Understanding Dreamwork

It is well known that understanding  dreams can be a crucial resource for self-knowledge, problem solving and creativity.  Dream working furthers your understanding, sharpens your intuition and fine tunes your judgment.

Understanding our dreams help us in coping with conflicts, in solving problems and in generating new ideas. It is therefore  important  to understand the meaning of pictures and words that are reflected in dreams. There are simple ways by which dreams can be recalled and recorded for appreciation as well as further work. Similarly, unravelling the meanings of these symbols can often connect us to their life  enhancing energies.

Dreamwork is a structured process of working on dreams. A dream is shared  by the participant  in a group  and its meaning is gradually unfolded with the help of certain specific questions. How do we learn to frame questions that open us to the deepest source of wisdom and guidance within us? This can be done through Incubating on our dreams! For effective incubation, the art lies in framing the proper question. Click on Dream Incubation to know more.

Dreamwork & Its Applications

• You can target on your dreams for their potential applications  in  many areas. For example:
  1. HEALTH & HEALING: Our dreams can signal ailments before we consciously recognize that anything is wrong with us.  This can happen  before there are any physical signs that may be seen by a doctor. For instance, a college professor dreamt that she has dark patches on her lungs and her one lung had become completely porous. Although, she became apprehensive, she dismissed it as a dream. When dream reoccurred,  she went to have medical check-up that confirmed early symptoms of lung cancer. This  dream accurately issued a warning about her condition in reality leading her to achieve better prognosis due to early treatment.
• 2. Enhancing self awareness/development: Dreamwork  serves to bring to our attention conflicts, feelings or insights that are not familiar. It is possible that we have failed to appreciate  them fully. For example, a father dreamt that he was dressing his son in his own oversized shirt and trousers over the son’s vehement protests. Through the process of dreamwork, the father first time became aware of  his son’s hostility towards him. He fathomed that it may have something to do with the father’s constant attempts to mold his son into a clone of himself.
• 3.Generating ideas: The famous golfer Jack Nicklaus stated that he improved his golf swing after dreaming of a new way of holding his club. This resulted in  changing his old habit and actually working on the new way during his practice sessions. This  helped him become a better golfer. This is just one of many examples that shows understanding and working on dreams is useful. You can read more on the subject in my book, Daring To Dream.