John, have you ever considered shortening your replies to THE CORRECTOR-approved one-liner, "Only my view is right; yours is wrong?" :-)
You'd be saying the same thing, but more effic- iently. "Do less, accomplish more." --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jr_...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jr_esq@> wrote: > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > I think this is an example of one of our mind's cognitive > > > pitfalls called "shaping." We tend to remember things that > > > fit patterns and forget those that do not. > > > > It's also a view shaped by what I call "slacker > > spirituality," one that sees dreams as a passive > > experience that "happens" to you, not as another > > state of consciousness that you have as much > > control over as you do the waking state. > > > > I practiced Tibetan dream yoga for many years, and > > gained somewhat of a facility with "lucid dreaming," > > or "waking up in the dream." Once you do that you > > are no longer merely a passive viewer of the dream, > > but a fully interactive participant in it. Don't > > like the circumstances of the current dream you > > find yourself in? Just change it. Poof! You're in > > another setting among more sympatico dream-mates. > > > > Personally I have as little respect for John's > > "dreams as prognosticators" as I do for Western > > science's or Maharishi's "dreams as stress release," > > but that's because I get to *participate* in my > > dreams in ways that they do not seem able to do. > > There are meanings of your dreams even if you change them or actively > participate in them while its occurring. It is apparent that you are not > understanding the metaphors and the symbolisms that your dreams are > presenting to you. If you analyze your dreams they may be actually telling > you something that you are not aware of. > > > The above (about dream yoga) said, I agree completely. > > I do not and have never viewed dreams as a mechanism > > for prognostication, and hopefully never will. They are > > for me merely another state of consciousness in which > > to practice mindfulness. > > Your dreams may not be prognosticate for you because you fail to understand > the metaphors and symbolisms being conveyed. > > > Last night I tired of the somewhat boring dream I was > > having and decided to "spice it up" and willed that I > > was at a dinner party with more interesting fellow > > dream-beings. Poof! I was in Windows On The World > > (which no longer exists but for me is still a cool > > place because I had many memorable conversations there), > > sitting at a dinner table overlooking New York City > > with a number of cool people. We had a really cool > > conversation. Some of the conversationalists are still > > living, some are not. If John's theory were correct, > > I should have run into Basho and the Sixth Dalai Lama > > and Oscar Wilde on the street today. > > These people that appeared to you may be symbols in your life. They could > represent your ideals. If you ignore their meanings, then you are not > realizing the potential that are available to you.
