What is the Aboriginal "Dream Time"?

Question

David: I think that is the cosmic kangaroo.

milly_196: Great. Thanks.

Gypsy Whitemoon: Outstanding, we all can learn from them.

the one I AM: By knowing the past do you mean to "stand" at the begining?

the one I AM: Is it like one instant before anything, a light shines out & mankind knows not where they come from except those who stand or have stood at the beginning?

Answer 1

In the continental country of Australia, from the indigenous culture of the Aboriginals, is inherited a vast wealth of spiritual knowledge. Far from having a lineage of the quoted 60,000 years, it is suspected from literature and research that it stretches up to and beyond 150,000 years.

"They say we have been here for 60,000 years, but it is much longer. We have been here since the time before time began. We have come directly out of the Dreamtime of the Creative Ancestors. We have lived and kept the Earth as it was on the First Day". - Aboriginal Tribal Elder.

On a par with Jungian philosophy, that before a thing happens it is first dreamed, the ancient Aboriginals referred to creation being from the same Source, or in western terms perhaps - God. In this, they refer to the forces and powers that created the world as their Creative Ancestors. The Source may also be referred to in another way to being the non-dual unmanifest potential before the "big bang" of science. In the Dreaming, the Ancestors moved across a barren undifferentiated "field" and in doing so made a topographical landscape.

"All things were created by the Ancestors simultaneously, and each could transform into any of the others. A plant could become an animal, an animal a landform, a landform a man or a woman. An Ancestor could be both human and animal".

The Australian Aborigines speak of jiva or guruwari, a "seed power" deposited in the earth. In the Aboriginal world view, every meaningful activity, event, or life process that occurs at a particular place leaves behind a vibrational residue in the earth, as plants leave an image of themselves as seeds. The shape of the land - its mountains, rocks, riverbeds, and waterholes - and its unseen vibrations echo the events that brought that place into creation. Everything in the natural world is a symbolic footprint of the metaphysical beings whose actions created our world. As with a seed, the potency of an earthly location is wedded to the memory of its origin. The Aborigines called this potency the "Dreaming" of a place, and this Dreaming constitutes the sacredness of the earth. Only in extraordinary states of consciousness can one be aware of, or attuned to, the inner dreaming.

Australia is a multicultural society, consisting of people from all around the world. Australia has always had a mix of cultures and people although not in the same way as it does today.

Like all cultures Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures have changed and developed over time. But colonisation of Australia brought rapid changes to Aboriginal society and dramatically affected Aboriginal land and they ways people lived.


Before 1788 there were approximately 700 languages spoken throughout Australia with an estimated population of 750 000 people. Today Indigenous people make up 2% of the entire Australian population (about 410 000 people). The number of Aboriginal people has changed since European settlement because of the effects of removal of people from traditional lands and the impact of cities and towns on populations.

In many ways Indigenous Australia was different in the past from what it is today. Before the arrival of people from Europe on the First Fleet, there were no horses or carriages, no tall buildings, no large farms and no travellers from the other side of the world. Australia was a largely unspoilt country where people respected the environment around them and made sure animals and plants were never over hunted or over collected. People only took enough to feed the number of people there at the time and nothing was wasted. This ensured there would be food next time they or someone else needed it.

Indigenous people lived a hunter and gatherer life. The men hunted the large animals such as kangaroos, emus and turtles and the women and children hunted smaller animals and collected fruits, berries and other plants. On the coast people caught fish and collected many types of shellfish including mussels and oysters.

To maintain the fragile environment and because of seasonal variations people would only stay in an area for a certain time. This helped make sure they didn't hunt, fish or harvest an area too much so there would be food for the next season.

Every part of the animal and plant was eaten or used to make things such as clothing, baskets, tools and weapons.

It is sometimes said that Indigenous people did not own land and just wandered around. This myth has come about because Indigenous people did not mark out their lands in ways that were obvious to Europeans. There were no fences or barriers as in the traditional European way of marking land ownership and so the Europeans concluded that no one owned the land.

Indigenous people divided the land up into traditional lands using geographic boundaries such as rivers, lakes and mountains. The knowledge about boundaries was passed down by the Elders to the younger people. There were no books and so the elders would pass on the knowledge by talking with the younger people and children, and through songs, dance, art and storytelling.

