Understand the Power of your Dreams.
The only way to understand the messages from our unconsciouss parts within, is to understand that everything correlates with each other from without! Our dreams reflect present states of being , inorder to understand what they are trying to tell us We have to consider these two steps:
1. No one can interpretate Dreams, except the dreamer himself!
2. Dreams are always structured in the same manner!
(Here is what the Greatest Psychologist on planet earth, Carl G. Jung had to say about Our Dreams!)
Carl Jung, was a well-respected psychiatrist, who claimed Sigmund Freud as his main influence. Freud was Jung’s mentor, and while Jung based a lot of his own ideas on concepts derived from Freud, he went a step further and worked to improve on them.
Unlike Freud, Jung believed that the unconscious wasn’t animalistic in nature, which means that he wasn’t convinced that the driving force behind every individual was violence, instinct, and sex.
This difference in viewpoints is what prompted the division between Freud and Jung, but neither man let the rift affect their future work. Jung went on to form his own theories concerning dream interpretation. These theories were just as respected, in most circles, as those of his former mentor.
The idea of the unconscious was a relatively unheard of one. People didn’t really entertain the belief that there was a part of their minds that they couldn’t access (at least not in any way that they were used to). Jung took his ideas concerning the unconscious to new levels by reexamining the presence and purpose of what Freud termed the Id, Ego, and Super-Ego.
1. Carl Jung’s Life and Theories
Carl Gustav Jung was born in 1875 and he died in 1960. During that time, Jung was able to form and experiment with the concept that dreams were not ways in which your unconsciousness could hide away who you were from your conscious self. Instead, Jung was of the belief that dreams were ways that your conscious and unconscious minds went about acquainting themselves with one another.
The unconscious introduced itself to the conscious by way of dreams and the conscious looks through these dreams to understand the unconscious, and by default, yourself. Jung’s research delved into the problems and worries that the subconscious made an effort to answer for the conscious self.
To Jung, the Ego portion of Freud’s Id, Ego, and Super-Ego, was what a person considered to be their sense of self. The ego was therefore the part of individual that was presented to the rest of the world. Like Freud, Carl Jung too based a lot of his analytical psychology on dreams.
The Counter-ego is the exact opposite of the Ego and it retains all of those rejected aspects about a person that they don’t want to acknowledge or reveal. The Counter-ego and Ego are prime examples of Jung’s long-held view that all things are to be looked at as a pair of opposites (male and female, love and hate, happiness and sorrow, etc.).
Jung liked to form the collective parts into a whole to get a complete picture, and this preference is what separated him most strongly from Freud, who liked to break down components into their smallest possible parts. The concept was that whatever you dreamed about revealed a little something about who you were, how you interacted with other people, as well as what you were going through in your life at the time of the dream.
2. Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious
Through dream interpretation, a person can better understand themselves and go further in their journey for personal growth. Jung did a lot of work with the collective unconscious and the mind’s use of archetypes. According to Jung, there are several archetypes that have the same meaning no matter the individual’s country, background, religion, culture, or gender. This phenomenon is known as the collective unconscious, and the archetypes that make up the collective unconscious include the persona, the shadow, the anima/animus, the divine child, the wiseman/woman, the great mother, and the trickster.
Let’s take a closer look:
1. The Persona is the image you present to the world in your waking life. It is your public mask. In the dream world, the persona is represented by the Self. The Self may or may not resemble you physically or may or may not behave as your would. For example, the persona can appear as a scarecrow or a beggar in your dream. However, you still know that this "person" in your dream is you.
2. The Shadow is the rejected and repressed aspects of yourself. It is the part of yourself that you do not want the world to see because it is ugly or unappealing. It symbolizes weakness, fear, or anger. In dreams, this figure is represented by a stalker, murderer, a bully, or pursuer. It can be a frightening figure or even a close friend or relative. Their appearance often makes you angry or leaves you scared. They force you to confront things that you don't want to see or hear. You must learn to accept the shadow aspect of yourself for its messages are often for your own good, even though it may not be immediately apparent.
3. The Anima / Animus is the female and male aspects of yourself. Everyone possess both feminine and masculine qualities. In dreams, the anima appears as a highly feminized figure, while the animus appears as a hyper masculine form. Or you may dream that you are dressed in women's clothing, if you are male or that you grow a beard, if you are female. These dream imageries appear depending on how well you are able to integrate the feminine and masculine qualities within yourself. They serve as a reminder that you must learn to acknowledge or express your masculine (be more assertive) or feminine side (be more emotional).
4. The Divine Child is your true self in its purest form. It not only symbolizes your innocence, your sense of vulnerability, and your helplessness, but it represents your aspirations and full potential. You are open to all possibilities. In the dreamscape, this figure is represented by a baby or young child.
5. The Wise Old Man /Woman is the helper in your dreams. Represented by a teacher, father, doctor, priest or some other unknown authority figure, they serve to offer guidance and words of wisdom. They appear in your dream to steer and guide you into the right direction.
6. The Great Mother is the nurturer. The Great Mother appears in your dreams as your own mother, grandmother, or other nurturing figure. She provides you with positive reassurance. Negatively, they may be depicted as a witch or old bag lady in which case they can be associated with seduction, dominance and death. This juxtaposition is rooted in the belief by some experts that the real mother who is the giver of life is also at the same time jealous of our growth away from her.
7. The Trickster, as the name implies, plays jokes to keep you from taking yourself too seriously. The trickster may appear in your dream when you have overreach or misjudge a situation. Or he could find himself in your dream when you are uncertain about a decision or about where you want to go in life. The trickster often makes you feel uncomfortable or embarrassed, sometimes mocking you or exposing you to your vulnerabilities. He may take on subtle forms, sometimes even changing its shape.
Archetypal dreams, also refer to as "mythic dreams", "great dreams" or "grand dreams", usually occur at significant times or transitional periods in your life. They often leave you with a sense of awe or that you have learned something important about yourself. Such dreams have a cosmic quality or an element of impossibility if occurred in reality. They are often extremely vivid and stay in your mind long after you had the dream.
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In the future, Carl C.G. Jung may not be so much remembered for his contributions to science as for his beautiful writing, imagination, and wide range of interests. In his meditation on death, “The Soul and Death” (“Seele und Tod”), Jung treats death as the inevitable descent after an ascent up a hill. Jung’s stoic reconciliation with death is understandable, even rational, in a time when the scientific conquest of death was not a practical possibility. Now that the practical means are available to participate in a time when rejuvenation may be possible, we need imaginative thinkers, writers and poets to give expression to a conception of life that is not an inevitable road to degeneration and oblivion.
