Gillian and I had a wonderful conversation with dream researcher & author Kelly Bulkeley on today’s show. We discussed the realm of pre-death dreams and visions. Kelly is the author of several dream related books, and today we highlighted Dreaming Beyond Death: A Guide to Pre-Death Dreams and Visions, which he co-authored with his mother Rev. Patricia Bulkeley. Kelly was able to take the subject of death & dying (a topic most people in our society accept as taboo) and create a tone that spoke eloquently to the reader. Speaking with him today felt very similar, he brought the subject of dying to light granting it the attention that it needs and deserves…. sharing his research so simplistically.
From my own dreaming experience, I have come to understand that there is nothing wrong with death, there is nothing to be fearful of. If welcomed, dying is a beautiful transformational evolution of one’s soul. If we all began to shift our perspectives, letting go of the fear that embraces the idea of death, we could open our selves up to the messages and the healing that pre-death dreams offer to many people. There is a need for more people to be present and hold a space for dreamers so they are able to open up and share… so that they can let the images unfold and express the feelings / emotions unraveling within most dreams. By doing this, by holding a space, welcoming dreams, insights & visions, the dreamer begins to heal in the present moment….. letting go of the past in order to welcome their future with an open heart, and finally seeing the radiant light that surrounds them.
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Blessings, ~Meredith
Excellent perspective, Meredith. End-life dreams, according to Bulkeley, are busy reforming our ideas that death is “the end”. The images of guidance, continued journeys, and of breaking through obstacles, tell us that our grim views of death are uninformed.
What I wanted to hear at some point in the conversation is what you are touching upon: death as part of a natural cycle, of healing and cleansing for the soul, and how death is hardly the first encounter one will have with spiritual cleansing. It happens all throughout life.
Thanks Julia! I am glad you mentioned the aspect of death as part of a natural cycle. The representation of death in dreams goes deep within, and to translate the meaning of death in a dream begins the process of healing that is needed. Once I read your comment this morning, I decided to continue this posting on my personal blog site and discuss dying in dreams from a healing point of view: http://ispeakindreams.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/dreams-before-dying/
Dying in a dream is not always some sort of premonition to one’s waking life death into the afterlife, but rather it can be an aspect of one’s self that is dying, shedding away in order to embrace healing and invite new aspects of Self in.
Blessings, Meredith