Post by WalksInSpirit on Aug 22, 2007 21:01:12 GMT -5
No Soul Left Behind: 08-20-07
Chapter VII – Dreams Make Sense – No Soul Left Behind
Cayce believed that dreams provide important information for the dreamer who pays close attention and learns to interpret their meaning. This not a radically new idea, for a long ago as ancient Egypt biblical figures told of dreams forecasting famines and other dire events. But modern science has given little support to the dream message idea.
Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, however, pioneered serious analysis of the meaning of our nocturnal adventures. They and several more recent psychoanalysts, such as Erich Fromm, have examined dreams for clues to the dreamer’s behavior or emotional state. Cayce cited the value of two main topics addressed by dreams; our physical health, often a warning of a condition that needs attention, and messages beneficial to the dreamer for spiritual or other reasons.
Q: What goes on in the mind when we are asleep?
A: “There are certain definite conditions that take place respecting the physical, the conscious, and the subconscious, as well as spiritual forces of a body. So, in analyzing such a state for a comprehensive understanding, all things pertaining to these various factors must be considered.
“With dreams and visions as come to [any] individual, these are of various classes and groups, and are the emanations from the conscious, subconscious, or super-conscious, or the combination and correlation of each, depending upon the individual and the personal development of the individual, and are to be used in the lives of such for the betterment of such individual.” 39-3
Q: So you think dreams offer guidance for the dreamer?
A: “All visions and dreams are given for the benefit of the individual ~~ if he would be interpret them correctly. For we find that in whatever character they may come, visions or dreams are the reflection of the physical condition, or of the subconscious. They either relate to the physical body and its action, through the mental or through the elements of the spiritual, or [they are] a projection from the spiritual forces to the subconscious of the individual. And happy may he be that is able to say they have been spoken to through the dream or vision.” 294-15
Q: Are dream messages sent to everyone or just to those who are open to such communication?
A: “To every normal body with a developing mind, often those conditions are presented through the subconscious ~~ during the sleeping state ~~ wherein truths are given, visions are seen of things to be warned of and taken advantage of, conditions that will be advantageous to the body, physically, mentally, morally, spiritually and financially.
“Then, these should be taken more cognizance of, that the knowledge [which is power] may be obtained of the truths as to the laws (of God) and conditions regarding the development of an individual body. Hence, pay more attention to the dreams of each and everyone, if the physical forces, the mental elements, the body-mind, the mental attributes, the spiritual development, the moral development, would be such as to make [progress] in a material world. For truths are given, and in this day and age the Spirit of Forces as come from those on High speak as often, through those powers that allow same to be used, as such forces did of old [in ancient Israel, as described in the Bible when Joseph interpreted dreams for the pharaoh, for example]. As these [dream messages] come, then, use them in that way that will bring power, force, strength, understanding, and the peace that comes with the knowledge of the association with those forces that be, that give eternal life here and hereafter.” 294-34
Q: Can you give us an overview of the whole deep-dream activity?
A: “First, we would say, sleep is a shadow of, that intermission in earth’s experiences of, that state called death; for the physical consciousness becomes unaware of existent conditions, save as are determined by the attributes of the physical that partake of the attributes of the imaginative or the subconscious and unconscious forces of that same body; that is, in a normal sleep [physical standpoint we are reasoning now] the senses are on guard, as it were, so that the auditory forces [hearing] are the more sensitive. The auditory sense being of the attributes or senses that are more universal in aspect . . . That is [true] of the lowest to the highest of animate objects or beings. From the lowest of evolution to the highest, or to man.
“So, then, we find that there are left what is ordinarily known as four other attributes that are acting independently and coordinatingly in awareness for a physical body to be conscious. These, in the state of sleep or repose, or rest, or exhaustion, or induced by any influence from the outside, have become unaware of what is taking place about the object so resting.
