Netflix has a great selection of documentaries and I really DO enjoy them...so some days when I have had a little more excitement than usual I will probably continue to make them my "go-to" movies.
What Are Dreams was a short documentary on what causes dreams and how researchers are studying dreams. There was also a short section on dream interpretation near the end and how researchers can ask a series of questions on paper and determine the actual mood of your dreams.
The most interesting and poignant part of the documentary was the example set by an Indian tribe holding "Dream Circles" every morning after they awaken. During the documentary they showed the example of some of the older tribal women who specialize in dream interpretation talking with a mother who dreamed of her son the night before. Initially she spoke of seeing him above water - suspended - and he was talking to her. They explained that the vision of water meant that he was in trouble - his soul was sad. The mother explained he was suffering from drug addiction. The next dream the mother said she had, the water was receding and she was crying out to her son. The tribal women explained that this meant she was losing him and the mother wept.
Dreams, of course, can be pleasant or unpleasant. One other point that gave me much to consider was that we all have nightmares in order to save us from danger in real life. Supposedly we have evolved this practice since we were cavemen (and maybe having nightmares about dinosaurs?) and that we continue to experience nightmares to keep up from doing things that would be dangerous for us.
I was definitely more aware of my own dreams this morning when I woke up. I dreamed that Jeff, my husband, was in a hospital bed in a mansion we lived in with tooth pain and I was tending to his needs. I also dreamed I was walking through the mansion that I had somehow recently purchased. It was filled with antiques and I went room to room attributing each antique to beloved relatives in my life that had passed on and left me the pieces of furniture. I then saw them standing there in front of me, watching me, looking at me silently. There was also a garden and more people - more family members - but I didn't really recognize them. We were harvesting zucchini.
My coworker gave me a bag of zucchini a couple of days ago and I know I am feeling guilty for not using it yet. Guess I can take a little message from my brain that it's time for me to get cracking on that. Anyone else have any idea about the mansion, relatives, gardening and nursemaiding?
There is no IMDB link for this documentary.
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