Joyful Dreaming
In ordinary dreaming people describe anxiety and fear among the most common emotions experienced. But in lucid dreams, one often achieves states of bliss, joy, and delight seemingly unattainable in wake life.
‘In My Own Little Corner’
Awake we can direct the dream with much better control and more easily. Cinderella is meek and obedient as she does the bidding of her stepmother and stepsisters, but in her little chair alone she fantasizes about an enchanted life.
Forgotten Dreams
“Where do forgotten dreams go?” J. Allan Hobson, Dream Life: An Experimental Memoir, pp. 175-176 Where Do Forgotten Dreams Go? They sleep in endless seas Dissolve into the orange gold horizon at dusk Rise with …
MLK’s Dream and Mine
On being link in liberty’s chain By Tzivia Gover Originally Published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette 11/08/2011 – 1:00am NORTHAMPTON – On a cool, crisp November night, my co-worker Anita Gallers and I stood in …
Exotic Terrain: No Passport Required (CV)
exotic |igˈzätik| adjective originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country • attractive or striking because colorful or out of the ordinary • of a kind not used for ordinary purposes or not ordinarily …
Lesson Learned: A New App for Dreamers (CV)
This week I’ve been participating in the International Association for the Study of Dreams cyber conference on Lucid Dreaming. I’ve been picking up fun tips and being introduced to profound new thoughts about dreaming there. …
Dream Crooner: Music in Dreams (CV)
I was woken up in the middle of the night to the sounds of a Frank Sinatra song playing in my bedroom … only to realize I was dreaming! I had to be: The bedroom …
Reading Dreams
When I was a little girl I sat up straight and serious in the sky blue armchair in the formal living room, with a floor-to-ceiling bookcase filled with novels, the World Book Encyclopedia and tomes …
Can a Dream Change Your Life? In a Word, Yes. (CV)
In the early dawn hours on a snowy February morning, I was shaken awake by a dream. When I went to sleep the night before in the dorm room I was sharing with a friend …
The Dream Chorus
Each life has its own mythology, its own grand journey and its own universe of symbols and constellation of meaning. Dreams, according to Joseph Campbell and others, provide a personal mythology for each individual, just …