--- In [email protected], "shukra69" <shukr...@...> wrote: > > so then thats why some consider it a good test of a new gem to judge by the > dreams you get when you put it on , that is telling you how it affects the > 9th (also luck >
This is true. Dreams are good indicators of things to come. If the dreams are enjoyable then the near future should be good as well. For example, if you dream of someone just before you wake up, there's a good chance you will meet this person during the same day. > --- In [email protected], "John" <jr_esq@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't see the analogy breaking down but our OS can, the > > > > two interact more in the human body than in the computer. > > > > We have the feedback system of the fight/flight response > > > > for instance so we can be scared of things that aren't real > > > > and it'll be the same as if they were. > > > > > > > > If you don't take the analogy that far and think of some- > > > > thing like the TM explanation of mental activity, it doesn't > > > > have any actual parallel in the mind but we accept it as a > > > > good explanation regardless. It's a software option that > > > > thinks it knows how the machine that supports it functions > > > > but doesn't really and it doesn't affect *how* the machine > > > > runs because it's job is just - in the case of consciousness > > > > - to allow the creation of metaphors and patterns out of > > > > those metaphors, which is what all our thoughts are. > > > > > > > > The job of science here is to let us know which of the maps > > > > we create corresponds to what's actually happening. > > > > > > I'm very dubious that we can make a definitive > > > distinction between creating patterns out of > > > metaphors, on the one hand, and knowing what's > > > "actually happening," on the other. How do we > > > know our notions of what's actually happening > > > aren't really just more of those same metaphors > > > and patterns? There's no such thing as pure > > > information--there's always an interpretation > > > involved, always some pattern-making. > > > > FWIW, in jyotish, dreams are part of the field of higher knowledge, the 9th > > house. Dreams are considered the work activity during our sleeping > > conscious, just as our careers/professions are the activities during our > > waking consciousness. As such, these dreams are influenced by the planets > > that are placed in the 9th house at birth or are transiting the house at > > the present time. For example, a benefic planet like Jupiter, a > > significator of a biped, would cause dreams to be about a person or people. > > >
