Find Out What Your Dreams Mean

Find Out What Your Dreams Mean

Doug Addison

Did you ever wake up from a dream that stayed with you like an un-erasable memory? Or wake up and the dream vanishes right away? Here are my tried-and-true tips to help you remember your dreams:

Write

Dream journaling is a must for those who want to hear God through their dreams. If you do not write them down right away, you will most likely forget. Dream journals can go beyond just recording your dreams. You can use them to track how God speaks, cross-reference dreams and even add notes later when the dream actually plays out in your life.

Keep a notepad conveniently located near your bed, and when you have a dream, get in the habit of writing it down right when you wake up. You may want to do what I do: when I wake up in the middle of the night with an important dream I do not want to forget, I make some bullet points on the notepad next to my bed. These notes jog my memory later.

I’ve used an audio recorder before. It might work for you. But I’m way too groggy whispering mumbo-jumbo that I can’t understand my own voice later on. Also, my wife doesn’t want to hear me yapping in the middle of the night while she’s fast asleep. But if you want to use an audio recorder, keep it in the bathroom or step out of the room.

Make a habit of journaling daily. Once you start, you’ll find a whole new world opens up. I told God I was going to journal every day of the year. Now I am hearing God in ways that I never knew possible. God was speaking to me and I did not understand it because quite often, God speaks over time.

Text

Carry something with you to record your dreams or ideas later in the day. Maybe you suddenly remember a dream, something God shows you or a creative idea. Unless you record or write it down, most likely you will forget it again. So, get in the habit of either writing it down, or do what I do: send a text message or e-mail to myself. And don’t forget to get that information into your journal.

Write creativity

Get creative. You don’t have to just write dreams down — you can draw or diagram them. With children, you can ask them to act the dream out for you and write it down, Younger children don’t have language to say what happens in their dreams.

Talk

A good way to start the day is to talk about your dreams with your family or coworkers. Ask one another, “Did you dream last night?” You’ll find that suddenly you remember a dream that you forgot or didn’t realize that you had. Another interesting thing is that others around you may be having similar dreams. This also teaches your children to value dreams and another way God speaks.

Be creative! Let dreams inspire you

Find ways torespond to your dreams, like doing something artistic. If you have a vivid dream that seems to mean something special, be inspired to write a poem, story, song, draw, dance or paint. When you do this, you’ll see the dream has deeper meaning.

Writing your dream is the first step. Because dreams tend to be more animated and spiritual, when you write them down they may lose impact. Writing tends to be a left-brained activity, while dream interpretation is a creative, right-brained function. So remember to write your dreams down, then you can find the meaning.

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Blessings,

Doug

http://dougaddison.com

Doug Addison is a prophetic dream interpreter, speaker, writer, Life Coach, and stand-up comedian. Doug travels the world bringing a message of love, hope, and having fun! His unique style helps open people to discover their destiny and experience God’s supernatural love and power. Doug is an award-winning author of seven books. He and his wife Linda live in Los Angeles, California.