How to do Active Imagination? (Daydreaming)

[Julian gabriel]

I’ve found that daydreaming in the style of Carl Jung (where you try to communicate with your unconscious) to be very useful for learning about myself.

But I’m very inexperienced, does anyone else do this? And if so have you come up with any tricks to contact certain parts of yourself or tips on how to let the dream unfold without resisting? 
 

(or just any tips and/or information  whatsoever about active imagination)

[caspex]

I talk to myself a lot and sometimes at night in the mirror I do stuff that if others saw, I will be seen as insane. All this is to say that the entities and selves within you are multiple. You evolve through life as a personality by building new ones and shedding old ones. But that doesn't mean that the old selves are not still there. Maybe they are tucked away in some corner of your heart waiting to be noticed. Not only this, but you can also tap into archetypes that feel incredibly different from whatever you have experienced. The more you channel certain archetypes the easier it becomes to connect deeper with them later. In my experience, I never feel like I am someone else or anything like that, I just feel as if I am talking to myself. However one side is wildly different than the other. The most intense experience I have ever had related to this was on accident. I fell asleep in the afternoon by chance and managed to notice the 'fall' before you lose consciousness and fall asleep. Because of that I was still conscious but inside the 'dream world'. It wasn't visual at all. But auditory. I talked with someone else who felt like someone else. It's crazy. The mind is crazy. When Carl Jung said that exploring the unconscious and active imagining is like underwater diving into the seas of the unconscious, he wasn't kidding. When you're in that state it literally feels as if you're underwater and when you are waking back up it feels as if you are coming back up to the surface. The similarity is uncanny. That's all I have to say.

[Yarco]

Careful not to start relying on daydreaming too much as a form of escapism. After a while you trick your brain into thinking the stuff happening in daydreams is actually accomplishments, your body even starts to release the dopamine/serotonin/whatever and might actually remove your motivation to do stuff in real life. In extreme cases you can lose yourself and spend all your time living as a king inside of your head, while doing nothing in the real world.

I think Dr K has a good video on maladaptive daydreaming.

[Tyler Robinson]

By disrupting the clattering "outside" world, you permit your thoughts to flow freely. This promotes relaxation and mental exploration. once our thoughts flow like this, we tend to area unit during a state referred to as alpha waves. after we unite within the alpha zone, we tend to intuit calm and don't think about something as a compulsion.

Dream breaks are not simply fun; they're necessary to enter relaxed states. Our minds area unit unable to take care of focus and productivity unrelenting, sensible brain health needs some regular time, especially when a protracted day at work or when a disagreement with a colleague, let your mind drift to one thing - - all unacquainted and fun. This may assist you IN forgetting and be  aloof from tough things. Having a tool like Daydreaming at our disposal is very helpful once handling perceived threats or thronged environments. It's another tool within the psychological state toolkit for avoiding stress and anxiety. If you're feeling more and more anxious, you will wish to present yourself a daydream and follow these steps:

The first step is to induce aloof from your table, workplace, or any distractions.
Then take a deep breath. Then exhale slowly. repeat. Finally, think about one thing fun and purposeful to you.
You can imagine yourself in your favorite place, enjoying long walks within the forest. otherwise you will trust the new automobile you wish to shop for. What color can it be? What options can it have? are you able to imagine however amazing it feels within the driver's seat?

 

[r0ckyreed]

https://positivepsychology.com/visualization-meditation/#meditation