tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6499986596622423521.post2257763294798796807..comments2022-03-27T18:48:39.444-07:00Comments on The Daily Dreamer: CompassionCarla Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00129846919326725888noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6499986596622423521.post-12975773187858400002015-08-12T13:41:08.175-07:002015-08-12T13:41:08.175-07:00Thank you, Emily, for this beautiful and thoughtfu...Thank you, Emily, for this beautiful and thoughtful comment! I'll be on the lookout for a dream that signals a rebirth. Carla Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00129846919326725888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6499986596622423521.post-3313005858984583292015-08-12T08:27:33.446-07:002015-08-12T08:27:33.446-07:00Hi Carla, I find that our dreams can present the o...Hi Carla, I find that our dreams can present the opposites on two different nights, sometimes on back to back nights. T. Sort of their way of asking us to transcend the opposites into a new truth. The idiom that comes to mind is "skin deep". This dream presents the tension of pain being deeply felt and pain not being felt at all. I think we all have an adverse reaction to pain, both to our own and to others, and set up our own defense systems against feeling it. But, yes, that's what will make us more compassionate to others. Thus, the "wounded healer" archetype. I am reminded of a dream I heard from someone who had her skin completely eaten off by a hoard of insects, and afterwards was reborn (in the dream). The transition to this fuller sense of rebirth may yet show up in another dream. High school reminds me of a time when I had to leave all that was known to me, and towards what, I really didn't know. Another transition. So, yes, I've found that the more I can accept myself, the more I can accept others. It doesn't happen the other way around. And Pagel's book brings up all that we don't accept about someone - so much so we torture them to death because their belief system is so different from our own. "Fundamentally upsetting" is quite an apt way to put it. I'm glad you were able to give time to this dream and to give it to us.Emilynoreply@blogger.com