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From: ljz57640@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Laura0003 )
Subject: Dreams about snow
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 02:01:55 GMT

For about the past 2 weeks or so, just about every oene of the dreams that I've
had have been about snow in one way or another.  Usually it will be snowing,
or there will be snow on the ground, or something like that.  I can't seem to
figure out why, though.  Does anyone here know anything about the interpret-
ation of dreams and what snow could mean in a dream?  This has been happening
every night for about 2 weeks, like I said before.

Thanks!

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From: ksdavis@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Karleenus Schwartz Davis)
Newsgroups: alt.dreams
Subject: Re: The dream that won't die. . .
Date: 11 Oct 92 22:32:11 GMT
Organization: Indiana University


>(Karleenus Schwartz Davis) writes...
>
>>At some point in the dream, I am faced with the enemy:
>>always a crazed-killer type, preparing to kill either me
>>or a member of my dream family.  I grab the handiest
>>instrument of death, *always* a bludgeoning weapon (last
>>night it was a baseball bat), and start beating the hell
>>out of this guy, right over the head.

0695cs14@uhdvx3.dt.uh.edu (Silicon Vulture) writes:

>Do you never have anything but a bludgeoning weapon at hand,
>or is it your personal preference?

Actually, I guess it sort of just materializes in my hand.
Right now, I can't remember ever having seen any choice. . .

I had a little aha experience this afternoon when I was reading
an email message from WhiteFeather (thank you, by the way).
I think I know what this guy might represent -- something in 
my life (personal, sorry guys) that needs changing but that
I'm not consciously admitting is amiss.  Maybe.  Gonna think
on this one some more.

The jist of WhiteFeather's advice (please bludgeon me if this
is inappropriate to reveal) was that it is probably something
on *this* side of sleep that needs to be taken care of, and that
I'd do well to search for the answer while I'm awake rather
than interfering with the flow of what my unconscious is
telling me (ie, the dream).  That's what I was thinking in the
first place -- that I wouldn't be able to find out from HIM 
who or what he represents, but I needed some kind of catalyst
to open up my conscious mind to the problem.

On the topic of writing out your dreams (what you can remember 
of them, that is) -- I didn't understand what my recurring
nightmare with the shrinking/growing stuff was about until
I tried to put it into words to tell you all here in alt.dreams.
Then something that was a mystery to me for nineteen years
suddenly was clear as a bell.  So, if you really need to know
what something is about (this works for emotions and other
real-life pain and problems) WRITE IT DOWN.  Amazing catalyst.

-sz  (must be in a rambling mood today. . .)
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From: mtymp15@staff.tc.umn.edu (David Hutton)
Subject: My dream world
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 03:01:09 GMT

I don't know if this is common, but here goes:

SOme of my dreams take place in a world that is very strange, but always the
same.  For instance, I have had many dreams on one "set" which is a wierd
lake that has a bridge crossing over it.  I say "set" because it seems kindof
like a movie set, in that the plot and characters change, but it is in the
same place every time.

Trying to put dreams into words is near impossible, but I assure you that
this world is wonderful!  I can fly and swim under water (although not
when I desire to do so - yet).  


Anyone else have "sets"?


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From: philip@labtam.labtam.oz.au (Philip Stephens)
Subject: Re: Multiple Dream; Please Interpret.
Organization: Labtam Australia Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Australia
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 06:08:07 GMT

crlstu1@bnrca (Rob Borcic) writes:

>I have a question, does anyone else out there have non-linear dreams? 
>I have dreams in which it appears that I am having several dreams at 
>once, but they all interact somehow.  I have tried to have linear dreams,
>but I never seem to get the hang of it.  

  Yes, I've had the occassional non-linear dream, but nothing quite as complex
and intertwining as what you drew for us here!  I mean, wow, that's what I call
simultaneous dreaming!  I'm amazed you even managed to get all of the
connections worked out, but I guess if non-linear dreaming is the norm for you
then you've had a bit of practice in writing it down.  I particular liked how
all the dreams merged into one before you woke up.
  Just in case anyone is interested, the last non-linear dream I remember
involved watching a TV show *and* participating in it as well.  The funny thing
was, the "me" that was watching the TV show could get up and go to the kitchen
whilst the TV show "me" kept on having his adventure.  When I woke up I
couldn't quite work out how the two experiences played out in linear time, so I
had to consider the possibility that I was having two dreams simultaneously,
but intertwined rather than seperate.  It was weird...

>That is the way I remember the dream, (it could have been seven different 
>dreams but I was only asleep for 2 and a half hours.  It seems that these
>dreams are all connected, but I can't figure out who the face at the end is.
>At first I thought that it could be me, but that explaination did not fit
>with the rest of the dreams.

