12-31-2019, 09:56 AM
I really like your take on dreams. It was especially the embrace instead of fighting back that resonated with me. Years ago I read somewhere about that strategy to trigger a resolution and clear the deeper issues at hand. I want to try that as well along the way.
Exploring my violence inside dreams has kind of a double meaning for me. One, I see it as exploring my actions/reaction inside a sandboxed system. And two, the dream-environment is also a reflection of my self. So the violence that I am -- or see other be -- subjected to should reveal something about myself as well. Not limited to my conscious self of course. I explicitly see this as an opportunity to explore fear-rooted and reacitonary violence in me. My goal is not to use this particular dreamscape as a pressure valve. Just the opposite. I want to understand my dark emotional side in order to better integrate it into my aware self. This and some other nuances are why I mentioned martial arts as a way to learn about this side of ones self in real life. I am not sure to what degree my whole idea will bear fruit, if any, since its dreams we are talking about.
Another part of why I welcome the heavy dreamscape compared to newer versions of FRM that veil this kind of stuff (I am positive that you are right about that), is that I want to face it, however ugly this may get. Like you, I see it as a good indicator of progress.
Cheers.
Exploring my violence inside dreams has kind of a double meaning for me. One, I see it as exploring my actions/reaction inside a sandboxed system. And two, the dream-environment is also a reflection of my self. So the violence that I am -- or see other be -- subjected to should reveal something about myself as well. Not limited to my conscious self of course. I explicitly see this as an opportunity to explore fear-rooted and reacitonary violence in me. My goal is not to use this particular dreamscape as a pressure valve. Just the opposite. I want to understand my dark emotional side in order to better integrate it into my aware self. This and some other nuances are why I mentioned martial arts as a way to learn about this side of ones self in real life. I am not sure to what degree my whole idea will bear fruit, if any, since its dreams we are talking about.
Another part of why I welcome the heavy dreamscape compared to newer versions of FRM that veil this kind of stuff (I am positive that you are right about that), is that I want to face it, however ugly this may get. Like you, I see it as a good indicator of progress.
Cheers.
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