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 Effects of Intention, Attention, and Expectation on Dreaming

3. Vera M. Lind, MA, M.Mus. PhD student (ABD) Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, CA. Long-time dream journaler (30 years) and dream group member with interest in transpersonal issues in communication and healing. Student of Jeremy Taylor. Background includes teaching and performance in music and theatre, creative expression and spiritual guidance to support psychological and spiritual health. veralind@earthlink.net

4. Presents an experience of precognitive dreaming within the context of hermeneutic inquiry. Realization of the dream's precognitive aspect reflected research methodology and specific topic. Suggests possible role of intention and expectation on dream type and content.

5. Continuing Education
A) Objectives: Become aware of an effective method of focussing attention (hermeneutic inquiry); Learn an example of a precognitive dream; Learn an example of how dream life can interact with waking life
B) Questions: What is a precognitive dream; How might intention, focussed attention or expectation affect dream life; and How can hermeneutic inquiry facilitate ongoing dream experience

8. Presents an experience of precognitive dreaming in the context of the intentions, expectations and focused attention of the dreamer, who was engaged in hermeneutic inquiry. Describes the process of selecting a precognitive dream as hermeneutical text, during which time the author dreamed about an event which later occurred in the classroom and which reflected the research methodology as well as representing the author's particular research topic. Discusses the relationships between the dream's content and precognitive aspect, and the author's intention to study a precognitive dream hermeneutically in a classroom setting. Suggests possible role of intention and expectation on dream type and content.