“Then, there is the effect that is had upon the body as to what becomes, then, more aware to those attributes of the body that are not aware of what exists about them, or it. The organs that are known as the inactive, or not necessary for conscious movement, keep right on with their functioning ~~ as the pulsations, the heart beat, the assimilating and excretory system, keep right on functioning; yet there are periods during such a rest when even the hearing, the circulation, may be said to be at rest [as they slow down].” 5754-1
Q: What part of us is not functioning when we are asleep?
A: “That known as the sense of perception as related to the physical brain. Hence it may be truly said, by the analogy given, that the auditory sense is subdivided, and there is the act of hearing my feeling, the act of hearing by the sense of smell, the act of hearing by all the senses that are independent of the brain centers themselves, but are rather of the lymph centers ~~ or throughout the entire sympathetic system is such an accord as to be more aware, more acute, even though the body-physical and brain-physical is at repose, or unaware.” 5754-1
Q: You mean that while we sleep we gain a special sense of awareness? How does it work?
A: “The sixth sense, as it may be termed for consideration here, partakes of the accompanying entity [our guardian angel] that is ever on guard before the throne of the Creator itself.” 5754-1 Footnote: The role of angels is discussed in chapter 8.
Q: What is the sixth sense?
A: “Not the soul, not the conscious mind, not the subconscious mind, not intuition alone, not any of those cosmic forces ~~ but the very force or activity of the soul in its experience through whatever has been the experience of that soul itself. See? The same as we would say, Is the mind of the body? No! Is the sixth sense, then, the soul? No! No more that the mind is the body! For the soul is the body of, or the spiritual essence of, an entity manifested in this material plane.” 5754-2
Q: It sounds like the sixth sense is a kind of super-awareness apart from our other senses that is informed, as it were, by our guardian angel. What does the sixth sense pick up?
A: “That has to do so much with the entity’s activities by those actions that may be brought about by that passing within the sense range of an entity when in repose, that may be called ~~ in their various considerations or phases ~~ experiences of something within that entity, as a dream ~~ that may be either in toto to that which is to happen , is happening, or may be only presented in some form that is emblematical ~~ to the body or those that would interpret such.” 5754-1
Q: The higher state of awareness you refer to as a sixth sense also sounds like what some people call the higher self, or that part of us that has superior awareness or a keener understanding of what is going on.
A: “This sense that governs such is what may be known as the other self o the entity, or individual. Hence we find there must be some definite line[between them] that may be taken by that other self, and much that then has been accorded ~~ or recorded ~~ as to what may produce certain given effects in the bodies. But as may be seen by all such experimentation, the same effect may be produced upon the same individual, but they do not produce the same effect upon a different individual in the same environment or under the same circumstances. Then, this should lead one to know, to understand, that there is a definite connection between what we have chosen to term the sixth sense, or . . . the auditory forces of the body-physical, and the other [higher] self within self.” 5754-1
Q: What triggers a dream?
A: “Some are produced by suggestions that reach the consciousness of the physical, through various forms and manners as these. When the physical has laid aside the conscious[ness] in that region called sleep, or slumber, when those forces through which the spirit and soul has manifested itself come, and are reenacted before or through or by this soul and spirit force, when such an action is of such a nature as to make or bring back impressions to the conscious mind in the earth or material plane, it is termed a dream.” 3744-5
Q: Do some bad dreams stem from anxiety or bad habits such as over-eating?
A: “There are those [dreams] that are of the purely physical nature ~~ the reaction of properties taken in the system when digestion is not in keeping with assimilations, and then one experiences those conditions that may be called nightmares. Footnote: ‘A dreamer told Cayce that he saw himself being served a demitasse when he had ordered a large cup of coffee. Cayce said the dreamer’s subconscious was warning him abut taking too much caffeine for his nervous system. Cayce himself dreamed of being in church when the floor suddenly caved in. He interpreted it as a need for a vacation because his work threatened him with a physical collapse.’
“Then there is the mental condition of the body wherein worry, trouble, or any unusual action of the mind ~~ mentally, physically ~~ [causes] seeking for the way and manner of understanding. This may bring either the action of the subconscious with the mental abilities of the body, or it may bring wholly correlations of material sensuous conditions. These may appear in the form of visions that are in a manner the key to the situations, or they may appear in conditions as warning, taking on conditions that are as illustrations or experiences. Footnote: ‘A woman dreamed of seeing a beautiful house on fire. Cayce said it was of a series of dreams in which something beautiful was destroyed. The destruction represented misunderstanding in her household, which in this dream was symbolic of her ire ~~ a not uncommon dream symbol for anger.’
