A soul incarns into a physical form to learn how to become like its Creator. Much of the early learning involves becoming familiar with the physical world. This includes learning how to move the body, receive through the senses and gradually incorporate information into the brain which will serve as the foundation throughout life.
From the perspective of a newborn child, the physical world is alien. The soul, having just incarned into an immature physical body, must become familiar with the workings of that body. Information is received through sensory input. The sense of touch is one of the first experiences a baby will have. Usually finding the gentle touch of a parent to be calming, the baby receives this information and stores it in the brain. The brain is like a brand new computer having no information until operating software has been installed. The brain awaits "input" and this occurs through the senses.
Newborn babies must learn of the physical world they have just entered. They have to learn to wield their physical body, learning to focus the eyes, exploring their world through the sense of touch and taste. They learn to identify vibrations through the touch of a gentle hand, the sound of music, the sight of stimulating color and the taste of nourishing foods.
A newborn has little to relate the new information to and has a great deal to learn about the physical world. Adults who observe a baby's expression and sense of wonder have a greater sense of appreciation about the physical world, viewing the world from the child’s perspective. Often adults talk to babies in "baby talk" as if somehow they would be able to communicate with the child better by sounding like the baby as he or she is learning to understand words.
It is a misconception that babies cannot understand. Their connection with the subconscious mind transcends any physical limitation of language or experience and they are able to perceive the pictures that adults have within their minds.
I remember an experience with my nephew shortly around the age of six months. Brandon was not yet talking but he was very alert and attentive to what went on around him. My brother-in-law told a joke, as he is prone to do at family gatherings, and everyone laughed. Brandon joined in the laughter nodding vigorously. He was connected with everyone present and was joining in the fun.
Although children require some time to develop physical language they can receive the images and emotions of their parents and other adults because their attention is primarily in the subconscious mind. The subconscious mind communicates in pictures. The child can receive the pictures but they still need to learn the words of the physical world that represents the images. This is a significant part of the child’s learning through the early years of life.
Adults use physical words to describe the images they hold in their minds. Physical language is a by-product of our existence in the physical world. There are many different languages on the planet, used by peoples of various cultural and ethnic backgrounds, to communicate. Even within the same country there are often different words to describe the same image. For example, in the United States, someone from the south, when offering a cold drink, might say “Would you like to have a soda?” In the northern portion of the country, you might hear “Would you like some pop?” The picture is the same regardless of what word is used. For clear communication to occur, it is vital that one have clear pictures in mind.
The picture language is the language of the subconscious mind. It is this language that transcends physical barriers from varying cultural backgrounds and ethnic origins. The picture language is also known as the Universal Language of Mind, universal in that the meaning of the pictures will apply to anyone, anytime and anyplace. A child is very open to this language from birth to around the age of seven or eight. It is at this time in their life that they have accumulated enough pieces of information that have been stored in their brain, that the child may begin to rely more on physical language and less on the inner language. This may be stimulated by pressure from friends or becoming caught up in the sensory experience of physical life. The end result is shutting out the inner communication of the subconscious mind and becoming engrossed in physical life.
The urge of the subconscious mind is to have a connection with our conscious waking mind and when we allow our waking mind to become so caught up in daily experiences, regardless of what those experiences are, then we may eventually forget about the inner Self.
The urge from within is very strong. When a child begins shutting out the inner mind, he or she will often have a frightening dream they remember the rest of their life. The subconscious mind will go to extreme lengths to get our attention. Its urge is to enlighten us regarding how we are using our experiences for learning. At any time in our lives, when we get so caught up in doing rather than becoming, the subconscious mind will give us a very strong message in the form of a nightmare in an effort to regain our attention.
It was around the age of seven when I had this dream.
I was in my father’s corn field. Corn was all around me and I was trying to get back to our house. The corn was very tall, so I couldn’t see anything except the corn. It was near harvest time, as the ears were full and the stalks were dry. Everywhere I turned snakes were wrapped around the stalks reaching out toward me. None of them ever bit me, but there was no where I could go to get away from them.
I still recall the dream experience and I also recall waking from this dream. My heart was pounding, as if I’d been running. I recall the security in the darkness, relieved that it had been a dream experience and not a real (waking) one. I dismissed the dream from my mind, calmed myself down and began thinking of what I was going to do at a gathering the next day with my friends.
