Exploring Dreams [index]

 

Dreamus Aliveus – Growth and Awareness in the Dreamtime

A few posted articles about dreams and dreamwork-play:

Assumptions About Dreams

http://f13dna.blogspot.com/2012/02/some-assumptions-about-dreams-part-i.html

Approaching Our Dreams

http://f13dna.blogspot.com/2012/02/approaching-our-dreams-part-i.html

Nature and Purpose of Dreams 

http://f13dna.blogspot.com/2012/02/nature-and-purpose-of-dreams.html

Remembering Dreams

http://f13dna.blogspot.com/2012/03/remembering-dreams.html

Types of Dreams and ‘Pops’

http://f13dna.blogspot.com/2012/03/types-of-dreams-pops.html

3 Levels of Dreams

http://f13dna.blogspot.com/2012/03/levels-of-dreams.html

Exploring Dream Meanings
http://f13dna.blogspot.com/2012/03/exploring-dream-meanings.html

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Dream Example: "Splendor in the Grass"

 

 

Dreamtime: “Splendor in the Grass”

Intro:
Here is an example of a dream and some reflections to it. It is one way to protect onto the dream from our waking consciousness. One assumption I now have is that an aspect of our unconscious mind… our Higher Self… is trying its best to communicate something we are not seeing or of which we are not aware. Often as we experience fear in a dream, it can be a signal that the ego is trying to protect its domain and does not want the energy or awareness to enter consciousness. The extreme of this can be experienced as what we call a “nightmare.”

The  Dream:

I’m driving a large vehicle that is some type of mower and I am doing my best to mow down some tall grass and weeds around several big mature trees with huge trunks. I am having some difficulty maneuvering around the trunks and roots that are sticking out of the ground. Then finally the ‘mower’ gets stuck. I am off of the mower now and I notice that the wheels are still going around but the mower is not moving and is off the ground probably due to being lodged up on the protruding roots. Now I notice a long cord that is moving through the grass looking for a place to plug in as if it is powering the mowers. As I look at the plug end, it appears more like a snake’s head with its tongue going in and out like snakes do… and I am afraid it will bite me so I back out of the way.

Reflections:
In these days of retreat and reflection, I am trying to get eliminate and trim some unnecessary and unwanted extras… like weight, and habits that do not serve my overall wellness. There are some deeply rooted and longstanding patterns that these issues have grown up around. They could represent ingrained parental complexes in the psyche… they may represent a lot of growth in various areas in this life. Yet there is an issue with the roots or foundation and grounding of these areas tends to stick out and slow my intended task. The cord-snake to me represents kundalini or life energy that is trying to get plugged back in and yet a part of me back away and there is some fear. If I assume my higher Self and/or guides are trying to tell me something that I do not know in my conscious mind it seems to be:

“While you are doing your best to trim a few things, let go of the ego’s fear of the powerful life force and energy that is trying to plug in… allow the energy to rise from the ground through every energy center to cleanse, heal, and radiate each cell of the body, mind, emotions, sensations, and your total being. Open to the energy of Source from everywhere and let it fill each area and energy center from crown to ground… enlivening the roots and all that is in your being and body…. Every organ, synapse, cell, and fluid… Open to the kundalini spirit of life in all its aspects… welcome the cord-snake of spirit… here in this moment…”
Of course there are other projections we can share about this particular dream. If it were your dream, what might it mean to you? If you wish to share, you may do so by writing to John@sunhutch.com ... Here to you and to our dreamtime guides....
Love and light to all... John

Change is happening... [dream included]

Change happens.... and even at times when we know it is coming, the shift creates feelings of disorientation. We are reminded that, even as a new job has a bit of a learning curb, so life presents new circumstances which also are accompanied by the necessity to learn and shift accordingly.

Recently, I had a dream in which we were practicing soccer, or "football" as it is called in some parts of the globe. There was a difference. Instead of a regular soccer ball, the ball was shaped liked half a football with a flat side, like a rocket nose-cone. Each time it was kicked, it simply tumbled sporadically. It was obvious that it would take a bit of time to adjust to the new-fangled ball. Life had changed. We didn't ask for a new way to play soccer, but were presented with the new ball nonetheless.

