Whatever name you give to that enormous potential underlying your existence, whether you call it Life, Chaos, God, The Mystery, it is the source of your physical existence. We struggle with words, with concepts, when we approach that Mystery. Even the words used here, such as energy and potential, a... More

Whatever feelings or emotions we meet in our dreams, many of them are bound to be habitual responses we have to life. Where these habits are negative we can begin to change them by working with the dream images as described in Can I alter the dream to find greater satisfaction?.... More

But first you will meet yourself. You will walk again the long road of your growth with the etched-in experiences that shaped you into the person you are. You will however, if you persist, see that there is a vaster self than this present personality, one that can reshape who you are, if you so dare... More

If you are someone who not only remembers, but soaks up the lush dimensions of dreams, then you already know that your visions of the night allow you entrance into strange worlds, new ideas, fresh and sparkling perspectives, as well as horror movies of your own creation. ... More

If we realise that the dream is an end result of a process which produces it, we are enabled to see that the 'process' - the survival function which regulates, compensates, links, problem solves - can be accessed without meeting the dream.... More

Also, when looking at these levels or stages, they suggest that the dream process is a means by which deeper stages can be portrayed to awareness in order to make them known. Therefore, by working with the dream process, we can tap deeper levels of awareness and make them known.... More

In it, Ed and she were going in the same direction and she started to sing because of their happy feelings. Then she felt she ought to stop singing because Ed would say she was happy because they had enjoyed sex. But she realised Ed knew what she was thinking. As she walked quietly, Ed himself b... More

To this meeting was added theme upon theme until an orchestral music was built up, and I was told, “This is your body, with its many different processes playing together.” Or it could be likened to society in which so many opposing ‘themes’ in the end form a whole. ... More

Elias Howe's native spears were an outlandish image, but nevertheless contained the information he needed. Investigate the dream using the techniques given in the entry processing dreams. Some problems take time to define, so use the process until there is a resolution. If it is a major life proble... More

If four such typical people walked down a street together, we might say that the one with Sensation as his leading function would notice the houses, their colours and changes made since his last visit. The Feeling person would be aware of the emotions stimulated by the surroundings and relationship ... More

It is because the picture is an extension of the actual dream images. It is because a painting or drawing uses forms and symbols to express, just as a dream does. Therefore, when we paint a dream, we bring it to conscious reality. We bring it out into the open to be examined. We also make it secure... More

However, the interpretation of the dream is far less satisfying than the previous dream. This is because it lacks the comments of the dreamer in saying whether or not these interpretations really apply. It also lacks details about the dreamer's life that would confirm or deny the conclusions. Nevert... More

And do you know – on processing the dream I discovered that, exactly how things had played themselves out, had actually been said in the dream. And so now I know – and that has made all the difference. ... More

So to summarise, consider each character and discover what qualities, faults, weaknesses or strength they depict for you. Give them a name, as this helps you remember their quality. But look to the context of the dream to find the detailed and changing expression of what the character depicts. ... More

For the lay dreamer it is more useful to put dreams into much broader categories such as: Psychological - ESP - Body - Sexual - Spiritual and Problem Solving. But one of the easiest approaches to gaining insight into your dream is to use the key-word approach.... More

I believe that the unexpressed potential for growth is actually physical and psychological, and if it is not fulfilled manifests as an internal sense of dissatisfaction. The body and the mind therefore drive to find a fuller measure of satisfaction as well as they can. Because the area of dreams is... More