[FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Playing Tennis at Midnight
Barry, Barry, it's OK, sit down, loosen your collar, put your feet up, have a nice cup of tea. I didn't mean to upset you. You made a stupid crack, that's all. No big deal. You've done it before, you'll do it again. It isn't the end of the world. Just to set your mind at rest, my mother and father didn't fall in love or choose their children's names because of a psychic's prediction. I don't believe that, my mother didn't believe that. It's just a cute story she told. I don't even know if it was true. My mother liked to tell stories, and this one dovetailed nicely with John's suggestion that i become a Jersey Shore psychic. Pretty sure he was kidding about that. You take things way too seriously. And you're going to have a hard time putting over the notion that you don't read my posts if you keep responding to them like this. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > You mean, along with my father, Dack, and my sister, Dane? > > Opsie... Surely even Judy can't be so stupid as to have not gotten this. I was merely making a joke based on the likelihood that her mother was simply young and impressionable and thus easily pre-programmed by a "psychic" suggesting that the letter "J" would be important in her life. She *did*, after all, remember this story and tell it for years or decades afterwards, right? So it's likely that it made an impression and then, possibly subconsciously years later, she met a guy and his name started with "J" and she thought, "Wow...I should pay attention to this." Right? And when later choosing baby names, the letter "J" also popped subconsciously to mind. It wasn't an insult, Judy, merely a more reasonable explan- ation for how "psychics" can be "right" sometimes. It's more of a matter of "self-fulfilling prophecies" than it is "seeing." > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, > turquoiseb@ wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > > > (On the other hand, speaking of Jersey Shore psychics, when my mother > was a girl, for a lark she consulted a psychic who held forth in a > little shack on the Asbury Park boardwalk. The psychic told her that the > letter "J" would be very important in her life. As it turned out, my > father's name was Jack, my sister's name is Jane, and I'm Judy.) > > Think how fortunate you are that the psychic didn't tell your mother > that the letter 'D' would be important in her life. Your name might have > been Dudy. > > :-) >
[FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Playing Tennis at Midnight
You mean, along with my father, Dack, and my sister, Dane? Opsie... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > (On the other hand, speaking of Jersey Shore psychics, when my mother was a girl, for a lark she consulted a psychic who held forth in a little shack on the Asbury Park boardwalk. The psychic told her that the letter "J" would be very important in her life. As it turned out, my father's name was Jack, my sister's name is Jane, and I'm Judy.) Think how fortunate you are that the psychic didn't tell your mother that the letter 'D' would be important in her life. Your name might have been Dudy. :-)
[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Playing Tennis at Midnight
You and I have different approaches to dream interpretation, I think (not that
I spend much time on it). My sense is that dreams usually represent very
mundane concerns in the dreamer's life and rarely have much reference to what's
going on in the world. A dream character who is widely known in real life
typically represents some quality of the dreamer. A political figure, for
example, is much more likely to have to do with internal politics, such as a
conflict taking place in the mind of the dreamer, than with external real-world
politics.
And the dreaming mind, because it can't communicate by talking, makes great
use of punning and metaphors, sometimes with really obscure wordplay. It's a
little like someone trying to explain something in sign language that they have
to make up on the spot. It can be startlingly creative but usually in a
down-to-earth way. That's why I'd take "midnight" to signify "in the dark,"
meaning something you aren't seeing, rather than being a jyotish reference.
Basically, the dreaming mind can't spend time refining the symbolism it
uses--it doesn't plan a dream ahead of time but has to compose it on the
fly--so it just grabs whatever's handy to represent whatever it's trying to
communicate. And again, I don't think it provides solutions to problems so much
as it alerts the dreamer to the existence of a potential problem, typically
something very specific and immediate.
Anyway, that's my "philosophy" of dream interpretation. I don't think most
dreams have meanings as grand and exalted and exciting as many people expect.
That's why I most likely wouldn't be much of a success as a professional dream
interpreter!
(On the other hand, speaking of Jersey Shore psychics, when my mother was a
girl, for a lark she consulted a psychic who held forth in a little shack on
the Asbury Park boardwalk. The psychic told her that the letter "J" would be
very important in her life. As it turned out, my father's name was Jack, my
sister's name is Jane, and I'm Judy.)
