It was a cold and rainy Monday; right after I got out of my residence, I realised I was underdressed but couldn’t go back because I was running late for work and didn’t want to miss my bus. I thought of buying a jumper, then again, didn’t manage to find time to do it. Tuesday was also cold and raining; my bus was late by 40 minutes; moreover, I had to walk for more than a kilometre because there was no tram due to technical problems. When Wednesday came, I needed a shopping therapy and my purchases included polenta. I still felt the soreness of my legs on Thursday. On Friday at 7 AM, I was woken up by my husband’s hug and a narration of his dream. I giggled as I, too, had just dreamt. In my dream, it was raining hard and I was in an open market covered with plastics and parasols looking at clothes. I passed by a food stand of Italian products where it was selling the same polenta I bought on Tuesday. Next to the Italian food stall was a table of jumpers. While browsing, I felt a hand on my shoulder; when I turned around, it was my husband. Why did I dream about things that really happened?
A fortnight ago, my Irish friend told me that she dreamt about having difficulty breathing. The day after that, she received worrying news about her long-time colleague’s ill health.
Dreams can be happy, funny, scary or sad. Nightmares, which are frightening dreams that awake us from sleep sweating, moaning or crying, are rare (statistics put it at around 5% only).
The BBC correspondent Sean Coughlan has reported research findings by the University of Geneva in Switzerland and the University of Wisconsin in the US that bad dreams improved the effectiveness of the brain in reacting to frightening experiences when awake and that dreams could be used as a form of therapy for anxiety disorders. (''Bad dreams 'help to control fear when awake''' seen 30/11/19). On the other hand, “once a dream became a very upsetting nightmare the benefits were lost and instead it was likely to mean disrupted sleep and a ‘negative impact’ that continued after waking”.
Some dream experts reckon that our health, food, experience, activities and biological processes during sleep influence what we dream.
My dream wasn’t lucid as I wasn’t aware of the fact that I was dreaming until I was awoken by a hug. Research studies have linked lucid dreaming to high levels of brain activity and increased busyness in the frontal lobe, which is involved with language, memory, and self-awareness.
Dr Michael J. Breus, a clinical psychologist and member of the American Board of Sleep Medicine, has stated that based on research, a significant percentage of people who appear in dreams are known to the dreamer (e.g. one study found more than 48% of dream characters were recognisable by name to dreamers). He further said that there is a body of study indicating that our waking life, which is beset by joy, success, grief, fear, loss, and emotional or physical pain, are replayed in dreams. (''Why We Dream What We Dream'').
My Aussie friend, like many people, are fascinated by interpreting dreams. She has given a seminar on dreams and is currently writing a book about it. I didn’t have time to contact her before writing this article, but I’m interested to know about her findings because examining the content of dreams is one way to answer the most basic yet fundamental question, i.e. why do we dream?
How often do you dream? What do you dream about? Do you have theories on why you dream? Oneirology (/ɒnɪˈrɒlədʒi/ from Greek ὄνειρον, oneiron “dream”;and λογία, -logia, “the study of”) is the scientific study of dreams. Do animals dream?
I visited Okinawa last month. Okinawa hosts 74 % of the U.S. bases on 0.6 % of the land. Despite overwhelming opposition, the Japanese government is taking the lead in efforts to build a new U.S. military base in Henoko Bay, emphasizing the deterrence value of the U.S. bases in Japan. Our policy makers want to proceed with the construction "shuku shuku to (calmly and solemnly)."
It is shockingly mindless and undemocratic to disregard the Okinawans' will. Here are some of useful websites on anti-U.S. base acitivities and protests (see the Japanese version – four of eleven sites are in English).
辺野古（新基地阻止）基金
[[http:tamutamu2011.kuronowish.com/sosikikin.htm|Tamu Tamu @ Kuro no wish]]
Economics of U.S. base redevelopment sway Okinawa mindset
[[http:www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/05/17/national/politics-diplomacy/economics-u-s-base-redevelopment-sway-okinawa-mindset/#.VWg8NFIppf6|Japan Times Journal]]
Looking at Flaws in the Henoko Landfill Permit Process from the Standpoint of the Right to Self-determination
This is so cool! soooo Luxembourgish! This nice little song reminds us that we are not “separate islands,” but a part of the larger society! Solidarity!
Si soten : « O mei, de Virus ass elo hei
a Schutzmoossname gëtt et eng ganz Rei.
Beim Schwätze respektéiert zwee Meter Distanz
a wäsch deng Fanger sou oft s de kanns. »A si hu lo gesot : « Bleif dobannen, well rausgoen ass gewot !
A bleift lo all am Haus, gitt nëmmen, wann et wierklech néideg ass, eraus. »
Dofir danzt elo, danzt elo all doheem.
Sidd solidaresch an disziplinéiert, jiddereen,
an haalt iech drun, well de Coronavirus geet jiddereen eppes un !
Ech denken un déi krank, déi schwaach an déi al Leit
an un dat Personal, dat déi do betreit.
Ech soe Merci all deenen, déi am Hannergrond
doru schaffen, datt alles hei dréit weider ronn.
A si hu lo gesot : « Bleif dobannen, well rausgoen ass gewot !
A bleift lo all am Haus, gitt nëmmen, wann et wierklech néideg ass, eraus. »
Dofir danzt elo, danzt elo all doheem.
Sidd solidaresch an disziplinéiert, jiddereen,
an haalt iech drun, well de Coronavirus geet jiddereen eppes un !
Lisa Mariotto
Longue vie au Shidōkan!
Cette année marque le dixième anniversaire de Shidōkan, club de iaido à Libramont, en Belgique, fondé par d'ardents disciples de Ogura Noboru Sensei, Gérard (Gési) Simon et Gérard Gatelier. Maintenant, le club entretenu avec succès par Gatelier et d’autres. Beaucoup de membres consacrent une bonne partie de leur vie à la pratique et à l’amélioration de leurs techniques de iaido et la connaissance des aspects philosophiques afférents à la discipline. Une personne, par exemple, fait chaque semaine 120 kilomètres de route pour aller pratiquer, tandis qu’une autre personne pratique près de 6 jours par semaine, gardant un jour libre pour que sa femme puisse le voir!
Je me demande ce qui est si fascinant dans le iaido (s’entraîner pieds nus dans un dojo pendant des heures). Une personne m’a dit que c’était "la poursuite du bien-être, celui qu’on gagne et celui qu’on partage."
Je suis reconnaissante de cette opportunité d'apprendre ma propre culture et ses valeurs traditionnelles de mes amis belges japonophiles! Vive le Shidōkan!
1) Photo de certains membres (les Sept Samurai de Libramont) au dojo.
2) Photo de Gési, à la fête d'anniversaire du club, qui reçoit un cadeau des membres représentés par Philippe Lesire
Une vidéo (en anglais) montrant les techniques de base du iaido: [[http:www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ5_JaRaOtQ|Ogura Sensei - ZKR demonstration]]
Si vous êtes intéressé(e), voici les coordonnées du club et le point de contact:
Club Shidōkan (membre de la BKR et de l'ABKF)
Place communale, 6800 Libramont-Chevigny
Responsables:
Gérard Simon - Gérard Gatelier - Philippe Lesire
+32 (0)498/44 15 56 ou +32 (0)494/28 46 56
Entraînements:
Jeudi à partir de 19h30 (1h iaido, 1h jodo)
Dimanche 9h30-11h30
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