Tribe.net. Local Connections Waylon http://infj.tribe.net/thread/6191e52b-7daa-4f98-91af-f29a4dab1d9d#a87ca0dd-a164-418d-b52e-cb534824bcf3 2009-07-01T13:29:24Z 2009-07-01T13:29:24Z

Michelle: "does your brain ever wake you up before you drive off into the water?" Not that I recall. Usually I wake up as the car is falling or right after it hits the water and I'm going through the mental escape checklist. You know, the "Okay, don't panic, think about what I need to do to get out of this situation" thing. I always wake up before I have to go through the trouble of waiting for the car to fill and breaking out a window. I'm frightened, but not paralyzed with fear.

Waylon 2009-07-01T13:29:24Z Michelle http://infj.tribe.net/thread/6191e52b-7daa-4f98-91af-f29a4dab1d9d#b77cfd34-65ce-4029-93a9-6156b831df70 2009-06-26T19:33:58Z 2009-06-26T19:33:58Z

That is interesting, Nate, almost sounds like a stage set. Breaking it down: *Clean/ white walls warmed up by natural borders (wood) *Inner sanctum (bedroom) and public/living area sharing the same WALL. *Against that WALL lay warming, comforting things (bed, pillows and blankets) *Impending bad juju for your world if you touch the WALL (and maybe the stuff inside)? Impending doom could be an unwanted event OR an event that brings up fear but may actually have an positive outcome. Sometimes the scary thing in the dream is actually something trying to help us, but in our fear we run from it. In breaking it down like this does it trigger anything for you? Does anything resonate or completely feel off base? Although dream symbols have some universal explanations they are often very personal too so just thought I'd break it down a bit and send it back to your innate wisdom.

Michelle 2009-06-26T19:33:58Z Nat http://infj.tribe.net/thread/6191e52b-7daa-4f98-91af-f29a4dab1d9d#f8559ba1-8b96-4dfe-80bc-2b943ea47125 2009-06-26T18:12:53Z 2009-06-26T18:12:53Z

I had a very odd dream a few weeks ago. There wasn't much to it but I was completely baffled when I woke up. I was in a house, very plain. White walls with wooden door frames and trim. There was one wall, shared by a bedroom and a main room, that held my interest. If I touched the wall, the world would be destroyed. I don't know if it was just me or anyone who would cause the destruction. Was it Armageddon? I don't know. The extra weird part was that on the bed in the bedroom, there were pillows and blankets pushed up against that wall. I'm not sure if touching those things would have the same effect. The impending doom seemed to be the most curious part to me in this dream. I think I was alone in this house and there was nothing mysterious or dark. From what I could tell there were artificial lights in the house. I didn't notice anything other than the wall color, woodgrain, and the stuff on the bed. Very bizzare. Thoughts anyone?

Nat 2009-06-26T18:12:53Z $item.owner.firstName http://infj.tribe.net/thread/6191e52b-7daa-4f98-91af-f29a4dab1d9d#cb30dded-8fb4-439e-b5e6-aec5ff91ed33 2009-06-24T21:34:29Z 2009-06-24T21:34:29Z

i used to dream of being chased, hunted, bitten.. by snakes, leopards, lions, tigers.. usually in meadows and in parks. Then I began having very subterranean dreams... where I would descend stone steps leading into dark abysses/caves/tunnels of every sort ...and also labyrinthian warehouses with crawl spaces on nearly every wall, including the ceiling. Now, I dream about conventional pathways vs. feminine pathways. I always opt for the feminine stairwall, the feminine cave, feminine this and that... because following the conventional path is where I will be found or hunted. my mind is truly like some bizarre matrix.

$item.owner.firstName 2009-06-24T21:34:29Z Michelle http://infj.tribe.net/thread/6191e52b-7daa-4f98-91af-f29a4dab1d9d#729bff9d-9e8d-4fda-954f-3d9236520ae6 2009-06-24T20:45:30Z 2009-06-24T20:45:30Z

**"Something about the gentle rocking motion at night"** Sounds peaceful and womb-like. **"I've even been female in dreams before"** I used to change to male in my dreams - when I was rescuing someone - but if a male came into the dream I would turn back to female. I guess the dream self uses symbols of yin or yang where needed. Intense water dreams, Waylon! Water, car, sketchy bridge and sharks - does your brain ever wake you up before you drive off into the water?

