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E.l.e.c.t.r.i.c D.r.e.a.m.s
Volume #14 Issue #3
March 2007
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C O N T E N T S
++ Editor's Notes
Richard Wilkerson
++ Global Dreaming News
Harry Bosma
++ Cover: by Kata Dales
++ Column: An Excerpt from the Lucid Dream Exchange
Robert Waggoner interviews author David L. Kahn
Editor, Lucy Gillis
++ Column: The View World Dreams Peace Bridge
Drumming, Dancing and Dreaming for World Peace
Jean Campbell
++ Dream: "Game of September"
Stan Kulikowski II
++ Column: The Socratic Approach to Dreamwork
DreamRePlay with David Jenkins, PhD
++ DREAM SECTION: From Kat Peters-Midland
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Editor's Notes
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Welcome to the March 2007 issue of Electric Dreams, your
portal to dreams and dreamwork online.
If you are new to dreams and dreamwork, there are a few e-
lists where Electric Dreams people seem to congregate that
might interest you. One is
dreamchatters@yahoogroups.com
Subscribe by going here and registering
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dreamchatters/
.. and another is the IASD bulletin board. Please, no
dreams interpreted here, just discussion of dreaming and
dreamwork topics.
http://www.asdreams.org/subidxdiscussionsbboard.htm
In this issue:
Kata Dales of Altar Girl fame and Ross Kerr, infamous
reclusive writer and musician, have teamed up to bring you
"Lost in the Woods," a comic which explores how both dreams
and technology change the ways in which we think about
ourselves and relate to others. See the cover they created
for this months Electric Dreams and read about their
adventures
Global Dreaming News editor Harry Bosma, brings you dream
news and events from around the world, online and offline.
If you have dream news you want to get out, please send
those to Harry for next months publication at
ed-news@alquinte.com
Lucid Dream Exchange editor Lucy Gillis searches the globe
for lucid dreamers and their experiences. This month Robert
Waggoner interviews David L Kahn. (No not David Kahn the
upcoming president of the IASD, but another interesting
Kahn) Long time lucid dreamer, David L. Kahn has recently
completed a book about dream interpretation, "A Dream Come
True" Be sure to read this interesting interview.
The World Dreams Peace Bridge continues to dream up global
events. Jean Campbell describes a new project that will
occur at the World Children's Festival on the National Mall
in Washington, D.C. on June 25, "the world's largest ever
drumming circle." Be sure to read about it, and join in.
Stan Kulikowski II has one of the most unique ways of
recording his dreams, and we often pull these out from the
many dreams sent in to show readers how applications of
narrative style can be applied to dreams. This month, Stan
narrates a dream called "The Dream of September."
Your dream work will go improve considerably when you learn
to ask good questions. You are training yourself to follow.
A fascinating new level of creativity comes through when
you allow the dreamer to lead. These and other gems of
dreamwork wisdom are found in DreamRePlay creator, David
Jenkins, PhD as he explores "The Socratic Approach to
Dreamwork."
Men doing dishes, don't go back in the house, turkey fish
and police school - what's going on?
another dream
section of the Electric Dreams magazine from Kat Peters-
Midland!
Get your own dream published on Electric Dreams by
submitting at
http://dreamgate.com/forms/dream_flow.htm
Janet Garrett archives past issues so you can search out
specific articles and authors in an easy-to-access format.
These articles contain a wide range of information for
dreamers and dreamworkers. You can see her work progress
and view hundreds of article on dreams at:
http://www.improverse.com/ed-articles/index.htm
Cover by Kata Dales
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For those of you who are new to dreamwork,
be sure to stop by one of the many resources:
http://dreamgate.com/electric-dreams
http://dreamgate.com/dream/library
http://dreamunit.net/news-en/
Electric Dreams in PDF: Temporarily offline
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It's just a dream, it's just a dream, it's just a dream
-Richard Wilkerson
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G L O B A L D R E A M I N G N E W S
March 2007
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Email all dream news to Harry Bosma at his special ed-
news@alquinte.com address.
Online:
- Radio Show - Dream Time - Wednesdays
- Dream Video Picks of the Month
- IASD Newsletter available to non-members
Physical world:
- London Dream Conference - Call due April 27
- Dream Fires at Vernal Equinox (Danish Assoc)
- Berkeley Dream Institute Programs for March
- IASD Bay Area Lecture Series: Bob Hoss
- Dream Art Show in Oakland, California
- Women's Dream Workshop, Sonoma California
- Workshop and Dream Art Exhibit - Santa Fe, MN
Books, movies, research:
- Dream Videophile has Dream Movies
Reminders:
- Dreams Studies - Want to Help?
- Various calendars
- Strephon Says: Podcasts and blog
- Ritual DaFuMu for Peace
* * * ONLINE * * *
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- IASD News: Radio Show
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The IASD "Dream Time," an Internet radio program continues
after successful programs with Jean Campbell, Robert J
Hoss, David Kahn and Patricia Garfield. March 7 - be sure
to see Gayle Delaney.
This show focuses on the Science of Dreaming and is aired
on Modavox's VoiceAmerica Health & Wellness Channel You can
also listen through a link from the IASD, DreamScience.org.
The show will be hosted by IASD Past President and
Executive Officer, Bob Hoss.
www.health.voiceamerica.com
http://dreamscience.org/idx_radio.htm
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 - 9am Pacific (noon Eastern)
Understanding and Incubating Dreams
with Gayle Delaney PhD.
Description: When we dream, we speak to ourselves in the
language of pictures and metaphors. Understanding this
dreaming language opens the door to creativity and insight
that can greatly enhance our lives. Dr. Delaney and our
host Bob Hoss will discuss some simple techniques you can
use for understanding your nightly dreams. Gayle will
describe her method of interpretation called the Dream
Interview that you can use on your own or with a friend.
The Dream Interview replaces old wives' tales as well as
old psychiatrist's interpretive pronouncements with a
series of carefully crafted questions that allow you to
discover your own private meanings. She will also discuss
how we can target dreams for specific problem solving with
her method of Dream Incubation.
