Is Success Killing Your Dreams?
“A man’s gift makes room for him and brings him before great men”
Proverbs 18:16 (www.christianwalktoday.com)

How do you differentiate between your gift and your talents or skills?
Gift - 1) something you have a true passion for and could do 24/7 with or without reward or recognition. 2) the thought of never doing “this” makes you sad/depressed and you can’t imagine “this” not being a part of your life.

Talent - 1) you do this because you can 2) you have to be rewarded/compensated/recognized for it 3) if you do it, cool. If you don’t, you wouldn’t miss it.

Your talents are an illusion and can create a perception of truth. Also, your talents can be “dated”. You may possess a skill set that is in demand today and you can not give it away tomorrow. But your gift flows from you and through you effortlessly and never dries up, fade away, runs out, or ends. (”For the gifts and the calling of GOD are irrevocable“) Romans 11:29 (NKJV)

It’s time for all of us to LIVE and not just exist. Everything you need is already in you. (”You are already full! You are already rich!…“) 1 Corinthians 4:8 (NKJV)

To be in a position to “receive” what your gift is you must have the faith to believe GOD has a plan for your life. Then take the time to identify what would you do for free, would never get tired of doing, and it brings you joy, even when it comes with struggles and challenges.

To live in your gift, you must trust and believe that GOD will provide. You have to know that you will receive the provisions you need and the wisdom to make adjustments in your life to accommodate the changes in your career, your time, your friends, and/or your location to put you in a position to DO what you love and enjoy your life to the fullest. (”You will succeed in whatever you choose to do, and light will shine on the road ahead of you“) Job 22:28 (New Living Translation).  Visit www.christianwalktoday.com to view part 1 of this message. 

If not now, WHEN…

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We all dream. I believe that dreams can contain valid messages from God. In order for us to understand these messages, we must interpret our dreams. Below are seven foundational principles for interpreting dreams:

1. Most dreams are symbolic (including biblical dreams), so view them the same way you would view a political cartoon. Throw the switch in your brain that says, “Look at this symbolically.”

You can learn the art of communicating symbolically by playing the game “Pictionary” or “Bible Pictionary.”

2. The symbols will come from the dreamer’s life, so ask, “What does this symbol mean to me?” or, if working on another’s dream, ask, “What does this symbol mean to you?”

For example, Joseph was a shepherd, and he dreamed of sheaves and sun, moon and stars bowing down (Gen. 37:1-11). These images surround a shepherd boy who lives in the fields. Nebuchadnezzar, a king, dreamed of statues of gold (Dan 2:31ff), which surround kings who live in palaces.

3. The dream generally speaks of the concerns which your heart is currently facing. So ask, “What issues was I processing the day before I had the dream?”

For example, Paul was wondering where to go next on his missionary journey and had a dream of a Macedonian man motioning for him to come on over (Acts 16:6-11). Nebuchadnezzar was thinking his kingdom would go on forever (Dan. 4:28-33) and he had a dream of a tree being chopped off at the roots (Dan. 4:9-27). Once you know the thoughts that were on the dreamer’s heart when he fell asleep, it is much easier to draw out the meaning of the dream.

4. The meaning of the dream must be drawn from the dreamer. Realize you know nothing about the dream, but through dependence upon the Holy Spirit and the skillful use of questions, you can draw the meaning of the dream out from the heart of the dreamer.

As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams (Dan. 1:17).

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out (Prov. 20:5).

5. The dreamer’s heart will leap and “witness” and say, “Aha!” when it hears the right interpretation, so never accept an interpretation that does not bear witness in the dreamer’s heart.

6. Dreams reveal but do not condemn. Their goal is to preserve life, not to destroy it (Job 33:13-18).

7. Never make a major decision in your life based only on a dream without receiving additional confirmation from the other ways that God speaks to us and guides us (peace in our hearts, the counsel of others, illumined Scriptures, God’s still small voice, prophecy, anointed reasoning, etc.).

