I recently read that coffee expands your consciousness by decreasing your focus and opening you up to a greater awareness of your surroundings. Maybe that’s why a cup of coffee can trigger new ideas and fresh perspectives. How many times have you stepped away from a work project, challenge, or issue to take time out over a coffee that delivered an unexpected solution when all you were looking for was a bit of time out?
There’s a parallel with dream work here. Since dreams reveal our unconscious beliefs and patterns, they help to give us a greater awareness of our being by decreasing – at least for the duration that we are pondering a dream – our focus on waking life issues. Exploring dreams triggers fresh perspectives that can deliver unexpected solutions to those things we focus on in our waking lives.
Talking of coffee – and there is a connection if you live in Brisbane - here’s a one minute video we recorded yesterday:
“Every night the same scene appears in her dreams: a bus, people getting on. She runs to catch it, with a heap of luggage. However, when she reaches the stop, the bus closes the door and leaves. Without her ... Continue …
“Are we meant to learn lessons from our dreams?” asked Cheryl, in an email I received this week. It’s a good question, both simple and complex, and one many people ask. So, are we meant to learn lessons from our dreams? Continue …
Imagine downloading movie clips of your dreams each morning. “What did you dream last night?” “No idea. Hang on a minute, I’ll have a look.” Research published this month in the journal Current Biology has led to speculation ... Continue …
THE DREAM SHOW
October highlight:
Adelaide, my guest in Episode 118 (When you fall in a dream), dreamed of falling from a window. It's commonly said that if you fall in a dream and hit the ground, you'll die in your sleep. Definitely not true! These dreams are exciting milestones. Listen in to find out why, and to hear how my interpretation corresponds with what is happening in Adelaide's life.