Years later, when studying in the School of Metaphysics, I learned that animals represent compulsive ways of thinking or acting, of simply going through the motions with little thought. I learned that a snake was one of four exceptions to this and had a special meaning. In the Bible, the serpent in the Garden of Eden motivated Eve to partake of the fruit of the tree that God had instructed to leave alone. The snake is also wrapped around the caduceus or the symbol for healing used by physicians. The snake has deep significance. Symbolically, Eve represents the conscious mind and fruit represents knowledge. Eve then offered it to Adam, which represents the inner or subconscious mind. The physician heals in order to create wholeness of spirit, mind, emotions and body. The serpent represents the ego or motivator, which is the motivation toward learning through creative use of the mind, bringing knowledge and understandings to the Self. I had turned away from this inner urge at this point in my life. Running from snakes indicated that I was avoiding opportunities for learning and growth.
As we utilize our reasoning abilities for transformation, imagining improvements in our world and our selves, we are learning and through learning becoming more whole. The snakes in my dream indicated that I was avoiding movement toward becoming a greater being. I was becoming more interested in doing things with my friends than I was in developing my consciousness. I’d been very interested in learning through much of my early years. I had two older sisters who were always willing to read to me and teach me and I enjoyed this very much. However, when I started school, I had anticipated learning many things but was not really challenged and so I became very habitual in my approach to life, just going through the motions rather than learning which was my soul urge.
The soul is very invested in learning and growth. This is its sole purpose for incarning in the first place. Dreams are a way the subconscious mind conveys a message that will aid us in expanding our awareness and using our experiences for learning. Dreams are personal for the dreamer. They incorporate images from daily experiences into the dream. The symbols are familiar to the dreamer’s waking conscious mind and come from memories stored within the brain. You must learn the symbolic language of mind in order to fully use these messages. During the formative years, children often have experiences they do not understand. Growing up, surrounded with adults, who speak a language that is very unfamiliar to young immature ears, sometimes misunderstandings may occur. These misunderstandings may lead to fears of some sort. One man spoke of hearing his parents give instructions to the babysitter to keep the doors locked while they were gone. The youngster interpreted this to mean that there was something outdoors that might harm him and his siblings. This thought grew into other thoughts, where the whole evening was spent in fear of someone or something breaking into the home. He did not understand that this was simply a precaution, that there was really no expectation of someone harming him.
His dream that night was spent running from one dark place to another. Every time he thought he’d found a safe place, a monster would come from the darkness and begin chasing him. The monsters were very frightening and the one thing they had in common was that none of them had faces. They made loud, frightful, noises and had huge hands with claw like fingers, but he could never see their faces.
As an adult having studied dream interpretation, he now understands that monsters represented aspects of Self that he did not understand. These monsters were the product of his own imagination which took the simple idea of being sure to keep the doors locked and turned it into a fear that something would hurt him. In retrospect, and having had children of his own, he understood that his parents were simply wanting him and his siblings to be safe and secure. And if they’d had some idea that there was any danger lurking in the shadows, then certainly they would never have left them in the care of a babysitter. Rather they would have remained home with the children, protecting them.
The mind of a child often does not understand the intention behind adults’ conversation and is fully capable of turning a simple statement into something that to an adult is irrational. The subconscious mind will reflect these thoughts and lack of understanding by altering a normal, human type of figure into a hideous, un-identifiable aspect or monster to illustrate the confused thought within the child’s mind.
As children grow older and build greater understanding of the world around them, they often become more interested in physical appearances and relating to peers than in the inner, guiding voice. They may have dreams of running from something in the dark, something unknown. This reflects the time period in our lives during which we shut out the inner self.
I remember very clearly sitting at the breakfast table with my family and listening to my youngest sister talk about what God had told her during the night. I recall two thoughts that I had at the time. First of all, I wondered why God didn’t talk to me. And secondly, I wondered why my parents seemed so astonished at this. My youngest sister had not yet attended church very much and our family didn’t talk a lot about God in our house. We believed in God’s existence, but did not have conversations about God. The prayers we spoke were at mealtimes and the prayer was always the same; a blessing for the food we were about to receive. My father was Catholic and my mother was Baptist, although not practicing. I grew up with an expanded perspective of religion, believing in the good of people of all faiths, but I did not have the personal relationship that my youngest sister seemed to have.
