Dear blog friends,

Today, I would like to share with you the great happiness I have just experienced.

This great happiness is in fact a great surprise. Wait... you will be amazed! But no more than I am! And I didn't receive just one surprise, they all followed each other and I was delighted!

First surprise:

In the course of December, when I was passionately translating for you the studies on the correspondence between the inner psychic world of the unconscious and the outer world of matter, the dreams all of a sudden showed me that I could present myself as a dream interpreter, yes, that I could begin to interpret dreams. Oh!

Second surprise:

The unconscious has sent me immediately a dreamer who brought me her dream. How about that! Amazing!

Third surprise :

The message of the dream left me stunned.

You know, for years, Christiane has been trying to show that dreams invite us to behave in a way that is the opposite of what we think is right. On pages and pages, articles and articles, she has given proof of this.

But all her assurance, all her demonstrations, with dreams to back them up, have always left me a little sceptical. Indeed, it seems obvious to me, as to you surely, that certain behaviours are necessary: being kind, understanding, patient, not judging people, that is part of our education!

Yes, well, damn it! Now a dream has come to me that proves Christiane's point. And it's the first dream I've had to interpret in my career as a dream interpreter!

The dream is not lacking in humour!

Fortunately Christiane had warned me, otherwise I would have been unable to understand this dream.
Let me have the pleasure to tell you about my adventure and to introduce you first to the person who received this dream:

Tania is a beautiful young woman, a real ray of sunshine for all those who are lucky enough to meet her. At work, she is always smiling and welcoming, full of energy and joie de vivre. She receives with deep empathy the confidences of everyone. Thanks to her, the big company in which she works is more welcoming and humane.

On the morning of December 16th, Tania woke up with a dream that surprised her. Here it is:

Dream

I dreamt about my sister-in-law.
She was pregnant.

That morning she first asked her mother what the dream might mean. She answered that the dream might be premonitory and that her sister-in-law might be pregnant... Mmmh.... This hypothesis left Tania sceptical. Is the character in the dream external or internal? Like everyone else, Tania's mother thought that the character in the dream was an external character. We'll see what it is.

Remembering that I study the interpretation of dreams, the dreamer called me.

In the course of our interview, I elucidated the meaning of the dream symbols using a remarkable method, which is constantly proving its effectiveness and accuracy: the dream interview method. It was created in the 1970s by the American Gayle Delaney (1), a doctor in clinical psychology. Following Gayle Delaney, Christiane has spread this technique in France, she has often explained it to you on the blog (2), and following Christiane, I also pass it on to you. This method is very rigorous and makes it possible to interpret a dream outside of any prior interpretation grid and any dictionary of symbols. Instead, the interpreter tailors the interpretation to suit the individual.

How to proceed with this technique?

For each symbol, I collect the dreamer's personal associations, and I ask her the following two questions each time:

1) If the symbol is a person I ask the question: Who is it?
If the symbol is an object, a place, an action, I ask the question: What is it?

I carefully note down the answer. Then I move on to the second question:

2) For a person I ask: What is she like?
For an object, a place, an action, I ask: What is it like?

Now let's see what Tania told me about the images of her dream:

- Your sister-in-law (I already know who she is), what is she like?

- Do you really want to know? Can I be frank? She's mean! She didn't want me to go to my brother's wedding! She didn't even tell me why! I think she's jealous, because I was very close to my brother before. She did everything she could to keep him and me apart.

Let's recap:

- So your sister-in-law is mean... She brutally imposes her will.

I asked Tania:

- Do you agree?

- Yes!

Then I had to link the symbol to Tania's daily life. Very often, the dream comes to comment on the events of the day before.

So I asked Tania the fundamental question that we will find again and again:

- What does it remind you of, yesterday, inside or outside of you, a way of being mean?

The answer came without hesitation:

- But it reminds me of the email I sent yesterday to my colleagues at work! At the moment, it's hell at work, nothing's going well. So I gathered all my courage and I explained in this email everything that was wrong! I got things straight! And believe me, I didn't mince my words!

This little analysis gave us a first hypothesis of the meaning of the image.

- So your sister-in-law would represent the one in you who was mean in writing this email.

Let's check if this hypothesis is right:

- By writing this email, did you do AS your sister-in-law did, you brutally imposed your will, you opposed your colleagues, just as your sister-in-law opposed you about your brother's wedding?

- Oh yes!

Meaning of the symbol:

So Tania behaved like her sister-in-law. We have checked that the comparison is correct, so our assumption is correct and we can be sure that the sister-in-law in the dream represents Tania.

Let's now look at the second symbol of the dream:

The sister-in-law was pregnant.

- Tania, being pregnant, what is it?

