3 December 2020 Henry Reed I published in 1978 a report on dreams in the Journal of Clinical Psychology. It was the first study of its kind to demonstrate that it is possible for people to make constructive use of their dreams to improve their lives.
3 December 2020 Henry Reed There is both a skill factor and an effort factor in dream recall. People can develop dream recall skills, such as lying still in the morning and writing down whatever comes to mind.
3 December 2020 Henry Reed Dreams have always expanded our understanding of reality by challenging our boundaries of the real, of the possible.
3 December 2020 Henry Reed It is easier to learn to interpret dreams if you have a reason to use them for something constructive. You apply your dream insights to making constructive changes in your life.
3 December 2020 Henry Reed Freud published The Interpretation of Dreams in 1900. It introduced the notion that there existed certain predictable and identifiable processes by which dreams were formed.
3 December 2020 Henry Reed Intuition is the very force or activity of the soul in its experience through whatever has been the experience of the soul itself.
3 December 2020 Henry Reed The usual comment from psychologists and psychiatrists was that it’s best not to encourage people to look at their dreams because they are liable to stir up problems for themselves.
3 December 2020 Henry Reed People are learning to feel more comfortable hearing one another’s dreams. It used to be that if you told a dream in public, someone had to make a joke to relieve the tension introduced by that alternative reality.
3 December 2020 Henry Reed People don’t think their dreams amount to much, but when I ask them to examine them for common themes, they surprise themselves at how accurate they are! They see that their dreams have value.
3 December 2020 Henry Reed Dream study impacts culture. We are put in touch with the inner poet who dreams. We hear our inner, subjective response to the outer world. That helps spiritualize our lives.
3 December 2020 Henry Reed If there is any truth to my parenting the dreamwork movement, it comes from the power of the press.
