tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40208988043759581822024-03-13T04:30:26.156-07:00A Faraway View: a blog about dreamsA blog about dreams, dream life, and the mysteries of the subconscious mind and world of memory.Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comBlogger268125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020898804375958182.post-53412610501577458202015-06-04T02:00:00.000-07:002015-06-04T02:00:04.594-07:00Dream Vacation<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container zemanta-img" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Natural_Bridge_Shenandoah_Valley_Virginia.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: clear:right;"><img alt="Die Natural Bridge im Shenandoah Valley in Vir..." border="0" class="zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured" height="467" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Natural_Bridge_Shenandoah_Valley_Virginia.JPG/350px-Natural_Bridge_Shenandoah_Valley_Virginia.JPG" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="350" /></a></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption zemanta-img-attribution" style="text-align: center; width: 350px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">The Natural Bridge located in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia<br /> (Photo credit: <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Natural_Bridge_Shenandoah_Valley_Virginia.JPG" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>)</span></td></tr>
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Taking a vacation from blogging on any of my sites is not something that I like to do, but at this time it seems like my most practical option. And actually I'm going to be taking a summer break on all of my blogs except for <b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://tossingitout.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tossing It Out</a></span></b> and even there I will be cutting back on my posting schedule.<br />
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I've tried different tactics each year during my summer travels, but the fact is that if I'm preparing my posts ahead of time I'm taking up time that I desperately need for making preparations for my vacation trip and my schedule during the summer may prohibit my having enough time on the computer to post during those travel weeks.<br />
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Of course this is always subject to change. I might find that I'm able to post on a weekly schedule and if that is the case I will resume my regular schedule. But this is highly doubtful.<br />
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As things currently stand, my plan is to return to regular posting on this site starting September 10th. If that's how it goes, I'll see you at that time.<br />
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Have a wonderful summer and be sure to keep visiting at<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://tossingitout.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> Tossing It Out </a></b></span>where I will announce any changes in my schedule for this blog.Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020898804375958182.post-67495675381286128072015-05-28T02:00:00.000-07:002015-05-28T02:00:06.727-07:00Dream Me the Money!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container zemanta-img" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Specimen1Obv.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: clear:right;"><img alt="1933 Double Eagle." border="0" class="zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured" height="350" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Specimen1Obv.jpg/350px-Specimen1Obv.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="350" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption zemanta-img-attribution" style="text-align: center; width: 350px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">1933 Double Eagle. (Photo credit: <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Specimen1Obv.jpg" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>)</span></td></tr>
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Dreaming about money is probably fairly common for most people. After all money is an integral part of life. Money is something we hope to get, fear to lose, and think about often. Thoughts of money typically enter our minds several times a day. We pay for things when we are out, we pay our bills, we balance our check books, and figure out our budgets. Sometimes--perhaps much of the time--money consumes us.<br />
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With all of this thinking about money during waking hours it seems like a natural thing to dream about money when we are sleeping. But how does actual money appear in dreams? I'm sure this is different for each dreamer. I'll explain my dream money experiences and you can tell us how yours compares.<br />
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Money dreams can deal with a number of issues. Here are a few:<br />
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<li>Finding money</li>
<li>Losing money</li>
<li>Arguing about money</li>
<li>Looking for unspecific caches of money</li>
<li>Seeing money in the hands of others</li>
<li>Budgeting or making plans about money</li>
<li>Fearing the loss or theft of money</li>
<li>Thinking about money hopes and fantasies.</li>
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There are probably other money related dreams that you have had or heard about others having. Anything money related that we experience or hear about in waking life is something that we might be likely to dream about.</div>
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One thing that I have noticed in my own dreams is that when money makes an actual appearance in a dream, that money does not look like money I would normally see in waking life. Often the money appears as old coins and currency, gold coins or something of the nature that might have come from a treasure chest, unknown foreign money, something of an unidentifiable nature that is considered to be money in the dream, or bags or wads of cash that is not of any specific currency type. </div>
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In my most recent money dream... <i><span style="color: #990000;"><b>my wife has given me her purse which is full of money that she has made selling merchandise at some place where we are. I'm sitting at a table with a male friend of my daughter sitting to my right. My daughter is seated across the table from me. She hands me about eight quarters (older quarters) and asks me to give her change for them in quarters. I take the quarters she has given me and begin to count out different quarters and become confused as to what she is asking me to do. </b></span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="color: #990000;"><b> Meanwhile the young man seated next to me takes my wife's purse and says he is going to count out the money. As he begins I become exasperated with him since I am responsible for the money and don't want him to be messing with it. Then he announces that there are gold bars in the purse and pulls out about eight very shiny small gold bars that are probably a few ounces each. I distrust the young man and yet I am amazed that these gold bars are in my wife's purse. We all have feelings of wealth.</b></span></i></blockquote>
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This was unlike any other money dreams I have had. My most common money dreams have involved money being hidden in some place and when I awaken I usually wonder about that money and at times have even looked to see if I could find it.<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> What kinds of money dreams have you had? Can you remember actually seeing any money in your dreams and if so what did it look like? How would you interpret dreams about money?</span></i></b><br />
