Ana Lora Garrard - Your Dreams: Spiritual Messages in Pajamas

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Your Dreams: Spiritual Messages in Pajamas 2010 by Ana Lora Garrard

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Welcome dear reader. Im so happy youre here. I invite you to treat this book as a meeting grounda place where I can share insights Ive cultivated over the years and you can receive recognition for the tremendous amount of knowledge within you.

I believe there is a quiet and potent wisdom that flows through the veins of each of us. Yet, whenever we narrow our thoughts because of fear, doubt ourselves because of old wounds, or allow ourselves to get distracted by our daily bustle, we shut off our ability to perceive much of the powerful awareness we carry within.

This book can help. Within its pages you will find some general information to help you identify what inner wisdom looks and feels like, how it gets choked off, and how it flows through a number of different channels, including your dreams. You will discover heart-centered tools for uncovering the wisdom within both your dreams and everyday life experiences that will allow you to gain new insights into who you are and what is really going on in your life. You will also get all the information you need to assemble a strong, supportive dream group.

For over twenty-five years, Ive used the information in these pages to uncover the knowledge revealed within both my sleeping dreams and my waking experiences, which I call waking dreams. I have taught others to do the same. As a direct result, many of my students and I have acquired new skills, made positive changes in our work and relationships, moved into new abodes, healed the sore spots in our hearts, opened new lines of communication with loved ones who died, stepped out of some dark pits of despair, had unexpected fun, and, perhaps most importantly, learned to comprehend ourselves and our purpose here on earth in very profound ways. In other words, weve used our dream explorations to create more rewarding lives for ourselves. I encourage you now to do this, too. Use the information here as a springboard to move further into your own native wisdom and invent a life for yourself that is filled with richness and creativity on every level.

Please remember that this book is intended as a guide and a source of inspiration. It is not a tome of ultimate truth. Although I frequently speak with a voice of authority, I encourage you to embrace only those concepts that resonate with you and to toss the rest out the window. I would be delighted if some of what I have learned in my journey may be of service to you in yours.

Namaste, as the Hindus say. (The sparkling light within me honors the sparkling light within you.)

contents

Why This Book?

How to Use this Book

PART ONE

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The Wisdom Within You

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How Sleeping Dreams Reveal Inner Wisdom

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Remembering Your Dreams

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Dreams As Part Of You

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Dreams And Relationships

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Dreams And Everything Else

PART TWO

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A Gentle Approach To Dream Exploration

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How To Start Exploring Your Dreams

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First Tools

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Dreaming Down To Your Toes

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More Tools For Understanding

PART THREE

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Exploring Your Life As A Dream

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Basic Waking Dream Exercises

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Waking Dream Dances

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Waking Dream Dialogues

PART FOUR

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Exploring Dreams As A Group

Farewell For Now

I am offering you this book for several reasons.

First of all, I would like to help you recognize that your inner wisdom is as real as the four walls that surround your body or this book you are holding in your hands. Id like to help you discover all you can about your ability to inspire healing, create deeply fulfilling relationships, uncover immensely joyful work, make all the money you need, and face all the challenges before you in a creative, loving, and even humorous manner. In other words, Id like to assist you in realizing all those things you know, but may not know you know.

Secondly, I want to encourage you to reclaim your dreams as channels for finding your own inner wisdom. Remember that even though they might confuse your rational mind at times, your dreams do not belong to well-educated professionals, clairvoyant seers, or even brilliant dream book authors. They are yours. You dont need to push them aside or hand them over to someone else. You just need to learn to approach them outside the filter of your rational mind. Dreaming is a natural way that the wise being within you, your spirit, guides you through life. Because dreams come from within, you have all the insightfulness and clairvoyance you need to understand them. By learning to use a few simple tools, you can reawaken your ability to comprehend them.

Thirdly, I want to invite you to expand your definition of the word dream, so that you can explore your daily life as if it too is a dream. With the information provided in these pages, I seek to show you how to look below the surface of anything thats going on in your life, discover why youre having this experience, and uncover what it has to teach you about enriching your life path.