Kyra. Thanks for writing this article, it will help me going forward. Psychic abilities are often difficult to explain or understand, even to those of us who have them.
I have zero dream recall in every day life. When I do have recall, this lets me know that something is up and the key to this personally, is to get the details down asap.
For YEARS I’ve tried keeping a dream journal only to find that as soon as my eyes open, the details fade and I am left with only the emotional experiences.
Identifying reality, specificity, continuity and empathy as factors of predictive dreams helps me tremendously.
Thank you for sharing about your experiences, Tara. It's especially interesting to know what you think about this since you are also a tarot reader who uses psychic skills.
The emotional aspect of dreams can be helpful to document, too, and sometimes the feelings are one of the most critical clues to the interpretation of a dream. It's especially helpful to note the feeling I am left with when I wake up after the end of a dream, as that emotion might provide information about the outcome and/or meaning of the dream. Sometimes documenting the feelings that arise during or after a dream can be enough.
Writing whatever I can recall, whether it is the physical or emotional experience of a dream, is enough to exercise the muscle. The more I document my dreams, the stronger that muscle gets. My dream recall gradually improves again every time I go back to journaling.
I appreciate that you took the time to share your thoughts, I'm sure they will be of help to others!
What has helped me the most is that you mention recalling the emotions associated with the dream.
I have tried for *YEARS* to keep a dream journal but as I said, the moment I open my eyes, reach for my glasses to grab pencil and paper (that I keep next to my bed), the recall vanishes. What does stick with me are the emotions and sometimes physical sensations that come along with the dream.
I have given up on trying to keep a dream journal. I just know that whenever I have a dream that awakens me and I feel the emotion/physical - I run and grab my cards. These are my spidey senses telling me that there's a disturbance in the collective.
Another strange feature of my dream pattern is that the dreams that do come, ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS happen at 3:00am. I wake up and look over at the clock and it always says 3:00am.
After reading your article however, I think I will try again to keep a dream journal.
If you recall not only the emotions but also the physical sensations, those are two categories of valuable information that can provide insight into your dreams. I love that you go for the cards to get additional information after a dream. In a way, you're continuing the story of the dream through the stories told by the cards.
I can't say I know for sure, but the 3:00 am arrival of dreams might have something to do with your sleep cycle. You could be connecting to a certain level of your unconscious mind by that time because your body has learned that this is an optimal window for dreaming. Or you might be naturally reaching that state after you have been sleeping for a specific or approximate period of time. I am sure you have more insight into this based on your experience.
Thanks again for sharing! It's a pleasure to read your thoughts. :)
I know I've had many realistic dreams in the past and I don't know if I have any kind of predictive dreams or not, but I've certainly wondered. I do sometimes have sort of daydreams/memories that seemed to be oddly coincidental. I was watching a movie with my husband one night and I got up during a break and was washing my hands or looking in the bathroom mirror and I had this intense memory of a puff back that occurred in my home as a child. I thought to myself, wow that was such a difficult time. I had not thought about it in probably 15 or 20 years maybe more. About an hour later I look on facebook and I see that my cousin posted on facebook about an hour prior (perhaps when or shortly after I was having this little daydream memory) that her family just experienced a terrible puff back from their furnace. I don't know what to make of these experiences. Maybe it's just a coincidence, but obviously I'm here so I have some suspicions. In regards to real dreams while sleeping.. If I review the dream immediately in my head and go over the details and especially if I talk about it I can recall more specific details. I have often taken note of what senses I was using etc but at this moment I can't really recall any at all. I wrote a few down in journals growing up but don't remember them now. Reading this has made me want to start a specific dream journal and be more intentional about it.
There is a phenomena I've experienced and that has been written about which relates to mirror scrying, and sometimes it has happened to me by accident. It is similar to other gazing or scrying techniques, including seeing and sometimes interpreting fire or reflective surfaces. It makes sense that you would have experienced a specific message while looking in the mirror. We are all connected, even when not in the same room, and those you are more connected to could be sending thoughts or you might be picking up on their thoughts at or around the same time. It is like giving or receiving a phone call, and these messages were being given and received way before phones and other communication devices were invented.
I will read up on this. I definitely didn’t Actively try to do anything intuitive, but perhaps I did by accident. I don’t know. Just exploring this more for the first time.
