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"We don't spend long each night in the boudoir of dreams, only about two hours during REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. But over a lifetime, that adds up to about six years. Why do the eyes move? The brain's inner electric continues to thrum while we sleep, but most sensory information and movements are blocked. Dreams contain so much commotion that the sleeper's body must be temporarily paralyzed or she would jump up and run around in a hallucinogenic delirium. But there's no danger if the eyes stir like moth wings.
... Following through the caverns of the mind, dreams rarely reach consciousness, but sometimes do, especially if one wakes during or just after REM sleep. Then one can tap into a dream, but only using vanishingly brief short-term memory, which is why little of a dreamworld can be recalled" (Ackerman, 97/98, Remember I Dream) An Alchemy of Mind
-This book is now available at the library I returned it today so it should be available soon. It is located in the "New Book" section of the Pratt Library. I also purchased my own copy if you are interested.
.: Lauren 7:50 PM
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