Dreams – The key to positive decision making

One of the most effective gifts of dreams are that they help us make decisions that are for our highest good.

When we are faced with an important decision we use logic to try and look at all the facts and find out what would be our best action, but often we are only using logic to convince ourselves that what we want is what we truly need and want.

Sleeping on a decision is the wisest choice anyone can make when faced with a dilemma. Whether it is to apply for a new job, leave a cheating lover, or accept that date. If we act immediately we often make mistakes and then we spend time in regret over making the wrong decision.

The right decision already exists in our unconscious mind. Factors that we ignore in a waking state actually lead us to do things that are often dysfunctional and even based on the pressure of others. Like when we go to buy a new car and the salesman convinces us that our lives will be sexier and more fun with the more expensive model of car.

Delaying decisions and sleeping on them lead us to wiser choices.

It is important to know that while there are archetypes that apply across a culture, each one of us has a wide range of symbols that have meaning to us in our dreams. Once we learn to interpret our own symbols we then are on the way to consistently using our dreams to make correct decisions that enhance our lives.

Learn what the symbols in your dreams mean to you. The easiest way to do this is to keep a dream journal. It doesn’t have to be complex. All you need to do is keep a notebook by your bed and as soon as you wake up write down the key elements in your dreams. Then that evening make notes on the day and see if any of these elements are connected. Also, you may have family symbols that are learned over time. My mother had the symbol of the snake meaning trouble coming to our family. Over time, this proved to be true. Yet I have another friend to whom the snake means a time of change and transformation. So you can see how symbols are personal and learning your own symbolic world of dreams will help you discover your dreams.

Some dreams are truly prophetic. Others are purely ways to process our day. Others are to help us discover what is in our inner world and to find what dysfunctional behaviors we have learned that drive all of our relationships from business to family to friends. Your dreams when you take the time to learn to interpret them and to use them effectively can enhance your decision making and your life.

If you have trouble remembering your dreams here are some tips. Before you go to sleep, repeat to you: I will remember my dreams. This may take several days or several weeks. If this does not work make sure and drink a full glass of water before you go to bed. This will cause you to wake up in the night to relieve yourself. Write down any thoughts that you have about your dreams before you go to sleep. Then you will slowly develop the habit of remembering your dreams.

Not only will become friends with the unexplored territory of your dreams enhance your awareness of self, it will lead you to making better decisions daily.

When you feel pressured to make a decision, take the time to say: I will sleep on it and let you know tomorrow.

Pleasant Dreams
Love
Mother Myriam