Had a rude wake up call today morning. It was neither the phone, nor the alarm. it was a dream. A crazy one at that. I am not going to go into the details of it coz I hardly remember it myself, besides my intention to write this blog is to keep you folks interested, not bore you out of your minds :)
People dream over 5 dreams every night, but remember very few of them. I didnt think much about dreams till I read “Interpretations of Dreams” by Frued. That really got me interested in dreams, and surprisingly, as I progressed into the book, I started remembering my dreams more and more clearly. The details were more accurate, and more vivid. Frued says that dreams are basically tool of wish fulfillment. It seems true for most of the dreams that I had, including nightmares. Slowly I began interpreting my dreams. I must admit it was not easy, nor straight. But it was still a lot of fun doing it. I even got some distance with it, but eventually the sheer magnitude of the amount of information, argument and evidences described in the book overwhelmed me, I had to abandon it half way though. I simply couldnt go on.
The biggest benefit that I have received from the book is the ability to orchestrate my dreams, or rather to ensure that I dream about a particular topic/subject if I want to. It is called, incubating a dream. It is nothing more than taking the statement “Let me sleep on it”, literally! It is not very difficult actually. To incubate a dream, simply hold your question or problem clearly in mind as you prepare for sleep. Then ask (rather than command) yourself to have and clearly remember a dream which reveals the answer as either an insight, an actual experience, or both. It may not work for you the firs ttime around, or may be even after a week, but dont give it. Perserverence is the key. Trust me, you will get it.
Incidentally, the first time I made use of this technique was even before I read about dreams. I was in my XII std., there was one problem (I think it was math.. I forget which one) that I had been struggling with all day and I simply didnt seem to be able to find the solution. Exhausted I fell asleep on my table. That night, in my dream I was actually solving the problem, and in the dream I had actually solved it completely. When I woke up, the dream was so clear in my mind that I simply had to write down what I remembered and presto! the problem was solved!!I know it doesnt sound very believeable, but that’s what happened! I havent been able to repeat that performance, although I have tried… I have had some success, but not quite like the one I just wrote about.
With today’s dream, that interest in dream analysis has been rekindled. I gotta start digging around for more info on it. Net would be a good place to start. Been a while since I incubated dreams. It’s about time I got back into it. I am a little rusty now, but I’ll get there.
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