MY
FIRST PHENOMENAL DREAM EXPERIENCE …
Growing
up, I didn't think too much about my dreams.
Sure, I had nightmares as a child, just like
you remember having. Whenever I would have one
of those horrifying "monster" or "boogey-man"
dreams, I would race into my Mom and Dad's bedroom,
crying and sobbing frantically, my heart racing.
They seemed so real!! My mother would comfort
me by saying "Oh honey, it wasn't real
... it was only a dream".
After
many years of believing that dreams were not
real, they weren't significant, and they were
just garbled information being thrown off from
the brain, I had an experience in the dreamstate
that opened my mind to new possibilities. The
experience I am about to share with you was
the catalyst for the spiritual journey I now
travel.
In
1982, my life took a tragic turn when my husband,
David, was brutally murdered. My four-year-old
daughter and I were totally devastated. Three
weeks after his death, and amidst handling all
the immediate and necessary arrangements that
widows must deal with, I had a dream unlike
any other dream I had ever had. In the dream,
David appeared by my bedside. My mind reeled
with confusion. My emotions traveled from one
extreme to the other -- from joy of being able
to see and talk to him again, to the anger of
realizing that he had been taken from me for
the rest of my life. My perception of reality
was being seriously questioned. During our conversation,
I insisted that he explain to me how he could
exist before my very eyes when I knew he was
in fact dead. He said that he had to go to school,
that he had alot to learn and that he would
be very busy at this new school. He went on
to say that he would not be able to come back
until he had completed his learning. I had no
idea what he meant by that. He assured me that
he was very happy and that I too should be happy.
He encouraged me to get on with my life. We
shared loving embraces and good-byes.
This
dream was unlike any other dream I had ever
had ever experienced. It was real, it was very
real. I knew that he had visited me and that
obviously he still existed on some other plane
of existence. But where was this other plane?
It was at this time that I began to wonder and
question what the after-life was all about.
I began to consider that where we go when we
sleep and dream is the same place we travel
to when we die. Could it be that the "other
side", the "after-life" exists
within the dreamstate? And that each exist simultaneously?
This
experience was just the beginning of my personal
journey into the exploration of the mind. Dreams
have become a constant companion for me, a very
important vehicle for traveling to the inner
spiritual recesses of my own mind. Studying
and teaching people how to explore the inner
levels of consciousness has been my life's work
for sixteen years now. Through extensive research
and exploration, it is my firm belief that dreams
provide the most available access to the inner
depths of the Soul, the subconscious mind. Truly,
dreams are the portal to the inner levels of
consciousness. Go back to Dreams.
About
Denise Rodgers, M.Div.
Denise
Rodgers is the founder of the Association for
the Development of Mind/Body Potential, Inc.
Known nationally as "The
Dream Lady", since 1987
she has been an expert on dreams. She has served
as a weekly columnist interpreting dreams in
many publications nationwide. She has been a
frequent talk show guest on hundreds of radio
shows in cities such as Los Angeles, Honolulu,
Denver, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Salt Lake
City and Phoenix. She had a monthly dream interpretation
segment on Tulsa’s CBS affiliate morning
show for six years. Her passion is to teach
other how to access the subconscious mind to
heal the spiritual, mental and emotional factors
underlying illness. This work has been used
in research projects utilizing spiritual techniques
to heal M.S. and breast cancer. For more complete
Bio and professional Curriculum Vitae, click
here
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