Sandra St. John

The Meaning of Dreams: Naked Dreams and Bare Body Parts!

Embarrassing...strange...a disquieting feeling of vulnerability.   And perfectly normal.   

 

Trust me, you are not the first person to have a "naked dream."  In fact, it is rare to find someone in a clothing-non-optional society who hasn't had at least one uncomfortable naked dream at some time in their lives.

 

 What does it mean when you are naked in a dream?  How do you go about interpreting the message your Subconscious Mind/Inner Child is attempting to deliver to you?  Let's go through a short list of questions we can ask ourselves that might lead us to some answers. 

In this dream experience:

• Do you feel embarrassed?  Want to hide?  Want to cover yourself? (and which part of you do you feel is the most imperative to cover. . . Hey, I'm serious here!)   

• Do you feel very  out-of-place,  separate and different from everyone else?

• What thoughts run through your mind in this dream, perhaps in addition to the commonly frantic 'where am I, what am I doing here, OHMYGODI'MNAKED!, how do I get out of here !?!' kind of thoughts?

• Are you in the presence of a particular individual or individuals known to you?  Or are you with people not known to you?

• Are you in a place you recognize from your past or present?  Or perhaps a stereotypical place (a school, a bus stop, airport, grocery store, etc.)?

• In spite of any discomfort you might be feeling due to your circumstances, is anyone else in the dream noticing your nakedness or reacting to it in any way?  If so, how are they reacting and how does their reaction make you feel?

• Or perhaps you find yourself naked in your dream and feel perfectly comfortable with this ( no embarrassment) as though this is nothing out of the ordinary.  (In this case you usually find everyone else in the dream also being comfortable with your nudity.)

Answers to these questions will take you at least halfway to your goal of interpretation.  

Finding oneself completely unclothed in a dream typically implies that somewhere in our lives we have revealed ourselves, shown the world the real us, removed the false covering in which  we've clothed ourselves for society's sake.   If this has made you uncomfortable in your dream, ask yourself why.  (Remember, you weren't REALLY standing there totally nude in the company cafeteria; a dream is like a virtual reality game -- with no real consequences to any action or situation.  So with that in mind, why were you so uncomfortable?)  And now a vital key:  what, in your waking life, makes you feel that exact same way?

Something else to consider:  Have you perhaps been unusually free and honest with an opinion or comment that has somehow made you feel you might be open to ridicule or social judgement? Perhaps you are learning to be more open to sharing the real you.  Or perhaps, conversely, your subconscious is advising you to cover up a bit and not be so obvious or forthcoming.

Be sure to journal your dream and afterward, as always, take note of the words you choose to describe it.  Have you chosen a slang or colloquial term that could have a double meaning? Have you chosen a word or words that haven't been part of your vocabulary for quite some time? In this case, mentally go back to that time of your life and do some seeking and sorting.

 

What of body parts in our dreams?  Here are some examples (that can relate to you or another person in your dream) and what they usually mean:  

Topless or bare-chested, regardless of gender:  What lies at the core of the upper body?  The heart.  Frequently this can refer to not covering up our heart-felt feelings, being open-hearted. 

To be barefooted can mean to be grounded.  When there is nothing between the soles of the feet and the earth/ground, we are solid. 

The wrist can represent the 'pulse of life.'  This represents the flow of our life force (blood).

The mouth can represent the 'breath of life.'  It can also be about communication.

Conversely, do you find in your dreams that there are body parts covered up or clothed which may not normally be so?  A hat on the head, large dark-lensed sunglasses covering the eyes, gloves on hands?  This can mean something important, too. 

Lastly, a reminder:  

• Remember you are the best interpreter of your own dreams.  It is your dream, it is your subconscious speaking -- to you.   Outside sources (books, people, etc.) can give you helpful opinions about the meaning of your dreams but YOU hold the key.

• The importance of dream journaling can not be over-emphasized.  Your dream journal, and the process of dream journaling, is perhaps your best aid to your ability to interpret these communiques from the Inner You.

(Of course -- if you're the right age -- any naked dream could simply be a bad flashback of that time you decided to streak through your high school graduation ceremonies.)

 

Next time:  Are you an 'Angel of the Night'? (You just may be!). . . Escorting Departing Souls to the Other Side.

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The Meaning of Dreams: Being in Two Places at Once, Observing Yourself

   

      An intrepid reader of this blog wrote to me with this question:

     "Do you know why I sometimes dream as though I'm me, like when I'm awake, and other times in dreams I can be me but suddenly I'm across the room (so to speak) watching myself and the action of my dream?"

Answer:

     I believe I do know why this happens with some people. Most of my own dreams, from the time of early childhood, involved this phenomena.

     Have you noticed when you are the "you" that is participating in the action of the dream, you feel emotionally very similar to how you feel in your daily life when you are awake: the same perceptions, the same sense of emotional perspective, opinions, and expectations of how and what reality should be (in general).

     The second you, the observer that is separate from the action of the dream, is actually you accessing your Higher Mind.  Yes, in that state you are probably very close to being Soul Consciousness; you have managed to shift your awareness of self to the higher part of you that has all the answers, that is more spiritually mature and knowing. 

    This means you actually have developed the ability to shift your conscious awareness from the hum-drum mundane human emotional perspective of earthlife (astral body) to, at the very least, your mental body which does not participate in emotional experiences (that part of you functions on a different "frequency"). 

