A Dream-Guided Meditation Model and the Personalized Method for Interpreting Dreams

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Brief Bio: Evelyn M. Duesbury
Preface
Ethics Statement
Introduction
	Personalized Method for Interpreting Dreams (PMID)
	Formal Personalized Method for Interpreting Dreams (PMID)
	Purposes of Each PMID Model Step (Adapted from Duesbury, 2010, pp. 37–38)
	Suggestions for Dream Recall and Recording (Excerpts from Duesbury, 2007, pp. 12–13)
	Research and Explorations of the PMID Model
	Research Support for Use of Each PMID Model Step (As presented in Duesbury, 2010, pp. 62, 69, 78, 87, 93, 102)
	Dream Specialists’ Support for Elements in the PMID Model
	Meditations and Dreams
		Dream: Dream Work and Inner Work Flow Together
	Synopsis of This Book
	References
Section A: The Meditation Model
	Chapter 1: The Dream That Brought the Dream-Guided Meditation Model
		Dream: A Meditation Model Given in a Dream
		Summary of Chapter 1
		References
	Chapter 2: Stage One—Quiet Your Whole Body
		Dream: Use the Full Tree for Meditation
		Dream: The Teacher Sits in Extreme Quiet for Meditation
		Summary of Chapter 2
		Reference
	Chapter 3: Stage Two—Slow Your Breath
		Dream: Play the Metronome Slowly and Uneven Beats are Okay
		Vital Tip
		Summary of Chapter 3
		Reference
	Chapter 4: Stage Three—Still Your Thoughts and Listen to Become Aware of Your Still State
		Still Your Thoughts
			Dream: The Monkey Mind
			Dream: Usher the Dominant Woman and the Others out of the Church
			Dream: Responses from Becoming Especially Aware of the Difficulty of Stilling the thoughts That Cross the Mind
			Dream: Stand Still Is the One Message the Students Understand
			Dream: Stand Still and Let the Train of Thoughts Pass By
		Listen
			Dream: Listening and Practice Are Essential for Successful Meditation
			Dream: Reminded to Meditate with the Full Dream-Guided Meditation Model
		Become Aware of Your Still State
			Dream: To Access Deeper Levels during Meditation, Use the Dream-Guided Meditation Model
			Dream: Stay in the Meditative State and Wait Patiently!
			Dream: Confidence That Yesterday’s Second Meditation Was Deep Though Could Have Been Deeper
			Dream: Take Time for Meditation: It Is Worth $1,000 in Calm Wisdom
		Summary of Chapter 4
		References
	Chapter 5: Potential Result of Using the Dream-Guided Meditation Model: Become Conscious of the Higher Self Potential Within Your Being, a Presence in All Human Beings
		Dream: Dedicated Student Causes Me to Say More Than I’d Planned (Infinite Mind and mind Are the same. Infinite Mind is the Fourth Square)
		Dream: Higher Self Consciousness is Beyond Words and Thoughts
		Summary of Chapter 5
Section B: When and Where to Meditate
	Chapter 6: When to Meditate
		Dream: Meditate for Guidance Every Morning
		Dream: Relaxing Noontime Meditations
		Dream: Send Flowers to Terrorist Leader
		Dream: Critically Important to Take Regular Noontime 20-Minute Meditations
		Dream: The 5:30 p.m. Beadwork Class
		Dream: Do Not Skip Meditation Times
		Dream: Late for 5:30 Choir Practice—Oh, the Work Car Starts
		Dream: Devastated—My Coach Doesn’t Ask Me to Be on the Team
		Dream: Wise Woman Recognizes My Spirituality Leanings
		Dream: There Is a Voice
		Dream: Stay with the Style Learned While Grading CPA (Certified Public Accountant) Exams
		Dream: Expand the Mind to “Other Drives” During Meditation
		Dream: God (Infinite Mind) Is Talking All the Time
		Dream: There Is No Place Where the Music Professor Is Not
		Summary of Chapter 6
		References
	Chapter 7: Where to Meditate
		Dream: Open Door
		Dream: Can Picture Myself in a Foreign Country Church and Meditate There
		Summary of Chapter 7
Conclusion
	Dream: Response to Meditation—Unexplainably Felt Enormously Uplifted; Knew There Is Infinite Mind—Beyond All Tangible Things
Summary of Lessons Presented in This Book
Appendix A: One Hundred Year Turn of the Twenty-First Century Coincidence
	Dream: One Hundred Year Turn of the Century Coincidence (October 16, 2011)
	Reference
Appendix B: Caveat on Bad or Worrisome Dreams
	Reference
Index