E.l.e.c.t.r.i.c D.r.e.a.m.s Subscribe: electric-dreams-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: electric-dreams-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Subscribe Online: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/electric-dreams o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o E.l.e.c.t.r.i.c D.r.e.a.m.s Volume #11 Issue #3 March 2004 ISSN# 1089 4284 o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o http://www.dreamgate.com/electric-dreams o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o Download a cover for this issue: http://tinyurl.com/2lotg o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o C O N T E N T S ++ Editor's Notes ++ News: ASD International Conference ++ Column: An Excerpt From the Lucid Dream Exchange Lucy Gillis ++ Article: Who Do We Ignore When We Interpret A Dream? Linda Lane Magallón ++ Column: The View from the Bridge Candlemas Thoughts Jean Campbell ++ Column: The Waves: Resonant Waves: The Ocean Also Dreams Resonant Moon. White Spectral Wizard Year Nick Cumbo +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++ DREAM SECTION: Dreams from January & February, 2003 Host: Elizabeth Westlake XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX D E A D L I N E : February 18th deadline for March 2004 submissions XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Post Dreams and Comments on Dreams to: http://www.dreamgate.com/dream/temple Send Dreaming News and Calendar Events to: Peggy Coats Send Articles and Subscription concerns to: Richard Wilkerson: o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o Editor's Notes o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o Welcome to the March 2004 issue of Electric Dreams, your portal to dreams and dreamwork online. If you are new to dreams and dreamwork, please join us on dreamchatters@yahoogroups.com and we will guide you to the resources & groups you need. To join send an e to dreamchatters-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Lucy Gillis shares travels around the dream field to find the most talented and experimental lucid dreamers. In an excerpt from the her Lucid Dream Exchange, Harry Bosma shares with us some information about his on-line lucidity course "THE MORE LUCID DREAMS PROJECT". Linda Lane Magallón, author of _Mutual Dreaming_, explores the many ways to interpret a dream and how these ways, some scientific, some metaphoric, some common sense, all interpenetrate to reveal a dreams significance. Read "Who Do We Ignore When We Interpret A Dream?" Jean Campbell brings you up to date on the dream activism group, the World Dreams Peace Bridge. Early in February, the Bridge celebrated Candlemas, and Jean uses this event to discuss the many dream activist projects over the past year to change the world. Nick Cumbo newsletter and column reports on the dream explorations of the Sea Life community. Sea Life, the main web forum at Dreampeace, aims to bring together a circle of dreamers from around the globe, collaborating in dreaming adventures, and 'dreaming with and for the earth itself.' This month there is a discussion of the possibility of discussion with sea creatures via our dreams. The news section this month focuses on the international Association for the Study of Dreams. Read about the summer conference in Copenhagen and how you can participate. If you have news for our Global Dreaming News, send that to Peggy Coats at: info@dreamtree.com Family murders, affairs, dead relatives visiting – one might think that the Family archetype is up and dominate – or is it just the Electric Dreams Dream Section? Our Dream Section is edited by Elizabeth Westlake. If you have dreams you want published enter them anonymously in the form at: http://www.dreamgate.com/dream/temple Or you can put them in the dream flow directly by subscribing to: dream-flow-subscribe@yahoogroups.com -------------------- For those of you who are new to dreams and dreaming, be sure to stop by one of the many resources: http://www.dreamtree.com http://www.dreamgate.com/electric-dreams http://www.dreamgate.com/dream/library Electric Dreams in PDF: (thanks to Nick Cumbo) http://www.dreamofpeace.net/community/electricdreams/ -------------------- See you all in April, -Richard Wilkerson /////////////////////////////////////////////////////// <<<<<<<<<<<<<<|||||||>>>>>>>>>>>|||||<<<<<<<<<<<< N E W S <<<<<<<<<<<<<<|||||||>>>>>>>>>>>|||||<<<<<<<<<<<< This month, tid-bits from the Association for the Study of Dreams: Plan to attend ASD'S 2004 CONFERENCE IN COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, June 18-22, 2004. http://asdreams.org/2004 ASD has received over 130 submissions from over 100 presenters around the world. This will be the largest conference ASD has had in terms of submissions, and the most diverse in nationalities presenting and topics being presented. This year ASD also have received a greater percentage of research based papers, research from all over the globe, a great piece of news since one of the ASD goals this year was not only to become more global, but also to bring the "S" (dream studies) back into A-S-D. The Conference promises to be an exciting time for all who participate. Make plans now! PROMOTE THE COPENHAGEN CONFERENCE. VIEW OR DOWNLOAD A FLYER NOW FOR PRINTING OR FORWARDING: You can help advertise the conference by using the conference promotional flyer that is now online at http://www.asdreams.org/2004/2004Flyer.pdf Just go to the site, download and print the flyer, and give it to your friends. Flyers can also be distributed to coffee houses, book stores, and other public places. SPECIAL DREAM TIME ADVERTISING OFFER: Advertising in ASD's magazine, Dream Time, is one of the best possible ways to reach an audience passionately interested in dreaming. This special Dream Time advertising offer will allow you to advertise your book, product, or services for a discounted rate in the next three issues of Dream Time with the bonus of a free ad in the Copenhagen Conference program. Check out http://asdreams.org/magazine/sales/ Become a member and get substantial discounts! SHOP THE ASD ONLINE STORE AND AUCTION ASD ONLINE STORE http://www.asdreams.org/idxbookshop.htm Dream- oriented books and products. Books, dream-oriented merchandise, tapes, and customize your own mugs, hats, shirts, mouse pads, night shirts with ASD or Dream logos of your choice and size. ASD ONLINE AUCTION www.asdreams.org/auction Donate or bid on great bargains and unique items, do your gift buying at ASD's Online Auction. For great bargains and unique items, shop at ASD's Online Auction and ASD's Oonline store. Save money and help ASD in the process. Unique items and great bargains. Bring your friends. We welcome your donations and bids. SPECIAL THEME ISSUE OF DREAMING ON CHILDREN'S DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES: Deadline for submissions: September 1, 2004. ASD's Journal, DREAMING, wishes to announce a special issue on children's dreams and nightmares. Articles on dreams of children and adolescents from clinical, experimental, physiological, developmental, cross-cultural, theoretical, and interdisciplinary perspectives are encouraged. The deadline for submissions is Sept. 15, 2004. Papers should be submitted to special issue editor: Alan Siegel, Ph.D. at dreamsdr@aol.com or via mail to 2607 Alcatraz Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705 ASD'S MEMBERSHIP SERVICES: In addition to our great publications (ASD's quarterly magazine, Dream Time, and our scholarly journal, Dreaming) ASD offers other special services to members. Here's a partial list. How many of these do you take advantage of? ASD is an organization for dreamers. Let your membership work for you! A) Create a Member Page: Have your dream-related activities and publications listed, along with a photo, in the online Member Pages. Just go to www.ASDreams.org and fill out the online application. B) Promote Your Dream Course or announce book publication in the "News and Notes" section of the ASD Online Bulletin Board. C) Join an ASD E-Study Group and participate in discussions during the year with those who share your interests. D) Receive Member Discounts on dream-related activities, such as ASD regional meetings. HOW TO REACH THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF DREAMS http://www.asdreams.org E-mail: ASDCentralOffice@aol.com o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o An Excerpt From The Lucid Dream Exchange By Lucy Gillis o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o Ok, so you've learned to have lucid dreams. Want to have more? In LDE 29 Harry Bosma shared with us some information about his on- line lucidity course "THE MORE LUCID DREAMS PROJECT". For more information on this project and others you can contact Harry through his website at www.alquinte.com. (Incidentally, I participated in this project and enjoyed it very much. And yes, I did get more lucid dreams!) Getting More Lucid Dreams (c) Harry Bosma This is a short report on the More Lucid Dreams project. During five weeks, starting on July 26th 2003, an online group worked at getting more lucid dreams. As the members of the group chose to submit many dreams, this also became a unique dream sharing experience. We witnessed many interesting psi dreams in the group, especially mutual dreaming. However, here I will only report about the main aim of the group: getting more lucid dreams. Background Sometimes it seems there is more interest in lucid dreaming than in, for example, dream interpretation. Ever since the invention of the World Wide Web, there have been web pages about lucid dreaming. The Usenet discussion group alt.dreams had so many topics about lucid dreaming, that the alt.dreams.lucid group had to be created. After Usenet, email and web discussion groups became popular. Again, lucid dreaming showed up amazingly often. What always surprised me is that although interest is high, many complain that it is hard to get lucid dreams. As I didn't mind getting more lucid dreams myself, I decided to organize an online group aimed at getting more lucid dreams. Small Steps Approach The approach I used is based on several ideas: The first one is that people generally have little time, need their sleep, and prefer simple exercises above difficult ones. For these reasons I used Castaneda's hand gazing as the basic exercise. Other suggested exercises also needed minimal time, and could be easily integrated into the daily routine. The second idea is that it always helps to break a difficult task up into various smaller objectives. There are many definitions of lucid dreaming. I used the most basic one, being that one is aware of the dream. Everything else I presented as separate indications of special dreams. Additionally, I also offered two types of pre- lucid dreams. As a result, the chance of being able to score a dream as special in some way or another, was fairly high. After five weeks of dreams, this also gave some insight into whether indications of special dreams are related to awareness of the dream. The third idea is that it helps to combine lucid dreaming with more awareness during the day. It makes no sense to strive for more awareness during dreams, while still running on automatic pilot during the day. This fits nicely together with the first point of integrating lucid dreaming with the usual day routine in a way that doesn't require extra time. For various reasons I asked potential participants to incubate a dream. One thing I hoped to discover was if there could be certain resistances against lucid dreaming. That didn't seem to be the case, so I didn't pay much attention to it during the project. The Group I wanted 20-25 members for the group. There were 22. However, two never showed up, two others dropped out early. The project ran in the middle of summer, so it happened that some members disappeared for a week or so due to vacations. Almost all of the incubated dreams showed an optimistic view of the project. Quite a few had an incubated dream that was lucid. I have to add that many members of the first group were experienced with lucid dreaming. The group was supposed to be for both novice lucid dreamers and somewhat experienced lucid dreamers, but absolute novices turned out to be in a small