“Then there is the action of the purely subconscious forces, given as lessons to the body out of its own experiences. These are phenomena, or experiences for a body to use, to apply, in its everyday walk of life, just as experiences of the mental condition of body may bring the better understanding of conditions to the whole body.” 4167-1 Footnote: ‘A dreamer reported a doctor treated him for a sore toe in a sore where people were eating ice cream and candy. Cayce said it was a reminder of the ‘sore point’ in this man’s life, which was overindulgence in sweets.’
Q: If some dreams are trying to tell us something important, like an early warning system, should we write them down in order to remember them and understand them better”
A: “Dreams . . . may be the correlation of any or all . . . subconscious direction, capable of using physical faculties and the cosmic and spiritual and super-conscious forces all in action, and should be recorded, else the physical in gaining its equilibrium often loses [forgets] much that may be worthwhile to [other] individuals who will apply the same lessons and truth to their individual lives.” 294-46
Q: How can we tell which dreams are important?
A: “Depending upon the physical condition of the entity and that which produces or rings the dream to that body’s forces. [Some dreams, say of a car breaking down, are vivid in calling attention to an impending physical ailment that needs attention.} The better definition of how the interpretation may be best is this: Correlate those Truths that are enacted in each and every dream that becomes a part of this, or the entity of the individual, and use such to the better developing, ever remembering develop means going toward the higher forces, or the Creator. 3744-5 [Look for a pattern or repeated symbols that may offer insights.]
“In the normal force of dreams those forces are enacted that may be the foreshadows of condition, with the comparison by soul and spirit forces of the condition in various spheres through which this soul and spirit of the given entity has passed in its evolution to the present sphere.” 3744-5 Footnote: ‘Some dreams interpreted by Cayce suggested how to avoid diphtheria and polio epidemics.’
Cayce believed that dreams provide important information for the dreamer who pays close attention and learns to interpret their meaning. This not a radically new idea, for a long ago as ancient Egypt biblical figures told of dreams forecasting famines and other dire events. But modern science has given little support to the dream message idea.
Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, however, pioneered serious analysis of the meaning of our nocturnal adventures. They and several more recent psychoanalysts, such as Erich Fromm, have examined dreams for clues to the dreamer’s behavior or emotional state. Cayce cited the value of two main topics addressed by dreams; our physical health, often a warning of a condition that needs attention, and messages beneficial to the dreamer for spiritual or other reasons.
Q: What goes on in the mind when we are asleep?
A: “There are certain definite conditions that take place respecting the physical, the conscious, and the subconscious, as well as spiritual forces of a body. So, in analyzing such a state for a comprehensive understanding, all things pertaining to these various factors must be considered.
“With dreams and visions as come to [any] individual, these are of various classes and groups, and are the emanations from the conscious, subconscious, or super-conscious, or the combination and correlation of each, depending upon the individual and the personal development of the individual, and are to be used in the lives of such for the betterment of such individual.” 39-3
Q: So you think dreams offer guidance for the dreamer?
A: “All visions and dreams are given for the benefit of the individual ~~ if he would be interpret them correctly. For we find that in whatever character they may come, visions or dreams are the reflection of the physical condition, or of the subconscious. They either relate to the physical body and its action, through the mental or through the elements of the spiritual, or [they are] a projection from the spiritual forces to the subconscious of the individual. And happy may he be that is able to say they have been spoken to through the dream or vision.” 294-15
Q: Are dream messages sent to everyone or just to those who are open to such communication?
A: “To every normal body with a developing mind, often those conditions are presented through the subconscious ~~ during the sleeping state ~~ wherein truths are given, visions are seen of things to be warned of and taken advantage of, conditions that will be advantageous to the body, physically, mentally, morally, spiritually and financially.
