Jacob’s Ladder: (Song)We are climbing- Jacob’s ladder- since I lay my burdens down 2x - Burdens down Lord 2x – Since I lay my burdens down .

KJV Genesis 28:10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba , and went toward Haran .  

KJV Genesis 28:11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.  

KJV Genesis 28:12 and he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.  

KJV Genesis 28:13 And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;  

Dream

1. Dream warns about the future.
2. Dreams unlock the mysteries of the heart – subconscious.
3. Dream interpretation depends on understanding the symbolic language of dreams.
4. Dreams are mysterious, significant and powerful.
5. Dreams are based on real things that could not be seen or heard when the conscious mind is in control.
6. Dreams could serve as oracles, bringing messages from God. (Job 33:14-16)

KJV Job 33:14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.

Job 33:15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; KJV

Job 33:16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,

Incubating Dreams

7. Incubate comes from the Latin incubare, meaning “to lie down upon.”
8. Prophet Samuel used to lie down and sleep in the Temple at Shiloh before the Ark and receive the word of the Lord. (1 Samuel 3:1-4)

KJV 1 Samuel 3:1 And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no open vision. KJV 1

Samuel 3:2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;

KJV 1 Samuel 3:3 And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;

KJV 1 Samuel 3:4 That the Lord called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.

9. King Solomon too followed custom by going to a high place to offer sacrifice to God. There the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night and God said, “Ask what I shall give thee.” (1Kings 3:1-‘15’)

KJV 1 Kings 3:4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

KJV 1 Kings 3:5 In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

KJV 1 Kings 3:6 And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

KJV 1 Kings 3:7 And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.

KJV 1 Kings 3:8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

KJV 1 Kings 3:9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

KJV 1 Kings 3:10 And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.

KJV 1 Kings 3:11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;

KJV 1 Kings 3:12 Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.

KJV 1 Kings 3:13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.

KJV 1 Kings 3:14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.

KJV 1 Kings 3:15 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem , and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.

Pre-sleep Rituals

10. You need to purify and dedicate yourself.
11. Abstain from sex
12. Fasting – drink water only
13. Make a sacrificial offering.
14. Godly dreams – Job 33:14-16 – The Hebrews also distinguished between “good” dreams and “bad” ones, brought by evil spirits.

Prophetic Dreams

15. Biblical dream of Jacob’s ladder. (Genesis 28:10-13)

KJV Genesis 28:10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba , and went toward Haran .

KJV Genesis 28:11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

KJV Genesis 28:12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

KJV Genesis 28:13 And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

16. Biblical dream of Pharaoh and Joseph. (Genesis 41:1-14;Genesis 37:5-11)

KJV Genesis 41:1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.

KJV Genesis 41:2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.

KJV Genesis 41:3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.

KJV Genesis 41:4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.

KJV Genesis 41:5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.

KJV Genesis 41:6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.

KJV Genesis 41:7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.

KJV Genesis 41:8 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.

KJV Genesis 41:9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:

KJV Genesis 41:10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker:

KJV Genesis 41:11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.

KJV Genesis 41:12 And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.

KJV Genesis 41:13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.

KJV Genesis 41:14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.

KJV Genesis 37:5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

KJV Genesis 37:6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

KJV Genesis 37:7 For, Behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

KJV Genesis 37:8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? Or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

KJV Genesis 37:9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

KJV Genesis 37:10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

KJV Genesis 37:11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

KJV Genesis 37:12 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

KJV Genesis 37:13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.

Consciousness and Unconsciousness

17. What is consciousness? (Daniel 1:4)

KJV Daniel 1:4 Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.

18. Consciousness is not a simple state, but has many “layers.”
19. Unconsciousness does not imply complete inactivity.
20. Material from the unconscious can surface in sleep in the form of dreams and in waking life as sudden inspirations or accidental “slips of the tongue.”

What is Sleep?

21. Sleep is an active process in which the body repairs itself, and the brain “processes” the day’s events and helps sort them.
22. Every night, we experience four or five sleep cycles, which are made up of various stages or kinds of sleep.
23. Each cycle is designed to maintain health and prepare us for a new day.

Sleep and Consciousness

24. The amount of sleep needed to maintain health varies from individual to individual.
25. The duration of sleep changes as people grow older.
26. By the age of 10, most children need between 9 to 12 hours sleep per night.
27. The average for most adults is between 7 to 8.5 hours.
28. Some adults need as little as 6 hours.

