ABSTRACT
They show the dreamer's situation as it is. In this they may at times be experienced as being ruthless and even threatening or destructive, and called 'bad' dreams, for they confront the dreamer with seemingly harsh psychological and spiritual facts regarding his/her current reality. Yet, this ruthlessness is as objective and unsentimental as any other piece of natural process. In that respect, there are no good or bad dreams. When the dreamer can assimilate the dream's intention and adapt to the perspective of the Guiding Self, such adaptation to the individual's existential ground results in feeling 'good' or 'in Tao.' Hence the source or Self feels helpful and 'good.' When such adaptation is not possible the threatening sense of a 'bad' dream may, indeed, remain.