As I discuss in the classes of the Christian University and Online Bible College where I teach, dreams can help us to understand certain aspects of our lives, gain direction and guidance for decisions, and contain messages from God. So, it is good to take the time to recall and interpret our dreams.

Mark Virkler is with Christian Leadership University. CLU is a Christian University and Online Bible College offering Christian education including Christian counseling and Christian theology seminaries and offers certificates, undergrad, Masters, and Doctorates in the various Christian colleges of CLU.

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In our waking life, we go to places for a reason. We go to the cinema to watch a film (and possibly to hold hands with our date), we go to the park to take the day off and play a ballgame with friends (or ogle good-looking people), we go to the beach to dig our toes in the sand and take a dip in the waters (or again, ogle good-looking people). There is always a reason, one way or another.

In these days of busy lifestyle, few of us waste time going to places where we have no business. Which is why we should be thankful that when we dream, we have the luxury of going to places we have never been before.

And, just as in our waking life, it follows then that the places we go to in our dreams have an underlying meaning as well. Below is part two of Dream Interpretations of venues you find yourself in during your sleep.

Desert

Ordinarily, deserts are barren and lonely places. In a dream, they imply a state of being lost and wanting to arrive home or be found. But the great spaciousness and emptiness of the desert landscape can also be beneficial; it signals a silence and meditation your life may be needing.

Airplane

Airplanes symbolize flight, freedom, and escape from the mundane. So if you dream of being in an airplane, whether or not you have a fear of heights, it just means you need to face those fears of the unknown and be thankful for their possibilities. If you dream of being the pilot, then this is a good sign: it is an undertaking and journey which you have taken complete control of.

Backyard

Backyards are fenced-in spaces outside our houses which we don't want neighbors to see, or intruders to trespass. Thus, to dream of sweeping in a backyard, for instance, means you want to cleanse that part of you which you fear is laid bare to the public.

Bridge

Crossing a bridge means an inevitable transition in your life, a shift in lifestyle, belief, location, relationship, etc. Observe the sturdiness of the bridge, or if it shakes under your weight. Also, look at the water below if it's calm or treacherous, or if it is an abyss instead. All these are signs of your readiness to cross over.

Church

Church are obviously holy places, which in a dream means you are reevaluating your life and want to lead a more spiritual one. Dreams of being inside a church always is a sign of good luck. An alternative interpretation is that you are questioning authority in your life, as churches and religion in general operate on authority.

Kitchen

Kitchens in dreams evoke either hunger, not just for physical nourishment, but spiritual as well. If you dream of yourself cooking in a kitchen, filling the room with a warm, inviting aroma, it just means you are taking an active role in your life.

Hell

We all have our personal versions of hell, and it does not necessarily have to be the commonly-thought of underground place with burning sulfur and demons with spears. If you dream of being in a hellish place, you could be feeling guilt from a sin you may have committed, or else, it is a premature punishment you are imposing on yourself, even if you haven't really done anything wrong in the first place. Hell is a place of self-censorship, so take it easy on yourself.

Hospital

It depends whether you are the one confined in a hospital, or you are only visiting a sick friend. Hospitals in dreams are signs that make us aware of our mortality, and of course, our health. Also, a sense of authority and properness operates inside a hospital (uniforms, schedules, SOP's, dosages, doctor's orders, etc), and your little visit there in your dream implies a confrontation with authority you might be avoiding or looking forward to.

Field

Is it a barren field, or a lush green one? To dream of spacious fields imply a whole world of possibilities and potential for you, as if the ground is all prepared for new plantings. Then again, the saying “the grass is always greener on the other side” can also come into play here.

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When we dream there are common types of dreams that we have. They include digestive dreams (food), psychological, from the spiritual side, future, precognitive, new Information, knowledge, the dead or spiritual guides and context of our thoughts. Our conscious mind has no control over what we dream, they are always free spirited and derive from our conscious thoughts.

Even though dreams are studied scientifically, we all have differences in our genetic make-up that result in other possibilities when we dig deep and try to see what dreams are made of. There are many other factors that should really be considered while conducting your own Dream Analysis...