The Need for Sleep

29. In the course of a lifetime, you will spend around 20 years asleep and experience at least 300,000 dreams.
30. Sleeping and dreaming are active functions of the nervous system.
31. People die more quickly from lack of sleep than they do from lack of food.
32. A person kept awake for long periods becomes increasingly disorientated, starts hallucinating, and after about 10 days of total sleep deprivation usually dies.
33. Both dreaming sleep and non-dreaming sleep are necessary to maintain health and vitality. (Genesis 31:10-12)

KJV Genesis 31:10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.

KJV Genesis 31:11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.

KJV Genesis 31:12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

Stages of Sleep

34. Sleep involves four distinct stages
35. First stage: the individual relaxes and drifts between sleeping and waking.
36. Second stage: the person can be woken by even slight disturbances.
37. Third stage: the body is greatly relaxed and only a loud disturbance could wake the person up. These three stages together take about 20 minutes.
38. Fourth stage: the body’s tissues are repaired with the aid of growth hormone.
39. After stage four the cycle goes into reverse but instead of waking up after stage one the person enters REM (Rapid Eye Movement) and begins to dream
40. The cycle from stage one to four and back takes between 90 and 100 minutes.
41. In a night’s sleep this cycle repeats itself between four and five times.

REM – rapid eye movements

42. Periods of light sleep are accompanied by rapid eye movements (REMs).
43. Electrodes placed around the eyes detected electrical activity when the eyes moved.
44. Most dreams takes place during this state.
45. Four types of brain wave are associated with sleep.
46. One: Delta
47. Two: Theta
48. Three: Alpha
49. Four: Beta
50. During REM sleep, the major muscles of the body are effectively paralyzed. This prevents the body from moving while dreaming.

REM and non-REM sleep

51. 90 minutes into sleep, the first REM sleep occurs.
52. Dream periods normally last 5 to 10 minutes.
53. The sleep cycle of a baby last about 60 minutes and of an adult 90 minutes.
54. Men have erections throughout the REM stage – there may be a link between sexually and dreams.
55. Not all dreaming takes place during REM sleep.
56. REM dreams are full of action and very vivid.
57. Non-REM dreams seem to be shorter, less dramatic, more blurred and shadowy, but often more convincing.
58. More and longer dreams occur toward the normal end of sleep.

Reality Distortion in Dreams

59. The world of our dreams is not bound by the rules governing the physical world.
60. Time: In dreams, time is of no account. Events separated by decades can be brought together. The dreamer may be transported into a future or past time. (Revelation 10:5-6)

KJV Revelation 10:5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,

KJV Revelation 10:6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:

61. Space: as with time so with space – the dream world, is fluid, and obeys no laws except its own.
62. Puns: dream could use two meanings – for example wedding dress with train or an island with aisle in a church. This would seem to be very confusing, yet the link is there.
63. Emotion: many dreams are accompanied by strong feelings. They are dramatic and the events and emotions tend to be exaggerated. They appear to lack any sense of right or wrong.
64. Content: familiar scenes, objects, and people are often the symbols through which the unconscious communicates with the waking mind.

The Psyche (Soul) and Dreams

65. We need to dream and we all dream, but we don’t all remember our dreams.
66. No one knows why we forget them so easily.

Psychological Theories about Dreams

67. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939): the role of the unconscious in the life of the individual.
68. The dreams works on 2 levels. A straightforward level shows surface or manifest events as remembered. In the hidden or latent level, objects and actions in the dream symbolize sexual and aggressive feelings and ideas.
69. Alfred Adler (1870-1937): the desire for power (individual psychology) is what drives each person.
70. Carl G. Jung (1875-1961): dream content uses symbolical language.
71. Dream expresses the so-called collective (or archetypal) racial unconscious memories and instincts share by all people, regardless of culture. These are basic ideas that are themselves symbols. They also indicate the way toward self-actualization.
72. Fritz Perls (1893-1970): the characters and objects in our dreams are projections of ourselves – part of our personality that we do not accept or acknowledge – and of our views of others. Since we are the creators of our dreams, everything in them must be aspects of our inner selves – personal creation. (Gestalt Therapy)

Children’s Dreams

73. The dream of children contains twice as much aggression as those of adults.
74. Children also frequently dream of being attacked or chased by animals, wild or domesticated – might be a dramatization of child own wishes and fears.

Nightmares

75. Terrifying dreams tend to occur in the second half of the night, during REM sleep.
76. They seem to trouble women more than men.
77. The probably represent a problem that is not being confronted in the sleeper’s waking life.