I had reached the age of shutting out my inner voice, the connection that we all experienced with the Creator. My thoughts of God were becoming intellectual, based on what I read or heard other people say. I heard what our priest said about people other than Catholics; it seemed they were doomed for purgatory. I knew my mother was a good person and did not believe she was doomed because she was of another faith. But I did not form ideas of who or what I really believed God to be. And so I was becoming more removed from the personal relationship with God that my youngest sister had.
Age and intellectual activity were separating me from the inner relationship that I’d once had with God. It was about 25 years later that I began once again considering that there must be something else beyond the physical world. During this 25-year period, I had few dreams that I can recall today. Once I began my study in the School of Metaphysics where part of the discipline is working with dreams each and every day, I began to re-awaken this inner communication. In the beginning, my dreams were pretty much the same each and every night. They involved houses, painting them, renovating them. Sometimes there were people in my dreams, but often I did not know them.
I’d just begun a study of the mind, and I’d spent a number of years being separated from my inner Self and so I was becoming familiar once again with my mind and with parts of my Self. The house represents the mind. And I was building awareness of the skills and abilities of mind such as undivided attention and concentration. I was also becoming familiar with unknown aspects of myself, talents and abilities that had been dormant for a while. The dreams in which I was fixing up and decorating houses was part of the re-awakening process.
After having studied for several months, I had this dream.
I was in a church which was filled with people. It was a Catholic style church, very ornate, with many stained glass windows and statues of the saints all around. In the midst of everyone, I began singing. My voice was beautiful, more beautiful than any voice I’d ever heard. I was very embarrassed at my singing, embarrassed that others could hear it.
When I went to class and shared this dream, my teacher said that I was developing a greater harmony within my spiritual growth, but that I was uncomfortable with this. It was like I wanted to experience it but not to let it be known that I was changing in this way.
It was at this time that I was really beginning to establish a relationship once again with my inner Self. It was new for me and although I liked the experience, I wasn’t entirely comfortable with the changes I was making, primarily because these changes no longer fit with the choices I had made up to that point in my life.
I was driving through the countryside. We were going to view a house that could be mine if I wanted it. As we drove up to the property I was struck by the beauty of the countryside. The greens were greener than anything I’d ever seen in my life. The sky was bluer that any blue I’d ever seen. As we neared the house, which appeared to be a mansion with many beautiful gardens surrounding it, again I was in awe. I’d never seen such a beautiful home. I was thinking, this could be mine!
By this time in my spiritual growth, I had come to recognize many of the strengths that had been hidden to my sight previously. I was beginning to think of what I could do with these gifts. I’d always believed that everyone has gifts that can serve humanity and was coming to see more clearly these in myself. The thought that had been within my waking mind for some time had been of how I could be of service to humanity, and I was beginning to consider who I would become through offering my gifts. The beauty of the house and the property was an indication of the beauty that was within myself.
I was moving to the College of Metaphysics. I’d just arrived but had to go to some meeting so I left my stuff in the car. Following our meeting, I went to my room. I noticed that someone had moved my belongings in and I was very grateful. There was nothing in the room other than a bed and my belongings. I was excited about the prospect of decorating it. One of my teachers was living in the room next to mine. She was working on a painting. She was surrounded by light as she worked, smiling all the time. I felt that I was blessed to be in the room next to hers. I knew this was somehow going to aid me in my growth.
The College of Metaphysics symbolizes a place of tremendous learning and growth. My teacher represents an aspect of my superconscious mind. She was working on a painting which symbolizes the expression and use of the imagination. This dream reflects a culmination of re-awakening and beginning to imagine my potential as a Creator.
Each of us is on a path of revelation. Many of us shut out the inner, guiding voice as children. The subconscious mind has great faith and awaits the time when it can readily reach us and offer its guiding light to spiritual re-awakening. We have only to re-awaken what already exists. This lifetime is the culmination of many lifetimes of growth and progress. This lifetime is a piece in the puzzle of our existence as offspring of the Creator. Everything is valuable, for it is in the re-awakening that the truth of who we are will become apparent. The discovery of truth is what builds strength, and strength is what is needed to live a life of truth.