Other Elements that Effect Why People Dream

• Your childhood
• What happened during your day that was troubling?
• What are you fearful of?
• What do you desire and hope for?

By considering these important dream influencing elements you will be able to quickly zoom in on why people dream the dreams they do.

Sometimes dreams pregnant woman require dream analyzing to satisfy the curiosity of your subconscious mind. For example here are 3 dreams a pregnant woman may think about in her conscious day. An incubator, giving baby a kiss and doing the washing.

But What Does Each Dream Denote?

Babies in Incubators
Baby incubators seen in a dream are portents of better health for you and your family. Chicken incubators are an omen of being able to meet your obligations.

Getting and Giving Kisses
The portent of a kiss in a dream depends on the circumstances surrounding it. Kisses between married people are an omen of content; between unmarried people they predict happiness. A woman who dreams of kissing an old man will suffer disappointment. To dream of kissing a baby indicating success in a difficult undertaking. Kisses given in hypocrisy or contrary to moral code are a sign of illness or disgrace.

Cleaning Your Body and Clothes
If you dream of washing clothes in a tub, it presages that you will be called upon to act as peacemaker between quarreling lovers. Washing clothes in a machine portends a vacation with pay. To dream of washing your body is a sign of success in a new venture. If you wash a baby in a dream, you will find happiness in your home.
Dreams have been studied for ages...ancient people thought a dream was when the soul left the body to send and receive messages to a spiritual entity.

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Although you don't always realize it, you spend a portion of each night letting your unconscious spirit dance through your dreams, weaving elaborate scenes with shreds of your past, present, and (imagined) future. When you remember these images, they may fascinate, confuse, or frighten you. "Where was I?" "Who was that person?" "What does it all mean?"

From the very first documented dream in 3500 B.C. to the present day, people have been intrigued, mystified, guided, even governed by their dreams. Dreams may be fragments of an unresolved event from the past or of subconscious desires for the present. Your spirit may be trying to rise above your current situation and move forward into the future. Dreams can wreak havoc with peaceful slumber-or bring harmony to your life.Throughout history, the fascination with dreams has been universal. Ancient Egyptians approached dreams with religious reverence.

Greek writers and philosophers including Plato and Aristotle believed that during sleep humans and divine beings communicated, and that dreams were the memories of those conversations. Traditional Hawaiian culture teaches that during dreams, the human soul travels on journeys, meeting others and having important experiences.

But it is important to remember that each dreamers journey is a personal one. Only you can decipher the meaning behind the images that appear during unconscious slumber. Your spirit speaks to you at night through your dreams. Listen to its messages. Use the guide to help interpret dream meanings. Unravel the mysteries of your mind and sail with your creative soul on a ever sweeter dream journey. When we are awake, we think in words. When we are asleep we think in images.

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Sometimes a Cigar

What is the connection between your dreams and your waking life, present and future? Do dreams really come true and what is their meaning? Can the dream books interpret your dreams accurately?

  We all wonder about dreams and most of us have experienced them in one form or another. Dream guides and experts tell us to monitor our dreams, keep a journal and look for patterns from one dream to another. In this way we can begin to interpret our dreams and correlate them with what we are experiencing in our waking life.

Dreams can be tricky and often elusive and misleading. But all of them are subject to interpretation. The books are not definitive and because we are trying to explain the subjective in objective terms, there is a vast margin for error and misinterpretation.

Some of the better books are based on research. Subjects keep track of their dreams and the researchers correlate the results with current or past events in a subject's life. So if fifty people are dreaming about flying and they have similar life experiences then a statement about dreaming can be made. I pulled three dream books from my library and looked up flying and I can see why reading these books and applying what is written to your own experience can be difficult and most frustrating.

The Unexplained Store!

Dreams I believe, are a close personal experience that is created for you, by you, and is in itself an interpretation of your thoughts, not the other way around. They are manifestations of a life in a different realm of existence which may or may not have anything to do with your waking state other than you remember some of it. They are also an opportunity for you to create a connection or meaning to them or not.

