My therapist says my mind works like a blast furnace. Every morning I get tired of writing down insights and dreams. They come out as reliably as baguettes and croissants from a French bakery.
The more I value my dreams, the more productive the furnace becomes.
When I wake up in the middle of the night, the temptation is to fall back asleep. Especially since the dream often feels like complete gibberish. I try to capture at least a few key words. Understanding comes later.
Dreams are like diamonds extracted from the earth or the ocean floor. In raw form they're already worth $2,000–4,000 per carat — and after cutting, $5,000–15,000. The cutting is your interpretation of the dream.
Despite my experience in this area, if I were helping you, I would encourage your own response first — what memories and associations come up, what a particular element means to you personally.
No element of a dream is accidental. Every symbol contains an entire cluster of meanings.
When I shared some of these "treasures" during a group psychotherapy session, it turned out my interpretations were even more interesting than the dreams themselves. That is the effect of cutting the diamond. It reflects far more light.
So what are dreams to you — waste product of the brain, or ancient treasure?
Sincerely yours,
-Alexander
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