When we dream, we go on a spirit voyage. 
We leave our bodies in our beds, and we allow our spirit to journey. 

We all do this, every night—whether we remember or not. 

The question is, why would we think that dreams are not real? Or that dreams are not as real as this waking dream we live, that we call real life? 

As souls, we are multidimensional beyond our mind/ego understanding. We cling to real life—but our real life has many forms, including the metaphysical. 

If you can accept that you spirit travel every night, and that this is as much an important and real part of your life as your walking time, your dreams will reward you by becoming even more interesting, more prophetic and more useful. 

Intuition is instantaneous. There is no lag time or delay in knowing. One minute we are asleep, and the next, in a flash, we are awake and aware.

Why is this so? Because intuition is spiritual opening. 

In meditation, spiritual opening can feel like your mind space goes from grey and tamped down,, to a great lifting off in dazzling white.
 
In nature, spiritual opening can feel like your mind space is all chatter and drama, and then suddenly everything gets beautifully still, and you realize you are absolutely aware.
 
There are other ways intuition, aka spiritual opening can happen, but there is always a sense of being one way—in the world. And then suddenly the great opening, the great relief, the great lifting off, as you enter the other realms. 

If you are feeling disconnected or stressed or unsure, the best thing to do is let go of all distractions: all ways of being too busy, all ways of numbing out.
 
Go into stillness, and ask the Universe to remind you who you really are. 

Notice what you immediately sense as true—and how this knowing happens instantaneously.

What is your real life? 

Is is the life you spend in the "real" world, doing things, working jobs, thinking thoughts?
Or is it the life you spend in the inner world, being in touch with yourself as a soul?

Mainstream society teaches us that the "real" world is real, and the inner world doesn't really count for much—it's just emotions and feelings that aren't "real". 

But the spiritual perspective says that the inner world—the world you inhabit as a soul, the portals you visit, the dreams you inhabit, the dimensions you are continually sliding between—that this world is the true world. 

The truth is, you get to choose. You can live in the logical, rational, mainstream "real" world that society tells you is real. Or you can live from your soul, understanding yourself as a multiimensional, infinite part of the Universe. 

Whichever perspective you choose—that will be your reality. 

If you identify as a psychic, intuitive, shaman, healer or mystic, you are aware that your way of experiencing life is different than most.

The  word "identify" means to claim as yours, to know yourself as. 

When you identify as a psychic, intutive, shaman and so on, you step into your true self, even if the mainstream world tells you that this self is not possible, or it's not correct, or there's something wrong with it. 

You accept this is who you are: 
You sense everything. 
You read everything. 
You know things deeply.
You receive visions, messages and dreams.
You exist in all dimensions. 
You receive and follow guidance.

To identify this way also means to let go of mainstream ideas: that being psychic isn't real,
​Of course it's real.

We are created as souls, and as souls we are part of One, and as part of One we are intimately connected to all that is. 

There can be a sense of resignation before winter in the northern hemisphere—how can we manage the longer nights and the shorter days? 

Especially if we live in places where the seasons are pronounced, we become so wistful about the greenness of spring, the heat of summer, the absolute glory of autumn. 

The thing to remember, is that all seasons have beauty.
Even winter. 
Especially winter. 

If you tend to stay indoors from now until March, you might rethink that strategy this season. 

Many people have beautiful outdoor practices in winter, that include walking, running, biking, hiking, skiing and skating.

I myself know that a winter's bike ride is just as  fun as a summer one—just muddier. 
A walk in the  park in winter is just as beautiful in summer—just colder. 
Stargazing is actually better in winter—such blazing white on an inky midnight ground. 

Even just getting outside daily—to feel the expanse of the sky, to visit  the trees—helps us remember we are part of nature, we are part of the season, we are part of the cycle, we are part of the planet.