{"id":48,"date":"2010-08-25T06:52:22","date_gmt":"2010-08-25T06:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lettinggo\/2010\/08\/discovering-yourself-through-dreams.html"},"modified":"2010-08-25T06:52:22","modified_gmt":"2010-08-25T06:52:22","slug":"discovering-yourself-through-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/2010\/08\/discovering-yourself-through-dreams.html","title":{"rendered":"Discovering Yourself Through Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><b>QUESTION<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Much work has been done concerning the use of dream interpretation to help us understand ourselves. Do you see a real value in recording and interpreting our dreams to aide our self-development?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div><b>ANSWER<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>To the mind that wishes to awaken and the heart that won&#8217;t be denied, there is nothing in our lives that cannot be used to further this realization. There is a certain amount of insight one can gain through studying dreams after the fact. This requires a non-identified mind, for any thoughts that are reactions to the images in the dream are themselves extensions of the unconscious states of the &#8220;dreamer.&#8221; Most True discoveries (insights) occur in the moment the event unfolds. Analyzing and interpreting past images is fraught with &#8220;dangers&#8221; because the mind that recalls such images changes them as it recollects. Further along in one&#8217;s development, it is possible to dream lucidly, but this is a different story.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QUESTION Much work has been done concerning the use of dream interpretation to help us understand ourselves. 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