Because we are creative beings, our creations only have personal significance and that changes the more we think about them as we recreate our creations differently. Thinking about a thing is like adding another ingredient to the recipe, it becomes something different.

There are people who are very passionate about their lives. They are passionate about their futures and where they see themselves, and they dream about it. It is a constant companion during their waking hours as well. So these thoughts spill over into their dreams. They dream of the future and they see things and these things are manifested into their waking experience. So passion may be the grease that moves things along. If one is passionate about a thing, then they are totally into it, it is a state of being that excludes anything else. It is the passion that has life, not the person, it is the idea being born that takes precedence over ones own personal being. Thoughts are in fact life - things are the manifestation of thought. You are the result of a thought and it is your thoughts about your life that are real, not you.

Dreaming may or may not have any significance in your life, and does it really matter? I believe that some of us are here as observers and not participators. Personally I don't dream about my future. I have always been a loner although I am always involved with people in one way or another. I became an author eight years ago, and I am now a published international author of books, articles and websites. I have never dreamed about my future. I have a desire to be a recognized, accomplished international author, and I have set that as my goal. I have a new future in site, but I have to constantly remind myself of it. I don't see into the future and I don't dream about it, even though it comes naturally for me and therefore a part of who I am. I have the connections, the expertise and the desire, but not the dreams.

With all the people I have around me, I stand alone, an observer and possibly a portal - the one that holds the door open, a beacon with no hands. Or a light that shows the way, but not the driver.

There is no meaning to life other than the meaning you give it. Dreams have no meaning unless you think they do. And again, as Freud put it, "sometimes a cigar is just a cigar." Sometimes things are - just because!

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Psalm 126 reads as follows from the New Oxford Annotated Bible:

When the Lord rescued the fortunes of Zion, we were like those that dream,

Then our mouth was filled with laughter,

And our tongue with shouts of joy,

Then it was said among the nations,

“The Lord has done great things for them"

The Lord has done great things for us,

And we rejoiced,

Restore our fortunes, O Lord,

Like the watercourses in the Negeb,

May those who sow in tears,

Reap with shouts of joy,

Those who go weeping,

Bearing the seed for sowing,

Shall come home with shouts of joy,

Carrying their sheaves.

Restoration is a matter of seeking in prayer and this psalm contains that specific request, for the restoration of fortunes.

Here the Lord has done great things isolated to where it could be seen that they were done for specific people. Granted it could have been all the earth and this is very possible, but in this case, it was great things that came upon specific individuals to where it could be seen by those outside of a circle individuals who nevertheless were observers who were able to see what had happened.

We don’t know what is going on with people for sure, but it can be seen that some people seem to at least on the surface and at least for now really do have good fortune that can be seen and observed by others. These great things, or good fortunes were both visible to those who received them and also to those who were onlookers.  To both the ones under the blessings and the onlookers, the actions of the Lord were visible. Neither group was in the dark as to what happened both as those within the underlay of what had happened and the outside observers looking on could also keenly surmise what had happened.

The fortunes of these individuals came under the purview of the Lord. In those times ,when this psalm was written, things like harvests were very dependent on what happened in nature and that was considered well beyond the control of the farmers expertise. All he could do would be to sow, and whatever happened from there, depended on fortune. The farmer did have his part, he did sow, but the reaping if it was to happen, was not under his control enough to where he could say yes, this is what can and will happen.

Today, with scientific advancements, there is a lot more that can interject into a crop and what happens to a seeded field than what would be involved back then. But even with current advancements, there are still lots of deference to fortune even into today's advanced environment as weather patterns are still beyond the control of the modern farmer. Symbolically then, you could personally advance your education, your position in your field, your expertise and way of doing things, and still you would be at a point of depending on fortune and whether the hand of the Lord is having favor upon you and new science has not been able to factor out fortune or the lack thereof. Those mentioned here in this psalm, were able to discern great things and discern that these great things were of the Lord’s doing. Today, with lot’s of overlays, possibly obscuring just what is great things from the Lord and what is just part of a seeming common advancement in science and the accumlated common knowledge makes this discernment process perhaps more difficult but the information explosion can indeed camouflage that a situation may and does break down as to the whether the Lord will restore fortunes.

