Comments on: Want A Better Career, Sex Life And Creativity? Follow Your Dreams

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:42:19 +0000

thanks for all the comments. Scott asked “What’s your view on the idea that nothing in our dream life intends to hurt us? That it’s information that is benevolent or at worst neutral?”

In general, dreams are a safe place to explore what scares us. If we’re confronting nightmares, the terror is in facing what we don’t want to see.. the only real danger is self-knowledge.

By: Smanders

Smanders — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:33:19 +0000

I remember how much of this I did when I was younger, and how much more impactful my life felt at that time. I miss feeling in touch with my inner self. Thanks for the reminder Ryan. Keep them comming.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:07:45 +0000

Ryan, I like the way you make the case for the experiential validity (weight?) of dreamlife. The bit about “leaning into the uncomfortable places, as Pema Chodron puts it, rings true for me. I recall vividly mornings when I’ve had disturbing or unsettling dreams and have tried to ignore or suppress the experience. Leaves me feeling like I walked by a telegraph boy holding out a message to me from God and I pretended like I was somebody else so I wouldn’t have to read it. What’s your view on the idea that nothing in our dream life intends to hurt us? That it’s information that is benevolent or at worst neutral? That thought comforts me, makes me feel a little braver…

By: Kendra Mellinger

Kendra Mellinger — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:51:32 +0000

Ryan,

I just had a stream of really difficult dreams last night, scary and harrowing. This morning, I thought of your article and felt glad that I had some ideas for how to sort out all the emotions I felt. Thanks for listing the tools to keep working with the significance of the dreams. I’m glad I read your article.