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It’s snowing heavily, and everyone in the backyard is in a swimsuit, at some kind of party: Mom, Dad, the high school principal, there’s even an ex-girlfriend. And is that Elvis, over by the piñata?

Uh-oh.

Dreams are so rich and have such an authentic feeling that scientists have long assumed they must have a crucial psychological purpose. To Freud, dreaming provided a playground for the unconscious mind; to Jung, it was a stage where the psyche’s archetypes acted out primal themes. Newer theories hold that dreams help the brain to consolidate emotional memories or to work though current problems, like divorce and work frustrations.

Yet what if the primary purpose of dreaming isn’t psychological at all?

mad30: (psyche)
( Nov. 16th, 2009 02:20 am)


Though you can scarcely tell by the trailers, UNIMATRIX ZERO Episodes: 1 &  2 was part of the series, 'STAR TREK VOYAGER'. It dealt with the ominous species known as 'THE BORG' and what occurred during their sleep states (regeneration cycles). Only 1 in every million humanoids assimilated by THE BORG were capable of entering a dream reality where they could interact and form new lives away from the hive. There, these unique individuals plot a rebellion against the collective, which results in harrowing assimilation for various crew members of 'VOYAGER'. I was never a big fan of 'VOYAGER' but pretty much anything in the TREK universe that involves THE BORG, or the mischevious entity known as Q, is worth a look...

According to Dr J. Allan Hobson, the major function of the (REM) sleep associated with dreams is physiological rather than psychological. During REM sleep the brain is activated and "warming its circuits" and is anticipating the sights, sounds and emotions of the waking state.

Dr Hobson said the idea explains a lot, and likened it to jogging. The body does not remember every step of a jog, but it knows it has exercised, and in the same way we do not remember many of our dreams, but our minds have been tuned for conscious awareness.

Vivid. Extreme flooding in the residential area that I live. Tidal waves crashing down the streets, cars being swept away, houses destroyed. Heavy rain and thunder. Elderly, bearded man comes to the porch and says something about Noah and the Bible and all things must come to pass.

Major waves, the rain stops, floods subside, I walk the street surveying the damage of a wrecked, gray sky. The street is demolished, trees broken, rubble, bodies, destruction. At the end of the street I come upon a school bus. The rap singer Eminem is leading little children on to the bus by rapping to them in a lyrical beat. At least 15 or 20 children herd themselves into the bus.

I walk in as well. Eminem gets back on the bus and holds a knife to me with a crazed look in his eye. I notice that the bus driver is very gorilla like and seems angry. Eminem seems a little nervous and worried, but threatens to cut me. We're driving, some kind of commotion rings out on the bus, and we flip over in a ditch, behind a parking lot.

I escape, and fly away. The children on the bus are being terrorized, underneath gloomy skies, and I try to find help for them...

Ha, just a strange dream worth mentioning....
mad30: (psyche)
( Nov. 7th, 2009 04:19 am)
So I've got this application on my cell-phone that has a full dictionary of dream interpretations. Some of it seems pretty obvious but it's a nice tool to peruse if you're sitting in a bar waiting for the next band, or at the dinner table waiting for food to arrive. Hundreds of detailed entries there, offering a little scattered insight into dream psychology. Also, had a weird dream a few nights ago where I was Freddy Kruger on a rampage. I had telekinetic powers, and the glove, and a "Phantom of the Opera" type love for the pipe organ (which I could play just using my mind and thoughts). It was weird, I killed quite a few people but showed mercy on some. In the end, of course, it turned in to a perverted sex dream of sorts..

Yeah, there have been a ton of weird dreams in recent weeks... wish I used this blog to collect more of them, but alas, I'm already keeping pretty busy elsewhere. If anything really insane comes during sleep I'll be sure to record it here for your judgment and ridicule.

More to come...

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