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Hi Roy,

Your experience in dreams with a person who was raped was increbible. From the dream experiences that correlated to your waking life, you were able to make a connection both with your mom, which could have been healing for her, and you were able to understand your propensity to have relationships with women who also had that particular devasting experience. (which maybe for your to learn about these things or to be of help to them or both or more) Also, one could also add in other possibilities if one believed in past lives or reincarnation.

However, I did not mean for this conversation to be too esoteric and philosophic. My main point of interest is to have spiritual dreams while living the macrobiotic lifestyle which I believe in for enviromental, life simplification, ethical, spiritual, philosophic and health reasons and more. I have often wondered why Ohsawa, who I admire tremendously, often said that a healthy person would not dream. So in my mind, I have tried to differentiate between what I call spiritual dreaming and what occurs when one is living and eating on the yin and yang extremes.

I had tried to be macrobiotic to the best of my abilities in in the eighties. I feel my understanding of macrobiotics is much better now in terms of understanding balance and what Ohsawa was saying like for instance on page page 30 of Essential Ohsawa:

"I cannot overemphasize the point that macrobiotic living is not rigid adherence to a set of rules. The maintenance of a healthy balance in our daily lives demands from each individual an adaptability and an awareness of the constantly changing influences of many factors. This makes a happy and healthy existence a full time job."

I went to many consultations by many excellent people in the Eighties. Unfortunately, no one picked up my thyroid tumor which had been slow growing in my body for about 20 years and was finally discovered in 1997.

So now I know, for instance, that soy foods can inhibit the function of the thyroid and that seaweeds can aid the function of the thyroid. And this knowledge helps me in my efforts to keep balance.

I also have read Dr. Hulda Clark's book and learned about many things which has enabled me to eat foods now that I could not enjoy years ago such as more fermented type foods.

I hope that what I would call spiritual dreaming and not dreams that occur due to yin and yang extremes in living and in eating, will still be possible.

I was at a spiritual seminar in Washington over Easter and saw the man I spoke of earlier who had worked for Michio in the past and was still living a macrobiotic lifestyle and dietary life. He's spiritual dreaming so I hope to be able to do that too in my macro practice also.

I really appreciate your posting here Roy not only because of your knowledge of so many things which is so incredible but because of the love that comes through when you post also.

Best,

Dave