At any moment in our life, we can either pursue truth which brings us into the light of awareness of our nature as Creator, or we choose to remain in the darkness. Nature illustrates the natural movement toward light. Plants turn toward the sun to receive the rays. Insects fly toward a light shining in the darkness. Our nature is to move from darkness to light as well. The soul urge is toward the light, toward truth. Our dreams offer us a guiding light throughout all of what we do. They offer us the truth of who we are and who we are becoming.
Terry Martin is the Director of the School of Metaphysics in Champaign, IL. She has been studying metaphysics since 1988, is a graduate of the College of Metaphysics and serves on the Board of Governors as a representative of SOM Productions.
“Joyce, is that really you?”
(laughing) “Yes, Christine, it really is.”
“Joyce, I am so happy to see you! How are you? I want to tell you so much. I never got to tell you how much I appreciate you and love you . . . I thought I might never see you again. It really is you!”
Thus began my conversation with Joyce Buchner in May 1995. She was my first teacher in the School of Metaphysics and had been a guide and inspiration to me for over a year. It had been a few months since I had last seen her and I had been thinking about Joyce quite a bit. What was most unusual about this conversation was that Joyce had died in March the same year. I remembered our conversation as a dream that was so real I awoke certain that I had actually talked to her. Although her illness had been drawn out I had not said everything I wanted to her and I regretted it. In my dream we talked extensively and I did tell her how much I appreciated her love and support. I was at peace with Joyce and myself for the first time in months. What I remembered as a dream was really an inner level experience. I understood that I had been with the soul that I knew as Joyce while my conscious mind was asleep.
I want to share with you three key inner level experiences I have had. I have remembered these experiences as dreams, however, they are memories of experiences I have had with other souls in the subconscious mind. Because the subconscious mind exits beyond the physical world we refer to it as an inner level. When someone has a strong urge to learn they will draw to them opportunities for soul growth whether awake or asleep. I have at times received instruction from my subconscious mind, much like my conversation with Joyce, while I was sleeping.
Inner Levels of Consciousness
Everyone’s mind operates in the same way; how you use your mind is unique and completely up to you. Mind has three divisions: conscious, subconscious and superconscious (see diagram on p. 116). Think of the very top of the triangle as the part of you that is closest to the Creator. From that point your awareness radiates outward through many levels of consciousness to the physical world. When we talk about inner levels it is from the conscious mind’s perspective. The subconscious and superconscious divisions of mind are inner, closer to the Creator, while the conscious mind is outer, seemingly furthest from the Creator.
The conscious mind is most familiar to us. This is the part of our mind that we use when we are awake and experiencing the physical world around us. The five senses constantly feed our conscious minds with information. The purpose of the conscious mind is to learn and build permanent understandings through the daily activities that comprise our lives. Our planet is our school room and each day is filled with opportunities to change and grow.
Subconscious mind is the next division of mind inward. Often called the residence of the soul, this is also where dreams occur when you sleep. The function of the subconscious mind is to fulfill the conscious mind’s desires. This is why the well- known saying “watch what you ask for you might get it” is true. Your subconscious mind will draw to you people, places and circumstances that are exactly what you need to fulfill your desires.
The conscious and subconscious are a team; they always work together. The subconscious mind responds to thoughts that populate the conscious waking mind during the day. When a person knows this truth and directs his thoughts toward growth, change, love, understanding and enlightenment, this is what the subconscious mind responds to. This is also true if you think about limitation, doubt, fear and insecurity. If you have experiences you don’t understand or those that are difficult and painful you will want to investigate what thoughts you have been thinking. Thought is very powerful. Dreams are one way to become aware of the thoughts and attitudes you possess that are shaping your life.
The superconscious mind is the highest or most inner part of your mind. This is where the spark of life originates that fuels the rest of your mind. This part of mind is the closest to the Creator, the source of existence. Those who are Enlightened exist with full awareness of superconscious mind.
Dreams that are extra-ordinary are often inner level experiences. You remember these experiences as dreams upon awakening. The quality of these dreams is often described as “more real” or “it was just like I was there” and usually occurs at times when there has been or will soon be a major shift in consciousness in the individual.
