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Hi again from Malaysia, Max. This dream exercise is so simple but revealing! I confess I didn think id discover anything but iv unearthed a lot of messages from myself. I like your pauses. Iv been dipping into the exercise for 2 recurring dream themes which have been following me for years: moving thru rough waters; not having enough time to finish packing for a journey and one iv yet to explore, surviving in a strange place without cell phone n handbag!! I'm also enjoying the journaling afterwards. I don't have all the answers but you are v reassuring that the rest will come n this is v relaxing. As with the chronic pain exercises u recommended me, sometimes I just need to touch the answers and it's enough 😊
Hey Chiew, good to hear from you. Trust you are well in Malaysia :) It’s great to hear you’ve gotten so much value from re-entering the dream, especially after some initial scepticism. It’s amazing what can come up when you make exploring the inner world a priority. It’s like a completed re-writing of your psychic OS. Your recurring dreams contain great value and familiar themes. Water often symbolises the unconscious mind. After all, water conceals and also flows. Rough water could represent the various fears and emotions standing between you and fuller self-realisation, which perhaps you feel under-prepared to navigate. Movement can represent the will and drive to selfhood. Although the real meaning of any symbol is specific to the dreamer. Both dreams seem to share a sense of feeling unprepared for moving forward. That’s generally the nature of any journey towards greater self-realisation: you aren’t prepared, pretty much by default, but you do contain what you need implicitly. The challenge appears externally. It’s by encountering the challenge and integrating its lessons that you become prepared. If you were fully prepared it wouldn’t be much of a challenge. Curiously though, as you develop, the challenge fades away. You’re also doing well not to crave having all the answers right now, but to continue inner work steadily and cultivate a relationship with the unconscious mind. Sometimes simply having the experience is enough, without needing to dissect or make complete sense of it. Although analysis certainly has its place. It’s a great idea to continue exploring your dreams, particularly since they are recurring and calling for conscious attention. You could also try exploring this theme of water and emotion. The Ace of Cups exercise would be a good one to try: th-cam.com/video/HES8LzxPaQI/w-d-xo.html Also, if you have identified a particular emotion, I recommend the Emotional Integration Meditation which can be repeated on a regular basis: th-cam.com/video/61SE-FBlxOY/w-d-xo.html Thank you for the comment Chiew and strength to you 💪
Thank you so much for this one! It's been a long time goal of mine to paint my dreams but they are so disjointed that it's sometimes hard to get a good picture in my mind. I really like how you guide just the right amount. This meditation will be one that I go back to repeatedly.
Thank you Candice, glad to hear the exercise is working well for you. Also it's great for me to hear that feedback on the amount of guidance. Painting your dreams can be an excellent way to engage further with unconscious content, helping to access deeper insights and emotions. Jung himself painted mandalas and recommended making art as a means of recording active imagination experiences. Other Jungians talk about using dance and sculpture, as well as simply writing as Jung did. In time this exercise will be re-published as an extended version to the MiC Inner Work Exercises podcast. I could bring this one forward and publish it sooner if that's something you'd be interested in.
@@makeitconscious Thank you that's a really great idea to record the active imagination exercises! I try to journal afterwards, but its honestly not my favorite thing to do. I'll give it a go! I would definitely be interested in hearing an extended version of this soon. Thank you so much!
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Hi again from Malaysia, Max. This dream exercise is so simple but revealing! I confess I didn think id discover anything but iv unearthed a lot of messages from myself. I like your pauses. Iv been dipping into the exercise for 2 recurring dream themes which have been following me for years: moving thru rough waters; not having enough time to finish packing for a journey and one iv yet to explore, surviving in a strange place without cell phone n handbag!! I'm also enjoying the journaling afterwards. I don't have all the answers but you are v reassuring that the rest will come n this is v relaxing. As with the chronic pain exercises u recommended me, sometimes I just need to touch the answers and it's enough 😊
Hey Chiew, good to hear from you. Trust you are well in Malaysia :)
It’s great to hear you’ve gotten so much value from re-entering the dream, especially after some initial scepticism. It’s amazing what can come up when you make exploring the inner world a priority. It’s like a completed re-writing of your psychic OS.
Your recurring dreams contain great value and familiar themes. Water often symbolises the unconscious mind. After all, water conceals and also flows. Rough water could represent the various fears and emotions standing between you and fuller self-realisation, which perhaps you feel under-prepared to navigate. Movement can represent the will and drive to selfhood. Although the real meaning of any symbol is specific to the dreamer.
Both dreams seem to share a sense of feeling unprepared for moving forward. That’s generally the nature of any journey towards greater self-realisation: you aren’t prepared, pretty much by default, but you do contain what you need implicitly. The challenge appears externally. It’s by encountering the challenge and integrating its lessons that you become prepared. If you were fully prepared it wouldn’t be much of a challenge. Curiously though, as you develop, the challenge fades away.
You’re also doing well not to crave having all the answers right now, but to continue inner work steadily and cultivate a relationship with the unconscious mind. Sometimes simply having the experience is enough, without needing to dissect or make complete sense of it. Although analysis certainly has its place.
It’s a great idea to continue exploring your dreams, particularly since they are recurring and calling for conscious attention.
You could also try exploring this theme of water and emotion. The Ace of Cups exercise would be a good one to try: th-cam.com/video/HES8LzxPaQI/w-d-xo.html
Also, if you have identified a particular emotion, I recommend the Emotional Integration Meditation which can be repeated on a regular basis: th-cam.com/video/61SE-FBlxOY/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for the comment Chiew and strength to you 💪
very grateful for this, thank u!
You're welcome sir!
Thank you so much for this one! It's been a long time goal of mine to paint my dreams but they are so disjointed that it's sometimes hard to get a good picture in my mind. I really like how you guide just the right amount. This meditation will be one that I go back to repeatedly.
Thank you Candice, glad to hear the exercise is working well for you. Also it's great for me to hear that feedback on the amount of guidance.
Painting your dreams can be an excellent way to engage further with unconscious content, helping to access deeper insights and emotions. Jung himself painted mandalas and recommended making art as a means of recording active imagination experiences. Other Jungians talk about using dance and sculpture, as well as simply writing as Jung did.
In time this exercise will be re-published as an extended version to the MiC Inner Work Exercises podcast. I could bring this one forward and publish it sooner if that's something you'd be interested in.
@@makeitconscious Thank you that's a really great idea to record the active imagination exercises! I try to journal afterwards, but its honestly not my favorite thing to do. I'll give it a go!
I would definitely be interested in hearing an extended version of this soon. Thank you so much!