Have you ever have a dream about someone you know, and feel sure it is some sort of premonition?

As dreamers, we share a mycelial connection with others. At times this connection bears fruit in the way of a direct dream. Not all of our dreams are direct. More often, we dream in the mythopoetic language of metaphor. In our highest hopes we are dreaming our way toward deeper understanding of ourselves and the more-than-human world. We are dreaming the Earth whole. We are dreaming our lives whole. We are healing, creating, weaving.

When we dream about another person, they usually represent a mirror through which we can see ourselves more fully.

Sometimes we have a direct dream, where the information coming through isn’t a metaphor, it’s a clear seeing about our lives or the lives of others.

Recently, I discovered a series of dreams I had about a person I care for were actually true. I had foreseen something that would later occur.

My first reaction was to tell this person what I’d seen. That I had known this change in their life would occur. That I had already dreamt it. But then I asked myself, what would this person gain by knowing I already knew through my dreams? How would this piece of information support them in their change?

The answer was, it wouldn’t. Nothing about my seeing would actually help them move through the change. Nor would it have supported them to know of my premonitions before the events took place.

The only person that would benefit would be my own ego.

There is an ethics in dream seership, which we often overlook. When we see something that may occur in the future, it can be tempting to run to the person and tell them. We get excited by our own intuitive flowering (which is wonderful!), without taking into consideration how this information may benefit or harm the receiver.

Have you ever experienced the internal disquiet of someone sharing a dream or intuitive hit about you without asking permission?

What then do we do with this information?

I see dreams of premonition as opportunities to connect with the person. Ask them questions about their life. Ask them about their process in the area you dream of. If you saw them sick, enquire about their health. If you saw them moving, enquire about home, job, dreams.

If the event does come to pass, mark your seeing as a clue to pay attention to how this person is doing. To reach out. To connect.

Your words have power. Your dreams do too. Be thoughtful in when and how you share your seeing and always ask yourself, is this a seeing just for me, or is this meant to be shared?