The Dreaming Way: Courting the Wisdom of Dreams

The actions taken in a dream are also symbols. Whether running is a metaphor for avoidance, or snuggling is symbolic of embracing something unusual, actions show you what movements, decisions, and strategies are at play in the issue at hand.

Actions may meet with resistance or momentum, or bring about sudden change, depending on the other elements in your dream ecology.

we are so often dismissive of our feelings, overriding them with conventional behaviour.

Make note of what characteristics your setting has, what vibe it gives off, how it smells or sounds, how you feel in this place, and if it reminds you of anywhere you’ve been before.

Does revisiting it make you feel nourished, comfortable, safe, warm? Or does it bring up discomfort, longing, despair? How do those conditions relate to what’s happening for you right now?

notice your ability to telescope between your literal and symbolic attentions.

seven of the most universal dream elements: Settings, Feelings, Actions, Dynamics, Characters, Animals, and Objects.

these patterns are like imperishable truths that transcend our differences.

always take it as a positive sign of adaptation when a dream suddenly awakens the dreamer from sleep. The individual is ready to “wake up” to the fear or stress they have been unconsciously harbouring. However