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Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020898804375958182.post-45195746812152991342015-05-21T02:00:00.000-07:002015-05-21T02:00:00.622-07:00Same Old Story<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container zemanta-img" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Christian_in_Pilgrim%27s_Progress.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: clear:right;"><img alt="English: "The man with the burden", ..." border="0" class="zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured" height="515" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Christian_in_Pilgrim%27s_Progress.jpg/350px-Christian_in_Pilgrim%27s_Progress.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="350" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption zemanta-img-attribution" style="text-align: center; width: 350px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">English: "The man with the burden", illustration from John Bunyan's dream story (based on Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress) (p. 18) abridged by James Baldwin (1841-1925) (Photo credit: <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Christian_in_Pilgrim%27s_Progress.jpg" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>)</span></td></tr>
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Have you been having essentially the same dream story but with different players, settings, and circumstances? What I refer to are dreams that have the same thematic content but played in the subconscious mind with variations from one dream to the next. The dreams might not be a night after night thing, but something that occurs with such frequency as to stand out.<br />
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There are several recurring dream themes that I have, but one that has become the most prevalent is the theme of being unprepared. The most typical of these involve my being back on the road managing a show. In these dreams I will be at a performance venue with my show crew and I am confused about what is going on due to some change that has come about or I have not prepared properly and there has been no or not enough rehearsal...<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><i> In my most recent dream of this nature I am with a combination of players from past shows that I've managed. The cast is much larger than most of the past shows I have managed. One of the cast members with whom I interact with the most in the dream is a good friend of mine from Tennessee. The production we are doing seems to be a musical comedy version of Shakespeare's </i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hamlet</span><i> that is geared primarily toward children.</i></b></span><i><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b> </b></span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b> A</b></span></i><i><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>s the dream memory begins, we are ready to perform at a venue that I understand to be in North Carolina. The auditorium has a full house. I briefly interact with our show sponsors and then survey the crowd, seated and awaiting the show to begin. I attempt to begin selling souvenirs, but my concession stand is in complete disarray and I have no reasonable product to sell. I decide to go backstage to get the performers ready to start.</b></span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b> Once backstage I realize that I haven't even read the script and know virtually nothing about the show. The stage set does not seem to be set up properly and is very ragged and unprofessional looking. My actors seem confused and not particularly concerned about our production. However they all seem to know more about the show than I do.</b></span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b> The curtain opens and the show begins. I look out to see a very large audience who seem to be excited about the show. The actors don't seem to know many of their lines and some are carrying scripts from which they are reading. There seems to be no coherent plot line to our story and the musical numbers are botched and are stopped before they are finished.</b></span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b> Then I realize that my role is coming up. I am apparently playing the part of a king and I don an odd costume made of a bright metallic gold fabric. I have no idea what my lines are supposed to be and I can't find any script. When I go out on stage I look out to see the auditorium now nearly empty.</b></span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b> At that point the show ends and the cast members start packing up the show equipment. The few people who have remained in the audience are now on stage chatting with us. I realize that I need to look for the show sponsors to collect our money, but I am trying to come up with an apology about the poor show and some excuse that might appease them.</b></span></i></blockquote>
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I awaken feeling exhausted and somewhat let down. Though I feel tired for a good while after awakening, I get my spirits roused before wakening my wife so she can get ready to go to work. My mind remained occupied with my concern about the dream and what it might mean.<br />
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My best interpretation would be that there is something in my life for which I am unprepared. Or it could be a number of things or just the general state of the way I am. Part of my lack of preparedness might be concerning my upcoming summer road trip. Or more likely it could have something to do a business opportunity that I had been considering the previous day. I suppose the meaning could even be related to getting older and not being prepared for my life to end.<br />
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Of course, there is always that possibility or probability that the dream has layers of meaning that includes some or all of the above or even more. Unpreparedness has often been not only a habit of lifestyle for me, but it is a fear that involves failure and humiliation. Changing some of my habits might eliminate these dreams, but then again the continuing fear of unpreparedness will probably mean these will be common dreams for me.<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Do you dream of being unprepared? What is a common theme that you experience in your dreams? Do you have any other interpretations of the dream I've described in this post?</span></i></b><br />
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Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020898804375958182.post-42575574270804321642015-05-14T02:00:00.001-07:002015-05-14T02:00:08.142-07:00Night Moods<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container zemanta-img" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This post has nothing to do with the Bob Seger song "Night Moves" but the title came to mind as I was pondering the topic of today's post. In the comments you can tell me if your experience has been anything like my experience in dreaming.<br />
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Typically as I go through the cycles of waking and sleeping throughout the night, the dreams that I will have seem to generally have a certain mood to them. If my dreams start out dark or frightening, they will continue like this throughout the night. Likewise if the dream mood is positive or happy then all the dreams will be of a similar vein.<br />
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These dreams may not always be part of the same dream story or having a sense of continuing the narrative from one dream to the next though sometimes they will. In other words if I am awakened by something about the dream or some external stimulus, when I return to sleep the next dream phase will usually be very similar to the previous one.<br />