Why Sanskrit?
I had recently begun teaching and attended my first National Teachers Conference at the College of Metaphysics campus. I believed this put me in the company of the some of the most experienced spiritual teachers in the world. I had some sense of what I was embarking on and it definitely awed me. I had also been practicing the spiritual disciplines of concentration and meditation for nearly six months. I was beginning to know my Self and understand how my mind worked. I was discovering answers to questions I had my whole life when I had this dream.
I am on the most beautiful grassy hill. The grass is so green and lush and the sun is shining brightly. I am struck by the brightness of the light yet I can still see all around me. I am sitting next to Dr. Barbara. She is reciting the Bhagavad Gita to me in Sanskrit. I understand what she is saying though. Her mouth is not moving and I know I am receiving her thoughts. It is as clear as if she is speaking out loud in English.
When I awoke from this dream I felt like I had really talked to Dr. Barbara. The memory was so clear and real that it was as if we had actually been together. The meaning of the dream revealed that I was at an evolutionary point in my learning. Following are the major symbols and their meaning in the Universal Language of Mind:
grass - subconscious mind experience
light - awareness
Dr. Barbara (my spiritual teacher) - receptive quality of superconscious mind
Bhagavad Gita (Hindu Holy work) - information about creation
Sanskrit - information about the structure of creation
telepathy - receiving thoughts mind-to-mind (in this dream Dr. Barbara was speaking but her mouth did not move)
I asked about this dream when I attended class that week. My teacher explained to me that I was to interpret it as I do any dream. She then added that it was also an inner level experience that I had actually been with Dr. Barbara and she was teaching me while I was asleep. I remembered this experience as a dream since I had no other way to understand it at this point in my studies. Sanskrit is a language that is based on the structure of creation. I received this instruction in the inner levels and therefore the communication was relayed in its most “pure” form. If I was able to speak Sanskrit I would have been able to glean even more meaning from this experience. This was the first time I had heard of such a thing and I was amazed it was possible.
I had received a lot from the National Teachers Conference. My imagination was definitely stimulated and now this dream experience was revealing how I had also opened my Self in ways that were aiding me to fulfill my mission, and that included teaching. My desire to know the truth was so strong that I continued to receive teaching while my conscious mind and body rested. An important note is that Dr. Barbara’s strong desire to teach the truth is what brought us together. Because I remembered the experience, it was apparent that my own awareness was increasing daily.
Taking the next step
Metaphysics was still very new to me. I was fascinated that it was possible to receive spiritual instruction while sleeping. This bit of information was helpful weeks later when I had another dream that was also outstanding.
I am at the College of Metaphysics. I am sitting at the table with Dr. Dan, Dr. Barbara, Sharka, Sherri and John. Dr. Dan looks at me and says , "You're here now, you might as well stay." I agree with him and ask Dr. Barbara what she thinks. She says , "You’re ready to be here, I think it’s a good idea.” I decide I am going to stay.
College of Metaphysics - place in mind to focus on spiritual learning
Dr. Dan - aggressive action of superconscious mind
Dr. Barbara - receptive action of superconscious mind
people (Sharka, Sherri, John) - aspects of Self
Again, when I woke from this dream it was so real that I felt like I had been at that table. As with the other dream I thought about it often. I had considered attending the College of Metaphysics for a year of intensive study yet had not set a definite goal. When I interpreted the dream the meaning was clear to me. The essence of the dream was that much of my attention was on gaining greater spiritual awareness and as a result I was open to the highest part of my mind, the superconscious. This meant that my thoughts and actions were aligned with my purpose for this lifetime. This interpretation fit because it was true that my consciousness was filled with gaining spiritual awareness. Again, it seemed like there was something more to this dream that I had yet to understand. My answer came a week later.
I was talking with the director of the School of Metaphysics that I attended. She was teaching me about Wesak. Wesak occurs in the spring and is a celebration in honor of Buddha’s birthday. A less known fact is that during this time all the souls invested in furthering the evolution of humanity come together as teachers and students in the inner levels. It is a time of reflection, contemplation and envisioning the future.