Gayle Delaney PhD, founding president of the International
Association for the Study of Dreams, Co-director of the
Delaney & Flowers Dream Center in San Francisco and author
of 7 publications including In Your Dreams, All About
Dreams and Sexual Dreams.
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- Dream Video Picks of the Month
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Creating and sharing videos is now easier than ever before.
What are dreamers putting online?
Flying Lucid Dream
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojN82KM_Htw
Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machines
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bC3Tlq8EOE
Flying Dreams - The Secret of NIMH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkY-FQnD_9w
Have you found other dream videos, or created your own, let
us know. -- Richard Wilkerson rcwilk@dreamgate.com
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- IASD E-Newsletter
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Not just for IASD members, the IASD E-news keeps you up on
all events sponsored by the International Association for
the Study of Dreams. Editor, Jacquie Lewis, Ph.D.
Subscribe here
iasd-eNews-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
* * * PHYSICAL WORLD * * *
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- London Dream Conference - Call Deadline
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Dreams and Culture
2nd International Conference
of the
Nordic and North European Network
for the Study of Dreams
Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln, England
7-9 September 2007
Each and every person dreams. Our dreams reflect the
culture in which we live, our culture shapes our dreams and
in some societies, dreams have shaped culture. This
conference explores the ways in which our dreams and
culture interact and encourages submissions from a range of
disciplines.
Please submit the Call for Presentations form on the
following page electronically to kate.adams@bishopg.ac.uk
with a copy to research@bishopg.ac.uk by April 27th 2007.
http://www.asdreams.org/england07/index.htm
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- Dream Fires at Vernal Equinox
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Dream Fires at Vernal Equinox
21st March 19.30- 21.30 p.m.
Danish Association for the Study of Dreams (FFSD)
At vernal equinox day and night are of equal length. Light
and darkness meet, and we move along with Spring into a
period of increasing light.
-- From olden times such passages have been important to
the culture, to the inner and outer growth, and to man's
attachment to and respect for the rhythm of the earth.
The Association is intent to reiterate at each vernal
equinox this ritual, which is based on old traditions,
renewing it with contemporary meaning.
We shall use our dreams as a portal into the inner world
and through the fire unite with the power of nature.
Contacting the dreams and the fires will create a
connection between people on this earth as well as a
tangible and shared network of light and consciousness.
We invite everybody to meet in small or large groups,
public or private, on this particular evening. Or, of
course, do it on their own.
We suggest to follow below points so as to create a common
reference, thus intensifying the bond and facilitating the
sharing of experiences:
1. Time and date: Wednesday 21st March 19.30 21.30 p.m.
2. The participants to gather in groups. If you are alone,
you might visualize the connection to other groups or
participants.
3. A fire to be lit, or alternatively a candle symbolizing
the fire.
4. The participants to share their dreams around the fire.
This can be done in different ways like e.g. telling the
dreams, drawing them or showing drawings of them.
Meditation, songs, dance, and music are other options.
5. Dream incubation. Before the end of the ritual to focus
on the dreams of the coming night. Each individual to
visualize the fire before going to sleep.
6. Reflection. Anybody having the desire and energy to do
so, is invited to share their evening by mailing
experiences, thoughts, dreams, drawings, etc. to the
Association.
The material that we receive will be edited and maybe put
on our website.
We intend to present our Equinox Dreams Project at the
North European Dream Conference in Lincoln, England next
September. The theme of this conference is Dreams and
Culture.
We do hope that the above will inspire you to participate.
If you have any questions, you are welcome to put them to
us by mail to mail@ffsd.dk
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- Berkeley Dream Institute
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The Dream Institute
1672 University Ave. Berkeley, CA 94703
510-845-1767
How to get your name on the Dream Institute newsletter list
- call and leave your name and address at 1-510-845-1767
The year began with a moving and wonderfully successful
eventJacqueline Thurston presenting, Lana Nasser
performingto bring sacred images from ancient Egypt to
life. We had to turn eager folks away! Suggestions for
future programs are most welcome.
As the featured dream shows, the time for new wine is
here. Dreams were recognized by most indigenous and
traditional religions as a source of renewal. Culture
Dreaming may become one of the new wineskins. The Dream
Institute is the only California venue offering it.
A new series begins this month; if you havent yet
attended, make time to come to this dynamic event.
NEW STARTING THIS MONTH
ART & DREAMING Emily Anderson starts Sat Feb 10
This workshop opens the space for ones natural imagination
and creativity to emerge through different art-making
processes. Emily Anderson, M.A., is a multimedia artist and
former co-director of the Oakland Art Gallery. Meets
alternating Sat and Thurs: Feb 10 & 22, March 10 & 22,
April 14 & 26.
CULTURE DREAMING a new series begins Sat Feb 10 3-5pm
Participate in this exciting new mode of dreaming for
social change. After a brief meditation, we tell dreams as
they emerge; we then look at cultural aspects of the
big dream just co-created. Observers welcome.
DREAM GROUP Richard Russo & Meredith Sabini begins Feb 15
An 8-session dream group to meet twice a month on Thursday
evenings
beginning Feb 15. See enclosed flyer.
CONTINUING PROGRAMS OPEN TO ALL
Study Group for CULTURE DREAMING Feb 3 March 3 April 7
This began in January, continues through April. A focused
group for those whove previously attended. To join now,
please plan to attend all 3 sessions. Call to reserve.
DREAM STUDIES OPEN FORUM Monday Feb 12 7:30-9:30 pm
Mike Morrison and Kelly Bulkeley (GTU) present, Caregiving
in Time of War:
PTSD and dreaming among military veterans
DANCE & DREAM Lana Nasser Sunday Feb 18 2-4pm
This class combines Middle Eastern dance movements,
breathing exercises, vocalizing/sound, and visualization to
work with dreams in an embodied way.
IASD LECTURE SERIES Wednesday Feb 21 6:30pm, lecture at 7
Dr. Alan Siegel will present. (IASD members & students $10)
JFK DREAM-SHARING Tuesday Feb 27 7-9:30pm
Open to current students and graduates of the Dream
Certificate Program.