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For example, a few nights ago I had a rather frightening dream that caused me to wake up and continue to lie awake for a number of minutes. I don't recall precisely the nature of the dream but it had something to do with gory images and the sense that someone was in my house. When I finally went back to sleep my next dream was not exactly the same though it had some elements of the previous segment. This continued throughout the night and up to my morning awakening. Each dream was essentially a scary dream though successively in each problems seemed to get resolved until my final dream on awakening was relatively tame.<br />
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On examining the possible influences of my dreams I can immediately cite<a href="http://stmccpresentsbattleofthebands.blogspot.com/2015/04/something-for-gem-julie-doctor-cherdo.html" target="_blank"> a similar dream topic by fellow blogger Stephen T McCarthy</a> that I had read prior to going to sleep that night. He had a dream about intruders and since this has been something I have dreamed of in the past his story registered in my mind to the point where I obviously subconsciously carried it into my sleep. Also I had seen something on television that day that likewise influenced my dreams. These dream prompts along with whatever might have been troubling me that day contributed to a fitful night of dreaming. Most of the fitful nature of the night was due to something that had been troubling me while the prompts merely provided the dream story to accompany my mood. That mood remained consistent throughout the night.<br />
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Most nights my dreams are not frightening but either disorienting or relatively pleasant. On those nights I also notice that the night mood remains consistent until I awaken in the morning. After each awakening throughout the night when I return to the dream, the mood as well as the general idea of the dream setting will be approximately the same from one dream to the next.<br />
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These separate dreams are not necessarily continuations of any dream story lines, but only a consistency in the general feel of the dream. The characters and settings of each dream might be different, but the night mood seems to remain the same.<br />
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Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020898804375958182.post-19690467607324664112015-05-03T20:30:00.000-07:002015-05-03T20:34:41.567-07:00A to Z Reflections for A Faraway View<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is one of four blogs that I had entered in the 2015 <b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://a-to-zchallenge.com/" target="_blank">Blogging from A to Z April Challenge</a></span></b>. I have entered four blogs for the past four years. Of all my blogs other than my <b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://tossingitout.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tossing It Out</a></span></b> blog, <b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A Faraway View</span></b> showed a performance that was more consistently in line with my normal weekly posts and about the same as the A to Z posts in previous years. In other words, there was neither drastic decline in visits nor any appreciable increase--traffic and comments was essentially business as usual.<br />
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My posts were kept very short as I have done in the past Challenges. The quality of the content of my<i> Elements of Dreams</i> theme was rather decent I thought--I was pleased with the overall series as a whole. The general theme of "Elements of" was one that I used in all of my blogs and where I could I used the same element which made it helpful for me to focus on keeping all four blogs active in a parallel sense.<br />
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As some others have mentioned on their blogs and in my comments sections, I would agree that this challenge of 2015 is probably the best yet from the standpoint of quality of blog posts presented by a number of bloggers and the smooth operation of the Challenge by the A to Z Team of co-hosts.<br />
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For me each Challenge seems to get easier as I learn new tricks and prepare posts in advance. As in the past not all of my posts were completed before the Challenge opened and I was composing some right up to the end, but considering the task of content preparation for four blogs I was not in too bad of shape. Next year if I can manage completing all posts prior to April, I will be sitting pretty where it comes to networking.<br />
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So bottom line: Great year, successful Challenge from my standpoint, and congenial visits from a cozy few. My thanks to all of my regular readers as well as to the few new ones who dropped in now and then. I hope you'll come back more often.<br />
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<br />Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com54tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020898804375958182.post-54694281160064991692015-04-30T02:00:00.000-07:002015-04-30T02:00:02.499-07:00Zero (Elements of Dreams) #AtoZChallenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Coming up zero can account for so many dream situations. Not having money, at loss for an answer, confusion as to where one is going. I've had many dream situations where I can be frustrated or even in a near panic because I have zero idea where something is or even why I am doing something. This is a situation that we confront in waking life so it only seems natural to have it happen in our dreams.<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How often do you come up zero in your dreams? Do your "zero" dreams reflect actual happenings in your life or are they more related to your fears of the situation happening someday? Dreams about finding money are somewhat common, but do you recall ever actually spending money in your dreams? </span></i></b><br />
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<br />Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020898804375958182.post-75434730138174078982015-04-29T02:00:00.000-07:002015-04-29T02:00:04.232-07:00Youth (#AtoZChallenge)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dreams can be like a fountain of youth--or at least a time travel trip back to more youthful days. My dreams often have a setting of my school days or some time in my past. Since I can't see what I look like in these dreams I can only sense that perhaps I am in my youth even though it's kind of one of those "if I could be young again and know everything I know now" type situations.<br />
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In my dreams involving my younger days I feel much like who I am now. I seem to have the same knowledge and awareness of my sense of being as I have in my waking life age, yet the younger people around me seem not to notice that I am older than they are. In fact, in some ways they seem to be my actual age except that we are back in the time of younger years.<br />
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Actually, in these dreams age does not seem to be a significant factor most of the time. I am merely in a setting that I recall from my youth involved in activities of that time. My reactions to the dream events more closely correspond to how I am in my present age and I seem to be somewhat in touch with my present life. It's almost like living in the memory of that time for a brief period of sleep and putting everything of that earlier time into context with the present even though within the story of the dream time does not seem to be of any real issue.<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Do you ever dream about times when you were younger? In those types of dreams do you feel like you are that younger age or your present age? If you could, would you go back to an earlier time of your life?</span></i></b><br />
