Temple of Dreams

The shadow, when it is realized, is the source of renewal; the new and productive impulse cannot come from established values of the ego. When there is an impasse, and sterile time in our lives—despite an adequate ego development—we must look to the dark, hitherto unacceptable side which has been at our conscious disposal….This brings us to the fundamental fact that the shadow is the door to our individuality. In so far as the shadow renders us our first view of the unconscious part of our personality, it represents the first stage toward meeting the Self. There is, in fact, no access to the unconscious and to our own reality but through the shadow. Only when we realize that part of ourselves which we have not hitherto seen or preferred not to see can we proceed to question and find the sources from which it feeds and the basis on which it rests. Hence no progress or growth is possible until the shadow is adequately confronted and confronting means more than merely knowing about it. It is not until we have truly been shocked into seeing ourselves as we really are, instead of as we wish or hopefully assume we are, that we can take the first step toward individual reality.

There are at least five effective pathways for traveling inward to gain insight into the composition of our shadow: (1) soliciting feedback from others as to how they perceive us; (2) uncovering the content of our projections; (3) examining our “slips” of tongue and behavior, and investigating what is really occurring when we are perceived other than we intended to be perceived; (4) considering our humor and our identifications; and (5) studying our dreams, daydreams, and fantasies.

Connie Zweig - Meeting the Shadow
Art: Peter Birkhäuser

Shadow work - 5 helpful guiding tips, including dream work of course.......

The shadow, when it is realized, is the source of renewal; the new and productive impulse cannot come from established values of the ego. When there is an impasse, and sterile time in our lives—despite an adequate ego development—we must look to the dark, hitherto unacceptable side which has been at our conscious disposal….This brings us to the fundamental fact that the shadow is the door to our individuality. In so far as the shadow renders us our first view of the unconscious part of our personality, it represents the first stage toward meeting the Self. There is, in fact, no access to the unconscious and to our own reality but through the shadow. Only when we realize that part of ourselves which we have not hitherto seen or preferred not to see can we proceed to question and find the sources from which it feeds and the basis on which it rests. Hence no progress or growth is possible until the shadow is adequately confronted and confronting means more than merely knowing about it. It is not until we have truly been shocked into seeing ourselves as we really are, instead of as we wish or hopefully assume we are, that we can take the first step toward individual reality.

There are at least five effective pathways for traveling inward to gain insight into the composition of our shadow: (1) soliciting feedback from others as to how they perceive us; (2) uncovering the content of our projections; (3) examining our “slips” of tongue and behavior, and investigating what is really occurring when we are perceived other than we intended to be perceived; (4) considering our humor and our identifications; and (5) studying our dreams, daydreams, and fantasies.

Connie Zweig - Meeting the Shadow
Art: Peter Birkhäuser

Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.

—William Wordsworth

art | Heinrich Vogeler-Fruhling, 1897

Dreams -
"The knowledge of the heart.......grows out of you like the green seed from the dark earth"

Dreams pave the way for life, and they determine you without you understanding their language. One would like to learn the language, but who can teach and learn it? Scholarliness alone is not enough; there is a knowledge of the heart that gives deeper insight. The knowledge of the heart is in no book and is not to be found in the mouth of any teacher, but grows out of you like the green seed from the dark earth.

~ C. G. Jung

........dirty through too much civilization take a walk in the woods, or a bath in the sea. C.G.Jung

Whenever We Touch Nature We Get Clean.

People who have got dirty through too much civilization take a walk in the woods, or a bath in the sea.

They may rationalize it in this or that way, but they shake off the fetters and allow nature to touch them.

It can be done within or without.

Walking in the woods, lying on the grass, taking a bath in the sea, are from the outside; entering the unconscious, entering yourself through dreams, is touching nature from the inside and this is the same thing, things are put right again.

~Carl Jung, Dream Analysis Seminar, Page 142

photo | Unknown

Your own tailor made unique truth designed especially for you by your soul, psyche, higher self......learn to listen, learn to decipher, learn to recognise and discern the nuances, variations and neverending rich messages from your dreams.
You will be astounded and led from your own wisdom and the collective wisdom of the ages, not someone else's version of 'insta' life, geared to sell you something.
Dream Big and Live Large 💜🌈

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