minority. As part of the program, I encouraged members to submit dreams, lucid or not. The group knew how to take a hint, and submitted some 365 dreams in five weeks time. Including comments on the dreams and other discussions, this means that keeping up with the group must have been challenging. I'd considered slowing the group down at some point, but got the impression that most members had made the decision that they wanted to do it this way. >From the 365 dreams, a total of 145 were lucid. A few strong lucid dreamers in the group pulled up the average, but even so it still is an impressive number. Conclusions As I'm going to host a second group, I only want to give a few general conclusions. Besides, the group is too small to discover anything about, for example, the effectiveness of particular exercises. At the end of the five weeks I asked group members to fill in an evaluation form. A large majority of the participants spent a lot of time on the project. Looking at this large sub group, there were a few who were already having lucid dreams often. They didn't see any improvement in frequency, but appreciated how they learned to do more with their lucid dreams. The not so frequent lucid dreamers did almost all report an increase in the number of lucid dreams. The member who was less satisfied about the number of lucid dreams during the project, really did quite well on her own. It just happened that this first group attracted many people who had had lucid dreams before. Quite a few members remarked that the group did wonders for their dream recall. That may be true, but I also noted that not everyone seemed to have that luck. Which is why I will continue to advise potential members of the second group to work on their dream recall. After this first group I wonder whether there is a correlation between dream recall and lucid dreams. Dreamers who submitted more or longer dreams, seem to have a higher percentage of lucid dreams. There were a few exceptions to that rule, and with the group being small, it's hard to say whether this means anything. As a last observation, I was impressed by the stability of the dream environment of some of the dreamers, especially the dreamers who submitted many lucid dreams. I've read authors who say one starts with awareness, then works on stability. Somehow I got the idea that awareness and stability may be two sides of the same coin. Second Group >From the beginning I've wanted to do two groups. The second group should start on November 15th. I'm looking forward to hosting the second group, and to comparing the results. I haven't yet written about some of the special exercises, so as not to spoil the surprise for members who also read LDE. I hope to write about these special exercises in a next issue. ******************************** The Lucid Dream Exchange is a quarterly newsletter featuring lucid dreams and lucid dream related articles and interviews. To subscribe to The Lucid Dream Exchange send a blank email to: TheLucidDreamExchange-subscribe@yahoogroups.com You can also check us out at www.dreaminglucid.com o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o Who Do We Ignore When We Interpret A Dream? © 2004 Linda Lane Magallon o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o It's the same 'ole dichotomy. In this corner, we have the scientist who focuses on dream stimuli and claims that dreams have no meaning. In that corner, there is the psychologist who claims that a focus on stimuli robs the dream of meaning. Why, oh, why, does it have to be the battle of the either-or? I believe I need both. Knowing what induces, triggers or stimulates a dream does *not* rule out an awareness of meaning and significance for me. In fact, I don't think that a method or theory (either stimulus-based or symbol-based) that ignores the life of the dreamer can be very meaningful. In order to explain flying dreams, I have come up with a schema that differentiates between stimulus connection and the sort of symbolic interpretation that's bereft of connection. It may seem ironic, but the interpretation of flight needs to be grounded before it can soar. First, I present an example of a symbolic interpretation plucked from a source that doesn't bother to look at the dreamer's life for correlation. Second, I show what stimulated the dream. Third, I put daytime event together with dream stimuli to produce an explanation that includes both. However, my search for meaning doesn't stop there. For me, the significance of an event involves its total context: past, present...and future. I might come up with an interpretation that satisfies me as I contemplate my dream while curled up in bed. But it isn't truly significant for me unless it *changes* me. It's what I do after I get out of bed that's the deciding factor. It's the follow-up that provides the finishing touch. Here's some examples. ________________________ A) Dream: The wind kisses my face as I soar over the city skyline. 1. Symbolic Interpretation (Freudian): -- A concealed wish for an orgasm. Now, let's talk about the Oedipus Complex. -- There is little attempt at correlation with a dreamer's life. In my opinion, the idea that everyone has an Oedipus Complex or that every flying dream involves a concealed wish for sex has not been adequately demonstrated. It's a belief-based hypothesis. 2. Stimuli: I won $5 in the lottery. Because it was warm night, I had the fan on. -- Day residue, emotional: My exuberant response to winning the lottery. -- Current event, tactile: The passage of air over my skin from the blowing fan. The still-present echo of exuberation from the day combines with the nighttime tactile sensation of flowing air to evoke a picture of soaring, sensual flight. The hypothesis that emotions and touch influence dreams has been borne out by lab experimentation and case studies. 3. Significance: Winning small amounts of money gives me a "high," but it's not one that lasts long or can be counted on to be repeated. What else can I do that can give me more substantial exuberance, one that I value "highly"? Like joy? 4. Follow Up: Emotion plus sensory movement turned out to be a fruitful avenue of exploration. I came to realize that every time I finished writing an article, I had a sense of satisfaction that I could turn it into glee if I ran up the stairs like a kid. Allowing my Inner Child an opportunity to indulge in that sort of activity resulted in more flying dreams. ________________________ B) Dream: A huge black cat hovers in the air over a young blonde girl. 1. Symbolic Interpretation (Jungian): -- The Shadow is threatening my Anima. Now, let's go on a encyclopedic search for examples of Animas and Shadows and felines throughout mythic history. -- No attempt at correlation with dreamer's life; belief-based hypothesis. 2. Stimuli: Several years ago, my car's paint job had been ruined by the spray that was dropped by helicopters as they were dusting for med-flies. Today, I sprayed my hair, then went to play with one of our cats, Endora, who scratched me. I didn't wash the wound and later wondered about the wound being infected by either the hair spray or the cat. Endora had been atop a ledge, peering down on my daughter below. Endora was preparing to jump because she'd had enough of the two of us and wanted to escape. I didn't want her to let her go. -- Past visual memory and associated concept: Overflying helicopters = threat to my car, which protects me like a skin from a spray. -- Day residue, tactile: Hair spray and scratched skin. -- Day residue, visual: The cat, my daughter and me. Pictures from the distant past plus associated concepts are combined with echoes of daytime events, both tactile and visual. My dreaming mind often ignores daytime inanimate objects (like cars and walls) and concentrates on the animate ones, instead. Thus, animals and people (including me) can seem to "hover" in my dreams. In this case, the background prop (the ledge) didn't have enough energy to etch an impression on my inner picture screen. 3. Significance: I realized that Endora needed some time off from our overwhelming attention. I value dreams for pointing out relationship issues. 4. Follow-up: The next day, I was more respectful of her space. ________________________ C) Dream: I flew at head level, watching the scenery go by. 1. Symbolic Interpretation (If This Were My Dream technique): -- "Flew" = "flu" or the feeling of an upset stomach. -- "Head level" = "a level headed response to a dilemma." -- To the members of a dream group, I read a report that included both my dream and notes on the daytime event that preceded it. The hypothesis that my dream contained these particular puns was based solely on their associations between the dream and daytime event. There was no attempt at correlation with me (the dreamer). 2. Daytime events: I was a passenger in a car that was swerving along a winding road. I almost got car-sick until I opened the window. -- Day residue, tactile (interior): The queasy feeling. -- Day residue, visual: The scenery passing by as I "flew" down the highway. I certainly did have the feeling of an upset stomach and some people in the group claimed that I had a "level-headed" response to my dilemma. But I had not written, "I flew," I'd actually written, "I fly," because I always use the present tense to record a dream. "Fly" was converted to "flew" by the members of a dream group because, to them, the dream was past tense. Also, I rarely use the phrase "level headed" in waking life, and have never applied it to myself. I think the level of flight above the ground relates directly to the height of my head as I "flew" down the highway. Once again, an inanimate object, the car, was left behind when my daytime event was transposed to dreamspace. 3. Significance: This is the reason why I find the "If this were my dream" approach to dream interpretation to be so problematical. It's not the group's dream. It's *my* dream. How come they weren't paying attention to me? Why weren't they asking my opinion and discovering my associations instead of projecting theirs? 4. Follow-up: At a succeeding meeting, I demonstrated the "dreamer interview" method of interpretation to the group. This method does pay attention to the dreamer. ________________________ As you can see, symbolic interpretation systems might acknowledge the underlying stimulus. But more often, they ignore it in favor of their own theory-story about the overt imagery. They interpret the "movie" without paying attention to the dreamer's life or to the dreamer's associations between dreams and waking life. Now let's say, just for the sake of argument, that a dream has *nothing* to do with a dreamer's waking life. So whose life does it have to do with? Freud's? Jung's? The other members of the dream group? Some nebulous something in the sky or under the sea? You might contend that I'm being very ego-centric by linking dreams with my mundane waking life. That I'm ignoring the larger "meaning" of life. Are you surprised to know that I agree with you? But probably not for the reason you think. Contemporary dream theories often act as though they have a real meaning, a real significance, a real realness. For instance, Jung would have us treat his theory and the archetypal attributes of his theory as "real." And not just real, universally real. That's a pretty powerful claim to make. But I'd like to point out that it's the waking ego who speculates and makes this claim. And who gets left in the lurch? Anybody who lives in the land of the dream, that's who. Now, as far as this discussion goes, I don't care if you think that a dream is a real reality of its own or not. Nor do I care if you think there are significant others living there. Contemporary dream theories tend to ignore this possibility. But what they do acknowledge, even depend on, is that there is a self in the dream. Granted, it may be an unconscious self, but it's a self, nonetheless. So, at least one person lives in the land of dreams: the dreaming self. My question is very simple: if we want to understand the meaning of the dream, why don't we consult the dreaming self? Well, Freud and Jung seem to think that we do. But I think they confuse states of consciousness. Jung had plenty of altered state experiences (other than