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Hello, guys.
Welcome to another episode of Prophetic Dream Sharing.
This is a very unique show as far as I can tell,
where I'm strictly trying to make it about dream prophecy
and see how far we can get into the understanding of
what this is and how this applies to our lives.
And, uh, it's been historically a very significant thing
for a lot of cultures on Earth,
and it's probably less so significant now to our culture.
Even even those religions like Western Christianity
where there's a lot of dream prophecy in the Bible,
there's zero, uh,
emphasis on dream prophecy in the churches,
zero emphasis on, you know, sharing dreams
and talking about what the dreams could mean.
And so it's a little bit mysterious how, uh,
culturally it's just a very different
sort of world we're in right now.
Um, but, uh, I figure this would be a good opportunity, uh,
to go over some historical cases of, uh, societies
of cultures where dream prophecy interpretation was
extremely important to that culture.
And, uh, I picked out two examples that I'll cover.
Maybe we'll do 30 minutes or so,
and then we can do discussion at the end, uh, 30 minutes to,
to talk about two different key examples of
what I would call historical
or ancient dream dictionaries, where there was tons
and tons of records that were found that were, you know,
copied over and over.
So we know this is legitimate, uh, documents
that were passed around to help the culture, the society
of the day, uh, interpret the dreams, know what, know
what the symbols and the dreams meant.
And this was often interpreted as omens, which is,
puts a slightly different flavor on what we're calling,
um, prophetic dreams.
Uh, but, but it, it was a significant thing
that people were not just from dreams,
but in general, people were looking for signs, looking for,
you know, messages from the gods or
however they wanted to view their reality, to try
to understand, you know, what choices to be making.
And if they needed to be doing more,
like praying more, doing more rituals.
There are different kind of superstitious kind of aspects
to this concept of an omen.
And so when you get back into these ancient cultures
where they, they just have these much stronger beliefs
and, you know, pl plurality of god's,
I guess there was a lot more, uh, opportunity for
seeing things in terms of superstitions,
which are not necessarily grounded in,
in their own spiritual development,
which I think dreams are ultimately, uh, custom tailor made.
Our dreams are tailor made so that we can have an experience
of deepening our awareness of our own spiritual path.
Um, but there, you know, there's a little bit of language,
uh, that has to occur back
and forth, uh, to appreciate, uh, for a person to appreciate
what, what it is the dreams are saying,
and it has to be built up over time.
But I thought this would be a good time to briefly, uh,
mention again, the, the law of one passage from session 95.
Question 18, one, Don Elkins asked, um,
in processing the catalyst of dreams,
is there a universal language of the unconscious mind,
which may be used to interpret the meaning of the dreams?
Or does each entity have a unique language
of its unconscious mind, which it may use
to interpret the meaning of dreams?
And Ross said, there is what might be called a par,
a partial vocabulary of the dreams due
to the common heritage of all mind body spirit complexes.
Due to the entity's unique incarnation experiences,
there is an overlay which grows to be a larger
and larger proportion of the dream vocabulary
as the entity gains experience.
So this is why I'm gonna bring up the subject
of the dream dictionaries, because this is
what Rah would call the partial vocabulary of dreams due
to the common heritage of all mind, body spirit complexes.
And it's our common heritage as we interact
with our environment, as we interact with the world,
that we see patterns, we see symbols
that have a deeper pull into awareness of the, the nature
of the deeper mind that, that we share.
That's speaking out through symbols
that we're all connected to.
Um, so the two examples I'm going gonna go into here are
one, uh, from Mesopotamia that was dated back to, uh,
850 BC or so called the Assyrian Dream Book.
Uh, this was, uh, scholarly work
that came out in like the 1950s.
This put into English for people to actually
start processing, and,
and it takes a lot of work to actually do a good job
with this kind of thing with the translations.
But so fortunately this was a, a, a big enough subject
that the people put a lot of work
into getting the, the details.
Um, this came from a library of
Asher Bonna Paul, uh, from the Assyrian roots.
Um, some, some places in, in northern Iraq are
where this was found originally.
