Post by A.H. on Nov 25, 2008 2:53:00 GMT -5
"One does not dream, one is dreamed. We undergo the dream, we are the objects."
Carl Jung
There are many forms of dream interpretation and analysis. This is a self-reliant system you can use in your own journal.
When you remember a dream, write or draw the most signicant symbols
Record the dream in the present tense, as though redreaming it
Circle the symbols that seem most important (don't forget, your dream self is a symbol)
Ask each symbol the following question: "Who are you and what are you in my dream to tell me?"
Take a quiet breath
Write down the first response that comes to mind -- even if it doesn't make rational sense
Go on to the next symbol, or talk with one symbol until its important is clear
Record your dreams in different colored ink, so you can find them easily.
Make a list of recurring themes and symbols
What meanings do they suggest?
Write letters to your dreams, develop a correspondence.
Twightlight Imagery is the dreamlike state between waking and sleeping. You aren't really sure whether or not you're dream. Images tend to be a crossover blend of waking/dreaming symbolism.
Daily Processing dreams contain information and symbols from the day: the last TV show you watched, bits of the novel you're reading, a snatch of conversation. They have a tendency to remind you to finish or resolve things that got interrupted in waking life.
Entertainment dreams are a form of self-hypnosis that keeps the mind watching inner moves instead of waking up. They are very story-oriented and so full of symbols that the idea of deciphering them may seem overwhelming. Entertainment dreams are a way the unconscious shows off, stringing fantastical events together. They ofter occur in the first hours of life, if you have a tendency to:
Problem Solving
These dreams are often the result of some mental or spiritual assignment you have given yourself to work on. You may assign yourself dreams very consciously, saying, "I want a dream tonight that will help me better understand ______________________" or you may find your assignments springing spontaneously out of life events. May involve interactions with others of which you are trying to resolve a problem and you will receive the resolution. Many tgimes we dream the resolution.
Power/Victim?violence
These dreams present the shadows of life. They point out where you are being empowered and where you are feeling victimized. Dreams that contain images of violence, aggression, or other disturbance are often the bearers of the most important messages of the mind. They teach you to look directly and symbolically at whatever you are refusing to learn.
It is a stronge phenomenon that as we progress on the spiritual path during the day, our nights may look strangely aberrant. Some people report having intense nightmares during periods when they feel the most connected to spiritual growth.
Nightmares bring the shadowed parts of the self along on the journey. They illustrate what aspects of the self are being excluded in the emerging spiritual self-image. They point out what is in danger of being disowned.
The spiritual journey is integrative, not disintegrative, in dreams, the whole self comes forward for review and acceptance by the mind.
Disturbing dreams usually have to do with making choices about claiming power or disowning power. Most of the time, power images in the culture are presented as aggressive, violent, or as objectifying of relationships and feelings.
Precognitive dreams
Are visions of events that haven't yet happened. You are dreaming, literally, ahead of time. That this might be true is astonding to the rational mind, yet it's a nearly universal phenomenon. Western science is reconsidering the nature of time. Deja vu . . .
Past-Life/Karmic/Reincarnation dreams may occur even if you don't believe in past lives, karma, or reincarnation. These dreams are characterized by life events that you cannot explain, even though in the dream they make sense and seem familiar. You may find yourself speaking a language you don't understand.
Spiritual Gift dreams are offerings from the unconscious that have bearing on what is occurring in your waking life. They are one part of the mind trying to give another part of the mind symbolic insight. If you practice creative visualization or work with an inner guide, these images, characters, and activities may carry over into dreams.
Your dreams are a form of spiritual guidance unique to you.
Power dreaming
What kinds of power have you refused to accept or consider in yourself?
What kinds of power are you getting ready to claim?
I have probably one of the oldest dreams book and that is "Watch your Dreams" by Isabel Hickey. There is so much explanations on everything involved in our dreams. A lot of the initiations that we go through during our sleep time we travel to these sacred places and she presents many of them.
