How Dream Journaling Can Help You Learn And Understand Messages From Your Subconscious Mind
The jumble of images, memories, feelings and insights that make up our dreams can be filled with meaning, if only we can make sense of them.
But how often have you woken, perhaps abruptly as a result of something dreamt, only to find your memories of your dream slipping away almost as you open your eyes? So often this seems the case with those dreams you feel really had the potential to teach you something, the ones that seemed to provide answers to your great unresolved questions, the things bugging you enough that your subconscious keeps chipping away at the problem once your eyes are closed.
The subconscious is indeed often the smarter part of our minds, and the unconstrained processing it can undertake whilst you sleep can be extremely productive...
which is why you can wake up feeling on the brink of great insights and breakthroughs, that eluded you during the day of conscious fretting.
It's vital that you don't lose that insight, and you need to get into the habit of remembering and recording your dreams on a routine basis.
Keeping a dream journal can be a huge help with this process, as it gets you into the habit of immediately focusing and reflecting on your dream memories, in the few moments after you wake.
There are many ways to keep a dream journal, some prefer writing long-hand, others online, and for many it's easier just to make quick audio notes immediately on waking.
It all depends on your preferred communication style, the important thing is to get it down rapidly, as the memories fade so fast...
don't worry about interpreting or extrapolating any meaning at this point, in fact it's often more effective to come back to your dream notes later and try to make sense of them.
You can learn to interpret the symbolism of your dreams, and how to fit those interpretations into the patterns and archetypes that are significant in your own life.
Of course some may appear to have no meaning at all...
but if you maintain your dream diary over some time, you may start to see patterns in the apparently random stream.
At first it may only make sense retrospectively, and you will come to recognise the recurring symbols and the meanings they hold for you in your life.
Dream journaling is a powerful and effective way of finding deeper insights, making better decisions, and living a fulfilled and contented waking life...
But how often have you woken, perhaps abruptly as a result of something dreamt, only to find your memories of your dream slipping away almost as you open your eyes? So often this seems the case with those dreams you feel really had the potential to teach you something, the ones that seemed to provide answers to your great unresolved questions, the things bugging you enough that your subconscious keeps chipping away at the problem once your eyes are closed.
The subconscious is indeed often the smarter part of our minds, and the unconstrained processing it can undertake whilst you sleep can be extremely productive...
which is why you can wake up feeling on the brink of great insights and breakthroughs, that eluded you during the day of conscious fretting.
It's vital that you don't lose that insight, and you need to get into the habit of remembering and recording your dreams on a routine basis.
Keeping a dream journal can be a huge help with this process, as it gets you into the habit of immediately focusing and reflecting on your dream memories, in the few moments after you wake.
There are many ways to keep a dream journal, some prefer writing long-hand, others online, and for many it's easier just to make quick audio notes immediately on waking.
It all depends on your preferred communication style, the important thing is to get it down rapidly, as the memories fade so fast...
don't worry about interpreting or extrapolating any meaning at this point, in fact it's often more effective to come back to your dream notes later and try to make sense of them.
You can learn to interpret the symbolism of your dreams, and how to fit those interpretations into the patterns and archetypes that are significant in your own life.
Of course some may appear to have no meaning at all...
but if you maintain your dream diary over some time, you may start to see patterns in the apparently random stream.
At first it may only make sense retrospectively, and you will come to recognise the recurring symbols and the meanings they hold for you in your life.
Dream journaling is a powerful and effective way of finding deeper insights, making better decisions, and living a fulfilled and contented waking life...
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