RE: The Four Directions (Bruce)

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Bruce,

B: " :-) That dream has been on my mind quite a bit lately. Ten years have

passed since I had that dream. There seem to be two aspects, a coming

together and a radiating out. The radiating out aspect has come into

focus for me. "

Yes, back to Jung, there's the polarity creating balance. Also I see how

the circles can create a cross and vice versa. Once I *saw* that, I saw

that everything ultimately *is* a circle, in essence. What kind of work do

you do with your dreams. Do you find that doing something as creative - as

in the website illustration - helps to integrate the dream? I guess I know

the answer - but am curious to know how powerful different process of

integrating and magnifying dreamwork can be.

B: " I believe the re-orientation aspect of mandalas/quaternities is quite

important, and the image in your dream of " blessing the directions "

suggests that to me. "

> In this particular dream, the chair, (last name is " Waterman "

> in real life)

B: " Do you attach any significance to that name itself? "

The " re-orientation " you speak of is how I associate this man. He became

not only a positive father figure to me over the last decade, but I learned

much from him about service. He taught me a lot about how to take the

little steps to get to your goals - even about making goals in the first

place!! His last name, Waterman - came obvious to me only later. Water

Man. He had a gentle, quite, yet perseverant nature, and that is why I saw

he was able to make such big strides all over the world to actually move and

shake minds and countries.

B: " Only " ? :-) Amazing dream. Do you attach any particular meanings to

each of the four directions? "

Well, , I say only because I realized in my dreams he was a representation

of positive animus, not the man himself.

The four directions, I do think they are meaningful, but more in a Native

American sense. Interesting that I combine traditional church (raised

Catholic) with the inherent spiritual meaning I have with these directions.

I have a sense of what each of these directions can mean - but I don't set

these meanings in stone. I do wonder why I was given " east " and " south. "

East representing to me " beginnings " perhaps. South representing doing the

shadow work. Those are just initial associations.

B: " I'm glad you found a way to re-engage those dreams. Hope you find

other things you enjoy or find helpful on the site. "

I often wonder about re-engaging dreams one has had years and years ago.

Can this be useful? I already got the answer to that question - but still

have a nagging thought that they are *less* useful than one more recent. I

guess this is an issue for me right now because it has been quite a while

since I have had the powerful dreams that I used to have quite often. After

the hurricane, my life, out of necessity, demanded so much of my physical

presence, that the inner work seems to have taken a back seat. I am missing

this now. And I find that I'm like a beginner again and even have trouble

remembering my dreams.

Really appreciate your feedback...

Miriam

" Our highest duty as human beings is to search out a means whereby beings

may be freed from all kinds of unsatisfactory experience and suffering. "

H.H. Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th. Dalai Lama