dreams) in his life and his theory of archetypes basically comes from that source. Freud suggested that the "meaning" of dreams could be found by seeking answers in a state between waking and dreaming. The actual in-the-dream-self is not supposed to be conscious. As in, poor thing, it has no voice of its own. We, the great and powerful Oz-egos (and our waking altered state cohorts), must speak for the dreaming self because it can't speak for itself. Wanna make a bet? Well, I can understand that Freud and Jung didn't understand nor appreciate lucid dreaming; its popularity didn't spark until after their time. Thus, the idea that you can become aware enough to ask the dream, to ask dream characters, questions (like "What does this dream mean?") wouldn't have occurred to them. But the practice of incubating a dream has long been known. The practice of consulting the dream (as an oracle) has been around a long time, too. Jung and Freud may have retained the latter, but they ignored the former. I'd like to bring it back. So here's a formula to consult the dream if you don't have lucid dreams. You ask a question (like "What does that dream mean?" or "What's your opinion about my interpretation of that dream?" or even, "What do you think about this theory of dreams?"). Then, you wait for a *dream* to respond. Not a waking visualization. Not a waking free association. Not waking automatic writing or channeling. You wait for a sleeping dream. And that way, you can discover that your dreaming self has her opinions, too. And that they don't necessarily correspond with Jung's. Or Freud's. Or yours. Or they might, after a fashion. For instance, I have discovered that, like me, my dreaming self really enjoys puns. I don't mean the puns that I discover when I'm awake and compare dreams with my waking life. I mean that my dreaming self has made up and pointed out and laughed at puns while I'm still dreaming. In the land of dreams. Whether I'm lucid or not. The dream may be mine to manipulate, but it's her life to live. And life is meaningful, in and of itself. http://members.aol.com/caseyflyer/flying/dreams.html (Dream Flights) o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o The View from the Bridge Candlemas Thoughts Jean Campbell o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o Early in February, when we celebrated Candlemas, I began thinking about some of the events of the past year. As a dream activist, I had to recognize that we have done quite a lot over the past year to...well, yes, change the world. The Candlemas candle lighting for peace is an idea introduced to us dreamers by Victoria Quinton, and she has a beautiful display of Candlemas photos up at PeaceTraining.org http://www.peacetraining.org/gallery/index.php Diana Thompson commented to me in a private post: "I burned a lilac candle, and asked for peace to begin. Thinking back, I wondered if the world was always unpeaceful, and people were less aware of it. So I didn't ask for peace to return, but to begin. The candle had a white interior, lovely." Diana's words were what got me thinking about peace and the dream reality. I mean, personally, I tend to believe that the world is coming into existence all around me, all the time...as compared with a belief in linear time. So I think that what Diana says is true. There is always un-peace to perceive and deal with, as well as peace. It's a choice. When I told my friend Lucy that, even though I'm very interested in politics, I was seeing more and more need for political action to take place in the contacts between people, in a very personal sort of way, she quoted the Dalai Lama to me. She said he talks of "inner disarmament." My own idea is that we are building a world community...and, the case for many of us is that we are building a world community of dreamers. I was talking with Harry Bosma, who has done so much in the past year to build community among dreamers by projects like his More Lucid Dreaming project and the PsiAngels: lovely, fun, free or inexpensive ways for dreamers to get together and just have fun as well as get some work done. "I'm a bit of a reluctant community builder. :-)" Harry said to me, but it seems to me that he's done quite a job, despite his reluctance. In many ways, I am in awe of all the things that we have accomplished this year. Based on Jeremy Seligson's dream, Peace Trains are making their way around the globe. Jeremy is talking about creating picture books now, of trains children have made in Turkey, Korea, New Zealand, the U.S., Australia, and other places. NickCumbo has created an entire web site devoted to PeaceTraining, www.peacetraining.org. Through the work of the Aid for Traumatized children project, packages have been purchased in Istanbul, shipped to Amman, Jordan, and taken by car to Baghdad. In a matter of days we've received photos back or Iraqui children smiling over the teddy bears we sent. All because of dreams. To me, the most amazing thing of all has been how, with the aid of the Internet, the dream community is deepening. Several years ago, I told my friend Kotaro, who lives in Tokyo, that when I was a little girl, I always wanted to have a pen pal. In the days before the Internet, there were little ads in the back of the comic books I read, inviting kids to join pen pal clubs. I never did, but I always cherished the idea of writing to someone who lived in a world far away from mine. Now suddenly I find myself exchanging correspondence with an educator who lives in a city halfway around the world, which was recently bombed by troops from my country. In one of the pictures sent from the Season Arts School in Baghdad, in the background of the picture, there is a woman standing in the doorway, in the shadows, her arms crossed, watching the teddy bear delivery. I read in her posture a certain contempt, and I thought, "If that were me (if this were my dream?) I would be very angry that people who invaded my country, who maybe killed my husband or child, are now sending teddy bears." Of course this is my projection, but it breaks my heart nonetheless. I see no way out of this dilemma for myself except to continue to reach out...with my hands, with my heart, and with my dreams. I believe that, in the face of violence (and like Diana I believe there has always been violence) my own dream is to strengthen the community of dreamers, until we can agree that conflicts can be resolved some other way than by mass destruction, and that all people have the right to respect. I'd like to give a special thanks to Kathy Kelly and the people from Voices in the Wilderness, who connected us with the school in Baghdad. On their web site http://www.serve.com/vitw/ Kathy and others who were working in Iraq before the war to lift sanctions, and who stayed through the bombing of Baghdad, write regular, first person, reports of what they see in Iraq now. Kathy has recently been sentenced to a term in federal prison for "trespassing" at Fort Benning GA to protest the training school for US elite "assassin" troops. This is a type of radical pacifism which challenges me and always has. Sometimes I like to say, "Well, I am just a dreamer, sitting at home by my computer." In this regard, I am also looking at the community of psi dreamers, which has continued to grow. Psi dreamers are not necessarily dream activists, but there is certainly something about having a precognitive dream that impels people to action. After 9/11, I wrote a paper about dealing with precognitive dreamer guilt. It's still available online Jean Campbell - Dealing with Precognitive Dreamer Guilt http://dreamtalk.hypermart.net/campbell/dreamer_guilt.htm But it seems to me that the psi dreaming part of the dream community has been growing by leaps and bounds, full of people eager to see what might be possible with precognitive dreams. Now let's talk about dreaming the world! There's no doubt in my mind that people dream predictively some of the time...and that some people are very talented at doing it. I'd love to see more people refine the skills of psi...not just dreaming but awake too, since it seems to me that this is one of the deepest points of connection we have with others in the world. It has been both gratifying and amazing to me to see mutual dreaming pairs appearing on the Internet, like Joy and Ilkin, whose relationship began with mutual dreaming even though they'd never met in the waking world. To me, there is no better indication than this of the connectedness we all share, and have the ability to refine. I wanted to thank you all, my dreaming friends. When I asked people to join me in a World Dreams Peace Bridge, I had no idea where the bridge might lead, or if it would go anywhere at all. What has developed is a landmark in dream space, a beautiful bridge complete with river and healing Reservoir, a place that people actually visit in their dreams. Who can ask for more in life than to bring the dream forward into all of reality? o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o Resonant Waves: The Ocean Also Dreams Resonant Moon. White Spectral Wizard Year © Nick Cumbo o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o The Waves is a newsletter reporting on the explorations of the Sea Life community. Sea Life, the main web forum at Dreampeace, aims to bring together a circle of dreamers from around the globe, collaborating in mutual dreaming adventures, and 'dreaming with and for the earth itself' Link: http://sealife.dreamofpeace.net During the Resonant Moon, we participated in a project called 'The Ocean Also Dreams'. Our dreaming and discussion kept us busy; focusing upon meeting the creatures and the sea; and the question of how we could go about improving their conditions. Asked whether or not we could communicate with the sea creatures in our dreams, Stathgar offered this response: ------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- "Yes, I think it's at least possible. I think that life on land (including us) evolved from what were once creatures of the sea, so our feeling of connection to water and the ocean may be in part due to some instincts and genetic traits still left over from those sea creatures. If we have some sort of genetic knowledge of sea creatures, dreams and the subconscious are probably the best way to access it. Also, I've seen a good bit of evidence for telepathy lately so perhaps in some way the sea creatures are intelligent and able to communicate with us in our dreams." ------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Sunwolf jumped in with a fascinating experience from 1990: ------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- "I went to a channeling, where this woman was speaking about her psychic work with dolphins and during the meeting, a dolphin connected with me psychically and I went into a trance. My friends took me home after the meeting and put me in bed. It was a male dolphin. He showed me wondrous things, as I dreamed and was there astrally, which I didn't know was possible, before that. The dolphins have a vast library on the astral plane. They have about 50 words for 'Water', different types of water, warm, fast, cold, etc. Also their word for 'God', 'Home', 'Family" and 'Water' all had similar root word. They showed me how they meditated, by turning with their tail pointing upward and the nose pointing downward and sending out dolphin calls, like a mantras. I woke up with a whole new respect for sea life." ------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Meanwhile, CharlotteDreamer shared her experience of riding across the ocean on a giant octopus, and Treader discovered a school of sea turtles while breathing underwater, having being pushed overboard by the captain of a pirate ship. THE SHIPS Over time, the Ship has become a potent personal dream symbol of groupwork and cooperation, two principles that have been central to the success of the Sea Life forum. Greeneye's dream indicated that this might be more than just a personal symbol: ------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- "I live where the buffalo roamed, so I never see ships in RL. Last night I dreamed about a large boat/small ship that was white on the bottom and a wide black strip around the top/deck. I saw it through fog and rain (it was raining here for real last night) and it was night. The ship was drifting toward me and then I lost it completely in the fog. I was never very close to it. I was standing on something solid, but I couldn't see my feet throught the fog. I looked for the ship again and thought, "Whew! Won't need that life jacket after all!" ------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Many of the dreamers at Sea Life are participants of a dream team; small groups of 5-8 dreamers sharing their dreams on a regular basis, while also attempting group projects. For the purpose of collaboration, teams are also grouped in 'Clans' of five. I decide to incubate a lucid dream to meet the Sea Life dreamers on our ship, and was a little surprised to discover two ships (seemingly, an echo of the grouping arrangements): ------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Conscious Dream: All Aboard I'm watching a movie. It starts off a little like a pirate movie. I remember thinking that the two ships are in some kind of competition with one another, but soon decide after watching them head out to shore side-by-side that this is unlikely to be the case. If they wanted to take over the others boat, they'd have done it already. They're both huge ships, massively long and narrow hulls, perhaps 100m in length, but only 10 in width. At either end the ships rise into the sky, a little like a viking boat, but perhaps with not so ornamentation on the design. They're pretty incredible, and appear to be of dark-brown wooden construction. As both ships head out into the ocean, I notice the massive waves that they move across. Each time a big wave rolls in, the rather large crew who are scattered along the boat, go tumbling about 20m up into the air. It's incredible - somehow each time they manage to land. A little shuffling about, but they land nevertheless (apart from the occasional crew member, who falls into the ocean). As I sit watching the movie, I become incredibly immersed in the energy of their movement, and their tumbling to the ship floor amidst the rush of the massive waves. I realise that I'm actually sitting in the cinema, with my best friend 'Rob', and it is at this point that I begin to realise that the movie is so powerful that I could just drift off into conscious dreaming, right then and there. Incredible! I close my eyes, hoping that my friend won't wake me as I shift into this new state. The feeling of rising off into a conscious dream, from the movie seat is a pretty cool one! Focusing on the audio or just the feeling of the movie, soon enough I find myself there out in the water. I still think my physical body is back in the movie cinema. There's a strange feeling, out there in the dark. I remember looking up into the sky, and suddenly becoming empty and fearful for no particular reason. I bring myself back without a thought, but start wondering if that's just because I'm not willing to face that feeling head on. Little bursts of lightning begin to spray across the sky. By now of course, I've remembered what I wanted to do in my dream. I wanted to go find out the name of our ship, and meet the other dreamers. I start calling out for the ship, and am surprised when one rocks up. This is of more modern construction, a little like a large motorboat. There's someone who's already on it, and rides up to me to pick me up. I think it's my best friend 'Rob'. I remember being a bit surprised that there aren't more people on the boat and I ask about it. ------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Upon waking, I wondered if the two ships were the dreamers from Sea Life; broken into the two clans that exist at the moment. It occurred to me that maybe I had my own little boat, so I could travel between the ships of both clans. This is very much the case metaphorically, as I help out with the projects being run in both teams. As a symbol, the ship demonstrates that when we put all our resources together, we can make the journey a whole lot more enjoyable for ourselves. DAFUMU FOR THE SEA LIFE We've recently begun a more focused and intensive night or two of DaFuMu dreaming and meditation to accompany our month-long dreaming projects. DaFuMu, is a term familiar to members of the World Dreams Peace Bridge, meaning "a big dream of good fortune". http://www.worlddreamspeacebridge.org/ This month we participated in a DaFuMu to improve the environmental conditions of the Sea Life, with much success! My dream came quite spontaneously, reminding me of the little things we could do to improve the oceans environmental conditions, and reconnecting me to the natural dream wisdom of my land and the Australian Aboriginal people: ------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Dream: Original State (Explora) I'm out on the beach, by the Ocean. There seems to have been a wood-fire burning. It's now out. At this point some Australian aboriginal men appear, merged seamlessly into the texture of their dream. Their faces are covered in ocher rock paints. I come to understand, that traditionally when the aboriginal people move from place to place, they try and return the beach to it's original state. It seems they spend a few days?, dancing on the beach, crushing the wood into dirt-like granules. I begin to dance like the aboriginal people, noticing the cigarette butts, which we've left there, hidden in the sand, knowing that these won't just dissolve into the sand with the wood! I continue dancing, until the wood is little more than patches of brown powder amongst the sand. ------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Also this month, we were lucky enough to have Pasquale, the creator of the LD4ALL forum join us in our adventures. Her dream gave great insight into the need for more respect for the environmental conditions of the Sea Life: http://www.ld4all.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Conscious Dream: Seed of Life (Pasquale) I am taken to the ocean or I'm already there. I remember the DaFuMu. When reading the quest on Sea Life it made me think about how humankind uses the ocean - they fish it empty, dump all their toxic waste in there and all their garbage. In the dream I now see some kind of animation, but it is also 3d. It reminds me of a Greenpeace commercial. Everything is white but the lines are squiqly black, a specific animations tyle. Animation: A boat comes. It dumps a giant barrel black barrel marked with a white skull in the sea. It fishes a huge amount of fish out of the sea. It dumps more stuff. After doing that it produces a golden (this is gold and shiny not black and white) "Seed of Life" and dumps it in the ocean. Right after that a sail pole goes up on the boat, but not as high as it used to be. I understand that this has been going on for a long time and every time the Seed of Life has been dropped the sailpole goes down a little. In the beginning it would have been huge. In the dream this brings a lot of understanding. Now I write it down, I ponder on the meaning. If it continues like that, soon the Seed of Life won't be powerful enough to produce a sailpole long enough to take the boat home. The Seed of Life symbolises the power of life of the ocean. But the more garbage and poison we dump and fish we take out, the Seed of Life cannot put up with it any longer, the balance is gone. It could also mean that due to all the poison the sea life have a lower life energy within them. So stop poisoning the sea life. ------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- In the dream Pasquale had been eager to remember the animation so she could reproduce it or make a storyboard for Greenpeace. Given that our site's called Dreampeace I couldn't help smiling when I read her story. Since this time, Pasquale has kindly offered to draw the animation, for use on our homepage. So how then can we best contribute to a positive change in environmental conditions for the Sea Life. The birth of the Sea Life Star Foundation was an idea first seeded through dreams many months ago. My DaFuMu developed on the concept, advising that Sunwolf and I were to be co-heads of the Star Foundation. In the future it's my hope that the Sea Life Star Foundation, could contribute to research + preservation schemes for the Sea Life, which come directly from our dreams. It's my belief that dream experiences could put us in direct contact with the Sea Life, helping to understand their needs better, and how we could go about improving their conditions. Given the nature of the military's deep sonar projects, and their impact on the sea life below, surely it would make more sense to learn about the sea creatures, if the communication lines were to remain available on both sides of the waterline! Stay tuned next month for the results of our experiences 'Dreaming with the Trees'. We welcome new dreamers to join us in our adventures. Email: explora@dreamofpeace.net Forum: http://sealife.dreamofpeace.net/ Newsletter: http://www.dreamofpeace.net/thewaves/ o|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|o +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ** DREAMS ** DREAMS ** DREAMS ** DREAMS ** DREAMS ** DREAMS +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ __________________________________________________________________ _____ Message: 712-001 Subject: The Tragic and the Magic dream_title: The Tragic and the Magic dream_date: 12/17/2003 dreamer_name: Alexander dream_text: My dream started out with a small creature, similar to a human but definitely not, in what appeared to be a parking lot. On either side of it, there were two tall, dark buildings with single doors at the bottom. The creature was apparently a guard, because he was standing near two "cars." Then, two people appeared, one from each building. These two, unlike the guard, were both human, and looked like business people. The creature allowed them to get to the cars (which belonged to them) while making small talk that I cannot remember. Suddenly, the creature offered them something as they drove around (they did not leave the area as they drove; instead, they just drove in a complex pattern). It was a small tourniquet. The first man, who was blonde said "No thanks." The second man, black-haired, also said "No thanks." Then, they both got out of their cars and into the buildings (they did not, however, go into the same building they came out of), and the creature went silent again. Almost instantly, they came out again and began to drive. Once again, the creature offered something, but a different thing. This time, it was a shiny blue thing not unlike a rolls-royce, but definitely not a car. And once again, they refused and went back into the buildings. Then, the same thing happened, but the creature offered nothing and watched the two drive. As they drove, I woke up (I have absolutely no idea what the dream means). dream_comments: I believe this was inspired by a Marilyn Manson song I was listening to called "Dope Hat," and I also think that the dream was not finished. In fact, I took a nap later and had the same dream with a little added on to it, but I can't remember what that part was. COMMENTS: 713-001 __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 713-001 [712-001] Subject: Re: REPLY AND INTERPRETATION OF THE TRAGIC AND THE MAGIC! the blond haired man represents white magic the dark haired man black magic. the creature i would say is a gnome and it's not so much marilyn manson's song as it is his image that i think has influenced this dream. u are being offered magical gifts by the gnome and it's not the men who r refusing them it's u. for right now u think your fine with what u have and what u know but it's not acually getting u anywhere which is y your driving around the lot rather than leaving. your not driving in circles either u seem to be creating your own magical maze or labrynth i'm hoping i spelled that right. u wanna carve out your own path and not learn from this creature who has more to offer u. i don't know if your afraid to learn more about what u have or u think it's 2 involved which is where the business suits come in. people who r organized, efficient and know a great deal more than they should have to, to get the job done. anyway it's entirely up to the person as 2 whether or not magic is going 2 b used for good or evil. from what u told me about yourself it seems u are intent on only doing good. so don't worry about what other people say about u the same people who think they know more than they do and have horribly misjudged marilyn manson as well. as for y the 2 men came out separate buildings but then went back in but not thru the same ones all that means is that u can't go thru one door without knowing and learning more about yourself than when u went in. the tall buildings could represent progress or places of learning. the tourniquet represent the fact u feel overwhelmed and not exactly blessed with the psychic gifts that have been bestowed and the shiny blue thing that reminds u of the rolls royce represents the wonderful and much better thing u could have if u did learn more about what u have. rolls royce represents power, prestige something good. the cars represent going somewhere and doing something with what u have been given. anyway may i say u have excellent taste in music i listen to the man myself and saw him 2x in concert. marilyn manson has his own website where u can read his journal about where he's going, what he's doing, who he's working with. what not what ever! he's pissing me off by not mentioning a damn thing about his wife it's always about him, him, him. i want u to know i still have the other dreams u sent me but have been working overtime at my job to pay off my dental bill but i will get around to them. and i did look up the lyrics to "dope hat" on the internet! your afraid of abusing your powers and messing up. magic/tragic! doesn't have to be that way! bye! happy holidays! __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 714-001 Subject: fire chasing me dream_title: fire chasing me dream_date: 12/14/03 dreamer_name: anna dream_text: in a dark tunnel like place like a cave but it was decorated beautifly. There were tons of people. It was me walking talking to people walking by like no big deal, like it was a community or club atmosphere. Then a fire ball? came out of no where and everyone was running. I survived it past the "club atmosphere got back to normal" the fireballs were normal they came fast and then went but I was really scared. There was a beautiful read round couch and 2 arabic men? and my best friend that I havent talked to was there, the one arabic men liked me and started talking to me my best freind wanted me to ask him for a free drink I did he got us drinks and we were having a good time despite i was scared but trying to be happy in this cave type club enviroment with lots of people and firballs. There all types of people. The last thing I remember is the color red everywhere. dream_comments: My life in reality has changed rapidly. I use to be a very happy person. I never cared too much about my thoughts until now i think and think until there is no life in me. sometimes i think my life is one big dream. My dreams are getting weirder. Please help? Will life get better? is this what my dream is saying or worse? COMMENTS: 714-003 __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 714-002 Subject: my odd dream dream_title: my odd dream dreamer_name: shity dream dream_text: I had this dream that I was at a friends house and we were going to carve letters, which I dont know what letters. But we were carving letters on each other and I was carving on her ass cheek and for some reason I desided to lick the blood off, and then wipped it with a paper towel. Well then she was carving on my lower back and i woke up before anything else happened. I woke up telling my self what the hell was that all about?? i didnt think i had a meaning like most of my dreams but if it did, than what? dream_comments: if you can tell me what that was supposed to mean than i would really like to know, i thought it was kinda funny though!! COMMENTS: 715-001 __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 714-003 [714-001] Subject: Re:THE INTERPRETATION OF FIRE CHASING ME! DON'T WORRY YOUR FINE! i would say u have a very old soul and at least it's not a dark and scary cave. that cave was filled with many spirit friends of yours some of whom you've known in previous lifetimes. that world u were in was destroyed a long time ago but the spirits survive. there was nothing to worry about i'd say your in good company. u seem to respect all peoples, cultures and religions and even if u don't know i think u once did many a lifetime ago and they remember even if u don't. __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 715-001 [714-002] Subject: Re: ALL DREAMS R ODD DREAMS HERE'S MY INTERPRETATION OF YOURS well is could be one of 2 things either the dream is telling u that u knew each other in another life and that u2 were members of the same tribe where they actually did such things as scarification or the dream could be telling u that u want to get to know her in a much more personal way than what you have been. are you thinking about getting a tattoo or a matching one with someone u know and are close too? also u asked me earlier if your life is gonna get better and y your dreams r getting stranger. only u can determine whether or not your life is gonna get better all i can say is don't let other people weigh u down and try to focus on yourself and not get overinvolved in other people's problems. as to y your dreams r getting stranger u said it yourself you are going thru major life changes right now and the more intense that experience is the more intense your dreams will be 2 they are trying to help u focus and remain grounded although usually your dreams give u more information than your ready to deal with for right now. __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 716-001 [ed.note: post removed - non-dream post] __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 717-001 Subject: i saw myself as the opposite sex dream_title: i saw myself as the opposite sex dream_date: january 4, 2004 dreamer_name: Tanya dream_text: I saw myself as the opposite sex dream_comments: does this mean i want to be a man? COMMENTS: 718-001, 719-001, 720-003 __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 717-002 Subject: my nightmare dream_title: my nightmare dream_date: 01/06/2004 dreamer_name: jessyb dream_text: i dreamt that i was at home and i was trying to get my nefew ready for a party which i did and i let him go out side to play but then it got dark outside and i called for him to come back inside but he did not come back and i was sitting by my living room window calling him by the way then i searched every where and buy this time i was getting scared then i checked the basment and there he was so bring him up stair to clean him up then i see a bloody kitchen knife on the table and my mom tell me to clean it so i tried to clean it but it would not coe off so a throw it in the garbage can and went into my old bed room which was in the dining room and all of a sudden i here a mans screaming in agony as if he was being murdered at this time was scared so i lifted my blankets the first time to try and get some sleep but i still ept hearing it then i looked in the kitchen and saw darkess but the screams continued and then i lifted my blanket again and that is when i woke up dream_comments: it was some scary dream i such would like to kno wat it means COMMENTS: 720-004, 720-006 __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 717-003 Subject: the dog dream_title: th dog dream_date: 03.01.2004 dreamer_name: nan dream_text: i was in the kitchen of the hotel that i work in and there was a german shepphard/alsatian dog that kept coming to me for cuddles. his owner was one of the cooks but hadn't arrived yet. i was petting the dog all the time and he was happy and kept on coming back for more. one of the other cooks told me that his owner should be back soon. i said how strange taht i should be cuddling this dog as this type usually scared me. i felt that i could feel the dogs fur whilst dreaming. dream_comments: i had heard in the past that dreaming of dogs means unfaithful female friends! COMMENTS: 720-002 __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 718-001 [717-001] Subject: Re: i saw myself as the opposite sex hiya i had a dream about just the same thing and i was a woman and it just felt strange to me but i came to the conclushion that all it was about for me any way was that i was becoming balanced with the male and female parts of my self __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 719-001 [717-001] Subject: Re: i saw myself as the opposite sex Goodness! Talk about synchronicity! I just joined this group today. Last night while reading "Seth Speaks" I can across something that MIGHT explain the dreams. For those not familiar with Seth, he is an entity that was channeled by Jane Roberts. During part of his dictation on reincarnation he states, "...each person lives both male and female lives....to prevent an overidentification of the individual with his present sex, within the male there resides an inner personification of femaleness...Jung called the 'anima'....The male will often dream of himself, therefore, as a female. The particular way in which he does so, can tell him much about his own reincarnational background in which he operated as a female." In women, the "anumus" is present for the same reason. Seth continues, "Through the anima and the anumus, so-called, present personalities are able to draw upon the knowledge and intuitions and background that was derived from past existences as the opposite sex. On some occasions, for example, the woman may go overboard and exaggerate female characteristics, in which case the animus or male within comes to her aid, bringing through dream experiences an onrush of knowledge that will result in compensating malelike reactions." "The same applies to a male when he over-identifies with what he believes to be male characteristics, for whatever reason. The anima or woman within will rouse him to make compensating actions, causing an upsurge of intuitive abilities, bringing a creative element to offset aggressiveness." May have nothing to do with your dreams. It is just a thought. __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 719-002 Subject: the observer, a turtle snake and time travel Last night I dreamed that I was observing this woman who was having a hard time in her life. She ended up leaving her child and walking toward me, up this hill which was covered with giant sea turtles. She and I switched places and I walked down the hill and the sea turtles began to form into this slithering shape form, while still being sea turtles, they were just moving and I was led to the child which I was then taking to safety. I was accompanied by a man and we took the child (a little boy, I think, probably about 2 years of age) until we could go no further. We hid but we were caught. Then there was a woman interrogating me in a room. I told her that her office wouldn't be there in a year . . . as if, I had come from the FUTURE. And I knew this to be true. COMMENTS: 720-001, 720-005, 723-001, 732-003, 732-006 __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 720-001 [719-002] Subject: Re: the observer, a turtle snake and time travel I would like to attempt to help you interepret this dream, but first I would like to know if you recall any feelings DURING the dream. And when your say "observing" was it from above or were you on the hill, or some other place? Was there any furniture in the room? If so, what? __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 720-002 [717-003] Subject: Re: the dog You're usually afraid of Alsatians, but you were cuddling one. That's interesting. Maybe the dream is telling you there's something you're afraid of, but you shouldn't be because it isn't really scary after all. Something to do with work maybe? __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 720-003 [717-001] Subject: Re: i saw myself as the opposite sex Probably not. What was your male self doing? If he was doing everything the opposite of what you'd normally do, then maybe he just represents oppositeness in general. Or maybe it's your subconscious trying to tell you something. What do *you* think of as male behaviour? E.g. If it's something like assertiveness or being control, then perhaps the dream's telling you to be more assertive, or to stand up for yourself more. (Yeah, I know, those were tired old clichés of male behaviour, but that was just an example. You get the idea.) The important thing is that you don't need to rush out and get a sex-change operation just because of one dream. :) __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 720-004 [717-002] Subject: Re: INTERPRETATION OF YOUR WEIRD AND CREEPY NIGHTMARE well u said u were getting your nephew ready for a party was it a birthday party? if so u could be worried that he's gonna grow up and move away which is y you waited for him to come back to u not sure if he really would. as for finding the boy in the basement with the bloody knife u could be worried that this boy is in danger if he leaves u. another way of looking at it sounds like the boy may have committed the murder. which means he used a force he otherwise wouldn't use to get himself out of an ugly situation. but then u tried to cover up someone else's mess and prevent that person from taking responsibility for their own actions by throwing away the evidence. and u were'nt supposed to do that which is y you continued being haunted by it even after u went to sleep. it seems there's a ghost of a man who's haunting u. if it's not a personal family situation that's bothering u maybe u should check into the history of the house and find out what happened there u could be picking up on some left over psychic residue. __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 720-005 [719-002] Subject: Re: Re: the observer, a turtle snake and time travel I was observing from above as, in heaven or in the sky. The only furniture that I recall in the room was a desk. A big desk. And there was dark wood paneling -- or the room was just very dark. And I remember the color red. Like a strip of red velvet or something. In the dream I felt calm while I was "observing". When the turtle/snake began to slide me away, I just felt it was strange. But I wasn't frightened at all. I felt anxious, but not frightened while I was hiding with the child. More like I knew I was going to be caught, didn't want to be caught, but was not afraid of any consequences. During the interrogation I felt "knowing". Like I just knew that I was doing the right thing. The interrogator wasn't harsh or anything, I just knew that "they", being represented by the interrogator, were wrong and that their lives and what they care about would be different in a year. The interrogator was a woman, similar in age and appearance to myself. __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 720-006 [717-002] Subject: Re: INTERPRETATION OF YOUR WEIRD AND CREEPY NIGHTMARE Home represents self/your body. Have you been getting yourself ready? Have you been making some physical/psychological/mental/spiritual changes over this new year? Some resolutions, perhaps? A party is a time of pleasure when work is completed. Were you planning to go to the party with your nephew? And then you experienced fear because your nephew was lost. Are you afraid to let loose? Are you afraid to reveal your inner child? Do you have any children? Blood is passion, and may point to mother (the basis of creation). A knife is a symbol for masculinity, aggression, seeking power. Couple that with passion (as in blood). Perhaps this is your passionate male self needing to be revealed, or your subconscious desire to kill it. Are you able to show your wounds and acknowledge your injuries? Can you see that acknowledging your wounds and your vulnerabilities could make you more human and likable? When you say you lifted your blankets, was this in your dream or in your waking life? __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 721-001 Subject: Re: RESPONSE TO THE DESERT DREAM! u said u were in the military the dream sounds like u were in desert storm but whatever u did in the military sounds like u were doing it well a little bit too well and then u got scared that u would alienate all your friends and that maybe they would turn against u for succeeding where they have failed. the more u did the more the others around u fell to the wayside and in the end u gave up cuz heaven forbid u should succeed in life without everyone else trying to keep u down or put u down for it. sorry it took so long to respond. i was overwhelmed and felt like i lost my mojo regarding the interpretation of other people's dreams. i hope this helps and or is accurate. but don't let other people get the better of u too the point where u feel like u have to suppress yourself and u feel like u can't breathe without everyone judging u or wanting to turn u away! __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 721-002 Subject: My Dream: Underwater in Space Last night I dreamt that I was working in outer space. There was a man I was working with who needed to complete a task outside of the space ship, in an underwater setting. I knew that he needed someone else to be with him to complete the activity, and I had the feeling that what he was doing was wrong. I told him that I would help him, even though breathing underwater is very scarey for me (we had diving gear, I almost hyperventilate when I snorkel). I was worried about the man and put my hand in the center of his back, as I do often in real life to people -- it's a heart opening thing -- and then he touched my leg and awakened a sexual desire . . . The details are pretty fuzzy, I don't remember much else . . . COMMENTS: __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 722-001 Subject: green glowing cats all i remember from a very long dream last night was this part. i am in my parents bedroom in the house i grew up at. There is this giant spider-like web where all these green glowing newborn kittens are hanging on. I reach for one and hold it to my chest, and close my eyes. I hear it purring, the purring sounds like something an alien cat would generate. i cant even describe it. i like holding it close but i know i have to put it back or it will not live, so i do. also the way it moved, very slow and.. the texture of the creature is also hard to describe, i really cant remember. btw i'm a guy, just in-case you thought differently. COMMENTS: 724-001, 726-001, 726-003 __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 723-001 [719-002] Subject: Re: the observer, a turtle snake and time travel I want to sincerely apologize for taking so long with this reply. My computer went down shortly after you response. I just got it back last night. First, let me restate my position on dream interpretation. Only the dreamer can make truly correct interpretations. Others can only give their opinions. It is up to the dreamer to decide if an interpretation "fits". When I am an "observer" in my dreams, it usually means that 1) it is my higher-self observing the action and/or 2) I do not want to acknowledge / take part in what the dream pertains to. Below are some possible definitions that can be substituted for the symbols in this dream: Woman - female side of self (intuitive, emotional, nurturing, etc.) Child - innocent, open, flexible, playful, childish, immature, or undeveloped aspect of self Hill - opportunity for growth Sea - deep emotions; unmanifested thoughts Turtles - tendency to hide within its shell; slow but steady Going UP the hill - positive direction Going DOWN the hill - negative direction Man - male side of self (assertive, rational, intellectual, etc.) Note: At one point, the man, you and child were together. This could be hinting at a trinity. Woman "interrogator" - aspect of self that questions in order to find the answers Office - daily life, productivity Desk - mental activity Dark - unknown, unconscious Red - power, energy (or lack of) Bottom line, this dream could be telling you that you are "hiding" a behavior as represented by the child. Only you know what this behavior may be. It appears that you are aware of it, but don't want to acknowledge it. Since you are going DOWN the hill to unite with it, I take this to mean that it should be left behind. In other words, if you choose to leave this behavior behind, you have an opportunity for growth. The "interrogator" part of the dream could mean a part of you is questioning the behavior that another part of you thinks is right. As far as the future... it COULD be your self from the future coming thru in this dream. However, it could also be that you are really, really, really rejecting something here. This dream could also be a review, of sorts, of something that has already happened. Thus, your higher-self "knows" the outcome. There are so many ifs, ands and buts in this dream that it makes is difficult to interpret without BEING you. That is why I included the possible definitions. So you could substitute the one that is most accurate, or "get the juices flowing" to come up with your own definitions. This is a very interesting dream that can lead to a lot of contemplation. I hope that I have helped you. If not, give us some more input, and I'll try again. __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 724-001 [722-001] Subject: Re: RESPONSE TO THE GLOWING GREEN ALIEN CATS i think the kittens remind u of someone or a few people. kittens represent the female aspect this person or persons is alone scared confused. which is y they feel like an alien caught in a web or maze. u like this person or persons and want desperately to help them but your afraid of going overboard and suffocating that person with your love rather than killing them or risk losing them u put them back. if this was at your parents house could be someone from your neighborhood that u grew up with or someone from school a long lost high school sweetheart. have u been thinking of contacting someone lately? but were afraid they didn't want u around someone u haven't thought about in a long time but for some odd reason u are now? rather than focusing on the universal definition of your dream just focus on what the images remind u of. i had to do that when i had a dream of a barbed wire fence going straight down the middle of the ocean for 2 days i wasted my time on the ultimate definition as if it could be defined by looking it up in a dream encylopedia or dictionary but dreams r a lot more personal than that. so i focused instead on what the image looked like and reminded me of than i got my answer: oceans apart. u know when lovers right letters to each other stating: even though we're miles/oceans apart i think of u every day. so who r u thinking of that u still have feelings for? MAYBE U HAD FEELINGS FOR MANY PEOPLE AND COULDN'T DECIDE WHO IT IS U WANTED TO B WITH. SO RATHER THAN DECIDING U PUT THEM BACK. __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 725-001 Subject: I dream of blue birds In my dream I was in my hose and I was holding a blue bird that I had rescued. I was trying to bring the bird closer to my chest but it felt like something strong was holding it back like it was pulling away from me with enormous strangth. Then Then Then the birds beak became very sharp and it was trying to bite my so I held it away. then the blue bird changed into a child that looked like my little sister. Then it jumped on be and stuck out its tong and it and a forked shaped stinger on it. My mom cried out that it was a poisonous bird as it tried to sting me in the throat I tried to pull it off me but it felt as heavy as a man. I finally managed to get it off me and I put it out side, and then the child changed back into the blue bird and flew away. COMMENTS: 727-002 __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 726-001 [722-001] Subject: Re: RESPONSE TO THE GLOWING GREEN ALIEN CATS cymone - yes. that puts a lot of it into perspective for me. thank you. __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 726-002 Subject: my nightmare from late January 2004 my roomate (who then after is my mother) drives me to a persons house who is a friend of hers (this person swtiches between man and woman). The house is huge (I feel 12 years old or younger). I remember staring at the wall, made of brick, and tracing it high to the ceiling wondering, was this how i thought of my old house looking like - if i had wanted it to look like that when i was younger, and if that is how i had imagined it in my mind. Then I recall looking to my right, and