  Umm...you want us to try and interpret the dream sequence for you?  That
might take some doing!
 
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From: rcrane@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (Robert Crane - OTHER)
Subject: Re: obes vs. lucid dreams
Organization: Washington State University!
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 92 05:01:25 GMT

The only difference between OBEs and lucid dreams is that in
an OBE the person THINKS he/she is having an OBE and in a lucid
dream the person THINKS he/she is having a dream.
In my experience, OBEs do NOT correspond with reality
but with our mental model of reality.
-- 
-bob crane
rcrane@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu
"Ah Limbo!"
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From: ksdavis@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Karleenus Schwartz Davis)
Subject: The dream that won't die. . .
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 01:29:49 GMT

In almost every one of my dreams in which I'm an actual
participant rather than observing myself, there is an 
extremely disturbing element:

I'm always dreaming of some complicated scenario through
which I feel a pervading sense of unease, almost fear.
It's as though every other character in my dream *knows*
there is something to fear, and that this threat has been
a part of their lives for a long time, but no one talks 
about it.  

At some point in the dream, I am faced with the enemy:
always a crazed-killer type, preparing to kill either me
or a member of my dream family.  I grab the handiest
instrument of death, *always* a bludgeoning weapon (last
night it was a baseball bat), and start beating the hell
out of this guy, right over the head.

He never dies.  I can tell I've broken his nose, cracked
his skull, and frankly, I'm about to retch, but he just
keeps brandishing his weapon (*always* a knifelike weapon)
and advancing, grinning evilly.  He never actually attacks 
me back, even as I bash his brains in, but he scares the
hell out of me.

At this point, when I can *tell* he can't be a real person
(because real people fall down and whimper when you beat 
them over the head with a baseball bat), the dream fades
and I return the dreamless sleep.

Any thoughts on how I can kill this guy?  As soon as it
turns into a lucid dream, I lose it, so can't just warp the
reality of the dream at will.  I must remain "unconscious".

-sz  (Apparently not cool enough to bludgeon someone to death.)
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From: gj156879@prince.carleton.ca ( gj student 156879)
Subject: external influences while you sleep
Organization: Carleton University
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 02:43:55 GMT

Once I fell asleep with the radio on.  In my dream, I was standing
next to a police car, listening to their radio (which was playing
exactly what the radio was playing in my room as I slept).  One of
the police officers was holding a bunch of envelopes, and I examined
them.  Not much more to it, I woke up.
 
I've also had a prof in psychology talk about having a dream where he
was listening to an orchestra, and there was one bad note reoccuring
every few seconds.  It turned out that there was a cricket in his
room.
 
Then of course, there's the matter of hearing things while asleep and
registering them somewhere, remembering it, but not knowing where it
came from.  My only example of this is sleeping with the radio on, and
waking up suddenly knowing the word "mongoloid", and not knowing what
it meant, but liking the way it sounded.  It turns out (I think) that
the song "Mongoloid" by DEVO was played while I slept.  I'm a fan of
that band (or was) and I suspect hearing the song where they repeat
that word 80 billion times, it must have registered somewhere...
 
                                                  Nik

Newsgroups: alt.dreams
From: flagg@blind-lemon.cs.unlv.edu (Scott Cunningham)
Subject: Dream sleep and claustraphobia
Organization: UNLV
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 16:44:39 GMT

	I have had two reoccuring dreams which have bothered me to the point of  
becoming a willing insomniac.

	In one I am in a dangerous or potentialy embarrasing situation but in  
the dream I am exhausted and can't keep my eyes open long enough to take  
control (each time it is a different situation but the situations seem to  
revolve around my living conditions, eg. while in the military they were  
military based, while in school they were school based)  The dream usually  
continues for what seems like hours.

	The second is more abstract, in the dream I feel awake and in the  
surroundings I fell asleep in but I cannot move (usually it seems that the  
blankets and/or sheets weigh thousands of pounds, thus pinning me to the bed)  
then in the dream half of the room I am in is suddenly filled in (as if by a  
huge block filling half of the room, though it is usually more abstract) then  
half of the remaining space is filled in, finally within three or four  
occurances of these fillings I am crushed by the "block" and wake up.  Usually  
I cannot shake the claustraphobic sensation upon waking for up to a half hour.   
I am not usually claustrophobic, only in my dreams.

	Any clues, advice, help?  I have been able to take control of my dreams  
before but both of these seem to preclude that.  The first I cannot think  
"Lucidly" enough due to falling asleep.  The second is much too quick and the  
effects hard to shake once I wake.

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From: 0695cs14@uhdvx3.dt.uh.edu (Silicon Vulture)
Subject: Re: ...
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41A   
Organization: University of Houston-Downtown
X-Lunar-Date: 2 days, 2 hours, 38 minutes since the first quarter of the moon
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 00:36:00 GMT

In article <1992Oct5.154051.11966@hubcap.clemson.edu>,
safrin@hubcap.clemson.edu (steven b afrin) writes...

