Adhvagat
22 January 2011, 12:40 PM
Hello dear people of HDF, I'd like to ask a question about a technique of Analytical Psychology. It is called Active Imagination.
I'll quote briefly from Wikipedia and request for those who can spare a few minutes to read the entire article:
Active Imagination is a concept developed by Carl Jung between 1913 and 1916. It is a meditation technique wherein the contents of one's unconscious are translated into images, narrative or personified as separate entities. It can serve as a bridge between the conscious 'ego' and the unconscious and includes working with dreams and the creative self via imagination or fantasy. Jung linked Active Imagination with the processes of alchemy in that both strive for oneness and inter-relatedness from a set of fragmented and dissociated parts.
Entire article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_imagination
Analysts say that once you being practicing this technique you stop dreaming so often because the contents of your unconscious are already worked during your conscious vigil with participation of the ego, so therefore the unconscious has little use in contacting our conscious through dreams.
So I get curious... What would the several types of meditation from Hinduism say about this? Would that be helpful? I know that this is maybe only acting on the mental level, however, I've seen from experiencing that being in peace with yourself is a natural step towards natural spiritual interest. Ashantasya kutah sukham.
I'd also like to thank Devotee for a great contribution he gave here (http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showthread.php?p=57003#post57003) about dreams. And Yajvan for also posting about how identifying their constituent elementes here (http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showthread.php?p=57001#post57001).
Om Tat Sat
PS: As you may notice, dreams are a subject of high interest for me because of the natural strength in which they presented themselves to me which then led to my current interest in Analytical Psychology.
I'll quote briefly from Wikipedia and request for those who can spare a few minutes to read the entire article:
Active Imagination is a concept developed by Carl Jung between 1913 and 1916. It is a meditation technique wherein the contents of one's unconscious are translated into images, narrative or personified as separate entities. It can serve as a bridge between the conscious 'ego' and the unconscious and includes working with dreams and the creative self via imagination or fantasy. Jung linked Active Imagination with the processes of alchemy in that both strive for oneness and inter-relatedness from a set of fragmented and dissociated parts.
Entire article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_imagination
Analysts say that once you being practicing this technique you stop dreaming so often because the contents of your unconscious are already worked during your conscious vigil with participation of the ego, so therefore the unconscious has little use in contacting our conscious through dreams.
So I get curious... What would the several types of meditation from Hinduism say about this? Would that be helpful? I know that this is maybe only acting on the mental level, however, I've seen from experiencing that being in peace with yourself is a natural step towards natural spiritual interest. Ashantasya kutah sukham.
I'd also like to thank Devotee for a great contribution he gave here (http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showthread.php?p=57003#post57003) about dreams. And Yajvan for also posting about how identifying their constituent elementes here (http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showthread.php?p=57001#post57001).
Om Tat Sat
PS: As you may notice, dreams are a subject of high interest for me because of the natural strength in which they presented themselves to me which then led to my current interest in Analytical Psychology.