Dream Airing
Notes, letters to the editor.
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The Alternative Medicine forum on America On-Line has now opened a new area on dreamwork with the help of the cyber-dream pioneer, Richard Wilkerson. The focus of this area will be on the relation to heath and wholeness through dreamwork. Be sure to stop by, check out the articles lists and leave your questions on the Alt-Med bulletin board. Some of the articles include: - Getting Started with Dreamwork - Predicting illness with dreams - Revival of Ancient Dream Healing techniques - Carl Jung and Wholeness - New Approaches to Nightmares. Live Chat to be scheduled!
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Hey, help me out answering dream questions!
The Association for the Study of Dreams has an ongoing web bulletin board at http://www.asdreams.org/subidxdiscussionsbboard.htm
While there is (in my opinion) an awful restriction about not discussing the meaning of any particular dream, the questions about dreams and dreaming in general are quite important and I would like to see a wide variety of opinions and replies.
Here are some questions from this month you might want to stop by the board and give a comment or two...
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Posted by Kelly on Thursday November 19th, 1998 at 5:58:21 PM PST:
To whom it may concern: Previously this afternoon, I was watching VH1's "Pop up Video", and it said something that interested me. It said, "If you dream columns, or in columns (like walls), then you will be robbed soon. They also said that if you dream of hands, then you will involve yourself in a relationship soon, or something similar to that. I was looking through this web site, but my computer is not that fast, and I did not have that much time, but I never really found anything like that. I was searching for a specific area of meannings of dreams, and the theorys that people have. I was thinking more along the lines of a list of things that explain dreams to me. I apologize if you seem to be comfused, but I am rather young, and I do not quite know how to word this all, but is there someway that you could post a list of things that people dream about, and dont quite understand, and then give the meannings to them, and give some kind of reasonable prediction as to what results may come of these dreams.
I would greatly appreciate a response to me as soon as possible. As I said, I am very interested in this subject, and would like to do some kind of project, report, or presentation on Dreams, so I would like to recieve any information that you have to give to me. http://www.asdreams.org/subidxdiscussionsbboard.htm
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Posted by Sun on Wednesday November 18th, 1998 at 3:42:00 PM PST:
I'm doing a project on whether or not the fact that you remember your dreams make you more creative or not, and I'm curious to hear anyone's thoughts on the subject. Do you think it makes a difference in a person's creativity if they remember their dreams or not? I'm open to any suggestions. http://www.asdreams.org/subidxdiscussionsbboard.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Posted by Gudrun on Monday November 16th, 1998 at 9:16:05 AM PST:
How do I know that I am not dreaming? Are we responsible for our misdeeds in dreams? What if we know not at the time we are dreaming still you might commit a murder in a dream something you would never do awake, and you feel ashamed when you wake up. What caused me to do such a horrible thing in the dream. Im I immoral. Your dreams are supposed to tell you something about yourself. I have had dreams I am to ashamed to tell anyone about them, almost as it was something I had actually done. Still it was only an dream. http://www.asdreams.org/subidxdiscussionsbboard.htm
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Posted by Dee on Tuesday November 17th, 1998 at 1:12:58 AM PST:
I am not a dream research student or scientist. I have always been interested in dreams (where they come from, what is their purpose, etc.). For the last twenty years, I have had a recurring dream concerning the end of the world. Actually, it is a series of four distinct dreams told from four different viewpoints over a specific period of time and concerning a specific set of events. For the last two years I have been writing the most vivid dreams into a journal. The dreams are varied (as most are) and cover a great range of subjects. But, I've come to notice characteristics that are crucial to each dream. I'm sure you are acquainted with engrams and their function. (No, I am not a Scientologist. I just became aware of them through reading Dianetics.) In each and every dream of people I've questioned there is this commonality. They were all feeling some sort of intense emotion in their dream. Be it excitement, grief, joy, worry, boredom - it was in it's extreme form. Engrams are basically chemically recorded memories produced when a person is confronted with an event that challenges them. If you'll accept dreams as being engramic in nature as my first Premise then you'll begin to understand my second Premise.
If dreams are engramic that makes them chemical. In which case it can be passed downstream genetically. How is it that many people (almost all) share the same dreams of falling endlessly or being chased by someone or something which is slowly but surely catching up to us or flying (which I or none in my family have experienced - NEVER)
What causes us to have the same dreams? If we all are sharing the same 'gene pool' then it makes sense that we would all share in this great store of knowledge created through generation after generation of experiences. Of course as family trees branch, so does the type of dream. Therefore, when we sleep, we have access (unconsciously) to a great internet of information.
There is so much more to my theory and I'm trying to give you the encapsulated version. I've been trying to find someone or some organization that shares even the remotest interest in this type of hypothesis. So far, I've been unsuccessful. Perhaps you can steer me in a new direction or put me in contact with any agency conducting studies along these lines. I would greatly love to participate in such an endeavor. Thanks, Dee http://www.asdreams.org/subidxdiscussionsbboard.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Posted by clinton on Tuesday November 17th, 1998 at 4:37:35 PM PST:
I ve bought loads of dream dictionaries but all seem vague or shallow.Anyone know a good one with lots of symbols and details?
http://www.asdreams.org/subidxdiscussionsbboard.htm
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Posted by Deirdre on Wednesday November 11th, 1998 at 2:38:11 PM PST:
Why do I sometimes awake from a dream unsure if an event which ocurred ocurred in a dream or in real life?
http://www.asdreams.org/subidxdiscussionsbboard.htm
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Posted by Ronnie on Tuesday November 10th, 1998 at 11:02:26 PM PST:
A boyfriend of my daughter was killed in a car accident about 9 weeks ago.(18 years old) The past week or so she dreams about him every night. She can see and talk to him in these dreams, she says they seem very real and believes that he is contacting her through her dreams. Is this possiable? Or is it that he is so much on her mind that she dreams about him every night? Appreciate any information you might be able to give me on this .Thank you, Ronnie http://www.asdreams.org/subidxdiscussionsbboard.htm
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Posted by Andrew on Tuesday November 10th, 1998 at 1:33:11 PM PST:
Hello, I am a High School Student doing dream research on the causes of children's recurring dreams. It seems that most people experience one particular recurring dream during ages 5-7 that they remember for a long time. It seems to have a profound affect on them for some reason whether it is a good dream or a nightmare. Often it has been related to night terrors which people experience at the same age and often they relate the two to each other. Anyway, My questions are these: Does anybody know about any research that has been done in this area? Can anyone give general advice on this type of research? I am thinking of interviewing kids at a private day care (being careful to get parental consent) and asking real general questions not about dream content besides good vs. bad. Is this appropriate or reasonable? What other advice can anyone give me? Thank you for your generous help. Sincerely, Andrew