Dream On How harnessing your dreams can impact your life BY CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL
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“ When you dream your subconscious mind is open and becomes the doorway to anything.”
ave you ever sat in your backyard and just stared at the sky? During the day the clouds bend and twist into shapes and faces. It’s easy to get lost in your thoughts as they drift by. My favorite time to gaze and wonder is when the stars come out. On the clearest of nights you can see so many different stars and sometimes catch a falling one. A good long stare always preps my mind to enter the dream state experiences of communication with the deceased is a later that night. The endless possibilities that exist in mental state different than fabricating information or recalling facts previously obtained. the night sky also exist in our night mind. “Visitations are special and give us the opportunity I approach my dreams as an opportunity to learn, to connect with those that have passed,” says Deb Delisten and observe what is happening around me. Many questions have been answered in dreams and many Celle, a medium at Spirit Tree Connections in Clifton questions remain as I wake up. No matter what hap- Park. DeCelle has connected me to my grandmother and a close friend, both of whom have crossed over. pens I am always ready to go back the next night. Nor am I alone. Dreams can help with the creative She gave me specific information that only those people process, say dream practitioners. Glory-Anne Jones, a knew about. The ability to spend time with people that have certified clinical and transpersonal hypnotherapist at Euphoreje in Latham, recently started writing a book. crossed over is a wonderful part of dreaming. We are “Everyone has worries and problems and they don’t able to spend time with grandparents, aunts and unknow where to go for answers. The character in my cles and old friends. Those moments are special and filled with so much love. To look at them, converse book was able to come to life with them and hug them is an by me setting the intention be"A lot of stuff comes to me in dreams. incredible journey. After those fore going to sleep of receivThat's a huge influence on me. experiences I always wake up ing information and waking I take a lot of direction from dreams. up with how to put it together I process all the stuff that I do in my dreams‚ feeling their presence and love with me. I am sure it is their and how to make it happen,” my playing, my writing, whatever." she says. “It’s all these dreams BOB WEIR, Musician, Founding member, "Grateful Dead." way of reminding me that their love lives on in me and coming together to give us the that I share it with all of those in my life. answers. When you dream, your subconscious mind is In one dream, for instance, a friend’s loved one visopen and becomes the doorway to anything.” ited me to let me know that he was okay. I remember Dreams can also be a way for us to connect with those who’ve passed, say mediums who regularly com- a dream where I was hiking high up in some snowy municate with the deceased. The Windbridge Research mountains. It was cold so we stopped in a small log Center in Tucson, Arizona has done extensive research cabin with a fire inside. While warming up, the door into mediums. One study concluded that mediums’ swung open and in walked my friend’s dad. He had
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