The Importance of Compensatory Dreams

The compensatory function of dreams offers welcome assistance, explains Jung. Compensatory dreams illuminate the patient's situation in a way that can be exceedingly beneficial to health. The conscious mind is capable of rationality and logic but the unconscious is by nature irrational. As a plant produces its flower, so the psyche creates its symbols - every dream is evidence of this process. But just because we do not fully understand the meaning of the symbols presented to us in dreams does not mean they do not influence us. Dreams pave the way for life, and they determine you without you understanding their language.