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Shaman vs Shrink - Dreams as a Subconcious Outlet or Direct Line to God by Bradley Spencer
Have you ever had a dream about someone you hadn't seen in years and then saw them a few days or weeks later out of the blue?
The other day, a friend of mine came up to me with a story. He said that he had a dream about a girl he knew when he was younger, maybe 15 years ago. He said that the girl was so vivid in the dream that he knew he was going to see her. And, guess what? About a week later he saw her for the first time in many years.
Psychologists are taught that dreams are just the ramblings of your subconscious mind. When asked to interpret a dream, they usually look at symbolism and try to decipher what your mind is really trying to say.
This is all fine and good, except that they think of the mind as an island. And, as we all know, "No man is an island."
The medical model assumes that the subconscious mind is limited to only things it has experienced in its lifetime. Yes, the subconscious might have incredible abilities to recall obscure things, or have any amazing memory, but ultimately it is just the basement of your mind and there is no tunnel down there that's connects to other basements, houses, or other worlds.
Even the idea of a collective conscious is considered New Age and silly.
In a world where synapse response, neurons, and dendrites are held to be God, it is hard to accept any explanation other than the "dreams as brain farts" explanation.
But our medical community is still in awe at the power of dreaming and the brain.
Now if we think back to my friend who dreamed of this girl and then saw her a week later, it doesn't match the idea that psychologists hold of dreaming. The sub-conscious mind would have no way of knowing the future. The subconscious is supposed to just echo what we think everyday according to the medical model.
If you were to propose that dreaming was a link to another dimension, or the spirit realm, or even just plain old fortelling the future, you would be laughed at by a doctor.
But not a shaman.
In cultures that hold experience in higher regard than only things that can be proved by the scientific method, dreams are heralded. They are held as secrets passed down to you for the benefit of you and the community. When someone shares their dreams, they are listened to like messages from God.
At what point did we stop listening to our dreams? When did we begin dismissing these vivid experiences as simply Brain Farts?
To learn more about shamanism, come to the Modern Shaman
Brad is a blogger with a curious nature and a love for Shamanism. As an avid traveler and psychonaut, Brad draws from his experience to make some sense of today's world through shamanic eyes.
About the Author
To learn more about Shamans, Native American religion, Shamanism, and Shamanic Studies, come to the Modern Shaman (http://www.modernshaman.org)
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