The Mystery Of A Dream

Written by Susan Rutter


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Indeed, a hallmark of this mode of living encounter is an upwelling of feeling, for here we are seekingrepparttar emotional, notrepparttar 123222 intellectual, center ofrepparttar 123223 dream, that place where wordless transformative energies pool and stir. Sometimes an image arouses a full-fledged mood state -- a catch inrepparttar 123224 throat, a gut feeling,repparttar 123225 sudden pounding of our hearts in "irrational" fear or "wild" passion. Then we know thatrepparttar 123226 imaginal creatures, which are intimately connected withrepparttar 123227 body, are hungering to be part of our lives. Another aspect of appreciating a dream involves sharing it with others. When we work on a dream alone, we tend to repress those aspects we don't want to see. To encounter a dream inrepparttar 123228 company of others helps us see what we would otherwise gloss over. The Jungian analyst Marie-Louise von Franz writes, "Dreams generally point to our blind spot. They never tell us what we already know ... The trouble with interpreting your own dreams is that you can't see your own back." We require companionship with others who have become sensitized torepparttar 123229 imaginal dimension, for we may see more through their eyes than we see through our own. If we open our hearts as well as our minds torepparttar 123230 dream, then its entire world -- and by analogy, our "real" wolrd, too -- is revealed as a living plenitude. The simplicity of an open gaze is itself transformative. Then life willingly bears us beyond our habitual viewpoint, showing us where faith sleeps in a mustard seed, and a cosmos really does glimmer in a grain of sand. Copyright ©2004 Mythical Path. All rights reserved. Federal law prohibits reproduction of this material in whole or part for any purpose without written permission of Mythical Path. For permission to reprint send an email to our author.

Author, instructor, nutritionist, public-speaker, expert dream interpreter


What is your Recovery Rate?

Written by Graham and Julie


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The secret to a better life is be likerepparttar sportsperson, ask yourself:

Did I recover quicker today than I did yesterday?

Did I recover quicker this time thanrepparttar 123221 last occasion I faced a similar incident?

Did I allow myself to be average today?

Did I equal or improve on my personal best today?

Don’t live your life inrepparttar 123222 past! Learn to live inrepparttar 123223 present, to overcomerepparttar 123224 past. Stoprepparttar 123225 past from influencing your daily life. Don’t allow thoughts ofrepparttar 123226 past to reduce your personal best. Stoprepparttar 123227 past from interfering with your life. Learn to recover quickly.

What we are suggesting is not an easy path. To work on your recovery rate and make changes in your thoughts, behaviour and attitudes requires a great deal of effort. However,repparttar 123228 rewards are also great. It is important that you don’t force yourself to work on your recovery rate because you think you ought to or must or because you feel it will ‘make you a better person’. There's no benefit in that because you will not stick torepparttar 123229 task. You will make a great deal of effort atrepparttar 123230 beginning but when you are not achievingrepparttar 123231 results you want you will stop or look for another technique. Only when you really feel you want to change . When you realise life is not working for you atrepparttar 123232 moment usingrepparttar 123233 methods you are using will you put inrepparttar 123234 effort to change your behaviour to improve your recovery rate. You can only improve your recovery rate when you can see that there is great benefit forrepparttar 123235 self. Once you decide you wish to improve your recovery rate, you will start to check and change your thoughts and behaviour and make effort to perform to your personal best. You can check your progress by measuringrepparttar 123236 speed in which you are able to apply a full stop. The time it takes you to let go. The time it takes before you are functioning at or near your personal best again.

Check yourself:

What was my recovery rate afterrepparttar 123237 argument with my partner?

What was my recovery rate after I lost a sale?

What was my recovery rate after I received a ticket for speeding? What was my recovery rate after I heard a friend was ill?

What was my recovery rate after I got frustrated with myself over………?

But remember; Rome wasn’t built in a day. Reflect on your recovery rate each day. Every day before you go to bed, look at your progress. Don’t lie in bed saying to yourself, ‘I did that wrong’. ‘I should have done better there’. No. Look at your day and note when you made an effort to place a full stop after an incident. This is a success. You are taking control of your life. Remember this is a step by step process. This is not a make-over. You are undertaking real change here. Your aim: reducerepparttar 123238 time spent in recovery.

The way forward?

Live inrepparttar 123239 present. Not inrepparttar 123240 precedent.

Graham and Julie

www.desktop-meditation.com

Graham and Julie live in the Canary Islands where the pursue their love for writing, photography and spirituality.


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