Dream consciousness

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Today's dream consciousness is a transformed rudiment of the image consciousness that man had on the Old Moon. The dream is closely related to our emotional life. In our feelings we actually dream constantly, even during our waking daily life. The dream is therefore usually associated with vivid images and intense feelings. I-consciousness is only vaguely present in dreams because there is an insufficient distinction between inside and outside. We therefore swim together with our dream world and cannot really distinguish ourselves from it. Compared to daytime consciousness, which is always accompanied by a certain degree of self-consciousness, dream consciousness is only semi-conscious. Because of the lack of self-consciousness, it is also difficult to remember dream experiences after waking.

Dream sleep is also called REM sleep (Rapid eye movement sleep), paradoxical sleep or desynchronised sleep. It is characterised by rapid eye movements behind closed eyelids and a reduced tone of the skeletal muscles - so-called sleep paralysis. The EEG shows specific activity in the range of theta waves from 4 to 8 Hz, slow alpha waves and lively beta waves, which otherwise only occur in waking consciousness. Blood pressure and pulse, which are lowered during deep sleep, rise again during REM sleep.

A special form of dream is the so-called lucid dream, in which the dreamer is aware that he is dreaming. The nightmare is a dream filled with panic-like fear, which according to Rudolf Steiner is triggered by an irregular breathing process.

Literature
References to the work of Rudolf Steiner follow Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works (CW or GA), Rudolf Steiner Verlag, Dornach/Switzerland, unless otherwise stated.
Email: verlag@steinerverlag.com URL: www.steinerverlag.com.
Index to the Complete Works of Rudolf Steiner - Aelzina Books
A complete list by Volume Number and a full list of known English translations you may also find at Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works
Rudolf Steiner Archive - The largest online collection of Rudolf Steiner's books, lectures and articles in English.
Rudolf Steiner Audio - Recorded and Read by Dale Brunsvold
steinerbooks.org - Anthroposophic Press Inc. (USA)
Rudolf Steiner Handbook - Christian Karl's proven standard work for orientation in Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works for free download as PDF.
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