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Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020898804375958182.post-42902140365809167552015-04-28T02:00:00.000-07:002015-04-28T02:00:05.349-07:00X (Elements of Dreams) #AtoZChallenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"X" can have a number of meanings: An unknown factor, something that is forbidden, a signature, the number 10, or a special demarcation such as one might find on a map. As with all dream imagery, the X can have one or more meanings for each of us and can vary according to how it has been presented in the dream.<br />
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Dream symbols should never be taken only their own. A symbol in a dream is not a guaranteed one symbol fits the same interpretation for everyone. In all cases the dream symbol must be taken in the context of the dream. Consider what other symbols appear along with the symbol you are trying to evaluate and how that symbol made you feel. How do the other dream characters respond to the symbol? What happens after the appearance of the symbol?<br />
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On a test an "x" might be used to fill in the box for the correct answer or an "x" might denote that your answer was wrong. An "X" on a door might mean "Do Not Enter" or it could possibly mean Room #10. First impressions are not always correct and each symbol must be examined taking it within the scope of the bigger picture.<br />
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Sometimes an X is merely an X while other times it's the spot on the map where the hidden treasure has been buried. X could be a bad sign, but it can also mean something good. Or in some cases it might mean nothing or merely that something is missing. Don't take X at face value and make every attempt to make sure the X factor of the equation is solved before coming to a final conclusion about what a dream means.<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of X? How are you at solving mathematical equations? Have you ever had a dream where an X appeared and if so in what context did you see the X?</span></i></b><br />
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Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020898804375958182.post-85594127554449660642015-04-27T02:00:00.000-07:002015-04-27T02:00:04.548-07:00Worry (Elements of dreams) #AtoZChallenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Worry can influence what we dream and the subconscious can introduce worry into the dream story line. There is a reasonable probability that our worry from waking life carries over into our dreams and is transmogrified into a new kind of dream worry. However if that waking life worry is powerful enough then it will probably show up in the same or similar manner as we had experienced it in the original incarnation.<br />
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Sometimes a reimagined or newly invented dream worry can vex us to the point were we might wake up with that same worry on our mind. We might not remember what it was in the dream that caused our worry which at times can become even more troubling in the first few minutes of being awake. As we gather our senses we realize that the worry has been induced by a dream story and is not real.<br />
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There is probably little doubt that any worry in dreams is rooted in an actual concern we have carried over from waking life into our dreams. As is usually the case with dreaming, the subconscious attempts to analyze the worry from waking life and find a possible resolution. If no adequate answer to the worry in the dream is found then we are left with the original worry though perhaps it may have been mitigated to some degree by the act of trying to analyze it.<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Do you ever dream about being worried about something? Do you ever wake up worried by an idea that was introduced in a dream? How often have you lain awake in bed worrying about some issue in your life? </span></i></b><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dreams are at variance with the reality of waking life. The logic and consistency of one world is not quite like the other. Dreams have a similarity to our lives of working, playing, eating, or any of the other many varied things we do when we are not sleeping. However during sleep we imagine or remember that waking world and reinterpret the images and sensations of that world into a sometimes fantastical world where anything can and often does happen.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Waking and sleeping are complementary worlds that rely upon each other to exist. Waking cannot be without sleeping. However we can sleep in a coma for an indefinite period of time. What dreams exist in that interminable sleep? And do those dreams gradually lose touch with the imagery of the waking world?</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> As with all circumstances of living, there must be some balance between waking and sleeping in order for the dreams to function normally. Or is there truly a normalcy to dreams? If dreams are the variance of waking life and these dreams reinterpret and evaluate the experiences of the waking hours then what do the dreams of a comatose state consist of--colors, shadows, darkness?</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> More research will be necessary to understand the dream world of the coma victim, but without the variance of waking life versus dreams is there anything really to be measured or studied?</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Do you think there is a purpose to the variance between waking life and dream life? How "normal" are most of your dreams? What do you like best--dream life or waking life?</span></b></i></span></div>
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Dreams can help you in understanding self and the external world. The subconscious mind reinterprets daily events as well as how you feel about your life. If you are content and happy, your dreams will likely reflect those feelings. If you are having dreams that frighten or discourage you then you need to take a look at your life to see what it is that might offer threats or apprehensions.<br />
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The mind uses dreams to connect your body, soul, and environment to some sense of meaning and point to ways that you can clear up the difficulties that might be standing in your way. Your dreams rarely hand over the answers you need in any obvious way. It's up to you to figure things out by determining what the dream symbols represent and what you need to do with them.<br />
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Your dreams might not deliver easy answers, but they can help but you on the road to better understanding. Dreams are a useful tool when you take advantage of them.<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Do you ever use dreams to understand yourself and environment better? Do you see any useful purpose to dreams and the study of those dreams? What are some ways that you might analyze your own dreams to make them more clear to you?</span></i></b><br />
