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Originally Posted by NfoJunkie
Very good points made by all, except Wolf's remark. There's no need for that, man, it's just rude and insulting & shows a lack of respect for others. I'd so much rather see you contribute something helpful or thought provoking to the conversation.
I'm far from knowing how it all works, but from what everyone has said so far, both examining the dream yourself AND getting input from someone else seems to go hand in hand. We've all had different experiences and thoughts, and because of it every one of us has a slightly or drastically different perspective than everyone else, and since dreams are composed of these experiences and thoughts, they're just as unique as we are. But dreams are often so "off the wall" & "out of character" (a place where anything is possible), it sometimes surprises me that my mind came up with such a thing & even though everything makes perfect sense while dreaming, it's a lot more confusing to understand from the conscious, involved side of the window. I DO feel that I'm more qualified & able to make more sense out of my own dreams than someone else that doesn't know or understand my perspective could. HOWEVER, like anyone that's ever lived, I'm blind or in denial of the things I haven't learned or resolved yet, the ways I might be deceiving myself, & how my flaws are obvious those around me. If I didn't know this about my self or otherwise wasn't making an effort to find and fix these flaws, dreams would probably be for me what they are for most... entertaining little movies in my head that sometimes are a little disturbing but for the most part, pretty fun. MUCH can be learned from personally examining our dreams, but there are some things that might also make perfect sense that we naturally wouldn't consider or the things we don't like thinking about that we might not recognize without someone or something else pointing it out. Thanks for your thoughts & another intriguing read.
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I hear what you're saying, and I think it depends on what one considers a dream to be. Some consider them self-induced plays put on by our subconscious as a result of psychological stresses. Therefore, they see dreams as little more than a way to identify those psychological stresses and thus deal with them.
I consider dreams to be messages that come to us when we inhabit our individual spirit planes. Any time we are not blinded by the pseudo-consciousness of this physical realm, we are conscious within our spiritual realm. And there, various messengers of the Divine attempt to guide us in ways that will either help us or harm us, advance us, or stagnate us. Thus, I look for the messages within the symbols of the dream.
07-10-2009, 08:26 PM
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