Had Dream, examined it for intelligent dreammaker

[wowo]

I'll just go over key points in the dream. At one point I am at a friends house where I leave my laptop. I am then sent on an errand to deliver some tools and art supplies to another location. I get to the other location. I am clearly shown the stuff I am delivering, and in retrospect the artistic quality is excellent. I put the tools and art supplies on a shelf. I move a short distance and am shown some children. In the dream the artistic quality with which the children are drawn is pointed out to me. The artistic quality is excellent. I then attempt to return to the friends house where I left my laptop but am unable to, leaving me with a sensation of futility. Examining my dream, the artistic quality is excellent, suggesting an artistic dreammaker. I leave my laptop and then attempt to return to it several minutes later, this would suggest that my dreammaker has an operational memory. I have no control over my thoughts throughout, and the mind control of my actions consistently matches the imagery in a logical fashion, it would require thought to match the mind control to the imagery would it not? Anyone could make up a story about a dream so maybe examine some of yours if you wish. I am more interested in discussing why we interpret dreams as we do than an actual interpretation.

[unclesirbobbyrobson]

I do not really interpret dreams as such. I personally try to see how symbols represent known thoughts inside my own head. How they capture thoughts and thought processes. I particularly feel that dreams link to recent events and recent thoughts. Why would they not? So if something big happens the day before then try to think about how the symbols could represent some key thought or conclusion about that.

For instance you are thinking a lot about dreams. So i would perhaps look out for little links to dreams in general. linking to how you are thinking about dreams and generating new ideas.

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What exactly is a dream? A dream often captures some new thought or feeling or fantasy. Often deeply embedded in it is some idea or thought. Try to bear that in mind when understanding a dream. A dream will symbolise some conceptual thought such as "I think my grandmother is still angry with me after what I said" . Many dreams revolve us making such judgements based upon our intuitions.

How exactly do you go about understanding the meaning of a dream symbol? Well first you start to make associations with that symbol. Take for instance if you had a dream about Tony Blair the Prime Minister of the UK. You can associate many things with him. First of all he is a decision maker. The dream then could capture you wanting to take some serious decision within your own life. But equally Tony Blair is a man who began his political life a hero who was universally popular. Now he is disliked by almost everyone in the country. Maybe the dream captures some similar situation for yourself eg "When I first started my job everyone liked me. I could do nothing wrong. But recently I have become universally unpopular". But we could also see Tony Blair in another sense. He is the ally of President Bush and is often accused of doing everything he says and because of this has been accused of being a poodle. So maybe the dream captures some theme with a similar "yes man" theme. But Tony Blair could also have different meanings. He has virtually said that he will resign in the spring and there was much speculation about this and about how he should go about resigning. Maybe the dream captures a similar theme in your own life eg "I am thinking of leaving my job. But if I tell my boss it may cause trouble for me. I might just leave it as long as possible".

Therefor its possible to list many different symbolic meanings. Any one of these could be correct. The first association that comes to mind is not always the correct one. Its a matter of trying out different theories and then seeing if they fit the situation or feelings within your life. If one seems to work then try working in the other dream symbols.

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[wowo]

I noticed in one of your posts that you know what a neural net is so you've apparently studied the neurology some. I'm a computer programmer so I know what a neural net is but I'm weak on neurology. Have you noticed if anyone has studied whether the part of our brain that creates the dream possesses any intelligence? Is anyone into computational neuroscience also studying dreaming? I've been trying to catch up on my neural code myself.