Questions anyone?

[devilishangel]

do u know of any dream books? that include prophetic dreams too?

[DrmDoc]

Hello devilishangel,

There isn't any particular book on dreams that I would recommend other than my own. Many dream books are filled with misconceptions and misinformation. I've always felt that anything we seek to know can be found within ourselves. Prophetic or precognitive dreams, in my opinion, arise as a means to prepare ourselves for some eventuality; i.e., we cannot change our destiny through them. If you desire to experience a precognitive dream, ask yourself before sleep, "How can I be better prepared for tomorrow?" Your dreams may surprise you.

Sleep well,

[Antoun]

why all so incomprehensible?

[Antoun]

it a bit alongside

[Antoun]

Originally Posted by Peter_C

I believe that dreams are a form of entertainment that our brain puts on as it waits for the next day. Sitting there not thinking is probably pretty boring, some people can do it (the non-dreamers) other people can't stop thinking. And when all other sensory is cut off from conscious mind, our brain thinks up a new world and it feels real.

Except when my sister comes to visit me in my dream, they are very different types of dreams. They feel so real that they had to have been real. I believe that spirits can visit us in our dreams. And they can tell us what lies beyond. My sister told me what heaven was like, and what happened at the accident.

it a bit alongside, why ?

[DrmDoc]

Hello Antoun

Originally Posted by Antoun

it a bit alongside, why ?

I'm not sure I understand your question; however, our dream experiences and the messages they may convey become clear when we truly understand their unconscious nature. We experience profound dreams for profound reasons. When we understand the forces compelling dream content, we understand that content much better. The key to understand the forces compelling our dreams is knowing the unconscious mind and how it perceives and processes information. To explain it all through a single post is impossible; however, the possibilities reveal through such an explanation could be immense. I hope this helps.

[Elizabethian]

I hold a holistic view of dreaming. Dreaming incorporates the psychie, the emotions, the conscious, genetics, culture, our defences and the dimensions of sight, sound, touch, taste, smell.

All of this found in a package called me

Freud was onto something in his dream research. I think that a lot of things do sprout from environment. But I think he only got part of the picture. Holistically dreaming embraces evolution, physiology and our lifestyle choices. I believe dreaming to be of the soul.

[DrmDoc]

Hello Elizabethian,

Originally Posted by Elizabethian

Freud was onto something in his dream research. I think that a lot of things do sprout from environment. But I think he only got part of the picture. Holistically dreaming embraces evolution, physiology and our lifestyle choices. I believe dreaming to be of the soul.

Although Freud's insight may have brought our serious study of dreams and dreaming to the forefront of science, there is very little support for most of his ideas. This isn't a fault of Freud but rather a fault of his era of science. Freud, Jung, and other early notables of dream study did not have the tools and technology for studying dreams that we presently enjoy.

Empirically, dreaming is a process that arises from brain function. When we truly understand the processes of the brain that produce dreaming and how those processes evolved, we have a better understanding of dreams and why we experience them. The insight we gain from our understanding of brain function encompasses all our ideas about dreams by placing those views in a more precise perspective. For example, many of us believe our dreams to be divinely inspired, which is true for those of us who seek divine inspiration as motivation; however, divine inspiration is not true for every dream or every dreamer. Therefore, dreams are not just about divine inspiration.

Essentially, our dreams arise from the influences that reach our unconscious mind. Dreaming is a mental experience; therefore, they can encompass all those influences that persistently impact our thoughts and feelings. We when translate our dreams, we get a deeper sense of the influences that drive, motivate, and regulate our thoughts and behaviors--in my opinion.

[SB50]

I just joined today, and I"m so glad I did. I have a real need to discuss my dreams, and since my mother and grandmother passed, I miss discussing with them, as we always did. I do have children who dream, but I limit my discussion of my own dreams with them.

That said, I hope my first post fits the thread here. If it does not, please tell me.

I am asking here about dreams of deceased relatives, particularly where the person seems to be "making a visit" to you with a very specific purpose, such as a warning or statement. It always feels like they are coming back from another dimension, and in the dreams we realize this. My (dec.) grandmother essentially raised me, and was the spokesperson for the family. Invariably, she appears to me or one of my children with some kind of "info" we need...or a "warning." In some cases the warnings were so true, such as one..."take your daughter to the doctor tomorrow; she has an ear infection." Took her the next day and she had one. Seriously. Or, they are less direct, expressing concern, or "watch out", and it is not specific.

Now, recently the grandmother, who passed before my younger was old enough to remember her, has appeared to her with a warning for ME to, "Keep your faith." I have had some difficult problems lately with church administration, and I don't think I was having a crisis of faith, necessarily, but definitely felt there was corruption and felt very terrible on a deep level. It had not gone on long enough (bad news that very day re this) to see how it would affect my faith, but my daughter had the dream almost immediately.
There are also other challenges, so obviously it's important for me to
"keep my faith" anyway. Am I making sense here? It was very direct, very
forceful in the dream. First time she has appeared to the younger one.

I thought this might be significant: my grandmother appeared TO the most "linear thinking" (though youngest) one in the family with this "faith" statement.

And also....what about dreams where a huge weight is on you, and you feel you could suffocate/can't move? Actually "feel" awake? My one daughter and I have had these, maybe twice a yr or less, and IT SEEMS like it's some kind of ev.l (we are not nuts) and we will either pray or actually call upon one of our dec. relatives (we have many dec. and virtually none left here..) for help.

Thoughts or opinions?

[DrmDoc]

Hello SB50,

Dreams involving real visitations from the deceased are rare. More often, dreams about our dearly departed suggests the way their past influence continue to guide and affect our perspective and social behavior. In times of stress, a relative may appear as a sign of reassurance. True visitations very often involve dreams that seem clearer than true reality where contact is little more than knowing smiles and gestures. It is likely your dreams manifest how you perceive the deep and guiding widsom the departed has imprinted upon you; i.e., how you perceive some part of yourself that was shaped by your departed loved-ones.

Dreams involving immobility and a sense of great pressure upon one's chest very often arise from the influence of stress and fear in one's life. Thus the message "Keep your faith" is an admonition to not lose faith in yourself or in the belief that conditions will improve as they have always done. I hope this helps.