{"id":247,"date":"2014-03-06T14:30:28","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T16:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/?p=247"},"modified":"2014-03-06T13:50:01","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T15:50:01","slug":"why-do-we-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/2014\/03\/why-do-we-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Dream?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In traditional cultures, people tend to believe dreams reveal hidden truths about themselves and the world around them: when the body sleeps, the soul is free to wander the universe and collect information. I like that idea.<\/p>\n

Scientists, searching for ways to explain and define dreams report that dreaming is just another way of thinking, on a different level. Thinking in the sleep state. Something I’ve known since childhood because my dreams always seem so real and full of meaning. Hours after dreaming, I can recall detailed images, voices, and symbols. Typically, I don’t recognize the meaning of the dream immediately, but I sense if it contains something significant. It often seems like a secret message sent to me in code from another dimension. A code only I can decipher through careful observation, and a willingness to welcome and embrace the hidden truth of the dream.<\/p>\n

As a child, I sometimes felt like Cinderella waking up in the middle of a dream and finding myself in an exciting, glamorous, improbable life. And then I would wonder, does one use a dream to rehearse life, or live to rehearse a dream? Or, am I perhaps awakening to a life I dreamed of having that actually came true?<\/p>\n

As a kid, one of my greatest role models was my great-aunt Gladys. A retired school teacher, she married a banker and they traveled the world. Once a teacher, always a teacher\u2014she sent picture postcards to her family and friends. For me, it was so exciting to receive a postcard from destinations far away\u2014places I dreamed of visiting one day. I used to sleep with those postcards on my heart and imagine they were magic carpets that could fly me to the exotic place shown on the postcard photo.<\/p>\n

\"Susan<\/a>
In 1990 at a booksellers’ convention, with a cutout photo of my inspirational Aunt Gladys riding a camel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Guess what? Years later, I have visited most of the places Aunt Gladys traveled to and even wrote a children’s book to honor her, and her positive influence in my life. Her postcards encouraged me to explore the great big wonderful world. I believe that my far fetched dreams over the years are the reason I live a most extraordinary and exciting life.<\/p>\n

Do you pay attention to your dreams? Do you keep a dream journal? If so, I’d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n

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In traditional cultures, people tend to believe dreams reveal hidden truths about themselves and the world around them: when the body sleeps, the soul is free to wander the universe and collect information. I like that idea. Scientists, searching for ways to explain and define dreams report that dreaming is just another way of thinking, … <\/p>\n

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