Today I’m announcing a new exploration starting here in Frugal Science. It is the main topic of this blog to explore things and places. I had decided a long ago to blog about a complete exploration, from scratch to reaching destination, and back home to end with the relevant conclusions; so, here we go!
First, I just wanted to pick a simple destination like: the nearest shore or the nearest mountain, but this year has come with many unexpected surprises so, I decided to pick an even closer destination:
After making a list of 10 possible points of interest, I asked my youngest son to randomly pick one, and the selected one was… dreams.
Exploration destination: the realm of dreams.
Objective of the exploration: answer the question: Why do we dream?
This is a big challenge for FS because, as you may recall if you are one of my dear followers, the two main principles for exploring, according to FS, are to keep your eyes open and question everything.
It’s going to be hard to dream while keeping your eyes opened, especially if you are the one has to do the dreaming part. We’ll sort that problem when we reach to that bridge.
The first stage will be recollecting the relevant data. We will be paying much of the attention to what Neuroscience is up to these days about the subject but, we will not leave out Psychology, History and Dream Interpretation.
We will start with Freud and Jung, to get a grasp of the matter (I must confess that my knowledge about the subject is rather poor, at this moment).
Dreams are a big mystery. The fact that we all dream in a daily basis makes it look like a common feature, but they are still a big mystery.
I know many of you are very well-informed about this dreaming subject. I would much appreciate any suggestion, advice or warning. Feel free to write your mind in the comment area.
Hi there! I’m Gustavo and Frugal Science is about helping you rediscover your exploring nature and enjoying the benefits of looking life in a different way. Anybody can become a true explorer –it’s our nature-, all you need is a mindful attention and some frugal science.
OK. I’m strapped in and ready for the ride. Between daydreams, creative dreaming, memory consolidation, nightmares (no, not those running for political office, but …) and the like….
This sounds cool- let’s go!
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I was thinking of you, Roy, while I was typing “neuroscience”. I’ll check on your blog to see if you have something about the limbic system.
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I love the idea of something I can’t recall the name of, but it is like vivid dreams. I have ones where I know I am dreaming and I can think and act consciously in the dream. I learned about it from Carlos Castenada’s books about Don Juan, a Yacqui Indian in Mexico. Carlos started out learning about drugs, but soon he is learning about psychic phenomena. He tells Carlos that if Carlos can think to lift up his arms while he is sleeping, he can have the incredible dreams. That night I did it and it opened me up to stop being acted upon in dreams and gain control. Good luck on this explore. It will be fun.
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After I hit post, I remembered the word–it’s lucid. Lucid dreams.
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Dreams are a way for your subconscious to communicate with you. Try this dream exercise: 1) Before going to bed, write down a problem that you are wrestling with – in business or in life, etc. Place it beside your bed. 2) Immediately upon waking up the next morning, write down what you were dreaming about. Don’t talk or speak until you have written it down (otherwise you will lose the dream). The trick now is interpreting the dream and what it says about your problem. This is a very effective technique!
Lucid dreams.
Carlos Castaneda.
Lifting your arms while dreamming.
Connecting with your subconscious.
Writing down your dreams.
Got it!
Thanks a lot, Ann and Karen!!
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I am not well-informed on this topic, but I must say that lately I have been having very real dreams. It sometimes takes me a moment to shake off that these were not actually things happening in real life.
I wonder makes one dream ore real than another dream. That would be something worth exploring.
What makes one dream more real than another…
Got it!
Thank you David,
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