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The time of dreaming is the gift of a second life. If we neglect this part of our inner selves it will become chaotic and aggressive. In that case the inner world becomes like everything that is being neglected – not beautiful at all. Most people believe that they are helplessly exposed to the world of dreams and that they can only sit and watch. That's not true. We can do a lot and if we do we will be richly rewarded. What can we do? We can observe our dreams and learn from them. What do they want to tell us? And do we want to understand what they are telling us? Just as the dreams are connected with the everyday life, the daily life is connected with the dreams. What does that mean? In our dreams our souls get visible and alive in their own self made worlds; with all their powers, with their conflicts and their promises. These forces affect the everyday life. Not only our mood but also our destiny. Do we want to be helplessly exposed to these forces? Can we escape them? Wherever one may go these mental powers will always follow. It is better to do the work that our psyche has given us. We mature and grow while doing that and plus the world around us (and in us) gets brighter and more beautiful.
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Dream Symbolism
Based on our Body Structure & Sensory Perception
BookRix GmbH & Co. KG80331 MunichDream Symbolism
Based on our Body Structure & Sensory Perception
written by Alfred Ballabene
translated by Seth
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Table of Contents
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Dreams and their Origin
1
Sensory Perception and Processing
2
The Hierarchy of Dream Symbols
3
Moving and Non-Moving Objects
4
The Four Cardinal Points
5
Direction of Movement from Left to Right
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Meaning of the Vertical Axis
7
Bright-Dark Symbolism
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Good-Evil Polarity
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Rising and Development
10
Symbolism of Colors
11
The Four Elements
0. Dreams and their Origin
"I see a lime-green cactus without any thorns. It has this characteristic rosette shape out of which smaller and smaller leafs grow. On top of the plant is a beautiful pink flower. While I am looking at it bewildered, I hear a voice that says: "Whoever sees the basic material of dreams can read them like storybooks." I wake up and am happy about this friendly message.” (Ch.)
Before we start thinking about dream symbols, first we should think about the nature of the dream language. Our verbal language is based on tonal vibrations which follow a linear flow. Our words are formed by sound modulations which build our language. Sometimes this tonal language also occurs in our dreams. Primarily, however, dreams are a metaphorical and visual language. Imagine you were deaf and mute but had something like a computer monitor on which you could create pictures without having much effort. Now think of a situation where you want to say something like: “I'm hungry.” How would you illustrate that message? Or “I'm scared.” How would you express that without using tonal language? You could only speak in an image sequence. How would you choose this sequence?
It is highly interesting to think the other way around. Not as the interpreter but as the speaker. The human race is using this language since millions of years and even today people who try to interpret dreams pay too little attention to the fact that dreams mainly use this pictorial language. The many peculiarities of the dream content are caused by this special kind of language.
1. Sensory Perception and Processing
The center of our organic grown consciousness is the brain. This organ is located in a bone shell and has to paint a picture of our surroundings by using only a few sensors. The amount of sensory input must be kept low. All the dots, curves and color patches that are registered by the eye represent a huge amount of information. The bigger the amount of information the longer it takes to process it. Because of the large quantity of input, the brain presumably forms a number of layouts. The information flow into these layouts, which are not only form elements, but also filled with emotions and put in relation to each other. We find them in our dreams as symbols. If we think of dreaming as a neurological process these layouts are probably being related to other layouts.
