On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 11:57 AM, James Bowery <jabow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The dream state is cognition deprived of kinesthetic and visual sensory > inputs -- inputs which are imputed via confabulation. Other sensory inputs > are still available and that is why you will frequently wake up to a sound > which you were incorporating into your dream in some way. The urge to > urinate is, like the sound that wakes you, sensory input that is available > to your dreams. > > "Dream interpretation" like that which we read from H Veeder is, shall we > say, exaggerated. > > True, but the act of urinating into a communal reservoir as well as the reaction could both have symbolic overtones similar to those found in dream interpretation. Harry > On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 11:34 PM, H Veeder <hveeder...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> from >> >> http://dreammoods.com/cgibin/dreamdictionarysearch.pl?method=exact&header=dreamsymbol&search=urination >> >> *Urination * >> To see urine in your dream represents the feelings you have rejected. >> Alternatively, the dream may be a pun on your "pissy" attitude. >> >> To dream that you are urinating symbolizes a cleansing and a release of >> negative or repressed emotions. Depending on your dream context, urination >> is symbolic of having or lacking basic control of your life. You are >> literally "pissed off" and not expressing yourself in a positive or >> constructive manner. >> >> To dream that you are urinating in public symbolizes a lack of privacy in >> some personal matter. Alternatively, the dream means that you are trying to >> establish your boundary and "mark your territory." >> >> To dream that someone is urinating on you means that you are feeling the >> emotional burden of this person. They are dumping all their feelings on >> you. Alternatively, the dream symbolizes your lacking sense of self-worth. >> If you dream that you accidentally urinated on yourself or wet your pants, >> then it implies that you are on the verge of an emotional outburst. You are >> desperate to release all the feelings that you have kept bottled up inside >> of you. >> >> >> harry >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 6:33 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> A recent news item: >>> >>> http://time.com/66459/portland-reservoir-pee/ >>> >>> "Portland Dumps 38 Million Gallons of Water After Man Pees in Reservoir >>> >>> April 17, 2014 >>> >>> The city plans to dump 38 million gallons of water after authorities say >>> a 19-year-old urinated in a large, uncovered reservoir during an early >>> morning jaunt with two other friends, even though the contamination likely >>> poses little risk . . ." >>> >>> "Little risk" is incorrect. This poses absolutely no risk. Birds and >>> other animals defecate into reservoirs at a far higher rate than this. >>> >>> This is an example of the kind of unscientific thinking that has dogged >>> society in recent years. I say it is OFF TOPIC in the title, but it is >>> actually somewhat on topic. Some of the resistance to cold fusion comes >>> from this kind of anti-science attitude. >>> >>> Here is a comment about this I wrote on Slate: >>> >>> >>> This is an example of unscientific, irrational thinking. This is same >>> kind of nonsense that causes people to doubt the efficacy of vaccinations. >>> The city of Portland should resist doing this because it is not scientific >>> and there is absolutely no technical or medical justification for it. >>> Officials who understand science should not give in to mass hysteria based >>> on ignorance. That is a dangerous thing to do. In this case it merely >>> wastes water, energy and money. In other cases it may endanger the public. >>> >>> Irrational fears cause decision makers to put far too much emphasis on >>> some preventive measures, which means they do not have the resources to >>> deal with other measures that would do more good. >>> >>> >>> - Jed >>> >>> >> >