“Then, these should be taken more cognizance of, that the knowledge [which is power] may be obtained of the truths as to the laws (of God) and conditions regarding the development of an individual body. Hence, pay more attention to the dreams of each and everyone, if the physical forces, the mental elements, the body-mind, the mental attributes, the spiritual development, the moral development, would be such as to make [progress] in a material world. For truths are given, and in this day and age the Spirit of Forces as come from those on High speak as often, through those powers that allow same to be used, as such forces did of old [in ancient Israel, as described in the Bible when Joseph interpreted dreams for the pharaoh, for example]. As these [dream messages] come, then, use them in that way that will bring power, force, strength, understanding, and the peace that comes with the knowledge of the association with those forces that be, that give eternal life here and hereafter.” 294-34
Q: Can you give us an overview of the whole deep-dream activity?
A: “First, we would say, sleep is a shadow of, that intermission in earth’s experiences of, that state called death; for the physical consciousness becomes unaware of existent conditions, save as are determined by the attributes of the physical that partake of the attributes of the imaginative or the subconscious and unconscious forces of that same body; that is, in a normal sleep [physical standpoint we are reasoning now] the senses are on guard, as it were, so that the auditory forces [hearing] are the more sensitive. The auditory sense being of the attributes or senses that are more universal in aspect . . . That is [true] of the lowest to the highest of animate objects or beings. From the lowest of evolution to the highest, or to man.
“So, then, we find that there are left what is ordinarily known as four other attributes that are acting independently and coordinatingly in awareness for a physical body to be conscious. These, in the state of sleep or repose, or rest, or exhaustion, or induced by any influence from the outside, have become unaware of what is taking place about the object so resting.
“Then, there is the effect that is had upon the body as to what becomes, then, more aware to those attributes of the body that are not aware of what exists about them, or it. The organs that are known as the inactive, or not necessary for conscious movement, keep right on with their functioning ~~ as the pulsations, the heart beat, the assimilating and excretory system, keep right on functioning; yet there are periods during such a rest when even the hearing, the circulation, may be said to be at rest [as they slow down].” 5754-1
Q: What part of us is not functioning when we are asleep?
A: “That known as the sense of perception as related to the physical brain. Hence it may be truly said, by the analogy given, that the auditory sense is subdivided, and there is the act of hearing my feeling, the act of hearing by the sense of smell, the act of hearing by all the senses that are independent of the brain centers themselves, but are rather of the lymph centers ~~ or throughout the entire sympathetic system is such an accord as to be more aware, more acute, even though the body-physical and brain-physical is at repose, or unaware.” 5754-1
Q: You mean that while we sleep we gain a special sense of awareness? How does it work?
A: “The sixth sense, as it may be termed for consideration here, partakes of the accompanying entity [our guardian angel] that is ever on guard before the throne of the Creator itself.” 5754-1 Footnote: The role of angels is discussed in chapter 8.
Q: What is the sixth sense?
A: “Not the soul, not the conscious mind, not the subconscious mind, not intuition alone, not any of those cosmic forces ~~ but the very force or activity of the soul in its experience through whatever has been the experience of that soul itself. See? The same as we would say, Is the mind of the body? No! Is the sixth sense, then, the soul? No! No more that the mind is the body! For the soul is the body of, or the spiritual essence of, an entity manifested in this material plane.” 5754-2
Q: It sounds like the sixth sense is a kind of super-awareness apart from our other senses that is informed, as it were, by our guardian angel. What does the sixth sense pick up?
A: “That has to do so much with the entity’s activities by those actions that may be brought about by that passing within the sense range of an entity when in repose, that may be called ~~ in their various considerations or phases ~~ experiences of something within that entity, as a dream ~~ that may be either in toto to that which is to happen , is happening, or may be only presented in some form that is emblematical ~~ to the body or those that would interpret such.” 5754-1
Q: The higher state of awareness you refer to as a sixth sense also sounds like what some people call the higher self, or that part of us that has superior awareness or a keener understanding of what is going on.
