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MORE THAN JUST AN AMUSEMENT

MOST PEOPLE consider dream analysis a bit of a
parlor game. At most, something to amuse others

during a coffee-break.

By ADRIAN
CHAMBERLAIN

But those of us who take
our dream analysis seriously
get professional heip.

Recently I took a dream of
mine to the Centre for Dream
Research in West Vancouver,
and discussed it with research
director Saleh Abusaidi, a
dream analyst who has
studied over 30,000 dreams.

My dream?

I was paddling a big green
canoe with a friend. It was a
nice day, and the water was
calm, but we couldn’t get
anywhere. The canoe seemed
heavy. And then, suddenly,
my friend disappeared.

According to Abusaidi, the
fact that the canoe’s progress
was slowed down might sug-
gest that I felt slowed down
in ‘‘life’s journey.’’ And the
loss of my friend could sug-
gest feelings of being ‘‘out of
contact with people.’’

**The main principle is that
everything in the dream is
you... the sky, the sea, the
paddle. It all expresses a state
of our own existence,’’ ex-
plained Abusaidi. ‘‘The
dream does a beautiful job of
play-acting our present state
of being.”’

And I thought it was that
piece of cheese I'd eaten
before going to bed.

Abusaidi, who has a doc-
torate in psychology, has
been interested in dream
analysis for about 10 years,
and set up his dream research
Offices last July. He has
taught courses in dream
analysis at two Oregon col-
leges, and originally came to
B.C. to teach similar courses

at U.B.C. But due to a “‘lack
of interest’’ among students,
the class was cancelled.

Since July, about a dozen
people have come to
Abusaidi to learn basic prin-
ciples for understanding and
analysing their dreams. He
describes the dream centre as
a ‘“‘non-profit organization
dedicated to dream
research.’”’

‘‘Some people have paid a
fee of $5 to $10; some didn’t.
My main interest is not to
make money, but to study
dreams. They acknowledge
that I can use their dreams
for my research.”’

Abusaidi says the Centre
for Dream Research isn’t
associated with any universi-
ty of educational institution.

Although Abusaidi is in-
fluenced by Carl Jung and
Gestalt psychology, he says
his method of dream analysis
is all his own. Abusaidi em-
phasized that the best way of
analyzing dreams is to learn
to do it yourself. Symbols in
dreams are very personal, he
says, and ultimately only
have meaning for the
dreamer.

Most people forget their
dreams within about ten
seconds of waking, said
Abusaidi. But with training,
one can learn to recall vir-
tually all one’s dream.
Abusaidi said he has about 40
to 50 dreams a night, and is
able to remember them.

According to Abusaidi,
dreams have four purposes:

1. to teach you what's wrong
with your life

2. to teach you what's right in
your life

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