Sexual Dreams

78. These often express suppressed sexuality in an explicit way.
79. During “wet dreams” there is involuntary emission of semen.

Incubus and Succubus

80. An Incubus is a male demon who comes to sleep with women and attempt to have sexual intercourse with them
81. A Succubus is a female demon who comes to sleep with men and attempt to have sexual intercourse with them.

Dream Types

82. Safety-valve Dreams: allows us to behave in a way not acceptable in waking life. Symbolize wish-fulfillment and urgent desires. It may help to resolve deep, inner psychological conflict. It may be hard to interpret because they are presented in symbols. These dreams are brief and are the most difficult to recognize, since we prefer not to admit hidden distress to our conscious minds.
83. Clairvoyant Dreams: These warn the dreamer (prophetic dream) or reveal anxiety concerning future events, health, or other dangers. Show knowledge the dreamer could not have acquired through “normal” means. May reflect deep fears. Could be the result of “clues” picked up during waking. Seem to suggest knowledge of the future. Frequently foretell disaster.
84. Creative Dreams: these dreams release a flood of creative energy. The subjects and themes encountered in dreams can be applied to the development of artistic activity. They have inspired poetry, stories, music, painting, and inventions. They are often produced by a mind relaxed after working. They can be stimulated deliberately in what is called lucid dreaming.
85. Problem-solving Dreams: solutions to problems and obstacles in daily life are often revealed in dreams. Dreams contain the answers to problems faced in our waking lives. They can offer solutions to seemingly insoluble puzzles. They may provide guidance in decision-making.
86. Repetitive and Sequential Dreams: no two dreams are identical, some, recurring over months or even years, repeat the same content or important elements. The recurring dream may reveal the dreamer’s nature. The type of dream is an attempt to recognize hidden problems, and it may hint at a solution. In many repetitive dreams, however, the original cause has not been properly dealt with but has been grafted onto another problem. It may occur on one night, over several nights, or over years. If frightening, it may be due to anxieties from childhood. It may give comfort by recalling happier times. Recurring dreams or repetition of themes within dreams can act as a reminder of circumstances that the dreamer has repressed in waking life.
87. Factual Dreams: dreams that focus on events and circumstances from the dreamer’s daily life can be influenced by sounds and other disturbances. It may be the means by which we absorb daily happenings. It can finish off the day’s affairs. It may help us resolve pas difficult experiences. Do not usually have much symbolic significance.
88. Compensatory Dreams: these offer satisfactions not available to the dreamer in real life. A shy person may dream of great social success. It provides a psychic balance for the personality. Contains content that is surprising to the dreamer. It may show the dreamer in a new and strange light. Help to counterbalance failings and needs. Can be a temporary reaction to extreme moods.
89. Physiological Dreams: dreams may be influenced by physical discomfort or need, or sexual stirrings. Dream of feeling cold, hot or thirsty. They are directly related to the physical needs of the body. They may wake up the dreamer.

Lucid Dreams

90. In it the dreamer becomes fully conscious, while asleep, that he or she is dreaming. (Example: Genesis 31:10)

KJV Genesis 31:10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.

91. It is a skill that can be learned.
92. The mind shows the same consciousness as when awake.
93. When one learns to control events, they can indulge in fulfillment and problem-solving and can learn to cope with anxieties.

Be a Dream Catcher

94. They are most frequent in the early morning.
95. You have to prepare yourself mentally by learning and practicing “dream incubation” – dream catcher.
96. This takes time and perseverance.
97. The aim is to take your consciousness with you into the dream – to trigger the conscious mind while asleep.
98. Make sure that you are able to remember and write up your nightly dreams.
99. Don’t try to control all your dreams. Give yourself plenty of time for free dreaming, allowing your unconscious to prompt in its own way your rational mind.

Control of Images

100. In a Lucid dream, you can command your characters, change the scenery, or the plot.
101. You can also choose the subject.
102. It is claimed that through dream direction, dreamers can learn to satisfy their unconscious desires – some may date back to childhood – and banish terrors.
103. They can solve problems, travel to exotic places, take part in historical events, meet a hero, or improve their health.
104. Lucid dreams can reveal inner anxieties and help the emotional balance of the dreamer.
105. They can tap the resources of the unconscious mind, to increase creativity.
106. The greatest benefit is that the dreamer is able to take control of his or her reactions to dream situations – usually frightening events.

Lucid Nightmares

107. It may be horrific, but confronting them may resolve the problem.
108. Even though in a nightmare the first option is to escape. Running away does not resolve the conflict that produced the horrors.
109. It can be beneficial if peace is made within the dream.
110. Hostile figures in our dreams represent sides of our psyche we want to deny.

