Dreams as intuitive guidance

Our dreams are the doorway to deeper consciousness. There are those who do lucid dreaming, where they have trained themselves to direct the course of the dream and to waken at the end of the dream and write it down. I used to keep a dream journal and did just that, and because I also taught people how to recognize their own unique symbols, I used that method to interpret the symbols embedded in my dreams.

Lately, however, I've noticed that my dream structure has changed. Now, along with the symbols, I'm also experiencing the feeling of being in school, so to speak. By that I mean I'm receiving instructions--very specific instructions--that I know are vitally important. When I waken, I feel tired from "putting in a full night's work" but I can't remember what the instructions were, at least not on a conscious level. The only thing I can grab onto is certain words or images I see during the day that are synchronous with the dreams. Numbers have played an especially significant role and throughout the day, without any conscious effort, I'll happen to look at the clock and see numbers such as 10:10, 4:44, 5:55, etc. While I don't think those numbers have any special significance in and of themselves, I do think they are a way of communicating to me that I'm "paying attention" by seeing and noticing something.

For example, as I posted on another forum, "you turn on the TV and immediately see an image of a snow leopard (maybe a commercial). You think nothing of it until the very next day as you're driving to work, listening to a public radio broadcast, and suddenly you hear people discussing the habitat of snow leopards. There is synchronicity in those two events. So, what did those events mean? Ah, that's the question! It's not always about what it means--except on a much deeper level: what if this was the way the Universe got your attention? It's like it was saying, 'OK, you seek me in your meditations (or dreams) and get frustrated because you think I don't assist you. But that isn't so. I come to you each day of your life, but you don't notice me, so I'll play a game with you. What if you were to see or hear about the same unusual thing 2, 3, 4, or 5 days in a row? Would that just be a coincidence, or is there a deeper meaning to what is happening to you? Can you imagine, just for a moment, in your heart of knowing, that I am speaking to you? Can I validate to you in some way that I am here for you, every second of your existence?'

As you learn to watch and listen for these messages, you will greatly expand your intuition (and consciousness). I don't know why, but they seem to be linked--at least they were for me.