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Show the dream doctor answers Q. What are dreams? A. Dreams are a natural and important night time experience that happens to old people, young people, babies and children. Everyone dreams from 4-5 times each night. Up until our research, dreams have generally been thought of as being some kind of symbolic coded language. People spend great amounts of time trying to decode or understand and analyze their dreams. It isn't necessar.y. Dreams are simply pictures of your feelings. You dreams show you how your life feels to you. Your dreams are the most powerful psycholog ical self help tool you have. Q. Why do people dream? A. People dream to help themselves feel better. Your dreams are like a built-in therapist and guide that tell you how your life is and how it can be. Your dreams are there to help you with your problems of living and showe you new anbd alternative ways to feel better. Q. Are there different kinds of dreams? A. Yes. There are different kinds of dreams and there are different kinds of dreamers. The most important kinds of dreams that we have found are Bright Dreams, Clear Dreams, Power Dreams, and at the highest level of dreaming The Breakthru Dream. These kinds of dreams can change the way you feel and ichange the way you live your life. These kind of dreams can raise you to a new level of dreaming where your dreams work for you.- ... Q. What do you mean by "different kinds of dreamers"? , s A. Everyone has a different Dream Capability. You can think of your dream capability as being like a dream I.Q. Your dreams are . good measures of your affective or emotional I.Q. The dream test we have developed shows the level of efectiveness of your dreaming. It measures how well your dreams are working for you and shows what kind of dreamer you are. Q. Can people change the way they dream? A. Yes, Peoples' dreams can change. Your dreams don't have to stay the same. We have seen peoples' dreams change from symbolic to real, from mixed up to clear and from old and repetitive to new and expressive. WE INVITE YOU All readers are invited to participate in our research. We are seeking . volunteers for a major nationwide study. Participants 'taking the Dream Test will receive their results by return mail. . All responses will be from the clinical staff of The Center Foundation. The theoretical orientation will be based on the new theory of transformative dreaming. Readers interested in taking the dream test can write directly , to Dream Doctor, co The Center Foundation, 1019 S. LaBrea, Los Angeles, Calif. 90019. Copyright 1976, The Center Foundation. "There is something iniside of you. Something that only the night brings. If you allow it, it will change you for the rest of your life." Dr. Richard Corriere, author of the forthcoming book, "The Dream Maker." Most people's dreams work against them. Adults in our culture dream symbolic, mixed up, boring dreams. They dream with little color, little feeling or expression. Their dreams rarely change. We discovered something different. dif-ferent. Following an intensive psychotherapy, we found that our dreams and the dreams of our patients were changing. Our dreams were becoming clearer, more expressive, less and less symbolic. Our dreams were becoming the way they had been when we were children. They were filled with feeling and movement and color, and teaching. Our dreams began to work for us. They began to teach ;us. Our dreams became like an inner -guide or therapist showing us how to help ourselves with our life's problems. We began to . dream a new kind of dream. . .the break through dream and became new kinds of dreamers. . .dream makers. Our research has shown us that , there are levels of dreaming. People, can learn to xaise their ievel of dreaming. At the higher levels, dreamers experience the Break Thru Dream. This dream is a bridge between the conscious and unconscious mind. The dreamer can tap the power and feeling of the unconscious and simultaneously see the cognitive' and decision making power of the conscious mind. The Break Thru Dream brings full awareness. At this highest level of dreaming, we found that a force emerges to guild the dreamer. We called this force The Dream Maker. A force that can change your life. The Dream Doctor will answer your questions about your dreams. Send the Dream Doctor your questions and dreams. Each issue we will publish the most interesting dreams and questions and talk about what the dream is telling the dreamer about his or her life. |