DREAMS: Types – Past Lives – from Cathy Hunsberger

Dreams of Past Lives, Continued

Let’s look at another of these past-life dream examples:

From the time he was two, Ray couldn’t swallow pills.  There seemed to be a permanent constriction in his throat.  He had a persistent cough, summer or winter.

As Ray entered his twenties, he began choking on his food.  At first it was infrequent, and minor.  After several years, it became a real problem.  His choking became more severe; he could hardly breathe; the food was almost impossible to dislodge.  Doctors could find no cause.  Ray was beginning to panic.  During this time Ray had a disturbing dream.  He reports:

“It is a clear afternoon.  I am riding a horse and approach a large house, which I realize is my home.  It looks just like one of the plantation homes that existed in the old South.  I am coming back early from a trip up north.  I see another rider galloping away from the house.  I am anxious.  I fling open my door and see my beautiful wife in her bedclothes, moving languidly toward the fireplace.  She sees me and is terrified.  I am overcome with anger and feelings of betrayal.  I then see my hands around her slim neck, choking the life out of her.  When she falls, all goes black.”  Ray notes that this dream reappears frequently, becoming shorter and shorter, until only the anger and act of strangulation are left.

Ray has been raised to believe in God and has made all attempts to live a virtuous life.  He has also been introduced to the idea of reincarnation and of karma.  He decides to talk to a good friend about his current problems and about the troubling dreams.  Ray’s friend suggests that the dream may be a past-life memory, and that the law of karma dictates, in this case, that Ray die by the same method as did his wife in their past life together, so that Ray can understand what she went through, and requite his debt.  The law, however, also provides for mercy and grace.  The friend suggests that forgiveness of the old betrayal is the only path to redemption.

Ray ponders this, and prays constantly that he will have the strength to overcome his old fury.  As he falls asleep a few days later, he again sees his past wife’s face, and moves toward her, putting his hands around her neck.  He then stops, and places his hands around her shoulders.  He looks into her eyes and says, “I forgive you.  Please forgive me.”  The dream fades.

From that time forward Ray had no more incidents of coughing or choking.  He was able to live a full life.  His dream had been an avenue of understanding and a venue for action that not only saved his life but mended his heart and soul.

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DREAMS: Types – Past Lives – from Cathy Hunsberger

Dreams of Past Lives, Continued

Let’s look at another of these past-life dream examples:

Robert has a dream that seems to take him back in time.  Everything is crystal clear:

He is riding in a horse-drawn carriage down cobbled streets.  Dirt-smudged boys are energetically clearing off the horse manure.  He tosses one a coin.

He sees a poor young woman with a child in arms, begging on the streets.  He is startled.  He recognizes her as his former parlor maid, the one he had to turn out when she announced she was pregnant, and thus disgraced.  His only son later admitted she had succumbed to his charms. He cringes inwardly to realize that his first, perhaps only, grandchild is in these onerous circumstances.  But there is nothing he can do.  Society doesn’t provide for sympathy or generosity for the fallen.

As he wakens, he wonders how this dream could possibly relate to him.  He is a businessman who takes good care of his employees.  He feels he is fair, although particular.  Then he remembers – a single mother with little education had been hired for the mailroom.  She was punctual and pleasant, but had trouble getting things right.  She was trying, and with some extra help might have worked out, but he felt it was not worth the time and money to derail another employee for that task.  He let her go.  He remembers the disappointment and near panic in her face.  Robert resolves to have his personnel department contact her and try to make things right.

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ANNOUNCEMENT!  My new book, DREAMS: UNLOCKING THE MYSTERY, A How-To Guide that Will Change Your Life, is now available through Amazon.

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Questions? A dream to discuss? Email me at chunsberger@cox.net. Visit my website at www.cathyhunsberger.com.  I tweet at http://www.twitter.com/bridgesecrets.

I’d love to hear your comments/suggestions.

