Dreaming of you ...

[Sojourner]

[quote name='hot stuff' date='Nov 15 2005, 03:41 PM']You're kinda cranky without your twinkie
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I guess I am a little cranky, sorry. I need chocolate.

[Jaime]

[quote name='Sojourner' date='Nov 15 2005, 03:45 PM']I guess I am a little cranky, sorry. I need chocolate.
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I was teasing hon! That's why I added the smilie thingy

[Sojourner]

[quote name='hot stuff' date='Nov 15 2005, 03:46 PM']I was teasing hon! That's why I added the smilie thingy
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Ah, I didn't see the smilie thingie until too late ... but I am still a little cranky and do need chocolate.

[jezic]

hmm... though would that apply to most people? (in regards to your reply to my previous post)

There are things in psychology that can be true for almost anything because they are ambiguous. I do not discount your friend, nor seek to undermine the reality of what is happening. But at the heart of the matter, this is guesses about what goes on. THere are as many theories as there are people who study dreams.

It very well might be that they really do mean something. We find this tradition in many other cultures outside of our own. While this is good, i would just take thigns with a grain of salt, especially when they spur action.

[Sojourner]

[quote name='jezic' date='Nov 15 2005, 04:04 PM']hmm... though would that apply to most people? (in regards to your reply to my previous post)

There are things in psychology that can be true for almost anything because they are ambiguous. I do not discount your friend, nor seek to undermine the reality of what is happening. But at the heart of the matter, this is guesses about what goes on. THere are as many theories as there are people who study dreams.

It very well might be that they really do mean something. We find this tradition in many other cultures outside of our own. While this is good, i would just take thigns with a grain of salt, especially when they spur action.
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I have no idea about the general applicability. I can only speak for my own experience. I don't think all dreams are meaningful. I don't remember most of mine. But those I do remember tend to stick with me for years afterwards, and in all honesty some have helped me deepen in faith.

I agree that my friend's interpretations are guesses ... but, she knows me quite well and she's studied various dream meaning theories, so they're at least informed guesses.

And my dreams generally don't directly spur action.

[franciscanheart]

there is one dream i remember vividly but i have yet to find the meaning in it...

[Lil Red]

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i've had that happen too, very freaky.

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yes!

[quote name='hugheyforlife' date='Nov 15 2005, 12:31 PM']very. and sometimes you sit there and youre watching/listening to things unfold around you and youre like okay if this happens next then this is definitely that dream i had like four years ago or whatever.... and it happens and youre like

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yes! it's kinda scary, actually.

[BC4Life]

sometimes i think i have dreams that do have a spiritual meaning.

i usually have dreams that are so happy, that i actaully get really sad when i wake up from them lol

[Socrates]

Dreams are basically just static feedback from the brain. They reflect waking events, thoughts, and feelings, but generally don't have much deep significance. At least mine don't. It's essentially garbage in, garbage out.


God may occasionally speak in to people in dreams, but these are more like visions, and from what I understand seem quite different from our ordinary night-to-night dreams.
I don't think most people's dreams should be interpreted as omens or "messages from God."
I think people should generally not put much stock in their dreams one way or another.

And I believe "dream interpretation" is silly nonsense. It has no more credibility than astrology and horoscopes. Dream interpretation is silly pop psychobabble at best and is sinful and dangerous superstition at worst.

Note the vague, somewhat flattering fortune-cookie tones of the "interpretation" of Sojourner's dream. One can find nice and pretty "meanings" or "symbolism" to any dreams. I would guess that the "meaning" is probably less poetic, but more literal and mundane - merely that she has an interest at some level in getting a new home.

[Socrates]

[quote name='hot stuff' date='Nov 15 2005, 03:35 PM']I had a dream once that I was Batman.
I wonder what that one meant?
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I dreamed that I was Batman at least once - though the last time I don't think I ever actually got around to doing the bat thing; I was too busy living it up as Bruce Wayne - living in a mansion, having a butler, and dating hot babes. LOL

I dunno -maybe my avatar's getting to me.

[photosynthesis]

[quote name='Socrates' date='Nov 15 2005, 06:55 PM']Dreams are basically just static feedback from the brain.  They reflect waking events, thoughts, and feelings, but generally don't have much deep significance.  At least mine don't.  It's essentially garbage in, garbage out.
God may occasionally speak in to people in dreams, but these are more like visions, and from what I understand seem quite different from our ordinary night-to-night dreams.
I don't think most people's dreams should be interpreted as omens or "messages from God."
I think people should generally not put much stock in their dreams one way or another.

And I believe "dream interpretation" is silly nonsense.  It has no more credibility than astrology and horoscopes.  Dream interpretation is silly pop psychobabble at best  and is sinful and dangerous superstition at worst.

Note the vague, somewhat flattering fortune-cookie tones of the "interpretation" of Sojourner's dream.  One can find nice and pretty "meanings" or "symbolism" to any dreams.  I would guess that the "meaning" is probably less poetic, but more literal and mundane - merely that she has an interest at some level in getting a new home.
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I agree with Socrates here. What most people think of as dream interpretation is just a new age stuff. Every time I try to interpret one of my dreams as God speaking to me, I usually end up being wrong

[Sojourner]

I realize that the edited version of my friend's interpretation was fairly innocuos -- I took out quite a bit of more personal stuff.

I agree that dream interpretation from a source that doesn't know you well is an iffy proposition. But from someone who knows you well, it can be helpful to try to sort out the imagery your mind comes up with. I don't think my dreams are necessarily "messages from God" but I do think they can be a means of emotional processing, and it's helpful to understand what's going on. I actually started talking to my friend about dreams after having a series of nightmares .... as we talked about them and the possible meanings the imagery could have, I realized what it was that I wasn't dealing with that was coming out in my dreams. It was actually very helpful.

[scardella]

Interesting...