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Dec 19, 2003
It is with great pleasure that I share with you the gift that Judith Orloff, M.D., has become a contributing author to our site. Judith is the author of two magnificent books, Second Sight and Intuitive Healing: 5 Steps to Physical, Emotional, and Sexual Wellness. These two books are absolutely intriguing, as is Judith herself. She is an extremely gifted intuitive and combines her personal background as an intuitive with her expertise as a physician. Judith is the type of physician we all wish we had, quite frankly....
In addition to her "cosmic credentials", Judith is a board-certified psychiatrist and an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at UCLA.
I know you'll enjoy reading Judith's articles and her books. I consider her among my dearest friends, but aside from that bias, I also consider her to be a true visionary.
Caroline Myss
Greetings everyone,
I’m delighted that so many of you have found my book “Guide to Intuitive Healing” useful in awakening your intuition. Now we have reached the final step of the book, “Listen to Your Dreams.” At Caroline’s CMED course this year many of you told me how much dreams mean to you. Personally, I can only stay in this waking material world for so many hours—then I long for Dreamtime. Dreams nourish us. They feel more real to me than our material reality. One powerful way of learning intuitive healing is to open to your dreams and act on them. As some of you might recall, I went to medical school on the basis of a night dream. I remember my mother’s face when I told her. She thought I was crazy…But my dream was right. Now, as a psychiatrist and intuitive I’ve found my deepest calling.
Begin to listen to your dreams. Use the technique I outline below to remember dreams. Dreams will help you heal. Each chapter of “Intuitive Healing” addresses different kinds of dreams. To heal the body, refer to Chapter 4, “If Illness Comes.” To heal emotions go to Chapter 6, “The Emotional Path of the Warrior.” To learn about death dreams go to Chapter 5, “Death as Healer and Teacher.” Enjoy your dreams and let them teach you!
Blessings and happy holidays to all,
Judith
STEP 5 OF INTUITIVE HEALING. LISTEN TO YOUR DREAMS
At different times in my life, I am a physician, a lover, a friend and a daughter, but being a dreamer is what I value the most. Whatever I am doing, I always hear my dreams echoing in a distant underground chamber beneath my thoughts and feelings, attuned to the rhythms of my body and the very substance of the earth. They are my compass and my truth; they guide me and link me to the Divine. They call out to me in an intimate whisper, always knowing how to find me. They speak my real name.
For me, dreaming is a direct line to a place where magic abounds and nothing is without meaning. It is a pristine state of awareness, unpolluted and clear. Direct guidance for healing lies in our dreams, the natural territory of intuition. Here, time and space are non-existent and anything is possible. Like a blank, white canvas, our dream world is a spacious medium where intuition can freely express itself about healing. We have only to listen.
You are in partnership with your dreams. Initiate an ongoing dialogue with them. It's like consulting the wisest doctor you can imagine who knows you inside out. You can ask your dreams anything. How can I keep my blood pressure down? What about my hip pain or allergies? Are there ways to stop catching so many colds? How do I cure my depression? No question is trivial if it is meaningful to you. Expect answers. Some will be direct. Others may require interpretation.
Dreams can keep you well. Dreams provide answers. But first you must retrieve them. How many nights have you awakened with the most amazing dream you were certain you'd recall? Then, the next morning it was gone. Our memory deceives. During sleep, we suffer a kind of amnesia. Dreams are not of the rational mind. Your intuitive memory is what is needed.
4 Ways to Remember Your Dreams
Keep a journal permanently installed by your bed
Write a question on a piece of paper before you go to sleep. Formalize your request. How I get more energy? How can I relieve pain? What kind of treatment is best for me? Place the question on a table beside your bed or under your pillow.
In the morning, do not wake up too fast. Stay under the covers for at least a few minutes remembering your dream. Luxuriate in a peaceful feeling between sleep and waking, what scientists call the "hypnogogic state." Those initial moments provide a doorway.
Open your eyes. Write down your dream immediately, otherwise it will evaporate. You may recall a face, object, color, scenario, feel an emotion. It doesn't matter if it makes perfect sense--or if you retrieve a single image or many. Record everything.
Keep repeating this method for a week and answers will come.
When you're finished, re-focus on the health question you asked the previous night. See how your dream applies. Solution will surface. My own answer to preventing recurring sinus infections came in a dream: the flash of an acupuncture office. An elevator. An old Chinese man. A rush of vitality. These were my signposts. Take note of yours. Get in the habit of recording your dreams regularly. Be assured I've never met anyone who can't be taught how to remember. Keep at it. If your answer doesn't come the first night, try again. More details will emerge, rounding out the picture. Then look to your daily life for evidence of what your dream tells you. The woman's face you glimpsed for that split second could just be the healer you've been searching for.
Judith Orloff, M.D. is now part of the Myss Expert Forum located in the resource section on the home page of myss.com and can be reached through her website www.drjudithorloff.com
Judith Orloff, M.D. is a board certified psychiatrist and practicing intuitive, author of the bestsellers Guide to Intuitive Healing and Second Sight. She is assistant clinical professor of Psychiatry at UCLA and an international workshop leader.
January 2004 - Intuitive Power; Your Natural Resource
Caroline Myss- Judith Orloff
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Be S.A.F.E. this season
Why is holiday food so scary? It isn't - but holiday feelings can be.
I learned that holiday food was not the problem. Feelings were. I learned that overeating was something I couldn't stop but it had nothing to do with the food. It had to do with emotions. Once I learned to face the feelings, events, and situations behind the food, I could make choices in my life. That's what made me safe with food and that was the diet that helped me lose weight.
To read more about staying S.A.F.E. click on the newsletter image. To read my story of how I fought the battle against food and won click on the bookcover image to link to my website - nancyshouse.com
On a personal note, I want to send my sincerest thanks to Caroline Myss, for her wonderful work helping so many people, myself included. Thanks for your wisdom, and passing along my email to further the work you have started.
Nancy Goodman
