What is the Dreamtime? (And who invented it really?)

This is "mythoughts" on how anthropologists come in with prejudiced ideas, and end up putting these ideas in the heads of their subjects, and how this type of thought process is hurting mythology/folklore, etc.

It's a bit of a ramble, but it's the first of hopefully more, so let's see how it goes :)

[Kalashboy]

To be honest, too much of our history was ruined by european settlers. its cool that people take notice of the dreamtime!

[rohitkanchi]

Very nicely articulated. Your perspective on how the word "dreamtime" came to be associated with the aboriginal mythos of creation was refreshing. There are a lot like me who still juggle with the connotations that come along with the literal meaning of 'dream', which is what makes dreamtime hard to figure. But the way you approached the topic makes it far more palpable. Kudos! Subscribed and will explore some more of this space!

[hermescarraro]

It's pretty much like "hinduism".

Hinduism is just a loose term that the people outside of the Indian subcontinent invented to unify and comprehend the beliefs of the hindus...

But in reality, India is composed of an endless amount of myths and beliefs that sometimes are completely contraddictory when compared to one another.

There is no canon, there is no principal sacred scripture, there is not one way of worship and there is not one codified order of the cosmos.

There are many.
But they are all linked by some sacred principle that is just undeniable, like the idea of Moksha and of Dharma.

But the hindus see no problem in that, well, they USED to see no problem in that...

Unfortunately the definitions and ways of thinking of those who conquered them are now becoming one with the minds of the hindus.

Many of them are not even aware of what they have and what they used to be.
Wich is painfull...

The indian beliefs are more than a religion.
They are a way of life.
Myths and reality are one and the same in the hindu cosmos.

How can you understand world and life, if you do not understand the divine?
They are one and the same...

[beaucameron]

All songlines are connected like a massive tapestry across the whole country which means all tribes and clans dreaming is connected

[tecumsehcristero]

6:47"Learn from it before you change it, understand it before you damn it"
That is such wisdom and I love those words.
It hits very close to home for me and are words I have been trying to live by but shamefully sometimes fail to do so.
Thank you very much for these words they are a great charity.
Ever since I can remember I was always interested in religion. After leaving Islam, I practiced Buddhism in my late teens the Charismatic Anglican for 2 years (but was always uncomfortable with it) then Laveyan Satanism and even obscenely got on the disgusting AntiTheism bandwagon but now for the last 14 years I have been a practicing Antiochian Syriac Orthodox Christian.
Living in the USA people people either think we're Muslim or Jewish until they find out we're Christians and then they picture Evangelical Christian and to be honest we're closer in practice to Shia Muslims or Orthodox Jews than modern American "Christianity".
We, Eastern Orthodox Christians, dont base are Church on what the bible says no matter which cannon or translation do not proselytize and believe it is unchangeable, have a lot more books of the old and sometimes the new testament, don't have the Rapture, hold very tightly to traditions and rituals, won't read the apocalypse of John, we don't use the term "saved" and it's not clear to us what protestants mean when they say it, have practiced the same liturgy for over 1, 500 years, are heavily antiCremation, and
It can be said that we "Eastern Orthodox" don't have heaven or hell because our view of the afterlife is so drastically different.
This basically the opposite of western protestant christianity.
Many Proselytizing Atheists and critics of Christianity criticize beliefs we ourselves view as heretical and decided what we're like, what we believe and how we practice before they even begin speaking to me.

[SHLVideos]

Some very powerful statements, but I find myself agreeing with the suggested narrative. Thank you so much for sharing this.

[jan-erikella]

Oral traditions are ALWAYS in flux. The idea that the "truth" of these myths lies in some fixed story-snapshot taken at its earliest telling misses the point completely. There is *some* constancy, but like languages, these traditions cannot help but change over time, ever so slightly. Also, from what I've read, these traditions are perfectly comfortable with the concept of paradox. Things don't need to add up to form a single, coherent, logical picture: they're not supposed to.

[jaylowe]

Aboriginal Dreamtime is a place that you travel to with permission of you’re spirit entering into a hypnotist dream upon when time has no meaning and reconnections can be temporary achieved.

