People in my dreams never act the way they do in real life. Why? Am I really with that person on the inner, or not? When I dream of other people, is it about them or what they represent to me? How can I distinguish between the two? How do I find a balance between the dream world and my physical life? If I have a disturbing dream about someone, how can I understand the spiritual gift and then let it go?
You really are with that person on the inner. But a couple of things come into play.
First, you may not remember the inner experience exactly as it happened. The dream censor is responsible for that. It represents the social consciousness. Its reason is that you’re not ready to handle the truth—which may be true. So your recall is clouded. That’s illusion. It protects you from emotional shocks.
Second, your distorted recall of the dream will represent a hidden truth, instead of giving the actual truth face-to-face. So you must decipher it by asking Divine Spirit for help in understanding. Ask It for help during contemplation.
Every well-balanced person finds a balance between the dream world and the physical life. Remember, the physical laws are for the physical world, while the laws of the dream world are for the dream world. Keep them separate. Unless you do, you’re likely to blunder into some terrible mistakes.
For example, let’s say someone in your dream expresses ardent love for you. You take that for his true feelings in the physical world. He may not be aware of them yet and will consider your sudden friendliness pushy. He’ll back right off, afraid of you. Actually he’s afraid of something he wasn’t prepared for—your love.
In this case, play it cool. Feel out the situation a little at a time. Test the waters. Also be ready to accept the fact that this relationship will never develop. Here again, the realities of the dream world may not be suitable for the physical world.
Study your dreams. You’ll learn what your dreams mean to your physical life with the Inner Master’s help. You keep in touch with him by doing the Spiritual Exercises of ECK.
—Sri Harold Klemp