Hosted by Judy McEnroe.
OFFICE & LIBRARY Open Hours & WORK EXCHANGE
Open Mon, Wed, Fri. Call 3 days ahead if youd like to
come.
Work in the Wisdom House 4 hours/monthmake copies, stuff
and stamp envelopes to send out our newsletter in trade for
an event or workshop of your choice. Time & day relatively
flexible.
Dream Institute of Northern California EVENTS
DREAMS & TAXES Friday Feb 23 7-9pm refreshments served
What if we reviewed and summarized our years dream log as
we do our finances? Come and learn ways to creatively
survey a years dreams, which you can continue at home. You
will marvel at the recurring themes that emerge. Bring your
dream journal. Follow-up meeting will be arranged. With
Meredith Sabini.
SPRING EQUINOX RITUAL Sunday March 25 2-4pm
In March, Winter turns to Spring, a time of rebirth. Save
this Sunday afternoon for live music, storytelling, and
dream-sharing around our outdoor firepit.
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Call for Art
We are always looking for art from local (Bay Area) artists
to display at Fox Commons Art Gallery, which is housed in
The Dream Institute. You can send slides, or call to bring
your work by.
MARCH
7 : IASD Bay Area Lecture Series
Robert J Hoss - Dream Language
6:30 - 9:00 PM
10: ART & DREAMING
Emily Anderson 10am-1pm
12: DREAM STUDIES
OPEN FORUM
7:30-9:30pm $5-15
25: EQUINOX RITUAL
2-4pm $10-20
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- IASD Bay Area Lecture Series - Dream Institute
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The International Association for the Study of Dreams
Presents The Bay Area Lecture Series
March 7 at the Dream Institute in Berkeley
Dreams and Personal Transformation with Bob Hoss, M.S.
Author of Dream Language and Executive Officer of IASD
The great luminary of the dream world, Carl Jung, observed
that if dreams have an ultimate plan in mind, it is a
natural tendency towards establishing balance and
wholeness.
Jung described this as a process of transformation, a
cyclical and evolutionary process that can last throughout
a night of dreams or a lifetime.
Our dreams both reflect the stages of this transformation,
and help to bring it about. In this lecture and workshop
you will learn how to recognize transforming imagery even
in your everyday dreams, how to understand what the dream
means to you in your life's situation, and how to work with
it to change your life. You will learn a simple Gestalt
based technique to reveal hidden feelings, conflicts, fears
and desires that may be holding back your progress in life;
followed by a closure technique designed to use your dream
to project a potential path to wholeness. A worksheet will
be provided.
Bob Hoss, M.S., is the author of the book Dream Language,
Executive Officer and former President of the International
Association for the Study of Dreams. As a scientist with
training in Gestalt work, he has been teaching dreamwork
for over 30 years. He is on the faculty of the Haden
Institute for dream leadership training, and the adjunct
faculty of Sonoma State University. He frequently appears
on radio and TV and his book was recently featured
nationally on ABC TV and in Readers Digest. Currently Bob
Hoss is hosting a thirteen-week radio show, Dream Time the
Radio Show on Voice America's health channel. This show
features interviews with IASD experts. Visit Bob Hoss's
website at www.DreamScience.org
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at:
The Dream Institute
1672 University Avenue
Berkeley, California
Pre-lecture social: 6:30 p.m.
Lecture: 7-9 p.m.
Admission (payable at the door): $15
(Members and students with valid ID, $10)
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- Dream Art Show in Oakland, California
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You are invited to a show of paintings by Betsy Wood,
March 5th to April 30th
See slide show of dream paintings by Betsy, interwoven
with improvisational dance, music and song by Lana Nasser.
Sat March 31st, 3pm. Refreshments.
RSVP
Questions Betsy 510-891-8282
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- Women's Dream Workshop, Sonoma California
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Sharing from the Source: Dreams of our Times
A Workshop for Women
Saturday, March 31, 10am-1pm
at Shambhala Sonoma Meditation Center, Sonoma, CA
255 W. Napa St., Suite G, Speer Building
To register: Please call 707-824-2885 $25 suggested
donation
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- Workshop and Dream Art Exhibit - Santa Fe, MN
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The Dreaming Arts Study have both and exhibit and workshops
available in March
Offering Workshops in Santa Fe
In each Tuesday studio workshop, dreams are turned into
illustrated journals and hand bound books through guided
explorations of universal themes and archetypes. "The Art
of the Dream" workshops access the roots of creative
consciousness through poetry, prose, collage and image-
making.
Newcomers and out-of-town dreamers are most welcome.
Please make reservations advance 988-1086.
Bring a dream.
$50. includes all materials
Contact
http://victoriadreams.com
* * * BOOKS, MOVIES, RESEARCH * * *
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- Dream Videophile has Dream Movies
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Interested in films with dream-themes? Deirdre Barrett, PhD
and others have reviewed dozens of films and have them
listed and reviewed. Join the dream-movie craze and see
them all!
http://www.asdreams.org/videofil.htm
* * * REMINDERS * * *
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- Dreams Studies - Want to help?
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You can help dream research gain a better understanding of
the amazing realm of dreams through participation as a
subject! Do you qualify? See the IASD Bulletin Board for
a list of research projects looking for subjects.
http://www.asdreams.org/research/research_idx.htm
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- Various calendars
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Nicole Gratton (Canada):
http://www.nicole-gratton.com/calendrier_01.htm
Robert Moss (USA):
http://mossdreams.com/xcalendar.htm
Jeremy Taylor (California):
www.jeremytaylor.com/pages/schedule.html
International Association for the Study of Dreams
http://dreamtalk.hypermart.net/bb2005/viewtopic.php?t=1851
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- Strephon Says: Podcasts and blog
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Strephon Kaplan-Williams is an international expert on
dreams and dreamwork. Now in retirement age Strephon gives
his podcasts.
http://strephonsays.com
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- Ritual DaFuMu for Peace
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The World Dreams Peace Bridge, on the 15th of each month,
is holding a monthly DaFuMu - a collective dream of good
fortune - to support peace.
