A Wisdom Archive on Awake

Awake! is a general-interest magazine published by Jehovah's Witnesses. The magazine's predecessor, first published in 1919 by International Bible Students (an earlier name of Jehovah's Witnesses), was entitled The Golden Age. From 1937 it was called Consolation. (In some countries it was also known as New World for a while.) In 1946 the present magazine called by the name Awake! was released. Whereas its companion magazine The Watchtower focuses mostly on Bible study and doctrine, Awake! has a wider scope, publishing articles on science, nature a ...

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Being awake is a metabolic state which is marked by catabolic processes and which is characterized by consciousness, the opposite of sleep, an anabolic process. Communication, ambulation, and ingestion are conducted while awake. Animals can run, walk and eat while awake; humans can also talk, listen, write, read, and productively think and work in the awake state. Awake - Other meanings. To be "awakened" can refer to being taken out of a state of believing something which one subsequently ... Including:

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Awake
To dream that you are awake, denotes that you will experience strange happenings which will throw you into gloom. To pass through green, growing fields, and look upon landscape, in your dreams, and feel that it is an awaking experience, signifies that there is some good and brightness in store for you, but there will be disappointments intermingled between the present and that time.  

 
Source: 10 000 Dream Interpretations, by Gustavus Hindman Miller
 
(See also: Dream Archives, Meaning of Dreams, Dream Interpretation, Dream Dictionary, Dream Dictionary - Awake, Dreams - Meaning of Dream about Awake, Dream Interpretation Awake  )

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To be "awakened" can refer to being taken out of a state of believing something which one subsequently believes to be false. Example: I used to be racist, but I was awakened when I saw a documentary about Nelson Mandela. Being "awakened" is also used as a metaphor for a number of consciousness raising experiences, including religious conversion. Awake can also be used sarcastically in conversation. "Are you awake at all?", which would be used when someone i ...

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Falling : Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Falling symbolizes the action of returning to awake consciousness
 
Falling symbolizes the action of returning to awake consciousness.
There is an old wive's tale which says if you dream you are falling and you hit the bottom you will die. This is not true. Falling symbolizes the mental action of returning to awake consciousness therefore at the time the dreamer would "hit bottom" he/she usually wakes and the dream images are no longer present.
 
Source: The Dreamer's Dictionary

 
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Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
 
Henry David Thoreau

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"Awake in a Dream" is the debut single by former Canadian Idol winner Kalan Porter. The single became the fastest-selling 2005 release, and reached number one on the Canadian Singles Chart. Categories: Pop songs | Canadian number one singles Other related archives2005, Canadian Idol, Canadian number one singles, Kalan Porter, Pop songs, single

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