The Mystery

Our life comes on hold and we keep stuck in a pattern (when the self is divided within). When becoming aware life continues and flows. Then we can move on with life. Here our purpose (plot) furthers, continues. At this level it is like the self gets (back) on the highway (synchronicity). The author has found patterns (shared meaning) in dreams of several persons (of which the majority are independent or don't know each other) forming larger wholes, which constitute this path on the highway forming this (shared) purpose in life. This stage becomes collective and can only be experienced and completed when embedded in this collective context of dreams of others which share this common vision (in the collective unconscious). These dreams only gain meaning in group context like pieces of a puzzle. So here, beyond Self, the task of these groups is finding (downloading) these shared patterns of meaning in their dreams, which are like the parts/episodes of a larger Tale or myth. These patt

Lucid dreaming and transpersonal studies are two vigorous and important fields with overlapping interests and much to contribute to one another. Unfortunately, they have remained largely isolated and ignorant of each other, in spite of the fact that lucid dreaming research has significant transpersonal implications. Researchers are now investigating advanced forms of lucidity, finding technological means to enhance it, observing physiological correlates, using lucid dreaming as a spiritual practice, and building conceptual bridges to ancient techniques such as Tibetan dream yoga. Recently, dreams have been regarded psychologically as 'the royal road to the unconscious' (Freud), and as messages of healing and intuitive wisdom from the unconscious (Jung). However interpreted, dreams are a nightly 'miracle' in which a whole universe arises populated with people, places and creatures that seem solid, independent and 'real'. Moreover, in our dreams we appear to posse

Babies can't tell us what their consciousness is like. Fortunately, we have Alison Gopnik, who has spent years researching and writing on how babies think. Gopnik is a psychologist and author of The Philosophical Baby. Gopnik distinguishes between the lantern consciousness of childhood from the spotlight consciousness found in adults. Children, she explains, are “vividly aware of everything without being focused on any one thing in particular” adding that “Consciousness narrows as a function of age. As we know more, we see less.” One of the great questions that you could ask as a philosopher is what it's like to be a baby? What is childhood experience actually like? And some philosophers over the ages have acted as if, well, babies aren't the sort of people who would have much experience. Having consciousness is something that is reserved for adults. But I think that actually there's good reason to believe that children have in some ways more consciousness than adults,

Dreaming can transport us to wondrous new places, throw us into perilous and exciting adventures, and make us re-evaluate our waking lives from an entirely different perspective. That’s exactly what the best films – the ones that stay with us long after watching and bury themselves in our subconscious – do too. It’s no wonder that cinema has been preoccupied with dreams since its earliest days; after all, George Méliès made The Astronomer’s Dream (1898) years before he ever took that legendary trip to the moon. In film, dreams can serve a wide variety of functions. They can be extravagant and fantastical – a chance to explore lands far beyond the reach of the characters’ waking minds (all the while showing off some impressive special effects). Or they can be searching and reflective – an opportunity to process hopes, worries and regrets, and tell us what’s going on deep down inside our hero’s psyche. The most frequent cinematic dreams are, of course, nightmares: the fearsome fuel of th