In “S2E4: allegedly, life is but a dream?!” we talk about something we all engage in for nearly a third of our lives: sleep! The place where we encounter our dreams and our imagination.

Western science, spiritual practitioners, and abolitionists have all come to varying and similar conclusions about the meaning and function of dreams and the imagination. In this episode, we attempt to synthesize it all, as we explore the dreamscape's existence as a place of refuge from reality.

This begs the question, are our dreams untouchable by our oppressors? What role does our imagination play in building a new world for ourselves and our society? How does the ability to dream affect our ability to process complex emotions and our collective social functioning? Join us on today’s episode as we delve into the topics of lucid dreaming, radical imagination, our personal and collective dreams for the future, and everything in between!

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sources:

Ethereal Deen (1:38)

Integral Dreaming: A Holistic Approach To Dreams http://library.lol/main/1E119A743C79582C91B0817A0503F155 (5:30)

A Role for REM Sleep in Recalibrating the Sensitivity of the Human Brain to Specific Emotions (8:13)

Recalling and Forgetting Dreams: Theta and Alpha Oscillations during Sleep Predict Subsequent Dream Recall (8:46)

Is School Slowly Destroying Your Brain? (11:49)

Jungian psychoanalyst Jakob Lusensky on the therapeutic value of dreams (15:28)

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music credits

“Blossom!” by Tray Haggerty ft. Mayila

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