For more information go to:
http://www.worlddreamspeacebridge.org/dafumumonthly.htm
To join the World Dreams Peace Bridge discussion group,
just send an e-mail to worlddreams-
subscribe@yahoogroups.com .
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Cover : "Lost in the Woods Scene"
Kata Dales
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Artists' Bio
Kata Dales of Altar Girl fame and Ross Kerr, infamous
reclusive writer and musician, have teamed up to bring you
"Lost in the Woods," a comic which explores how both dreams
and technology change the ways in which we think about
ourselves and relate to others! Let's see if we can catch
up with them now!
I've just discovered Kata's "secret den of artistry." She's
busily sketching out a cover for some sort of e-zine, but
seems to have a free moment..
"I've been doing comics since FOREVER, but Ross and I are
the ultimate team. I suppose one way you could look at our
collaborative effort is that I focus on the emotional
intricacies of human relationships and Ross babbles about
things like 'discursive networks' and 'the ethical
implications of technological integration' until I get him
to shut up. In addition to doing the art I have to make
sure Ross doesn't alienate our readership entirely."
Ross is sitting in his dorm room eating cereal and bashing
on his computer keyboard intermittently. He responded to
meat least, I think he was speaking to mewhen I asked him
a few questions about the comic.
"I approached Kata one day and told her about a dream I had
in which I was reading a book that combined words and
pictures in a sort of sequential narrative. She told me
that I must have been living under a rock for the past
century and proceeded to force me into reading 1,000 issues
of shojo (girls' Japanese comics). After that incident, I
dropped the sprawling postmodern masterpiece I had been
writing in favor of making a comic with Kata. I don't
regret it in the least, because no one knows how to read
anymore."
That's all for now! Tune in at http://www.lostcomic.net for
more wacky adventures in cyberspace!
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An Excerpt From The Lucid Dream Exchange
Robert Waggoner interviews author David L. Kahn
(c) Lucy Gillis 2007
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An Excerpt From The Lucid Dream Exchange By Lucy Gillis
In LDE 42 Robert Waggoner interviews author David L. Kahn.
Lucid dreamer David L. Kahn has recently completed a book
about dream interpretation, "A Dream Come True", which
recognizes the value of precognitive material and lucid
dreams. The book is currently being reviewed by some
publishers for possible publication. (You can purchase the
self-published version on-line at
http://stores.lulu.com/lucidreverie)
David has been a lucid dreamer for nearly thirty years. He
lives near Minneapolis with his wife Chris, son Jacob, and
daughters Kristin, Amanda and Heather.
Robert: When did you first learn about conscious dreaming
or lucid dreaming?
David: I was around ten or eleven years old. I saw a
television show that had a piece on lucid dreams,
explaining what they are and how you can make conscious
choices in them, including to do things that would not be
possible in real life. I was glued to the TV. The show had
an example of a girl that was running on a beach while
being chased by a person on a horse. She could not see who
the person was, because the rider was wearing a black hood.
She realized that this was a dream, stopped running, and
turned to face the person on the horse. The horse stopped
running and the rider took of her hood. She saw that the
person on the horse was herself.
Robert: Can you recall your first lucid dream experience?
Please, tell us about that.
David: The very first time that I realized that I was
dreaming while the dream was occurring, I was perhaps 8 or
9. At that time I had never heard of a lucid dream and I
wasn't aware that I could change the dream. My first true
lucid dream was the same night that I watched the TV show.
In the dream I was at school with my friends when I
realized that I was dreaming. I took off and flew very fast
over the school yard for a couple of minutes until I awoke.
Robert: What about that lucid dreaming experience (or those
early experiences) did you find interesting?
David: I was surprised by how real the dreams felt. The
dreams seemed as real as waking life, sometimes even more
so. The colors became very rich and images became sharper.
Sometimes I was surprised to find out that I didn't have
total control. How can I know that I'm dreaming, but be
unable to walk through this wall? There were also times
that I recall telling my friends in the dream that they too
were dreaming, so quickly I realized that there are
different levels of lucidity.
Robert: At that time, what methods did you use to bring
conscious awareness into the dream state? Has that changed
over the years?
David: I did a lot of work with lucid dreams during my teen
years. I was fascinated by Stephen LaBerge's work. I read
his books and had an audiotape of his at the time. I had
some success with MILD, but mostly I found incubation to be
something that worked for me if I put enough effort into
it. I also experimented with reality checks during the day,
and I even bought a subliminal message tape. Mostly I just
tried to keep lucid dreams on my mind, often with books or
tapes. That made a big impact on the frequency of my lucid
dreams. I recall one night as a teen having a lucid dream,
waking up, then going back to sleep and having another
lucid dream.
In both dreams I attempted to fly my way out of my body. I
didn't succeed, but I did have strange circular flights.
These days I still tend to use dream incubation as my main
method of inducing lucid dreams.
Robert: As you had more lucid dreams, were there any lucid
dreams that made a deep impression on you? Tell us about
them.
David: Nearly all of my lucid dreams have made a major
impact on me, but there is one that was a major turning
point in my life. I had this dream about twenty years ago,
when I was in my later teens. I was in an empty room. There
was a window on one of the walls. Nothing caused me to
question my reality, but I became lucid. The colors became
very rich. I walked over to the window and looked out onto
an open meadow with a single tree in the middle of the
meadow. My vision focused in so that I could clearly see
fine details of the individual leaves. Each leaf was
luminescent, glowing with a bright green color. I realized
at that moment that each leaf was alive, but so too was the
entire tree. I felt the connection between all living
things.
Robert: Interesting! What did you take from this lucid
dream experience?
What did it come to mean to you?
