Dreams are sent by the Truth to the hearts of the dervishes to reveal divine guidance and knowledge. They require interpretation by the shaykh or khalifa and are not to be taken literally, for dream imagery is Divine metaphor. Significant dreams should first be told to the shaykh or representatives and then they may be shared.
Dreams are gifts to the whole community.
It is recommended that dervishes keep a dream journal. The most intimate teaching in our Dervish Order comes through spiritual dreams and their inspired interpretation. The shaykh does not deal with psychological or merely stress-releasing dreams, nor is there any fixed system of dream symbolism. To the first, the inspired interpreter commented, You are going on pilgrimage. To the second, he remarked, You have taken something that does not belong to you.