Here in this psalm, those who were weeping, went out with basically nothing, except for having a plan to sow something new. They did go out there, despite their troubles and their distresses. They did not have what they needed or wanted when they went out on a seeming search. They had their dreams, but little more than a sowers chance against large and looming uncertainties.

The first verse of this psalm is important. It says,

“When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream." Basically, what this verse is saying, as the Lord’s restoration took place, their personal dreams came true. This verse is important as often in literature and the arts there is the idea of the dream come true, and it says it right here in the very first verse of this psalm.

It had been seen that some people did live with hopes of their dream being realized but it might have be so far reaching to them and their personal circumstances that it was not practical to dream or it was best to let their dreams submerge and be hidden from view.

This verse shows that deep down people do have dreams, even if they don’t admit of them, even to themselves.  Their dreams could be buried under the surface of resentments on and over what has gone wrong and what has seemingly been lost.

Verse 2 says, “Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy."

These dreams, which have now resurfaced as a reality, did in fact have a lot to do with happiness, joyfulness and outright laughter or being on the light side of things as when the dreams did come true, the result was a state of joy and happiness.

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People do become so guarded, that they might lose sight of what they really do dream of and for. In any event, these verses show that the Lord is cognizant of our dreams and restoration itself is on the side of dreams coming true on an individual basis. As the shadows of troubles have come by, one thing to ask the Lord for in prayer is to help you to revisit what your dreams really are and how to fill into their invitation. The ultimate turnaround was accomplished by the Lord and this turnaround involved fulfillment and realization of dreams.

Verse 4 is very interesting as it says,
" Restore our fortunes, O Lord, like the watercourses in the Negeb."

Here the Negeb, which was considered the south from Judah, was an area that had great abundance of land and crops, a period of difficulties and was promised restoration in the prophetic book of Jeremiah. These waterways must have dried up to an extent and then were restored by the Lord.

Whatever the Lord did for the waterways of Negeb, was the example in this psalm of great things the Lord has done, that were widely seen and observed by the outer world.

It is interesting that this example of a “great thing" done by the Lord and involving restoration deals with flow and restoration of flow of the waterways.

Symbolically, a lot of what we might ask for in prayer could constitute flow. I could for example ask for wealth, or rephrase and ask for a steady flow of wealth or a great and consistently great flow of wealth. I could ask for healing or rephrase and ask for healing to flow.  Anything I could possibly ask for could be put into the context of having it restored into a flow.

Here in Negeb, which according to historians at one point contained 29 cities, the Lord restored the watercourses. It wasn’t just one stream or river, but a series of streams that were involved. Within restoration, we are relying on the Lord to overlook any number of channels or rivulets and flows that are needed. Indeed, we might lack visibility as to what these channels and flows even are as we can't necessarily see all that might be involved in an issue. Even for example, if you were to swim in the ocean, there might be several undercurrents right below the surface all of which can not necessarily be seen.  It is true that we have low visibility when it comes to a lot of things and to obtain views we need to be graced towards these views and part of the grace of an answered prayer might be a view we could obtain.  But indeed any number of things may need to be flowing properly for us. The Lord’s restorative actions were parceled to Negeb. The restoration was specific in nature, kind and locale. The Lord's answer for wanted restoration was focused and contained flow in this psalm.

The individuals at the end of this psalm went out weeping. They were on the other side of their dreams, and before this reality had taken hold the possibilities of their dreams ever coming true was way in the distance and truly out of reach. Not only did their dreams come true, they were able to come home with their dream, meaning they could settle into their dream and live it out on the home front. The stepped into their drive and lived it. It wasn’t just illusory or fleeting, as the dream took hold and the reality of it could be called home.  The Lord came to an in between place for them and took them to the side of their dreams and we can see how great Biblical figures were often in that place where things were in between. They were in between in that they had their hopes and dreams and that place was only seeable and visible in their imaginings. The Lord came into that in between place and got them through to the wanted place with his restorative powers to the fruition of their dreams.  The Lord came into whatever was between them and their dreams and got them past the obstacles that might have otherwise been insurmountable to the place of their dreams.

