What Is Dream Consciousness?

1. What Is DreamConsciousness? Techniques for Dream Cultivation and Analysis Dr. Mark Greene

2. Another term for consciousness is awarenessDreamconsciousness then, is Dreamawareness

3. Two ways to be aware of dreams:After we awaken… Remembering our dreamsWhile dreaming…Lucid dreaming

4. We all dream……every night

5. Sleep is divided into separate stages:REM (rapid eye movement)Stage 1Stage 2Stage 3Stage 4

6. Standard nightly cycles and stages of sleep

7. Rapid Eye Movement Most dreams occur during REM sleep ≈90 minutes per night

8. How dreams seem real

9. Motor cortex: Command center for voluntary bodily movement Primary somatosensory cortex: Command center for bodily sensation

10. Why work with dreams?What benefits may come?

11. Remembering our dreams reminds us there are many states of consciousness: - Daytime awareness - Daydreaming - Meditation - Flow - Dreaming - Sleep

12. With this awareness of the multiplicity of states of awareness, we learn that awareness can be highlyvariableandsubjective

13. Objective reality, becomes less convincing, as it depends on our subjective and variable awareness to perceive it. We are then left to contemplate:subjective realityandobjective reality

14. Remembering our dreams allows a better understanding of ourselves psychologically (subjectively) through: Dream cultivationand Dream interpretation

15. Character Strengths and Virtues(Peterson & Seligman, 2004)

16. Values in Action (VIA)24 Strengths and VirtuesCreativity, Curiosity, Open-Mindedness, Love of Learning, Wisdom創意，好奇心，開通，好學，智慧Bravery, Persistence, Integrity, Vitality勇敢，堅持，正直，生命力Love, Kindness, Social Intelligence愛，仁慈，社會觸覺

17. Social Responsibility, Fairness, Leadership社會责任感，公正，領導力Forgiveness, Mercy, Humility, Prudence, Self Control饒恕，慈悲，謙卑，慎重，自我控制Appreciation of Beauty, Gratitude, Hope, Humor, Spirituality美丽，感激，希望，幽默，靈性的欣賞

18. Dream cultivation

19. DREAM CULTIVATION Recording the dream – First looks Write down the dream immediately after waking; use the present tense. What is particular to the dreamscape (interior/exterior? night/day?) Notice the human and non-human beings of the dream. What is your feeling tone in the dream? Upon awakening?

20. DREAM CULTIVATION Associations – Level 1 What has been happening in your life over the few days before having the dream? Explore the events, feelings and associations surrounding the dream in your life. How else can this dream be situated in your personal history? Pick some images that stand out; list your personal associations with them.

21. DREAM CULTIVATION Analysis – Level 1 What is the dramatic presentation of the dream (order of events)? Is the dream subjective or objective? Reductive or constructive? Compensatory or non-compensatory? Look for contrasts/connections between attitude and behaviour in the dream. Compare these to your waking attitudes Watch for puns and metaphors Consider all interconnections among amplifications and associations the conscious situation

22. DREAM CULTIVATION Associations – Level 2 With the help of a dictionary of symbols, find some of the archetypal connections/symbolic meanings associated with the images that stand out. Amplify dream themes in relation to mythological and/or cultural stories. Make room for your own intuition and further connections

23. DREAM CULTIVATION Analysis – Level 2 Remember, the dream uses the language of symbols to mean what it says. Interpretation is translation of the dream language. Identify the problem or complex with which the dream is concerned. Hypothesise an interpretation; verify it by the dreamer’s response or subsequent events

24. Sample preliminary analysis of a dream

25. “I am in the house I grew up in until age 19. The room that used to be my parent’s room is now mine.”

26. “I am in the house I grew up in until age 19. The room that used to be my parent’s room is now mine.”“I don't know how he got in but I am surprised and I ask him: What are you doing here?”

27. “I am in the house I grew up in until age 19. The room that used to be my parent’s room is now mine.”“I don't know how he got in but I am surprised and I ask him: What are you doing here?”“It is like a soccer game but there is no public attending just the players playing in a small soccer field.”

28. “And they are playing in only half of the field."

29. “And they are playing in only half of the field."“We are standing on the field where the coach usually stands.

30. “And they are playing in only half of the field."“We are standing on the field where the coach usually stands. “At this point in the dream I am not married.”

31. “…at that moment on the field I just felt happy like I was in the right place. Like this is where I am supposed to be. I felt alive. Surprised and surprised all the way.”

32. Some questions

33. If I have dreamt of dying, does it mean I’ve been reborn?Are there karmic effects for or actions in dream, for example, dreaming of killing someone?

34. Lucid Dreaming: Taking control of our dreamsLevel 1: Aware that you are dreamingLevel 2: Controlling your dream actions as if awakeLevel 3: Manipulating your dream surroundings