Kyra. Thanks for writing this article, it will help me going forward. Psychic abilities are often difficult to explain or understand, even to those of us who have them.
I have zero dream recall in every day life. When I do have recall, this lets me know that something is up and the key to this personally, is to get the details down asap.
For YEARS I’ve tried keeping a dream journal only to find that as soon as my eyes open, the details fade and I am left with only the emotional experiences.
Identifying reality, specificity, continuity and empathy as factors of predictive dreams helps me tremendously.
Thank you again for such a great article.
Tara
Thank you for sharing about your experiences, Tara. It's especially interesting to know what you think about this since you are also a tarot reader who uses psychic skills.
The emotional aspect of dreams can be helpful to document, too, and sometimes the feelings are one of the most critical clues to the interpretation of a dream. It's especially helpful to note the feeling I am left with when I wake up after the end of a dream, as that emotion might provide information about the outcome and/or meaning of the dream. Sometimes documenting the feelings that arise during or after a dream can be enough.
Writing whatever I can recall, whether it is the physical or emotional experience of a dream, is enough to exercise the muscle. The more I document my dreams, the stronger that muscle gets. My dream recall gradually improves again every time I go back to journaling.
I appreciate that you took the time to share your thoughts, I'm sure they will be of help to others!
Kyra
Kyra.
What has helped me the most is that you mention recalling the emotions associated with the dream.
I have tried for *YEARS* to keep a dream journal but as I said, the moment I open my eyes, reach for my glasses to grab pencil and paper (that I keep next to my bed), the recall vanishes. What does stick with me are the emotions and sometimes physical sensations that come along with the dream.
I have given up on trying to keep a dream journal. I just know that whenever I have a dream that awakens me and I feel the emotion/physical - I run and grab my cards. These are my spidey senses telling me that there's a disturbance in the collective.
Another strange feature of my dream pattern is that the dreams that do come, ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS happen at 3:00am. I wake up and look over at the clock and it always says 3:00am.
After reading your article however, I think I will try again to keep a dream journal.
:)
Tara
If you recall not only the emotions but also the physical sensations, those are two categories of valuable information that can provide insight into your dreams. I love that you go for the cards to get additional information after a dream. In a way, you're continuing the story of the dream through the stories told by the cards.
I can't say I know for sure, but the 3:00 am arrival of dreams might have something to do with your sleep cycle. You could be connecting to a certain level of your unconscious mind by that time because your body has learned that this is an optimal window for dreaming. Or you might be naturally reaching that state after you have been sleeping for a specific or approximate period of time. I am sure you have more insight into this based on your experience.
Thanks again for sharing! It's a pleasure to read your thoughts. :)
Kyra
I know I've had many realistic dreams in the past and I don't know if I have any kind of predictive dreams or not, but I've certainly wondered. I do sometimes have sort of daydreams/memories that seemed to be oddly coincidental. I was watching a movie with my husband one night and I got up during a break and was washing my hands or looking in the bathroom mirror and I had this intense memory of a puff back that occurred in my home as a child. I thought to myself, wow that was such a difficult time. I had not thought about it in probably 15 or 20 years maybe more. About an hour later I look on facebook and I see that my cousin posted on facebook about an hour prior (perhaps when or shortly after I was having this little daydream memory) that her family just experienced a terrible puff back from their furnace. I don't know what to make of these experiences. Maybe it's just a coincidence, but obviously I'm here so I have some suspicions. In regards to real dreams while sleeping.. If I review the dream immediately in my head and go over the details and especially if I talk about it I can recall more specific details. I have often taken note of what senses I was using etc but at this moment I can't really recall any at all. I wrote a few down in journals growing up but don't remember them now. Reading this has made me want to start a specific dream journal and be more intentional about it.
There is a phenomena I've experienced and that has been written about which relates to mirror scrying, and sometimes it has happened to me by accident. It is similar to other gazing or scrying techniques, including seeing and sometimes interpreting fire or reflective surfaces. It makes sense that you would have experienced a specific message while looking in the mirror. We are all connected, even when not in the same room, and those you are more connected to could be sending thoughts or you might be picking up on their thoughts at or around the same time. It is like giving or receiving a phone call, and these messages were being given and received way before phones and other communication devices were invented.
I will read up on this. I definitely didn’t Actively try to do anything intuitive, but perhaps I did by accident. I don’t know. Just exploring this more for the first time.