And originally, and there were traces
of this Assyrian Dream book found in Asser and Babylon.
And this was, um,
as scholarly culture that created this where elite scribes
and specialists tried to understand, quote the will
of the gods through many omen systems,
dreams being one of the omen systems.
And, uh, these were CUA forum
tablets that this was found on.
And the second one I'll talk about later will be the
Egyptian Ram Aside Dream Book.
And this book was primarily about dreams
and how to, how to interpret, uh, the o of dreams
and, you know, whether it's see should be seen as a good
or bad symbol, and then what it,
what it might mean in the deeper interpretation.
And, uh, this was dated back even further to 1200 bc.
And, uh, this was known
because of a poem about the Battle of Kadesh.
There's a very specific event that occurred,
so we can trace it to a specific time.
And this was found in, in, in the Thieves in Greece.
Um, and this one actually,
they used different colors when they were writing out the
Bad Omens, it'd be in red ink.
So it was very clear, uh, how they were delineating
between the, the good and the bad symbols.
Um, but of course, it's, it's up to us to
how we want interpret, interpret symbols.
But that's another subject we'll get into the how we tend
to put things in good and bad terms,
and how some of these dream interpretations are sort
of shifting us to not necessarily think that way.
Um, but, uh, some, some here are some examples of, uh,
from the Assyrian Dream book.
Um, there are a lot of dream, uh,
dream references to flying.
And of course flying is an incredible symbol
that a lot of people have in their dreams.
But I often have wondered if flying in dreams is just like
going out of body, doing
astral travel and that kind of thing.
And because it can be so, uh, incredibly invigorating
and you can have a feeling like you're falling.
Uh, and I feel like that's kind
of leaving the body when you wake
up feeling like you were falling.
'cause maybe you, you were less
tethered to your body at that time.
But it, it, I think it's fair to say
that if you're having a lot of awareness
of flying in your dreams, that seems to be a strong symbol.
And it's clearly, it's not just that we have airplanes.
It's like people were dreaming about
flying thousands of years ago.
Um, so there were, uh, references to the idea
of stability in a person's status, uh, that related
to flying and, and, and,
and that kind of travel, uh, flying
repeatedly people said would mean, uh, you,
you could be losing things
because you, you're not, you're
not, you're not holding onto them.
So, uh, if you're flying, one, one instance of flight
was interpreted differently based on, uh, the status
of a person in society.
If a person was just flying
and they were in a, a low state in society,
it would be interpreted as they're flying up
to a higher social status with good things happening.
If a person is in a higher place, it could be interpreted
that the flight would mean they're losing things,
they're going to a different status.
And this just seems to be, uh, a way in which they found,
they found balance in, in, in the status, uh, symbols
of their society is that
movement would mean changing the statuses more often than,
than just sort of something relating to a person's
what they're going through in life.
But, so I'm not necessarily saying I agree
with all these symbols, but I I think that there's,
there's clues in these, uh, that, that are applicable to us,
to understanding that universality of,
of the dreams that, that we're all sharing.
Um, there was a lot about, um, flying straight up, you know,
to heaven would be, would be a good, a good symbol.
But flying up and not reaching the, the destination, trying
to fly to heaven and not reaching it was
of course a bad symbol that the gods will
persecute you if you're trying to fly to heaven.
Just the fact that that was in
a dream book is pretty amazing.
Um, I wonder if there's like UFOs and that kind of thing.
That's why people had this common idea
of flying up to the skies.
Um, there was a lot about rivers
and water in, in these dream ba passages.
Uh, there was, uh, you know, you could consider back in,
back in these days where they didn't have faucets, you go up
to for water, they spending a lot more time going down
to the river and spending time in the river, um,
having to go through rivers.
Of course, if you have to travel, there's not
as many bridges, but also get just getting
water and washing things.
Uh, so walking through light water that's easy to walk
through would indicate something easy going on in your life.
Uh, if you're ill, it would be a symbol of lightness
of the, a lightning of the illness.
If the, if the water you're traveling through is lighter,
if the water was heavier, difficult to travel through,
it could be a more dangerous illness
or a difficult situation in life that they're going through.
