Formative Dynamics of Psi Dreaming
Dale E.
Graff is an internationally recognized lecturer, writer and
researcher on psi topics. He is a physicist and a former director
of project Stargate, the government program of research and
applications of remote viewing phenomena. His books on remote
viewing and psychic dreaming are Tracks in the Psychic
Wilderness and River Dreams.
Abstract
It is quite
possible to gain insight into the psi dreaming process by
systematically evaluating how closely the dream correlates with
the intended psi objective. Sometimes psi dreams are highly
accurate and at other time they are only approximate or symbolic
and difficult to identify as of psi origin. There are many factors
that influence how our dreaming mind accesses and presents psi
information, and how we then perceive and interpret the
information.
In this presentation, I describe
convenient methods for exploring and evaluating psi dreams,
recommend strategies for enhancing psi dream utility and discuss
issues that may affect psi dream occurrence. The psi dream
formative dynamic process is illustrated by providing a detailed
evaluation of a few psi dreams to show how the dreaming mind
“forms” or creates the dream’s content. Some of the psi dreams are
from independent research using illusions and abstract art as the
psi target objective, and from precognitive dreams during the IASD
2005 psiberconference. Psi dreams resulting from these target
pictures illustrate fundamental principles involved in psi dream
creation. These principles include the dyadic relationship between
the dream’s form and its content or meaning and how cognitive and
personality styles influence the psi dream construct. Various
attitudes can significantly affect the occurrence or
non-occurrence of a psi dream. Some individuals avoid or reject
psi dreaming because psi phenomena seem incompatible with
scientific wisdom, or because they have an innate fear of what psi
dreams would reveal. These fears are reviewed from a cultural and
psychological perspective. Pandora’s Box with its last trapped
“spite”, foreboding, is re-examined from a probable future
viewpoint. There is no basis for boxing in our precognitive
talents. Suggestions on how to routinely experience and apply psi
dreaming, especially precognitive dreaming, from a personal and
global perspective are provided.
The formative dynamics of psi
dreaming has significance for fundamental cognitive processes. Psi
dreaming indicates that the mind can interact with the environment
or with other minds in ways that extend beyond our current
understanding of spacetime. The challenge is to effectively apply
our innate psi ability and develop new investigations based on psi
phenomena that advance our understanding of brain/mind
interactions and the nature of consciousness.
This
presentation concludes with an open discussion on the implications
and challenges posed by psi dreaming, the psi dreaming process and
how psi dreaming can provide a solid bridge that links diverse
disciplines of neurosciences, information theory and physics.