David: I remember that dream as though it happened last
night. It had a major impact on my life in subtle ways that
may be hard to quantify. I see the world and the people in
it differently. I am reminded of the Native American
saying, "No tree is so foolish as to have branches fight
amongst themselves." In addition to the metaphoric meaning,
I literally have never looked at trees the same since. I
notice the individual leaves, not just a single tree. When
I hear the sound of wind blowing through the leaves, it has
a calming affect on me. It is much like the peace you might
feel while taking a walk on a beach listening to the
crashing sound of waves.
Robert: What experiments have you tried when lucid in the
dream state?
Please describe and tell us about some of those?
David: One experiment that has stuck with me over the years
took place in another of my teenage lucid dreams. I decided
that I wanted to hear what music sounded like in a dream,
so when I became lucid I made my stereo appear in front of
me. I had a cassette tape in my hand and tried to put it in
the tape player. For some reason the tape wouldn't fit, so
I just jammed it into the tape deck and forced it shut.
Then out of nowhere I heard music.
It was unbelievable. The sound was coming from everywhere,
as though it came out of the air itself. It was the most
crystal clear sound that I have ever heard. Interestingly,
prior to having this dream I had a few nights of failed
attempts at having a lucid dream. In one of those dreams I
was hearing music. The name of the song in that dream was
called "Dreaming Again." It is as though my mind was
attempting to help me achieve my goal.
Robert: Have you ever tried "surrendering to the dream" or
letting the dream show you something unexpected or unknown?
Or have you had lucid dream experiences that were totally
unexpected? What happened?
David: It is interesting that you ask this. I had a recent
lucid dream that was perhaps the longest lucid dream that
I've ever had. It lasted several minutes. After becoming
lucid, I repeated nearly identically the events of an out
of body experience that I had many years ago. I walked
through the same window and began floating up above the
same house and trees. I then felt that I wasn't just
floating, but I was being lifted under my arms by something
that I could not see. I had a brief moment of doubt and
began to drop, with a feeling in my stomach like being on a
roller coaster. I realized that I had to let go of my
doubt, and I continued to float. I then turned my arms so
that my hands were facing up. I repeated several times,
"Show me what I need to see." As I was saying these words,
I felt myself being quickly turned in different directions.
In one direction I saw a silhouette of a large tree in a
sunset. Eventually I went over the ocean and was dropped on
an island, where my lucidity continued as I explored the
island.
I realized a couple of interesting things after this dream.
One is that I recognized the tree silhouette inside of a
sunset as the wallpaper image that I have on my computer.
Later that day I took a look at my computer screen
wallpaper, which hadn't changed in months, and I noticed
something that I had never seen before. I saw something
very small next to the tree. I zoomed in on it and saw that
it was a headstone. It wasn't scary. The feeling that I had
is that something has been in front of my eyes all this
time and I didn't see it until now. The other realization
that I made is why I kept repeating the words, "Show me
what I need to see." I had recently written a poem into a
chapter about spiritual dreams in my book. My dream was
telling me to listen to my own words. Here they are...
Enlighten me to all I see
The storm at night, the sun by day
The black, the white, the shades of grey
The waves, the serenity of a calm sea
Dead branches for firewood, the living tree
The garden flower that smells so sweet
The cigarette butt tossed on the street
The house, the cars, the money you've made The piles of
bills you've left unpaid
Your friends, your family, the people who care Those whose
presence you cannot bear
Are you trapped or are you free?
Enlighten all it is you see
Robert: Have you experienced lucid dreams that made you
question the nature of reality?
David: I have precognitive dreams fairly often in both
lucid and non-lucid dreams. No matter how often that
happens, I still find myself with a sense of awe. In a
recent lucid dream, I had a very bizarre experience unlike
any other dream that I've had. I was standing in front of a
bathroom mirror when I became lucid. I noticed that the
shower curtain was blue, and I also noticed geometric
shapes on the shower curtain. I knew that I would be blue
when I looked back at the mirror. Indeed my skin was very
blue, except for my neck in the area that I recently had
surgery. I looked away from the mirror for a few seconds,
and when I looked back something very strange happened. I
became the color blue. It wasn't just my skin color. I was
actually the color, as though without me blue would not
exist. This is one of my most difficult dreams to express
in words, because it is hard to describe what it feels like
to be a color.
Robert: What questions did this bring forward about lucid
dreaming and the nature of consciousness?
David: More than ever I feel as though we have only touched
the surface of what reality is, and where we can go with
our minds. I have no doubt about precognitive dreams. I
think anyone that experiences them has a knowing that they
are real, even if it can't be proven scientifically (yet).
I also have this sense that there is something guiding me
that is beyond my own subconscious. There are too many
synchronicities, and somehow they have never steered me
wrong. If it was just coincidence, I would think that I'd
be steered wrong at least on occasion.
Robert: I understand that you have almost finished a book
on dreaming, and have a chapter on lucid dreaming. Tell us
about the book.
David: The book is called A Dream Come True. It discusses
many different interpretation techniques that I believe
would be affective for both experienced and non-experienced
dreamers. My belief is that many, perhaps most, dreams
include some precognitive material and that the dream
cannot be fully interpreted without seeing the past,
present and future aspects of the issue you are dreaming
about. I also discuss recognizing angles and 3-dimensional
space within dreams as a means of recognizing what may be
precognitive material. The more basic interpretation
sections of my book include such topics as understanding
why your dream takes place in your childhood bedroom,
recognizing oversized objects, etc.
Robert: On the chapter on lucid dreaming, tell us a bit
about your viewpoint; what are you trying to get across to
readers?
David: The information that I provide about lucid dreaming
is something that experienced lucid dreamers would easily
understand. I felt it was important to include a chapter on
lucid dreams early in the book, because I have included
various lucid dream examples in other chapters ranging from
spiritual dreams to precognitive dreams. I think
experienced lucid dreamers would find some similarities in
their dreams and gain further ideas about what they can do
with their own lucid dreams, while less experienced lucid
dreamers would gain a better understanding of the value of
lucid dreaming.
In an example that I use in a chapter on "Actions and
Figures of Speech", I tell a story of a series of
synchronistic events that occurred both in and out of my
dreams. An interesting part of a lucid dream is included in
which I ask a dream character for help in dealing with a
financial issue that I was having. The character replied,
"Ask the old man." I don't know why, but I awoke with the
thought that "ask the old man" could be an acronym (ATOM).
