enjoyable is too simple dreams of enemy=victory laughing man=quarrels commit murder=good health wealth=poverty
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jr_...@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shukra69" <shukra69@> wrote: > > > > so then thats why some consider it a good test of a new gem to judge by the > > dreams you get when you put it on , that is telling you how it affects the > > 9th (also luck > > > > This is true. Dreams are good indicators of things to come. If the dreams > are enjoyable then the near future should be good as well. For example, if > you dream of someone just before you wake up, there's a good chance you will > meet this person during the same day. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jr_esq@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't see the analogy breaking down but our OS can, the > > > > > two interact more in the human body than in the computer. > > > > > We have the feedback system of the fight/flight response > > > > > for instance so we can be scared of things that aren't real > > > > > and it'll be the same as if they were. > > > > > > > > > > If you don't take the analogy that far and think of some- > > > > > thing like the TM explanation of mental activity, it doesn't > > > > > have any actual parallel in the mind but we accept it as a > > > > > good explanation regardless. It's a software option that > > > > > thinks it knows how the machine that supports it functions > > > > > but doesn't really and it doesn't affect *how* the machine > > > > > runs because it's job is just - in the case of consciousness > > > > > - to allow the creation of metaphors and patterns out of > > > > > those metaphors, which is what all our thoughts are. > > > > > > > > > > The job of science here is to let us know which of the maps > > > > > we create corresponds to what's actually happening. > > > > > > > > I'm very dubious that we can make a definitive > > > > distinction between creating patterns out of > > > > metaphors, on the one hand, and knowing what's > > > > "actually happening," on the other. How do we > > > > know our notions of what's actually happening > > > > aren't really just more of those same metaphors > > > > and patterns? There's no such thing as pure > > > > information--there's always an interpretation > > > > involved, always some pattern-making. > > > > > > FWIW, in jyotish, dreams are part of the field of higher knowledge, the > > > 9th house. Dreams are considered the work activity during our sleeping > > > conscious, just as our careers/professions are the activities during our > > > waking consciousness. As such, these dreams are influenced by the > > > planets that are placed in the 9th house at birth or are transiting the > > > house at the present time. For example, a benefic planet like Jupiter, a > > > significator of a biped, would cause dreams to be about a person or > > > people. > > > > > >