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Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020898804375958182.post-69144712632411405942015-04-23T02:00:00.000-07:002015-04-23T02:00:04.712-07:00Traveling (Elements of Dreams) #AtoZChallenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Traveling dreams for me are of a highly personal nature that many readers might not share in the same way as I do. Since I spent many years touring with a theater group, traveling for me represents essentially a way of life as well as part of a work environment. Traveling in dreams for me is normally a relatively positive circumstance in which I feel comfortable for the most part.<br />
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The part where travel in dreams might find a common ground between me and others for whom travel might tend to be a more special experience is the feeling of being lost or being late. In my travel dreams I frequently find myself behind schedule which can introduce an element of stress into the dream. Add to that the sense of being lost and the dream can become highly disorienting and sometimes rather upsetting.<br />
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In some of these travel dreams I will find myself without my vehicle for one reason or another and I will be on foot. Typically I am not alone, but with another person or a group of people. As we travel, whether it be by vehicle or on foot, I will often get side-tracked by other events or situations and my original destination becomes forgotten or determined to be a lost cause.<br />
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There are also travel dreams that might involve car trouble, accidents, or external threats that hinder my ability to continue my journey. These situations are likely to be more relatable to those of you who are not frequent travelers. In your case you might be dreaming about trying to get to work or some other destination that is important to you.<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Do you dream about travel? Where are you usually going when you dream about trying to get somewhere? What typically hinders you from reaching your dream destinations?</span></i></b><br />
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Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020898804375958182.post-71694079304143301532015-04-22T02:00:00.000-07:002015-04-22T02:00:06.450-07:00Sex (Elements of Dreams) #AtoZChallenge<br />
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One of the most common elements of dreams is sex. There can be any number of interpretations of a dream about sex and several reasons that one might have dreams about sex. Generally a sex dream would indicate desire, a wish for dominating another, or a fear resulting from a threat of another person.<br />
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The desire part is easy enough. Our dreams often merely depict something that we are wishing for. The partner in the dream might not be one that we would really want in waking life, but the meaning behind that depiction would have to be something determined by self-analysis. The main components to consider in a desire dream would be who we were with, where the act had occurred, what were the circumstances of the encounter, and how the situation made us feel.<br />
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Some sex dreams are not really about sex at all, but they actually refer to our wish to dominate, control, or humiliate another person in our lives. Once again how we feel about the situation is an important determinant as to the possible meaning of the dream.<br />
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Sex dreams that induce fear are again not so much about sex as they are about real or perceived threats. If you have a dream of this nature you should carefully consider what the dream is telling you and perhaps heed the warning delivered by the dream. Often it is nothing but a matter of something thought or heard about the person in the dream. In some cases the dream encounter might be a symbolic representation of something totally unrelated to anything sexual. It's up to you to read carefully the dream story and emotions to determine whether these dreams are important to your waking life or something else entirely that has nothing to do with the person about whom you dreamed.<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Have you ever dreamed of a totally absurd encounter with someone that you would not have otherwise thought about in a sexual context? Do you have recurring nightmares of a sexual nature? Do sex dreams typically make you feel positive or negative?</span></i></b><br />
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Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020898804375958182.post-75865350797279004542015-04-21T02:00:00.000-07:002015-04-21T02:00:02.638-07:00Running (Elements of Dreams) #AtoZChallenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dreams about running deal with one of three things: being pursued, being in pursuit, or running just to be running. For the sake of simplicity I'll lump in running because we are late with being in pursuit of something (a perceived deadline) or if you prefer we can make that a fourth reason for dream running. When running in a dream we are running under stress or for the elation of the freedom of running.<br />
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Running can mean many things to the dreamer. In order to understand your own dream about running you might examine the reason you are running in the dream and what that situation has to do with anything in your waking life. Then you should consider how the running in the dream makes you feel. You might be scared, angry, or even having fun as you play a running game. Running in pursuit or being pursued would either usually relate to achieving something or avoiding something. Your own analysis can bring you closer to figuring out why you are running for either of these reasons.<br />
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If you are running just for the fun and exhilaration then you might be longing for a sense or freedom from some physically or emotionally constraining aspect of your life. When I am running in this manner in a dream I feel like I am younger and in terrific shape. I can do things in the dream that I cannot do in my actual life and I awaken from the dream feeling a sense of well-being and strength.<br />
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The negative effect of running in a dream might be rapid heartbeat, sweating, or nervousness. If this is a recurring event of your sleep then perhaps you should consult with your physician.<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> If you experience running in your dream, what is it in the dream that is happening during these episodes? Are you a runner in waking life? Is there a health or physical condition that prevents you from running in waking life?</span></i></b><br />
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Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020898804375958182.post-14778567827204230532015-04-20T02:00:00.000-07:002015-04-20T02:00:04.259-07:00Questions (Elements of Dreams) #AtoZChallenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What does it mean when someone in a dream asks a question? Or if you the dreamer asks a question? How can a dream cause a question to arise?<br />
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All interesting questions. The questions that I have been asked in dreams are usually absurd when they are asked, but there are not many occasions when I can recall being asked questions in dreams. If in my dream I ask a question it is usually of a normal variety of the nature of who somebody is or how do I get somewhere. The questions within dreams are not an element to which I've paid much notice and yet this is probably an important dream element to consider.<br />