Out-Of-Body Experiences

111. About 10% of the population report having had an out-of-body experience.
112. OBE usually last only moments, during which consciousness seems to leave the body and the physical self can be seen from outside. (Ezekiel 8:1-3)

KJV Ezekiel 8:1 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me.

KJV Ezekiel 8:2 Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.

KJV Ezekiel 8:3 And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.

113. OBEs occur during sleep, unconsciousness, or while under anesthesia.
114. One kind of OBE is the near-death-experience (NDE), which some patients have during surgery or serious illness.
115. Some people enter OBE state at will – by means of meditation, drugs, a spirit, or with the aid of flotation tanks.

Dream

116. In order to dream well, the body and mind need to be properly relaxed.
117. How many hours of sleep are needed? You need between 6.5 to 8.5 hours per night.
118. Be in bed about a half-hour before you actually need to go to sleep.
119. Food: what you eat, and when, often affect your pattern of sleeping and dreaming. Nightmares are sometimes blamed on heavy, late-night meals. If your digestion is troubled while you sleep, your dreams will probably reflect this problem, giving you strange and alarming visions.
120. Drugs and Alcohol: prolongs the time it take to fall asleep. It affects your quality of sleep. The sleep they offer tends to be blank and dreamless. They suppressed both the REM dreaming stage sleep and deep sleep, and speed up the fluctuations between them. The REM intrudes on the other stages of your sleep, depriving the body of deep rest.

The Environment to Sleep

121. The bedroom should be well aired and neither too hot nor too cold.
122. Noise
123. Comfort in bed
124. Reducing tension: exercise by stretching your muscles. Take a warm bath.
125. Reading in bed
126. Courting sleep: Count backward from, 1000; try to remember scriptures, or poems.

Insomnia

127. If you are an insomniac, it is better to take a few 10-minute breaks for relaxation exercises or meditation during the day.
128. Avoid catnapping during the day; try to take more exercise, practice meditation.

Symbolism

129. Most of our dreams have a very important symbolic content; for dreams are the way the heart-subconscious speak to us.
130. Dreams are by nature unique and individual – any guide to interpretation can never be definitive.
     

Symbolism

1. We produce symbols unconsciously and spontaneously in our dreams.
2. Dreams content (at times) are related to conscious representations though the law of association – by causal dependence - and are not merely chance occurrences.
3. Dreams symbolize.
4. Dreams are often full of picturesque and luxuriant fantasy.
5. Very often dreams have a very definite – as if purposeful – structure, indicating the underlying thought or intention tho7gh, as a rule; the latter is not immediately comprehensible.
6. Dreams are not chaotic occurrences without meaning. They are normal events. There is a rational cause for their existence – purposive or both – In other words they make sense.
7. Every man “carries Eve, his wife, hidden in his body.” It is the feminine element in every man (based on the minority of female genes in his biological make up – anima). Man carefully conceals it from others and oneself. A man visible personality may seem quite normal, while his anima side is sometimes in a deplorable state.
8. Why should one consider dreams (flimsy, elusive, unreliable, vague, uncertain phantasms) at all? Are they worthy of our attention? Dreams are the commonest and universally accessible source for the investigation of man’s symbolizing faculty.
9. Dreams are indeed the chief source of all our knowledge about symbolism.
10. One cannot invent symbols. They have not been devised by conscious attention and willful selection – if so they would have been but signs and abbreviations of conscious thoughts.
11. Symbolism occurs to us spontaneously, as we can see in our dreams, which are not invented but which happen to us. They are not immediately understandable; they need careful analysis.
12. Dreams often arise from emotional disturbance – in which habitual complexes are involved. The habitual complexes are the tender spots of the psyche.
13. The dream is its own limitation. It is itself the criterion of what belongs to it and of what leads away from it. All material that does not lie within the scope of the dream, or that oversteps the boundaries set by its individual form leads astray and produces nothing but complexes.
14. The real task is to understand why the dream has chosen its won individual expression.
15. Only the material that is clearly and visibly indicated as belonging to the dream by the dream – images themselves should be used for interpretation.
16. If one wants to understand a dream, it must be taken seriously, and one must also assume that it means what it manifestly say.
17. The Church has long known of “Somnia a Deo Missa” (dreams sent by God) – while average men underrates everything remotely connected width the unconscious (the unconscious processes).
18. Our consciousness is part of our nature (its enigma is just as limitless) we cannot define, but we can only state what at present, we understand to be – (what we call Psyche is in no means identical width consciousness and its content.)