Um, uh, falling into a river obviously
had different, had different meanings, uh,
falling into a river and coming up
symbolized there could be worry in your life
that there's something out of place that you have
to recover from, that worry, um,
for whatever reason, sinking into a river
with your clothes on was a good, a good thing
because it, it's like your, your clothes, I guess, were more
of a, a symbol of foundations.
Uh, being solid with your survival aspects, uh,
and the direction of the river was a big deal.
If you're, uh, falling in a river
and drifting upstream, the upstream indicates
that you're going against a hard person
or a hard situation and you're succeeding.
Uh, the downstream travel would indicate
that maybe there's something that looks, uh, pleasant, but,
but you might not be getting what you're seeking.
Um, and you just speculate why people would, would,
uh, would've believed that or thought that.
But it's fascinating that the upstream
and downstream could be, um, indication
of struggle in different directions.
Um, washing in the
river for some reason meant losses.
You know, we think of washing as being, gaining cleanliness,
um, but I guess in a river,
you could be losing things if you're washing
and things come out and fall away.
So washing always was a symbol of loss for them at least.
Um, damning up the river meant you'd see hard times.
You need to be storing, storing more.
Um, and there's even references to animals and rivers.
Um, seizing a snake in the river meant you were catching
good riches, good fortune, seizing a tur,
a turtle in the river meant it was not good fortune.
Uh, as more a sorrowful thing if you're
for some reason grabbing a turtle.
Um, there were, there was lots of, uh,
passages about the other, the underworld, heavenly states
and underworld, um, references to
the dead, uh, kissing the dead people.
If you're have a dream where you're kissing a dead person,
um, it could mean that you're standing up against an
adversary and succeeding.
I guess that's an interesting thing, facing, facing
what seems dead was love is, is seen as a, as a success.
Um, if a dead person
kisses you, then that seems likely to indicate
that you might be the one that's about to die or something.
Um, and then there's more general dreams about travel, uh,
traveling, uh, around your country, sort of similar to the,
the idea of flying around back
and forth could mean that there's distress
because there's too much, um, movement from place to place
and might seem like there's, there's not enough peace.
And then the idea of traveling outside of your country.
If you're traveling great distances, then that was seen
as a great omen because, um, you're, you're gating a status
that you have the ability to do that.
It says he will become more important if you traveling
beyond the borders of your country.
This is a guy named Oppenheim
who originally did all this research
and recorded all these things in his book.
Um, inter there was another funny one.
I thought the idea
of making household objects was also all bad omens.
Like it was demons.
It was specifically saying,
the demons will come if you had a dream about
making things in your house.
And ICI mean, the, the speculation of, uh, Oppenheim was
that the, the building
or altering things, altering
of things in your life is a risky venture.
And change, inter change invites interference.
But it's, you know, it's interesting to think about,
you know, the, the idea of things
specifically that you need in your home.
If you're, if you're working on things in your home, maybe
that, maybe that could be an indication of attachment
to things that are, um, you know, not relating
to things outside of you.
You're, you're focused more on the
things inside of your life.
Um, that's just my speculation why they would
say door chairs, beds, tables,
they had all these listed out, all related to demons.
Very funny. Um,
and I'll leave out some of the,
there's some a, a lot of weird ones.
Eating the flesh of your hand means your,
your loved one could die.
There was also stuff about teeth.
If your teeth fall out, the teeth could represent like the,
um, or that, that the Egyptian one,
I think I'm going ahead myself.
Yeah, the Egyptian one has the teeth.
If the teeth are falling out that represents your children
or people depended on you,
and that there's something, of course,
teeth falling out might have been more of a significant
cultural issue back thousands of years ago than it is
with our culture with dentists.
Um, but, but they were seen as significant symbols
because it's like you're permanently losing a loved
one when you're losing a tooth.
Um, and same with fingernails.
Um, removing fingernails means the work
of your hands will be removed.
And some of these symbols, you know, they can see,
you can see there's a universal application there
because we're, we're always, you know, dealing
with teeth growth and fingernail growth,
and it's part of us, but it's not really
as necessary to function.
