There are many ways to understand dreams, but I was taught to look at them in three distinct phases, each carrying a different kind of information.
The dreams of the first part of the night tend to be connected to what we were watching, reading, thinking about, or processing as we drifted into sleep. The mind is settling itself, sorting through the remnants of the day.
The second portion is where precognitive dreams may arise. Here, the subconscious gathers everything it knows—often far more than the conscious mind realizes—and begins showing us where things may be headed. When I wake from one of these dreams, I pay attention. I write it down.
Early morning brings what I call venting dreams. These can reveal what the mind is ready to release. A nightmare may represent an old fear moving out. Dreaming of a former lover may signal that the pain, attachment, or karma connected to that relationship has finally loosened its hold.
A few nights ago, my sweetie had a powerful dream that seemed to continue throughout much of the night. At first, he was searching through the file cabinet of his mind, looking to see what remained and what might have been lost.
When he woke for the day, he said there was one particular file he could no longer find. And I smiled.
Perhaps his subconscious had finished searching and was ready to release the fear that something had been lost through his injury and surgeries. Time will tell.
For now, it felt like a lovely message from somewhere deep within him: healing is happening in places we cannot always see.
✨ Blessing ✨
May your journey be filled with messages of love.
May healing happen on every level.
And may your most beautiful dreams find their way into being.