Why would the active mind be an illusion? There's nothing to indicate that it is an illusion, but rather, that it *can* be illusory... It's not that it's an illusion, but more like a limited experience. We are trapped in this physical world, and quantum physics touches up on this. It's quite fascinating how non-religious "spirituality" and quantum mechanics go hand-in-hand.Namaste, ElusiveBiBoy! ?
You are most welcome!
Dreams are messengers. Your subconscious and higher self are both active.
The danger lies in differentiating which is illusion (active mind, typical dreaming), deception (piece of pepperoni that isn't sitting well in your tummy or negative spirits), playful release (OMG! Sexy!) or genuine messages, warnings or premenitions. An indication of the latter is repetition.
Another message type is facing unhealed emotions. Things that can blindside you in your waking hours.
Another type of message is healing. The letting go.
Some of the works by Carl Jung touched on these. You can balance the science agaist the dream stuff by Llewellyn in metaphysical stores and come to your own interpretations.
Congratulations! You have learned one of the most beautiful things of meditation - allowing yourself to be the observer and not the participant in the mind's reactions.
It is best said that meditation doesn't control your thoughts, it allows you to be NOT controlled by them.
I used to have such anxiety that I was on pretty heavy SSRI's. Since meditating, I'm off all of them, except a couple of vitamins/minerals to help with stress.
WOW! What an accomplishment!
To overcome smoking is a HUGE battle won. 2019 was my quit year ^_^
Yes, we must forever remain vigillant.
Peace!
Why are negative spirits, as you call them, deception, when we experience the physical world through our senses?
And WTF does healing have to do with letting go? That sounds like nonsense! If you're sick go to the health clinic or the hospital if it's that bad!
And aren't you already an observer in this existence? We control absolutely nothing, we only have very limited scopes of influence, AT BEST.
This is some very strange stuff we're talking about, I'm into having evidence for spiritual claims. There is proof of a few of these things, such as subatomic particles existence in multiple places at once, along with photography of auras, but other such phenomena you speak of has yet to be validated.