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Everyone has oceans to fly, if they have the heart to do it. Is it reckless? Maybe. But what do dreams know of boundaries? – Amelia Earhart I just watched Hilary Swank’s stunning performance as this brave and forever boundary-pushing flier in the movie “Amelia”. And it struck me that Hilary herself is a stellar…

The maze constructed in the movie “Inception” to ensnare the mind of the target is far less sophisticated than ancient astral traps described, most memorably, in the vast Urdu fantasy cycle of Hoshruba. In their dastangos itinerant Urdu storytellers – eagerly sought from princely courts to humble markets – preserved an imaginal geography that includes…

In one line: the movie “Inception” is more exciting in its conception than in its delivery. It offers some great talking-points and plenty to chew on for anyone interested in dreaming and the physics of non-ordinary reality. On the other hand, the  interesting and sophisticated conceptual stuff is made to travel with a mediocre thriller…

Quite frequently dreams reveal that the departed are present because, quite simply, they never left. A California woman dreamed she entered her living room and found her departed boyfriend on the sofa watching, TV. Surprised, she asked what he was doing there. He responded, “I’m just watching TV”. He did not seem to be aware…

The number one reason men talk about dreams, in my experience, is that they have dreamed of someone who has died and the experience seemed so real that they desperately need help in understanding what is going on. I’m not talking about the brave men who come to dream classes and share thier inner lives with…

Shared dreaming is not only wonderful fun. It can help us on the roads of everyday life. It can save your job. Consider the following true-life narrative, involving a couple I know well: George, a senior executive, dreamed he received an urgent summons from one of his bosses to meet the boss at his second…

I’m looking forward to seeing the movie Inception.  Judging by the advance notices, the director, and the cast, I expect it to be brilliant. I have one reservation. It’s not about the movie itself. It’s about the problematic use of a term, and how this relates to a larger problem of understanding. The problem, simply…

Our dreams tell us what is going on inside our bodies. This can help us avoid medical problems. When we do have a problem, our dreams can be a reliable source of diagnosis. Here is Janice’s story of a dream that helped to alert her and her doctor to a problem he had missed: When…

This just in from my good friend Wanda Burch, with whom I’ve been sharing dreams and growing the practice of active dreaming for over twenty years: “My grandson, Joshua, 11 years old, lives in California and loves baseball. He is quite good but had never hit a home run until this weekend. Joshua participated in…

Children don’t have to be told that we are all psychics in our dreams. They know this, because they have psychic experiences in their dreams all the time. They see into the future, they encounter the departed, they see things happening at a distance and behind doors that are supposedly locked to them. The problem…
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