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<blockquote data-quote="Blaze" data-source="post: 29019" data-attributes="member: 643"><p><strong>Dreams:What's the significance?</strong></p><p></p><p>By Jennifer Trevathan </p><p></p><p>Have you ever had a dream that was truly non-sequitor, and wondered 'where </p><p>in the world did THAT come from?' Then, you looked it up in your trusty </p><p>little dream dictionary, and found that it meant something that made </p><p>absolutely no sense at all? Yeah, me to. </p><p></p><p>This is why, I must admit, I have a serious problem with "Dream </p><p>Dictionaries", and people who interpret the dreams of others. Here's why; </p><p>how can anyone evaluate the intensely personal symbolism of another? For </p><p>instance, I've read in quite a few dictionaries that the presence of water </p><p>symbolizes something buried deep in the subconscious. This may be true for </p><p>some. But what if the person falls asleep thinking about the trip to the </p><p>beach they are taking soon. Then, they have a dream of deep sea fishing. </p><p>What then? That definition obviously wouldn't work in this case. Not to </p><p>mention the fact that different dictionaries give you different meanings </p><p>for the SAME DREAM! </p><p></p><p>Most dreams are nothing more than your subconscious mind running amuck. </p><p>We've all had at least one disturbing dream that really bothered us, and </p><p>have wondered "Ohmygod, am I nuts!?!". No, you're not nuts. For instance, </p><p>everyone at some point has had an incest dream. Freud would have you </p><p>believe that you are suppressing some sort of animalistic urge. </p><p>(Personally, I think the entire basis of Freud's work was merely an attempt </p><p>to justify his own psychotic tendencies-but that's just me.) Just because </p><p>you dream about something that is considered immoral, does not mean that </p><p>you secretly wish it to happen. It's just a dream, it means NOTHING! So </p><p>don't worry, you're not nuts. </p><p></p><p>I remember having some really weird dreams when I was 6 or 7 years old, </p><p>right after seeing the movie "Yellow Submarine". For weeks, I dreamed I </p><p>was Oblio, stuck in strange "bad acid trip universe" and couldn't find my </p><p>way back to my parents. It didn't mean that I secretly felt unwanted, it </p><p>just restimulated a fear of loss. There was no basis in reality for it at </p><p>all. </p><p></p><p>So how DO you make sense of these nocturnal goings-on? There are different </p><p>kinds of dreams. And some of them aren't dreams at all. Say a person is </p><p>trying to work something out, they fall asleep thinking about it, and when </p><p>they wake up the next morning, they have an answer. Does this mean they </p><p>worked it out in their dreams? Not really. When you are asleep, only the </p><p>body is asleep. Your mind does not sleep. It's going 24 hours a day, 7 </p><p>days a week. So you may have worked it out in your sleep, but it was not a </p><p>dream. You may have even looked at pictures of different scenarios while </p><p>you were sleeping, to come up with a solution, but that's not a dream. </p><p>That's you working out a solution while your body sleeps. </p><p></p><p>Some people have out of body experiences during the night, and wake up </p><p>thinking they had a really cool dream. For instance, one night, I dreamed </p><p>that I was walking through a neighborhood I lived in, in Houston, when I </p><p>was little. I walked all through the streets of this neighborhood noticing </p><p>how much it had changed. I hadn't lived in or visited this city for more </p><p>than eleven years. As luck would have it, about 6 months later, a friend </p><p>and I drove to Houston for the weekend. I drove through this neighborhood, </p><p>and WHAM! The dream came back to me. (I had long since forgotten about </p><p>it) The neighborhood looked exactly as it did in the dream. For those of </p><p>you who aren't familiar with Houston, it changes drastically on almost a </p><p>daily basis, it expands so fast! So I wasn't "remembering" what it looked </p><p>like. Besides, in the dream, I saw my old house, and when I lived in it, </p><p>there was a Weeping Willow tree in the front yard. In my dream it wasn't </p><p>there. When I saw the house on this trip, you guessed it, no Weeping </p><p>Willow tree. </p><p></p><p>There is also past life recall. Say you're visiting Louisiana, and as </p><p>you're driving, you pass a beautiful pre-civil war mansion. You slow down, </p><p>can't take your eyes off of it, there is SOMETHING about this house! You </p><p>keep driving, thinking you probably saw it in a movie or book and forget </p><p>all about it. That night, you have a dream about that mansion. Only it's </p><p>a different color than you remember. The trees are smaller and fewer, </p><p>there is a big field off to the left of the house and you see cotton and </p><p>sugar cane growing. You wake up the next morning thinking that it was a </p><p>nice dream, and you decide to pick up a book in the hotel gift shop on </p><p>civil war era southern architecture. You flip through the book, and you </p><p>come upon a picture of that same house. Only this picture of the home, </p><p>circa 1870, LOOKS EXACTLY AS IT DID IN YOUR DREAM! </p><p></p><p>There are also re-curring dreams. This means you have the same dream over </p><p>and over. There can be some significance to this. It could be as simple </p><p>as.......you're a fan of re-runs! No, I'm kidding. Seems to me, you're </p><p>trying to work something out, and for whatever reason, it's not happening. </p><p>Like being stuck on the fence. You can't decide whether or not to take </p><p>that job in another city, or whatever "either/or" situation you're </p><p>wrestling with. When you make a decision, the dreams will probably