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Over
the past few days and years, I have realized number connections with my dreams
and certain phrases that come to my mind. I don’t make numbers a religion,
of course, but I don’t fully understand why these things happen in my
unconscious. Could this be psychic intuition? Why is this happening to
me?
 he overall question to ask yourself
is this: If my dreams are psychic premonitions, what will I do with this
information?
But let’s back up a bit.
Speaking from the side of psychology,
all that can be said is that these images must be interpreted as personal
revelations about your own psychological
conflicts that need to be
healed. The dream world
is a mysterious place, but with a good guide you can journey through it safely
and productively.
Still, there are genuine cases
of psychic perception. These cases transcend psychological interpretation.
I can’t explain them because they relate to a reality which our science
and current understanding cannot comprehend. Does God give you this perception?
Maybe. But maybe not. It can come from the devil
just as well.
So, considering these things,
return to the opening question: If my dreams are psychic premonitions,
what will I do with this information? Given all the numbers and coincidences,
what will you do with the information? Is the information specific
enough that you can go to the police and prevent a crime from happening?
No? Then when you think about it, there isn’t much you can do, is there?
If God wants you to do something with the information—as in a genuine
apparition—you will be told quite clearly
what to do. It’s that simple. Therefore, just pray and trust in God
and don’t let yourself get drawn away from the flock by chasing after
“fairy lights” in the dark. If anything,
the experiences and dreams can show you how magnificent and beyond comprehension
God’s creation really is.
Moreover, there is the fact that
sometimes you can’t tell whether you’re dealing with a premonition
or a psychological conflict. In that case,
treat it psychologically and learn from it what you can about your current
psychological needs.
Finally, suppose the premonitions
were about your own death. What then? Well, the only wise response
is to believe that you have to live every day—every moment,
really—as if it were your last. When
you do that, the premonitions are irrelevant, aren’t they? That’s
what Christ meant about the thief in the night and being prepared. That’s the
ultimate reason why fortune telling has no place in Christianity. When you
really trust in Christ, fortune telling and divination just isn’t needed.
What the Catechism
says:
2115 God
can reveal the future to his prophets or to other saints. Still, a sound
Christian attitude consists in putting oneself confidently into the hands
of Providence for whatever concerns the future, and giving up all unhealthy
curiosity about it. Improvidence, however, can constitute a lack of
responsibility.
2116 All forms of divination are to be rejected: recourse
to Satan or demons, conjuring up the dead or other practices falsely supposed
to “unveil” the future. Consulting horoscopes, astrology, palm
reading, interpretation of omens and lots, the phenomena of clairvoyance,
and recourse to mediums all conceal a desire for power over time, history,
and, in the last analysis, other human beings, as well as a wish to conciliate
hidden powers. They contradict the honor, respect, and loving fear that we
owe to God alone.
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