Definitely looking forward to this series of videos! What a great idea. Thanks for sharing. As for this video, the subject of dreams is just in time for me. I’ve recently been coming back to my dreams as a tool of consciousness and tool for strengthening awareness. I haven’t given my dreams much attention for several years as I find that the ones I really need seem to break through into my awareness one way or another. Plus, I think I heard somewhere that on average we spend something like 6 years of our life in the dream state and as a parent the opportunity to find more usable time is hard to pass up 😂
Thank you Mary for talking dream stuff. I read the Hillman book many years ago and the thing that stood out to me the most was the refreshing, unique perspective. I think I will revisit it. I resonated with your talking point of control. My dreams have been trying to show me where I need to let go of control and I am finally getting some of the messages. I like your response to the previous comment about viewing dreams as interesting and trusting that the important stuff will make itself known. I think it would better for people to put more effort into just discussing dreams and less effort into figuring them out. It works out better for me when I take this approach though I still like to try to “figure things out”. - Tina
It is definitely a balancing act of figuring out when to let go and when to look more deeply into a message that is coming up. I do find that letting go of control really helps- then when what something doesn't "flow" out of your awareness naturally, it sort of sticks around and makes itself known, that is what I pay attention to these days as something I should pay attention to
Hi Mary, thanks for this insightful video. My dreams consist of very bizarre symbols/images that have some sort of universal/archetypal element but are also heavily blended into my own personal experiences and psyche. For example, a celebrity (who I appreciate very much) who died some 30 years ago showed up in my dream telling me that he had UTI. The majority of the books out there are of little help to me. I find the most helpful thing in terms of dream interpretation is my personal gnosis: what this means for me personally through my own intuition. And you pointing out we need to let go of illusions of control and not try to dissect our dreams is something that also helps. That's something I am learning at the moment. Thank you. --Fang
It sounds like you are right in line with both books I have chosen. I very much agree that relying on intuition is key. With my dreams, and with most spiritual happenings these days, I am at a place of viewing them as interesting but trusting that if something important needs to arise, it will. Since I have started doing that messages in dreams, when they need to arise, have become much more clear (I jokingly say that my dreams can sometimes treat me like I am stupid sometimes).
Definitely looking forward to this series of videos! What a great idea. Thanks for sharing.
As for this video, the subject of dreams is just in time for me. I’ve recently been coming back to my dreams as a tool of consciousness and tool for strengthening awareness. I haven’t given my dreams much attention for several years as I find that the ones I really need seem to break through into my awareness one way or another.
Plus, I think I heard somewhere that on average we spend something like 6 years of our life in the dream state and as a parent the opportunity to find more usable time is hard to pass up 😂
I love that 🙂 We do spend so much time asleep, might as well utilize it!
Thank you Mary for talking dream stuff. I read the Hillman book many years ago and the thing that stood out to me the most was the refreshing, unique perspective. I think I will revisit it. I resonated with your talking point of control. My dreams have been trying to show me where I need to let go of control and I am finally getting some of the messages. I like your response to the previous comment about viewing dreams as interesting and trusting that the important stuff will make itself known. I think it would better for people to put more effort into just discussing dreams and less effort into figuring them out. It works out better for me when I take this approach though I still like to try to “figure things out”.
- Tina
It is definitely a balancing act of figuring out when to let go and when to look more deeply into a message that is coming up. I do find that letting go of control really helps- then when what something doesn't "flow" out of your awareness naturally, it sort of sticks around and makes itself known, that is what I pay attention to these days as something I should pay attention to
Hi Mary, thanks for this insightful video. My dreams consist of very bizarre symbols/images that have some sort of universal/archetypal element but are also heavily blended into my own personal experiences and psyche. For example, a celebrity (who I appreciate very much) who died some 30 years ago showed up in my dream telling me that he had UTI. The majority of the books out there are of little help to me. I find the most helpful thing in terms of dream interpretation is my personal gnosis: what this means for me personally through my own intuition. And you pointing out we need to let go of illusions of control and not try to dissect our dreams is something that also helps. That's something I am learning at the moment. Thank you. --Fang
It sounds like you are right in line with both books I have chosen. I very much agree that relying on intuition is key. With my dreams, and with most spiritual happenings these days, I am at a place of viewing them as interesting but trusting that if something important needs to arise, it will. Since I have started doing that messages in dreams, when they need to arise, have become much more clear (I jokingly say that my dreams can sometimes treat me like I am stupid sometimes).