"Create a Dream Dictionary" to aid in interpreting your dreams, 12:30-1:30 p.m. today, Windward Community College's Hale 'Akoakoa; free, sponsored by Eckandar. 735-7719.

"The Authority of Scripture: Who Gets to Interpret It and How Do We Know They're Right?," talk by the Rev. Ellen K. Wondra, professor from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, 5 p.m. tomorrow, Parish of St. Clement parish hall; free. 955-7745.

"Ramayana: Why It Lives After 5000(?) Years," talk by Dharm P.S. Bhawuk, 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Harris United Methodist Church; free, sponsored by All Believers Network (Belnet). 383-2616, 262-9061.

Spiritual Mind Treatment, an active, scientific process of meditation led by the Rev. Jan Schmidt, 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, 1532 Ulupi'i St., Kailua; free, sponsored by the Theosophical Society of Kailua. 262-6598.

Concordia University Choral Ensemble program of sacred Christian music, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Our Redeemer Lutheran Church (946-4223); also, 7 p.m. Friday, Messiah Lutheran Church, 'Ewa Beach (689-3337); free.

"Shambhala Training Level 1," two-session class in discovering and connecting to goodness through meditation, 7-9 p.m. Friday and 9:30-5 p.m. March 4, Kailua Shambhala Meditation Center; $65 includes lunch and book. 262-8352, www.ksbcenter.org.

"Ekklesia: Christ, Our Life and the Church," seven-week lecture series introducing the Coptic Orthodox Christian Church, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Saturdays, March 4-April 15 (no meeting March 11), St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church; free. 772-0092.

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