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Working on My Dreams<\/strong><\/p>\n The Weylander has many interests.\u00a0 Coffee!\u00a0 Pizza!\u00a0 And dreaming.\u00a0 Especially lucid dreaming, in which you\u00a0realize<\/em> you’re dreaming while you’re actually doing so.\u00a0 This can help you achieve a sort of control over events in your dreams.\u00a0 I can do it once in a blue moon.\u00a0 In the most recent one, Sparkle and I were walking down a road at night.\u00a0 I told her we needed a car.\u00a0 She said we didn’t have one.\u00a0 I said, “I’ll make one.”\u00a0 And suddenly we were cruising down that country road.\u00a0 (I didn’t notice what kind of a car it was, but the steering wheel was on the right.\u00a0 Maybe we were in England, I’m not sure.)\u00a0 I woke up before Sparkle could start complaining about my driving.<\/p>\n My how-to is simple: I keep a dream diary.\u00a0 (There may be other methods, but this is the one I use.)\u00a0 I keep it on my bedside nightstand.\u00a0 As soon as I wake up in the morning, I jot down what I remember.\u00a0 I have to move fast because if I don’t get it on paper quick, I’ll forget it.\u00a0 I’ve used tape recorders in the past, but I prefer a notebook or journal.\u00a0 The more often you do this, the better your recall when you remember.\u00a0 And the more often you remember your individual dreams, the more likely you are to begin knowing when you’re in one.\u00a0 And then you can manipulate them.<\/p>\n This doesn’t qualify as a party trick, because there’s no way to show someone else you’re actually controlling your dreams.\u00a0 But it comes in handy for problem resolution (think foresight), regrets (do overs) and anxiety reduction.<\/p>\n Helpful hint: If anybody else has access to your dream diary–like a spouse or a partner–edit your entries accordingly.\u00a0 Dreams of exes and\/or hot coworkers are usually frowned upon by current sweeties.\u00a0 Prudence pays!<\/p>\n Sources: healthline.con,\u00a0 Wikipedia.\u00a0 All the\u00a0Nightmare on Elm Street\u00a0<\/em>flicks.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By Wey of Explanation<\/strong><\/p>\n Okay, Pilgrims, we all already know Pagan Pages <\/em>is a non-profit.\u00a0 That’s the good news.\u00a0 The bad news is that means I don’t get paid.\u00a0 As in not a dime.\u00a0\u00a0Nada.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>So any ads I show here in\u00a0Weyland’s Whey<\/em> are freebies too.\u00a0 I see good stuff, I tell you about it.\u00a0 Period.\u00a0 No greenbacks come my way.<\/p>\n I even had to pay for the cookies…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Free Plug Department<\/strong><\/p>\n D&B Window & Glass.<\/em><\/p>\n dbwindowandglass.com<\/p>\n 908-531-6400.<\/p>\n I know Dante.\u00a0 (Free disclosure time: he gave me a baseball cap and a hoodie with his logos on them.\u00a0 Think human billboard.)\u00a0 He and his minions have done work for me a couple of times.\u00a0 Even Sparkle was impressed.\u00a0 Secaucus, N.J. area.<\/p>\n Laria Martino<\/em><\/p>\n Art for Commercial & Residential<\/p>\n Larisa-Designs.com<\/p>\n 401-965-0658<\/p>\n I know\u00a0nothing<\/em> about art–but I like hers.\u00a0 Providence, R.I. area<\/p>\n Trattoria Appia<\/em><\/p>\n Neapolitan food.\u00a0 Great service.\u00a0 Friendly staff.\u00a0 Sparkle and I ate there on our Salem jaunt last year.\u00a0 We loved it.<\/p>\n 245 Atwells Ave.<\/p>\n Providence, R.I. 02903<\/p>\n 401-383-2002.<\/p>\n trattoria.com<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bio<\/strong><\/p>\n Weyland Smith is a columnist for\u00a0PaganPages <\/em>blog.\u00a0 weylandsmith@yahoo.com<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Working on My Dreams The Weylander has many interests.\u00a0 Coffee!\u00a0 Pizza!\u00a0 And dreaming.\u00a0 Especially lucid dreaming, in which you\u00a0realize you’re dreaming while you’re actually doing so.\u00a0 This can help you achieve a sort of control over events in your dreams.\u00a0 I can do it once in a blue moon.\u00a0 In the most recent one, Sparkle and I were walking down a road at night.\u00a0 I told her we needed a car.\u00a0 She said we didn’t have one.\u00a0 I said, “I’ll make one.”\u00a0 And suddenly we were cruising down that country road.\u00a0 (I didn’t notice what kind of a car it was, but the steering wheel was on the right.\u00a0 Maybe we were in England, I’m not sure.)\u00a0 I woke up before Sparkle could start complaining about my driving. My how-to is simple: I keep a dream diary.\u00a0 (There may be other methods, but this is the one I use.)\u00a0 I keep it on my bedside nightstand.\u00a0 As soon as I wake up in the morning, I jot down what I remember.\u00a0 I have to move fast because if I don’t get it on paper quick, I’ll forget it.\u00a0 I’ve used tape recorders in the past, but I prefer a notebook or journal.\u00a0 The more often you do this, the better your recall when you remember.\u00a0 And the more often you remember your individual dreams, the more likely you are to begin knowing when you’re in one.\u00a0 And then you can manipulate them. This doesn’t qualify as a party trick, because there’s no way to show someone else you’re actually controlling your dreams.\u00a0 But it comes in handy for problem resolution (think foresight), regrets (do overs) and anxiety reduction. Helpful hint: If anybody else has access to your dream diary–like a spouse or a partner–edit your entries accordingly.\u00a0 Dreams of exes and\/or hot coworkers are usually frowned upon by current sweeties.\u00a0 Prudence pays! Sources: healthline.con,\u00a0 Wikipedia.\u00a0 All the\u00a0Nightmare on Elm Street\u00a0flicks. By Wey of Explanation Okay, Pilgrims, we all already know Pagan Pages is a non-profit.\u00a0 That’s the good news.\u00a0 The bad news is that means I don’t get paid.\u00a0 As in not a dime.\u00a0\u00a0Nada.\u00a0\u00a0So any ads I show here in\u00a0Weyland’s Whey are freebies too.\u00a0 I see good stuff, I tell you about it.\u00a0 Period.\u00a0 No greenbacks come my way. I even had to pay for the cookies… Free Plug Department D&B Window & Glass. dbwindowandglass.com 908-531-6400. I know Dante.\u00a0 (Free disclosure time: he gave me a baseball cap and a hoodie with his logos on them.\u00a0 Think human billboard.)\u00a0 He and his minions have done work for me a couple of times.\u00a0 Even Sparkle was impressed.\u00a0 Secaucus, N.J. area. Laria Martino Art for Commercial & Residential Larisa-Designs.com 401-965-0658 I know\u00a0nothing about art–but I like hers.\u00a0 Providence, R.I. area Trattoria Appia Neapolitan food.\u00a0 Great service.\u00a0 Friendly staff.\u00a0 Sparkle and I ate there on our Salem jaunt last year.\u00a0 We loved it. 245 Atwells Ave. Providence, R.I. 02903 401-383-2002. trattoria.com Bio Weyland Smith is a columnist for\u00a0PaganPages blog.\u00a0 weylandsmith@yahoo.com <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":284,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10004],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monthly-columns"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/284"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29842,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29841\/revisions\/29842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}