It's like, it's like an appendage, like something
that could fall away from us.
Um, but the Egyptian, uh, book, uh, the Rami Dream book,
uh, was less about the omens a little bit,
and it was less about the rituals.
The, uh, the Assyrian book had a lot more focus on the idea
that, you know, if this happens,
therefore you should pray this or do this ritual.
And not to say there's no value in taking a dream.
And, and I imagining that you need to
take something more seriously in your spiritual path.
Um, but one of the, you know,
things I was thinking about is like, dreams
for us are mainly about,
I think deepening our understanding, our appreciation of,
of the path that we're on.
And it's not like something we're supposed
to be afraid about, uh, just something we're supposed to use
for our own growth purposes.
And I, I'm sure that people can always take things too far
and, and a culture where you're wanting to find something
to, you know, make a decision based off of.
There's, you know, there's histories of kings
and emperors using dreams to make decisions
that would affect tons and tons of people positively
or negatively because of that one dream,
that one dream symbol being taken possibly too far.
Um, although one could, one could speculate
that the whatever entity was giving that dream was,
was aware of potential futures,
but maybe they, they weren't aware of the potentials of,
'cause we're being given dreams all the time
to have one dream be latched onto and reinterpreted
and reinterpreted until it turns into somebody needs
to be murdered or something like in a war.
Like they could see how this culturally,
historically was more of a, more of a sign significant thing
for societies, if, especially if, if it was becoming a,
a political tool for, for change.
Um, but the Egyptian, uh, side of it was,
was I was saying a little bit softer
and their, um, Their,
their views on what dreams are for.
But like I said, the, the teeth are interesting
example and the fingernails.
And, uh, another examples, uh, we're windows.
Windows are obviously a,
a huge symbol if you have a window in your dream, like what,
what, what is, what is on the other side?
What, what is this thing that you're needing to break
through and look through to see
what, what is on the other side?
But windows, looking out
of windows was always seen as a good thing.
Um, it was always like, there's a, a recognition
or a response to something being seen
that was or being heard.
You're, you're able to be heard through the window.
Um, so if there's somebody else in your life
that was usually meaning that they were hearing you
or you were hearing them, there was something
bridging the bridge, bridging the connection.
Um, there was a lot about marriage in the
Egyptian Dream book.
Um, if your bed kid is on fire,
that's a pretty bad sign for your marriage.
That seems to be maybe a universal one.
Driving away your wife was, was the, was the symbol
of catching your bed on fire.
Uh, But, uh, building a house for yourself
would mean that there could be contrary words.
And it's possible that people were living, you know,
more families, uh, connected in houses.
So if you're going off to build your own house in that time,
it might've meant something more like you're, you're,
you're creating a sense of separation in,
in your own separate living environment.
Um, there's a,
there's a little bit about food.
Uh, I was, I was laughing at this one that they said,
eating the flesh of a crocodile is a good thing
because it means you're,
you'll be consuming the possessions of an official.
They, they, they equated the people in control of society
as the crocodiles.
And then eating the flesh of a donkey was also a good sign.
Um, I guess a donkey's more humble symbol, um,
But, uh, indicated a kind of promotion
or something coming into, but,
but you know, the, the idea
of eating a donkey is certainly not something
that I've ever dreamed about
or had to thought about until just today.
Uh, so I guess we could, we could interpret our own foods
that we do actually eat, um, based on the, what that seems
to symbolize for us, if we ever have a dream about eating,
you know, but this is why I I encourage people
to buy their own dream dictionaries of, from the modern era,
like the one by Mary submarine called In Your Dreams,
or The 10,000 Dream, uh, dictionaries.
Anything with 10,000 dreams in the title is probably a good
reference point to start with.
Um, there were, there were, uh,
references to oxes, a lot more livestock, obviously, uh,
oxes were often seen as adversaries.
Uh, if you see a dead ox,
it means your enemies are being conquered.
You, you, you're no longer in that challenging situation.
