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“About Us”: REMZen was started to bring together a community of people interested in exploring and understanding the symbolic, archetypal, individual, and meaningful power of dreams. The simple act of writing and sharing dreams with others creates meaning for both the user and reader. In general, people give very little thought to their dreams, allowing their dreams to disappear back into their unconscious minds. Writing your dreams, however, assigns meaning to them, bringing them to life in the conscious mind. We believe (along with leading dream researchers) that dreams are a link to the unconscious mind and contain insight, wisdom, and creativity. Unfortunately, many books on dream analysis assign dogmatic and static meanings to symbols in dreams and try to generalize and categorize people by their dreams. REMZen, on the other hand, takes a different, user-centered approach that focuses on the unique and individual qualities of each person's dreams. We believe that the best way to analyze your dreams is not by looking up dream symbols in a book but by journaling them and forming your own personal dream narratives that are shared with others.
REMZen allows users to create personal dream libraries that can be shared or can remain confidential. Both members and visitors can search the shared dreams by keyword, dream theme, and even by a name of a person involved in the dream. The site also provides a customizable profile, a dream store, various methods to discuss dreams, and much more. This personal approach allows individuals to analyze and understand their dreams through the act of writing and sharing. Further, this approach empowers individuals to define themselves and their dreams. As a community, we are open to all individuals and all dreams, in the process of understanding our dreams and ourselves. We call this our "unconscious community."
Founders: Little is known about REMZen’s founding members. The theorists and practical management behind the site are rumored to be academicians and business gurus. They may also have tacit theoretical linkages to postmodern, critical, interpretivist, humanist, rhetorical, psychological, and ethnographic schools of thought. Much of their theorizing about dreams is said to be influenced by the work of the Swiss psychiatrist and thinker Carl Jung—namely his work on the unconscious and collective unconscious as represented in his works “The Psychology of the Unconscious,” “Dreams,” and “Memories, Dreams, Reflections.” One of the founding members of REMZen is said to be working on a Ph.D. in the Southeast United States while the other known member is said to be perusing an MBA at a reputable private university in the Southwest United states. Their exact whereabouts, however, are unknown. Both individuals are also said to be somewhat aligned with Eastern philosophy in its practical applications to everyday life.