March 16, 2026

Your Dreams, whatever they Be, Dream a Little Dream of Me

Crrow777

“These dreams go on when I close my eyes – Every second of the night I live another life…
Funny how your feet in dreams never touch the earth” – Heart

We all have dreams, but where do we go? If you ask a western source, you will likely be told nobody knows. But if you ask older spiritual traditions, you will be informed about “out of body” travel, and different “dimensions”. Up until modern times most cultures and traditions considered dreams to be important and meaningful. As a matter of fact, there is so much information available from other parts of the world, it is hard to fathom why we have not paid attention to our nocturnal wanderings. But even in that, most of us are aware there is more than one kind of dream. One of those kinds is the nightmare. Do we go somewhere different during a bad dream, or is it something else altogether?

The social engineering we have endured for so long has left us unconcerned about dreams in this part of the world. As a result, the hyper-materialistic world we have built and opted into has led us far from the natural world. And in this departure, the separation from truth has directed us to where we currently exist. In dreams we renew our connection to natural processes. This, in turn, temporarily allows us to shuffle off the mortal coil and venture forth. In our material-free nocturnal travels we are able to connect to our subconsciousness, and typically inaccessible thoughts, experiences, and knowledge. But unexamined and unstudied, this has been of little value. This too is changing as we head toward a new era where spiritual concerns are rising in many of us.

It is said that the etheric body is the closest to our physical body, and one of other energetic bodies we can access. There are also said to be other energetic bodies above etheric at higher levels. Many eastern spiritual traditions describe this in great detail. Buddhism is one of them, and what is put forward is based on first-hand experience. All of the spiritual traditions that engage in what I call the “mind sciences” put forward detailed information in this regard. From what I have studied, this information has been known for as far back as we can look, and there is very little difference from culture to culture. Yet in the west, we have often belittled such ideas as mystical, quaint and superstitious.

The dream-state has been put forward as a way to prepare for the death-state. Unfortunately, death is yet another topic that has been pushed far away from western culture, even though each of us will pass into this state of being. If it is true that we can be recycled back to this place, learning more about dreams and death seems a crucial thing to do. Maybe that is why our engineered culture has been trained to ignore such things. Maybe that is why many religions in the west claim to hold the only way, intentionally steering minds away from what other cultures and traditions have learned about such crucial matters. Is spiritual growth something to achieve, or something to believe in? In many parts of the world, spiritual elevation is considered to be achievable only after years of serious endeavor. There are endless accounts of lifetimes spent working a spiritual path towards a known goal. Growing up in my church I was told the very same stories over and over again while being informed that belief is the defining characteristic.

There is actually an avenue of practice called dream yoga. I have read accounts from Asian sources in China and Tibet that have published books about the practice. The one I recall now covered a student who wanted to be able to speak with his teacher in the east while dreaming. In this account he was able to achieve this. The reason I mention this is because it puts forward the idea of control in the dream state. It puts forward that spiritual achievement is something that needs to be practiced and that results demonstrate why practice is worthwhile. I have heard that practice makes perfect my whole life. It is just unfortunate that I never connected this idea to my spiritual life, which has always been important to me. As they say, live and learn. Maybe we should add practice to this last idea.

I would like to wish you all a happy, healthy, and higher-minded new era.