Simple exercises to help
you learn lucid dreaming and meet departed spirits on your dream
journeys
Journey into Your Dreams: Control
Your Dreams and Meet Lost Loved Ones
by Rachael Towle
Somewhere
between hither and yon exists a place where dreams are made. In this
secret location, you can be whatever you want to be, and even see
almost anything and anyone you want to see. The key to making this
quest a success is to unlock the secret of dreaming.
For the last half of my
life, I have spent a lot of time trying to learn more about dreams
and dreaming. My first step was learning how to control my dreams.
It isn't like a video game where I control everything that happens
in a dream, but I have been able to control my own actions when I am
dreaming something that doesn't feel right or leaves me feeling
uncomfortable. The ability to release yourself from a bad dream or
even remove yourself from an uncomfortable position is an amazing
feeling, and learning how to do this through controlling your dreams
starts with one simple exercise.
The first step to
controlling your dreams is to start by thinking of an object before
you go to bed. The best object to start with is something on your
person, whether it is your hands, your feet, your clothes, etc.
While trying to drift off into dream land, tell yourself to look for
that object in your dreams. It may take days, weeks, or even months
before you actually locate the object, but you will eventually find
it. Even if you are successful, keep trying. Practice makes perfect.
You will begin to find it easier and easier to locate the object,
and in doing so, you will be opening the first of many doors that
lead you to a land where dreams are almost completely without
limits.
After mastering the art of
locating your defined object, you can move onto more complex
objects, places, or even people. You will eventually find yourself
in a state of lucid dreaming, which means you are aware of the fact
that you are dreaming while you are actually in the dream. It is at
this moment you will bring your conscious, waking mind to you
subconscious and dreaming mind. This connection is magical and when
you are able to do this, the ability will remain and you will always
have that connection. You won't always be able to do this at will,
but it will happen as often as you need it too (keeping in mind that
want and need are two separate things).
Outside of being able to
achieve a state of lucid dreaming, your dreams supply a location for
you to communicate with other people you know in life, and even
those that have passed on to the after-life. After many of my own
experiences, and reading books published by famous and renowned
mediums, I have learned that while asleep and dreaming, when I see
loved ones that have passed, they are actually communicating with me
in the most common way lost loved ones do. If you have ever
experienced a dream like this, you know that when you wake up you
feel a sense of wholeness, satisfaction, and the feeling of love is
so strong you could easily say you feel as if you have bathed in a
pool of love. Just as warm as their embrace was in our waking life
while they were alive, the love we receive from our passed loved
ones in our dreams is just as real.
The difference in being able
to locate your hands in a dream and locating a lost loved one is
that you are trying to locate another intelligent being, not just an
inanimate object or a part of your own being. That being must be a
willing participant. I believe that not all spirits are willing to
connect with you while dreaming. Some because their death is still
too recent, and others because they know (for whatever reason) it
isn't the right time or moment to make contact. However, for those
that are willing, you can contact them and be with them in that
special dream state.
To contact a loved one
through dreams, you need to dedicate time to ask them to connect
with you. Keep in mind that while talking to a passed loved one,
they can hear you. They may not be seen, but they can hear you and
if you listen to your heart, you can hear them too. So, if you start
to feel the need to contact a loved one, whether it is for guidance,
help, or to fill an extreme void, you must first ask them to come to
you. You should start asking the moment you feel the need.
While you are trying to fall
asleep, relax, but try to concentrate on the loved one you want to
contact. The key is to remember that this will not happen on demand.
You have to ask for it and there is a higher purpose that rules this
connection. It may take some time, but after a while, it should
happen for you. I have been able to make contact with a few passed
loved ones on many occasions, and I believe it will happen with
others in time. The time has to be right for you both, and as
mentioned earlier, just because you want to make a connection
doesn't mean the connection will always happen.
Whether you believe in these
ideas or not, I challenge each of you to test these practices so
that you can see and feel them for yourself. There is so much more
to the art of dreaming, and we have only brushed the tip of the
proverbial iceberg. However, these simple and easy exercises will
help you unlock the first of many doors that lead to a higher sense
of self and consciousness. Anyone can start learning how to control
his or her dreams at any time, day or night. The journey begins as
soon as you fall asleep.
(c) Copyright 2005
by
Rachael Towle,
The Parent Station. This article may be republished for web
content as long as the author information, bylines, and active links
are included. Rachael Towle is owner of
The Metaphysical & New Age Channel at The Parent Station, and
encourages everyone to make the choice to expand their consciousness
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