I thought about atoms, and realized that the night before I
had been reading about molecules in a book by Dr. Wayne
Dyer. I have a lot of respect for Dr.
Dyer's work, and he happens to be nearly the same age as my
father. I realized that he is "the old man." With this I
knew that my answer was to ask myself what Wayne Dyer would
do in this situation. Instantly I heard myself say,
"Surrender and trust that the universe will take care of
this."
So, my dream wasn't so much giving me financial advice as
attitude advice.
Although in the end, the synchronistic events mentioned in
this chapter of my book did end up manifesting some real
life solutions.
Robert: It seems like nowadays many people have heard about
lucid dreaming, and have a basic conceptual understanding.
Does it seem odd that individuals that are used to having
individual dream experiences would have so many similar
common lucid experiences? What might that suggest?
David: Non-lucid dreams certainly seem to have a lot of
common themes, as indicated in Patricia Garfield's book The
Universal Dream Key: The 12 Most Common Dream Themes Around
the World. It would make sense that there is at least some
commonality among lucid dreams as well. What I find
interesting is that lucid dreams seem to have their own
similar experiences, often different from those of non-
lucid dreams. Flying dreams, dreams of light, deceased
family or friends, the richness of colors, and so forth
don't seem to fit into the standard mold of dreams. It
seems that many of the differences between standard and
lucid dreams are spiritual in nature, as though by reaching
certain levels of consciousness we become more open to
those experiences. The most spiritual of lucid dreams have
a feeling of coming from someplace other than my own mind,
and I have heard this described by others.
Robert: What kind of lucid dream experiments could move
forward the understanding of the potentials of the dream
state and lucid dreaming? What would you like to see?
David: It would be interesting to look at precognitive
dreams or remote viewing dreams by two or more people
simultaneously having lucid dreams (or at least in the same
night) in order to see if there is a difference in the
degree of accuracy. On a personal level, I am interested in
dreams of light.
I am curious about experiences of others that may be
similar to my tree of life dream. Perhaps next time I
should try to communicate with the tree, or even to become
the tree. Also, after my experience of becoming the color
blue, I am curious as to what else we might become. I think
many of us have become animals, different people, or even
floating consciousness in our dreams. What would it be like
to become a beam of light, water, gravity, or a geometric
shape?
Robert: Thanks David, for your observations into lucid
dreaming. Any parting thoughts?
David: Trust the guidance of your dreams and then manifest
their messages into reality. That is how my book, articles
and this interview came into being. I felt guided, and over
time I began to rid myself of doubt as my dreams had shown
me. Also, realize that sometimes there are signs right in
front of your face...
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THE VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
Drumming, Dancing and Dreaming for World Peace
Jean Campbell
March 2007
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On May 14, 2006, Mary Whitefeather Joyce had the following
dream:
We are all (many people for miles) are standing outside,
not sure where, a place I have never been to. We are all
holding hands in a prayer for PEACE. We are all dressed
very colorfully, wearing colors of the rainbow. There are
children everywhere as far as I can see. There are many
with drums. There are 4 large pau wau size 24"-28" drums in
a circle and within 4 corners as though they represent the
4 directions. As soon as I hear the drum beats i wake
up!EOD
A few weeks later, when she created a Solstice Drumming
Ceremony for the International Association for the Study of
Dreams' annual membership conference in Bridgewater,
Massachusetts, Mary Whitefeather met Jean Campbell and
other members of The World Dreams Peace Bridge. She soon
became a member of the Peace Bridge herself.
It was a great Valentine's Day surprise then to discover,
on February 14, 2007, that Mary Whitefeather's dream from
May 2006 seemed to be predictive. That day she wrote a
message to the Peace Bridge discussion list, saying she had
been asked to create "the world's largest ever drumming
circle" at the World Children's Festival on the National
Mall in Washington, D.C. on June 25.
Further, she asked the Peace Bridge to cosponsor this
event, and we agreed to do it. There's more. We are
asking you to do it with us! Check the Drum Dance and
Dream for World Peace web pages at
www.worlddreamspeacebridge.org/drumming
(link available after March 10, 2007)
Quite literally, Dr. Ashfaq Isaq, whose International Child
Art Foundation (ICAF) sponsors the World Children's
Festival has asked us to gather the tribes...all of the
tribes...to drum, dance and dream for world peace on "Peace
and Leadership" day at the World Children's Festival. The
drumming event will be at Fourth Street on the Mall,
directly in front of the US Capitol. And for those who
cannot come to Washington, there are drumming groups
forming all over the world to join us on a day to create a
peaceful future for the world's children.
One of the workshops presented that day has also grown from
a dream. World Dreams Peace Bridge member Jeremy Seligson
will present a Peace Train Workshop, coming a few days
early to the U.S. from his home in South Korea, before
traveling to the IASD conference in Sonoma.
Stay tuned for further developments.Joy
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Dream: Game of September
Stan Kulikowski II
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DATE : 15 feb 2007 06:24
DREAM : game of september
=( yesterday was a wednesday. after a few days of spring
weather a cold front moved in with a noticeable chill. i
lit the fireplace which had been unused the day before. it
was valentines day. my mother only enjoys candy bought the
day after when it is marked down, so i must wait to buy it
for her on sale which takes much of the joy out of the
holiday with no one else to celebrate with. at least the
mail order wine company had shipped me a special heart
shaped bottle of pinot grigio which i had enjoyed seeing in
the refrigerator for over a week. we cooked weenies over
the fireplace and drank the wine. i got to bed around
01:00 and went to sleep without any problem. )=
it is after dinner and i have that slightly overfull
feeling that you get when finished from a memorable meal
well prepared. the few people from our neighborhood are
gathered here on the back porch, stretching and talking
politely together in small groups. our host is a slightly
elderly man of very dominate character. he laughs a little
too easily and a little too loud but it is easy to forgive
him for being just barely overbearing, especially after
such a good meal as he has prepared for us.