We live in a time where Life is changing, again. Some of us have ideas about what the change is about, some do not. In some cases we see change as necessary and welcomed. Yet as it is happening, we find our skills and normal way of going about the "game" a bit challenging.

We really do not know for sure what is happening. Options are to let fear overtake us and remain somewhat paralyzed or reactive. Or we can deny change is happening. Or we can accept that sometimes change is happening and the transition brings some amount of chaos and confusion. Being on the transition bridge can be disorienting. The old "ball" has been replaced by something we are not quite used to. Perhaps a fog covers the bridge so, while we know we are in transition and left the familiar entrance to the bridge, the fog clouds any view of the new beginning.

I'm sure there are many options... perhaps an infinite number. I personally have had the experience that it is best to continue to respond to life as if it will be OK and that when we need to know, we will be guided appropriately. Life is much bigger than our viewpoint and beliefs... The infinite Source is Life and we really are mere co-creators. May our energy remain based in Love rather than fear.

Time Zero

May 6, 2012 Dream snippets

Last night I was presented with two snippets from the dreamtime...

#1: I am in a jet plane and I am viewing the land below as we are moving higher and higher...
#2: Now there is a rocket ready for launch and the countdown is continuing all the way down to zero...

Taken at a personal level, this indicates movement now going on to a higher 'plane' and the actual launch of a new adventure.

If we look at this from a collective perspective, I am both participating and observing this movement. It is what it is. There are no extreme feelings. There is no fear or anxiety or excitement... It just is what it is...  The first phase was a Jet that went to high places, and from there the launching was actually taking place... At the "zero" point of the countdown, I woke with a clear memory of the ride.

Now is always the zero point... "Time Zero" ... as yesterday fades into this moment, time disappears into Presence... into Being... into NOW...

Dreamtime: "Blueprints" - April 25, 2012

"Blueprints" - Dreamus Aliveus

Dream [April 25, 2012]:

I am in a large house or inn... and I am a manager ... I am expecting Lee to arrive while traveling... she arrives and is resting for the night... I continue to be active and watching some monitors... she gets up early and has to leave...

Later, Lee and I are at a construction site. I have a set of blueprints but am not sure if I am to be estimating the project or actually doing some work on it. When I ask who is doing the project, they tell me I am� or the company I am working for...

I thought Lee might own the house, but it seems she is friendly with the owners and may be living or staying there. The owners seem to be two women whom I have not met as yet. There is a large lake or larger body of water off to the left of the property. I was looking through the blueprints and showing Lee some things that would change... but I never got a full sense of the scope of the transition work to be done...

Later I am in the offices of the architects. I look out the window and see some remodeling is going on to the buildings across the street and mention that I used to work managing a millwork company and did reproduction work like that and mentioned how expensive it was. There were a group of males there discussing the project by the lake. I asked to have a 2nd set of blue prints so the workers would have one at the project site. It seems there was some hesitation about getting another set of prints.

It was mentioned that there were people there already starting to dismantle a bridge that needed to come down. There was also some talk of dark glasses and I was talking to a young guy I knew who was wearing glasses and I wondered if they were the transition lenses type and he said no, the dark glass referred to something else... I could not remember the name of the company I worked for, but it never came up. It was apparent that I had the blueprints and was in charge in some way of seeing that the project was completed.

Comments:
Managing inn... observing dynamics within psyche... monitoring dreams... expecting the anima figure soul-mate... always vigilant, even throughout the night...
Meeting with the plan designer team... Dark glass... seeing through a glass darkly now... will become clearer at the right time. Good to know there is a plan and I have a role to play... bridge coming down could refer to all will be one... no longer two 'sides' or different sides... Lee represents a feminine guide, perhaps the anima or soul-mate guide within... mystery feminine.. present yet elusive...

Construction site... transitioning... making changes... I am an active participant.... Not my house... have a key role to play... getting acquainted with team... exploring work to be done...

As I continue onward in this period of transition, it seems there is movement toward the new phase coming� I am working on something bigger than personal psyche... but then all is one mind of God in a sense, so it is all ours... hard not to think in terms of individual since we have individual forms we inhabit...

