“We dream primarily the same way that we have consciousness of the world for the same reason. Basically, that our brains evolve to simulate reality and to control what's happening around us.” WorldWayReasonDreamRealityBrainConsciousnessHappeningsEvolveSimulate Author:Amy Hardie
“I know I have different priorities when I am close to dreaming and coming out of dreaming. I notice I am connected to people in a different way, and connected to the earth. For me, I have exactly the same emotional responses when I go through into shamanic trance.” PeopleKnowsWayDifferentDreamEarthEmotionalResponseConnectedPrioritiesDifferent WaysComing OutTranceEmotional Response Author:Amy Hardie
“I am sure that there is a lot more going on in the objective real world than we can monitor with our five senses. I think dreams allow us to engage with the real world and monitor the way it is acting on us.” ThinkingWorldWayRealDreamActingFiveSensesObjectivesReal WorldFive Senses Author:Amy Hardie
“I like the way dreams present themselves as words and images that are trying to get your attention using your model-making brain's ability to make up stories.” WayTryingStoriesDreamAbilityAttentionBrainModels Author:Amy Hardie
“I try to see what the dream might be referring to - because the information in the world is being interpreted by my brain which only has the concepts derived from our five senses. So I think of the sequences in my dream as my brain doing its very best to process information in a way it knows I can deal with.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWayTryingI CanDreamMightProcessDealsBrainFiveInformationConceptsSensesSequenceReferringFive Senses Author:Amy Hardie
“We forget most of our dreams because we don't have access to those parts of our brain once we are switched to wakefulness. But why we evolved that way is a puzzle to me.” WayDreamForgetBrainAccessPuzzlesOur Dreams Author:Amy Hardie
“I think that when you go on a shamanic journey, you're allowing yourself to have much more access to your unconscious or your sense of connection within the universe, whatever you want to call that. You've accessed places in your brain that you don't normally. You're still there - it's your brain. But you have access in a way that you normally don't. For me, doing that felt like being in a new environment.” ThinkingWayWantStillsUniverseFeltBrainEnvironmentJourneyGoes OnConnectionsAccessUnconsciousAllowingNew Environment Author:Amy Hardie