Dream Interpretation Print
Written by Samael Aun Weor   
Tuesday, 19 August 2008 21:54

Dreams and visions occur during sleep (hypnos in Greek) that mythologically speaking is derived from the Greek God “Hypnos,” the God of sleep.  This is the source of the word “hypnosis.”  Yet the Greek God of dreams is Morpheus.  The Greeks represented him in a sleeping posture.

Sleep has two aspects: first, the process in which all the organs and parts of the physical body rest and second, when all the subconscious faculties are working while the physical body is resting, which is the process of dreaming.  

The dream world is very complex and difficult to understand; this is because our psychological state is lamentable.

During sleep, all our subconscious, unconscious, and infra-conscious processes are active.  So, entering into the realm of dreams without awakened consciousness is like entering into a dark cave without light.  

Dear reader, you must know that the best way to interpret the language of dreams is by exclusively working with the inner process of the awakening of the consciousness.

The three aspects to awaken the consciousness are:

  1. To die in ourselves:  Eliminating all the negativity that we are carrying inside (vices, defects, errors, egos, sins, etc.).
  2. Birth: Transmuting the sexual energy and creating inner bodies.  This process is alchemical and must be performed between a man and a woman with the assistance of the Divine Mother.
  3. Sacrifice for humanity:  Helping and assisting our brothers and sisters on the path, raising the torch of understanding to illuminate the path for others.

We need to understand that the subjective reasoning of the mind doesn’t let us see the world of dreams clearly.

We must use the faculties of the heart (Intuition) instead of the mind, as the Egyptians stated: when it is not illuminated, the mind is the destroyer of reality.

Our mind has to be simple, humble and full of respect.

The mind is like a wild horse and we have to learn how to control it with the whip of willpower.  No one can enter into higher initiations with the mind; only the heart can lead us to higher levels because the heart has a wonderful power if we develop it wisely.  Intuition can open the entrance so that we can enter consciously into the world of Morpheus.  Intuition is the faculty that can be developed through different practices.  Use the following practice to develop intuition:

While the student lies down on a bed in a comfortable position, he must relax all the muscles of the physical body.

One has to concentrate and focus all the attention on the heart, imagining that from it a very bright sun, irradiating light, is sending love to all beings while pronouncing the mantra ONRO in this way:  ooooooonnnnnnnrrrrrrrrrooooooo.

When pronouncing this mantra ONRO, we must put our imagination and concentration in the heart with each letter; the chakra of the heart (Anahata) might be seen as a bright sun spinning the same way the needles of the clock rotate (clockwise, as if we were seeing the clock in front of us).  Do this practice at least one hour a day, and it will develop intuition; this way, the student will be able to interpret the meaning of his dreams.

There are emotional, sexual, intellectual, motor, and instinctive dreams.

The most important dreams are called visions; these are direct oneiric experiences in the world of dreams with the superior centers of the Being. These dreams are associated with the Superior Emotional and Superior Intellectual centers; some of them are Conscious Experiences. These two superior centers (Superior Emotional and Superior Intellectual) when acting create a kind of spark with a cosmic vibration with the intention of healing us, or warning us of any danger, or showing us our psychological states, or prophesizing our future, etc.

Types of dreams

  • Associations:  Dreams in which what we experience has an affinity or a correspondence to something psychologically similar.  Example: (in a dream) seeing oneself in a desert is psychologically associated with loneliness.  Seeing a bull is interpreted as either a dangerous friend in the physical plane or our psychological capital sin of anger, etc.
  • Opposite Analogies:  Many dreams are interpreted based on the opposite meanings.  Example: candies are interpreted as bitterness, crying as happiness, and vice versa.
  • Prophetic or predictive:  During conscious Astral travel, we can be taken to the future to see things, actions, projects or processes that will take place at some undetermined time.  These kinds of dreams can also be given based on opposite analogies, numerology, associations, etc.  Any prophesy or announcement can especially occur on Wednesdays between 9:00 pm and 3:00 am.

Rules for Dream Interpretation

  1. See and analyze the psychological impression that the dream has caused.  If the dream impresses us a lot, it means that what we saw will affect us and our beloved ones in a determined way.  But if the dream doesn’t impress us a lot, this means that whatever will happen, positive or negative, will not affect us.  However, if we are indifferent to that dream then it will not affect us.
  2. The time (date) when the dreamed situation will take place physically.  If a person dreamed that he saw an animal, the time (date) for that dreamed experience will take place physically, and we will know it if we calculate the time of birth of this animal starting with the conception.  Another example:  If we dreamed of a plant, we calculate the time according to the time that the seed takes to grow.  But if the person dreams of an object or element where the time is difficult to calculate, it means that such a dreamed situation, if it is a prophesy, will take place in an indeterminable time.
  3. The colors and sounds in a dream.  White and sky-blue and all light colors alongside peaceful and enjoyable sounds are of very favorable meaning.  The color and sounds totally change the prediction or prophesy.

Note: The only ones who can interpret dreams in the exact way are those who have awakened consciousness and are Masters of the White Lodge; those who have eliminated the ego (defects, vices, “I’s,” sins, etc.).

The readers of this book must not fall into errors by judging a person because of their dreams or because anything else.  We are asleep and do not have the light to understand the meaning of dreams; no one can judge another for their own interpretation.  The only one who can judge is the Being.  The student must work hard and eliminate the ego, transmute the sexual energy, and sacrifice for humanity.

Plato said, “A man is known by his dreams.”

Excerpted from Dream Yoga (Collected Writings) by Samael Aun Weor.
 

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