If we consider that our dreams can reflect real life, then we can use them as a mirror to reveal our innermost thoughts and desires, some of which can often be buried deep within our subconscious. The problem is that each dream (and each person and their circumstances) are all unique, so any interpretation is subjective. This means understanding our intuition and having a good level of self-awareness is crucial for dream de-coding. A seemingly random dream could provide answers to questions that we’ve been too distracted during our waking-lives to ask. But during dreamtime we‘re permitted the freedom to explore.
During dreamtime we’re able to exist beyond the confinements of the absolute. While we’re dreaming we are limitless. We are defined by nothing, and so can be anything. During our waking lives we hold some narrative of who we are and what we do, but in the dreamworld these rules need not apply. This is especially true with lucid dreaming. Those who have developed this skill are aware - during dreamtime - that they’re dreaming. With some practise, some can even take control of the direction of their dreams.
Lucid dreaming could be used to safely overcome fears - for example, the fear of heights, spiders, or flying. The threats - perceived or otherwise - aren’t actually real, but our experiences of/with them are. Dreaming can also be used for spiritual healing, to explore fantasies, and indulge in wish fulfilment - which, in practise, is fairly indistinguishable from magic.
We’re often mesmerised by the advancements of VR technology, but our ability to immerse ourselves in alternate realities far pre-dates any modern simulations. To be able to defy physics, to exist as someone or something other than ourselves, to explore other worlds or relive a moment - all things we cannot do in waking life. Yet these are also things that can help us learn and grow as a species. If we can take our dreams and use them to our advantage rather than being bystanders to the event, then can we exist in more than one dimension?
As we slip into our dream worlds we have the option to leave behind our Earthly attachments. We can move past the perimeters of sense and time, and into a boundless and often nonsensical world where adventure and experience feels infinite. We can float just far enough outside of ourselves to gain a vantage point over our choices, desires, and ego. To dream is to live twice, and if we can be present during both worlds we have the potential to live more deeply than we ever imagined.
“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honours the servant and has forgotten the gift.” – Albert Einstein
