Interesting article about dream interpretaiton in the muslim world

Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 Al-Ahram Weekly, Egypt - 22 Jun 2006 ... Small wonder then that dream interpretation has emerged as an ever more popular pastime. Obviously, very few individuals remember all their dreams. ...

Are dreams a link to psyche or are they meaningless? ABC 4, Salt Lake City - 22 Jun 2006 ... You make sense out of what is really nonsense. Still, Dr. Belenky does not totally discredit those who believe in dream analysis. ...

In "lucid dreaming" - Google News: Lucid Dreaming. Who Needs Drugs? - American Chronicle

American Chronicle

Lucid Dreaming. Who Needs Drugs? American Chronicle, CA - 7 Jun 2006 I have had lucid dreaming for years. When I was a child I had night terrors which are basically like lucid dreaming whilst also sleep walking. ...

We are such stuff....

There was a fascinating article in the Baconsfield today.. you can read it here: http://www.bakersfield.com/138/story/56277.html?

I have posted some excerpts below:

Schultz: 'Hold fast to dreams'
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When I was young, the recurring dream I had most often was one in which I was losing my teeth. I'd be dreaming along, minding my own business, eating a dreamy something, when suddenly a tooth would come loose, and would fall out of my mouth. Then another; and another. My dream self would be helplessly mystified as my rootless teeth filled up my hand.

Someone once told me that losing one's teeth in a dream signifies the real-life fear of losing one's children.

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My friend, who was studying dream interpretation and therapy at the time, told me that I was subconsciously feeling smothered by the demands of motherhood, a negative feeling that was only able to be expressed in a dream.

Which didn't make me feel so good about myself. I decided that dream interpretation must be hogwash.

But looking back from the safety of years, I suspect that there might have been some small truth in my friend's assessment. I'd had three children in five years: in retrospect, those were some overwhelming days.

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I have been thinking about dreams all week, because the director of the dance school that two of my daughters attend asked me to write about dreams for the program of this year's dance concert, the theme of which is "Dreams."

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Dreams are not real, but we have all had dreams that seem to our waking selves to be realer than real life.

Dreams are powerful, but intangible. Dreams define us and inspire us. Our dreams can stretch us or scare us, if we let them. "Man is a genius when he is dreaming," said the Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, who obviously put his dreams to good use in the crafting of his classic movies.

We can analyze our dreams or ignore them, heed them or dismiss them, write them down or forget them as we wake. We should always remember, though, that our dreams can give us strength, vision and courage as we walk the path of life.

"The future belongs," said Eleanor Roosevelt, "to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

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"We are such stuff as dreams are made on," wrote Shakespeare, nearly 500 years ago, and he is still exactly right.

We are such stuff.

Dreams, like hope, like soul, are among the many lovely qualities that make us human. "I dream, therefore I exist," said the Swedish playwright August Strindberg, reminding us of the complicated dance performed within us by those sparkling and incendiary partners, mind and matter.

"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die,
"Life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly,"

wrote the American poet Langston Hughes, who, as a black writer in the first half of the twentieth century, knew a thing or two about pursuing his dreams in the face of difficult odds.

A civil rights visionary in American history, Martin Luther King Jr., repeated a stirring phrase in his never-to-be-forgotten speech in Washington, D.C., in 1963: "I have a dream," he said. Nine times he said it. He listed the ways in which his dream of brotherhood and sisterhood, in becoming reality, could change the heart and soul and workings of our nation.

We're still working on his dream, as we make unsteady progress toward the reality of equality for all in the United States, when we will truly be "free at last, free at last." We have a dream.
"To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub," said Hamlet, in one of his moods, pondering the last big sleep of life. Hamlet was concerned that perhaps the peaceful sleep of death would actually be disturbed by the kind of terrible dreams he'd been having.

But I prefer to think that, in the afterlife, dreams no longer fill any human need, as wouldn't the paradise of the presence of God be every dream come true?

We cannot know, but we can dream sweet dreams.

