Your ancestors are trying to speak to you through your dreams.
When you dream of your grandfather on the bench you always chat on. When you are facing an obstacle in your dream and suddenly grandma appears to give you a piece of advice. When you see your favorite aunt who passed several years ago lovingly gazing into your eyes as if to say, “it’s going to be ok.”
I first remember coming in contact with the idea that ancestors speak to us through our dreams when I was a young ballerina. One of the girls in my dance ensemble lost her grandmother and had an uncanny story. Both her mom and her aunt had vivid dreams about their mother on the evening of her death and didn’t find out that she had transitioned until the next morning. When I heard her tell the story I remember the hair on my arms stand up and a wave of warmth moving through me. She didn’t know how I felt so seen when she shared her story. Prior to her grandmother’s passing, I had my own experience about this uncanny connection with the other side as a young girl.
Many years later when my paternal grandfather passed I started experiencing visitations and messages from him in my dreams at night. The experiences of my grandfather in my dreams was always moving, vibrant, and seemed to engage all of my senses in my dream so that when I woke up it was as if an elated haziness hung over me from crossing between planes of reality. And if I was still in that haziness just enough, I could close my eyes and slip back into the place where he and I had been chatting and continue the dream.
Since grandpa’s visitations, many people who have transitioned have come to visit me in my dreams. Other ancestors like my great grandparents, grandmothers, great aunts, and ancestors I’ve never had the opportunity to meet in person. I’ve also met parents of friends who have passed and strangers who are lost in the transition between worlds seeking support. All of my experiences have one thing in common: they are incredibly vivid and feel real in every cell of my body.
Over time my inner knowing that these dreams were real were very, very real grew. You can read more about some of that realization in this blog post about my grandmother’s passing HERE.
The best part is, I’m not alone. I’ve had hundreds of people tell me similar stories in 1:1 sessions, pulling me aside during workshops, and from people who find my work through the internet and share their story in my inbox.
All of us can receive messages from loved ones who have passed, and some of us receive these messages primarily through or often through our dreams.
So recently when I received two questions about loved ones who have passed showing up in their dreams on the same day, I took it as a wink from the other side and knew I had to do a podcast episode about the topic.
In this week’s episode of my podcast, Tune In with Marci, I’m exploring:
Why I believe a passed loved one showing up in your dream is more fact than metaphor.
How to decipher whether a passed loved ones contact is supportive or unsupportive for you.
How to keep the lines of communication open with our passed loved ones.
I also answer a listener’s question about how to know when our shadow (the unconscious fears, limiting beliefs, and unhealed wounds) needs tending. As I answer her question I reflect on:
Clear signs that our shadow is calling for our attention.
The most important audience your shadow can express them self in front of.
And initial steps to start tending to your shadow.
Check out episode 12 HERE or wherever you get your podcasts!
Now tell me, have you ever had a loved one show up in your dreams? And what would shift for you if you knew these communications from the other side were real?