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
Judy,
Thanks for the detailed dream analysis. I'll let you know if anything
manifests in my life that resembles your interpretation in the next few days or
weeks.
It is logical that tennis can be interpreted as a challenge. Midnight is
definitely in the dark. But it is also the opposite of noon, which typically
means success in jyotish.
Boehner can be interpreted as someone from another political persuasion or
ideological belief since I don't consider myself a Republican. However, I did
have a friend in Seattle who voted for Republican candidates.
The dream probably means to be careful in taking on challenges that are beyond
one's capability.
You should start a sideline gig as a psychic or dream interpreter. How does
Shri Judy from Jersey Shore sound to you?
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
Here's my wild guess:
You are faced with some kind of challenge in your life. You're in the dark as
to how to address it and are afraid you might make a mistake.
Challenge = tennis game
In the dark = midnight
Mistake = Boehner ("boner"--the dream is punning with the spelling of the name
rather than its pronunciation)
It isn't a dire or violent challenge--tennis is a very civilized game.
Boehner's job in real life is to mediate disputes between people, but he made
mistakes in dealing with the government shutdown crisis, which reinforces the
"boner" pun.This is probably a social challenge of some sort for you that
you're not sure how to deal with. (I'm assuming that Boehner represents part of
yourself that perhaps has made gaffes in the past.)
My sense is that the dreaming mind generally is not very articulate, and it
has to struggle to construct a picture of a situation that relates to what's
going on in your life. It grabs a bit of resonance here and a vague allusion
there and sort of cobbles them together, often quite clumsily, but also
ingeniously given what it has to work with in the way of a vocabulary.
A dream doesn't necessarily give you solutions. Usually all it's doing is
telling you something about what's happening in your mind that you aren't
consciously aware of.
All IMHO, of course.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
Doc,
As you indicated, the dream may have an element of political concession or
negotiation. But playing tennis at midnight is still baffling to me.
We never got to play tennis. I just said that I can play with him. Then, the
dream ended.
I'll look up the meaning of a tennis game in a dream book filed somewhere in
my library. I'll let you guys know the results tomorrow.
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
I have had a similar dream (though not tennis related), back when Clinton was
President - It comes from a deep longing for national unity, and the immense
subconscious power that these
RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Playing Tennis at Midnight
No, no training. I read a book once years ago and absorbed some general
principles. There's nothing even the tiniest bit authoritative about my
speculations here concerning John's dream. I was just riffing on what struck me
as possible keys. If they don't resonate for him, forget 'em.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
Wow, Judy, I'm speechless. It sounds like you've had training in dream
analysis. Have you? How did you come to know so much about the workings of
dreams?
On Tuesday, November 12, 2013 8:04 AM, "authfriend@..." wrote:
Here's my wild guess:
You are faced with some kind of challenge in your life. You're in the dark as
to how to address it and are afraid you might make a mistake.
Challenge = tennis game
In the dark = midnight
Mistake = Boehner ("boner"--the dream is punning with the spelling of the name
rather than its pronunciation)
It isn't a dire or violent challenge--tennis is a very civilized game.
Boehner's job in real life is to mediate disputes between people, but he made
mistakes in dealing with the government shutdown crisis, which reinforces the
"boner" pun.This is probably a social challenge of some sort for you that
you're not sure how to deal with. (I'm assuming that Boehner represents part of
yourself that perhaps has made gaffes in the past.)
My sense is that the dreaming mind generally is not very articulate, and it
has to struggle to construct a picture of a situation that relates to what's
going on in your life. It grabs a bit of resonance here and a vague allusion
there and sort of cobbles them together, often quite clumsily, but also
ingeniously given what it has to work with in the way of a vocabulary.
A dream doesn't necessarily give you solutions. Usually all it's doing is
telling you something about what's happening in your mind that you aren't
consciously aware of.
All IMHO, of course.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
Doc,
As you indicated, the dream may have an element of political concession or
negotiation. But playing tennis at midnight is still baffling to me.
We never got to play tennis. I just said that I can play with him. Then, the
dream ended.
I'll look up the meaning of a tennis game in a dream book filed somewhere in
my library. I'll let you guys know the results tomorrow.
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
I have had a similar dream (though not tennis related), back when Clinton was
President - It comes from a deep longing for national unity, and the immense
subconscious power that these national figures, can represent.