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More than anything though the dreams themselves cause questions to arise. Most often the question is something of the nature of what a dream has meant. Another question is in regard to the reason why I have had a particular dream.<br />
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The curious semblance of normalcy in dreams would suggest that questions are asked within the context of a dream. The questions might be of an odder nature than those asked in waking life, but that would fit the dream logic. <br />
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The oddness of dreams and the peculiar nature of the dream story lines seem to naturally elicit puzzlement which in turn might lead to asking questions about the dream. Well asked questions are a good thing when we can learn something from the answers. Then at times there are no answers, but only more questions.<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> If you've been asked a dream question or asked one yourself of a dream character, what is typically the nature of the questions asked? In your dreams, is there dialogue or are your dreams more visual than audible? What is a question that you have puzzled over after having wakened from a dream?</span></i></b><br />
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Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020898804375958182.post-79694979108593437652015-04-18T02:00:00.000-07:002015-04-18T02:00:05.734-07:00Problems (Elements of Dreams) #AtoZChallenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just as we encounter problems in everyday life, we encounter problems and difficult situations in our dreams. The dream problems we face are often the same or related to those of waking life. In other cases the dream difficulties might reflect problematic issues from our waking life that have not been apparent to us. <br />
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Since dreams are the realm of the mind where the subconscious interprets and restates issues regarding our daily life, solutions to problems are sometimes presented in the dream or the subconscious might look at the problem from another perspective that makes it easier for us to understand the problem more completely.<br />
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When problems are presented in dreams you need to look closely at the nature of the problem and if a dream solution is offered. It's important to evaluate your feelings about what it is that you learn in the dream and how the subconscious interprets problems and solutions via dream characters, story lines, and settings. Dreams may be the ideal solution to what is vexing you in your waking life.<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> What are some problems that face you in your dreams? Have you noted any similarities between dream problems and waking life problems? Has a dream ever made you aware of a problematic situation that you had not previous noticed?</span></i></b><br />
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Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020898804375958182.post-11511024571516881922015-04-17T02:00:00.000-07:002015-04-17T02:00:06.015-07:00Otherworldliness (Elements of Dreams) #AtoZChallenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Even the most normal seeming dreams have that sense of otherworldliness. And why wouldn't they since the world of dreams is a strange place that is unlike the waking world. Logic is sometimes turned upside down and things seem downright peculiar.<br />
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The world of dreaming is another world than that one to which we are most accustomed. It can be rather difficult to describe or explain. In the dreams we might feel somewhat in the right place and yet there frequently seems to be that queasy uneasy feeling that some things are not quite as they should be. We may not question the circumstances of that dream world, but then again we might not accept that there is any reason to question anything.<br />
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Yet after waking we realize that we've been in a peculiar place--another world in a sense. What might have had a certain logic in a dream becomes obviously odd to us after we awaken. If the dreams were not odd then would they really be dreams at all? <br />
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The waking world can seem odd enough, but we have our senses to confirm what is happening. We know the reality that is around us even if we might try to convince ourselves that we are dreaming or hallucinating. If these distinctions are not there then perhaps it is time to investigate why this could be so.<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Does the world of your dream life seem like another world from the one in which you live during waking hours? Have you ever felt like you were dreaming when everything was actually real life? Do you enjoy the sensation of being in another world that is strange and sometimes even frightening?</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i></b>Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020898804375958182.post-65562354937466156632015-04-16T02:00:00.000-07:002015-04-16T02:00:02.790-07:00Numbers (Elements of Dreams) #AtoZChallenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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During some sleep you might dream of numbers. The significance of these numbers is varied, but undoubtedly there must be a reason for dreaming of these numbers. Determining the reason for the subconscious mind to introduce these numbers into our dreams is sometimes obvious, but often a mystery.<br />
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Numbers can represent many things to us--dates, times, addresses, monetary amounts, or many other references of significance to our lives. If we immediately recognize the significance of a number in a dream then that part makes sense. The mystery usually is more of an issue of why that particular number in that particular dream?<br />
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If the number refers to some upcoming event, some past event, or an event we had forgotten then that number is being introduced in our dream as a reminder or remembrance. When the numbers appear to be completely random then we need to figure out if there is any actual relationship to those numbers to anything in our life and then take the interpretation from that point.<br />
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It's highly doubtful that numbers are predictions of winning lottery numbers or any reference to some future unknown scenario, but we should never discount any potential prescient power of dreams. Stories such as this have been told and anything can happen. If a predictive number dream does happen or ever has happened to you, then I'd like to hear about it.<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Have numbers ever appeared in your dreams? If they have, was their significance apparent or were you puzzled by what the numbers meant? Do you think a dream might use numbers as a form of code to relay a message to your thoughts?</span></i></b><br />
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Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020898804375958182.post-82783062466695611422015-04-15T02:00:00.000-07:002015-04-15T02:00:04.282-07:00Meaning (Elements of Dreams) #AtoZChallenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dreams have meaning. The meanings of dreams can be straight-forward and simple or they can be highly complicated. Your dreams have a simple surface meaning, but they also have tiers of meanings related to the feelings, the images, and the symbolism presented in the dream. Deciphering all of the meanings of any complex dream can take a great deal of time and analysis in most cases. We rarely afford ourselves the effort of figuring out everything our dreams mean.<br />
