Dreams and Divination: Finding Comfort and Insight Through Spiritual Connections

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Have you ever wondered if your dreams are more than just figments of your imagination? Join me as I share personal stories of encountering my pets, John and Lento, in dreams that felt like spiritual communications. Inspired by my grandmother's belief that dreams can be a farewell from the spirits, I dive into the mystical connection between dreams, divination, and messages from our departed loved ones. Discover how journaling before sleep can help process thoughts and emotions, potentially unlocking the hidden messages in your dreams. 

The comfort found in dreams can be profound, especially when they feature those we've lost. I recount a dream of my beloved pet, Lento, that provided reassurance of his peaceful crossing over the rainbow bridge. The solace doesn't end there; tarot readings have also been a source of comfort during times of loss. A recent tarot experience brought peace to my mind, and I'm eager to invite you all to share your thoughts and engage with our community. Don't forget to leave your comments, rate the show, and share it with those you hold dear. Let's explore how dreams and tarot can offer profound comfort and insight into our lives.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Oh we could, we could fly.
Welcome to this new season ofthe have a cup of johanni
podcast.
So I want to title this newseason that I'm embarking on
with I'm growing, so this isgoing to be the season of growth
and that's what I'm going toshare with you throughout the

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season.
So I thank you for coming overhere and sitting with me and I
hope you enjoy.
Hello everyone, and welcomeback to have a Cup of Johnny
podcast.
Today, we're going to talkabout something a little bit
more mystical, and that is howdreams and divination can act as

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a spiritual connection to theones we've lost.
This is something I'veexperienced firsthand and I
can't wait to share it with youall.
Are you ready?
Of course you are.

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Let's go.
When I lost my pets, john andLento, I started noticing that
they would show up in my dreams.
She was the one that raised me,that sees people before they
die, and she used to say that itwas a way for the spirit to say

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their goodbyes before it leavestheir body.
That's how she explained it tome growing up, and she will
often talk about these stories,and to my sister and I.
Well, I don't know for mysister, but for me.
I always kind of like, didn'tpay too much attention to it,

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just because I was more like, ah, that's just grandma, you know,
mama being mama, you know,thought she was more on the
superstitious side than wasnormal, and things of that
nature, and I just didn't giveit too much weight to it.
Here I am, as an adult nowtelling you that I've

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experienced it firsthand.
So, yeah, maybe I should havelistened, huh, so when it
happened to me, it was like itwas the same thing, like I just
think it's normal.
It's just me thinking about mypets, right, and things of that
nature, and it's nothing toworry about.

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Just thought they were randommemories that just came into my
mind as I fell asleep.
But I kept a journal because Ilike to do this experimentation
between what is science, what ismystical, because there should
be an explanation for everythingthere should be.

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And I was like let me jot downthe thought that I had before
going to bed to see how itrelates to the dreams I may have
, because I started thinkingmaybe that was the last thought
that I went to bed with it wasJohn and that's why then he
showed up in my dream, andthings of that nature, because

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that happens right After lookingat my journal I found out that
it was like unrelated.
Everything that was on my mindbefore going to bed was
unrelated.
Now I did found something whiledoing that and that is that to
journal before going to sleepcan relieve myself of those
thoughts and not have thosethoughts populate and perk up.

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Especially unresolved thingspopulate and perk up at two,
three in the morning and wake meup.
I got that out of that.
So if you're like that, ifyou're like me, have a notebook
next to you in bed or do yournotes app on your phone or
whatever other app on your phone, so that way you can write down
your thoughts, your emotionsand all of that before going to

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bed and relieve yourself of that.
But when it comes to seeingLento, I really just thought
that it was just random and thenI found out that it wasn't With
John.
It was weird because he wentfrom being super okay to not
being okay and it was just sosudden his decline.

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And then he went back and forth, back and forth to the vet and
we will see just a little bit ofprogress.
But then once they get to acertain age and they're so old
that anything like the kidneysget shot or anything and this
just goes down really fast.
I'm like, why am I seeing Johnin my dreams?

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Why am I seeing him, like, justshow up and show me a path or
something like that?
I think that's what the dreamwas, because he was healthy at
that time.
Well, I thought he was healthyat that time and it was just.
I didn't think nothing of it.
But now, thinking back about it, now I know that it was kind of
like his way of saying I'mabout to go or I'm gonna go.

