Chapter 371 Interpretation of related dreams

According to the requirements of ancient dream divination techniques, not all dreams can be captured.At the same time, there are also some special requirements for dreamers. These are the two famous principles of ancient dreaming: There are five things not to occupy in dreams, and five things not to be experienced in possession. The so-called "There are five kinds of dreams that cannot be occupied" means that there are five kinds of dreams that cannot be occupied. One is that the dreamer whose mind and soul are not yet settled, does not occupy it.This is because dreams are produced by the human mind and soul. According to Taoist theory, the human spirit is composed of the soul and the soul. The folk colloquial saying "desolation" is the embodiment of this idea.They are the yin and yang aspects of the human spirit.Generally speaking, the soul is composed of yang qi, which is light and clear, so the spiritual factors in the soul are heavier, roughly equivalent to gods; the soul is yin qi, stagnant and heavy, and is the matrix that constitutes the human form.The so-called dream is that the yang energy of human beings communicates with the yang energy of all things in the world. According to the different things in the dream, it symbolizes different sensing objects.The ancients believed that the dream images presented by people in the state of being in a state of unresolved mind and soul are not felt by the spirit, but the imagination of the unresolved spirit.This kind of fantasy is not a "true dream" in dream divination, so it cannot present a good or bad omen.

The second is those who dream about deluded thoughts, do not occupy them.The so-called delusional thinking and dreaming are dreams caused by various evil thoughts during the day.According to the analysis of the Buddhist cognition theory, evil thoughts and dreams are generally not the actions of the six consciousnesses such as eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind.This kind of induction is generally meaningless miscellaneous thoughts, and does not contain the real meaning of good or bad.Only when you enter the seventh consciousness, because there is a sub-level real self in it, this kind of real self is lively and full of real opportunities, and it will only appear in deep dreams.In addition, the eighth consciousness Alaya consciousness is the real self, in which one is all and all is one, and there is no dream.So, what is delusional thinking and dreaming?For example, seeing a beautiful woman in the daytime, like a celestial being, and at night, in a dream, anaconda with her, even cloudy and rainy, is quite satisfying. After waking up, but see the wet lower body, you know it is white. Day spring dream.This kind of dream is caused by eye consciousness, which is purely caused by evil thoughts, and there is no "secret" hidden in it.

The third is not to account for those who do not know the ominous.This means that the omens in the dream are extremely typical, and there is no need to occupy them again.Of course, there are also a few people who forcibly divination in order to escape the "number of days", so the effectiveness of it is questionable.Chen Shiyuan of the Ming Dynasty cited such an example in "Meng Zhan Yi Zhi": According to "Zuo Zhuan", there was a man named Sheng Bo who crossed Huan River in his dream and ate Qionggui. It was strange that he cried again in his dream. Sing again.Sheng Bo himself is very proficient in dream-divination techniques. After waking up, he knew it was a bad omen, so he was afraid and dared not dream-divination.Later, after a while, knowing that the destiny was inevitable, in order to obtain psychological stability, he took it as auspiciousness, but after only one day, it was a pity.Because this dream is interpreted according to dream divination, it is really a dead image, and all the actions in the dream are rituals to send the dead souls, and the evil is self-evident.

The fourth is that the dream is not over, and those who wake up in the middle of the dream will not be accounted for.In the eyes of the ancients, a dream carrying good and bad omens has a beginning and an end.Because dreams are actually a symbolic language. According to ancient dreamers, this is the language spoken by the gods to people.If the dream does not end, especially if someone wakes you up in the middle, then the oracle is not clear, so you should not easily divination.Of course, if the dream is over and the Yansi in the dream is relatively complete, then this is not the case.Finally, although the dream has an end and beginning but most of it is forgotten after waking up, it does not account for it.This is not difficult to understand. Some people dream every day, but the dream is over, or after waking up, they can only remember some messy plots, and these miscellaneous dreams cannot be interpreted, because the "true mechanism" in them has already disappeared. be disturbed.

The above is not accounted for by the five dreams.In addition, the ancient dream technique also had strict requirements on the dreamers. Not all people can become dreamers after reading the dream book. Only those who meet certain special conditions can become dreamers.Otherwise, even if the divination is forced, it will not be effective.This is because the ancients believed that the language spoken by gods in dreams can only be deciphered by those who can jump out of the dream and not be trapped by dreams.This phenomenon is consistent throughout the history of ancient and modern China and foreign countries.In ancient Greece, the oracle of the Temple of Apollo was extremely effective, but only those sorcerers who could communicate the will of the gods and men could know it.Even a sage like Socrates took a lot of effort to figure out the true meaning of the oracle "Socrates is the wisest man in Greece".

Similarly, in ancient China, there were strict requirements for dream interpreters. If these requirements were not met, dream interpretation would not be effective.This is the famous "possession of five non-existent". First, those who occupy dreams, who are ignorant of their origin, will not be able to realize them. The meaning of this sentence, according to the interpretation of Chen Shiyuan in the Ming Dynasty: "Dreams have their origin, and if they can understand the origin, then the heaven, earth, and people are one with themselves." Only by studying thoroughly can the dream of the world be broken.In other words, life is like a dream, the dream of sleep is a small dream, and life is a big dream.Dream appreciators themselves must have a deep understanding of this, and then they can dream for others, otherwise, using dreams to interpret things in dreams is a mess.According to this theory, the most brilliant dream interpreter is the great enlightened person of the universe.This kind of person can occupy all the dreams of the world, and wake up from the dreams until he becomes a saint and an immortal.The famous philosopher Zhuangzi is such a person.Zhuangzi said: "Fang has a dream, but he doesn't know his dream. In his dream, he occupies his dream. After realizing it, he knows his dream. And after he has great awakening, he knows this big dream. But a fool thinks he is aware, and secretly knows it. , sleepy!" Of course, the dream-dreaming to be analyzed here is not the big dream of life, but the dream within a dream.The ancient dreamers believed that it is not necessary to fully understand the principles of the universe, as long as you keep in mind the principle that life is like a dream and not fall into a dream.If you can learn something from what you dreamed of, and change from a small dream to a big dream, it will be a higher level of pursuit.

Second, those who are not professional in skills will not be tested. The ancients believed that dream interpreters must be familiar with dream books and master basic dream interpretation methods.Only in this way can we follow the correct path and decipher what God has shown unmistakably.In addition, a clever dream interpreter must be good at associating and finding good and bad omens from subtle symbols, otherwise, he may turn a blind eye to the oracle and find out the essentials. Third, those who have not been sincere will not be tested. Occupational dream divination is to clearly reveal the dreamer's feelings.Some dream images are clear and easy to understand, while others are tortuous and confusing. This requires that the dreamer must pretend to be a god, and perceive the dream with a sincere attitude, so as to reveal the meaning of the dream image. "Book of Changes" says: "If you think about it, think about it, if you don't think about it, ghosts and gods will understand it." This is the best interpretation of dream divination.No: If you occupy at will without thinking, you cannot become a good dream interpreter.

Fourth, it is not acceptable to cut the far to make the near smaller. This article means that the dreamer cannot separate Tao and art.The ancients believed that although divining dreams is a small technique, it also contains the principle of the great way, which can lead to the great way through the technique.Later, some scholars of alchemy separated the relationship between Dao and art, and limited dream divination to a small art of good and bad dreams.This will make dream divination a trivial art, not only ineffective, but also impossible to lead to the great way. Fifth, those who rely on the two ends are not accepted.

The ancients believed that the dreamer must clearly reveal the good and bad predicted by the dream, and should not be vague and contradict both ends.Otherwise, it will violate the principle of dream divination and become a deceitful person.