stop. </p><p>(Also, sometimes these "re-runs" are caused by some kind of fear of </p><p>something or someone you're not consciously aware of, and as soon as you </p><p>confront it, the dreams stop.) </p><p></p><p>There is also what I call "Going through a crappy time" dream. This tends </p><p>to happen when you're, duh, going through a crappy time. Like you just </p><p>lost your job, or just got dumped, or moved to new town and you don't know </p><p>anyone. You have really creative dreams. They're usually quite nice. </p><p>I've always considered them "nocturnal entertainment". However, if you </p><p>feel they are more than just entertaining, read on...... </p><p></p><p>So how do you tell the difference between "just a dream" and something </p><p>significant, and figure out what they mean? </p><p></p><p>You know when you wake up from a dream, different parts of it will stick </p><p>out in your mind? These are, for the most part, the significant symbols. </p><p>For instance, you dream you and your best friend are riding bicycles in a </p><p>park. When you wake up, you think, "Why were we riding bicycles?" Seems </p><p>to me the bicycle is significant to you in that dream, because that is what </p><p>caught your attention. It wasn't the pink dancing bears, or talking pine </p><p>trees, or frosty the snowman waving at the two of you, it was the bicycles </p><p>that grabbed your attention. So there is one thing you can do; figure out </p><p>what grabbed your attention. I've always found it best to write it down, </p><p>because I'm one of those people who forget what they were dreaming about as </p><p>soon as they throw their clock radio across the room! Keep a notebook by </p><p>your bed, and as soon as you wake up, write down everything you can </p><p>remember about your dreams. After a while, you'll start to see a pattern, </p><p>and from that pattern you'll be able to see what is significant, and what </p><p>is just a "subconscious mind party". </p><p></p><p>How do you define your own symbolism? You take what grabbed your </p><p>attention, and find the meaning. For instance, let's take the bicycle. </p><p>We've decided that it's the one thing that grabbed your attention in that </p><p>dream. A bicycle is hard to learn when you're a little kid. But you </p><p>mastered it. So whatever is on your mind now, you'll master as well. Or, </p><p>a bicycle is a relatively simple machine, it's time to simplify your life. </p><p>You can travel by bicycle, it's time to take that trip. A bicycle has 2 </p><p>wheels, maybe you should get that front-end alignment you've been meaning </p><p>to get on your car. Obviously, the possibilities are as endless as they </p><p>are personal! </p><p></p><p>And this is the problem I have with dream dictionaries. This is PERSONAL </p><p>symbolism! You can't make an evaluation like this for another person. </p><p>What is true for one person is not necessarily true for another. (I know </p><p>If I had that dream, I would have wondered about those pink dancing </p><p>bears!<img src="http://www.area51central.com/forum/images/smiles/wink.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> I'm not saying these dictionaries are evil. I'm saying not to </p><p>take them TOO seriously. If you have one that works well for you, great. </p><p>You don't need to throw it out. Just remember that if a definition doesn't </p><p>feel true for you, then it's not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blaze, post: 29019, member: 643"] [b]Dreams:What's the significance?[/b] By Jennifer Trevathan Have you ever had a dream that was truly non-sequitor, and wondered 'where in the world did THAT come from?' Then, you looked it up in your trusty little dream dictionary, and found that it meant something that made absolutely no sense at all? Yeah, me to. This is why, I must admit, I have a serious problem with "Dream Dictionaries", and people who interpret the dreams of others. Here's why; how can anyone evaluate the intensely personal symbolism of another? For instance, I've read in quite a few dictionaries that the presence of water symbolizes something buried deep in the subconscious. This may be true for some. But what if the person falls asleep thinking about the trip to the beach they are taking soon. Then, they have a dream of deep sea fishing. What then? That definition obviously wouldn't work in this case. Not to mention the fact that different dictionaries give you different meanings for the SAME DREAM! Most dreams are nothing more than your subconscious mind running amuck. We've all had at least one disturbing dream that really bothered us, and have wondered "Ohmygod, am I nuts!?!". No, you're not nuts. For instance, everyone at some point has had an incest dream. Freud would have you believe that you are suppressing some sort of animalistic urge. (Personally, I think the entire basis of Freud's work was merely an attempt to justify his own psychotic tendencies-but that's just me.) Just because you dream about something that is considered immoral, does not mean that you secretly wish it to happen. It's just a dream, it means NOTHING! So don't worry, you're not nuts. I remember having some really weird dreams when I was 6 or 7 years old, right after seeing the movie "Yellow Submarine". For weeks, I dreamed I was Oblio, stuck in strange "bad acid trip universe" and couldn't find my way back to my parents. It didn't mean that I secretly felt unwanted, it just restimulated a fear of loss. There was no basis in reality for it at all. So how DO you make sense of these nocturnal goings-on? There are different kinds of dreams. And some of them aren't dreams at all. Say a person is trying to work something out, they fall asleep thinking about it, and when they wake up the next morning, they have an answer. Does this mean they worked it out in their dreams? Not