sealchan
Well-Known Member
Joseph has two dreams which get him in serious trouble with his already jealous brothers. