Dreams

Mat

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I've had quite a few dreams about flying, or levitating to be precise. I've never perceived them as something unusual or special. Just a dream, like 100 other dreams. But now I see that for some people it's something more. Am I right, John? ;)

As for the *murderous dream* - wow. Never experienced that. Never been even close, regardless of that it was justifiable or not. Do you have any idea what may have caused such dream? Maybe it was something that happened earlier that day? I assume it was not a desire:rolleyes: (where's the hide-under-the-chair icon?).

Dreams are an art form, in a way, and it's amazing just how inventive and creative the subconscious is.
Humbly agreed.



Cheers,
Mat:tiphat:
 
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Corno Dolce

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Quoting Mat: "Where's the hide-under-the-chair icon?"

I really liked that icon - Maybe GrandMaster Krummhorn can help us out - Hello, calling GrandMaster Krummhorn - Come in GrandMaster Krummhorn.......

Humbly,

CD :):):)
 

jhnbrbr

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No need to hide under any chairs, chaps. It was only a dream after all. and in real life I'm very non-violent, never even been in a fight! :angel: What happened in the dream was that I was being held captive in a cottage by a gang of men, and I was sure they were going to kill me if I didnt escape. Following one of them up the stairs I found I had a small sharp object in my hand, and I plunged it into the back of his neck. He dropped dead instantly, there was no blood, it was all very clean and clinical. The dream did make quite an impression on me, because it wasn't the usual remix of things actually experienced, but (thank goodness) something completely outside my experience, though obviously the sort of thing I might have seen in a film many times.

I was hoping someone might have come forwards with more evidence that dreams predict the future by now - perhaps we shall have to conclude that they don't. But don't forget there are a number of instances in the Bible of dreams having predictive powers...

Yours murderously
John .:)
 

methodistgirl

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I dreamed the other night that I was in a room full of pianos and I was
playing everyone of them. Some were upright pianos the old time ones,
Some were baby grands or concert grands, and some of them were really
decorated up with gold or mirrors. Some were so old the keys were yellow
and I still remember it as if I dreamed it last night and I can't understand
this dream. I guess I would be doing that in real life if I was there but
in a dream it could mean something else. Maybe someone here can help
explain it.
judy tooley
 

Mat

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Hello again,

I've been browsing the Internet and I've come across Lucid dream. Apparently, you can control your dreams.

Any experiences anyone?
 

methodistgirl

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Can you explain what it means when you dream that someone is with you
on the back of a truck with motion sickness and it was bad! This dream
was like I was really there with the wind blowing in my hair and hearing
that person gag. Could it mean that there could be a chemical change
going on after I stopped smoking by trading a bad habit for another?
That nicotine gum is also addictive even though the package says a
bit different.
judy tooley
 

drummergirlamie

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I've found that quite often I can slip back into the same dream after a break in sleep; such as a trip to the bathroom in the middle of the night.

I've discovered that if I keep the events of that dream in my head until I hit the pillow again I can often become reinvolved.

Anyone else here do this?
 

jhnbrbr

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I would love to be able to do that, Amy, but I don't think I've ever managed it. Stephen (Greatcyber) also mentions it earlier in this thread.

Since this thread isn't quite dead yet, here are a couple more extracts from the dream diary i kept for a few weeks in the year 2000. It shows me getting confused about the boundary between dream and reality.

...Outside I could hear a police siren and a police vehicle came down the road at speed, in pursuiit of robbers who had stolen something from the building site at the top of the road. The police vehicle seemed unstable, and finally ploughed into the verge and spun around. I saw my late father crossing the road to help them, and was afraid he might get run over by another vehicle.

Later I was sitting at a table with three other people in Pearsons shop [in real life Pearsons is a hardware shop, but in my dream it had become a sort of cafe] and telling them about the police chase when it suddenly dawned on me that I might have dreamt it, and it hadn't really happened (though I had no suspicion whatsoever that I was still dreaming!). I confessed my doubts to my companions and they obviously thought I was an idiot and not worth listening to.

The second one (a different night) was much more scary:

I was using a machine which was an "integration" [ie a mixture] of a lawnmower and my reed organ. When I came to a patch of long grass I had to pull out more stops to make the machine more powerful! I drove the machine into a large barn then became aware of the sound of a lorry entering behind me. For reasons I did not understand I was afraid to be seen by whoever was in the lorry, so I tried to get myself into an inconspicuous position at the side of the building. As the vehicle drew nearer, it sounded like a motorbike, not a lorry. I felt like I had woken, but then I felt a tremor as the vehicle came to rest which frightened me because it must mean I was not dreaming but genuinely in danger. Then I felt the bedclothes being pulled off me, and a hand grasping my hair. I was wide awake then, and quite scared, because there was no clear boundary between dream and reality. :eek::eek::eek:
 

Mat

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I've found that quite often I can slip back into the same dream after a break in sleep; such as a trip to the bathroom in the middle of the night.

I've discovered that if I keep the events of that dream in my head until I hit the pillow again I can often become reinvolved.

Anyone else here do this?


Well, I do this. I've read about it, too. Apparently, the shorter the sleep-break is, the more likely it is to continue it after you get back to bed.

I'm still interested in lucid dream. The concept seems very nice. It must be weird to be able to take control over your dreams.

Oh, and John - this reed organ-lawnmower of yours. This actually might turn out to be quite interesting invention;)
 

drummergirlamie

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Well, I do this. I've read about it, too. Apparently, the shorter the sleep-break is, the more likely it is to continue it after you get back to bed.

