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Planets & Stars – Eternity –Do you dream of astronomy? Vast deserts, steep, empty mountains, person-less vistas? These are eternity dreams. You are struggling not with questions of death or afterlife, but the “ongoing everythingness” of reality itself. What is “time”? How long can “time” continue if nothing is “alive”? You Are Training to be…

. Paradise – Bliss – Dreaming about a tropical getaway? What is your definition of paradise? If you wanted to find your bliss, where would you look? Define heaven; raise consciousness or lack of consciousness? Would you want to know what is happening in the world or would you want to be removed from the…

Loss- Suffering – every religion and philosophical system has to account for the misery we see around us -storms, flood, volcanos, disease, human frustration an animal predation. Do your dream explore inner and outer pain? How much is fear, how much is anxiety, how much is collective unconscious and shared human history? We fear everyone…

Transformation – Metamorphosis – Are you a SciFi fan? Do you dream of bionic humans? Robots? Cryogenics? How about caterpillars becoming moths and butterflies? Acorns don’t look like oak trees, pollywogs don’t resemble frogs. It is quite common in nature to evolve into some unexpected form. What a metaphor for us, as Ovid’s Metamorphoses postulated…

Mystery – Faith – Do you dream of apocalypses? Religious iconography? Are you a mystery fan but irritated and underwhelmed by most “solutions”? How much uncertainty can you tolerate? Are you afraid of the dark? Chronically underslept? Fear being alone? You have a profound need for faith in your life. The Faithful Are Rewarded –…

Spring – Hope – Hope springs anew with every flush of oxygen and blood through our systems. Hoe is the fuel we run on. Hope is eternal. Are you on a quest? Do you dream of uncovering buried truths? Detective, treasure-hunting dreams? Is Spring your favorite season? Do you dream of unfolding buds and exploding…

Aspiration – The Future – Do you dream about the future? We know the future is real – it keeps arriving every second! How often does it match our aspirations? How often does that matter? You Are a Planner – Nothing comes to reality without a Plan. This is a main reason for the existence…

Passion – Courage – Do you dream of fantastic feats? Circuses? Meritocratic competitions? Sports? Standing up in front of the class? Your psyche is mustering passion, the fuel for courage. Passion propels us forward when it would be safer to hang back. Why? Sometime we want something concrete, but most of the time it is…