"A major therapeutic vehicle in the ancient world was the healing dream. It was the place of encounter between god and patient, sought through incubation. The patient herself was thus not a target of therapy but rather its source, born from within...modern health care delivery thus blocks what in antiquity was believed to be the most powerful therapy of all: the healing dream." ~Kimberly Patton, Ancient Aesklepieia: Institutional Incubation and the Hope of Healing.
"Western medicine from its inception was aware of the great power of dreaming, not for emotional purposes as used now in some circles ever since the beginning of psychoanalysis but for the treatment of physical illness. For close to a millennium, the people who gave us the foundation of most of Western thought, including science itself as well as its practical applications during the Roman Empire, swore by this method of dream healing." ~Robert Bosnak, The Physician Inside.
"Although you may not recognize them, your dreams broadcast nightly bulletins about your health…Most researchers agree that some internal body processes find their way into dream imagery. This is especially so when body conditions deviate from the norm." ~Patricia Garfield, The Healing Power of Dreams
"With the advent of psychophysiology and biofeedback, scientific research has shown that mind-body healing can have dramatic effects, and that individuals can take a proactive role. Rather than passively receiving “outside-in” therapies from external sources, voluntary control methodologies have shown that people can take an active role in promoting their own healing processes – from the “inside-out.”" ~Ed Kellogg III, Radical Healings – A Role for Dreamwork.
"As you can well imagine, medicine of the future will not look like it does now. In probably less than half a century, the man on the street will go to his doctor with a migraine headache or a stomach tumor and will be questioned not only about his lifestyle and his blood levels, but also about his relationships, his dreams, and his individual experience of his body." ~Arnold Mindell, Working with the Dream Body.
"Your dream doctor is a holistic practitioner whose clinic is equipped to produce a total readout on your psycho-spiritual condition, at no charge." ~Robert Moss, Conscious Dreaming
"Recent evidence supports the idea that the experimental reality, or vividness of mental imagery, determines how strongly it affects physiology. Dreams, which everyone experiences every night, are also the most vivid form of mental imagery most people are likely to experience under normal circumstances. Dreams are so vivid that we have difficulty in telling them from waking reality. Therefore, they are also likely to be a source of highly effective healing imagery." ~Stephen LaBerge, Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming
Buddhist claim that suggestions made in the lucid dream state become nine times more effective than those made in the waking state. By acting "closer to the source" of creativity and deeper in the subconscious, we spur the healing energies to perform much more quickly and profoundly. ~Robert Waggoner, Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self
"Another Radical Remission survivor who used dreams to access her intuition was Nancy. On May 1, 2006, Nancy was just about to turn sixty-five when biopsy results came back showing that she had breast cancer. Her tumor was too big for a lumpectomy, so her doctor recommended a full mastectomy followed by radiation therapy and the estrogen-reducing pill tamoxifen. However, Nancy's intuition told her to try alternative methods first, so she politely turned down the surgery and all other conventional treatments. Listening to her intuition, especially her dreams, turned out to be a pivotal part of her healing." Kathleen Turner, Radical Remission: The Nine Key Factors That Can Make a Real Difference.
"When the sleeping body is suffering from some acute illness, the experience of pain or discomfort is often represented in a dream, usually metaphorically but sometimes quite literally." ~Dr. Christopher Sowton, The Dreamworking Manual: A Guide to Using Dreams in Health Care.
"There is a direct relationship between the image body and the physical body.When there is a shift in health of the dream image, there is a change in the health in the physical body." ~ Stephen Aizenstat, Dream Tending: Awakening to the Healing Power of Dreams.
"Western medicine from its inception was aware of the great power of dreaming, not for emotional purposes as used now in some circles ever since the beginning of psychoanalysis but for the treatment of physical illness. For close to a millennium, the people who gave us the foundation of most of Western thought, including science itself as well as its practical applications during the Roman Empire, swore by this method of dream healing." ~Robert Bosnak, The Physician Inside.
"Although you may not recognize them, your dreams broadcast nightly bulletins about your health…Most researchers agree that some internal body processes find their way into dream imagery. This is especially so when body conditions deviate from the norm." ~Patricia Garfield, The Healing Power of Dreams
"With the advent of psychophysiology and biofeedback, scientific research has shown that mind-body healing can have dramatic effects, and that individuals can take a proactive role. Rather than passively receiving “outside-in” therapies from external sources, voluntary control methodologies have shown that people can take an active role in promoting their own healing processes – from the “inside-out.”" ~Ed Kellogg III, Radical Healings – A Role for Dreamwork.
"As you can well imagine, medicine of the future will not look like it does now. In probably less than half a century, the man on the street will go to his doctor with a migraine headache or a stomach tumor and will be questioned not only about his lifestyle and his blood levels, but also about his relationships, his dreams, and his individual experience of his body." ~Arnold Mindell, Working with the Dream Body.
"Your dream doctor is a holistic practitioner whose clinic is equipped to produce a total readout on your psycho-spiritual condition, at no charge." ~Robert Moss, Conscious Dreaming
"Recent evidence supports the idea that the experimental reality, or vividness of mental imagery, determines how strongly it affects physiology. Dreams, which everyone experiences every night, are also the most vivid form of mental imagery most people are likely to experience under normal circumstances. Dreams are so vivid that we have difficulty in telling them from waking reality. Therefore, they are also likely to be a source of highly effective healing imagery." ~Stephen LaBerge, Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming
Buddhist claim that suggestions made in the lucid dream state become nine times more effective than those made in the waking state. By acting "closer to the source" of creativity and deeper in the subconscious, we spur the healing energies to perform much more quickly and profoundly. ~Robert Waggoner, Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self
"Another Radical Remission survivor who used dreams to access her intuition was Nancy. On May 1, 2006, Nancy was just about to turn sixty-five when biopsy results came back showing that she had breast cancer. Her tumor was too big for a lumpectomy, so her doctor recommended a full mastectomy followed by radiation therapy and the estrogen-reducing pill tamoxifen. However, Nancy's intuition told her to try alternative methods first, so she politely turned down the surgery and all other conventional treatments. Listening to her intuition, especially her dreams, turned out to be a pivotal part of her healing." Kathleen Turner, Radical Remission: The Nine Key Factors That Can Make a Real Difference.
"When the sleeping body is suffering from some acute illness, the experience of pain or discomfort is often represented in a dream, usually metaphorically but sometimes quite literally." ~Dr. Christopher Sowton, The Dreamworking Manual: A Guide to Using Dreams in Health Care.
"There is a direct relationship between the image body and the physical body.When there is a shift in health of the dream image, there is a change in the health in the physical body." ~ Stephen Aizenstat, Dream Tending: Awakening to the Healing Power of Dreams.