THE PURPOSE OF DREAMS
Dreams are a gateway to understanding yourself at a deeper, more personal level. Socrates famously said, “A life unexamined is a life not worth living”. Dreams give us the opportunity to do just this, thus gaining insights which cannot be accessed in our conscious lives.
Once we gain an understanding of what is happening in our subconscious mind we can then see what issues
need to be dealt with in our life. That’s the whole purpose of dreaming – to be able to link our conscious and unconscious mind and freeing ourselves of our preconceived ideas about whom we are. And isn’t that what we all want?
need to be dealt with in our life. That’s the whole purpose of dreaming – to be able to link our conscious and unconscious mind and freeing ourselves of our preconceived ideas about whom we are. And isn’t that what we all want?
People say to me, “But I don’t dream”. This is not true. We all dream. Even animals experience dreams in the sleep cycle called REM (Rapid Eye Movement). This is the ‘dreaming sleep’. It is when you are in your deepest sleep and it’s almost impossible to wake up from this state. The body is paralysed even though you are mentally active. REM sleep occurs in stages, lasting from ten minutes to one hour, so there may be five cycles of this type of sleep during one night. This is when you dream. The longest uninterrupted REM sleep occurs early in the morning. And dreams during this time are the ones you are most likely to remember.
What do dreams mean? There is no definitive answer. Each person’s dream has a personal meaning to them. However
there are common dream symbols, and sequences of dreaming events, which we all share. In my Dream Reading Cards, I’ve outlined 22 universal dreams with a list of questions for the reader to answer or ponder.
there are common dream symbols, and sequences of dreaming events, which we all share. In my Dream Reading Cards, I’ve outlined 22 universal dreams with a list of questions for the reader to answer or ponder.
Many of these common dreams occur during changes in your life. Transitional, or even traumatic events, can bring up
volatile emotions which have long lain dormant within you. Stress can release all types of weird, vivid dreams, as can
some medications.
volatile emotions which have long lain dormant within you. Stress can release all types of weird, vivid dreams, as can
some medications.
The most common dream of all is water. Water represents your emotional, creative and spiritual life. If you are swimming, is it in a peaceful sea or a lake? Are you trapped in rapids or in ocean waves? How you cope in these situations will reflect your emotional dramas in real life. But is it any wonder that we dream of water when our emotions are usually held in check in our waking lives.
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In my sleep I was chewing over a concept. I don't remember what it was, just that something was being processed. In the morning the chewing and churning was brought to halt by my waking. And as usually happens a symbol or word or phrase comes to mind in the transition crossover from dreaming to waking. Some times these don't make sense but eventually they are elaborated on in a few days.
Yesterday I woke with the tail end of a dream state phrase and I couldn't make it out. The emphasis was more on the way it sounded and it was similar to AXsus or AXasoous.
Today I remembered the sound of the word and looked to see if I could find a word that corresponded with that sound. The closest I got was:
Auxesis (Greek: αὔξησις, aúxēsis) is the Greek word for "growth" or "increase". In rhetoric, it refers to varying forms of increase:
From the definition it would seem that it implies something getting bigger, growing, devloping..etc.
....then I looked closer and laughed, as I saw Hyperbole was included. So maybe its all about 'hyperbole'... something that gets bigger, grows in stature, that really ...should not.
Ah well, however it suits me to think my subconscious is working through the machinations of my body/mind, organically just getting 'bigger....expanding' where it falls in with the definition of : "a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism
changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level;
Michaela
Auxesis (Greek: αὔξησις, aúxēsis) is the Greek word for "growth" or "increase". In rhetoric, it refers to varying forms of increase:
- hyperbole (overstatement): intentionally overstating a point, its importance, or its significance[1][2][3]
- climax (ascending series): a series of clauses of increasing force[4]
- amplificatio (rhetorical increase): extension or exaggerated, needless repetition of arguments to emphasize the point
In ancient Greece, it was also sometimes known as auxanein ("growing").[citation needed]
| Noun | 1. | auxesis - growth from increase in cell size without cell division |
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