Continuing to receive requests for dream help from others... both known acquaintances and also new connections... continuing to receive requests for help understanding Cellgevity, questions on conflicted situations, and also general guidance during these times. Continuing in the dark in many ways, assuming light will dawn a new day of understanding and illumination...

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You are invited to share your dreamtime images and daytime �intuitive �pops�� I do appreciate the comments, questions, dreams, �pops� and guidance you are sharing�

May our Dreamtime messages enliven our waking moments... John

... and welcome to this Present Moment!
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John Hutchinson - Denver, Colorado, USA
Dreamus Aliveus & Fusion13 Blog: http://f13dna.blogspot.com
Sundance Center for Conscious Living Blog: www.sunhutch.com  

"Game-Changer" [Dream]

Dream:

I am on the golf course and trying to play golf... but the ball is not a ball but rather a kind of muddy like substance. I hit it but, as you might expect, it just comes apart. I try to put it back together, and hit it again, only to see it come apart again.

Now I notice that the pieces are moving a bit like small weasels or worms... parts are alive... I feel frustrated and then decide I can no longer play golf under these circumstances.

Comment:

The main feeling was one of frustration; which I have sensed the past few days.

As I sat quietly with the dream, I realized that the ball was not a solid object, but rather living pieces... alive with a life of their own. It dawned on me that the game was changing and I needed to let go of my old ways of seeing life and playing the "game." The "game" was changing or has changed and I was still holding on to an old view of what the "game" was about.

Life is no longer a simple cause and effect set of dynamics. The object was no longer a solid definable chunk, but rather a rather muddied substance that was full of life. No matter how hard I tried to make it into an object ...a hard golf ball... it remained a dynamic mix of living matter...

As much as we pay lip service to letting go of the old so the new can come forth, there is nothing like a frustrating 'golf game dream' to bring home the truth of reality! I have had a form of this frustrating golf dream for years and now it seems perhaps my wiser unconscious has finally gotten through to me... we'll see if the golf dream is gone... and if it returns, it seems the message will be clearer... and a reminder to return to the reality of what is going on... letting go again of what "I think" the game is about. Tend to the living substance of Life,  not the outdated ideas of the past. Today is a brand new day.

Dream: "Preparing the Mansion"

"Preparing the Mansion" - Dreamus Aliveus

Dream [March 30, 2012]:

Here I am, standing outside the mansion or at least a huge house. There is a man who is working on opening a package of a new string of lights with large Christmas tree bulbs. I notice some lights are already hung around the porch and window areas. I offer to help so we can get the job done more efficiently. He can go inside and I will hand him the cord to be plugged in.

I notice a woman inside that seems to be the owner of the house. She was going to the stairway and about to go up. I did not recognize her as anyone I know. The front doors are huge sliding doors that open automatically when someone is coming or going. At first I thought they were doors that you were to drive a vehicle through. Although you could it seemed they were more for people entering and leaving the mansion.

I looked up and saw that the porch ceiling was quite high and there was a ceiling light that was on, but seemed a bit dime and I made a mental note to replace the bulb with a higher wattage bulb or turn the power up, anything to make it brighter.

Then I heard a car drive up and thought it might be the woman�s husband returning. I was a woman with some grey hair who seemed wise. The doors slid open so she could enter the mansion.

Comments:

The dreamtime showed me that the lights are being hung on the outside of the mansion and are being prepared to be turned on... it is about time to let our lights shine for all the world to see! It is time to turn up the power and brighten our lights' illuminating effects. The great mansion opens its doors and the time to come together is happening. Now since these are Christmas tree lights, it may indicate we are getting ready for a December celebration. The meeting place was rather empty and being readied. We are getting close to something special. A wise feminine presence has entered our soul, our residence or mansion.

