Dear Dreamers,

You are the writer, producer, director and star of all your dreams. Only you can really interpret your dreams. The language of dreams is symbols, metaphors and emotions. As our minds are unconscious in dreams, your dream “creator” can only pull information stored in your brain (data base) and try to use this to give you a dream message.

In the dream below I try to give guidelines to what the dreams may mean. You must always ask yourself- what does the symbol, person, color, emotion etc. mean to me in my dreams?

Only you really know the answer and if what I say should resonate in a small or big way then you are on track to understanding what your symbols are meaning. The best way to learn how to understand your dream language is to keep a dream journal of each dream that does stand out for you and to keep digging to find meanings that resonate. My suggestions below are only my ideas and not meant to be replacing your own dream language or interpretations.

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August, September, October 2010

Dear Irene,

I am reading your book; Dream Talk- Your Hidden Biography - which my son gave me for my birthday. I am fascinated with dreams and love to go to bed at night just to dream. Over the last 12 months I have been dreaming almost nightly of babies. In my dream I am breast feeding; holding my baby; forgot to feed my baby or lost the baby. I have dreams of other people having babies. I have so many baby dreams that I’m sure there is something they are desperately trying to tell me. I even put my 16 year old daughter on birth control pills in case she was the reason for these dreams! However I still dream constantly of babies and I have 4 beautiful children with no desire to have anymore.

- Submitted by Judy R. -

Dear Judy,

Recurring dreams often have a sense of anxiety involved in them and this creates a strong need in us to pay attention to them as they are trying to tell us something.

The main recurring theme is the baby which often represents our vulnerability over some situations in our life. We often dream of babies when we need to look at our feelings and see if we are feeling vulnerable about something. Baby dreams can take us to a spiritual level if we are looking for a sense of nurturing self or a place of innocence is wanted or needed in our life. Rarely can dreams be taken literally.

If we look at the other symbols with the baby you might connect your dream to the following:

Breast feeding/forgot to feed baby- breasts in a dream are very common and often considered to mean nourishment, mothering, love and protection. This could be triggered by concerns about your children and even about yourself. Do you need to protect, nourish and love yourself more? You may be feeling vulnerable and you may need to consider having a breast exam.

Other people’s babies- if you recognize the people in the dream as someone in your life this could indicate that you have or may be afraid of being hurt or unsure of something in your relationship with them.

I hope this may resonate way with you and if you have finished my dream book I would love to hear some feedback.

Dear Irene,

Here is my dream although I didn't think I was actually sleeping. I felt a presence in the room and walking behind me. I had a second of fear and than calm. I felt hands tapping on my shoulders and I heard myself say - "that feels good" and then someone said: “Just getting your energy going”.

Next my mom is beside me as clear as can be. She is laying face down as if on someone and she says that if she puts her right breast on my liver it would help. We both turn and see our reflection as if she is laying on me and we both start laughing. Then she is lying beside me and we are looking at each other. I asked her what she was doing here. She touched my cheek and said "to help you".

She starts to talk about the other side & how it is kinda picky or something like that. I said: “I thought it was supposed to be beautiful.” She looked away and said “It’s a miracle" and left. I called to her not to leave me and she was gone. I felt my stomach burn and I woke up just as the phone rang.

Irene, this was soooooo real, I cannot even explain it. I did wake up with more energy and a lot of questions. Dreams are funny. They never seem to make sense so I am looking forward to what you have to say.

~ Submitted by Terry ~

Dear Terry,

There is a fine line between dreams, spiritual visitations and reality and it is hard to know which can be which. This dream/visit seems to focus on connecting your energy and wanting to assist you in the way of helping and/or healing you. Mothers always try to protect their children and when we are given assistance and help from dreams or visitors we have to ask ourselves what issues are going on inside of us at that time. Were you concerned about someone’s health or your own? The liver is symbolic of suppressed anger and irritability, right is the future and her breast could have been her way of healing and nourishing you.

Your mother had a desire to come to you and for whatever reason she wanted to assist you. Perhaps it was to just get your energy moving or to uplift you in some way. The stomach is our way of digesting and if you were having digestive (emotional) problems before the dream or just when the burning happened it could have been for a healing as well. We don’t always know the reasons behind dreams or visits and I take them all as gifts and blessings. I hope you thanked her for the visit.

Sweet Dreams Everyone!

Blessings,

Irene

Insightful and compassionate, Irene is a powerful spiritual counselor, author, speaker and teacher who shares her intuitive gifts and wisdom with a myriad of clients including professionals and non-professionals around the globe. Irene is the author of Dream Talk, Journey Beyond and a Self Discovery Journal

Irene has been seen and heard on many television and radio shows and is currently working on a television pilot for her own show.

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