For my readers in the San Francisco Bay Area, make note of a Dream Studies Open Forum this Friday June 24th, in Berkeley. Hosted at the Dream Institute, this gathering is open to the public and anyone interested in discussion and networking with dream workers and researchers. If time permits, we will have a round circle where dreamers can share the fruits of their most recent research and projects.
This is a great opportunity to see with your own eyes how many of us there are working towards radical change. Radical change, am I serious? Yes, I mean the intense work ahead of us to transform our dream-phobic society into a Dreaming Culture.
More than even, our personal and collective imaginations are critical for ensuring the future of our society, our species, and life on this planet. Dreamers spend too many nights waking up with apocalyptic nightmares. We spend too much time actively repressing our creative visions with the techno-rational mandate that it was “JUST a dream.”
And we, as a culture, share too many visions to not network about their possible interpretations and the action steps we can take to prevent our worst nightmares from actually materializing.
Note, that’s just my personal rant about the importance of Dream Studies; the talk on Friday will no doubt go far afield from these clumsy ideas. Please join us, and share your dreams about the future dreaming in Northern California.
For more information, call the The Dream Institute, located at 1672 University Avenue in Berkeley, CA 94703 at the historic Fox Commons.
I am 48 year old woman, I have no desire to dabble into things I don’t understand.
I own my own business, and have a 16 year old son that keeps me busy.
I have in the past had unusual experiences, that bordered on the supernatural, and were extremely disturbing.
And I’ve gotten that part of my life under control, but something new is started.
I have dealt with very vivid dreams, that seem to be much more.
I have dealt with these dreams, as I’ve dealt with the paranormal supernatural, but now things are completely different.
I see my dreams before I’m asleep, and I see people, I see their faces I see what they’re looking at.
I’m often looking for things, and I will say things out loud while I’m doing this, it’s like something else is taking over.
I don’t know who I’m talking to, when I find these things, or like last night look at a sheet of paper that had the letterhead of zodiac enterprises.
How was it possible to dream while you’re awake, I’m not a psychic, and I’m not a nut case.
These things have been thrown at me, and I don’t think there’s anyone really understands it.
I feel like a puppet, with its strings being pulled.
I don’t know these people, I don’t know why this is happening, is it possible that I’m seeing through someone else’s eyes?
Please believe me when I tell you, that I’d rather not have this happening.
I’d rather have a normal life without all the extra strange stuff.
Dear Edith,
sounds like some barrier has come down in your life that may or may not be a cause for concern. psychologists refer to these spontaneous events as “spiritual emergence”. I promise you that many psychologists can offer advice and consultation for these events in a way that is respectful of your experience. In particular, you may be interested in checking out David Lukoff’s work who is also available for consultation: http://www.spiritualcompetency.com/