Working with dreams

My approach is to work with dreams was influenced by many psychological tendencies. Perhaps, even, not only psychological but also philosophical, and partly esoteric. After all, to say what is the purpose of dreams and how they achieved it,

it is necessary to have an understanding of human mental apparatus. And in my case, this view is more philosophical and mystical than strictly psychological. A psychologist working with dreams, always relying on his understanding of the structure and dynamics of the psyche.

I must say that there is no correct theory of dreams, as there is in the correct theory of psychology and personality. Each psychologist is developing it for himself, of course, based on the more fundamental developments. I also have dreams for their own approach. I'm not saying that to invent something new.

No, my version - a hodgepodge of what I liked in the wrong approach and that we managed to adapt for themselves. As expected, all the experiments were performed on top of itself - that my own dreams were the primary material for analysis.

Talk about how I see the device soul, I will not - is the subject of a separate discussion. Let me just say that, in my view, the mind tends to equilibrium, and when a person develops excessive or, conversely, inhibit some aspect of his personality, the different ways human psyche tends to return to the "right path".

Dreams - is the first swallow. First, the soul through dreams quietly tells the man that is going wrong in his life.

And if a person does not understand the allusions, the soul uses a more powerful tool - disturbing dreams, and the next stage - nightmares.

We can say that the purpose of the dream - to keep a person from falling into extremes and help to realize the potential inherent in it.

From this position, it is clear that understanding the language of their dreams, people can bypass many stranded on their way.

Analysis and work with dreams, we are going to do.

Dreams I consider as carefully set plays with a deep metaphorical meaning. Characters and individual objects such productions - is the individual aspects of personality, and they played out a drama - a illustration of the connections and relationships between these aspects, told Aesopian language.

Using other terminology, we can say that every dream image (a character or a passive object) - a metaphorical personification of some mental structure. That is, everything that happens in a dream - this map is taking place in the soul processes.

Therefore, I am very cautious about "prophetic" dreams. I'm not saying that they do not happen - there are, but only rarely.

As in a dream, we see, for example, the death of an acquaintance, it says nothing about the state of health of the person, and does not warn of impending trouble. This may mean that, in a metaphorical sense for us, "dead", ie, lost value, some part of us or the installation of which is shown in a dream in the form of a familiar person. Well, or something like that.

For me, a dream - it's feedback from your soul. Very effective communication. As with any performance, the dream has its own scenario - consecutive dynamic plot. In the dream, we see not a static image, and the events unfolding on the stage or another.

As I said, for understanding dreams are important to us, at first, some meaningful images, and second, dynamics and semantic load of their relationship. I see every dream as a narrative that has a plot, the culmination and denouement.

The climax - the most important thing that happens in a dream; tie - is the background of events, and the denouement - the consequences that are likely to come when people will not change anything in my life. The structure of the story may be different, but, anyway, the study and analysis of the structure - is the first step in my work with dreams.

Just knowing the structure of the story and describe the basic relationship between the images of the dream can continue - find meaning. I forgot to mention an important detail - for the understanding of dreams is very important the emotions and feelings that people experienced during sleep and immediately after waking up.

Emotions and feelings - is much more important to understand the meaning of certain images of dreams than their visual image. For example, a completely hideous monster, with all that can induce a sense of calm and security, and, innocuous-looking handset, to cause panic.

Therefore, to talk about the dream, oblivious to the feelings experienced by a man - it's a waste of time.

Take for example this story: girl dreams that she is in the center of a great city; around a lot of people; at some point, she raises her head and sees that hangs in the sky beautiful snow-white palace; she feels joyful feelings, I admire this palace; Then she turns to the people who are there and trying to draw their attention to this palace because no one on it does not pay attention; cool and people react in the moment when she looks back at the palace, she sees his place dull yellow building; Palace disappeared; she is disappointed and devastation.

First, consider the structure of the plot. She sees something wonderful magical enchanting, then for some reason it wants to attract the attention of others, and when it succeeds, the vision gives way to something unattractive. Even shorter - there is a positive image, she commits an act, is replaced by a neutral image.

The plot - a great city, a palace in the sky, inspiring culmination - an attempt to draw attention to the transformation of the palace in the simple house, isolation - disappointment and devastation. Doing this kind of work, we have already passed the half way to understanding the message which the soul wants to convey to the mind.

In many cases, you can stop at this point, because then everything becomes clear. With our example it is also possible to draw some conclusions - she makes the mistake of wanting to share their vision with others. She wants everyone around happy and admired as well as it (the material for further analysis).

A passing vision of strangers, she discovers the loss of his values. When she tries to tell the world about what he sees in his mind, she is wasting energy. Her mistake the desire to share in the inability to be satisfied with the sole experience of his vision.

Rather than surrender to him completely, she rushes to the people with an exclamation - "Look! Look!", As a result, no people do not see anything special or herself. And there comes disappointment and devastation.

