Dream Big
Who says day dreaming is bad?
According to Freud, the images that get played into our heads while we sleep are part of our subconscious being exposed in regards to our family, our feelings about sex (of course, it is Sigmund's theory), and the deep seated anger and fears we hold on to.
Carl Jung contrarily believed not simply that dreams hold our repressed subconscious thoughts but namely gave expression to our underdeveloped psyche, and for the most part those remain unrecognized by the individual.
Apparently, all of this mechanism that takes place while we sleep, such as neuron signals to the rest of our body, has the same effects on our physical body and brain as if it was all really happening in an awake state.
Dreaming officially takes place during our REM stage of sleep, and because of this we are more often than none unaware of what images or thought processes are happening. However, in "day dreaming" (such as when you are slacking off at work and imagining yourself on a beach or whatever) our thoughts are very much conscious. In fact we are often the leader of the story or scenario. These images may not always come with the vivid colours or sounds of our sleep dreams, but they activate the brain in a very similar way.
This is why my short blog today is just to say "Dream Big". If your subconscious thoughts come out at night, conscious thoughts should come out during day dreams. Jung believed that our conscious mind actively holds our subconscious thoughts because they might provoke anxiety and would also not be in line with our goal to recognize and become self-actualized. Therefore, why not use our conscious mind to create feelings of self-recognition and produce warm loving thoughts for ourselves at any given time? We hope, we dream of being and becoming a certain way, and allowing ourselves to imagine what that feels like is, in my opinion, a good way to get there.
According to Freud, the images that get played into our heads while we sleep are part of our subconscious being exposed in regards to our family, our feelings about sex (of course, it is Sigmund's theory), and the deep seated anger and fears we hold on to.
Carl Jung contrarily believed not simply that dreams hold our repressed subconscious thoughts but namely gave expression to our underdeveloped psyche, and for the most part those remain unrecognized by the individual.
Apparently, all of this mechanism that takes place while we sleep, such as neuron signals to the rest of our body, has the same effects on our physical body and brain as if it was all really happening in an awake state.
Dreaming officially takes place during our REM stage of sleep, and because of this we are more often than none unaware of what images or thought processes are happening. However, in "day dreaming" (such as when you are slacking off at work and imagining yourself on a beach or whatever) our thoughts are very much conscious. In fact we are often the leader of the story or scenario. These images may not always come with the vivid colours or sounds of our sleep dreams, but they activate the brain in a very similar way.
This is why my short blog today is just to say "Dream Big". If your subconscious thoughts come out at night, conscious thoughts should come out during day dreams. Jung believed that our conscious mind actively holds our subconscious thoughts because they might provoke anxiety and would also not be in line with our goal to recognize and become self-actualized. Therefore, why not use our conscious mind to create feelings of self-recognition and produce warm loving thoughts for ourselves at any given time? We hope, we dream of being and becoming a certain way, and allowing ourselves to imagine what that feels like is, in my opinion, a good way to get there.
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