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Symbolic objects in our dreams have intrigued us since ancient times. The symbolism in both tribal lore and legends, and stories in the Bible, is related to the symbolism of dreams. I seek here only to give a little taste of this fascinating subject; by discussing TREES and TRUMPETS.

Most psychological terms like projection, complex, system and symbol are absent from the Bible, for the simple reason that they were absent from most ancient languages. Likewise they are absent from the myths and legends of tribal peoples. When the ancients needed to talk of such things, they had to turn to metaphor and symbolism. That was not so hard to do. Our dreams are full of symbolic imagery, alchemical colors and mythical creatures that seem to be a synthesis of life-forms that we know. A basic tenet of Jungian psychology is that these symbols are held in the collective subconscious are are available to all of us at the subconscious level.

The Bible mentions TREE some 160 times, and in the majority of these instances tree is symbolic. Olive, fig, oak, green and dry trees are mentioned requently. Trees often symbolize spiritual processes, and are often seen as a link between heavenly activities and earthly activities. The fruit of a tree often symbolizes the end result or the bottom line of the process. The processes symbolized are not necessarily morally good ones. For instance, GREEN tree is typically associated with idolatrous or otherwise sinful processes. Fig tree is mentioned not only in regards to figs as food, but as in material prosperity in general. In Norse mythology the YGGDRASIL or World Tree is associated with the process of creating, and eventually destroying, the world; although it is believed that it itself will survive that destruction. Yggdrasil connects the world of gods, of the giants, of mankind, and Niflheim, the world of the dead. It is morally neutral; creatures both good and bad are nourished, sheltered and facilitated by it.

Trees in dreams tend to have similar symbolism. A dry tree can represent a constant, or unchanging process; but this can also mean a stagnant or essentially dead one. A green tree can represent a growing, maturing process, but possibly a morally questionable one. Of course the tree you see in a dream may be just like one you are familiar with in waking life; or may be a synthesis of several you know in waking life; or it may arise from the universal imagery of the collective subconscious.

Trumpets in the Bible are of course often to announce heavenly events or interventions, as they do in folklore and tribal legends. The events are not necessarily morally good, as in the usurping Sheba (2 Sam. 20:1-20). Psychologically the trumpet symbolizes the point of no return; when events have come to an unstoppable momentum and inevitable conclusion. So it is in Norse mythology with Gjallarhorn, Heimdall's 'trumpet', (which was a long serpentine horn; it did'nt look much like a trumpet).

Mythicalism - a philosophy put forth by Santayana - holds that events and relationships in our lives are the re-enactment of tribal legends, and/or of Bible stories. The symbols in these legends and stories can combine in a great many ways. For instance the story of Joshua and Jericho is one of walls - the setting of boundaries - and of the process of tearing down those walls - the dissolving of boundaries. Just as in astrology where Virgo - the boundary creator - and Pisces - the boundary dissolver - are opposites; so in our lives there has come, or will come, a time that conflicting parts of ourselves will try to build and strengthen boundaries, and dissolve those boundaries. The trumpets in the Bible story suggest that the time will come when we have passed a point of no return. Several things in the story occur in quantities of seven: trumpets, number of times marched about the city, etc.: these bring the symbolic qualities of the number seven; it will be a time of completion, of rest, with its ever- present danger of stagnation. The harlot in the biblical story suggests a situation where what we think as morally wrong will be, in this case, right.

Using dreams to understand our life patterns

Jungian psychology combines with the philosophy of mythicalism, championed by Santayana, which maintains that patterns of our lives and relationships are in effect re-enactments of ancient cultural and tribal legends, translated into the scenarios of our modern age. In coaching, clients explore parts of themselves, using the archetypal interactions of Biblical stories and of cultural-tribal lore and legends as points of reference. This is the value of dream work in coaching, because even though the substance of our dreams seems to have no relationship to the events of our day-to-day lives; through the symbolism of dreams which is also the symbolism of tribal lore and of Bible stories, they do.