Briefly we can say that, probably, in the life of a girl trying to convey to the people around her inner experiences and images, and by doing this, it devalues ​​them for yourself and lose touch with them. Trying to express the inexpressible words, a person loses spending power and that he is trying to express. What seemed important and magical (palace), then attempts to explain and convey it to others, it turns into an empty nonsense (simple accommodation).

Disclaimer - in this interpretation assumed that people from dreaming to be reliable, though not specific, people. It may be another option - the people can indicate, for example, public opinion, which in the eyes of the girl, trying to "justify" value of his vision. To determine more accurately, you need to consider the context of the dreamer's life.

Useful lucid dreams. Healing Dreams

After hearing about the possibility to realize himself in a dream sleeping, people often ask, "Why should I learn this? What are the benefits these dreams?"

If you imagine that in a dream, having at least a part of the normal consciousness, you basically can do anything and are only limited by your imagination and ability to come up with anything rather than physical and social laws, the answer will come by itself : you can do in my sleep all you like.

Instead of general phrases better to give some concrete examples of what people are doing with their lucid dreams. The first thing that attracts such dreams - is an opportunity to exercise their imaginations and desires realization of adventure.

The most popular activities are flying in dreams and sex.

Many people after his first lucid dream was told that he was the most beautiful adventure of their lives. A large share of the enormous pleasure that these dreams is refreshing sense of absolute freedom that accompanies the realization of the fact that you're in a dream, where there is no physical or social constraints of your actions.

Unfortunately, for many people, ordinary dreams instead of a means of implementing a flight of fancy, and rest are the sources of terror and other unpleasant sensations. Lucid dreams can be the basis for an effective treatment of nightmares.

If you know that sleep, the next logical step is the realization that there is nothing around you, no matter how threatening it may seem, can not cause you physical harm. There is no need to escape or fight monsters from the world of dreams.

In fact, often it is simply useless, for all the horror around you - a product of your own brain, and he will chase you wherever you go in the dream went. The only way to "escape" - to stop this fear. As long as you are afraid of their own sleep, it will come back. Your fear in a dream as real as reality, but the danger - not.

The source of such irrational fear can be eliminated by the meeting that scares you, face to face, or by consciously going through frightening events, bringing you find that nothing can harm you.

You can do it in any form, as long as the meeting remained conscious sense of danger. For example, one young man in a dream imagined that it pursues the lion. When the run was nowhere to go, he realized that he was asleep, and called a lion, so he came and grabbed him. As a result, a nightmare turned into a playful scene of struggle, and the lion became attractive woman.

When the monster from a dream run into a decisive meeting, they often turn into a kind of creation, friends or just an empty shell.

This experience gives sleeping a very large force.

He teaches you, and somewhere very deep, you can overcome any fear and become stronger from it. Lucid dreams can also help people more easily achieve their goals in everyday life. There are many examples of how people have used the dreams of this kind, to prepare them to the different aspects of real activity.

Here are some of these possibilities: physical development (you learn a certain manner or train athletic skills), creative solution to the problems, artistic inspiration, overcoming sexual problems or social plan, meeting with those whom you love or lost, as well as physical healing.

If the opportunity to improve their own health, which many say "dreamers", confirmed studies that prove the great importance of the development of human-driven ability to see dreams. Now a closer look at some of the most popular classes at the dreamers.

Champion among them is, of course, flying.

You can fly over forests, fields, cities, indoors and even on other planets. The first thing you need to do - is to fly.

There are several ways to lift into the air:

- Jump from a tall building or mountain.

- Go up the stairs invisible.

- Fall back, bringing you find yourself on the back, hovering a few inches above the ground.

- Do not take off, but instead the power of his mind push the ground that it was gone from under your feet! Now, when you took off, you need to master any way flight:

- "Swim" through the air. This method is used by many, perhaps because swimming in nature closest to the guy in the weightlessness and the sensation of flying.

- Imagine that your hands are generated "pushing force" that resembles jet, with which you can "make a start" from space and thereby gain altitude.

- Imagine a superman and fly the way he does.

- "Step" through the air.

- Use magic carpet or anything like that. Create any objects for most people is usually not difficult.

You can try to construct the following things:

- Something small, for example, rose;

- Something that "works", such as spray paint;

- Something large, such as a house.

Sometimes, with the creation of an object in a lucid dream, there are difficulties: in principle, the brain is able to construct anything you want, but can be a problem with the initial impetus.

For example, you want to meet with Elvis Presley, but do not know how to snap your fingers to get one. In such cases, to construct what is called the "operator", by which the mind is able to give at least some logical explanation for what is happening.

In this example, you can first find a nearby door, and then imagine how it opens and it includes Elvis Presley - in most cases it works. Another way is to turn 180 degrees.

At the same time you are likely to see the desired object behind him. Students of lucid dreams have noted an interesting relationship: the more you realize that sleep, the less your ability to do things that are impossible in real life.