1. Use your journal and write your interpretation of your dream.
2. How did the inside information revealed through this analysis help you clarify your problem or original question? (write in your journal your thoughts)
3. Make a commitment to read at least one of the dream books suggest in the reference section by listing the name of that book in your journal.
4. Make a pledge to record all forthcoming dreams in a section of your Journal. Or you may want to record all dreams in a separate "Dream Notebook."

Interpreting the Symbol

I courage you to keep a record of your dream symbols. As you become immersed in dream interpretation, you will see that a symbol can be interpreted in various ways. For example, dreaming of flying is common.

Sigmund Freud felt that flying symbolized sexual intercourse.

In contrast, Carl Jung felt that flying dreams represented upcoming and profound life changes.

T.C. Brink, a California psychologist, correlated flying dreams with an increase in self-confidence, sense of freedom, and creativeness.

Several contemporary psychotherapists have reported that patients who were beginning to rise above their present circumstances by taking more control of their lives frequently reported flying dreams.

EXERCISE

Your Turn to Explore Flying What does flying mean to you? Jot down as many associations as possible in your journal. Elicit flying associations from other people. Can you see the variety of associations to one concept?

EXERCISE

How to Share your Dreams with Others Dreamwork becomes more meaningful when shared with someone else. Here is how you can share our dreams. You can program a dream for someone you know who is in difficulty by asking for clarity about their situation. You many not understand the symbolism you elicit, but it can be clarified when you share the dream content with the troubled person. You can tell someone your dream and see what perspective is provided. Someone else may "hear" or "see" connections that elude you. You can organize a dream group that will meet once a week to discuss and analyze dreams. You can join the Association for the Study of Dreams (ASD) to find out about a dream group in your geographical area. You might also enjoy attending their annual conferences, where dream experts, educators, and laypeople interested in this area join for a week of exciting dream exploration.

Dreams That Come True Are Called Precognitive

• Kathy dreamed "The butler entered the room and presented the woman with a gift. He said, this is from your husband because he wants to see you happy. He placed in her hands a small painted porcelain Easter egg. She thought it was a lovely gift, but it wasn't Easter and she was confused." On Easter, Kathy was overjoyed to find out that she was pregnant and finally having a child after eight years of marriage.
• Peter has a friend who is a mechanic for the U.S. Postal Service in Chicago. They had a jeep that had broken down, and despite extensive testing, nobody could figure out why it wouldn't run. The boss decided not to let anybody work on this jeep because too much time had already been wasted in repair efforts. Then Peter's friend had a dream about the jeep in which a solution appeared. The next morning, he went over to the jeep and interchanged two wires that had been reversed, quickly correcting the situation.
• I, Marcia Emery, asked my dreaming mind to help me locate a "long lost friend." I was trying to find Mike Malone, a well-known choreographer whom I hadn't seen for many years. Although he had recently resided in Washington, D.C., I felt he had moved and had no idea as to his whereabouts. Finally, a dream provided the answer. I dreamed I was talking to Debbie Allen, star of the television program Fame and renowned choreographer. I asked her how she liked living in California. I told her I was trying to find Mike. Debbie said, "That's easy, he's living on the West Side of New York." As Detective Emery, I was eager to follow up this lead the next day and called the information operator in New York City, who gave a number for a Mike Malone living on the West Side. Mike answered the phone and immediately recognized my voice. He said, "How did you find me? I just moved here yesterday!"

Please note that these dreams bring both good and bad messages. But, if you honor the sneak preview presented in your dreams, you will be prepared for life's most significant events. For example, a promotion can be anticipated, a problem solved, or a new friendship previewed. Precognitive dreams can come spontaneously or through programming.

Through the years, many people in my dream research group were able to identify their precognitive dreams from a signal or cue in the dream. As part of the programming they asked, "Can you send me a signal so I will know that this dream represents an occurrence that can go forward in time?" Some of the symbols went were a white dove, an eagle, a white light, a deer, a cat, and a piece of cake. One of the most interesting symbols came to Nancy, who saw the actress Jane Seymour. We were all amused by the "punny" nature of her dreaming mind--by presenting someone who wanted her to SEE MORE!

you can learn to program a precognitive dream by saying, I need advice and guidance from my dreaming mind. I need a dream that will answer my question (insert your question in here). My dreaming mind will show me a simple picture I can understand. Send me a symbol showing that the dream is precognitive. I will awaken with the dream picture fresh in my mind . I will remember the dream easily and record it in my Dream Notebook. The meaning of the dream will become clear to me.

EXERCISE

Practice Programming a Precognitive Dream In your journal, write your programming question and the dream that was sent in response.

Where Do you Think This Advance Information Comes From?

The late Edgar Cayce once said, "Nothing of significance happens in our lives unless we first preview it in a dream." Where does this input about the future come from? I will briefly offer a perspective about how your subconscious presents information about the future

Often, higher spiritual states are accessed through dreams. A dream can occur in chairos time, that is, sacred time or the eternal now. During sleep, the dreamer is carried to a sacred dimension, where a transfer of wisdom and energy occur. The subconscious steps into this sacred time to bring wisdom, energy, clarification, and insight from sacred time into chronos, or chronological, time.

EXERCISE

Evaluating Precognitive Input Remember, your mind is like a parachute and functions only when open. How open are you to accepting the validity of precognitive experiences? (Write the first thoughts that come to mind in your journal.)