>Tell me, do ALL dreams have to mean something about my subconscious
>mind?  Do I have to interpret all of them?  Or can some dreams maybe
>just be an escape from reality?  A simple fun-loving, self-indulging
>fantasy?  Maybe?

I think everything you dream can tell you something about your
sub-concious mind, but interpreting the dream may not be the way
to get the right information.  Personally I don't think the dream
itself is the key.  When I help someone on alt.dreams interpret
their dream, I don't know what they dreamed.  I just know what
they thought were the most relevant parts of their dream.  What
the person thinks is an important detail tells a lot about their
sub-concious.

It's sort of like reading tarot cards.  The cards have no power
or insight of their own (IMNSHO).  They just offer another way to
look at a problem.

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      Existance is but an illusion."

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From: c8841288@cc.newcastle.edu.au (CHRISTINA THE BIMBO)
Subject: Re: deja vu?
Organization: University of Newcastle, AUSTRALIA
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 08:00:52 GMT

In article <1992Sep30.125227.11411@muppet.bt.co.uk>, bart@muppet.bt.co.uk (Tim) writes:
> I heard once that deja vu (surprisingly or not) is triggered solely by
> SMELL and olfactory senses. 
> 
> Maybe that helps. Or not
> 
> Tim
> ---

That's very interesting .....

Sometimes I'll be hanging around, and I'll catch a whif a certain perfume
or some other nice smell, and my mind will spin for a second (or perhaps
longer), as if hit by a ton of bricks. But it a nice sensation.  :-)
Finding the words to descsribe it is difficult, but I'm sure some poeple
know what I mean.

Perhaps this is some kind of olfactory deja vu.

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From: gj156879@prince.carleton.ca ( gj student 156879)
Subject: Re: The killer dream dude.
Organization: Carleton University
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 20:03:50 GMT


>You don't have to be asleep and dreaming to ask this
>person questions. When trying to understand a dream, I
>often find it valuable to act out the role of the
>significant characters (or things) in the dream. That
>is, to take on the role of the character in a sort of
>method acting way and get the character to explain
>him/her self via a dramatic monologue.

I believe this is the Gestalt method of dream therapy.  It's always
held a great appeal for me, since it takes the attitude that
EVERYTHING in a dream is you.  The landscape, other people, buildings,
EVERYTHING is you.  I've read passages where people are acting out
roles of being a PATH they walked on, going something like:
 
"I am a path and I am depended on and I lead the way because it is
expected of me and..."  etc.
 
Very revealing stuff, and definitely a great way of figuring out where
your dreams are coming from.


Newsgroups: alt.dreams
From: guy@mais.hydro.qc.ca (Guy Harel)
Subject: Water imagery
Organization: Hydro-Quebec, Montreal, Canada
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 20:57:35 GMT

What's the reputed significance of a sea shore representation in a dream?
The main focus of the dream imagery was on the regular and strong wave 
movements, the rich green color of the water, the noise and the wind, and
the general comfort of being there.

I remember that Jung talked of still water as a representation of our own
unconscious, but dont remember what can be said about 'animated' water.

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Newsgroups: alt.dreams
Date: Wed,  7 Oct 1992 20:07:46 -0400 
From: "Bartley R. Troyan" <bt26+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Dreamlight

Well how do I get one of these DreamLight gadgets???
Bart
From: v005r7um@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Katrina S Lustofin)
Newsgroups: alt.dreams
Subject: Re: Lucid Dreaming - What Is It?
Date: 11 Oct 92 20:46:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <1aqvqpINNljd@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>, lestat@cats.ucsc.edu (Lestat de Lioncourt) writes...
> 
> 
>But anyways, I have been able to control my dreams completely since 
>I was about 6 years old, and can still do it. I refined the ability
>to the point where in the bottom of the 'screen' for lack of a better term
>or the visual that i see, at the bottom is a control box. In it are
>digital displays, including elapsed time and such. I can at will stop
>a dream and replay it, edit it if i am unhappy, or even erase it and
>start over. I can on the fly switch the entire dream to something else
>and this is easy.... would this be considered lucid dreaming?

