Among those putting in such requests are animals. The request may come from a spiritual guide or another person connected to the dreamer. I learned that dreams are sometimes crafted for individuals because someone who has their best interests in mind has requested a production that will dramatize a certain issue. I saw situations where requests for dream intervention are considered and acted upon. I attended a design conference where a new fuzzy character - it looked like a hyperactive woodchuck - is being developed for dream movies. I toured costume departments where the right outfits for dream characters are selected. I warmed to one "Arturo" who specialized in extravaganzas that meld Fellini and Alejandro Jodorowsky. I was given a tour of current film projects and met directors with distinctive styles.
ACTIVE DREAMING ROBERT MOSS DOGS MOVIE
I found myself arriving at a movie set where I had to put myself in a vintage convertible, behind shades, to be admitted by security. I led a group journey to explore such things in a circle of active dreamers last night. I know that our dead are sometimes involved in dream production for the living. Some dreams have the quality of productions, and it is always interesting to speculate on who and what, exactly, is involved in the making of a particular dream of this kind. A dream may be a visitation, an adventure in another reality, a rehearsal for the future, or the effect of the leftovers of the day before. I have since lost contact with him, and I wonder whether he has gone on zapping his dogs.ĭreams are infinitely various. I could not fail to remember that German shepherds were favored guard dogs in the Nazi camps. "If it were my dream," I commented, "I would wonder whether my dogs asked for this dream to help me to understand their situation." It was as if the dream had been crafted to help him understand what he was doing to his dogs. The analogy to the situation of his dogs was screamingly obvious, at least to me. They had me marching up and down like a robot." Whenever they wanted me to do something, they zapped me. "I was in a Nazi concentration camp," he began. In the morning, at the breakfast table, my friend was troubled by a dream that lay heavy on him. He insisted that he loved his dogs, and they were content with their situation. I found this barbarous, and told him so as gently as I could.
When he wanted them back at the house, or anywhere else, he would zap them with a monitor that delivered an electric shock. So he put electronic collars around their necks. He wanted them to be able to run on his land but he also wanted to make sure that they always came when called, especially since he had a hard time getting around. I had a remarkable experience of this several years ago, staying with an older friend who owned a large rural property. Animals not only feature in our dreams they may help to produce them.