Crazy dreams and possible meanings

[Turtle]

Hey y'all,

This is a guy I really like http://www.jeremytaylor.com/

...his website is quite useful, particularly the "dream work" section, where there are major dream themes, discussions of topics (like lucid dreaming) and different ways of doing dream work. He also travels around the country (and World) doing workshops, so you might find him in your area and even free at a church or at minimal cost for a weekend!

[Ginger]

Originally Posted by Turtle

Hey y'all,

This is a guy I really like http://www.jeremytaylor.com/

...his website is quite useful, particularly the "dream work" section, where there are major dream themes, discussions of topics (like lucid dreaming) and different ways of doing dream work. He also travels around the country (and World) doing workshops, so you might find him in your area and even free at a church or at minimal cost for a weekend!

Turtle, I checked out their ehtical statement and these two parts resonated with truth, to me:

ASD supports an approach to dreamwork and dream sharing that respects the dreamer's dignity and integrity; and which recognizes the dreamer as the decision-maker regarding the significance of the dream.

Systems of dreamwork that assign authority over, or knowledge of, the dream's meanings to someone who is not the dreamer can be misleading, incorrect, and harmful.

I would want anyone interpreting my dreams, to have those things in mind, and I'll try to do the same for anyone whose dreams I interpret.

I also realized, when I was roaming around the website you posted, that I treat dreams like literature; I do a kind of literary analysis on them, centered on imagery. I review poetry, so it's kind of the same skill set.

Now I'm not sure that's the best way to look at dreams. I'm thinking about that one...

But I love dreams! I have used them in creative work, for many years.

Scout

[cinnamongrrl]

I frequently have dreams where I'm being chased by a bear...or a bear is trying to kill me. I had a dream where one barged in the house and pinned me on the stairs while trying to eat my daughter's cat

As a hiker, bears are a true concern of mine...but I have yet to see any in that given situation. AND I have enough sense to stay away from wild blueberry patches in June

I suppose if death by bear is my given destiny, it's a fitting end to a life I loved to spend in nature But I'm not in any hurry....

[girl_dee]

i am so sad that during the BFP outage we lost the dreams we had been posting about.

Mainly because i wanted to come back and see what i wrote about mine, i am started a dream journal!

Darnit!

[Bleu]

Originally Posted by girl_dee

i am so sad that during the BFP outage we lost the dreams we had been posting about.

Mainly because i wanted to come back and see what i wrote about mine, i am started a dream journal!

Darnit!

Hi ya Dee!

Well, let's start... I am glad I saw this thread as I know I dream but I rarely remember what I dream. When I do dream it's in Technicolor!

Two nights ago I dreamt I had dirt under my nails and no matter what I did I could not get them clean.

...??? any thoughts?

[girl_dee]

Originally Posted by Bleu

Hi ya Dee!

Well, let's start... I am glad I saw this thread as I know I dream but I rarely remember what I dream. When I do dream it's in Technicolor!

Two nights ago I dreamt I had dirt under my nails and no matter what I did I could not get them clean.

...??? any thoughts?

i have a super duper book here...also if you don't remember things in a dream they are not that important. Color is a huge key in dreams.. so make note of colors of things.

Example, the car may not be as important as the color of it..


Ok be back with dirty nails!

[girl_dee]

were your nails long or short?...

[cinnamongrrl]

last night....

I dreamnt I was Anna from Downton Abbey.... I dragged Mr Bates off for some conjugal fun upstairs...but...he kept getting distracted by the tv.....so....I spent the rest of the day exploring the house and found all kinds of interesting rooms...and the biggest closet ive ever seen....it had a staircase....way cooler than stuffy old Mr Bates....

[cinnamongrrl]

I keep having dreams where I'm talking to someone...and I SHOULD know them, but I don't. I spend the entire time talking to them making small talk trying to figure out WHO THEY ARE...by the time I wake up I feel like I've been at one of those uncomfortable get togethers where I know no one....