Dansul cu umbra, după David Richo

”Like cathedrals and forests, metaphors of the psyche, we are never finished though always whole. That is wonderful news, since something complete can still be made from unfinished things. In fact, our lively energy, our life force, depends directly on our being whole but not on our becoming perfect. The only question is, How much consciousness can we stand? We can never know all of our shadow, only a piece at a time, only what we are ready for, and we will never be ready for all of it. It can never be totally tamed or befriended, but we can relate to it and horse-trade with it. When a little more each day is a good-enough bargain for us, we are liberated from both perfectionism and inadequacy, two tough features of the shadow.”

About Dreams: a Jungian Framework

Jung described dreams as the psyche’s attempt to communicate things to the dreamer about what is really going on. They are symbolic representations of the elements within the dreamer’s psyche. The personal associations to the dream as well as the amplifications of the images with archetypal, collective and cultural themes fill in the conscious attitude. This compensates for what is incomplete in the personality. 

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hey are a rich storehouse of personal and collective information, guiding and assisting the narrative for self-discovery. They are vehicles for the embodiment of the invisible world rendered visible through their metaphors and images.

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The dream is a psychic fact and a spontaneous self-portrayal, in symbolic form, mirroring the situation in the unconscious. The psyche is self-regulating, seeking to compensate the conscious attitude. The dream is neither isolated nor separate from daily life; it is presented to restore balance and wholeness. 

Dreams reveal personal problems, the current situation of the psyche, the past and future through the images presented. In the process of becoming known to herself and unpeeling the layers built up from family secrets, the symbolic meaning of the dream reveals truths.

Dreams help liberate, clarifying the psyche as it reflects personal and collective issues, offering complexes, strengths and values in a quest for information and guidance. In dreams we discover the many parts of ourselves, unleashing the psychological attitude for self-reflection. If the dreamer can understand and apply what the dream is saying, the imbalances existent even through the generations can be corrected.

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