i meet with the young wife of our host over by the card
tables. she is a thin blonde woman, a trophy wife of
considerable beauty but she has accepted her position in
life in no small degree as an accessory of a very famous
man. i had once felt sorry for her but have gradually
grown accustomed to her plight. today we have determined
to learn together the game of september.
sitting down together at the nearest card table, i shuffle
the huge deck of cards from the small boxes bought from the
local voodoo shop.
it takes some time to arrange the many cards dealt into
manageable hands. she has an opening card which she plays
face up in the shared book area near the draw pile of
undealt cards.
i think a little before i decide before i place a 'story'
card next to the opening. i am worried that she will pick
up the card to put in her hand, but instead she immediately
places a feminine card next to it, so the play now reads
'her story'. fortunely, i have a 'happy ending' card to
fix the plot structure so no one can pick up the developing
sequence from here on. it will take some time to add the
content cards onto this line, but we have the basis of a
solid tale growing here.
i draw two cards from the undealt pile and think about
discarding some into my personal book area of the table.
it is a little early to get down on the board this way, but
i would feel a little easier with fewer cards in my hand to
manage. perhaps i should hold off on scoring my personal
card matches until i see how the shared story unfolds and
can make better judgements on the perspectives of the plot
view. some of the cards are smaller, shaped like little
blue clouds, and this makes it difficult to hold them with
the larger trump cards.
before i can decide on my next play, we are distracted from
our game and called over to her husband's side for the
telling of a mutual joke that has been told too often but
it requires her attendence as always does. he knows the
game of september better than almost anyone here, but
rarely enjoys playing with novice beginners, so his wife
and i have been left to learn how to play by ourselves,
making the mistakes that the inexperienced often must
suffer before they can see the overall patterns of common
strategies.
"how goes your game?" he asks her in his overly expansive
manner with extravagant public gestures. he seems much
like a falstaff holding court with the local gentry in
attendance.
"we have just started." she smiles back at him, waiting
for him to launch into his telling of one of the jokes as
he always does whenever he has gathered together an
audience. she is familiar with her role as playing the
innocent simpleton with large eyes and affected manner. i
wonder if we will ever get back to our game abandoned on
the card table and if it will be her story that unfolds
there. to discover one's destiny in such a manner is no
small thing but i doubt that it will be such an easy thing
to accomplish.
=( awake at 06:15. this dream has a very solid feel to it
even though none of the characters are known well enough to
me to have names. yet they seem like very familiar persons
that i should have known better. the woman with whom i
play cards seems rather like kathy ollie, a somewhat shy
woman i knew many years ago. she was the wife of a
behavioral psychologist who taught at the university in
amherst but he was not at all like the overbearing husband
in this dream. the game with the voodoo cards seemed to
have more significance to me than it should. the telling
of tales with the play of cards is afterall what tarot
decks are used for, but this game seemed to have more the
interactive play of canasta in its structure with a larger
deck of many more distinguished cards and suits. i do not
quite know what to make of a dream with a newly invented
game in it, but it has a satisfied and complete feeling of
complexity to it so that i wish that i had played longer at
it and so know more of its details. )=
--
. i have come
=== to chew bubble gum
stankuli@etherways.com
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--- and i am all out of bubble gum.
-- they live
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The Socratic Approach to Dreams
DreamRePlay
(Copyright 2007) David Jenkins, PhD
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As you listen to a dream, It is almost impossible not to be
bubbling over with questions and interpretations. Part of
the art of dream work is learning how to transform your own
ideas into good questions about the dream. This column
shows some ways to do that.
Framing Your Question
In some forms of dream work, you offer your thoughts to the
dreamer. You might say "I wonder if the dream means that
you are concerned about your work?" That was the thought
that you had about the dream and therefore you asked that
question. For many reasons, this is not a good idea. One
problem is that the dream might mean something completely
different to the dreamer and therefore your idea, honest
and intelligent as it may be, is nonetheless intrusive and
prevents the dreamer from thinking for herself.
Many dream workers would instead say, "If it were my dream,
it would mean I was concerned about my work." That preface,
"If it were my dream...," is powerfully effective in
emphasizing that this is the listener's opinion and allows
for the fact that it may not fit for the dreamer.
But, the problem is that it still takes the dreamer away
from her dream and her thoughts and shifts the focus to the
listener and his interpretation of the dream.
If your opinion makes sense to the dreamer, your counsel
will be highly valued. If it doesn't, you are breaking the
flow of the dream work. There is a way of avoiding the
dangers in offering your opinions.
The Jenkins Rules of Dream Work
Rule #1Every opinion can be converted into a neutral
question.
Rule #2Deal with the problems within the dream. (Help the
dream-self rather than fix their waking life)
Working Backwards
In these examples, you will see how to work from your "raw"
thought to a question that stays with the dream.
Jane's Dream: I dreamed I was lost in a huge, empty
building. I couldn't find the way out.
Let's suppose that you "know" that Jane hates her day job
and really wants to be an artist.
You "know" that this huge building represents her
impersonal downtown corporation. You also "know" that if
only Jane would pluck up the courage to leave her job, she
would get lots of work as a freelancer. Therefore all she
has to do is to get out.
This dream is a gift from heaven for you. You are dying to
say, "Look, Jane, the building represents your job. You
have no friends there and that's why it's empty. The dream
is telling you to leave your job."
Listener, beware! For one thing you might be wishing to
leave your own job. Secondly, this conversation is not
about you. Even if you are completely right, the task is
for Jane to find her own way out and that is your clue.
In the dream work, you need to focus on finding a solution
to Jane's dream-problem. If you are right, that solution
will apply better than any well-meaning advice you can
give her.
First of all you know that you want Jane to leave her job.
You believe that is equivalent to leaving the building.
Convert that into a question:
"Do you want to leave the dream-building or do you want to
stay there?"
Now you have a perfect question. You have taken your
prejudice and converted it into a neutral question that
works for the dream-Jane and yourself. Youve followed both
Rule #1 and #2.
