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What is a dream?

A dream is the experience of a live environment inside of which we find ourselves. It is an experience so vivid and real, that we are convinced we are awake. This vivid environment we call upon waking "dream." A dream is a live ambiance.

What is dreamwork?

Dreamwork enables the dreamer, through careful concentration, to return to a state as close as possible to the actual dreamstate itself. The dreamer "re-enters" the dream ambiance.

How does a dreamer do cyberdreamwork?

You hang out with a small group in a voice program in cyberspace. You tell a dream in as evocative a language as possible, so the cyberdreamworkers can enter into your dream environment. You describe your dream as a place where you have been, and where (usually) some kind of event took place. You try to convey the experience of that event and the environment where it took place.

What does a cyberdreamworker do?

As a cyberdreamworker you help the dreamer explore the dreaming environment through careful non-suggestive questioning. It helps the dreamer to stay focused.

What is a cyberdreamcoach?

A cyberdreamcoach is someone who has received training in guiding voice-dreamgroups in cyberspace. The training consists of non-therapeutic dreamwork, with a focus on cyberdreamwork and a training in the technical aspects of cyberdreamwork: voice programs, bio-monitoring, devices and any other equipment the future will bring.

Why dreamwork with others, why not alone?

Dreamwork is collaborative. You get far deeper if someone helps to keep you focused on your dream. The "I" in our lives has the tendency not to want to stay with dreams because dreams tend to reveal unkown aspects of existence that might frighten "I". Even if you tell yourself you really want to work on dreams, unconsciously "I" will sabotage. "I" does not want to become a supporting actor. "I" wants to be in the lead. To speak in dramatic metaphor, dreamwork shifts the attention away from "I" the protagonist to the theater piece as a whole.

Why cyberdreamwork?

Over the last century, since the invention of the telephone, we have been getting increasingly apt at being electronically present with others. Cyberspace as a new medium increases even further our ability to be emotionally present while being physically absent. Our test phase has demonstrated that voices in cyberspace, virtually present, keep the dreamer focused equally well as actually present people. At this point cyberdreamwork is different from telephone dreamwork because the voice connection is free wherever you are in the world. This makes inter-cultural dreamwork possible.

How does the process unfold?

The longer the dreamer focuses on the events in the dream environment, the more emotions will surface as well as sensations in the dreamer's body. Weaving back and forth between the sensations/emotions on the one hand, and the dream events in their environment on the other will elicit a host of insights.

Why only first names?

If so desired, cyberdreamwork can provide a certain anonymity. You can frequently tell a stranger more than an intimate. Having disembodied voices without particular location ask you about your dream can often relax resistances. Others like to do cyberdreamwork with friends.

What is cyberdreamwork.com's vision of the future?

At cyberdreamwork.com we believe dreams are the universal language of the soul. They are an ideal means of deepening communication between people from varying cultures. We see a cyberdreamwork future where people from different cultures and from all corners of the globe will work and help one another with their dreams. We see a time when translation programs will make intercultural dreamwork more accessible, when direct psychophysical monitoring will bring us more in synch with a culturally foreign dreamer and when our dreams will be reflected in a vast array of mirrors. Dreams are the ultimate prism.

What is Paltalk?

Paltalk, an internet-based voice communication service is analagous to your own home telephone. It can easily be downloaded onto your P.C. for free!!!



It is Paltalk that provides the vitual, private, conference rooms where cyberdreamwork.com conducts Cyberdreamwork Groups. It is the place where, in a virtual conference room, we hold our Online Events and it is through Paltalk, and its affiliate program that our site has a VOICE ENABLED classroom and lecture hall we call Hermes Academy. A place for people, all over the globe, to come and chat with us about dreams.

In addition, Paltalk provides worldwide calls, instant messaging, voicemail, file transfer and video conferencing.

What is The Nightmare Hotline?

In October, 2001 ASD (The Association for the Study of Dreams) joined with www.cyberdreamwork.com to create The Nightmare Hotline for adults and children impacted by the 9/11 disaster. The Nightmare Hotline in its evolution has become an on-going service. Skilled professionals are available on phones, 24 hours a day to debrief adults and children on their nightmares.

Nightmares have an enormous impact on all of us. They are ordinary events after traumatic disasters. Nightmares serve to digest the horrific events. Just telling them to someone can have a positive effect on an individual's sense of well being.

Read about the Hotline in Hope Magazine: Fielding Dreams


This hotline, is NOT a counseling line. However, if desired, a dreamer can be referred to a counselor after discussing their nightmare(s). You can also access extensive information about nightmares at www.asdreams.org


PLEASE HELP US IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS:

NIGHTMARE HOTLINE BUTTONS

Put a button on your website. You can download the button and link it to www.cyberdreamwork.com/nat.nightmarehotline.html

The Free - National Nightmare Hotline 1-866-DRMS-911

                                 


DONATIONS APPRECIATED

The hotline has remained viable because of your generous donations. We will continue to welcome offers, no matter how small, that help support this public service.

Please send your tax deductible donations to:

The Association for the Study of Dreams (ASD)
Attn: Susan Moreno, Office Manager
PO Box 1592
Merced, California 95341-a592

Write on your checks:

National Nightmare Hotline

phone: (209) 724-0889
ASDCentralOffice@aol.com

Electronic billing is also available through PayPal at the ASD website www.asdreams.org It is a secure system that will allow you to donate with a credit card or transfer funds directly from your bank.

You can also send your e-mail request to: ASDCentralOffice@aol.com and you will receive complete instructions about how to proceed.

We would appreciate your informing friends and associates that this hotline is available. Forward to your e-mail lists.


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VOLUNTEER YOUR SERVICES

Skilled and experienced dreamworkers and psychotherapists are needed to be available on telephones, for one, three hour shift, once a week to debrief adults and children on their nightmares.

Please send the following to:
webmaster@cyberdreamwork.com

1. The three hour shift you would be available to answer telephones. (Please indicate specific days of the week and hours).
2. Your telephone no.
3. The full address of that number.
4. The contact person at that number.
5. Your e-mail address.
6. A three line overview of your relevant experience.

We will then contact you with all the particulars.

Please be advised that we are looking for professional volunteers who have professional degrees &/or liability insurance.



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