This clearly described and quite simple activity from Thich Nhat Hanh for dealing with emotions in waking life can also be really helpful in working with images that arise from our dreams. It can be especially useful advice for healing bad dreams or nightmares. Accepting the images, regardless of how strange, disturbing or scary they …
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Imagine the feeling: You have gone to sleep normally enough, but for some reason that you aren't quite sure of, you have woken up. It is dark, but somehow you can sense a shadowy presence, right there in the room with you. You want to move but you realise you are paralysed. The frightening creature seems to …
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It is quite distressing that often when we have a nightmare, it doesn't occur in isolation, but recurrs with a frightening persistence. As if having one nightmare wasn't bad enough, but to have them frequently! It just doesn't seem fair! But it makes more sense when you realise why you are having these bad dreams. …
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To dream of attacking or being attacked often relates to issues of control in our life. Even if you feel you are in complete control of your life, you may still have an attacking dream, because deep down, you could be waging a war to stay in control, and fear what would happen if you lost control. …
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