Um, And there was a lot
of instances of, uh, seemingly just reversals of
what a dream is seemingly saying.
That may have been a part of the cultural interpretation.
But if you see yourself as dead in a dream,
if you yourself die in a dream, they always saw that
as a good sign, that that means a long life is coming.
And that seems con counterintuitive, um, un
unless you think about the idea that there's a a need
for a balancing to occur.
And that's why the dream is happening that way.
Like I've thought about, like, like if I have a dream where
I'm not with my wife anymore
and I miss my wife in the dream, then I'll,
it'll be a counterbalancing.
And that dream of not having her present would cause me
to appreciate her presence more.
Uh, de of being, seeing yourself as dead might cause you
to appreciate doing what it takes to stay alive more.
Uh, so you don't have to go through that.
Um, that's my speculation on that though.
Um, bearing an old man was a good sign meant prosperity.
If you were bearing somebody,
it meant prosperity is coming to you.
Maybe that's because the, the person lived a good life
or something, and you're the one who was in the position
to help him to the end.
Uh, cats were an interesting symbol in
Egypt, you know, of protection.
Uh, and, uh, they said seeing a a large cat in
your dream was always a good sign.
It meant a large harvest will come so that you,
a a bountiful harvest could, you know,
be a sign of protection.
And, uh, a large cat would mean a large, a large harvest,
then a bountiful ability to be protected
by the fruits of our labors.
Um, uh,
and anything being received in the
dreams was always a good symbol.
If you're receiving things, it was seen as a good omen that
that more is being bestowed on you in life in general.
So that's not reversed.
Um,
There was, uh, interesting dreams about people had about
incense in the temple, temple settings.
Um, but this would, this would get into the idea of
what people actually believed about their gods.
Um, they said that placing incense on a flame
would be a bad sign
because it meant that there was a God that you were trying
to appease by doing the, by having to deal with the incense
and the, the spiritual matters, a symbol
of misaligned devotion.
So you could see there's a ton of things here that would be,
uh, very culturally specific,
but also a lot of things that are very generic
and general to what we go through in life.
And Yeah, I feel like I, I,
I encounter a lot of people in life who start
to say they have the craziest dreams and then,
or the funniest dreams, and they give, uh,
let me give me little snippets of what it is.
And I'm just, I, my jaw is dropping at
how profound some of these symbols are.
I've never heard before some of these things
that sounds so interesting.
And it's like, I wanna write it down.
I wanna ask people to write it down,
but people don't take it that seriously.
And I, I, even myself, I try to write down my dreams,
but I just don't, don't take it seriously enough.
But I know that the more I read into it, the more,
the more I can see that there is a one-to-one mapping
between some symbol in the dream
and something going on in my life.
If I can take the time to review it
after the fact, write it down, but not analyze it until
after, after a day has passed,
and I can, I can look at it from a different lens.
I can think about what does this actually symbolize?
And the more you get into these symbols,
the more I think it's easy to understand
and interpret what the symbols are
that are either unique to you.
Like for, like, for example,
a different person in your life might have a very unique
meaning based on your feeling around them.
And it, and, you know, it might not be
that the dream is specifically about that person.
That person might be an aspect of you.
And, and really that's kind of the metaphysical truth
of our reality is that every, everyone
and everything is kind of an aspect of our, of our deeper
self, our deeper identity.
It's just we're being shown different parts of our, of our
identity, of our different parts, of our reality,
our our appearing to us in our life
and in our dreams as little signposts
and in larger lessons.
And as long as we can take the time to understand,
you know, and it does take time.
You have to have time to meditate, uh,
contemplate if you could
take the time to trace these things.
And I think it's like shortcuts.
You can, you can piece together the puzzle pieces
and get the, the clues that reveal the areas
that most needed to be worked on, that most needed
to be broken, broken through.
And also the recommendations as to how to break
through those, those challenges in your life.
They're usually embedded in, in the symbols.
Um, they just gotta look at things in different ways, some,
sometimes to understand, you know,
how profound the teachings are
that are always being given to us in our lives.
So thank you guys for listening.
And I can open this up now if anyone wants to share more.