Australia today is a much different place from when the First Fleet arrived in 1788 with convicts and marines

Just as in the past, Indigenous Australians live throughout Australia but now this includes cities, towns, the coast, rural areas and the outback. There is no one Indigenous culture but a mixture of contemporary and traditional thoughts, ways and practices.

Storytelling is an integral part of life for Indigenous Australians. From an early age, storytelling plays a vital role in educating children. The stories help to explain how the land came to be shaped and inhabited; how to behave and why; where to find certain foods, etc.

Gathered around the camp fire in the evening, on an expedition to a favourite waterhole, or at a landmark of special significance, parents, Elders or Aunts and Uncles use the stories as the first part of a child's education.

Then, as children grow into young adults, more of the history and culture is revealed. Adults then take responsibility for passing on the stories to the following generations. In this way, the Stories of the Dreaming have been handed down over thousands of years.

These are stories of the history and culture of the people, handed down in this way since the beginning of time, since the Dreamtime.

Answer 2

Kangaroo King

Answer 3

The 'Dreamtime' is the time of the creation of the world in Australian Aboriginal mythology.You can read more about it here:

http://www.dreamtime.net.au/
And for other Aboriginal spiritual beliefs,you can look here:
http://www.sacred-texts.com/aus/index.htm

Answer 4

THE DREAMTIME is the same as Meditating

According to Aboriginal belief, all life as it is today - Human, Animal, Bird and Fish is part of one vast unchanging network of relationships which can be traced to the great spirit ancestors of the Dreamtime.

The Dreamtime continues as the "Dreaming" in the Spiritual lives of Aboriginal people today. The events of the ancient era of creation are enacted in ceremonies and danced in mime form. Song chant incessantly to the accompaniment of the Didgeridoo or clap sticks relates the story of events of those early times and brings to the power of the dreaming to bear of life today.

Love & Blessings
Milly

Answer 5

aboriginal religion and historical belief about how the land was created

Answer 6

i just popped in to read the answers but i suppose i could give this a meager shot. Suppose that there are several different levels of reality all going on at the same time, but we are limited as humans to normally only perceive what we imagine to be reality. Now imagine that getting into a rhythmic point of view, with some chanting, some drumming, some digeridoo, and this rhythmic point of view allows you to enter this other plane of reality, this spirit world and it shows you things and sometimes you interact with it. You might learn very special things about yourself and the nature of the world, provided you know how to listen.

creation.. hm.

sometimes i suspect that all of these different mystics from different cultures and whatnot aren't all tapping into the same "universe" vein, knowatImean?

Answer 7

The time between realities.

Answer 8

Just another religion, basically, except I think it lacks 'rules', it's more of an explanation of how things were created.

Answer 9

same as native american spirit walk, there are many terms, its a voyage of the mind and spirit. thomas

Answer 10

is the reality we find ourselves in. its life.

Answer 11

White moon is correct.
I studied this extensively at school, later I truly discovered the dream time and it destroyed me for an entire day while I read and wept at the pain as knowledge of the aboriginal was uncovered and shown to me.... it is the truth from one perspective... but so far in the past most don't understand.
Understand the PAST! This is why you asked this question!

the one I AM: By knowing the past do you mean to "stand" at the beginning?

Yes! Standing there you see~ the future! Cool ha :-)? Sometimes when I stand there and I AM standing there now there is bliss nothing but bliss... and how can this be good I asked and I said.... because you know all the other ways to stand here! The other ways? Yes! I said!, the way to complete despair and sadness, the way to knowledge, the way to wisdom and the way to truth. And every way in between that makes you happy so you can come back to the bliss! Then in the bliss of love I challenged myself. Then why do you not stand? And I said, you are standing here and now this time will we find those who are like us in purpose to lead the way so that we will stand as a single one to all who see the truth and are not blind to the wisdom within so that we can work love and magic back into the world with inspiration and bring the light back to men in this cycle, it is time. I see enough to know many are building their home of rest for their soul and so I will bring more light but I need help…

Because we rise as one! I will not develop unless you develop, so all will be one. But know that you remain "you" that is the beauty, the magic in all. You see wisdom is in search of more wisdom, it is in search of you! For when you join with wisdom greater does it grow from what you know! It will take all your knowing and put it together give you understanding so that you know what creation is, by giving you your goal.. Then you will understand how you to can create on your own!

I hope this is clear, question anything! I will tell you what I know, I know it is deep inside and will scream, and kick and fight with bull*sh*t