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Cafeteria

A place where everyone participates in the service; see “food”...

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Dock

A place where people can visit for spiritual help in their time of need, i.E.A loving, charitable home; a mission; see “water”...

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Mastering Dream Analysis: A Simple Guide

DREAMS 1-2-3: A Systematic Approach to Dream Interpretation Understanding the DREAMS 1-2-3 system provides a structured method for analyzing and interpreting dreams. This ...

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Making Life Easy On Yourself

Unveiling the Essence of Self-Discovery If you truly know yourself, then the symphony of life harmonizes effortlessly. One-on-one relationships become a dance o...

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How Do We Interpret Our Dreams?

Introduction: The Fun and Value of Dream Interpretation Interpreting your dreams can be a lot of fun. As we’ve said, it can also give you valuable insight. Dreams are like coded ...

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Interpretation By Correlation, Relativity, And Approximation

In this case, laughing in a dream means sorrow, while smiling in a dream means politeness and correct conduct. Crying in a dream is usually interpreted as happiness, but when ac...

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A Brief Dictionary Of Dreams From The Kabbalah

ABYSS Danger related to an intense emotional situation. You should be cautious when interacting with others in very emotional circumstances. ACADEMY Denotes knowledge, especia...

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Link To Enlightenment

Throughout our existence we are striving to integrate levels of consciousness within us, for then we will know no limits in awareness. A dream helps us begin to bridge these levels...

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Dream Interpretation: Unveiling The Mind's Hidden Realms

The Perspectives of Freud, Jung, Hall, and Domhoff on Dreams Our website, "Symbols, Signs, and Meanings," delves into the enigmatic messages that the unconscious mind conveys duri...

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Activation-synthesis Model Of Dreaming

The activation-synthesis model of dreaming was proposed in 1977 by Robert McCarley and J. Allan Hobson of Harvard Medical School. Examining the purely physiological correlates of d...

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Drowning

Since water is a metaphor for feelings, a dream about drowning usually means that you are afraid of being overwhelmed by powerful emotions. If an intense relationship of yours is g...

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How To Remember Your Dreams

When beginning the steps towards interpreting your dreams, many people find it helpful to keep a notebook – a dream journal, if you will – right next to your bed with a pen or ...

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A Short History Of Dreaming

Dreams, it seems, have fascinated the entire human race from earliest times. And until quite recently, most cultures have set great store by dreams. For example, in ancient Egypt t...

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Working With Dream Imagery

Dream images hold symbolic messages, and among them, the most striking are often the ones that evoke fear. Throughout our lives, we harbor many suppressed fears that can surface in...

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Birth Stones

Ancient talismans were believed to have magical powers to protect the wearer. Talismans for protection and healing are often engraved on stones corresponding to the signs of the Zo...

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Can Dreams Come True?

In 1953, in order to test the possibility of ESP through dreaming—that is, dreams that predict the future or contact others telepathically—a New York psychiatrist named Montagu...

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Creativity And Problem Solving In Dreams

Dreams, while rarely problem-solving or creative by themselves, can sometimes offer profound insights or solutions. This article explores the unique function of dreams as a process...

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Why Are Dreams Healing?

The idea that dreams can be healing is not new. In the ancient civiliza¬ tions of Egypt and Greece, patients who failed to respond to medical treatment could arrange to sleep in a...

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Dreaming Of Seeing An Apple

Dreaming of Seeing an Apple Dreaming of Eating an Apple Dreaming of Picking Apples Dreaming of Seeing a Rotten Apple Dreaming of Seeing an Apple Tree Dream...

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Understanding Nightmares And Night Terrors

People who experience nightmares may find themselves jolting awake in the middle of the night, often able to recall the terrifying dream that disrupted their sleep. Nightmares are ...

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Dreams And Relationships

Some common questions about sexual dreams Q: If I make love to someone I know in my dream, does that mean he or she is interested in me? Most of the time, such dreams are a reflec...

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Disturbing Dreams

Disturbing dreams aren’t quite nightmares. They may cause you to wonder what exactly your sub-conscious is trying to tell you. First, the dreams could be unconscious advice. May...


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