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You might think of it it terms of thinking. For example, let's say that you are looking out your window and you see a dog. Your mind most likely fills up with thoughts related to that dog and dogs in general. You might react to the dog's appearance and behavior, you wonder whose dog it is, you are reminded of other dogs that you've seen that look like this one, you think of your own dog or a dog you used to have, and so on. The mind races about thinking about things you see in life and free associating thoughts with that seen image. Every thought you have could be attached to some kind of meaning if you really thought deeply enough about it.<br />
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Our dreams are mind images, therefore what is evoked in our dreams is related to something in our lives that has a meaning. The meaning might be obvious or it might be highly abstract. If you are seriously attempting to figure out what a dream means then you should write down a list of all the images you can remember from the dream. Then take each image and write down what it makes you think of and how it makes you feel. There are layers of meaning to a highly complex dream. You would have to consider those other meanings as well.<br />
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Figuring out what dreams mean can be fun and enlightening. You might get the meaning right or you might be way off base. That should never stop you from figuring out why you dreamed what you did. Much of the time it will be matter of something you did that day or a movie you watched on TV that evening prior to sleeping. Always consider the external factors that might have influenced your dream.<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Do make any effort to interpret your own dreams? Do you ever describe your dreams to another person to get their opinion of what a dream might mean? Is there ever a time when you think a dream means absolutely nothing?</span></i></b><br />
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Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020898804375958182.post-45531335548142192202015-04-14T02:00:00.000-07:002015-04-14T02:00:09.069-07:00Losing (Elements of Dreams) #AtoZChallenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You may have heard of dreams that help someone find an item they've lost in waking life. In the dream a place is identified where the lost item is and then after awakening you look and there the lost item is! This is probably a rare instance when this happens, but more commonly in our dreams we have lost something<br />
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Dreams often can leave us feeling a sense of ambiguity or apprehension and in many cases these feelings in the dream are brought about by having lost something or unable to find some important item. These dream feelings are most likely extensions of similar feelings in waking life. Trying to find a missing item can lead to exasperation and even feelings of panic depending on the importance of a lost item.<br />
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The emotions brought about by losing something and searching for it can be strong. It's no surprise that the foggy state of the subconscious mind might evoke those same feelings as when something is lost. The lost items in dreams might be the same items we lose in waking life--keys, glasses, wallet--or they might be odder types of items that often represent something else in our lives.<br />
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There have even been situations in some of my dreams where I know I've lost something but I'm not sure what it is. In this type of dream my frustration increases because I'm trying to figure out what exactly I have lost and this can carry into wakefulness as I feel that something is lost but I can't remember what it is that I have lost.<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> What are some things that you have lost in your dreams? Do you tend to misplace things in waking life? Are the things you lose in dreams the same things that you lose during your waking hours?</span></i></b><br />
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Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020898804375958182.post-91578064796337240802015-04-13T02:00:00.000-07:002015-04-13T02:00:05.397-07:00Knowledge (Elements of Dreams) #AtoZChallenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What we "know" in dreams might be a deception from the subconscious mind. In dreams we often seem to have an inferred understanding of history within the dream world and a knowledge of people, places, or things that we only know in the world of our dreams. Nothing in a dream should be necessarily taken at face value though often it makes sense to do so<br />
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According to dream analysis constructs of certain schools of psychological or spiritual thinking, what we see and think in a dream might have very specific universal significance. I would suggest that rather than all-encompassing symbolism, our dreams represent ideas that are specific to the dreamer.<br />
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Within in a dream we might automatically seem to "know" something without any explanation or any actual easily explained background. In your dream you might encounter a person whom you seem to know though in actuality this person would be a stranger to you in waking life. Likewise you might recognize a place otherwise unknown to you or remember something that never really happened.<br />
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Dreams often seem to be in a world where we already know everything concerning that world almost as though our mind has made up a story that we can readily accept as true. Our dream story is filled with subconsciously prefabricated knowledge that we rarely question within that world of the dream.<br />
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There is a possibility--perhaps a probability--that the dream reflects things we've read elsewhere, seen in movies, discussed with others, or even merely thought about. It could be that the dream reconstructs this remembered world and the story that goes with it in order to analyze our memory of what our mind has assimilated or the subconscious uses this acquired memory in a symbolic manner to represent something else from our waking life.<br />
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Whatever the case may be, dream knowledge might be very different knowledge than anything that we actually know from waking life. That dream knowledge can be puzzling when we look back on it, but at the time we are experiencing that knowledge within the dream world it all makes sense to us or at the very least is assumed or easily accepted.<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Do you ever seem to know things in your dreams that don't really make sense in waking life? Do your dreams often come with a history that your mind accepts in the dream, but after awakening you know the history is not real? Does dream knowledge ever confuse you after you've awakened and leave you with feelings of doubt?</span></i></b><br />
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Remembered dreams are the subconscious mind activity found at the juncture between sleep and wakefulness. In some cases the imagery or circumstances of the dream story might be so jarring to us that we will awaken from sleep. If we hold on to that dream memory to think about it for a while or even write it down, then we have a greater likelihood of remembering that dream for a longer period. The longer the dream is cemented into the waking mind, the more intense the dream memory will be.<br />