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Author: Dave Smart

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Dave Smart, the lead coach for Transcendence Coaching and Mentoring, has had extensive education and experience in coaching, and as an initiate in certain mystery schools he has studied the legends and symbolism of various tribal societies. "Legends quite similar to one another often pop up in cultures separated continents apart", he says. If you find recurring incidents being the "story of your life" and want to change that; then coaching, dream work, and learning about how these incidents tie in to tribal legends, is for you. Check out TCM's website: http://www.transcendencecoach.com

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While sleeping we usually envision a non-stop sequence of images that might touch us psychologically and this motion picture that we view while we are sleeping deeply is referred to as DREAMS. We might see a number of dreams that may or may not be connected to our lives in anyways, but dreams do have some importance in our lives. You may cry, laugh, dance, make fun, enjoy, be upset or even quarrel in your dreams. You may see dreams that include animals, insects, birds, nature, water in form of oceans or seas, nudity, sexuality, spiritual etc. and enormous other things that you might have ever heard of. Dreams do have certain amount of importance in our lives, these are the communications of the dark. It is an illusion of night because while we are fast asleep our internal soul connects to the spiritual or holy kingdom. Anyways, our dreams generate a feeling or some sort of message that may be referring to the dreamer and due to this factor one particular dream might comprise a few interpretations in general. But then your dreams can assist you to a huge amount if they are interpreted accurately. Some dreams may be general like what you have been doing or wondering all through the day might be seen while you are sleeping or some may simply reflect your temperament, so these types of dreams are just casual dreams which do not have any significance or influence in your lives. These dreams often disturb your sleep as they are disconnected and messy. Some dreams come from your internal essence, these are carnal dreams. This reflects fear, anger, anxiety or sadness which may be because of your previous offences. There are other knids of dreams that are called prophetic or spiritual dreams and these have huge importance in your lives as they send us some sort of signals for your future. Spiritual dreams carry some message sent by God to guess your future and has a great impact in your life. We should know how to interpret our dreams exactly so as to know what our future holds for us. The following points may aid you to interpret your dreams perfectly: - You need to remember your dream and record it as soon as you wake up from your sleep. For this you should keep a paper and a pen ready with you. - Note down what you dreamt and your action after the dream, positive or negative. Underline the points that influenced you most. - Analyze whether it was a normal dream, carnal dream or spiritual dream, as only spiritual dreams really help you to understand your future. - Buy a trustworthy Dreamer's dictionary and it is conveniently available on any of the bookstores, or you can even purchase it online. - You can even design your own Dream Dictionary by some signs that itself depicts the feature, like horse depicts liberty, speed and power etc. - Decide the main theme you dreamt about, suppose you dreamt about "Sailing in a rough sea" where your ship is about to submerge…this is the key theme of your dream. - A thorough explanation of your dream is, assume you are sailing in a rough sea and your vessel is about to submerge and you are prepared to die. You suddenly see the other side of the shore which is a beautiful garden with colorful flowers allover. Now this might be interpreted as you are facing a tough phase of life presently with a lot of difficulties and monetary crisis. You have almost lost all your hopes. But then there is a message from God, the beautiful garden that you see in your dreams is asking you not to loose hopes as your goodluck is just about to come. Seeing a beautiful garden full of flowers is an indication of success for your hardwork and sincerity. - While interpreting your dreams you should take care of both the sides of the coin, the positives and the negatives, as both are important for an accurate Dream Analysis. - If you feel contented and comfortable after you have dreamt, it means a good luck is about to glitter on you. A distress after a dream depicts misfortune that is about to come. - Finally you should interpret your dreams keenly and with great concentration as a little error may lead you to wrong interpretation. Thus, you need to interpret your dream with utmost cautiousness in order to know what actually your future may hold for you.

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