It is possible to be conscious of the activities during Wesak. Until one has honed the skills required to consciously exist in the inner levels, remembering dreams is the best way. I was curious to know if there was anything different about my dreams during Wesak. Immediately I looked back through my dream journal and discovered I had this dream during that time and realized this was another inner level experience. Once again my desire to learn had brought me together with my spiritual teachers and I was receiving guidance from them.
An interesting footnote explains the three other people who were at the table with me. Sharka, Sherri and I did end up attending the College together in January of 1995. When I had the dream, however, Sharka was planning on beginning in July of 1994 and Sherri had no plans on attending. John had set a goal to begin his year of study in January 1995 but he was unprepared financially and therefore unable to fulfill his commitment. Our souls came together months before the actually physical event of attending the College took place and in some cases before the individual’s conscious mind was even aware of the desire.
Because I had this dream during Wesak I believed it was very important and was willing to heed the advice given. My desire to learn was stronger than the limitations I had harbored. Within a few days I made the choice to attend the College of Metaphysics for a year of advanced study and I set a goal to begin in January of 1995. I communicated this goal to my teachers and backed it up with payment toward tuition.
Again, the people in this dream were my teachers so they represent, in this case, both the receptive and aggressive aspects of the superconscious mind. I was receiving direct teaching from them in the subconscious mind - we were not physically sitting at the table. As before it was my desire to learn and their desire to teach that brought us together. The powerful urge the soul has to build understanding and awareness truly goes beyond time and space.
The Fourth Level of Consciousness
A few years later I had this dream.
I am in a field and I run a few paces and take off. I fly really high. I can control every part of the flight really well. I fly up over the fence and above the trees. I circle around and come back. I land very gently in the field lying face down on the earth. My whole face is in the earth. Then I get up and fly away again.
The next thing I know I am in a room sitting in front of a computer. As I look at the screen messages appear. Someone is typing them in but I don’t see who it is. I do see the messages though. They are equations that describe the structure of the universe mathematically. The translation and meaning of each equation is written below and it is in Sanskrit. I know this is very important. Lisa is sitting next to me and she is looking away at something else. I nudge her on the arm and tell her she needs to watch this because it is very important. I know I need to remember it. I print it out but only a portion of the text appears on the paper. I look at the computer again and think how important it is to remember.
Then I am walking through a house. I am looking for Paul. I mentally call out and ask where he is. From outside a window he says ,“Here I am..” I am somewhat surprised that he answered my thought. I climb through the window and we walk across a field. It is night out. There is a white tent that has been erected. We look inside and Dr. Dan is conducting a ceremony. He is wearing a white robe. We join the people in the tent. There are people on both sides of him wearing orange robes. People in attendance walk up to him and kneel down. He places his hand on their foreheads. There is a giant fire at the front. It is awesome to see.
I awoke from this dream with a tremendous surge of energy and immediately was wide awake. Right away I knew this was very significant to me. As a student in the Advanced Series of lessons I had been studying the subconscious mind in depth for some time. The subconscious mind can be divided into four different levels. (see diagram on the next page.) This is not a physical division; rather, it reflects levels of consciousness or states of awareness.
There are qualities associated with each level of the subconscious mind. The quality associated with the fourth level of mind is fire and this represents expansion. All the energies connected with this level of consciousness are expansive. Because I was learning to work directly with these energies I was also bringing an expansion to my consciousness that was beyond anything that I had experienced prior.
Here are the main symbols in this dream:
flying - astral projection
face - identity
fence - limitation
earth - subconscious mind substance
field - subconscious awareness
computer - brain
mathematics - understanding of identity and relativity
Sanskrit - understanding the structure of creation
Lisa - aspect of conscious mind
house - mind
Paul - aspect of subconscious mind
Dr. Dan - aggressive part of superconscious mind
robes - outer expression
white - awareness
fire - expansion
The nature of this dream was unlike anything I had ever experienced. The mathematical equations indicated that I was becoming aware of the inner structure of mind. As stated in The Dreamer’s Dictionary by Dr. Barbara Condron, “Mathematics is the science of numbers. Numbers were invented to represent form. Forms represent universal principles. In dreams, mathematics symbolize the understanding of identity and relativity, two of the universal principles of creation.”
The first part of the dream (landing with my face down in the field) indicates that I was identifying subconscious existence. This is true. I was practicing a spiritual exercise every day that brought me greater conscious awareness of my subconscious mind than ever before.