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Dreams of deeper sleep from which we do not awaken are not remembered--or at least more unlikely to be. It is almost essential for there to be a juncture between sleep with dreaming and wakefulness. Sleep is resistant to the type of memory experience during waking time since sleep is a state when the conscious mind is at rest and not processing stimuli in the same active manner as it would when awake.<br />
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The juncture between sleep dreaming and waking up is similar to stepping out of a lonely dark room into a light room filled with people and activity. We have a greater awareness of the well lit environment while memory of the darkened room is soon forgotten as we focus on the things that we see around us. The light stimulus and the activity around us makes us more cognizant as the solitude of darkness offers nothing quite as meaningful as reality.<br />
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The dark quiet room of dreams is an important place that when we allow ourselves to embrace it with our minds we can appreciate what that place had to offer to us. Yet it is a place of rest and looking inward that should not take the place of the waking world where our true life-sustaining activity takes place.<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Do you have a difficult time waking from sleep? Are you excited about waking up in the morning? Have you ever to your recollection remembered a dream from deep sleep long after you've awakened without experiencing a juncture directly between the dream and waking?</span></i></b><br />
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Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020898804375958182.post-38217538903632022002015-04-10T02:00:00.000-07:002015-04-10T02:00:02.882-07:00Imagination (Elements of Dreams) #AtoZChallenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dreams are essentially a form of imagination. Though subconsciously directed, the dreams come from the mind and are wandering thoughts that are not especially guided toward anything specific, or at least in a conscious manner. Where the waking imagination involves some control either in the fact that the thinking is purposely instigated or, if the result of absent-minded free associated thinking, we still have some cognitive sense that we are imagining and can shake ourselves loose from these thoughts in a relatively easy manner in most cases.<br />
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When the imagination is relegated to the subconscious then the thought processes can seem to be unorganized with a free association pattern similar to waking imagination, but with greater symbolic significance. Our wakeful imagination will typically take us to places that we purposefully will upon our minds and we will in most cases take control of that imagination story. However in sleep dreams the imagination is guided by inner forces less related to logic and more in touch with body functions and memory traces that linger from a previous time.<br />
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In sleep, imagination goes just a bit wild communicating in some primeval code perhaps or a language that is not necessarily intelligible to everyday reason. What we imagine in dreams is either accepted and then forgotten or puzzled upon and if we wish, deciphered through interpretation. In some cases that interpretation can be reasonably correct while at other times it may be pure speculation based on what we wish the meaning to be or what we think dream analysts have determined that meaning to be. When the dreams are deciphered either wrongly or rightly it is the result of waking imagination trying to second guess the imagination of the subconscious mind.<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Have you ever developed a story based on a dream that you've had? Do you ever awaken to finish out your dream using your wakened mind reasoning? Do you think dreams are mostly nonsensical doodling of the subconscious imagination?</span></i></b><br />
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Often the setting of a dream will be my home which is completely logical since this is where I spend so much of my time.. The place where I live represents me, my security, my place of existence, and the place where most of the things I own are. Home is something I value and sometimes fear losing.<br />
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Oddly though, when I dream about "my house" what I experience in my dream is typically not exactly the house where I live and sometimes nothing like the house where I live. Usually the house is more vast with rooms that do not exist in waking life. There might be odd features like basements or attics that are not in my waking life house. Frequently the house seems somewhat dark and old, perhaps having long hallways with many doors leading to unknown places. The house may be a combination of other houses where I have lived or visited.<br />
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Occasionally the house will be connected to other houses, buildings, or places similar to shopping malls or the like. The aura is typically darkened, eerie, and at times foreboding. Sometimes there are people present who I don't know or who would not logically be in my actual home.<br />
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I've heard other people say that the houses that they dream about are similar to what I've described here. My belief is that the houses in dreams represent our minds and memories. We are experiencing thought and mind as a physical representation in part. Also since a dream story must have a setting, a house is often a logical setting to appear in the dream depending on what the nature of the story is.<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When you dream about being at home in your dream is the house the same as the house where you actually live? What do you think the houses in your dreams represent? Do the houses in your dreams give you a good feeling or a strange feeling of foreboding?</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i></b>Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020898804375958182.post-55096202802636056482015-04-08T02:00:00.000-07:002015-04-08T02:00:00.779-07:00Grieving (Elements of Dreams) #AtoZChallenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just as grieving can affect our life throughout the day, the sorrow of grieving can infiltrate our dreams during sleep. This makes sense if we consider that dreams are typically the subconscious restructuring of our waking thoughts. A period of grief can lead to fitful troubling sleep as our sleeping mind confronts the issues of sadness and loss.<br />
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On the other hand grief can lead us to try to escape our emotion by excessive sleeping with disjointed dreams or ambiguous vague night visions. Perhaps the mind in these cases is unable to process the grief or may be trying to avoid the grieving experience.<br />
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Sometimes when there is no apparent grief in our waking life we might experience dreams about grief. Some of these dreams are recalling past grief events perhaps due to something elicited during the previous day or maybe even due to an anniversary date or anything else that might have evoked the grief memory. In other dreams we might experience grief about an event that has not happened. In this case the grief is probably due to a fear of loss that has been prompted by something that has been on our mind.<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Have you ever woke up feeling sad or perhaps even crying? When you have suffered grief how was your sleep and dreaming affected? Do you sometimes become sad thinking about a loved one or friend whom you think might soon die?</span></i></b><br />
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