“Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who
looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens” – Carl Gustav Jung
Nova just did a great show on some of the latest neurological and psychological findings regarding dreams and why we have them. Here is the description from PBS’s website:
TV Program Description
Premiere Broadcast on PBS: November 24, 2009
What are dreams and why do we have them? NOVA joins leading dream researchers as they embark on a variety of neurological and psychological experiments to investigate the world of sleep and dreams. Delving deep into the thoughts and brains of a variety of dreamers, scientists are asking important questions about the purpose of this mysterious realm we escape to at night. Do dreams allow us to get a good night’s sleep? Do they improve memory? Do they allow us to be more creative? Can they solve our problems or even help us survive the hazards of everyday life?
NOVA follows a number of scientists, including Matthew Wilson of MIT, who is literally “eavesdropping” on the dreams of rats, and other investigators who are systematically analyzing the content of thousands of human dreams. From people who violently act out their dreams to those who can’t stop their nightmares, from sleepwalking cats to the rare instances of individuals who don’t seem to ever dream, each fascinating case study contains a vital clue to the age-old question: What Are Dreams?
“When we take steps to honor our soul, a Divine Power rallies to support our highest and best interest whether we get what we want or not.”
– Cheryl Richardson
“When the voice and the vision on the inside become more profound and clear than the opinions on the outside, then you have mastered your life”.
John DeMartini in ‘The Secret’
“If your hand is open to give, it is also open to receive”
-Lisa Nichols
During REM sleep, an interesting thing happens to our body: we become physically paralyzed. Most of the time we are unaware of it, because we are asleep and in the dream state. But occasionally a person will wake up and become consciously aware of the fact that they cannot move their body, and a state of fear and panic sets in. They are still able to move their eyes around, just as they do in REM sleep, but the body is paralyzed. It usually lasts anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes, but that time can feel like a terrifying eternity.
It is believed that sleep paralysis is a protective mechanism so that we don’t physically act out our dreams; imagine the mess, bumps and bruises we would wake up to if we did! While most of the time the transition between sleeping and waking goes smoothly, it is estimated that anywhere from 20-30% of the world’s population will at some time experience the phenomenon of sleep paralysis.
The causes are generally unknown. For some people it may be triggered by factors such as increased stress, lack of sleep, a changing sleep schedule, sudden changes in lifestyle, use of certain medications, or substance abuse. For others, it can be associated with narcolepsy, or night time leg cramps. For most people there is no determining explanation.
While scary, it is only temporary, and for the majority of people it may happen once or twice in a lifetime and is nothing to worry about.
“The early bird gets the worm. So does the late bird, and the bird in between. Because by design, there are always more than enough worms. In fact, the only bird that doesn’t get a worm, is the bird that doesn’t go out to get one.”
‘The Universe’ aka Mike Dooley from his ‘Notes from the Universe’
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“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive.
Because what the world needs are
people who have come alive.”
–Harold Whitman
“The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.”
-W. M. Lewis
“I’ve had recurring nightmares
That I was loved for who I am
And missed the opportunity
To be a better man”
from the band Muse – lyrics from the song Hoodoo