     With these types of dream experiences we can get a small taste of what it's like for our soul as it watches us go through our daily lives.  It's a bit like a knowing, mature adult watching a young, inexperienced (and emotionally active) child. 

     But now, through these dreams, you've been able to be both the adult and the child in the same moment.

     Some people say that from the psychological perspective this is very healthy, that the ability to observe ourselves in this way lets us understand ourselves better and tends to open us to perceive other options in life that otherwise might not have been noticed.

     Not everyone dreams from two perspectives (I tend to switch back and forth between the two points-of-view).  No matter what kind of "dreamer" you are, remember it is important to journal your dreams. 

     Dream journaling serves many purposes.  Two of the bigger ones: The act of taking the time to consciously replay a dream and translate it into words tells your subconscious mind that you are now paying attention to it and want to open a dialogue.  This will increase your dream episodes and information over time.  Secondly, by putting words to the emotional experiences of the dream world you can better interpret your own dreams by noting your word choices in the journaling process.

Next time:  Naked dreams and bare body parts -- Whoa! What does that mean?

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Sandra answers your questions about the Paranormal on her Blog

       A new service on my blog is answering "inquiring mind's" questions about astrology, the spirit world, karma, psychic animal communication, out of body travel, parallel realities, dreams...If it's of a paranormal nature, I will share what I know with you (in short form!).

       We will begin tomorrow with an interesting question from a blog-reader about dreaming -- and being in two places at once in a dream.  Hmmm, what does that mean?

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A Few Basics about Astrology

The planets represent core human energies, the signs show how those energies are "wired" into us, and the houses show the areas of life we tend to express or experience these energetic parts of ourselves.

That's the very short version of it. 

How many of us have read our Sun Signs in a newspaper or on the Net and said, "That is SO off-base," or "That was so right-on!"

There are usually more comments agreeing with the former.  Here's why...

Astrologers look at a minimum of 10 heavenly bodies when interpreting a chart, the sun being only one of those 10.  As mentioned before, each heavenly body (referred to as such because the sun and moon are not planets) correspond to a piece of our being or consciousness that seems to be affiliated with a particular vibration or frequency.  We think of them as a core energy.

The sign in which a planet/body is located in a birth chart (there are many other kinds of charts) tells us how that energy or functional bit of individual consciousness is wired into the person for expression; generally water = emotional, earth = physical/material/mundane, air = mental/expressing thought, fire = abstract/inspirational/active.

For example, the moon (a core energy) in a birth chart is associated with our gut (among other things).  Gut instinct, gut feelings and emotions, our sense of emotional security (ever have the rug pulled out from under you emotionally and feel as though you've been punched in the stomach as a result?)  This is the moon part of us.

The person with their moon in a fire sign needs to be active and moving to fully express or off-load their emotional energies.  The moon in an air sign type person needs to talk out their emotional energies.  (We'll get to the houses in a later blog.)

Remember your high school english class (verbs, nouns, etc.)?  Think of the planet/body as a noun and the sign a planet is in as the adjective that describes the noun.

And something for a later blog I'd like to just touch on for now:

The reason astrologers put such emphasis on the sun and moon in a birthchart is because the sun is said to correspond to a central wiring of the conscious mind and awareness.  This corresponds to our sense of "now" and being in the present.  The moon is said to correspond the subconscious mind which is associated with the sense of our past and our comfort zones and inner child (emotional programming stemming from past experiences/memories).

So...our conscious and subconscious minds.  Mighty important parts of us.  In future blogs we will explore how science is actually beginning to prove certain things about astrology, consciousness, and different forms of psychic ability.

The bottom line is...we are so much more than our sun signs!

(stay tuned for how the 'all-knowing subconscious' blabs all our secrets when we dream, and how we can use that to our benefit.)

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A Short Theory of Astrology: templates of energy and consciousness

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       Astrologers know that the forces that are present at the "birth" of an event (as well as the birth of a human being) set a kind of template of energy that carries through to the end of that event.  It creates a kind of mold, so that all energies-- anything --pertaining to that event will tend to conform to that mold or pattern.  A chart is a map on paper that describes this mold or, if you will, patterning of energy.

      Eventually we see a manifesting of these energies.

 

 

Exploring Heart, Soul, and Psychic Science

  Welcome to my new blog!  I hope you'll visit often...

Please follow me in the upcoming months and blog pages as we explore together:

1.  How science is beginning to understand what makes the Right Brain tick in regard to various "psychic abilities." 

2.  What kinds of psychic abilities exist and how to develop them yourself.

3.  What astrology really is (it's not what you think!) and how to use it to grow spiritually, dissolve karma, and better your life.  We will also follow astrological alignments and find how to best apply them for a happier, more satisfying life.

4.  Dreams...and what they can tell you.  This is your subconscious and your Higher Mind speaking to you -- Listen up!!

5.  Mediumship:  Spirits, Ghosts, Hauntings.  The lore and the science of what lives on the Other Side.

6.  Spiritual Mentoring and Life Coaching: What it is and how it can invite miracles into your life.

There's so much more to talk about -- and we will! -- but for now I'll be starting out a bit slow with my "Blog Production;" I'm in the process of a residential move.  What with packing and coordinating helpers...I'm sure you've been there.

In the meantime, please visit my remodeled website:  www.sandra-stjohn.com

God bless.  I look forward to hearing from you.