In Jungian terms, there is the balanced quaternity of 2 masculine and 2 feminine energies or entities in the psyche, one of each is more visible and "dominant" or "superior" in the sense of perhaps being more developed. The "inferior" hidden aspect is not really inferior, simply less visible and perhaps less developed.
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You are invited to share your dreamtime images and daytime "intuitive �pops�� I do appreciate the comments, questions, dreams, �pops� and guidance you are sharing�

May our Dreamtime messages enliven our waking moments... John

... and welcome to this Present Moment!
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John Hutchinson - Denver, Colorado, USA
Dreamus Aliveus & Fusion13 Blog: http://f13dna.blogspot.com 
Sundance Center for Conscious Living Blog: www.sunhutch.com

If you want to know more about Dreamus Aliveus and/or Fusion13, here are a few links. Other articles are linked through the archive list in the right sidebar:

1. Welcome to Dreamus Aliveus: http://f13dna.blogspot.com/2012/02/welcome-to-dreamus-aliveus.html
2. Dreamus Aliveus & Fusion13 Web-Page: http://f13dna.blogspot.com 

Some of these messages were posted out of sequence as they were uploaded from emails in order to make them available online, so the actual posting dates may be off a few days from when they were written.

Exploring Dream Meanings

Exploring Dream Meanings

There are many ways to explore the meaning of our dreams... here are a few I have found to be helpful...

1. Present tense...Initially as you are looking at your dream notes, rewrite the dream as if you are living it now. Only write what you actually see or feel in the dream not what you are imagining afterwards. "I'm crossing the road" instead of "I was crossing a road." This helps you re-enter the dream energy. This can help you experience the dream more fully and you may see dream scenes more clearly.
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2. Notice and record all the details and feelings as clearly as you can recall them. Tell the story, whether writing or sharing with others, with as many details as come to mind. Report feelings, thoughts, attitudes, moods, looks, interactions, setting, weather, light conditions, etc. Sometimes our dreams reflect our waking life. If you usually notice and pay attention to a lot of details while awake, you may also notice lots of details in the dreamtime. If you tend to notice the energy and overall sense of a scene without spending a lot of energy taking in details, then your dreamtime may reflect this tendency as well.
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3. Notice any recurring themes and patterns in your dreams. Over time are there continuing themes or patterns... remodeling, travel, school settings, working but have no clue what to do, etc...
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4. Free associate with each dream symbol or image to mine the meaning. Take the words, people, and things in your dream and let whatever words, ideas, and feelings come to you as you focus on each one... stay away from censoring yourself and write down whatever comes to mind. This brainstorming exercise is useful in many areas of problem solving in daily life. [See worksheet]
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5. Use visualization as a tool to clarify meanings. Imagine a blank giant TV screen in front of you and as you focus on a specific dream symbol, turn on the TV and see what is playing. Try to and see what happens. If you tend to be less visual than others, you may simply hear the sound or sense what is on the screen without the images... anything that works for you is fine... there is no right or wrong way to do dreamwork.
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6. Punny...Notice words or symbols that are can be puns and have more than one meaning. You may be playing tennis and are having trouble serving... what else could "serving" refer to? Other example are "sea" and "write" ...just notice these and as you get used to tending your dreams these will pop out at you more easily.
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7. What qualities do the characters in your dream possess? Perhaps specific people are in your dream for a reason. Consider the characters qualities, his or relationship to you...present or past... what characteristics of the person seem positive or which ones are negative in your opinion? If the people are in your life and there seems to be something that concerns you, if may be good to check with them to see how they are doing, Although in my experience most premonitions and pops about real life situations happen in waking time or in the "drowsy" state between waking and sleep.
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8. Discover new aspects of waking and dreaming involvement. How much are you an action figure in your dream? ...in your waking life? Are you experiencing your feeling and expressing them in the dreamtime? ...in the waking hours? Are you a passive observer in the dreams? ... in the daytime? ... Do you wish to make changes? By being more active in your dreamtime life, you may also see that transferring to your daytime activities.
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9. Switch and condense to find possible meaning. [see worksheet] ...
1. Circle or underline each word or phrase in your dream that seems significant to you...
2. Make a separate list of those words and phrases... leaving some space to write between each one...
3. Brainstorm with each word or phrase and list your associations...
4. Now circle the association that seems to best fit the meaning for you...
5. Finally, re-write the dream in a condensed form substituting the new associations for the original dream words.

