Dreams and dreaming....
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 9:27 am
Dreaming…
It was Jung who said to a man who reported no dreams when he came to Jung for therapy ‘well you’ll have them now’—and he did.
I’ve written mine down for many years, in little notebooks, and each time there has been a health crisis in my life (the last two being a ‘benign’ brain tumour in 2001 and then a cancer diagnosis in 2012)- I have had dreams which presaged the situation—pre-sage—wisdom beforehand…it’s really worth starting to turn into/tune into your subconscious mind and seeing what comes up, (and of course dreams are one of the foundational elements in any psychotherapy or psychoanalysis). Forget looking up the meanings of symbols, they will be personal to you, and if you ponder on them, the meaning will emerge. This is invaluable inner knowledge. Try it anyway, and relax into it. There’s a huge amount of vitality and creativity lying latent inside your mind, and this is a way to tap into it.
Asking yourself (as Jung asked his patient) to remember your dreams is a way of throwing a stone into your subconscious mind , and it enriches your normal everyday consciousness. You can explore and begin to understand the nature of your own dreaming self. Dreams go on all the time- but like the stars, we only see them at night.
These inner journeys can help you find greater beauty, significance and meaning in the life you lead every day. Really! It’s such a valuable resource you have inside your mind.
Here are some suggestions from one person who helps others in the USA remember their dreams. But you can do it for yourself too. Oh and ps Einstein dreamed his theory of relativity E = mc squared….
http://lifeturnings.com/wordpress/dream ... reinhardt/
Well this might help you too—but I’d like to focus on the healing power of dreams rather than being cast down by what they may portend…it’s easy then to be filled with fear and dread rather than the quest for meaning and understanding. Often for instance when you are ill you may dream you’re someone else with an entirely healthy body. Often such a dream is therapeutic…
.http://dreamstudies.org/2009/08/06/drea ... f-illness/
It was Jung who said to a man who reported no dreams when he came to Jung for therapy ‘well you’ll have them now’—and he did.
I’ve written mine down for many years, in little notebooks, and each time there has been a health crisis in my life (the last two being a ‘benign’ brain tumour in 2001 and then a cancer diagnosis in 2012)- I have had dreams which presaged the situation—pre-sage—wisdom beforehand…it’s really worth starting to turn into/tune into your subconscious mind and seeing what comes up, (and of course dreams are one of the foundational elements in any psychotherapy or psychoanalysis). Forget looking up the meanings of symbols, they will be personal to you, and if you ponder on them, the meaning will emerge. This is invaluable inner knowledge. Try it anyway, and relax into it. There’s a huge amount of vitality and creativity lying latent inside your mind, and this is a way to tap into it.
Asking yourself (as Jung asked his patient) to remember your dreams is a way of throwing a stone into your subconscious mind , and it enriches your normal everyday consciousness. You can explore and begin to understand the nature of your own dreaming self. Dreams go on all the time- but like the stars, we only see them at night.
These inner journeys can help you find greater beauty, significance and meaning in the life you lead every day. Really! It’s such a valuable resource you have inside your mind.
Here are some suggestions from one person who helps others in the USA remember their dreams. But you can do it for yourself too. Oh and ps Einstein dreamed his theory of relativity E = mc squared….
http://lifeturnings.com/wordpress/dream ... reinhardt/
Well this might help you too—but I’d like to focus on the healing power of dreams rather than being cast down by what they may portend…it’s easy then to be filled with fear and dread rather than the quest for meaning and understanding. Often for instance when you are ill you may dream you’re someone else with an entirely healthy body. Often such a dream is therapeutic…
.http://dreamstudies.org/2009/08/06/drea ... f-illness/