Mindful Dreaming: A Practical Guide for Emotional Healing Through Transformative Mythic Journeys

Ancient and modern masters alike have shown us that mindfulness is the direct path to emotional healing and spiritual awakening. In Mindful Dreaming , psychologist, David Gordon, shows how every dream corresponds to one of the four universal stages of healing and growth that Joseph Campbell called the Mythic Journey - the Calling, Quest, Illumination and Return - our search for bliss. Dreams teach us to recognise the spiritual lessons of each phase of the Journey and urge us to learn ten perennial steps to mindfulness taught by spiritual traditions throughout the millennia. A breakthrough in the field of mindfulness practice and dreamwork, Mindful Dreaming teaches you the simple language of dreams and how they promote mindfulness in our everyday lives. Dreams prompt us to become mindful of distraction and embrace the value of solitude. Relaxing our grip on control, our dreams open us to guidance from the Source. Helping us see through the illusion of permanence, they teach us to release attachments and grieve the limitations and losses that life imposes. Mindful of our destructive rush to judgment, our dreams move us to embrace compassion for our own suffering - not just that of others. Finally, Mindful Dreaming demonstrates how dreams provide a non-judgmental and compassionate mirror that reflects our ongoing progress on the Journey to mindfulness. Mindful dreaming leads us to overcome the emotional blocks that keep us feeling stuck and conflicted in love relationships, frustrated at work or stagnating in our creative goals.