- It's when you're expecting a baby! It's bringing a new life! I can tell you about it, I gave birth eight months ago!

- So tell me, what is it like to be pregnant ?

- It's like spring: everything is new, you start a new page of life.

But how hard it is! Very hard! It's also a leap into the unknown, it's scary.

Let's recapitulate now:

- Being pregnant means preparing oneself to bring something new into the world. And it's hard, it's a leap into the unknown, it's scary. What does it remind you of, yesterday, inside or outside of you, preparing oneself to bring something new into the world?

- I hope this email I sent will make a difference.

- Was it hard? Was it a leap into the unknown that scared you?

- Yes, it was! I was wondering if I had been right to write this message, if I hadn't gone too far. It's not in my nature to write this kind of things. Usually I'm very discreet, and when I don't like something, I keep it to myself. But this was impossible, it was out of bounds! I was very harsh, you know, I surprised myself!

We have just checked the accuracy of the interpretation.

I took over the interpretation with Tania :

- Your mean sister-in-law is pregnant, so this mean attitude you had while writing this mail will bring something new! This message will bear fruit, it will have an effect!

- Ah but it's true! Well, this morning, following this email, I had an interview with my colleagues and it turns out that I won my case!

- So the dream came to reassure you about it, because it was hard to write this email, like pregnancy, it was a leap into the unknown that frightened you. You had a lot of doubts.

The dream warns you that this way of being mean, of defending yourself ferociously is fruitful, it brings about changes that are beneficial for you. It reminds you of the importance of thumping your fist on the table to assert yourself when necessary.

- I will remember it! I feel full of energy, said Tania, with a smile in her voice. It brightens up my day! Thank you!

Dear blog friends, this was a short dream with a very clear message.

I hope it will encourage you to bare fangs too when the time comes, to defend yourselves fiercely against those who go too far and take advantage of your kindness. A "mean" attitude can be fruitful, with excellent consequences for the benefit of those around you!

And if you were too mean, don't be afraid, a dream will come to warn you that you have gone too far!

If I hadn't already received for myself dreams that advised me to get angry, I wouldn't have been able to understand Tania's dream. It plunges us into alchemy, the cursed and saving therapy. The dream asks us to broaden our range of behaviour and adapt it to the circumstances. Sometimes, what is bad is precisely what is good!

And how happy we are when we express our anger, when we are fair and true to ourselves!

This, dear blog friends, is the theme of the studies that is now emerging: anger.

A reality that will surprise many, a reality that will relieve many others, a reality of rare therapeutic power for all.

See you next time!

Marianne
a.vos.songes@gmail.com
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This article was first published on the French blog on 21 January 2021:
L'attitude féconde n'est pas forcément celle que vous croyez

References

(1) You will read with interest All About Dreams (1998) by Gayle Delaney, Ph.D.
You can also read the interview method explained on Dr Gayle Delaney's website: How to conduct a dream interview

(2) To practice the dream interview method:

Christiane explained with many details how to practice the dream interview method. She gave many examples of dreams that were understood thanks to Dr Gayle Delaney's dream interview method:

Lesson 1 : How to decipher the meaning of a man in a dream
An old buddy
The dream answers after a dream incubation
The cat, or how the dream answers Irina's new question
Who is the other?
Dream Incubation's limit: Sarkozy's son
How to interpret an object in a dream
Incubation question - What are dreams?
The dreams answers a question without incubation - Christiane's dream
Once again a coffee - How to interpret an object in a dream
Patricia's brain tumor

Illustrations

I would like to thank the artists who enabled me to illustrate this article:

Blue-eyed surprised woman: Cool Wallpapers

Surprised woman with orange background: Nikolas Lukash

Surprised woman with yellow background: https://www.istockphoto.com

Pregnant woman on the red couch: Johanne Molaison
http://joane.livegalerie.com/

Pregnant belly: Philippe Flohic
https://www.repro-tableaux.com/a/philippe-flohic.html
https://www.philippeflohic.art/
http://fr.artquid.com/artist/philippe.flohic/philippe-flohic.html

"Épanouie", radiant pregnant woman: Adéline Albert
https://www.adelinealbert.com/
https://www.pinterest.fr/adelinealbertart/
https://www.facebook.com/AdelineAlbertArt/
https://www.instagram.com/adelinealbertart/

Roaring lion: Petr Ganaj
https://www.instagram.com/petrganaj/
https://www.pexels.com/de-de/@ganajp

King Lion (pregnant belly painting) : Alex Makwana
https://www.facebook.com/alexmakwanaart

Last time we saw a premonitory dream pointing to an impending danger.

Today, let’s see a dream unveiling an event, which will happen many years later.