saw the immensity of the room. It pushed back into to darkness, as the room was dimly lit. In the darkest corner or the room I see childrens furniture. I turn around, there are three or more children who disappear into a hallway. I then wonder how it must be for them to grow up in this dim huge house, and that they will grow into bad people who will take from life. I feel this will happen because I have a haunted feeling, this whole time. I walk into a much larger room. What captures my attention most is a giant 'video phone'. I remembered now this was why my roomate wanted to come over (he's into buying hi-tech gadgets). I move closer to the video phone, and study it. I seem impressed with not only because it seems a major leap from current technology, but mainly because it may be possible to use it to transmit and communicate to the impossible. Or perhaps just take me out of this dream. I wanted to interact with it, but I wasn't sure if I would know how to use it, and also, i didn't believe it to be mine. Some point after this, my mothers friend discovers a secret room in the house. my mother and the friend and I walk into the room. I quickly discover the room has spirits in it. Somehow I have knowledge about spirts and I warn the others not to take advantage of their hospitality. But they do. We are drinking wine that the spirits pour for us. I having two glasses decide that is enough. Anymore and the spirits will possess me and I will be trapped in that room. I see my mother and her friend (now a guy) are getting drunk off the spirits hospitality. I tell them that we have to leave right now. My mother, almost enitrely possessed but just able enough to think for herself, with all the love she has for me and because she still wants me to save me, hands me her (car) keys. I take my mother's friend's son (maybe six years old, who all of a sudden is in the room with us) and we get out of the room. I tell him, you have to lead the way out of here and we must run away from the house as fast as we can. He leads me down the hall (where the kids disappeared into previously) and there is a door leading outside (it is the backdoor). There is grass and such and I am struggling to keep up with the kid. We have to run across a slightly dangerous river. He did it quick, evidently experienced, which reminded me of myself at that age. The scene changes back to the room, and what has become of my mother and her guy friend (who she is cheating on my father with). What happens then, and the things they do to each other, are so disturbing that I will not write it down for display. Basically, they decide to have sex right there, mocking the spirits, as the spirts possess their minds and they violently kill each other. This then returns to me, (as the child??) crawling up a grassy hill, on my hands and knees, struggling to make it to the top, to make it over. and i feel so tired, so tired that i cant make it, and i keep climbing. in real life my mother did cheat on my father once. and i am not sure if she knows that i know this. COMMENTS: 728-001 __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 726-003 [722-001] Subject: Re: Re: RESPONSE TO THE GLOWING GREEN ALIEN CATS I just have something to add. I've had a good number of spiritual dreams lately and when I have found the meaning of them, when it finally clicks for me..I'm overwhelmed with intense emotions. First, I feel tingly all over, depending on the intensity of the meaning sometimes I cry for hours. The other day I was trying to figure out the meaning of one of my dreams and a friend was also helping. He actually came up with the meaning. I began to cry. He also had this tingling sensation and started to well up with tears. My question is....does anyone else get these feelings also? Also, as I was reading the interpratation of this dream when I got to the oceans apart aspect...I got the tingling sensation again. I also became very sensitve where I could feel myself touched in a way. I just wanted to share that part. Thanks. __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 727-001 [ed.note: post removed] __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 727-002 [725-001] Subject: Re: MY INTERPRETATION OF YOUR BLUE BIRD SISTER well is sounds 2 me like u think of your sister as being small and delicate which in actuality she is quite vicious and refuses to take advice from anyone about her life and or relationships with others. even your own mother warned u not 2 bother because it's bad enough your sister screwed up her own life let alone taking u down with her. u said that when u tried to pull the bird off it became heavy like a man. so this would mean to me your trying to save her from a relationship that might not be at all conducive to her well-being. she of course could care less. i have too much personal experience when it comes to saving people from themselves and their relationships. i got over-involved in my sisters relationships for about 5 yrs. she hated me, yelled at me, kept secrets. and i didn't care how much she hated me as long as i felt i was doing right by her she could hate me all she wanted. i listened in on her phone conversations, i spied on her and her boyfriend if he came over 2 see her, i yelled at and hung up on her boyfriends, my sister would tell on me to my dad and me and my dad would get into arguements and even though my dad took my side he told me to stay out of my sister's life. which since we were still living under the same roof was damn near impossible to do. after 5 yrs. my sister came up to me one day and said: LISTEN THIS IS MY LIFE AND I KNOW U LOVE ME AND ARE ONLY TRYING TO PROTECT ME BUT YOU CAN'T STOP ME FROM MAKING MISTAKES THEY ARE MY MISTAKES TO MAKE!" and u know she was right since then i backed off completely only to see my sister make much worse mistakes then the ones i was trying to save her from. the only thing u can do for someone is to just be there if and when they need u. you need to focus on yourself and do good things for yourself and just basically set an example to her as to how good life can be if u want it to be that way. i know it's hard it kills me to see how many mistakes she made. but u know what she survived them and came out on top. she's doing the best that she can and only she and she alone can change things for herself but she has to wanna do that. you can't do it for her. __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 728-001 [726-002] Subject: Re: RESPONSE 2 THE NIGHTMARE OF THE CHEATING MOM your mom was possessed cuz after all what would possess her 2 have an affair? that is so unlike her. the spirits were being overly courteous and then tried to take advanatage of your mom. u thought the man she had an affair with took advantage of your mom. u seem to feel more guilty about it than she does. your dream is literally telling u you r being haunted by your past. the violence that commences after sex means that u were afraid your moms affair would destroy or tear apart the family. if u were afraid to tell your mom that u knew about the affair i'm sure no one told your dad. the end of your dream when your a child climbing up a hill signifies that u had a long internal struggle with yourself. you are on your hands and knees almost begging for forgiveness. u can't make it over the hill cuz this matter still bothers u and u feel it's an obstacle that still stands in your way. u feel the affair was childish and never should have happened and yet u have a great deal of empathy for your mother. i think the video phone means u almost wish the affair was taped so your dad would see it and no one would have to say anything he would just know and u wouldn't have to feel guilty for keeping it a secret. i think u secretly wanna use the phone not to get out of the dream but to turn back time so the affair never took place. you are also afraid that u will end up like your mom and take away from life. u don't wanna cheat on anyone and keep it a secret and have it with hold u from living your life without fear and guilt that somehow someway someone will find out. maybe you should tell your mom about your dream and let her know you've been haunted by it for far too long. i don't know what's going on now that this dream would all of a sudden surface after so many years. p.s. sting released his autobiography and he actually caught his mom in the act he said it made him mistrust women and he too cheated on his 1st wife but not the one he's been married to for about 20 years now. u said that u didn't believe the video phone to be yours maybe u still feel like it's your moms job to tell your dad and not yours. which that is more her business than it is yours even though u feel deeply affected by it. u following the kid out the back door means u wanted to run away from the situation u were afraid of the danger if anyone found out and u wanted to deny the situation took place in the 1st place. __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 729-001 [ed.note: post removed - no content] __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 730-001 Subject: bad dreams I keep dreaming that the world comes to an end and im with my mom and there is a big explosion and when i die i feel happy and at peace and im with my mom and we were floating up to heaven but then i stopped and she went ahed of me but i have to stay on earth as a ghost. COMMENTS: 731-001 __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 731-001 [730-002] Subject: Re: RESPONSE TO THE BAD DREAM PERSON I THOUGHT IT WAS SWEET OF YOU! well i don't know what you've been going thru lately to make u feel that every day is the end of the world day. every 1,000 yrs. at the start of the new millenium people think the worlds going to end (ie. REM song) the world will always be changing even if it's not the end. the dream could mean that u and your mom have been thru a great deal more than what most people have and for whatever reason u 2 survived. u neglected to mention if your mom is still alive. if she is the dream could be a forewarning that she's ready to leave this world or she has some unknown illness that needs treating. if she has already passed on she will always be there waiting for u. and in her own way she will always be with u. but lets not be in a hurry ourselves to reach that other side. the dream says u are a warm compassionate person who is close to your family that u accept fate whatever fate may be for u and that u are not afraid of death. good people such as yourself are usually not afraid of death u know where your going to end up. anyway your still here to accomplish something and the spirit of your mom will always be with u. if u are a ghost in this dream maybe u feel incomplete like somethings missing or u could feel neglected by others. the dead often feel neglected if their still sticking around as a ghost. this dream could also mean u need to honor your ancestor spirits and keep their memory alive. u could find a way to celebrate that and pray for them. throw a dinner party in their honor leaving a seat or 2 empty and such. __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 731-002 Subject: again well my last dream wasnt posted but i just awoke from almost the exact same thing. i'm doing stuff and stuff. old friends. i am in his house (100X Bigger). I seem to be staying there, in the basement. His parents leave a party there before they leave. The only room I find out after I wake up and go upstairs, is a room with plastic dummies that are animated to look like a party. The other two rooms are boarded shut. Apparently I was supposed to animated those rooms. but i'm way too tired to do that.now i am in my house (roomate owns house i pay rent.) i let two obviously dangerous people rent extra rooms in the house (in reality there arent any extra rooms). One person I know for sure in reality. Though he takes on more menacing looks. I 'wake' up at some point, I scream at him, how much is he and the other guy paying rent, why didnt I let my roomate know about this? I am so angry at them and at myself about all of this. So I go out in traffic and smash into his car. I get out of my car and break his back windshield. This is where I raise my hands and I am arrested. I tell the officer as he is handcuffing me, "I am sorry" he says that is ok (he is mild mannered as I am being compliant). A car tries to run him over, and just misses me as I dive to the ground next to the police car. He runs after it and points his gun at it. Other cars try to hit him, so He drags me through the street and abandons the car. It is halloween outside, I see ppl in costumes. I explain to the cop, "Halloween is where peoples true nature comes out. All these things they are wearing, is who they are right now. But none of them are even wearing their skin. Thats where it begins." We go to a party and its s&m oriented and he still has me in handcuffs. This is where I kill him (i never witness this happen).I am in my friends house, agonized. I go upstairs and run back down. I was talking to myself and I didnt want him to see me. Felt very bad. I peek upstairs and he has just awoken. He says how is it going. I walk up the stairs, tell him this "I knew I was going to do something bad. I saw it. Like in a vision, you know? And just like that, I am going to be in prison for the rest of my life." I look in the plastic dummy room, and its then I realize I might not have killed him, but a plastic dummy version of him instead. The guilt was still there. I start thinking, how could I have avoided all of this. Why, I was thinking about it, and it happened. I woke up after that note: i'm not entirely happy with my roomate situation. the other dudes who moved in, the one i recognize had offered me a place to stay for cheaper than i pay now. but that situation isnt much better than the one i'm in. as far as the high school friend whos house i was staying at in the dream, i dont even like him that much anymore. but we were friends i guess for years until a point COMMENTS: 733-001 __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 732-001 Subject: Dead Dad In my dream I am sitting in a restraunt with my best friend, who tells me she has something to tell me, she was supposed to wait 10 years to tell me, but since she joined the navy she wants to tell me now b/c she doesn't know where she'll be. So she pulls out a big envelope and gives me a picture of a man. I look at it and she says 'it's your father, he's alive' (He died 7 years ago in real life) She told me that he lives in CA with a friend, that he faked his death b/c he ran into money problems, but he wanted me to know 10 years after his death b/c that's when everything would be settled with the money. So I told my sister and we decided to go to CA to find him, we found his house (drove to CA from KY in a very short time)and in his house there was a picture of our family, next to that picture was a picture of his new family. We spied on him with his family, he had plastic surgery, but it was him, when he found us I kept yelling at him, and I ripped off my locket (I have worn it every day since he passed). I remember how I was feeling in my dream, which was the first for me. COMMENTS: 733-002 __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 733-002 [ed.note: no content in message] __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 732-003 [719-002] Subject: Re: I AGREE WITH YOU THERE I dont completely understand the thing about the child representation part. I did not have a child in my dream. I am a married woman. He is an old friend to which I have had feelings for but never told him. He does now know. Although I do love my husband, the sexual fantasies are becoming more real. I dream about him pleasuring me and us having sex in varioius locations. Although these dreams have spiced up my sex life dramatically my husband has not been satisfying me to the fullest extent. I did not tell him of this because he will get angry because he is not fond of the person in question. I talk to my friend everyday and he also is in a relationship with someone. They have been together for 3 years. He also has been having sexual dreams about me and thinks that maybe we should see if there is something there. I am not sure if I agree. I do not know what to make of the sexual dreams. Like I said I love my husband, but I do not understand how come the temptation for someone else is becoming more and more real. I have been on several websites and nothing is really making any sense to me at this point. If could give me some advice in regards to this I would like to hear it. I appreciate all that you have to say. I need to know if it is my higher self telling me something. __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 732-004 Subject: and another nightmare 02/04/04 I remember I am in the wilderness. I remembered at this point that I had killed my ex's brother and his friend. What had happened was, they had me cornered on the edge of a cliff. I somehow (though never once saw how) survived, and they had fallen off the cliff , and I had something to do with it. Nobody knew about this but my ex. I revisted the scene several times (most of them in black and white). I was going up a hill, lost in the wilderness. As I trodged up the hill seemed to disappear out of view into the distant horizon (in place of fog), and with each step, more of the hill was revealed. And I revisited the site several times. Some of the times, it was just me there, remembering. Other times, it was happening all over again. These and similar scenes I cannot recall intermingled and I revisted them several times. All of a sudden I felt vulnerable. That I had done a terrible thing. All that saved me was that I killed them in self defense. This happened several years ago, and only now was I remembering it had happened. I am jumping over tables in a restaurant trying to get somewhere, when I see my ex sitting at a table. I say, you are looking a lot better, a lot healthier. I feel very awkward. I am back on the cliff. There are some people coming up the trail toward me, and I know they mean trouble. My friend from high school is there all of a sudden, packing an uzi. He fires at the oncoming people, of course nothing happens. I proceed to run backwards down the trail a bit and jump back, hoping to fall through the trees and fall down the cliff that is there. I jump again and fall back, hoping to fall down the mountain, as he is right in front of me and he says to me "I am going to kill you". I feel that I won't be able to get away even by jumping off the mountain. I'm not afraid of dying at this point, I am only afraid of him and that he will catch up with me and kill me. He litarally scared me to death. I just recalled that my ex's brother and his brothers friend were children. So was I, at the time. They were going to push me off the cliff and I was terrified. I can't recall anything else. notes: My ex who i really did recently run into in an awkward situation makes sense, and I said the same thing that I said in the dream about looking healthier. As for the brother and friend, they do not exist, they are not people I have ever seen, at least to my knowledge. Yet this whole day the dream has been troubling me, as I keep feeling it really did happen. Bleh COMMENTS: __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 732-005 [ed.note: post deleted - no content] __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 732-006 [719-002] Subject: Re: RESPONSE TO [name removed] ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS 4 THIS OTHER MAN. i don't remember the dream in question that i have responded 2 as i have responded to several and have a few left over from 2 months ago 2 work out. i don't know y a higher self would tell u to risk it all and go after this other person. u would have to ask your self how much u could gain and how much u would lose and is the loss worth far more than u imagined. i don't wanna b responsible 4 breaking up anyone's marriage as i don't have that right i really have no advice in this matter other than i suggest u see a marriage counselor, a priest, somone closer to the situation. write out a list as 2 the pro's and cons of what could be and what is not possible. keep it discreet and maybe a good talk with your husband about things that have been building up things u thought didn't really matter but do. u could b transferring your emotions to this other man cuz u feel more comfortable talking with him and possibly feel that u can b more of yourself with him. i don't know! __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 733-001 [731-002] Subject: Re: RESPONSE TO THE STRANGER 595 I like the fact that u saw these guys as dummies that was cute. i think u thought u killed the police officer cuz u have had other people try to give u advice and tell u what the right thing to do is. but even if they were trying to help u like u said the other situtuation wasn't going to b much better than the one u were in. u also felt guilty for leaving the party and not joining in. which is y u went to sleep i think at the party u would feel like less of yourself cuz u were so eager to fit in and b like everyone else. u quite clearly feel like your being deceived by the majority of the people around u. like they represent themselves to u one way and then their true nature comes out later and if only u had known certain things about them sooner which is where the halloween scenario comes in. as far as the handcuffs and the s and m party u feel trapped by the people and situations around u. u would almost that car have run u over to not be a party to this party u r with right now. anytime u get angry and your afraid to express it u will very often act out this anger in dreams to alleviate yourself of this anger and to express it in some form to get rid of it. i got angry at a friend once for playing videos while i was in the library trying to sleep on the sofa bed. rather than telling him off i had a dream i told him off and i felt much better upon waking. just as long as your not physically harming someone or killing them like in your dream it's ok to tell people off if they r not conducive to your well being don't be afraid to let them go. some relationships run their course and peter out. the person who was once good for u no longer is. u don't hang onto them just cuz u put so much time and effort into the relationship. u let go of the negative so the positive can start to come in. i was friends with someone for 4 1/2 yrs. i moved in and she started treating me with the same disrespect and contempt that she perpetrates on others. She moved out and i moved on. i ran into her x-best friend and former roomate someone i always liked at a festival a week later. and we've been hanging out ever since. i still can't figure out y we were'nt closer and better friends sooner and y i chose the person who left me over her. although the person who left me did treat me better than most of my friends did during those 4 1/2 yrs. so i don't regret that time with her at all. she was what i needed for that time. __________________________________________________________________ ______ Message: 733-002 [732-001] Subject: Re: RESPONSE TO THE DEAD DAD DREAM quite clearly u wish that your father was still alive because u still have some unresolved issues with him. sounds to me like u think he may have cheated on your mother but only he could tell u that for sure and now that he's gone u wanna know. the plastic surgery would suggest to me that u think your father was perhaps 2 faced. maybe he spent a great deal of time away from home and even though he told u it was for business reasons perhaps your not so sure it was and u wanna know whether he was telling u the truth. or u may have been adopted and want to know who your biological family is. whatever u think your father may have done the fact remains that he did care for u and he wanted u to be well taken care of no matter what the cost, expense or how much trouble it may have took him. at __________________________________________________________________ ______ -------------------- END ISSUE ----------------- -===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===- =---=---=---=---=---=---=---=---=---=---=---=---=---= ELECTRIC DREAMS ACCESS INFORMATION =---=---=---=---=---=---=---=---=---=---=---=---=---= -===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===-===- Subscriptions: The Electric Dreams E-zine (issn 1089 4284) is *free* and distributed via email about once a month. 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