The Language of Dreams

1. All contents of consciousness have been or can become subliminal, thus forming part of the psychic sphere which we call the unconscious. All urges, impulses, intentions, affects, all perceptions and intuitions, all rational and irrational thoughts, conclusions, inductions, deductions, premises, etc., as well as all categories of feeling, have their subliminal equivalents, - which may be subject to partial, temporary, or chronic unconsciousness.
2. We are also unconscious of the fact that general terms like “state,” “money,” “health,” “society,” etc. usually mean more than they are supposed to signify.
3. The very numbers you use in counting are more than you take them for. They are at the same time mythological, divine, but you are certainly unaware of this when you use numbers for a practical purpose.
4. It is characteristic of dreams to prefer pictorial and picturesque language to colorless and merely rational statements. This is not a intentional concealment; it simply emphasizes our inability to understand the emotionally charged picture-language of dreams.
5. Many dreams present images and associations that are analogous to primitive ideas, myths, and rites. The dream-images were called “archaic remnants” (Freud). The term suggests that they are psychic elements left over from times long ago and still adhering to our modern mind.
6. The message of the unconscious is of greater importance than most people realize.
7. Dreams prepare, announce, or warn about certain situations, often long before they actually happen.
8. Most crises or dangerous situations have a long incubation, only the conscious mind is not aware of it
9. If the warning of dream is not heeded, real accidents take its place.
10. Dreams can betray the secret.
11. One cannot afford to be naïve in dealing with dreams. They originate in a spirit that is not quite human, but is rather the breath of nature.
12. The more our consciousness is influenced by prejudices, fantasies, infantile wishes, and the lure of external objects, the more the already existing gap will widen out into a neurotic dissociation and lead to an artificial life far removed from healthy instincts, nature, and truth.
13. Dreams try to re-establish the equilibrium by restoring the images and emotions that express the state of the unconscious.
14. The language of dreams provides just those images which appeal to the deeper strata of the psyche.
15. The interpretation of dreams enriches consciousness to such an extent that it relearns the forgotten language of instincts.
16. Instincts: In so far as instincts are physiological urges, they are perceived by the senses and manifest themselves as fantasies. When they are not perceived sensually, they reveal their presence only in images. The vast majority of instinctive phenomena consist, however, of images, many of which are of a symbolic nature whose meaning is not immediately recognizable.
17. One finds them chiefly in that twilight realm between dim consciousness and the unconscious background of the dream.
18. Sometimes a dream is of such vital importance that its message reaches consciousness no matter how uncomfortable or shocking it may be.
19. Lack of conscious understanding does not mean that the dream has no effect at all.
20. A dream which cannot remember can slightly alter the mood of man for better or worse.
21. Dreams can be “understood” to a certain extent in a subliminal way.
22. Only when a dream is very impressive, or repeats itself often, do interpretation and conscious understanding become desirable.
23. Recurrent Dream: There are cases of dreams repeating themselves from the day of childhood to the advanced years of adult life. “Such dreams usually compensate a defect in one’s conscious attitude, or they date from a traumatic moment that has left behind some specific prejudice, or they anticipate a future event of some importance.
24. Symbols, like dreams, are natural products, but they do not occur only in dreams. They can appear in any number of psychic manifestations: there are symbolic thoughts and feelings, symbolic acts and situations – even inanimate objects concur in the arrangement of symbolic patterns.
25. The most important symbols, however, are not individual but collective in their nature and origin. They are found principally in the religions.
26. Believers assume they are of divine origin – they are revealed- while skeptic thinks they are invented. (Jung says they are both wrong. They are “representations collectives” – dating from dim and remote ages, and these are “revelations” only in the sense that they are images originating in dreams and creative fantasies. They are involuntary, spontaneous manifestations and by no means arbitrary and intention al inventions.
27. Sign & Symbols: A sign is always less than the thing it points to, and a symbol is always more than we can understand at first sight. Therefore we never stop at the sign but go on to the goal it indicates; but we remain with the symbol because it promises more than it reveals.
28. A symbol does not disguise, it reveals in time.
29. Dream interpretation will yield one result when you consider the dream to be symbolic and an entirely different one when you assume that the essential thought is merely disguised but already known in principle.
30. My dream means myself, my life and my world, my whole reality.

Books: Jung, G.C. The Undiscovered Self. Princeton University Press, 1990.

Book: Dream Interpretation