

Dream Interpretation: Dreaming in Lisboa, on East Coast By Ion Saliu, Dreamer At-Large

Dreaming is a function of the Fear_Survival system. Dream interpretation is valid on a personal basis only: Determined by individual concerns. Dreaming is a personal art. Dream interpretation (interpreting dreams) is a personal science. A dream is a random playback of altered past images, more often than not. The real past images (of events that really took place) represent a tiny percentage in the random payback. Most dream images are the creation of the awaken segment of the MOS (mental operating system). The MOS kernel attempts to fill in the blanks by dreaming. The clear (vivid or lucid) dreams are more coherent; sometimes very close to the reality coherence. I categorize clear dreams as the most important category of dreams. What they call lucid dream is simply a myth. As clear as a dream might be, it is still a highly unconscious event that cannot be controlled consciously. A recurring dream theme in less than a week time is a very rare event. The rarity is even higher (or is it to a lower degree?) since it occurred in May 2003. Last year, in May 2002, I had another strongly-not-to-be-ignored dream. See:

On Dreaming, Fishing, Success.



I lived the first oneiric event during the night between 17 and 18 of May 2003. The theme was Lisboathe capital of Portugal. The name of the city appeared as in the original language. I was playing golf in Lisboa! I have never played golf in my life; I don't think I'll ever want to play golf! I'd better walk in the woods and meditate (woods is not meant to be a pun!). I thought the dream was influenced by my reading of an email from the computer programmer who wrote MARKOV (freeware at the FTP Download site). He is a Portuguese system engineer who worked at a university. I thought the clear dream tried to tell me something about my employment. My reaction was: I know! I know 

May 21 is a religious holiday for my native Christian Orthodox belief: Saints Constantine and Helen. My mother's name is Elena (Helen) and she always celebrates May 21, a joint operation with my father. They also celebrate jointly August 15, Saint Mary's Day . My father's name is Marinthey say the male homologue of Mary. It made me think of my parents and how much I miss them.

It appears to be history, rather than legend. Constantine was a Roman general who fought a rival general for the throne of the empire (322 WEB). Helen, Constantine's mother, was already a Christian, by all accounts. She most likely urged her son to convert to Christianity. Constantine allegedly had a dream before a crucial battle. He dreamed of a cross of light and the Latin caption In hoc signo vinces: You'll be victorious under this sign. Constantine won the battle and became Emperor of the Roman Empire. He also proclaimed Christianity the official religion of the Romans. Days before that act, those who were Christians were killed. After Constantine's dream, those who were not Christians were killed. Shows you how powerful dreams are!

The night between 21 and 22 of May 2003 (3 WE) gave me another Lisboa dream. It was a clearer and a more impressive dream. Clearly, it required special attention from my awaken ego. I came across another attention-getting signal on May 22, 2003. There is a Quote of the Day' section on MyMSN.com page. The quote of the day was:

"Spirit is dreaming in man."

