I keep having a highly amusing dream (last night and when I took a nap this afternoon) in which I am seemingly self aware of my sleeping position and keep relating it to numbers, giving the way I curl or not in my sleep psychological insight into my personality and current feelings.
I am very fond of numerology, so the dreams feel very significant to me given that I continued the same dream once I went back to sleep as well as the fact that at least one of the same numbers reappeared the second time I slept.
The first number I remember is 6, in which my mind pointed out to me that I had my legs curled in towards myself, held by my arms, forming a little ball attached to the stem of my upper body as it arched towards my legs. The second number was 1, in which my dream self noted that by sleeping self stretched out rigidly on it's belly with arms at the side, the body asking in dream meaning to stand alone, undisturbed while sleeping.
After that, the number 2 revealed itself and the accomodating form the body takes which is particularly suited to spooning with another.
I thought I dreamt of more numbers in my sleep when I woke up this morning, but I couldn't remember their actual form. When I fell back asleep for my nap, I re-entered the dream at 6, but this time remember 4 and 7, but no particular associations come to mind at the moment about this part of the dream, just the self awareness that I was sleeping in the shape of each number.
To form a 4, I slept on my side with by hands drawn up to my chest, the elbows of my parrellel arms out to form the a triangle for the 4. At the same time I had one leg striaght and the other bent, forming an additional upside down 4 that met with the 4 of my upper body at my waist. To form a 7 I lay straight on my belly with one arm sticking out perpendicular to my body while my head faced the opposite way.
Who knows if I actually slept in any of those poses outside of my dream self-awareness. I do wonder at the absence of the 3, as I figured after waking that the double 4 could also be an 8, the 2 could be a 5, and the 6 could also be a 9. I left out all the details of the imagery surrounding each number, which are more of a fog of emotions and flashes of imagery that are personal to me rather than the universal associations typically given to each number in numerology - though some of that existed in the dream as well.
I am very fond of numerology, so the dreams feel very significant to me given that I continued the same dream once I went back to sleep as well as the fact that at least one of the same numbers reappeared the second time I slept.
The first number I remember is 6, in which my mind pointed out to me that I had my legs curled in towards myself, held by my arms, forming a little ball attached to the stem of my upper body as it arched towards my legs. The second number was 1, in which my dream self noted that by sleeping self stretched out rigidly on it's belly with arms at the side, the body asking in dream meaning to stand alone, undisturbed while sleeping.
After that, the number 2 revealed itself and the accomodating form the body takes which is particularly suited to spooning with another.
I thought I dreamt of more numbers in my sleep when I woke up this morning, but I couldn't remember their actual form. When I fell back asleep for my nap, I re-entered the dream at 6, but this time remember 4 and 7, but no particular associations come to mind at the moment about this part of the dream, just the self awareness that I was sleeping in the shape of each number.
To form a 4, I slept on my side with by hands drawn up to my chest, the elbows of my parrellel arms out to form the a triangle for the 4. At the same time I had one leg striaght and the other bent, forming an additional upside down 4 that met with the 4 of my upper body at my waist. To form a 7 I lay straight on my belly with one arm sticking out perpendicular to my body while my head faced the opposite way.
Who knows if I actually slept in any of those poses outside of my dream self-awareness. I do wonder at the absence of the 3, as I figured after waking that the double 4 could also be an 8, the 2 could be a 5, and the 6 could also be a 9. I left out all the details of the imagery surrounding each number, which are more of a fog of emotions and flashes of imagery that are personal to me rather than the universal associations typically given to each number in numerology - though some of that existed in the dream as well.
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Re: Fun with numbers
Thu, August 5, 2004 - 2:27 PMAnother interesting twist---
I have long associated alphabets (especially old Germanic alphabets) with sleeping positions and medatative positions. A man who once taught me much had developed his own style of body symbolism that was very Yoga-like. He taught me that there was power in meditation wherein the body itself becomes a symbol. A number is in effect the symbol of an aspect that is so specific and universal!
Your dream awareness is magnificent, and I think others (including myself) can benefit much from what is your natural developmental tendancy.
GIRLS AND GUYS AND IN-BETWEENS, THIS GIRL KNOWS HOW TO ENJOY A DREAM!!!!!!!!
The awareness of the separate self and inability to establish it completely from the dream self while feeling complete comfort is something I must ponder. In truth, how am I with my dream self. Does a person dream more easily if they have the habit of napping in their daily routine? If focus and intent is applied, mastery of emotion and evaluation of dreams has a neverending potential for assisting the self. I get the sense Ms. Wendy looks forward to sleep more than your average bear (or kitty;)- What I find interesting is that here is an experience that is thematic, and endures much like the chapter of a book will do, until it runs its course.
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Re: Fun with numbers
Thu, August 5, 2004 - 4:00 PMJJ,
You're right on in that I enjoy sleeping. I sometimes deliberately think about continuing a dream if I lay down for a nap during the day after a particularly vivid night of dreaming. That's what happened with the numbers fun.
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