The Senoi Dream Journal
Dreaming is an act of pure imagination, attesting in all men a creative power, which, if it were available in waking, would make every man a Dante or a Shakespeare. ~ H. F. Hedge
WHO IS MALIB?
Malib's practices and beliefs are most deeply rooted in the beliefs and methodology of the Senoi Tribe of Malaysia. She is not an accredited Psychologist, Therapist nor an Anthropologist. Malib, like the Senoi people, believes that Dream Analysis is a deeply personal study. The images and symbols created in our dreams have meaning to only our own personal journeys, and although many images and symbols are rooted in cultural meaning, no one person can tell another definitively what their dream means. The Senoi people actively and openly discussed all dreams, even those of violent and sexual nature. They believed by discussing common interpretations of symbols and imagery, we can more intuitively learn to discern them for ourselves and learn from them. While many resources are available to aide and guide in these interpretations, Malib has found that many are too static and diminish the role of the individual in the meaning of dream symbols. She is a lucid dreamer and believes strongly in the individuality and uniqueness of dreams, as believed by the Senoi Tribe of Malaysia. Malib's interpretation is based only upon what information you provide, and she offers only a starting point for you to more thoroughly explore your dreams. Ms. Empooq has been practicing these traditions for more than fifteen years. She has given seminars and interviews on the subject but prefers to remain out of the public spotlight.
DREAM A LITTLE DREAM...
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. ~ Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849)
From the Desk of Malib~
The Senoi Tribe of Malaysia is unique in all the world for their understanding and gifts where dreams are concerned. Since a very early age, the children in the tribe are taught to discuss their dreams with their parents, and are instructed in ways to confront frightening imagery, to address problems that present themselves and to turn them into a positive rather than a negative experience. As a result of their unique dedication to understanding and confronting the conflicts deep within their psyche, the Senoi people have no mental illnesses, very few if any diseases, and enjoy a peaceful, non-aggressive lifestyle. Ah, if only everyone listened so closely to what their inner voices try and tell them!
The Senoi Journal is, I hope, a journey of discovery...not of new lands, but of vistas within us that we don't always take the time to contemplate. Dreams can be strange, complex, and downright disturbing, but they all serve the same purpose: to show ourselves truths of our lives and our beings that we may not always understand. That is why I am here; to open the doors of that understanding and to guide you to new paths of insight as to what your dreams mean for you. Dreams are unique to the individual, and yet all dreams share a fairly common language. This language can be interpreted and, through association and intuition, reveal extremely complex patterns in our lives and our emotional upheavals.
If you would like me to review your dream and offer interpretive suggestions, please email me with as much detail as possible. While not every dream that I receive will be published, everyone who submits a dream and a $1 donation to STITCHED magazine will get a detailed interpretation on what that dream most likely means, and why it is interpreted in that fashion. All donations go toward the future production of the magazine.
Please indicated your preference; if you would or would prefer not to be published. Names will be kept anonymous if wished.
Until we share another dream...
Namaste.
Color Me Dreaming
RED Positively: passion, pride, courage, fiery devotion, and occasionally beneficial sacrifice. Negatively: anger, a will toward destruction, and bloodshed.
BLUE Positively: comfort, hope. Negatively it can mean depression, a feeling of hopelessness, fatigue, and ill-will.
YELLOW Positively: energy, vitality, happiness. Negatively: cowardice, inhibition, indecisiveness, and sickness.
GREEN Positively: health, wellness, vitality, strength, growth, and prosperity. Negatively: envy, strife, and strong jealousies.
ORANGE Positively: friendship, an aim to please, and social relationships. Negatively: a growing anger, bad feelings between friends, and a caution towards interactions.
PURPLE Positively: Power, pride, majesty, a feeling of achievement. Negatively: an over-inflated ego, snobbery, a sense of unearned entitlement, occasionally putrescence and decay.
BLACK Positively: contentment, thoughtfulness. It's also a spiritual color, indicating divine thoughts and aspirations. Negatively: danger, death, decay, fear, and hidden danger.
GRAY Positively: a feeling of a discovery about to be achieved. Negatively: fear, depression, anxiety, hopelessness, fatigue, a feeling of being washed out, unimportant, or overlooked.
WHITE Positively: purity, enlightenment, knowledge, spirituality, hope, peace, cleanliness and achievement. Negatively: death, loss, abandonment, and mourning.
BROWN Positively: nourishment, domestication, being stoic, firm, and unwavering. Negatively: worldliness, conservatism, and obsession with physical comforts.
PINK Positively: happiness, joy, birth and rebirth, love, sweetness, affection. Negatively: immaturity.
Dreamy Thoughts
It has never been my object to record my dreams, just to realize them. ~ Man Ray
To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act. ~ Anatole France (1844 - 1924)
You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?" ~ George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. ~ John Updike
There is nothing like dream to create the future. Utopia to-day, flesh and blood tomorrow. ~ Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives. ~ William Dement
Dream Journaling Tips
If you are interested in learning how to better remember your dreams, to take control and attain lucidity (a conscious awareness that you are dreaming), here are some tips to follow that will help you along that path.
1. Keep a dream journal.
A notepad beside your bed or even a tape recorder helps here. Always keep these items ready and in arms reach so you don't have to rise to get them. As soon as you wake, write down or record everything you can remember from your dream, no matter how small. Descriptions, words, letters, numbers, time of day, weather, location, colors that you see; nothing is too small or insignificant.
2. Mantra
Before you go to sleep each night, as you are laying there with eyes closed, repeat to yourself in your mind that you will remember what you dream. Continue to repeat it to yourself as you fall to sleep. People who practice this have as much as a seventy-five percent greater recall of some dream imagery. Even people who 'never dream' find this technique helps them greatly in recalling their dreams.
3. Find Triggers
Here is another place your dream journal comes in handy. If you keep it you might find an almost constant reoccurrence of some symbolism. You may find a location figures repeatedly in many of your dreams. Or maybe there is a person you dream about often, or an object or item. Whatever the case may be, find five symbols that repeat a great deal in your dreams. Add these to your mantra as you go to sleep. Visualize these five items (you can start with one at a time or you can tackle all five at once)and as you picture them, repeat in your mind 'I'm dreaming'. Within a few nights, coming upon these 'triggers' in your dream state should automatically trigger the thought 'I'm dreaming', which will heighten your awareness and greatly increase the likelihood of the dream then switching to lucidity.