When I was younger, I too, could control my dreams in a somewhat similiar
fashion.  I was only about three or four and I believed that my ears (don't
laugh) were channel changers for my dreams.  One result of this was falling 
asleep with my hands by my head, the other was that I could leave a scary dream
easily.  I always by an elevator that took me to the next dream, though I am not
sure why.  Anyway, I lost the ability shortly after entering grade school, when
I was told by well-meaning adults that one cannot control ones dreams.
	I have since regained some control, enough to keep my dreams from 
becoming nightmares, but not enough to be lucid.  Has anyone else had this 
control and lost it?
From: zlsiida@fs1.mcc.ac.uk (dave budd)
Newsgroups: alt.dreams
Subject: Re: dreams etc. (help!)
Date: 8 Oct 92 15:50:52 GMT
Organization: Manchester Computing Centre

In article <1992Oct7.113028.1@opie.bgsu.edu> tb205cs@opie.bgsu.edu writes:

>Hi my name is mike, every dream i remember comes true.  I have been having

Please dream about English soccer matches to be played on October 17th and 
let me know before October 15th which ones are draws but not 0-0 draws.
Any Saturday would do actually as long as I get the data >2 days in advance, 
to get the bets on.

Alternatively, any winners of future horse races would be nice.

Cheers!


              Have another day    [Armageddon, the musical] 
  Dave Budd, MCC, Oxford Rd, Manchester, England   (44|0)61-275-6033  
Newsgroups: alt.dreams
From: angelai@wam.umd.edu (Angela I.)
Subject: Re: A new Experiment
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 00:01:50 GMT

In article <Bw32FC.EnD@andy.bgsu.edu> (Christopher Seta) writes:
>Greg, 
>    What should I do if I try your fore arm experiment and my arm falls on
>my face and breaks my nose?  Or what should I do if I poke an eye out with
>my fingernail?  Or I really hope my finger doesn't accidently slip up my
>nose!  What should I do - pad my my hand to prevent any serious injuries? 
>Please help with this terrible dilemma.
                                             
Actually, I have done this experiment many times, and the above never
happens...  Here is the solution:  Only raise your arm from the elbow...
If your arm is at your side, there's only a small (safe) zone where 
your forearm can fall, and it will generally fall forward, and it is
enough motion to wake you up.
Newsgroups: alt.dreams
From: ae815@yfn.ysu.edu (Marc Queen)
Subject: statistics
Organization: Youngstown State University/Youngstown Free-Net
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 18:47:17 GMT


hey everybody!  save me the trouble, if you can...
i would like to find out the results of any studies on the
incidence of dreams with "hearing" "feeling" "in color" "taste"
etc etc     have there been any "scientific" or statistical
studies on these subjects

in other words, how many people have dreams in color (and remember)
how many have reported tasting or smelling in dreams, say...out of 100
people.

elvy
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From: jorngh@dhhalden.no (JORN GUNNAR HALONEN)
Subject: Re: Perception of Reality after Dreaming.
Organization: Ostfold College
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 10:02:18 GMT

In article <1992Oct12.163312.25193@ncmicro.lonestar.org> ltf@ncmicro.lonestar.org (Lance Franklin) writes:
>Here's a question for the general public here on Alt.Dreams.   How many
>of you have had a persistant change in your perception of some aspect
>of reality after waking up after a dream, even if you do not have
>a clear memory of the dream that caused the change.

[experience deleted]

>Is this occurrance, that is, waking from a dream with one's perception
>of reality modified, common?

I think so, I've experienced it several times although it only lasts a
few minutes into consciousness. One time I dreamt that a friend and I
plotted a murder, and just after we had finnished off the victim I woke
up into reality.

For a few minutes I really couldn't distinguish between reality and what
I just had dreamt, leaving me with a terrible sense of guilt and a fear
of what might come next. (What I think made the experience so real was
that I convinced myself during the dream that it was _not_ a dream)

This is the most extreme example I've had, but haven't everyone dreamt at
least once that they had *everything*, only to awake to nothing ? ;) 

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*JORN* (email : jorngh@sofus.dhhalden.no)
From: ltf@ncmicro.lonestar.org (Lance Franklin)
Newsgroups: alt.dreams
Subject: Perception of Reality after Dreaming.
Date: 12 Oct 92 16:33:12 GMT
Organization: NC Microproducts, Inc.

Here's a question for the general public here on Alt.Dreams.   How many
of you have had a persistant change in your perception of some aspect
of reality after waking up after a dream, even if you do not have
a clear memory of the dream that caused the change.

An example:  The other night, I awoke in the morning convinced that
I had heard that the a large portion of the Royal family of Great Britain
had been killed in some manner (bomb, I beleive).  I was not entirely
certain of this, but until I had watched the TV and checked the newspaper,
I could not rid myself of the feeling that this was not true.  Now,
I am aware that this is basically the plot of "King Ralph", a movie
I saw not long ago on TV (although I didn't see the beginning, where
the Royals actually get offed), and indeed, I remembered that the movie
had this theme, but I still felt it necessary to double-check with the
TV and papers, just to make sure it never happened.

Is this occurrance, that is, waking from a dream with one's perception
of reality modified, common?


Lance

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