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I have recently watched a tv show on ancient egyptions and the way they view dreams. On this show they said that a man who dreams about drinking warm beer means there will be alot of suffering. They said that this comes from a book written in 427 B.C. Did they have beer that far back? If anyone can help with this then please feel free to post on my new message board.
Lucid
Dreaming
A lucid dream is a dream where you are aware that you are dreaming. It takes alot of practice to be able to produce a lucid dream. I personally have never done this, I have tried, but failed everytime so far. Lucid dreams can answer questions the dreamer may need in his/her waking life. If you have ever experienced lucid dreaming, please share your experience with us, and let us know if it actually helped you in your waking life.
Nightmares
Nightmares can take our breath away, make us wake up in a cold sweat, shaking as though something had just happened to us in our waking life. Only when we are fully awake, do we realize it was just a nightmare. What symbols stand out from these nightmares? Do they have any real meaning? Children usually have nightmares as a result of anxiety from a punishment, or if the child is ill, or even during traumatic changes in their lives, such as a divorce between their parents or a move to a different city. Children between the ages of 3 to 8 have something a little different called "night terrors". They wake up screaming and when asked what frightened them all they can usually remember is fragments of the nightmare. Earnest Hartmann, a psychoanalyst and author of "The Nightmare" says that night terrors can sometimes run in families, suggesting that it is inherited. Most adults grow out of the night terrors, but some don't. "Some adults with night terrors have been noted to have phobic or obsessional personalities." Nightmares in adults usually have hidden warnings about our waking life. For example, to dream of being stalked by a stranger outside your door and your attention goes to the door to see if it's locked, in waking life, you should check to make sure the lock is in good working condition or even go as far as to change the locks. It is said that you can overcome nightmares by confronting them. In a dream you are able to turn and face your attacker and tell him to leave and never come back. This is suppose to stop the nightmares of being stalked. It takes practice to do this, and touches on "lucid" dreaming.
Let's chat about your dreams, my dreams and find some answers to alot of different questions. Please post anything you want here. But please keep it clean, you never know when young eyes might be looking!
Dreams
and Dreamers
Dreams go back as far as time. Many men thought of dreams as predictions to the future, or of memories of past lives. There was a man named Edgar Cayce (1877-1945) who was nick-named the "Sleeping Prophet". He had the ability of dreaming about someone's illness, usually with astonishing accuracy, then recommending a treatment. These treatments were unheard of in his time. In the years since his death, his treatments have gained respect in the medical world. Cayce also believed that dreams had psychic contents. He once even dreamt of his own death. Another well-known dreamer was Carl Jung. He was born in the late 1800's. Carl Jung believed that dreaming was an ancient art, an art that needed to be rivived. Like Cayce, Jung also dreamt of his own death.
Remembering Dreams
Have you ever had a dream that was so vivid upon waking, but fades away throughout the day? The best way to remember your dreams is to have a "dream journal" next to your bed. After waking from a dream, without much movement, jot down your dream, trying to recall the strongest points of the dream, such as sounds, smells, settings, people, etc... Some people find it easier to use a tape recorder. Waking on your own (without an alarm clock) is one of the best ways to have dream recall. You should lie still, concentrating on the dream, even if it's only a small symbol from the dream, and the rest of the dream should unfold. Sometimes moving to your favorite sleeping position can help to trigger some fragment of the dream, which that fragment can help to open the rest of the dream up. You can also try "programming" your mind to remember your dreams even before falling asleep. While relaxing to fall asleep, Keep the thought of remembering your dreams throughout the night in your mind. Once you have done this and been successful, take it a step farther, try telling yourself to wake after each dream so that you can record it in your dream journal to study later in the day. Recalling and interpretating dreams takes alot of patience and practice so don't get discouraged!! Our dreaming minds have alot to offer to us in our "waking life".
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