DREAMS: Types – Past Lives. From Cathy Hunsberger

Dreams of Past Lives, Continued

Let’s look at some of these past-life dream examples:

As she slept, Gina stepped into feudal times where she was, due to an arranged marriage, the wife of a Lord of the Manor.  She despised her husband and the conditions that gave her no opportunity to choose her mate or her life.  She fervently wished she could have what she perceived to be the freedom and liberty of the serfs.  At one point she was so despondent that she contemplated suicide, but could not leave her children without her love and comfort.

In this lifetime, she has freedom but has learned it doesn’t always bring happiness.  She chose her husband, but not wisely.  Her marriage ended in divorce.  Gina then remarried, after being warned about her intended’s emotional limitations.  She was determined to ignored those who would ‘rob her of her choice’ and jumped right in.  She later learned that her husband, while very intelligent, had Asperger’s syndrome.  He lacked the ability to empathize, and could not pick up well on social cues.  He tended to take things very literally.  He was analytical, but not intuitive.  Gina, a demonstrative, sensitive person, found it hard to deal with the lack of communication and positive energy that she needed.   Knowing the why of the problem did help, and she worked hard to make things come together.  She learned to express herself in a deliberate, precise way.  She now relies for the most part on her family and friends for emotional support.   Gina and her husband are now a much happier, more contented couple.  Gina has been given not only the freedom of choice but is learning the importance of choosing wisely.

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ANNOUNCEMENT:  My new book, DREAMS: UNLOCKING THE MYSTERY, A How-To Guide that Will Change Your Life, is now available through Amazon.

Questions? A dream to discuss?  Email me at chunsberger@cox.net. Visit my website at www.cathyhunsberger.com.  I tweet at http://www.twitter.com/bridgesecrets.

I’d love to hear your comments/suggestions.

DREAMS: Types – Past Lives – from Cathy Hunsberger

Dreams of Past Lives, Continued

Dreams of another life, one before your present incarnation, have a different feel and look about them.  The setting is a past era; the clothing, transportation, lifestyle and culture reflect that time.  You may even find yourself speaking in a language other than your current native tongue.  You have remembrances or see experiences of being someone else.  It is as though you are on a stage, living out a drama that is very real to you.  Images are clear and crisp.

As with all dreams, these have a specific purpose.  They do not come merely to entertain  or to stir up curiosity, although they do both.  They work as a vehicle to remind you of something important that you otherwise would not dredge up from your subconscious on your own.  You most likely are struggling with a specific frustration or anxiety.  You might have a path blocked or a relationship in jeopardy.  The past life dream shows you where those concerns began, the source of the lessons you are now continuing to learn.  Once you understand the source of your challenges, you can begin to work on them more efficiently and effectively.

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Questions? A dream to discuss? Want to be notified when my upcoming book is published? Email me at chunsberger@cox.net. Visit my website at www.cathyhunsberger.com.  I tweet at http://www.twitter.com/bridgesecrets.

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DREAMS: Types – Past Life, from Cathy Hunsberger

DREAMS OF A PAST LIFE

“I recognized you instantly. All of our lives flashed through my mind in a split second. I felt a pull so strongly towards you that I almost couldn’t stop it.”  J. Sterling, In Dreams.

Reincarnation

Many searchers for truth and reason have found that reincarnation answers many difficult questions.  Reincarnation proposes that your soul lives through many lifetimes, learning the lessons needed to reach the Oneness.  You come back to this earth, in a new body each time, for another ‘semester’ in school.  If you slipped a bit in one lifetime, you must work on correcting that error this time around.

For instance, in her past life Marta may have been intolerant of others who were overweight, self-righteously believing they could help themselves if they really wanted to.  She may have chided them, poked fun behind their backs.  This time around, however, Marta herself is grossly overweight, struggling constantly to curb her addiction to mounds of food.  She must experience and feel the pain that she did not realize existed in the lives of those she previously tormented.

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Questions? A dream to discuss? Want to be notified when my upcoming book is published? Email me at chunsberger@cox.net. Visit my website at www.cathyhunsberger.com.  I tweet at http://www.twitter.com/bridgesecrets.

I’d love to hear your comments/suggestions.