A: “This sense that governs such is what may be known as the other self o the entity, or individual. Hence we find there must be some definite line[between them] that may be taken by that other self, and much that then has been accorded ~~ or recorded ~~ as to what may produce certain given effects in the bodies. But as may be seen by all such experimentation, the same effect may be produced upon the same individual, but they do not produce the same effect upon a different individual in the same environment or under the same circumstances. Then, this should lead one to know, to understand, that there is a definite connection between what we have chosen to term the sixth sense, or . . . the auditory forces of the body-physical, and the other [higher] self within self.” 5754-1
Q: What triggers a dream?
A: “Some are produced by suggestions that reach the consciousness of the physical, through various forms and manners as these. When the physical has laid aside the conscious[ness] in that region called sleep, or slumber, when those forces through which the spirit and soul has manifested itself come, and are reenacted before or through or by this soul and spirit force, when such an action is of such a nature as to make or bring back impressions to the conscious mind in the earth or material plane, it is termed a dream.” 3744-5
Q: Do some bad dreams stem from anxiety or bad habits such as over-eating?
A: “There are those [dreams] that are of the purely physical nature ~~ the reaction of properties taken in the system when digestion is not in keeping with assimilations, and then one experiences those conditions that may be called nightmares. Footnote: ‘A dreamer told Cayce that he saw himself being served a demitasse when he had ordered a large cup of coffee. Cayce said the dreamer’s subconscious was warning him abut taking too much caffeine for his nervous system. Cayce himself dreamed of being in church when the floor suddenly caved in. He interpreted it as a need for a vacation because his work threatened him with a physical collapse.’
“Then there is the mental condition of the body wherein worry, trouble, or any unusual action of the mind ~~ mentally, physically ~~ [causes] seeking for the way and manner of understanding. This may bring either the action of the subconscious with the mental abilities of the body, or it may bring wholly correlations of material sensuous conditions. These may appear in the form of visions that are in a manner the key to the situations, or they may appear in conditions as warning, taking on conditions that are as illustrations or experiences. Footnote: ‘A woman dreamed of seeing a beautiful house on fire. Cayce said it was of a series of dreams in which something beautiful was destroyed. The destruction represented misunderstanding in her household, which in this dream was symbolic of her ire ~~ a not uncommon dream symbol for anger.’
“Then there is the action of the purely subconscious forces, given as lessons to the body out of its own experiences. These are phenomena, or experiences for a body to use, to apply, in its everyday walk of life, just as experiences of the mental condition of body may bring the better understanding of conditions to the whole body.” 4167-1 Footnote: ‘A dreamer reported a doctor treated him for a sore toe in a sore where people were eating ice cream and candy. Cayce said it was a reminder of the ‘sore point’ in this man’s life, which was overindulgence in sweets.’
Q: If some dreams are trying to tell us something important, like an early warning system, should we write them down in order to remember them and understand them better”
A: “Dreams . . . may be the correlation of any or all . . . subconscious direction, capable of using physical faculties and the cosmic and spiritual and super-conscious forces all in action, and should be recorded, else the physical in gaining its equilibrium often loses [forgets] much that may be worthwhile to [other] individuals who will apply the same lessons and truth to their individual lives.” 294-46
Q: How can we tell which dreams are important?
A: “Depending upon the physical condition of the entity and that which produces or rings the dream to that body’s forces. [Some dreams, say of a car breaking down, are vivid in calling attention to an impending physical ailment that needs attention.} The better definition of how the interpretation may be best is this: Correlate those Truths that are enacted in each and every dream that becomes a part of this, or the entity of the individual, and use such to the better developing, ever remembering develop means going toward the higher forces, or the Creator. 3744-5 [Look for a pattern or repeated symbols that may offer insights.]
“In the normal force of dreams those forces are enacted that may be the foreshadows of condition, with the comparison by soul and spirit forces of the condition in various spheres through which this soul and spirit of the given entity has passed in its evolution to the present sphere.” 3744-5 Footnote: ‘Some dreams interpreted by Cayce suggested how to avoid diphtheria and polio epidemics.’