Life's Companion Journal Writing as a Spiritual Quest by Christina Baldwin
Carl Jung
There are many forms of dream interpretation and analysis. This is a self-reliant system you can use in your own journal.
When you remember a dream, write or draw the most signicant symbols
Record the dream in the present tense, as though redreaming it
Circle the symbols that seem most important (don't forget, your dream self is a symbol)
Ask each symbol the following question: "Who are you and what are you in my dream to tell me?"
Take a quiet breath
Write down the first response that comes to mind -- even if it doesn't make rational sense
Go on to the next symbol, or talk with one symbol until its important is clear
Record your dreams in different colored ink, so you can find them easily.
Make a list of recurring themes and symbols
What meanings do they suggest?
Write letters to your dreams, develop a correspondence.
Twightlight Imagery is the dreamlike state between waking and sleeping. You aren't really sure whether or not you're dream. Images tend to be a crossover blend of waking/dreaming symbolism.
Daily Processing dreams contain information and symbols from the day: the last TV show you watched, bits of the novel you're reading, a snatch of conversation. They have a tendency to remind you to finish or resolve things that got interrupted in waking life.
Entertainment dreams are a form of self-hypnosis that keeps the mind watching inner moves instead of waking up. They are very story-oriented and so full of symbols that the idea of deciphering them may seem overwhelming. Entertainment dreams are a way the unconscious shows off, stringing fantastical events together. They ofter occur in the first hours of life, if you have a tendency to:
Problem Solving
These dreams are often the result of some mental or spiritual assignment you have given yourself to work on. You may assign yourself dreams very consciously, saying, "I want a dream tonight that will help me better understand ______________________" or you may find your assignments springing spontaneously out of life events. May involve interactions with others of which you are trying to resolve a problem and you will receive the resolution. Many tgimes we dream the resolution.
Power/Victim?violence
These dreams present the shadows of life. They point out where you are being empowered and where you are feeling victimized. Dreams that contain images of violence, aggression, or other disturbance are often the bearers of the most important messages of the mind. They teach you to look directly and symbolically at whatever you are refusing to learn.
It is a stronge phenomenon that as we progress on the spiritual path during the day, our nights may look strangely aberrant. Some people report having intense nightmares during periods when they feel the most connected to spiritual growth.
Nightmares bring the shadowed parts of the self along on the journey. They illustrate what aspects of the self are being excluded in the emerging spiritual self-image. They point out what is in danger of being disowned.
The spiritual journey is integrative, not disintegrative, in dreams, the whole self comes forward for review and acceptance by the mind.
Disturbing dreams usually have to do with making choices about claiming power or disowning power. Most of the time, power images in the culture are presented as aggressive, violent, or as objectifying of relationships and feelings.
Precognitive dreams
Are visions of events that haven't yet happened. You are dreaming, literally, ahead of time. That this might be true is astonding to the rational mind, yet it's a nearly universal phenomenon. Western science is reconsidering the nature of time. Deja vu . . .
Past-Life/Karmic/Reincarnation dreams may occur even if you don't believe in past lives, karma, or reincarnation. These dreams are characterized by life events that you cannot explain, even though in the dream they make sense and seem familiar. You may find yourself speaking a language you don't understand.
Spiritual Gift dreams are offerings from the unconscious that have bearing on what is occurring in your waking life. They are one part of the mind trying to give another part of the mind symbolic insight. If you practice creative visualization or work with an inner guide, these images, characters, and activities may carry over into dreams.
Your dreams are a form of spiritual guidance unique to you.
Power dreaming
What kinds of power have you refused to accept or consider in yourself?
What kinds of power are you getting ready to claim?
I have probably one of the oldest dreams book and that is "Watch your Dreams" by Isabel Hickey. There is so much explanations on everything involved in our dreams. A lot of the initiations that we go through during our sleep time we travel to these sacred places and she presents many of them.
Life's Companion Journal Writing as a Spiritual Quest by Christina Baldwin