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Re: The Elephant In My Glass House

Raymonde,
The first paragraph may be a statement saying 'having been there, done that, success. The trip to Australia plays into the long journey as a stimulus but of course the real 'long journey' is one of going inward. These things that you have written and published is but one thing you are fond of {niece} and your success in these have their rewards.

But there are new seeds to plant so your personal growth will continue to flourish {garden}. This is the true self, instinctive self {brown earth}. You have achieved this part but turn to something else. Look to the sensory aspects.

You are in conversation with your other inner self, balancing the opposites in your quest for wholeness {round table}. Masculine aspects speaking to you but so are the inner feminine which you have planted {seeds in brown earth}. This is beyond the masculine but without dismissing it {it is in balance but the masculine must always be submissive to a degree to the feminine}. This type balance of masculine to feminine, a sensing yet intuitive self, is what may be sprouting {head/sensing-earth/intuitive=opposites in balance}. The thinking aspects as well as the intuitive. Together they are a balance. There are expectations but you must wait for them.

Then there is the other you {house next door} that gets your attention. There is a room within you where you have visions of something that you want to grow. But there is an 'elephant' hovering over this room {look at the elephant as many different things but perhaps one large thing in particular}. The vision is crushed but so are the barriers within it {walls}. The distraught woman, an aspect of yourself, comes from the right. She is looking at this big elephant in her.

I read your interpretation and believe it is correct. But there is an a powerful elephant that threatens to bring you down. This is an 'animal' nature. Less to do perhaps with seeds and more to do with growth.

What is the big elephant that still remains and threatens this glass room?

The right may suggest something from the social being. The more personal aspects of early life perhaps. Or perhaps it is making money. Or both? Two different levels. The house on the left and the other house on the right. Whatever it is leaves the feminine self distraught. I can see both aspects doing this but the dream seems to be focused on that thing that gets in the way of the true self which would be the bliss. The seeds you planted have to do with that growth. Is this correct?

As Joseph Campbell said about following your bliss. 'If you do it to earn money, you've lost your life'. You must do it because it is what you love to do. The money will come, and you will still have your bliss.

I get to thinking about your path and has been lacking. You have studied Jung and many of those who are 'disciples' of his concepts. But you did not Joseph Campbell. Campbell puts everything into a perspective that illuminates what we already know. He articulates Jungian psyche to a level no other can. I have always felt my ability to understand Jung was because I first read Campbell. Then I found others who expanded on Jung's concepts. Marion Woodman in particular. Now that you have discovered these new sources you have planted new seeds that will grow. And that will lend itself to understanding dreams. I am a man with a developed intuitive sense. Just think of the abilities if I possessed those abilities naturally in the way a woman does. See where I am going?


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Re: The Elephant In My Glass House

Brilliant assessment as far as I'm concerned!

You are right about me missing something in my 'dream education' - I had the above dream on the 27th, and since then, I have ordered The Power of Myth by Campbell and The Language of Dreams (from Sounds True) by Marion Woodman.

I had not seen the balance issue with the masculine and feminine elements like that before in this dream but it really makes complete sense. Also since then I've started doing "balancing" exercises (Yoga, mostly) and mental exercises to better include the male in me in my daily activities. As an example I am learning to build my own website from scratch (HTML & CSS), something I have always relied on a man to help me with.

I also see the "elephant" as having another, common meaning. When they say "there is an elephant in a room," it refers to an unspoken, often secret, influence on whoever is in the room. I'm still being influenced by 'my secret'... Also you say, "animal" nature, yes, AND - don't elephants relate to MEMORY? I am just getting that now! Is what I don't want to remember going to cause my walls to crash? It's just too big not to forget...

"I can see both aspects doing this but the dream seems to be focused on that thing that gets in the way of the true self which would be the bliss. The seeds you planted have to do with that growth. Is this correct?
As Joseph Campbell said about following your bliss. 'If you do it to earn money, you've lost your life'. You must do it because it is what you love to do. The money will come, and you will still have your bliss."


The seeds which I've planted would point to my growth, yes, as I feel I am going in that direction. A part of my shadow is to try to make money out of my creative talents, instead of developing those talents first and see what happens. In other words, the "follow my bliss" should be first, and not the other way around. Something to ponder more deeply.

"Now that you have discovered these new sources you have planted new seeds that will grow. And that will lend itself to understanding dreams."


I had not looked specifically at what those seeds may represent at all, but it's a distinct progression to a deeper understanding of dreams, yes.

What do you think of Tarot cards, Jerry? Jung studied the IChing in depth but I am very drawn to using Tarot cards as a means, exactly as dreams are, for disclosing (discovering) one's deep, inner path towards individuation.

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Re: The Elephant In My Glass House

Raymonde,
A quick response concerning the 'big' elephant in the room. Yes, elephants can refer to memory. They don't forget. In human emotions neither does the dream. If it remains unresolved then the dream will not only remember it but will make it a prime source of material to be featured in your dreams. There must be a determination just exactly what the 'big' elephant symbolizes that is so strong it remains the topic of your dreams. There can be several applications but usually one primary one. If indeed the one is memory then that issue would likely be the past abuse. What remains unresolved with that issue?


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