I don't think I've written about dreams before except maybe in between other prompts I've attempted to share something I must have seen in the dream. And when I say dreams, I mean, the subconscious mind's world and not the ones we imagine or say so we could become or live it. There are dreams we hope to come true and there are the dreams that keeps us in alignment.
I'll say the dreams that keep us in alignment is like a subtle check in of our mind from the world that is so loud and busy. My everyday life was once full of noise, pursuit of money and achievement, listening to people, seeking attention and trying to be good to everyone. I can't say I'm not doing all that anymore but I've come to learn to slow down more and be just me.
In my pursuit to be just me, and stay guided by my creator as I had decided at the beginning of the year... Something has been shifting in me that I really can not explain. I am becoming more of an observer than a speaker, more of a writer than a reader and above all, I'm beginning to take control over my own life by acknowledging that I am the star character in my story, no one else.
The ways I'm going about this, I've shared before but this post is mainly about how my subconscious mind is adapting to the new me. I'm actually surprised that I'm about to share this because at the time it started happening, I honestly did not understand any of it. I just have the dream, I get up from bed and I go about my day's activities without thinking much into them.
But in the real sense and since I became very intentional about what my dreams could mean, I understood better that my thoughts are not changing but my inner self is slowly evolving too. I remember years back and even up to a few months ago, I would have dreams that scared me or made me very confused. Then I would wake up feeling worried and praying about them in fear.
Well, it turns out that the dreams I had where I kept visiting old environments, past experiences and doing what I had done before again... They were all just my mind trying to drag me down from what I'm deciding to believe about myself into the future. One thing I've learnt about the human mind recently is, "Our brain is created to protect us from any sign of harm, voluntarily".
So I believe I'm in a good fight with my mind to not be afraid of the harms that could come with this shift I'm building for a different year and that's why it is slowly aligning to who I want to become. My dreams that were more about me experiencing pains or being afraid of something, is now about me being a lead character in short stories that made me feel loved and accepted.
It's a shift I am grateful for and I can not wait to see how this goes, I'm still journaling about every dream I have since I made the shift in what I choose to believe about myself. I choose to teach my subconscious mind everything about it and I'm looking forward to seeing the shift being accepted by having those dreams that evolves.
Image used are mine.