Dreams - God's Forgotten Language

God's Forgotten language. - Rev. John Sanford in a book by that name At night, when I am near god, then I live my real life, this day-life, spent in mundane work and everyday jobs, is just a dream. - Minna Canth, Finnish writer Dreams are a natural and appropriate vehicle in which the answers to prayer might be given. - Edgar Cayce We have forgotten the age-old fact that God speaks chiefly through dreams and visions. - C.G. Jung How much there is in the Bible about dreams! There are, I think some sixteen chapters in the Old Testament and four or five in the New in which dreams are mentioned, and there are many other passages scattered throughout the book which refer to visions. If we believe the Bible, we must accept the fact that, in the old days, God and his angels came to humans in their sleep and made themselves known in dreams. - Abraham Lincoln

Dreaming About Work?

Today we are going to start a series on dream interpretation for work place dreams.

If you dream about work, you are not alone, in a recent survey of 1,000 adults conducted by British bank NatWest, 80 percent of women and 60 percent of men said they dream about work. Even more surprisingly, 65 percent of women and 43 percent of men reported waking up in a cold sweat, worried about their jobs! Fully 25 percent experience those nightmares once a week or more.

The researchers asked participants what their work-related dreams were specifically about. Here are the responses they received in order of frequency:

• Arguing with your boss.
• Being late missing an important meeting.
• Lusting after a colleague.
• Having to make an unexpected presentation.
• Going to work naked.
• Losing all their files in a fatal computer crash.
• Getting fired.
• Killing the boss.

Over the next few days we'll look at what each of these common dreams about work may represent.

Ralph Waldo Trine: DREAM GUIDANCE

Many will find a practice somewhat after the following nature of value: When light or information is desired along any particular line, light or information you feel it is right and wise for you to have, as, for example, light in regard to an uncertain course of action, then as you retire, first bring your mind into the attitude of peace and good will for all.

You in this way bring yourself into an harmonious condition, and in turn attract to yourself these same peaceful conditions from without. Then resting in this sense of peace, quietly and calmly send out your earnest desire for the needed light or information; cast out of your mind all fears or forebodings lest it come not, for "in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength." Take the expectant attitude of mind, firmly believing and expecting that when you awake the desired results will be with you.

Then on awaking, before any thoughts or activities from the outside world come in to absorb the attention, remain for a little while receptive to the intuitions or the impressions that come. When they come, when they manifest themselves clearly, then act upon them without delay. In the degree that you do this, in that degree will the power of doing it ever more effectively grow.

- Ralph Waldo Trine, In Tune with the Infinite, G. Bell and Sons, Ltd, 1960, pp. 110-112

Last of the House Dream Interpretation Symbols...

The Hallway
A hallway in a dream can often symbolize the need for a journey to an unfamiliar place in your life, or the need to explore unexplored issues.

The Porch
The porch is often seen as a symbol of being undecided about something in your life. The porch can also be seen as a symbol of being withdrawn, uncommitted and unable to make a decision.

I've never lived in a house with a porch! hallways.. yes....

Dream Interpretation - Old familiar Houses

Revisiting an old, familiar house, or a childhood home, often represents a longing to return to a simpler time. Dreams of childhood homes can also occur when old issues from childhood are resurfacing in your life. Events such as school reunions, or unexpectedly meeting someone from your childhood, can trigger dreams of childhood and childhood houses.

Dream Interpretation... Upstairs, Downstairs and the bedroom!

Well we are speeding up on a tour arond your "dream house". Today we are looking at the Upstairs, Downstairs.. and the bedroom!

The Bedroom
Dreams of the bedroom can take several turns. They can be concerned with issues of rest, or with issues of repressed sexuality.

The Upstairs
The upstairs of your “dream house” is often a symbol of your spiritual awakening or your higher self. Dreaming of going upstairs can symbolize a desire for more spirituality or religious fulfillment.

The Downstairs
The downstairs, or basement of the house often symbolizes your subconscious minds and hidden desires. Dreaming of the basement, especially if the dreams are disturbing, is often an attempt to deal with negative aspects of your life or your personality.

Dream Interpretation - Dining and Living Rooms..

Dining Room - Dreaming of the dining room is similar to dreaming of the kitchen, but the dining room tends to symbolize a more immediate need for physical or spiritual nourishment.

The Living Room - The living room is a symbol of your normal daily interactions with the other people in your life. Dreams often include meetings with many other people in the main room or living room of the house.

I'd have to guess that alot of dreams occur here. I had a dream I was in the living room once. I was in an apartment in a huge building that was collapsing. maybe in symbolised my interactions with other people were unstable. I WAS looking for another job at the time!

To red more about interpreting your dreams.. go here: http://dreams.spirallibrary.com