07
Sep
I couldn’t sleep last night, so I went to the trusty book shelf to see what was there for entertainment… passing up Slapstick and Henry Miller I came to a book on dreams that my roomy owns. What could be more perfect to put your mind to rest than a book about mind resting? 5 pages deep I realize how much of a gem this book is! Both the author as well as the content are truly inspiring and well rounded in thought. The book is more of a “how to” decode and break apart your dreams vs. assert blanket descriptions or heavily rely on symbolism.
Chapter one teaches you how to write down and categorize, then analyze the different parts to a dream… also gives you handy tricks on how to remember your dreams. It suggests that you keep a note pad within arms reach. When you wake up, you are to remain in the sleeping position and write down your dreams… so I did just this when I woke up today. I had three dreams that I remembered. The first one I was dark and despondent. Most likely points to some negative feelings I have been experiencing lately. The second dream that I recalled was about toys!!! Mostly due to watching Toy Story 3 last night with friends. The third dream, that I didn’t even remember till I reached my computer and started working, was really odd. In the dream I had two tattoos on each of my forearms done. Both were ninja turtles, haha… and both had my brothers birthday at the top. I remember in the dream that I was really apprehensive, and felt anxiety about my choice, and then when I realized that both arms had my brothers birthday I felt this flood of guilt about not recognizing my sisters birthday… it makes perfect sense, two siblings; two arms. Then the tattoo on my left arm morphs into her birthday!? This points to some feelings that I recognize in myself, but have not thought of or dwelled over for some time. The book mentions that often you will revisit feelings or specific dreams as you grown in way of life experience. Almost as if your inner energy understands that you might be able and ready to come to a resolution for some negative feelings. Very interesting book indeed! I’m super stoked to keep this dream journal and voyage on this path of self discovery through inner recognition and understanding. As the wonderful Alan Alda once said “You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself.”
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