Analysis of the week on dream submitted by J.N. of Adelaide, Australia.

Dream - After my grandfather's funeral in Britain, I slept on the sofa of his former home. During the night, I dreamed I sensed him and my deceased grandmother seated nearby, smiling at me. They were transparent beings. When I awoke briefly in the darkness, I was too scared to turn around and physically verify it.

Predominant emotions - surprise, confidence, sorrow, fear, disbelief, reassurance.

Interpretation - Its important to recognize physical means don't enable us to verify what is happening on a non-physical plane. Yet, as you learn to consciously astral travel, to become lucid, you can learn to verify things from your experience. This means you become more aware of your subconscious feelings and interpretations. You may have awoken in astral and encountered a reunion of your grandparents' souls. To awaken during a dream, doesn't mean you're always conscious of being in astral. You may disregard the significance and assume your mind plays tricks.

To understand why you dream, it makes sense to review what happens during a given day. Your process of thoughts, feelings and behaviors evolve to form what you see in your dreams. Rest assured, the language of the astral is often symbolic. While you dream, you're in a very real place. What you sense and feel is meant to teach you things. Its up to you to discern what is meaningful. What or whom you think about in astral can manifest in front of you. What you conjure up or imagine based on feelings may also inhibit you from seeing what is really there. Your grandparents may be encouraging you to continue your spiritual development in the astral world.

Fear often prevents people from exploring the astral. They fear the unknown and imagine danger, such as staying in the astral and not returning to the physical body. Its useful to realize we naturally venture into the astral plane each night. Its where your physical body rejuvenates. Your spirit is attached to an invisible etheral cord that brings it back to the physical before you awaken. Its possible to meet spiritual and negative beings on the astral plane. Just as in reality, you have opportunities to learn from each experience. As with anything, you must train to become more skilled and practiced. You can build up your ability to master astral travel, to encounter specific people from your past, present or, influence your views of future choices.