I'm still interested in lucid dream. The concept seems very nice. It must be weird to be able to take control over your dreams.

Oh, and John - this reed organ-lawnmower of yours. This actually might turn out to be quite interesting invention;)


I've only been able to do this to an extent, which can be somewhat tantalizing, I'll mention.
 

jhnbrbr

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.....I'm still interested in lucid dream. The concept seems very nice. It must be weird to be able to take control over your dreams.....

It's true if you could do this, you'd be able to have a great time flying over the rooftops and experiencing other favourite fantasies (;)), but I'm not entirely convinced. If you felt fully in control, if you always knew what was going to happen next, wouldn't it be a bit tame?
 

Mat

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I guess one could get bored of this after a certain quality of time but hey - I wanna try it anyway!
 

Buttercup89

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It's true if you could do this, you'd be able to have a great time flying over the rooftops and experiencing other favourite fantasies (;)), but I'm not entirely convinced. If you felt fully in control, if you always knew what was going to happen next, wouldn't it be a bit tame?

I've had one lucid dream, which was very nice because I usually only have nightmares (I have nightmares about 5 nights out of 7, and I remember almost all of them). Although I was in control unpredictable things still happened (The mind will wander after all). It felt slightly like real life, but with stranger decisions, such as: Should I continue following the beach or cross the ocean by simply walking across the ocean floor without oxygen tanks or any form of pressue relief? and That's an awfully big fish, what is my weapon of choice? :p

It was great fun, really.
 

Buttercup89

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I have also had many dreams, well nightmares, which have continued over the course of several nights. I had one that lasted three months, when I was younger, by the end of it I was afraid of sleeping because I knew the man would chase me again. Most of my dreams are chases with murder, or something close to it as the purpose, that is: their purpose is to murder/eat/rape/all of the above.

I've had a few predicting dreams, mostly I just recognise faces I've dreamt about, which is rather odd, since I don't even remember faces I meet.

But being that almost all my dreams are nightmares, I rather hope I won't be recognising many of them in real life. :)
 

jhnbrbr

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You seem to be getting far more than your fair share of nightmares, Josephine. Have you ever consulted any sort of sleep expert over what might be the cause or solution? I believe there are "sleep laboratories" where people can be monitored overnight. Or maybe you've learnt to live with it?

I'm also hoping dreams aren't predictive because since I started this thread a friend told me she had a dream in which she came across me rolling around on the ground, filthy dirty and with my head shaven, while some of my relatives stood around watching. "What's wrong with him? What have you done to him?" she cried out. They replied "It's mental illness. There's nothing that can be done."

It spooked me quite a bit, and to be honest I rather wish she hadn't told me about it!
 

Buttercup89

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Ugh, sounds dreadful! I think I've more or less grown accustomed to it, I just have certain procedures I complete before going to bed. For example I always sleep with closet doors closed and white curtains drawn, so there aren't many dark spaces for my mind to be creative with when I awaken from nightmares, and besides that I do breathing exercises to soothe myself.
 

methodistgirl

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I dreamed the other night that I woke up to find a little infant laying
on a pillow next to me. The child was asleep and content. I kissed
it on the head and he or she woke up but still didn't fuss as if it knew
he or she trusted me. A while later I was nursing it.

Believe me I don't in real life have any children at all. Even though
I'm widowed, I'm still like an old maid who never married. I wonder
if someone could explain that dream.
judy tooley
 

Buttercup89

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A baby may symbolize a new path in life, new project, or simply desire for a child. The happy baby is often a symbol of peaceful content and happiness. Nursing can be symbolic of the sharing of love, of protection (you as the protector), or as nurishing (you nurishing the baby, or new path).
So essentially the dream could be interpretedseveral ways: 1. the superficial way, being that you desire a baby.
2. A new path in life. The dream is basically your reward to yourself for starting a new journey in a good way.
Babies can also represent a side of yourself, a characteristic or emotion personified, possibly one that you are growing more aware of, some new discovery about yourself? It could also be another person, a friend perhaps, that you feel a desire to help and protect, and more impartantly, who you feel capable of helping.

Dreams can always be interpreted an infinite number of ways, and you are the only person who can suply the correct meanings, since you make up the metaphors in your head and you know your feelings. :) If you give some more info however, about your state of mind in the dream, any colors etc, I may be able to help. Otherwise I hope I have led you on your way :)

Kindest Regards,
Josephine
 

teddy

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The Chinese say that only ill people dream. What they actually mean is that you only tend to remember your dreams when you are unwell for any reason. Lack of dreams, remembered or not can cause mental illness as the theory has been proved that you need to dream, possible to bring some reason to the events in your life, whether they make sense or not. Watching too much television can cause you to dream more as well. The average person experiences three dreams a night. You can tell when a person is dreaming by monitoring their brain waves. Dreamers also undergo REM. Not the group but Rapid Eye Movement which can be seem through the eyelids. Men also exhibit another pysical reaction when dreaming, irrespective of the subject - but we will skip that on this forum.
teddy
 

teddy

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I dreamed the other night that I woke up to find a little infant laying
on a pillow next to me. The child was asleep and content. I kissed
it on the head and he or she woke up but still didn't fuss as if it knew
he or she trusted me. A while later I was nursing it.

Believe me I don't in real life have any children at all. Even though
I'm widowed, I'm still like an old maid who never married. I wonder
if someone could explain that dream.
judy tooley

Judy
I meant to reply in my edict, but it became rather overlong. I believe that your dream may be associated with a wish, percieved or not, that you had children. Maybe it also reflects the love you had for your late husband.
regards
teddy
 
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