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Changing Unpleasant Dreams - Freeing Yourself
by Carole Cravath
Do you have the same old
unpleasant feelings and situations showing up in your dreams?
Many aboriginal peoples taught their
children that they were responsible for their dreams. The previous
night’s dreams were routine morning conversation. Kids were taught to
interpret and then change the ones that were frightening, unproductive
or unhelpful. Most
of our dreams reflect our current inner state and the present issues
we’re stuck in, growing through or overcoming.
When you go back into a dream and give it
a more positive outcome, you will feel much better and free yourself of
the influence of the frustrated, fearful or unhappy feelings of the
dream. You will make a statement that you are taking charge of the
changes you want in your life.
CHANGING A DREAM
Here are three simple steps to cleanse
yourself and move into your day balanced and at peace.
1. Close your eyes and
relax. When you feel that far away feeling or pleasant tingling
sensations, you’re ready to begin.
2. Begin to experience the dream again as
if it were occurring now. Recall, briefly, the basic scenarios.
3. Go to the situations and feelings you
want to change and begin to alter the pictures and emotions you choose.
Perhaps you want to change the way you responded to someone or
something. Say or do it now. Maybe you want a totally different scenario
to unfold. Let it. Enjoy making all the changes you want.
Maybe the situation in the dream reflects
an idea of yourself or an old belief that you no longer want. Rearrange
it and create a scene that better represents your new self-image or
belief. Reconstruct it in your dream and you will change it in your
life. Continue to
finish altering the dream until it’s just right. Smile and open your
eyes. It may take several times, but with continued practice, over time,
you will create powerful changes in your waking life with this
technique. You are
in charge of your mental states (your thoughts, feelings, beliefs and
attitudes) and most of your dreams are mirroring that.
When you decide to change
a dream, you are really deciding to change your mind, your attitude and
your actions about something or someone. Maybe you’re not willing to
accept or perpetuate a particular experience or situation anymore.
Change the dream with vigor and be emphatic that the change you are
initiating will be realized by you.
Here’s an example of a dream that I
changed. I dreamed I was in my previous house with all the old problems
of that time period, including feelings of frustration, being
unfulfilled and lack of money. I went back into the dream and
transformed the house into a new one. The old walls disappeared and I
imaged a beautiful new house with plenty of space and happiness in it. I
felt great, afterwards and eliminated the feelings I’d awakened with. I
went about my day in a totally different mood and eventually, resolved
those problems with determined, dedicated work.
Big breakthroughs can result from the
simple act of revising a dream, because we are really revising
ourselves, inwardly, which is the beginning of lasting change.
A wonderful way to change a fearful dream
is the following: 1.
Relax deeply and place yourself back in the dream.
2. At the point of fear, make a different
decision. Confront the person or object and ask what they want of you.
Find out why they have come into your dream.
3. Take charge of the situation and let
them know what you are and are not willing to do. Do it.
4. You may wish to receive a gift from
them. Thank them for it and be appreciative of the opportunity for
insight they have provided you.
By altering your undesirable dreams,
regularly, you take responsibility for them and for your state of mind.
Be determined and decisive in this process and you will be successful.
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