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   From: david@edenroad.demon.co.uk   
      
   On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:56:11 -0700, Esor wrote:   
      
   > Hi Kellie --  I think that it is incorrect to call dreams a "subculture".   
   > Dreams are part of our subconscious.  It is the way we were created so did   
   > not come about through a religion, myths, from any country.  When we are   
   > awake, we use mostly the left part of the brain.  When we are asleep, we   
   > use mostly the right part.  Both parts are helpful.  Problem is, when we   
   > are awake, our ego is in charge so we have our defenses up so that we   
   > don't get hurt.  When we sleep, our ego is also asleep so we are free to   
   > look at the truth about our lives without our defenses up.  This truth is   
   > given to us in symbolic language as the right brain deals mostly in   
   > pictures, emotions, and feelings.  It is not unlike music and poetry.   
      
   The left/right brain distinction is, IIRC, overrated.   
      
   AFAIK there are only very few specialised areas which are not duplicated   
   on both hemispheres.   
      
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