Katie - Unfortunately none of us have been taught who and what we are, but have been raised with ideas that are still expressed with what were the rule thousand years ago - the demons.
What we fail to understand is that we/you/your personality are only a tiny thing, and yet we are raised with the idea that we are IT, and there is nothing outside our experience. But we know now from evidence that we, our conscious self, is only a timy spot on a vast creature that we are. Did you know that you have a reptilian and mammal brain built into you human brain? See
http://dreamhawk.com/dream-encyclopedia/brain-levels-and-dreams/Are you aware of these enormous influences in your life? Probably not because most of us are unconscious of them, and so most of your being is actually unconscious. See
http://dreamhawk.com/inner-life/the-unconscious-2/Also our dreams emerge from our core self and like any impression are formless. Our eyes do actually see what is outside us, but light strikes the sensitive surface of our eyes. These are translated into nerve impulses, which in turn are translated into what we believe we are seeing directly. Dreams are the same. The impulses we receive from our core (see
http://dreamhawk.com/dream-dictionary/core/) is then translated in images that are taken from our conditioning, in your case belief in demons, and shown in your dream. But demons are only images showing you what you are frightened of in yourself. You have been repressing your rage and it is shown as a demon.
I once helped a woman who had massive shoulder tension to release them, and she went into shouting and banging the floor. When she finished she said, “So that’s why I have always hated my sister, I held all that inside of me.” Also a woman who took time to explore her dream says, “Hi Tony, I just want to share with you that I did the exercise you suggested me about being the creatures that attacked me in my dreams and it was weird but very interesting. I became a very invidious person for a few seconds. I felt envy for women who do or have what I want but I haven't got. I never thought I could feel this. I had to go for a walk after this and breath. I never consciously felt envy before. I immediately understood that this feeling keeps me away from doing and having what I want. I also felt like attacking myself and I knew that this creature inside me represented the force that was causing me to commit suicide. Very scary exercise, but very positive. Thank you!!”
So try doing the exercise yourself and see what you are repressing -
http://dreamhawk.com/dream-encyclopedia/acting-on-your-dream/#BeingPerson Katie, it may also help to release the anger to take a rolled up newspaper and beat hell out of a cushion or armchair. It gets rid of a lot of rage without hurting anyone. You might need to do it several times over a few days to really get it all out.
Tony
