06-15-2013, 06:27 PM
(06-15-2013, 04:50 PM)plenum Wrote: yep, go with the emotional tenor of the dream xise. The symbols (or symbology) is secondary to that, or rather the symbols support the emotion of the dream.
I've had a few dreams that could have been mistaken for nightmares (what is a nightmare anyway? lol) but on further consideration and analysis they were just a re-experiencing or the un-doing of a knot of fear or a fearful thoughtform.
and even though the emotional tenor of that dream/experience was one of fear/anxiety/relief-in-waking-up, the 'aftereffect' was not one of self-doubt or undermining ... which allowed me a accept the experience for what it was - the undoing of fear through the re-experiencing of it, and seeing it for the 'dream' or imagined reality that fear really is.
does that make any sense lol? I had a dream to show me the effects of fear were unreal, by experiencing the emotion of fear and then waking up to see that the fear had no 'reality'. Yah, convoluted, I know : d
but yeah, emotional tenor is always the first place to start in diagnosing a dream and what the significant self on the other side of the veil is trying to communicate.
This makes sense, thank you. I had a nap this afternoon where I had a "nightmare" - someone had stolen my purse and therefore the last of my money - and I flipped! I was so irate in the dream! My husband said I was making obvious distress sounds and he tried to wake me to no avail. When I finally woke up later I had no residual fear, but was still drained emotionally which I have kind of been all day. I've had some money stresses today, but I'll allow the imagery of the dream reorient my priorities.
There was a gun in mine too, an "air gun" - the thief pointed it at me and shot me in the face, which was scary but just made me more angry. This is probably when my husband tried to wake me.
Quote:Eckhart Tolle puts it very well, I think: Drugs such as alcohol, pot, etc. can help quiet the mind by taking us BELOW thought. (I guess that means it returns us to a state something like 2D.) Through meditation we learn to go ABOVE thought, where thought is still accessible to us as a tool but no longer rules our lives. (4D and above.)
I still don't understand what role thought plays in the higher dimensions - or why we need to learn to "quiet the mind." Guess it'll become clearer as I go along.
Interesting thought. I've always felt the two drugs allowed an easier entry into the collective unconscious, which I suppose could be more of a 2D place. My husband has a bad back and insomnia so it's a medicinal fixture in this house - my uses for it have dwindled and I've tried to pull back a bit but he gets a little defensive. Hard to balance "doing what's best for me" and "not making you feel like a fool for making a different decision".