The ceremony in the dream indicates that I was at a point of initiation in my own conscious awareness. An initiation marks the beginning of something new, nothing is ever the same afterwards. Historically boys were tested on endurance, stamina, strength and bravery to mark the movement from adolescence to manhood. Girls attended ceremonies celebrating menses. These are examples of initiations that are physically oriented. They do, however, mark the greater shift of consciousness that occurs as one matures. For the spiritual aspirant there are many initiations that mark an evolving and expanding consciousness and this dream revealed my own progress.
I had recently made the life-changing decision to end my marriage and was adjusting to the direction I had chosen for myself. This choice stimulated me to think very deeply about my soul and what was most important to me. I had thankfully spent hours in prayer and meditation seeking Truth at a time when I felt great pain and sadness. My dedication was rewarding and I had begun to more completely understand the significance of these events to my own spiritual growth. I was using the experience to expand in ways that I had not done so before and the mental and spiritual work meant from this point on I would be different. Knowing the meaning of this dream brought me great comfort.
We remember the same dream
Over the next few years I dedicated more time to teaching. I had been a director of a School of Metaphysics and I was beginning to supervise more than one school at a time. When I awoke from this dream I was certain it was an inner level experience.
I am at the College of Metaphysics for our National Teacher’s Conference. I am in the chapel helping to organize people. All the students from my Thursday night class are there and I am happy to see them. I look at Cheryl, one of the students, and ask her if she is teaching a class. She says, “No.” I tell her that she must be teaching in order to attend the conference. She blurts out, “I want to teach!”. I look at her and ask, “Did you hear yourself?”. She said, “Yes”.
When I remembered the dream it was so real it was like we had all been together. I recalled the dreams described earlier where I had gone to my own teachers for guidance and wondered if this was true with my students now. They were a close knit class and I was devoted to teaching them.
When we convened on Thursday night for weekly class I asked if anyone remembered their dream Monday morning. All of them nodded yes and I asked what the dream was. Each one described the same setting in their own words. Everyone in the class was together, there were a lot of people around and we were at the College of Metaphysics. Some students remembered that it was teacher’s conference, some just remembered a lot of people around.
Cheryl said she remembered a lot of people and she recognized all her classmates. She said I was very prominent in the dream but she did not remember what I said to her.
This was important. Cheryl really wanted to teach other people what she had been learning. This was a very strong desire inside her, however, she was fearful that she would not be good teacher and consequently was full of excuses. This fear kept her from admitting her desire and acting on it. I had believed Cheryl’s inner desire was to teach yet when I talked to her she denied it continually.
The way she was deceiving herself only occurred in her conscious mind. Fear is a product of a misguided imagination. When I communicated with her soul to soul in the dream state she readily admitted what she wanted. She even acknowledged that she was aware that she wanted to teach. Because Cheryl was not able to remember the specifics of our dream conversation it was clear she was still refusing to listen to her soul urge.
This dream helped me as a teacher. Any doubt I had about my perceptions vanished when I realized we had communicated in subconscious mind. I knew what her soul yearned for. This was a critical point for Cheryl. She believed in what she was learning and this experience was undeniable, especially because her classmates remembered the same thing. Unfortunately she chose to ignore what her soul was urging and never did teach metaphysics. If the conscious mind is unwilling to cooperate the soul will be left un-fulfilled.
This was a good lesson for me. I recognized the dream as a mark of my own spiritual progress and willingness to serve through teaching. My desire to give brought me together with these souls in this experience.
You can also learn to distinguish when you have dreams that are inner level experiences. I suggest you learn the Universal Language of Mind and interpret all the dreams you remember, so you can become adept at using this language of the soul. The dream experiences written about here occurred after I learned the Universal Language of Mind. This language gave me the means to understand what was happening in the inner realms of my mind. These dream memories of the inner levels show an awakening in my own soul. They are the very start of the awesome potential each one of us has when we develop reasoning and tap intuition.
As a reader of the Akashic Records, Christine Andrews aids others to realize their intuitive potential. As a teacher, she imparts the mental technology necessary to access the inner levels of mind. As director of SOM Productions, Christine realizes her dream of inspiring hope in humanity's destiny of peace.
