensions, including environments where the departed\u00a0may be living. Through dreams of this kind, we can begin to develop a\u00a0personal geography of the afterlife, which will be vastly enriched when\u00a0we learn the art of conscious dream travel, which is at the heart of myown teaching and practice.<\/p>\n

In my workshops, I often invite participants to focus on a dream or\u00a0memory of a departed person and make it their intention to journey –\u00a0with the help of shamanic drumming – to seek timely and helpful\u00a0communication with that person and to learn about the environment where\u00a0that person is now living. From these journeys, we have collected\u00a0multifarious and fascinating details of reception centers, transition\u00a0zones, places of recovery and further education and communications\u00a0arrangements on the other side.\u00a0 We have explored many afterlife locales\u00a0shaped by human imaginations and collective belief systems.<\/p>\n

I don’t think it is possible to overstate the importance of developing\u00a0first-hand knowledge of the afterlife. If we know, as a matter of direct\u00a0experience, that there is life beyond death, we are likely to approach\u00a0the choices and challenges of our regular lives\u00a0with greater clarity and courage. If we are aware of the conditions of\u00a0the afterlife, we are less likely to become stuck or confused when we\u00a0leave our bodies behind.<\/p>\n

If we are going on a journey, it is useful to have a map. In\u00a0preparing for death, many cultures have attributed huge importance to
\nreceiving accurate maps for the soul’s journey, with directions on how\u00a0to deal with gatekeepers and challenges along the way. The trouble with old maps is that they may be hopelessly out of date or -worse – may deliver you into a stale collective situation where you do not really want to be. So where do we get an up-to-date map? Through dreaming, and conscious dream travel, as explained in depth in my books\u00a0Dreamgates<\/a><\/em>\u00a0and The Dreamer’s Book of the Dead<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Lakota say that the path of the soul in dreams is the same as\u00a0the path of souls after death. I believe this is exactly right. Our
\ndreams will show us, and our departed loved ones, the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dreaming is the best preparation for dying because in dreams we travel the same roads, out of the body, that we will take after death, when we no longer have physical bodies. 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