Michelle 2009-06-24T20:45:30Z Waylon http://infj.tribe.net/thread/6191e52b-7daa-4f98-91af-f29a4dab1d9d#b7a97350-d123-4144-b270-4ffccef0f67e 2009-06-24T19:06:44Z 2009-06-24T19:06:44Z

I often have those dreams about places I've never been and people I've never seen, except in mine I'm someone else entirely. The people and places are familliar to my dream-self, almost as if I'm taking a few moments to coexist in someone else's head for a little while. I've even been female in dreams before. Very strange. I have water dreams quite a bit, too. Often I'm on a dilapidated bridge that could fall apart at any moment and I can see sharks in the water. Sometimes I'm driving or riding in a car that's trying to cross a bridge that is flooded and slightly submerged (with no guardrails) so I can't tell when I'm about to drive off the bridge into the abyss below, which always happens in the dream. Sometimes a section of the bridge has collapsed under the water and I can't see it until I drive off. I usually wake up shortly after the car goes over the edge. I always had the strangest and most vivid dreams back when I was living on my boat (I miss that, btw. That was my favorite place I've ever lived. Still got the boat, but I'm back to being a dirt-dweller). Something about the gentle rocking motion at night, I guess.

Waylon 2009-06-24T19:06:44Z Nicole http://infj.tribe.net/thread/6191e52b-7daa-4f98-91af-f29a4dab1d9d#cbaf72ef-cbdf-44c7-bff6-afe935c41095 2009-06-11T22:40:44Z 2009-06-11T22:40:44Z

I dream about places I've never been to and people I've never seen before. It's interesting how the mind can create things like that. Sometimes I see my friends, family members or celebrities that I would like to meet in person in my dreams. Usually my dreams feel very real although I still know that it is a dream. Recurring dreams have to do with being lost or searching, or trying to metaphorically climb higher in life. These just have to do with my specific personality.

Nicole 2009-06-11T22:40:44Z Mindcircus http://infj.tribe.net/thread/6191e52b-7daa-4f98-91af-f29a4dab1d9d#2da8656d-8b8f-491d-bafd-034153a6e720 2009-05-31T03:08:45Z 2009-05-31T03:08:45Z

I dream about water. All kinds of bodies of water, often with animals -- whales, sharks, fish -- swimming around in it. Whenever I'm going through big emotional stuff is when I most often have my water dreams. They're the most vivid dreams I have.

Mindcircus 2009-05-31T03:08:45Z Rachel http://infj.tribe.net/thread/6191e52b-7daa-4f98-91af-f29a4dab1d9d#462cd46b-955a-43f1-889c-337e4319b800 2009-05-31T02:09:27Z 2009-05-31T02:09:27Z

I don't generally remember my dreams...I wish I did, some of them sound pretty fun. The ones I do remember usually revolve around people I have confusion or mixed feelings about.

Rachel 2009-05-31T02:09:27Z Michelle http://infj.tribe.net/thread/6191e52b-7daa-4f98-91af-f29a4dab1d9d#b1ed05b8-e8bd-41c2-ae9e-30b8fba977e0 2009-05-29T08:31:04Z 2009-05-29T08:31:04Z

Breathing underwater sounds like a wonderful group of dreams, Nathan. I'll have to try that. In my more intense younger years my dreams were usually like a good action movie where I was saving people (Rambo meets D&D, lol). I could fly/levitate, read minds and was usually aware that I was dreaming. Now I'm not so much into saving but I do a lot of levitation/flying and symbols often relating to where I am internally or things that need to be worked on. Sometimes I just fly through different pieces of dreams and places and have a wonderful time and sometimes I fly close to the ground with dark beings trying to grab at me and pull me down (usually happen if I have some internal issues I need to deal with and/or ate too heavy of meal before bedtime). I love dream time - daydreams and night dreams as they are a great 'safe' place to work things out and also to get insight into what's going on behind our conscious thoughts.

Michelle 2009-05-29T08:31:04Z Nathan http://infj.tribe.net/thread/6191e52b-7daa-4f98-91af-f29a4dab1d9d#5afa48e4-2586-441b-81a2-a2ca695233f5 2009-05-25T13:36:02Z 2009-05-25T13:36:02Z

I've always been curious if certain dreams are associated with a personality type. I have for decades had the same or similar dreams and they appear in three very distinct forms. I've listed both the basic term and the specifics of my dreams. 1. water - breathing under water 2. flying - flying just above the ground 3. telekenesis - opening doors with a sympathetic movement of my hand I've tried to do research on dreams but what I've found tends toward the bizarre and/or ambiguous. Any comments, feedback, or personal anecdotes would be appreciated.

Nathan 2009-05-25T13:36:02Z