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Now I understand that and withLentil I remember seeing him,
but I didn't think nothing of iteither.
And that's what's so weird.
It's like I need to do betterat paying more attention to my
dreams, because I get so boggeddown with everything else that I

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just don't think about that ordon't put too much weight on it,
kind of like how I did as achild with my grandmother.
But with Lento it was somethingsimilar as well.
He will peek from a place andthen he will go away and then
peek and look at me.
And I knew it was him because,while I have three black cats,

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lento's face was round and hiseyes very round, so he is shaped
completely different.
So he will peek his head fromthe shadows and look at me and
then walk away and it was kindof like similar to what John was
doing.

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And when I saw him in my dreamsand I don't know if that is
kind of like their way of sayingI'm about to go.
You know, this is me going awayand I don't know, I don't know
if it's just me, I don't know ifother people have had like
these dreams per se.
But many cultures and spiritualtraditions believe that dreams

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are a way of our loved ones,whether they're humans or pets,
to kind of communicate with us.
And some of these cultures arelike a way to communicate with
us after they passed.
And some of these cultures arelike a way to communicate with
us after they pass.
But from what my grandma toldme growing up was that sometimes
the spirit will detach itselfand come see you before it

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leaves their body while they'restill alive.
And I think that's whathappened with John and Lenton.
Y'all are probably thinking likeI'm so crazy.
Oh God, I'm sorry y'all, butI'm telling you that's what
happened.
That's what happened and Idon't know.
I don't know, I don't know.

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You see even me talking aboutit Like I don't even believe
myself.
You know, I'm trying to findmore logical explanation of why
I would have these dreams.
You know, and even I ask myhusband sometimes I'm like what
was?
Did you put something on TV?
Was there something that I waslistening to?

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You know, because he staysawake longer than I do and
sometimes I ask him that,especially when my dreams are
particularly weird and veryrealistic.
But, but, but, but right, Ithink insight into what we don't
know not only comes throughdreams, but also comes through

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divination.
So yesterday was my very sad dayof coping with losing my cat,
lento, and I was just like, ohmy God, I forced myself to do
things just because I need to dothose things and I can't afford

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to be a hermit and then justnot come out, even though that's
exactly what I want to do.
Yesterday was just so tough andI really just wanted to be
underneath my bed, underneaththe sheets, and not come out.
And I remember I came to myroom after I was done and I
cleansed the space and I went tomy tarot card deck and I

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demanded that they tell me wheremy lentil is right now.
I was so like, uh, just so overit.
I'm like 2024 has got to finishalready.
And I pulled the 10 of cups andthe first thing that I see is

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the rainbow and I started cryingbecause it was almost like it
was showing me that he is onthat rainbow bridge.
Then you see the happy familylooking at the rainbow and
everything, and I know thatwhere he's at he's happy.
I know that he's not in pain.
I know that he's with family.
I'm sure he's with John andMama on the rainbow bridge just

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having a ball.
And sometimes I think thatthat's how they try to say
goodbye to me, john and Lenta,before they actually left.
And perhaps these dreams are areminder that love doesn't just
disappear when somebody leavesthe world.
It continues on and sometimesdreams are just the space where

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that love shows up again and itreminds you that it's there.
Who knows, who knows?
But dreams and the tarot cardsthey don't replace the grief,
right?
I think they're more of asource of comfort for me.
They remind me that while I maynot have John and Lento here in

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the physical sense, they'restill with me in other ways.
That realization makes theheavy weight of the loss a
little bit lighter.
And if you ever had a dreamabout someone you've lost, don't
be like me, don't dismiss it asjust a dream.
It might be the way of sayinghello, of letting you know that

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they're about to go.
Perhaps they're saying goodbyeIf they have passed on, perhaps
they're letting you know thatthey're still around.
And if you haven't had thosedreams, maybe you can set an
intention before bed to be opento receiving them if that is
something that you want toreceive.
But I hope this episodeencourage you to take a look at

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your dreams a little differentlyand to journal before bed, for
sure, and after, if you havethose weird dreams.
Whether you believe in thespiritual connection or not,
there's no denying that there'scomfort that can come from

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seeing our loved ones that welost in our dreams and that
knowing that before we lost themthey came to us in a dream.
I think there's a lot ofcomfort in that and for sure, if
you're like me and you have atarot deck, I know I found
comfort yesterday looking atthat.

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I didn't know what I was goingto pull, but I pulled that and
it for sure helped me to feelmore at ease with the knowledge
that Lentil has found therainbow bridge and was having

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fun.
So thanks for tuning in todayand I'll catch you on the next
episode next week on have a Cupof Johnny podcast.
See you next time, bye.
Thank you so much for listening.
I want to hear from you.
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share it with somebody you love,but, most importantly, come
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