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Post by habibidancer on Aug 6, 2011 20:16:12 GMT -5
So, just a warning... if you say "I'd like to..." out loud, the Universe and Gods listen, and provide.
I brought some mugwort home and stuck it in a jar with some vodka to make a tincture, and my hubby asked what it was for and I said well mugwort is good for Dreamworking among other things, and that I'd like to start dreamworking again since it had been a while (since I'd gotten pregnant actually).
The universe provided. I haven't had a dreamless night since. Unfortunately, Dreamworking while grieving is not so pleasant.
Beware of what you ask for.
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Post by lorifiya on Aug 6, 2011 21:24:28 GMT -5
Dreamwork sounds pretty interesting, how does one learn?
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Post by habibidancer on Aug 6, 2011 21:37:35 GMT -5
The first thing you have to do is train yourself to remember dreams. Start a dream journal, keep it by the bed and jot down notes the moment you wake of any dreams, images or feelings you have/had while sleeping and immediately upon waking. You have less than 20 minutes to get those things down in your journal before you start to forget. You don't have to write pages and pages, just write down the gist of the dreams/images you remember or even draw images that seemed vivid.
As you train your memory, you may also find that you start to feel "awake" while you are dreaming, possibly even awake enough to steer or guide a dream's course. This is called lucid dreaming (something I do a lot when I'm dreamworking). Lucid dreaming is useful in that you can often work through what the dream is trying to teach/tell you a little faster than if you just rode along and let it go it's own way. Lucid dreaming may not always mean that you can "control" the dream, just that it feels like you are awake and that you have some conscious input into how it's progressing. Some people think that because they can lucid dream that they should feel guilt, remorse or other feelings because the dreams are exploring difficult emotions or issues (like if you dreamt of being violent) but you should never feel guilt about what you dream. Dreams can be little lessons we can work through that are best done in our sleep rather than while awake. This is what Dreamworking is to me. Working through lessons or experiences that wouldn't work well while I'm awake.
Some people take Dreamworking another step, and help others in THEIR dreams. That is very advanced and one should not seek to step into another's dream without permission. A person who is called to Dreamwork in that way will know, because they will be called into someone's dream. I have a friend who has told me that should I ever need him, all I have to do is call him, either while I'm dreaming or before I go to bed, and he will dreamwalk into my own dream to help me.
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Post by lorifiya on Aug 6, 2011 21:57:04 GMT -5
Okay, i've heard about using dream journals I have always ment to start one but havn't. I think I should since, quite a few books that I randomly pick up mention it.
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Post by habibidancer on Aug 6, 2011 22:24:29 GMT -5
eventually, possibly after years of practicing remembering your dreams, you might not need to use a dream journal every day if you have trained yourself to really retain them. Since I didn't really expect to start dreamworking right away, I wasn't prepared for the recent onslaught of dreamworking and didn't have one ready! heh.
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Post by lorifiya on Aug 6, 2011 23:43:23 GMT -5
I will have to keep the journel, I have weird random memory loss.
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Post by darlingstrawberry on Aug 7, 2011 0:26:18 GMT -5
I've tried a few times to keep a journal. I really do have the strangest dreams...
Dreamwork is really interesting. I've read quite a bit about it. As far as trying it? Not yet. I need to be more diligent about the journal...
Do you often use books to look up interpretations of different aspects of your dream?
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Post by habibidancer on Aug 7, 2011 3:02:04 GMT -5
Do you often use books to look up interpretations of different aspects of your dream? Once or twice. I managed to get my hands on a dream interpretation book a while back that had been recommended to me but in the end I often don't need it. I don't think that all dreams need to be interpreted. Sometimes I sense that the symbols in a dream are important and if so, I will try to interpret but I usually look at them as a form of tarot and let my own intuition guide me. When I'm really in tune with my Higher self, I'm pretty good at it. I've even interpreted a couple times for friends. But I don't take that up as a common practice generally. But if I'm lucid dreaming, I never need to interpret, it's almost always clear then what I'm trying to work through. |
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Post by Lady Motevia on Aug 8, 2011 11:38:44 GMT -5
I used to do Dreamworking a lot back before I got married. I still do from time to time, but from my experience pregnancy dreams take a while to recover from! A year after I gave birth, I'm just now starting to get back into the feel of things. Keeping a dream log really does help. I still remember a dream I had years ago when I first started my path into Paganism. It was rather freaky. I saw all of these people in a field flying kites. Each person had an IV into their left shoulder attached to a little vial wrapped around that arm. When I asked them what they were doing, they responded in a uniform voice (think Borg from Star Trek), "We are reaching God". I woke up completely freaked out. I knew from that point on that the dream was referring to my family trying to push Christianity on me and that I was on the right path to becoming a true individual. Thinking about that dream now still gives me the willies!
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Post by habibidancer on Aug 8, 2011 21:01:46 GMT -5
wow, that is freaky!
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Post by darlingstrawberry on Aug 8, 2011 22:20:26 GMT -5
Oh wow, pretty creepy indeed. At least it was quite a clear dream, though!
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Post by Pandora on Aug 8, 2011 22:30:50 GMT -5
This is a bit off-topic, but somehow related...my boyfriend recently went to New Orleans, and in a shop there he bought me an altar candle and this curious blue ball. It's about the size of a marble and appears to be made of compacted powder; the color rubs off on your hands if you touch it. He told me you're supposed to put it in a glass of water, and it will stop nightmares. Does anyone know anything about these? What they are called and what they are made out of?
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