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I don’t do resolutions but have organically started writing memory of dreams each night since this one (noted below) and every morning it’s getting easier. I find if I remember one detail, much more will emerge just by writing that one detail. Last few nights I get barely into the first sentence and a whole world opens up.

Dreams are so surprising and often so very strange. Pairing writing with watercolor is even better which is what I used to have time to do (20 years ago 🫣).

Right before sleep I ask my subconscious to send me a dream that I can remember and I tell my subconscious I’ll write it down. It works!

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Sacred Peak 1y ago

This has always been a fruitful practice for me as well, even painting them. And yes, it does work - it you want to remember, you will. Keep something to write on beside the bed. Do it fast before it disappears. And, don't give up. 🤣

zeph 1y ago

the memory thing is interesting. it’s in there but it has to be deliberately engaged to unfold. i feel like it must have a connection to any theory of the imagination (which I’m not well versed on)

Sacred Peak 1y ago

I've done quite a bit of work with dreams and worked with a Jungian Analyst for about a year a long while ago (10 years+).

We aren't meant necessarily to know what is rattling around in our unconscious mind. I think it's in part to protect ourselves from self-TMI.

I have a habit since childhood of resting as long as I can in the limbic state between dreaming and becoming fully awake. This is a fun place to explore but be careful. Sleep paralysis can arrive and with it comes the illusion of the hag. Once you know what she is (your mind trying to understand why it is partly awake and can not move creates her), it's not so scary.

If you do what you are already doing before bed but also want to wake in your dream and consciously take part in your dream it works the same way.

PS if you make a list of all the elements in the dream and do free association on it, also good.

PPS I think each thing in a dream is you trying to understand you. They are symbols that your mind creates out of what is stored from your past up til the dream. Intimate.

i'll stfu now and go on the xtrainer.

zeph 1y ago

thank you for this reply!

i’ve heard some harrowing stories of sleep paralysis, and this bit you describe is new to me. being conscious of what and why the mind is doing what it does seems like an important frame to consider.

will definitely try the free association on elements of the dream

and what you say about the dream being you trying to understand you… i was marveling at how stable one’s own sense of self is in dreams when everything else is up for grabs, so to speak. like i’m not showing up as an animal or another person as far as i know

enjoy the xtrainer

Sacred Peak 1y ago

yw. I dreamed last night too. it's in my daily 5. weird spooky coincidence. 🏋️‍♂️

zeph 1y ago

this podcast episode is what spurred me to start again https://thisjungianlife.com/ep14/

Sacred Peak 1y ago

caution: don't get caught in the jargon, especially collective unconscious. some people like to turn that into metaphysics. it is not. your images are yours and yours alone and are the result of your very own personally experienced life. some may be related to the culture you are raised in but definitely not a given.

otherwise yep. fun stuff.