FACTS on dreams

Within 5 minutes of waking half of your dream is forgotten. Within 10, 90%
is gone.


People who became blind after birth can see images in their dreams. People
who are born blind do not see any images, but have dreams equally vivid
involving their other senses of sound, smell, touch and emotion


Every human being dreams (except in cases of extreme psychological
disorder). If you think you are not dreaming you just forget your dreams.

Our mind is not inventing faces in our dreams we see real faces of real
people that we have seen during our life but may not know or remember. We
have all seen hundreds of thousands of faces throughout our lives, so we
have an endless supply of characters for our brain to utilize during our
dreams.

A full 12% of sighted people dream exclusively in black and white. The
remaining number dream in full color. Studies from 1915 through to the
1950s maintained that the majority of dreams were in black and white, but
these results began to change in the 1960s. Today only 4.4% of the dreams
of under-25 year-olds are in black and white. Recent research has
suggested that those changing results may be linked to the switch from
black-and-white film and TV to color media.

If you dream about some particular subject it is not often that the dream
is about that. Dreams speak in a deeply symbolic language. Whatever symbol
your dream picks on it is most unlikely to be a symbol for itself.


The most common emotion experienced in dreams is anxiety. Negative
emotions are more common than positive ones.

On average you can dream anywhere from one or two hours every night.


Studies have been done on many different animals, and they all show the
same brain waves during dreaming sleep as humans. Watch a dog sleeping
sometime. The paws move like they are running and they make yipping sounds
as if they are chasing something in a dream.


Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is a normal stage of sleep characterized by
rapid movements of the eyes. REM sleep in adult humans typically occupies
20-25% of total sleep, about 90-120 minutes of a night's sleep.
During REM sleep the body is paralyzed by a mechanism in the brain in
order to prevent the movements which occur in the dream from causing the
physical body to move. However, it is possible for this mechanism to be
triggered before, during, or after normal sleep while the brain awakens.


Our mind interprets the external stimuli that our senses are bombarded
with when we are asleep and make them a part of our dreams. This means
that sometimes in our dreams we hear a sound from reality and incorporate
it in a way. For example you may be dreaming that you are in a concert
while your brother is playing a guitar during your sleep.


Men tend to dream more about other men. Around 70% of the characters in a
man's dream are other men. On the other hand, a woman's dream
contains almost an equal number of men and women. Aside from that, men
generally have more aggressive emotions in their dreams than the female
lot.

Results of several surveys across large population sets indicate that
between 18% and 38% of people have experienced at least one precognitive
dream and 70% have experienced dvu.The percentage of persons that believe
precognitive dreaming is possible is even higher ranging from 63% to 98%.
*Precognition, also called future sight, refers to perception that
involves the acquisition of future information that cannot be deduced from
presently available and normally acquired sense-based information.

Why men are happy

Why men are happy
What do you expect from such simple creatures?

Your last name stays put.
The garage is all yours.
Wedding plans take care of themselves.
Chocolate is just another snack.
You can never be pregnant.
You can wear a white T-shirt to a water park.
You can wear NO shirt to a water park.
Car mechanics tell you the truth.
The world is your urinal.
You never to drive to another gas station restroom because this one is just too icky.
You don't have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt.
Wrinkles add character.
Wedding dress $5000. Tux rental-$100.
People never stare at your chest when you're talking to them.
The occasional well-rendered belch is practically expected.
New shoes don't cut, blister, or mangle your feet.
One mood all the time.
Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat.
You know stuff about tanks.
A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase.
You can open all your own jars.
You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness.
If someone forgets to invite you, he or she can still be your friend.
Your underwear is $8.95 for a three-pack.
Three pairs of shoes are more than enough.
You almost never have strap problems in public.
You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes.
Everything on your face stays its original color.
The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades.
You only have to shave your face and neck.
You can play with toys all your life.
Your belly usually hides your big hips.
One wallet and one pair of shoes one color for all seasons.
You can wear shorts no matter how your legs look.
You can "do" your nails with a pocket knife.
You have freedom of choice concerning growing a moustache.
You can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives on December 24 in 25 minutes.
No wonder men are happier!!

Healing Hands

Healing Hands
May 30, 2000

Healing Hands

Have you ever felt the palms of your hands tingle, perhaps get warmer - even to the point of being uncomfortable - around someone who was ill? Have you ever placed your hand on someone who immediately exclaimed that your hands felt very hot?
It may be that you have a natural healing ability. Most people who have heard of Reiki may consider this as Reiki healing, and I grant that they are similar. Having a natural healing ability however requires no study, no attunements, and no initiations. Just your compassion and the healing energy you channel will suffice.

If you have read my article on Chakra Healing or if you have some interest in chakra energy centers, you will be familiar with the seven main centers. There are many more minor centers, but for this article I will focus on those in the palms of your hands, and the tips of your fingers.

The minor centers in the palms of a healers hands draw healing energy through the main chakra points, and channel it through the hands to the recipient. When the healer "activates" these centers, the energy is immediately tapped and available for use. Some ways of activating the centers are meditation, conditioning (programming yourself to begin healing at a certain word or musical note only known by you, and only functional when you yourself have spoken it, or sounded it with intent) or physical means such as clapping the hands three times harshly, or rubbing the palms together in a circular motion. In some people, the palm centers will activate spontaneously ( sometimes unbeknownst to the healer her/himself!). This generally occurs around someone who is drastically or terminally ill. Often in these cases, although the person's physical mind may have resigned to the illness, the higher or spiritual mind may be reaching out to the healer's spiritual mind in a plea for help.

In some cases the only thing left for the healer is to help ease the passage of the spirit into the next world. I, as with many others, believe that we have all chosen our time of death, the circumstances, and even those who are with us at that time. Once our higher minds have made that decision and we are one with it, it will happen, despite intervention.

Enough of the dire stuff - how about a "demonstration"? I received review copies of many books in the past few months, one of which being "The Healing Energy of Your Hands" By Michael Bradford (published by Crossing Press). The book follows Michael through the discovery of his own healing power, through to present day teacher/speaker/healer. Descriptions of his various techniques, energy flows, and the physical symptoms of emotional/energetic dis-ease are wonderful - I recommend the book highly for those interested in energetic/spiritual healing.

I quote from "Two Hands Forming A Triangle" (chapter 10; pgs. 150-152).
"A simple, effective two-handed method for removing negative energy is the triangle technique. Here, the negative energy is neither pulled into your hands, nor run through your body. Place your hands palms down, with the tips of your pointer fingers touching and your thumbnails overlapping. Your hands, especially the open area between them, form the shape of a triangle*.

Form the triangle directly on, or 2 -6" (5 -15cm) above the area to be worked on. Visualize and feel positive energy as well as healing colors coming from the palms of your hands and your fingers, penetrating directly into the area in need of healing. As the positive energy penetrates the area, visualize the negative energy breaking up. See and feel the negative energy being pushed up and out through the center of the triangle and being released and immediately transmuted*. This was the technique used to pull the tumor out of the cat**. Please remember to have the person you are assisting visualize the healing process with you."

This method works well for simple pain relief as well as other illness. Since reading the book, I have used the method, with great results. I hope you will too!

*These are marking areas where there were illustrations.
**This is in reference to a story told earlier in the book.

The copyright of the article Healing Hands in Alternative Medicine is owned by Jodi Wetherup. Permission to republish Healing Hands in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.

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