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Here's my dream.  I wrote it out in first person.  I'm not sure how to interpret the imagery.


I am part of this SWAT unit thing, and we are protecting this national reserve or something from intruders. The national reserve was this huge hill that led down to a valley, with a lake and town and such. But no one's supposed to go on the hill, because it's protected land. There are fences that have tubes on them, and I think the tubes sense when people are crossing, because I hear someone say, "Another tube crosser." I cross over the fence and accidentally touch the tube, it's very warm through my shoes, so I know it must be very hot to the bare skin. So I cross onto the hill (alone), which is very steep... maybe 40 degrees steep. There are many trees, and I'm supposed to weave my way through the trees, so the villagers down below don't see a strange man in their wild park, even though I'm protecting it. We don't want them to freak out. So as I cross onto the hill, I see a woman in a sky-blue dress walk into the trees, which be come thicker and thicker as I go down the hill. But I only see her from behind, and as soon as she slips into the trees, I can't seem to find her. I keep descending the hill, weaving my way through the increasingly thick trees. I am at the bottom now, right near the lake. I see the boats of the people who live in the town right near me. I turn around to ascend the hill, and there is this big blue house. On the deck of this house is the lady in the sky-blue dress. She is holding a dog and sitting on a bench. I go to sit down next to her, completely forgetting that my job is to arrest anyone who is in these woods / on the hill. We talk for a little while, about her dogs and such. I ask her at one point, "Is that a pinscher?" and she says yes. Then her other dog comes out to the deck, along with her husband. The dog is a shnouser, and is very friendly. All of a sudden, I remember my job, and I ask to be excused. I step to the side of the house, and instead of using my walkee talkee to contact the other members of my SWAT team / protectors of the reserve, I use my cell phone and call 911. I tell the operator there to get me in contact with my SWAT unit, and they surprisingly get me on the line with them. I tell them what's going on and to get down here, to where I am. I walk towards the shore again, looking at the boats reflecting off the placid water.



Like I said, I'm not really sure how to interpret the imagery.  For example, the color blue.  What do you think it means in this case?  The lady in the blue dress, the blue house...  It was such a vivid dream...  I just wanted to see what people think about it.

Is anyone here into pendulum dowsing? It's really the only way I've ever contacted my guide.

Also, is it possible to contact a bad spirit when pendulum dowsing, or do you just talk to your guide?

[The Way of Qigong:]

The Way of Qigong: The Art and Science of Chinese Energy Healing by Kenneth S. Cohen


(I'm trying out a new reviewing system. It's based on a 1-10 scale, 10 being the highest)

Summary: The Way of Qigong (pronounced "chi gung") by Kenneth S. Cohen is a great book about the Chinese theory of energy healing, known as qigong.

Pages: 427

Content: 10
This book has an amazing amount of information in it.  The types of exercises in it range from passive and meditative to very active.  There are diagrams to help with the active qigong, and there are great descriptions for the meditative qigong.  There is a great chapter on the history of qigong, and also a lot about the qigong lifestyle, not just the physical aspect of qigong.  I doubt a book could have much more information than this one does without being ridiculously long.

Organization: 10
The book is perfectly organized.  There are chapters solely devoted to the history and science of qigong, there are chapters dedicated to breathing habits alone, relaxation, internal/external qigong, you name it, there's a chapter.  The division of these topics into chapters makes it easy to read and easy to find whatever you're looking for.  The index also helps with that.  When reading this book, I never found myself in a place where I couldn't find what I was looking for.  There's even a section in the back that gives a schedule for a new self-teaching qigong student, which was very useful to me.

User Friendliness: 9
The language in this book is very easy to understand.  There were occasions when I felt a bit overwhelmed with the terms used, but other than that, it's extremely user friendly.  It treats the reader as if they have absolutely no information about qigong prior to reading the book, but it doesn't baby the reader, making them feel stupid.  Cohen uses very appropriate language for people who have and haven't learned anything about qigong.

Usefulness: 9
This book has been very useful to me.  I've tried some of the meditations and the active qigong in the book, and every time I have, I've felt more alive, more energetic.  At times, it feels as if you'll never get to do some of the things in the book, that they're too complex, but you just need to realize that this, like everything and anything else, takes time.  You're not going to become a qigong master overnight, and Cohen points this out quite well in the book.  

Overall: 9.5

I recommend this book for anyone who is interested in learning about qigong.  Qigong is a wonderful way to make your life better.  In this book, Cohen notes several pieces of physical and metaphysical evidence that qigong works.