Description
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1: Basics about Sleep and Dreams
Chapter 1: Why Dream Work? ? p. 12
- Benefits of Sleep
- What Happens When You Sleep
- Levels of the Mind
- Our Sleep Cycles
- The Physical Process of Sleep
Chapter 2: Common Questions and Facts about Sleep and Dreams ? p. 21
- Common Questions about Dreams
- Additional Helpful and Interesting Facts about Sleep and Dreams
Chapter 3: Sources and Types of Dreams ? p. 42
- Sources of Dreams
- Types of Dreams
Chapter 4: Some Common Dreams and Their Potential Meanings ? p. 61
- Nightmares and Bad Dreams
- Dreams in Which You Find Yourself Naked
- Dreams in Which You?re Being Chased
- Dreams in Which You Have to Take a Test and Feel Unprepared or Fail it
- Dreams in Which Your Teeth are Falling Out or Missing
- Dreams in Which You?re Drowning
- Dreams in Which You?re Lost
- Dreams in Which Your Car Breaks Down or is Out of Control
- Dreams in Which You?re Falling
- Dreams in Which You?re Being Attacked
- Dreams in Which You have a Serious Illness
- Dreams in Which You Have Marbles or Other Things in Your Mouth and Can?t Speak Dreams in Which You Find Yourself Paralyzed
- Dreams of People Who are Dead
- Other Common Dreams that Aren?t Nightmares
- Dreams in Which You?re Flying
- Dreams in Which You?re Pregnant or Giving Birth
- ?Bathroom Dreams?
Part 2: How to Interpret and Understand Your Dreams
Chapter 5: Tips for Interpreting Your Dreams and a Step-by-Step Procedure ? p. 79
- Tip # 1: If a Dream isn?t Significant, Don?t Expend Your Time with it
- Tip # 2: Keep a Dream Journal and Review it Regularly
- Tip # 3: Remember that Not All Dreams are Symbolic
- Tip # 4: Try to Respect Your Dreams
- Tip # 5: Pay Attention to How You Feel
- Tip # 6: Wake Up Slowly
- Tip # 7: Try to Determine What Each Symbol in a Dream Means to You
- Tip # 8: Remember that Any One Symbol/Dream can Have More than One Valid Meaning
- Tip # 9: Pay Attention to Any Puns and Plays on Words
- Tip # 10: Pay Attention to Tone, Inflection, and Emphasis
- Tip # 11: Look at Other People in Your Dream
- Tip # 12: Use Your Intuition
- Tip # 13: If You?re Interpreting Someone Else?s Dream, Dialogue with Him or Her
- Tip # 14: Look for the Valid Meanings for the Dreamer
A Procedure for Interpreting Dreams
Chapter 6: Dream Samples and Their Interpretations ? p. 95
- Sorting Information, Filing it Away, and Learning from it
- Expression of Bodily Conditions
- Message Dreams
- Communications Dreams, Including Visitation
- Expressing Fears and Desires
- Creative Inspiration and Problem-Solving
- Expressing Personal Issues and Personal Process, and Working Issues Out
- Healing Dreams
- Psychic Dreams, Including Precognition, Clairvoyance, etc.
- Actual Experiences and Exploring, Including Past-Life Memories
- Recurring Dreams, Including Serial Dreams
- Spiritual Dreams, Including Awakening or Opening Dreams
Combinations of Types
Chapter 7: Your Turn: Dreams for You to Interpret ? p. 146
- Dreams
- Interpretations
Chapter 8: Working With the Information You?ve Gathered ? p. 186
- Working with Different Types of Dreams
- Dream Incubation
Chapter 9: Additional Recommendations, Cautions, and Tips ? p. 203
Appendix A: Additional Ways to Work with Your Dreams, p. 209
- Imagery Rehearsal Treatment
- Lucid Dreaming
- Group Dreaming
Appendix B: Knowing Your Whole Self?Befriending Your Unconscious ? p. 214
- Your Unconscious
- Tips for Befriending Your Other Self
Recommended Reading p. 223
Bibliography p. 224
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