[JM-jdyp]

I think this issue is our issue. Western academia always wants to teach and teaching leads to gross over simplification. Whatever dreamtime really means; and it may have hundreds of meanings, we need to deeply understand it to cross the cultural divide. Simplification is not our friend.

[drowningcrown]

Thanks I enjoyed the note you ended on.

[Yoginette]

Wonderful! So glad I found your channel! could you write the reference of the book written by the pastor (i couldn't find it) and also maybe other sources you like on the aborigenes? Thanks!!

[xxnightmaregachaxx]

Thank you for this it has helped me with my History task for school i will definitly reccomend your channel to lots of other people around me!

[AZTLANSOLDIER]

The Tao that can be spoken if is not Tao. There is no truth and there is no consensus. Direct experience is all we can hope for. An ancient Christian would never recognize the modern Church. We must tread lightly when seeking to "understand" spirituality especially when the tradition belongs to another people. Brave video, thank you

[tylerbrandon]

I have never heard of this dreamtime. But I think I have been to or thru it. I did DMT about 10 years ago, really pure high quality stuff. I left my body, I could see myself laying there and thought I was dead. I traveled time. There were what looked like colorful spiralling double helix tubes all interconnected going in every direction thru time and space. Went to a place that was infinite and white. Then I saw different colors that looked liquid but were perfectly round being combined by the Creator who was the infinite white. It was my soul being created and I was so scared that I wasn't going to be messed up I thought please don't spill me. And then a tiny slit of light appeared and I was forced into it and saw the silhouettes of strange figures in white coats before the light was overwhelming and I could no longer see. It was my birth. I also lived and died thousands of lives. Once I was in a bad car wreck. There were ambulances and police all around and my family crying and saying I can't believe he's gone. I sat up but my body didn't it was just my soul. I was going to them screaming and saying I'm not dead I'm right here but they couldn't hear or see me. I traveled to a time far ago when the mother earth was still a pure virgin with life still meant to be how it was like a "garden of Eden". There was a small Native American ( now I'm thinking an Aboriginal) young boy sitting beside a river, it looked like he was playing some type of flute. I finally thought I have to figure out how I get here. I relived my entire normal until I got to the point I did the DMT. Realized I was not dead and was so relieved. I wondered thru the spiralling colors again until I felt something solid I traveled along it feeling with my hands and felt a switch and flipped it. It was the light switch to room and that kinda snapped be back, I hadn't realized I was back in my body or even standing or moving. I went back into the other room where my friends were waiting. Exhausted and out of breath I said that I just went on a journey. They asked how long I was gone and I said it felt at least 1 million years( it really did). They said it was really about 15 minutes.

[creativebuzzevents]

What is Dreamtime? oh look here is a video that will answer my question... still waiting !

[DreamWolf]

Very interesting ^^ looking forward to more :D

[suzesiviter]

Interesting, it would be interesting to find; if any, simularities between the myths of these people no matter how small, since they are arguably the oldest oral records we have. Two things which might look completely different to one person studying these tribes myths might have connection to one who understand ancient symbols across myths, for instance you could argue Pandoras Box myth in greece is connected architypically with the fruit of the tree of knowledge.

[ml-ecdw]

Myth is a way to communicate an ineffable truth. To consider it to be subject to rational organisation or critical analysis to be tidied up so that it suits a rational mind is to misunderstand the fundamental nature if that which it is. Myth and myths are not fixed entities but like a lava in the lamp they change, flowing from one culture to another, through one aeon into another.

[Special-Delivery]

The ultimate meaning of “THE DREAMTIME” is the ability to daydream where you slip into a lucid dreaming state while simultaneously remaining awake. Once you are able to do this…you can then do all things. Then you will transcend all limitations. I’ve practiced and gotten just enough results to know that I’m heading in the right direction. Of course it’s up to you to decide if what I saying is meaningful to you or not. It matters not to me how anyone responds. My only concern is my own growth and journey. Something else that is wrong here. The laws of the universe taught by the Yuin Tribe ARE to be found around the world. The differences are purely the stories and songs.

[andrewhardy]

Fascinating. Can you please spell the name pastor "<something>trulo" who spent decades with the aborigines? I'd like to see if there is more written about him. And a bit of an aside, but is the Ralph McTell song "very roughly" about the same thing?