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Sometimes they’re triggered by the potential for a May-December relationship or addiction troubles/questions. Vampires are interesting creatures in the popular mind. They’ve got a lot going for them in some ways—eternal life, incredible strength, and invulnerability to most things. On the other hand, they live with some terrible disadvantages, too. They’ve got to keep feeding…
Jung’s collective unconscious evolves and includes computers Files not saving. Computers slow, delaying while updating. Viruses. Bloodshot irises. Internet worms. File not found errors. And that’s not to mention the endless e-mail. Our waking lives can be the stuff of nightmares when our computers fail or when we fail our computers. They’re the…
Most horror movies are clichéd. There’s always at least one chase scene. Then, someone or something jumps out of the shadows and scares the hell out of someone. It turns out to be nothing. The monster gets killed only to come back when the protagonists least expect it. Have your dreams been clichéd but ostensibly…
Dreams can be vivid or dim. Usually, the dreamer doesn’t physically feel anything. They might feel something in a nightmare. Usually, it’s a quick shock or jolt. Take a dream of falling. The dreamer has the experience of falling, falling, falling, and then BOOM! He or she lands in bed. The dreamer physically feels like…
Many believe dreams about drawing relate to creativity, but it can relate to trying to understand and simplify complex topics to communicate them. Art comes with many intentions. Often it’s an attempt to get the viewer to see the world how the artist sees it. You might be working over in your mind how best…
Ping! You’re in a dream keeping your head down, crouched down. Ping! Bam! The bullets keep flying closer to your head. In the back of your mind, you know that sooner or later they’ll strike you. What does it mean if you’re getting shot at in a dream? The shooter The meaning of the dream…
Brushing your teeth in a dream can mean several different things. You’ll have to intuitively seek out the correct meaning for you. Below are some ideas to help you get started. First, you could be brushing your teeth in a dream because your mind is reviewing the day’s events. If that’s the case, it’s a…
For most of us, dreaming of someone before we meet them doesn’t happen to us every day. When it happens, what does it mean? Why are you dreaming of this person? Why don’t you dream of everyone you meet before you meet them? What’s going on? Do souls meet in dreams? There are people with…
Sometimes dreams have obvious messages; other times, they’re not clear at all. We don’t understand the message. Even if we chart the dream using the SOM framework going point by point, for one reason or another, our conscious mind still doesn’t understand. This happens to the best of us. You can ask for a clarifying…
Sometimes there are spiritual meanings to dreams, though not all the time. The proposition that dreams can have spiritual meanings is generally accepted, and it’s been true in many cultures and recorded in the Bible, other spiritual books, and by anthropologists and archeologists. Fiction parallels the truth. If it doesn’t, the stories don’t seem believable.…
You’re taking a fresh look at an old dream in your dream journal. Sometimes dreams make more sense days, weeks, months, or even years later than they do the morning after. When it ruminates in your mind, deeper meanings come clear. Or even if you don’t think about the old dream again after you write…
I’ve had them; every dreamer has. Dogs were wearing boxing trunks walking around on hind legs in one dream. Someone was wearing a hat with everything he needed tied on a string in another. The objects flopped around, getting in his way, hindering him from doing his job. You might call them stupid dreams or…
When you analyze this dream you just had, if you’re being honest, it conflicts with your beliefs. Does that mean you don’t believe what you say you believe? Does it mean you’re a hypocrite? Maybe. Maybe not. Does having dreams that run contrary to your conscious beliefs make you a hypocrite? The word “hypocrite” comes…