So, who won the tennis match?
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
That was the theme of my dream last night. John Boehner, the Republican,
asked me to play tennis with him at that odd hour. And, I said yes.
Does anyone know how to interpret this dream?
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Playing Tennis at Midnight
Wow, Judy, I'm speechless. It sounds like you've had training in dream
analysis. Have you? How did you come to know so much about the workings of
dreams?
On Tuesday, November 12, 2013 8:04 AM, "authfri...@yahoo.com"
wrote:
Here's my wild guess:
You are faced with some kind of challenge in your life. You're in the dark as
to how to address it and are afraid you might make a mistake.
Challenge = tennis game
In the dark = midnight
Mistake = Boehner ("boner"--the dream is punning with the spelling of the name
rather than its pronunciation)
It isn't a dire or violent challenge--tennis is a very civilized game.
Boehner's job in real life is to mediate disputes between people, but he made
mistakes in dealing with the government shutdown crisis, which reinforces the
"boner" pun.This is probably a social challenge of some sort for you that
you're not sure how to deal with. (I'm assuming that Boehner represents part of
yourself that perhaps has made gaffes in the past.)
My sense is that the dreaming mind generally is not very articulate, and it has
to struggle to construct a picture of a situation that relates to what's going
on in your life. It grabs a bit of resonance here and a vague allusion there
and sort of cobbles them together, often quite clumsily, but also ingeniously
given what it has to work with in the way of a vocabulary.
A dream doesn't necessarily give you solutions. Usually all it's doing is
telling you something about what's happening in your mind that you aren't
consciously aware of.
All IMHO, of course.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
Doc,
As you indicated, the dream may have an element of political concession or
negotiation. But playing tennis at midnight is still baffling to me.
We never got to play tennis. I just said that I can play with him. Then, the
dream ended.
I'll look up the meaning of a tennis game in a dream book filed somewhere in my
library. I'll let you guys know the results tomorrow.
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
>
>
>I have had a similar dream (though not tennis related), back when Clinton was
>President - It comes from a deep longing for national unity, and the immense
>subconscious power that these national figures, can represent.
>
>
>
>So, who won the tennis match?
>
>
>
>---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
>
>
>That was the theme of my dream last night. John Boehner, the Republican,
>asked me to play tennis with him at that odd hour. And, I said yes.
>
>
>
>
>Does anyone know how to interpret this dream?
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[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Playing Tennis at Midnight
Here's my wild guess:
You are faced with some kind of challenge in your life. You're in the dark as
to how to address it and are afraid you might make a mistake.
Challenge = tennis game
In the dark = midnight
Mistake = Boehner ("boner"--the dream is punning with the spelling of the name
rather than its pronunciation)
It isn't a dire or violent challenge--tennis is a very civilized game.
Boehner's job in real life is to mediate disputes between people, but he made
mistakes in dealing with the government shutdown crisis, which reinforces the
"boner" pun.This is probably a social challenge of some sort for you that
you're not sure how to deal with. (I'm assuming that Boehner represents part of
yourself that perhaps has made gaffes in the past.)
My sense is that the dreaming mind generally is not very articulate, and it
has to struggle to construct a picture of a situation that relates to what's
going on in your life. It grabs a bit of resonance here and a vague allusion
there and sort of cobbles them together, often quite clumsily, but also
ingeniously given what it has to work with in the way of a vocabulary.
A dream doesn't necessarily give you solutions. Usually all it's doing is
telling you something about what's happening in your mind that you aren't
consciously aware of.
All IMHO, of course.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
Doc,
As you indicated, the dream may have an element of political concession or
negotiation. But playing tennis at midnight is still baffling to me.
We never got to play tennis. I just said that I can play with him. Then, the
dream ended.
I'll look up the meaning of a tennis game in a dream book filed somewhere in
my library. I'll let you guys know the results tomorrow.
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
I have had a similar dream (though not tennis related), back when Clinton was
President - It comes from a deep longing for national unity, and the immense
subconscious power that these national figures, can represent.
So, who won the tennis match?
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
That was the theme of my dream last night. John Boehner, the Republican,
asked me to play tennis with him at that odd hour. And, I said yes.
Does anyone know how to interpret this dream?