This is Margaret’s dream, a student of mine who, twenty years ago, wanted to learn dream interpretation.

This dream came to her in 1992:

“I was part of a group going to a conference on health.

We were walking, I was in the back of the group and falling behind.

Then I found myself at the conference.

The subject was: “How to treat the illnesses of modern society and AIDS in particular.

I listened todifferent speakers and all of a sudden a voice spoke out and said:

“ - In the relatively near future – and I know in my dream that that means in twenty to thirty years – in the relatively near future, the voice says, dreams will be a very good therapy to treat the ills of modern society.”

The voice paused then added:

- It will even be an excellent therapy !

And then the voice strongly proclaimed :

- And it will be recognized.”

Interpretation

I was part of a group going to a conference on health.  We were walking.

The dream invites the dreamer to take an interest in the research concerning health.

I was in the back of the group and falling behind.

The image underlines the dreamer’s lack of enthusiasm.  She clearly shows resistances towards the dream world and has a very ambiguous attitude.

On the one hand, she seems to display open-mindedness in regards to the interior world by joining my workshops, but on the other hand she’s very hesitant, even defiant.  She scarcely accepts that dreams have a meaning and can guide her on her life path. She doesn’t progress, she lags behind in this interior transformation work.

The subject of the conference was: how to treat the illnesses of modern society and AIDS in particular.

Why does the dream specifically mention AIDS?

Let’s look at the symbolic meaning of this illness. Symbolically  AIDS is an illness of the soul.

AIDS contamination mostly happens when one makes love without any protection.

On the symbolic level it means that we embrace points of view without distrust and discernment ; we enjoy adopting fleeting opinions, ideas, ideals, and trendy behaviors which pretend to grant immediate pleasure. But we do it without using our own judgment to properly evaluate the soundness of these trends.

Our world is intoxicated with all kinds of fads and theories.

All these currents pretend to know human beings, but actually they don’, because they have no connection with the soul, the psyche, the symbol of which is the butterfly. In fact they don’t understand the dreams, which are the soul’s inner language.

We adopt the prevailing norms and conceptions, which deviate us from our authenticity. We no longer listen to our own instinctive reactions and feelings which are the forces defending us. We no longer know what is appropriate for us or not, we live in dispersal, conflict and anguish. We loose our capacity to fend for ourselves, we loose our immune power and we contract AIDS symbolically.

I listen to the different speakers and all of a sudden a voice speaks out and says:

“In the relatively near future – and I know in my dream that that means in twenty to thirty years –

 Margaret received this dream in 1992.  The dreamer knows in her dream that in a “relatively near future” means within twenty to thirty years which would be in : 2012, 2022. Twenty years ago the dream forecasted events, which are beginning to come true.

And here is what the dream predicted:

Dreams will be a very good therapy to treat the ills of modern society and particularly AIDS.

For many years our society has been witnessing the proliferation of therapies of all kinds, as one dream put it: “they sprout up like mushrooms after a rainfall”.

This multitude of different and varied therapies attempts to alleviate the prevailing distress, which goes to prove that the soul is ill. Actually the soul issuffering a great deal. Could the external pollution correspond to the internal pollution ?

But soon alongside all these reigning therapies, we will really come to understand that dreams have a therapeutic value, that they are a very good therapy. The dream will then regain its true dimension and the place it had been granted throughout all civilizations, except ours.

That’s why our society is sick.

The voice paused then added:

Dream will even be an excellent therapy !

And then the voice strongly proclaimed:

And it will be recognized.

So this dream reveals a long term perspective spanning over twenty or thirty years.

Margaret received this impressive premonitory dream to encourage her to persevere in her search, without expecting to gain immediate benefits or any recognition from her entourage concerning her dream work.

This dream did not have much effect on the dreamer, she abandoned her dialogue with the unconscious.

But for me, this dream was a blessing. Countless times it came back to my mind to support me during difficult moments : when in my solitude I saw people doubting my work, smirking, mocking me or shying away, because what the dreams told them was so different from the prevailing points of view ; and most of all dreams don't necessarily say what we would like to hear. 

And so this great dream, which always brought me such solace, announced changes, which some people are preparing and working on, and others are witnessing. 

Illustrations

I thank the artists and photographers.

Giraffe on fire, by the Spanish artist Salvador Dali, 1904-1989

Butterfly book, contemporary Russian artist Vladimir Kush,

Paranoid face, Salvador Dali, surrealisme.skynetblogs.be

Oiled Pelican in Louisiana, Monday 7 2010, photo Charlie Riedel, cyberpress.ca

The face of war, by the Spanish artist Salvador Dali, oilpainting.com

Purple Horse at Chartres, by Vladimir Kush

To the Safe Haven, Russian artist Vladimir Kush