Post by sparklekaz on May 6, 2007 9:53:10 GMT
Dear friends,
I thought you might like to know a little more about dreams and their interpretation, so thought I would share some of the information I have read with you. It may also encourage more of you to share, and maybe take note of things in your dreams, like color and texture. The time of day and other little things that are actually important when it comes to interpreting them
We spend over a third of our lives asleep and according to scientists enjoy between three and six dreams a night. Dreaming is a universal human activity over which we have little control, and until recently very little concrete knowledge.
Scientists have analyzed physical changes in our sleep patterns, but no one can state with any certainty, why we dream or Werther our dreams have any significance. Dreams are intensely personal experiences known only to the dreamer unless they choose to share it with someone.They are visual experiences and often words simply are not enough to convey the subtle nuances involved. We all have unique dreams woven from the thread of our unconscious, in hopes, fears and memories and imagination.
Should we pay attention to what appear to be messages from within, and the messages they seem to hold. Or are they just the bizarre workings of a brain trying to sort the events of our daily life into some sort of order??
Dreams and dreaming usually raise more questions then solutions, however the first being the perennial cry..."Oh why can't I remember, my dreams"? The second being prompted by tantalizing glimpses of brilliance and half remembered shafts of pleasure, is it to wonder how and why one's brain has managed to conjure up tales worthy of a Hollywood movie. And the third, what does it all mean?
Many ancient cultures set great store by their dreams and use them to influence their daily activities. The ancient Chinese regarded dreams as the experiences of the soul, which went wondering while the body slept...rather like an out of body experience. The Taoist philosopher Chuang-Tzu encapsulated the feeling of being unable to differentiate between reality and the dream world one often experiences on waking.
"Once upon a time, I Chuang-Tzu , dreamed I was a Butterfly fluttering hither and thither. To all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was aware only of following my fancy as a butterfly, and unconscious of my human individuality. Suddenly, I awoke and there I lay myself again. Now I do not know Werther I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly or Werther I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man".
I find this all fascinating stuff and it touches something in me, I hope it does in you. I will share more things about dreaming from time to time.
Love and light
Kaz
Taken from the book of dreams by Judith Millidge....
I thought you might like to know a little more about dreams and their interpretation, so thought I would share some of the information I have read with you. It may also encourage more of you to share, and maybe take note of things in your dreams, like color and texture. The time of day and other little things that are actually important when it comes to interpreting them
We spend over a third of our lives asleep and according to scientists enjoy between three and six dreams a night. Dreaming is a universal human activity over which we have little control, and until recently very little concrete knowledge.
Scientists have analyzed physical changes in our sleep patterns, but no one can state with any certainty, why we dream or Werther our dreams have any significance. Dreams are intensely personal experiences known only to the dreamer unless they choose to share it with someone.They are visual experiences and often words simply are not enough to convey the subtle nuances involved. We all have unique dreams woven from the thread of our unconscious, in hopes, fears and memories and imagination.
Should we pay attention to what appear to be messages from within, and the messages they seem to hold. Or are they just the bizarre workings of a brain trying to sort the events of our daily life into some sort of order??
Dreams and dreaming usually raise more questions then solutions, however the first being the perennial cry..."Oh why can't I remember, my dreams"? The second being prompted by tantalizing glimpses of brilliance and half remembered shafts of pleasure, is it to wonder how and why one's brain has managed to conjure up tales worthy of a Hollywood movie. And the third, what does it all mean?
Many ancient cultures set great store by their dreams and use them to influence their daily activities. The ancient Chinese regarded dreams as the experiences of the soul, which went wondering while the body slept...rather like an out of body experience. The Taoist philosopher Chuang-Tzu encapsulated the feeling of being unable to differentiate between reality and the dream world one often experiences on waking.
"Once upon a time, I Chuang-Tzu , dreamed I was a Butterfly fluttering hither and thither. To all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was aware only of following my fancy as a butterfly, and unconscious of my human individuality. Suddenly, I awoke and there I lay myself again. Now I do not know Werther I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly or Werther I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man".
I find this all fascinating stuff and it touches something in me, I hope it does in you. I will share more things about dreaming from time to time.
Love and light
Kaz
Taken from the book of dreams by Judith Millidge....
