As we work on our dreams and grow awareness of our inner Selves, so too does our awareness grow of our connection to other things. On one level, we may begin to notice more synchronicity in our lives, on other levels, we may simply feel more in tune with nature, with animals, plants, the seasons …
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When we have sacred dreams about animals, it is worth looking beyond the symbolic to consider how these creatures may have a special spiritual or some other special personal message for us. For example, when we dream of wolves, it easy to fall into the trap of thinking these creatures are "bad" or scary as …
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I recently read this great article by Anthony Zappia on the essential oils we can use to aid sleep and relaxation without the negative side effects of sleep medications. This is especially useful for dream workers, as many pharmaceutical sleeping products anti-cholinergics which suppress REM sleep and can reduce dreaming and/or dream recall. Anthony suggests …
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"Last night I was working through an article on information by design by Edward Tufte. Tufte is an American statistician and professor, educated at Yale, who has revolutionized the field of information design. The article I was reading, “The Cognitive Style of Power Point: Pitching Out Corrupts Within” makes the case that Power Point, as …
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What to Remember When Waking --by David Whyte (Dec 30, 2013) Listen To Reading! In that first hardly noticed moment in which you wake, coming back to this life from the other more secret, moveable and frighteningly honest world where everything began, there is a small opening into the new day which closes the moment …
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Leave The Island: A Dreampoem DREAM It's time to leave my friend on the island and embark the ferry back to the mainland. I drive on in the middle lane, stopping abruptly when signaled by the traffic director. “You need to be in that lane by the window. Make a U-Turn, drive to the end …
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Advent Calender Day 23: Feast or Banquet Welcome to the twenty third day of the Dream Well advent calendar! Today I am writing about a feast or banquet, to dream of a table laden with food and drink, or of eating and celebrating with an abundance of food. I have already written about food in …
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Advent Calender Day 22: Pregnant! Welcome to the twentysecond day of the Dream Well advent calender! Today I am writing about a concept that can be delighting, concerning or downright bewildering when it appears on dreams - when we dream of ourselves or someone else being pregnant. To dream of being pregnant can be a …
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Advent Calender Day 20: Bird in a Cage Welcome to the twentieth day of the Dream Well advent calender! Today I am writing about quite a specific symbol, that of a bird in a cage. This symbol contains two other symbols, the bird and cage itself, but the two combine to create a meaning all …
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Advent Calender Day 18: Fish Welcome to the eighteenth day of the Dream Well advent calender! Today I am writing in response to a question I received about fish in dreams. Of course, we cannot write about fish symbolism without looking at it's extreme importance in Christianity. The fish is beleived to have become a …
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