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Dreams in Counseling Back to Journal Page 5/7/2009 6 Comments  Thank you, Tess, for sharing your insight about balance re dream life and dream sharing, and also about dream interpretation. I continue to honor and question some of the 'big' dreams of my past and present. Still wondering what they meant/mean. Also, very interesting material about WWII and Jung. I'd like to know more! It concerns me that so many people want a person (or book, or some other "authority") to interpret their dreams, rather than entering into the invitation to develop a relationship/dialogue with their own story/inner landscape. It can be helpful, of course, to be open to other perspectives, but I feel it is so crucial for the dreamer to be an active participant in hosting the dream(s). I appreciate your statement that "simply" sharing a dream with others (particularly in a public setting) is more sacred than many of us realize. I am presently working on my Masters of Counseling and I am surprised by the lack of respect that Jung garners from Professors as well as students. I have studied Jung and his followers for twenty years, and my dreams have led me to search for greater understanding of myself as well as others. I will continue to study Jung and his ideas, but I don't think it will take place at my institution of higher learning. I do not share my dreams with my fellow classmates and I have learned not to share the fact that I am deeply invested in Jungian thought. I need to find your book and reread it. It's been awhile, since I read it, and since I focused on my dreams. We have had fires here, and I was evacuated twice, so finding things has been impossible now for about 6 months. However, I think I know where that book landed. (If I can't find it, I will buy another, this time autographed.) Thanks Tess, for this blog, as it has me wanting to reconnect to my dreaming self. I eagerly await your summer publication. And I am also going to look for a local dreaming group, people who know your work. Or else I will just do it on my own -with your books. :-) Dreams do take us to a vulnerable place and too often are not held with the reverence they deserve. Student Dreamer - I share your hesitation - sitting with the very population that stirred the commentary on this blog. I often feel like an outcast or a fraud when I declare my investment in Jungian theory. An outcast when those around, even in the world of mental health and psychology, do not comprehend and do not care to encounter the depth and complexity of Jung and dreams. A fraud when I do declare myself because there is often derision or some expectation of expertise that I feel inadequate to live up to. It is easier to want to protect myself and hide, and in some instances, probably wise. But the balance is that I am compelled to shine my light of consciousness to help light the journey for someone else. Finding enough voice to speak about the sacredness and beauty of our dreams, even when there are so many who just don't get it, is the only way I know to hold the candle. Not everyone is willing to learn, but no one will learn if we are unwilling to teach what we know. Thanks Tess for such a balanced approach. Wow Tess, Finished your new book, and it is outstanding. I am rereading the first one now. I'd forgotten how good it is (too). Good work. I will email more later, if I get a chance - very busy right now (YEA, I HAVE a JOB still ! ). WOW ! |
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