Often the dream makes more sense after doing this exercise... In time we do this automatically as we process our dreams. It really only takes doing this once or twice for it to become more automatic.
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10. Creatively express your dream. You can let your dream images flow into a painting, dance, a poem, a short story, a sketch, a song, etc... There is even a dream theater or psychodrama technique that can be used in group dreamwork to project meaning into a dream.
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11. Expand the dream parts as part of your psyche. We are working in dreamwork with the dream, our psyche at all levels, and our daily life situations. One approach to dream work is to see each part or person or thing in a dream as a part of ourselves. For example, if a "hazy day" shows up as part of the dream scene, you could replace it with "a hazy part of me"...
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Worksheet: List various dream words or phrases:

Dream Symbol or Phrase	Associations - Brainstorming

You are always invited to share your dreamtime images and daytime 'intuitive 'pops'... I do appreciate the comments, questions, dreams, 'pops' and guidance you are sharing...

May our Dreamtime messages enliven our waking moments... John

... and welcome to this Present Moment!

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John Hutchinson - Denver, Colorado, USA

Dreamus Aliveus & Fusion13 Blog: http://f13dna.blogspot.com

Sundance Center for Conscious Living Blog: www.sunhutch.com

If you want to know more about Dreamus Aliveus and/or Fusion13, here are a few links. Other articles are linked through the archive list in the right sidebar:

1. Welcome to Dreamus Aliveus
2. Dreamus Aliveus & Fusion13 Web-Page

F13-14: Dream: "The Virgin Born Baby"

"Our task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within ourselves that we have built against it." ~ Rumi

"The Virgin Born Baby"

There are some dreams that one always remembers... and this is one of those unforgettable dreams... I came during a time when I was studying the "Course in Miracles"...around 1988...

I am with a female who is part of my extended family, related by marriage... she is holding a child... I approach them from the back and wrap my arms around them... I know it is our child even though we never had sex... As I embrace them, I look at the young child, our eyes meet and there is this extraordinary connection that feels of cosmic proportions ... I am feeling such Love pouring around the 3 of us and all through me... I am aware I am dreaming and continue to sense the cosmic love coursing through my entire being... I just laid in bed as I went from dreamtime to being awake...and back and forth... just enjoying the pleasure of the joy and love that was present.

This is an example of a spiritual dream that really shows the integrative power that can come to us through the dreamtime... there was the coming together of the masculine and feminine aspects in such a way... a virgin birth of sorts... that produced this new cosmic child... perhaps we could call it the ""Christ consciousness" for it is certainly what it felt like... and the pure loving and healing energy that was present in my physical body was incredible...

Today I thought of a quick exercise that we could do each day to remind us of the miracle of the moment and staying in the present... you might want to try this ...

Take a few moments to imagine yourself as an infant... pure and innocent... with no baggage... no issues... no years of 'domestication' by the tribe... no words or labels for things you see... no language to figure out... just pure awareness... pure being... pure consciousness...

I suggest we embrace this child of wonder and of Life as the essential Soul that we are... present in this moment... mindful in this moment, without the clutter of data... just bask in the delight of being a child of the cosmos... and the Source, which is Life, is choosing to breathe through you and me...

We are truly 'miracles of participation' in this Great Mystery we call LIFE!

Once again, I do appreciate the comments, questions, 'pops' and guidance you are sharing... feel free to share any of these messages with others who you think may be interested... anyone can subscribe to these post by contacting me or by visiting the Fusion13-Dreamus Aliveus log and entering the email address in the subscription box.

May Loving Kindness be our Guide... John

... and welcome to this Present Moment!

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John Hutchinson - Denver, Colorado, USA

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If you want to know more of the emerging Fusion13 Adventure, here is a list of introductory posts:

1. F13-0 Welcome to the Fusion13 Adventure and Blog [March 3, 2012]
2. F13-1 Initial message and invitation...
3. F13-2 Clarifying the Great of Adventure - Fusion13 (Feb 27, 2012)
4. F13-3 Synchronized Support [dream and comments]
5. F13-4 The Spirit of Frankness - Dream and Comments
6. F13-5 Adventure Update Feb 29, 2012

Some of these messages were posted out of sequence as they were uploaded from emails in order to make them available online, so the actual posting dates may be off a few days from when they were written.