Our psyches are comprised of many parts yet most of us function with just a handful of parts which we describe as our ‘personality’. These overworked few parts do their best to navigate through life and however exhausted they become, they are resist relinquishing their control. Our dreams have the job of showing us the reality of our life, as well as alternative ways of being, our blindspots, and fears– in the dream language of images and symbols.
Dreams may depict our more vulnerable parts (the ones that have been exiled or labeled by the dominant group) in the form of, for example, abandoned babies, tortured animals or dangerous people. While our dominant parts seem to want us to forget weaker parts of ourselves, the wisdom of the psyche will not forget them and prods us, through dreams, to ‘remember’ and heal the imbalances.
Below is a link to the web page of Hal and Sidra Stone, founders of Voice Dialogue (http://www.voicedialogueinternational.com). Hal is a Jungian Analyst and Sidra is a psychotherapist. Voice Dialogue was a form of psychotherapy that they evolved out of their efforts to resolve conflicts in their personal relationship. The link is an outline of some basic themes found in many dreams and a possible interpretation. It is a helpful guide to understanding what our ‘dream-maker’ part is trying to tell us.
http://www.voicedialogueinternational.com/dream-index.htm