If Jane says, "I am happy in this building, I just want to
find out where everyone else went," then you have some very
important information. You know that this dream is nowhere
close to your belief systems about Jane and her waking job.
If Jane says, "I hate this building, I want to get out of
it but I can't find an exit," you have moved the dream work
forward. Now you can start to focus on getting Jane out of
the building. You might ask "What floor are you on?"
"Can you see any stairs or an escalator?" These are
questions that orient Jane to the task of getting out of
the building.
If you are right about your assessment of Jane's work
situation, then, as you gradually work through the dream
issues, Jane herself will link the dream to her job
situation. Even if you are wrong, you are still helping
Jane deal with whatever problems the dream is referring to.
Some Examples
I dream that there is a red pillow on my bed.
Listener thinks: The red represents anger.
Problem: It's too general to ask "Does red represent anger
to you?" Some reds may be anger but not all. It also
ignores both rules #1 and #2.
Instead ask: "In the context of the dream, what does the
red suggest?"
You can also ask how the dream would be different if the
pillow were some other color.
I dream I am with a group of people and there is a man who
is rude to me..
Listener thinks: She is far too sensitive.
Problem: This may or may not be true and it may or may not
be helpful.. Asking "Why are so sensitive?" is too loaded
(as well as breaking rules #1 and #2); the dreamer will
have to defend her right to be sensitive.
Instead ask: "What do you really want to say to the man who
is rude to you? In doing so, you will probably be given an
insight into what triggers the dreamer's "sensitivity. "
Conclusion
Listening to a dream is a double process. If you are
involved then the dream is stirring up your own mind. You
need to catch these thoughts and bring them back to the
dream. If you deliver them "raw." you are pushing the
dreamer into your perspective and away from the dream.
Your dream work will go improve considerably when you learn
to ask good questions. You are training yourself to follow.
A fascinating new level of creativity comes through when
you allow the dreamer to lead.
DIAL-IN DREAM GROUPS
Whether you live far away or close by, a phone group allows you to get
a sense of dream work in a very convenient way. With this new work, I
hope to communicate the pleasure and the excitement of dream work to
many people.
email david at davidj@dreamreplay.com for information.
DREAM GROUPS
The Saturday drop-in group ($20) is from 10 am to noon at 2315 Prince
Street in Berkeley. The nearest major cross street is Ashby and
Telegraph. Please let me know if you are coming.
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Men doing dishes, don't go back in the house, turkey fish
and police school - what's going on?
another dream
section of the Electric Dreams magazine from Kat Peters-
Midland!
Dream title: a man doing dishes
Dream date: A month ago
Dreamer name: AJNTRC
Dream text: I dreamed a guy I really liked (not dating) came to visit
me from another state. He washed my dishes, kissed me on the cheek and
called me beautiful.
Dream comments: none
Dream title: my dad tried to kill me!!!!
Dream date: February 22, 2007
Dreamer name: cha-ney-ney
Dream text: In my dream I'm back in my old house in Pennsylvania, the
one I lived in before I moved to Alabama, which is where I live now.
The house looked different...I just knew it was that house, and there
was a huge bedroom downstairs with a huge sitting room added on to it
and it has previous owners stuff in it...and it seemed like I'd dreamed
of that same place before. I really wanted to move into that room but
my mom wouldn't let me! Then my dad shows up out of nowhere and starts
punching me and hitting me in the face and then started to strangle me.
I manage to run outside and get away from him and he goes "Just let me
explain...just let me explain!!!"
I stood there just staring at him and then I took off and ran downtown
to the CVS Store that was there. I ran inside and started screaming
for my brother and all of a sudden he appears out of nowhere and was
like "who did this to you...who did this to you????" Since I had blood
running down my face from being punched and he takes me over to my aunt
and he says to my aunt "keep her here...and whatever you do...don't go
back to the house!!"
and then I just wake up after that!
Dream comments: that dream really freaked me out
Dream title: Hope
Dream date: 2/20
Dreamer name: Mae
Dream text: Voice saying: Never give up hope, but don't have false hope
Dream comments: My sister has cancer, she had the dream.
Dream title: Turkey Fish
Dream date: none given
Dreamer name: La Fromage
Dream text: My sister, her friend, and I are in the bathroom, baking
cookies, and I decide to eat some of the raw cookie dough. I
immediately feel sick to my stomach and go to the toilet and well...
get sick. But instead of your average sick, I have puked up red, yellow
and green fish. My sister's friend tells me that it is the raw turkey
in the dough. "That kind of stuff happens when it's uncooked all the
time."
Dream comments: This was a while ago, I'm sorry for the graphic nature
of it.
Dream title: killing bad people
Dream date: February 18 2007
Dreamer name: whats?
Dream text: At first I was like in a police school learning about
what to do and how to use a gun when a bad person has guns and they are
trying to kill you. My superior was telling me how to identify a person
who has weapons and he/she is trying to find targets. I felt like I
could identify them thanks to my teacher. Suddenly they started
shooting so I started shooting back with the gun my superior had given
me. I killed many of them but one of them shot me. I tried to finish
killing the bad people with all my strength. I could kill them because
there were only two left, but then I closed my eyes. I woke up in a
hospital, with my mom who was watching me.
Then I ask what happened, she told me everything. Then it started to
change and it disappeared.
Dream comments: After my dream had change a little I start dreaming a
different thing. But I still soar with the bullets that had passed my
chest.
Dream title: break up
Dream date: 2/17/07
Dreamer name: anonymous
Dream text: I dreamt that my boyfriend broke up with me and he told me
that it was better to be friends. But he was a different person, it
wasn't my boyfriend the one I with right now.
Dream comments: this is like the second time I dreamt that he broke up
with me but in different surroundings.
Dream title: danger
Dream date: February 15, 2007
Dreamer name: anonymous
Dream text: someone was trying to kill me Dream comments: scary
Dream title: red big snake
Dream date: 2/15/2007
Dreamer name: anonymous
Dream text: I saw snake (cobra) around the dead coffins Dream comments:
none
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