 Spiritual: February 22, 2012 Issue [#4898] |
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This week: All I Have to Do is Dream Edited by: KimChi  
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Welcome to the Spiritual Newsletter. I'm Kimchi, your hostess this week.
This newsletter explores matters of the spirit; it's a place to talk about little concerns of the heart and the big questions of the soul. Feel free to add your comments, questions, and ideas for topics.
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All I Have to Do is Dream
Humans are not the only animals that dream, but we are the only ones who can dig through the day's rehashed events and crazy symbolism to find meaning, order, and knowledge. Thanks to scientists and psychoanalysts (Freud, Jung) we know our dreams are more than entertaining gibberish or superstitious nonsense. Dreams are absolutely essential for mental health, and without sleep one will slip into a waking dream of insanity.
The primitive Dogon tribe had the right idea--they spent hours each morning helping each other decode dreams. Picking through a hazy memory helps us know our own minds, how we process information, and how we truly feel about a situation. Fears, failures, and secret desires lurk just beneath the waking mind.
At night we crush the day's events and reassemble them into shapes that fit our mental categories. Dreams can bring to the conscious mind a hidden problem or a situation we're avoiding. We can soothe grief by visiting our loved ones. Dreams come to life with glowing symbols, overstuffed metaphors and electrical epiphanies to grab our attention. Often a simple object can spur a memory, but if, say, a dental chair doesn't register, be prepared the next night for a giant tooth giving chase through a forest of floss sticks.
While most dreams contain simple symbolism and inner conflicts, sometimes a dream comes from the body, not the mind. Anything from the lack of a certain mineral to heart disease can disrupt the chemical signals of the brain, causing nightmares or even night terrors, a clue it might be time to visit a doctor.
Awakening to a colorful memory often inspires stories and poems, and many artists swear the best ideas appear upon waking. Our sleeping holds parallel lives and fantasical worlds, fodder not just for creative writing but also for psychological and spiritual well-being.
We are told to never stop following our Dreams, in a metaphorical sense. In a literal sense, to follow a dream is to learn more about yourself.
I'd be lying if I said I kept a dream journal beside my bed. However, when life is hard I make an effort to tune into my dreams, to get enough rest each night, and to sit quietly for a few moments to catch part of the message my brain is trying to send. Sometimes I can lucid dream, or realize I'm dreaming, and change the direction or outcome. The most important part for me is the mood and how I feel about the situation. Dream dictionaries can be useful because they contain universal and cultural symbols, but my personal interpretation is the most important. I'm the one who dreamed it up; you'd think I could figure it out.
Sweet dreams!
For more information on symbolism common to writing and dreams, please see "Short Stories Newsletter (November 5, 2008)" . |
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"Sharon," he said again as he opened his arms. She rushed forward, however her legs were slow to respond, as if wading through heavy surf. It was happening again, the recurring dream of her and the mystery man.
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"Jared! C'mon, wake up you lazy thing!" Kim's voice called out from the kitchen. "I made your favorite for breakfast: blueberry pancakes!" She paused for a moment, waiting to hear a shuffle from the bedroom and see her fiancé scurry to the table half-dressed.
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When the dreamer dreams
The child awakens
And the world is new again.
I only think that I am awake
in this recurring dream in which
I live another full life.
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I have had lucid dreams before; you know the kind that seems to be real life.
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Dreams reveal the inner self
The joys and sorrows
The strengths and weaknesses
Illusions illuminate
Reflections reverberate
Spectral spider webs conceal
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