Phil tends to be my dream partner, although I inevitably always have more material than him! I think if I shared everything with him, he would get exhausted, LOL. This leads to a curious concept about what makes an "important" dream. Like, if I were to share only a handful of dreams with someone, I would probably look for those with strong feeling tones or images, but sometimes when I step back and document what might initially feel like "insignificant" dreams, a very profound message pops out. As an example, I had what felt like a 5-second dream about organizing my travel toiletry bag. I almost didn't write it down, except when I started to do so, very clear messages about compartmentalizing and spilling over and boundaries popped out like an image from one of those Magic Eye books. Sometimes the length or initial impact of the dream isn't always the indicator that it has great meaning!
Yes, Jennifer!! I think all dreams are important. In the post, I was referring more to the kind of dream where when you wake up from it, you feel like you HAVE to tell someone about it. But I 100% agree, all dreams are important and sometimes the little snippets or one image can have surprisingly profound meeting. When we were starting out initial dreamwork breakfast gathering at the conference in Mexico, people would often sit down and say “I don’t really seem,” but then after listening to other share might reveal an image or something they remembered. The small can be big, and dreams speak in images and feelings, so one image or feeling (or as Minna said yesterday, even the feeling you feel when you wake up from the dream, even if you don’t remember it at all!) can have profound depth and meaning. Thanks so much for sharing the toiletry bag image too- so small and so powerful!!!
Phil tends to be my dream partner, although I inevitably always have more material than him! I think if I shared everything with him, he would get exhausted, LOL. This leads to a curious concept about what makes an "important" dream. Like, if I were to share only a handful of dreams with someone, I would probably look for those with strong feeling tones or images, but sometimes when I step back and document what might initially feel like "insignificant" dreams, a very profound message pops out. As an example, I had what felt like a 5-second dream about organizing my travel toiletry bag. I almost didn't write it down, except when I started to do so, very clear messages about compartmentalizing and spilling over and boundaries popped out like an image from one of those Magic Eye books. Sometimes the length or initial impact of the dream isn't always the indicator that it has great meaning!
Yes, Jennifer!! I think all dreams are important. In the post, I was referring more to the kind of dream where when you wake up from it, you feel like you HAVE to tell someone about it. But I 100% agree, all dreams are important and sometimes the little snippets or one image can have surprisingly profound meeting. When we were starting out initial dreamwork breakfast gathering at the conference in Mexico, people would often sit down and say “I don’t really seem,” but then after listening to other share might reveal an image or something they remembered. The small can be big, and dreams speak in images and feelings, so one image or feeling (or as Minna said yesterday, even the feeling you feel when you wake up from the dream, even if you don’t remember it at all!) can have profound depth and meaning. Thanks so much for sharing the toiletry bag image too- so small and so powerful!!!