really. When you are asleep, only the body is asleep. Your mind does not sleep. It's going 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. So you may have worked it out in your sleep, but it was not a dream. You may have even looked at pictures of different scenarios while you were sleeping, to come up with a solution, but that's not a dream. That's you working out a solution while your body sleeps. Some people have out of body experiences during the night, and wake up thinking they had a really cool dream. For instance, one night, I dreamed that I was walking through a neighborhood I lived in, in Houston, when I was little. I walked all through the streets of this neighborhood noticing how much it had changed. I hadn't lived in or visited this city for more than eleven years. As luck would have it, about 6 months later, a friend and I drove to Houston for the weekend. I drove through this neighborhood, and WHAM! The dream came back to me. (I had long since forgotten about it) The neighborhood looked exactly as it did in the dream. For those of you who aren't familiar with Houston, it changes drastically on almost a daily basis, it expands so fast! So I wasn't "remembering" what it looked like. Besides, in the dream, I saw my old house, and when I lived in it, there was a Weeping Willow tree in the front yard. In my dream it wasn't there. When I saw the house on this trip, you guessed it, no Weeping Willow tree. There is also past life recall. Say you're visiting Louisiana, and as you're driving, you pass a beautiful pre-civil war mansion. You slow down, can't take your eyes off of it, there is SOMETHING about this house! You keep driving, thinking you probably saw it in a movie or book and forget all about it. That night, you have a dream about that mansion. Only it's a different color than you remember. The trees are smaller and fewer, there is a big field off to the left of the house and you see cotton and sugar cane growing. You wake up the next morning thinking that it was a nice dream, and you decide to pick up a book in the hotel gift shop on civil war era southern architecture. You flip through the book, and you come upon a picture of that same house. Only this picture of the home, circa 1870, LOOKS EXACTLY AS IT DID IN YOUR DREAM! There are also re-curring dreams. This means you have the same dream over and over. There can be some significance to this. It could be as simple as.......you're a fan of re-runs! No, I'm kidding. Seems to me, you're trying to work something out, and for whatever reason, it's not happening. Like being stuck on the fence. You can't decide whether or not to take that job in another city, or whatever "either/or" situation you're wrestling with. When you make a decision, the dreams will probably stop. (Also, sometimes these "re-runs" are caused by some kind of fear of something or someone you're not consciously aware of, and as soon as you confront it, the dreams stop.) There is also what I call "Going through a crappy time" dream. This tends to happen when you're, duh, going through a crappy time. Like you just lost your job, or just got dumped, or moved to new town and you don't know anyone. You have really creative dreams. They're usually quite nice. I've always considered them "nocturnal entertainment". However, if you feel they are more than just entertaining, read on...... So how do you tell the difference between "just a dream" and something significant, and figure out what they mean? You know when you wake up from a dream, different parts of it will stick out in your mind? These are, for the most part, the significant symbols. For instance, you dream you and your best friend are riding bicycles in a park. When you wake up, you think, "Why were we riding bicycles?" Seems to me the bicycle is significant to you in that dream, because that is what caught your attention. It wasn't the pink dancing bears, or talking pine trees, or frosty the snowman waving at the two of you, it was the bicycles that grabbed your attention. So there is one thing you can do; figure out what grabbed your attention. I've always found it best to write it down, because I'm one of those people who forget what they were dreaming about as soon as they throw their clock radio across the room! Keep a notebook by your bed, and as soon as you wake up, write down everything you can remember about your dreams. After a while, you'll start to see a pattern, and from that pattern you'll be able to see what is significant, and what is just a "subconscious mind party". How do you define your own symbolism? You take what grabbed your attention, and find the meaning. For instance, let's take the bicycle. We've decided that it's the one thing that grabbed your attention in that dream. A bicycle is hard to learn when you're a little kid. But you mastered it. So whatever is on your mind now, you'll master as well. Or, a bicycle is a relatively simple machine, it's time to simplify your life. You can travel by bicycle, it's time to take that trip. A bicycle has 2 wheels, maybe you should get that front-end alignment you've been meaning to get on your car. Obviously, the possibilities are as endless as they are personal! And this is the problem I have with dream dictionaries. This is PERSONAL symbolism! You can't make an evaluation like this for another person. What is true for one person is not necessarily true for another. (I know If I had that dream, I would have wondered about those pink dancing bears![img]http://www.area51central.com/forum/images/smiles/wink.gif[/img] I'm not saying these dictionaries are evil. I'm saying not to take them TOO seriously. If you have one that works well for you, great. You don't need to throw it out. Just remember that if a definition doesn't feel true for you, then it's not. [/QUOTE]
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