Dreams Are The Language of God

Recently I contacted my favorite author Paulo Coehlo, famous for writing the book The Alchemist, and shared with him how much I adore his writing. He emailed me back with a beautiful note of gratitude and in his signature he wrote "Dreams are the language of God". I was humbled by his response and have savored that line in the following weeks.

I dream incredible dreams. Some are filled with fantasy and adventure, others are distinct warnings, and there are others where my subconscious is figuring things out and sending me messages about a particular challenge to my soul.

When I think about these dreams in the morning my first instinct is to look for the lesson. What was my subconscious trying to tell me? What feelings didn't I correctly experience that day that are now being revealed? Have I overlooked a detail that will propel me into the next stage of soul development? Surely, I am the one who decides on the answers to these questions so my interpretation takes some time.

When I think of these incidences in my sleep that I encounter as the "language of God" I wonder what God is trying to say to me. Do I need to resist a person or experience? Is there an aspect of my soul's journey that I will feel challenged by? How can I overcome a particular fear?

God works in mysterious ways, and so, I have come to understand that dreams are another part of God's mystery.

Channeling God's grace is an exciting adventure. Much like when I'm flying or escaping a harsh incident in a dream. One element of my dreams that is always present is an overarching wisdom. This wisdom comes in the form of warnings, reflective moments, and conversations with some of the characters in my dreams. If this is God's language, then I know just how omnipotent God's presence is. In my dreams God never fails to show me what is going on. There is something about the paralysis of my body and conscious mind that allows this communication to happen.

So I think about what God is trying to tell me. Of course, I know, at the end of the day, if I have not correctly interpreted the language of God then ultimately there will be another dream. One theme that used to come up in my dreams a couple of years ago was a sense of powerlessness. This would show up in the form of me being on a plane, or watching a plane, that was going to crash. I would be terrified in my dreams; and awake terrified as well. For months I was convinced that I would die in a plane crash and the fear of flying dominated my life. Until recently, when I dreamed of being on a plane and the threat of the plane crashing was presented. In my dream, instead of crashing the plane was re-directed and brought to safety. When I awoke from that dream the sense of relief I had felt as a passenger stayed with me.

Many things have changed in my life from the time where I was dreaming of dying in a plane to now when I dream of flying in a plane and landing in safety. I have become more involved in my own happiness. I have accepted my vulnerability to this world and the people in it. I have become more accepting of my own strengths and limitations. I believe God was communicating this lesson to me from those plane dreams. Although my immediate response was fear, God gently guided me to a place spiritually that allowed me to see what character defects I needed to improve and what perceptions I had that were limiting me. God wasn't speaking English, He was speaking dreams.

What is God telling you at night when you can't fight his lessons? What is the language of your dreams, or rather, of God?

Have you learned the Language of God?