Article September 29, 1997 Issue

How to end recurring nightmares

William A. Ayres

Not long ago, I had a dream that left me shaking with fright. I was on a dimly lighted street in a big city late at night, when two ominous figures emerged from the darkness and came toward me from different directions. I was about to be mugged!

I tried to cry out but couldn't emit a sound. As the shadowy figures closed in on me, I felt for my wallet, believing it contained over $200. But there was no place to hide my money. The experience seemed so real—and I suffered the agony of thinking it was real—until I finally woke up.

I tossed off the whole thing as just a dream. But some time later when the dream recurred and was just as frightening, I decided I needed to do something about it. I knew it was not necessary for me to give in to any evil influence either when awake or when asleep. In No and Yes, Mary Baker Eddy states, "God holds man in the eternal bonds of Science,—in the immutable harmony of divine law" (p. 26). While I was pondering this message, some helpful ideas came to me.

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