Waking Dreams are Signs from the Universe

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By Michael Avery

Welcome
Pichaya and I extend a warm and heartfelt welcome to you. It is an honor to be of service in a way we both enjoy so much. By the way, my wife pronounces her name PEACH-a-ya. Please feel free to send us your comments, insights, and suggestions.

Topics of Interest
The purpose for writing this blog is to share with the readers insights, lessons, and experiences that have helped us. Our primary areas of interest and expertise are “waking dreams,” relationships, and spirituality. Some people recognize waking dreams and synchronicities as signs from the Universe. Carl Jung called them “meaningful coincidences” in his work.

Other topics of interest include, but are not limited to: dreams, personal growth, self-love, conscious living, spiritual exercises, Divine Love, health & healing, Inner Guidance, animals, parables, poetry, and Stories from the Heart. We are also open to topics you may find interesting or useful.

About Waking Dreams
In these posts, Pichaya and I are citing examples from our lives and others to illustrate points. We are also examining waking dreams in detail—their types, uses, how to recognize, interpret, and benefit from them. “Synchronicity” is the term commonly used to describe multiple uncommon events which appear to be connected to the experiencer by a common theme.

Briefly, uncommon events become waking dreams when we make the connection between an outer event and our own inner state of consciousness. We can do this by simply examining our thoughts the moment we notice something unusual or by turning our attention to the present focus of our lives. Once interpreted, uncommon events become valuable waking dreams. The primary tool for building this bridge between the inner and outer worlds is already with us: Awareness.

How Can Waking Dreams Help Me?
Some questions to be answered in upcoming posts:

• How can waking dreams help me in my daily life?
• Will waking dreams tell me if the person I’m dating is worth pursuing?
• How can waking dreams show me my next spiritual step?
• With whom am I communicating through waking dreams?
• How can I build my own unique language of symbols?
• How do waking dreams differ from nighttime dreams?
• Have famous people benefitted from waking dreams?
• Will waking dreams tell me when it’s time to sell my house?
• How will waking dreams warn me if I’m in danger?
• In what ways do waking dreams reveal future events in my life?
• What are Bookmarks and Key Symbols?
• Why are waking dreams unique to each person?
• What is the difference between omens and superstitions?
• How do waking dreams confirm important decisions?
• Will waking dreams inform me about changes in my relationship?

A Famous Waking Dream: Napoleon’s Warning
While waking dreams work for our benefit, they are not always rainbows and puppy dog tails. They’re as true as the North Star but not always kind.

For example, a waking dream revealed something about Josephine to her husband, Napoleon Bonaparte. One day, while he was away on a campaign, the miniature portrait of her fell over without provocation and the frame cracked. Napoleon took it as a sign, an omen, and responded: “Either my wife is very ill, or she is unfaithful.” It was the latter.1

How We Began Writing
Pichaya:
My writing journey began in Bangkok, Thailand, at the age of six when I
experienced severe childhood trauma. Every night, I flooded my pillow with tears of sorrow, self-pity, and condemnation, in addition to guilt and shame. Since there was nowhere to turn, I often found myself kneeling before our family’s Buddha shrine praying. Chanting Pali and practicing meditation became a ritual which enabled me to find inner peace.

One day, I was guided to pick up a pen and jot down the secret pain I held within my heart. As I continued to write, it felt as if something was lifted off my chest—perhaps someone was listening. Since then, I have recorded all my dreams, nightmares in particular, and learned how to interpret them. Journaling became a habit, mostly for my own therapeutic purposes.

My interest in writing took a different turn when I played electric guitar in high school. As the band’s lead singer, I composed twelve songs about love and broken hearts. At Ramkhamhaeng University, I majored in Linguistics and minored in Mass Communications. Prior to moving to the U.S. in 1998, I taught English and served as a vice principal of a highly acclaimed bi-lingual school in Bangkok.

In 2010, I became a certified Life and Relationship coach. My former blog
features insights on life, love, relationships, and personal growth. My passion for writing inspires me to discover the healing power within and guides me on my lifelong quest for love.

Michael:
A powerful waking dream at an important juncture in my life pointed me toward writing (covered in our second post). My love of words began with poetry in my late twenties while living near Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii.

I transitioned to children’s picture books in my early thirties soon after returning to Oregon. In 1992, I found a publisher for my first book on spirituality, The Secret Language of Waking Dreams. The initial printing of 20,000 copies sold out; a second printing continues to be available today.

In 2005, I founded Susan Creek Books and published Touched by the Dragon’s Breath under the pseudonym, Michael Harrington. Two more books in the “Colliding Rivers” series followed. All are based on actual conversations, over a three year period, with a friend and mentor I affectionately called, “The Chief.”

The titles and publicatin dates of these Michael Harrington books are listed on the “About” page. (Susan Creek Books’ website is currently in Re-design.)

Where Are We Going?
Our blogging journey has a destination, of course, like all great adventures.
Hopefully, we’ll discover some precious gems along the way. Please consider our blog “a bridge to anywhere.” I like to imagine we’re on our way home. How does that word feel? “Home.”

To borrow a phrase from a friend in New York: “We’re all walking each other home.” Thank you for your company.

1. Henry Foljambe Hall, Napoleon’s Letters to Josephine: 1796-1812 (E. P. Dutton. & Company, 1901) p. 210.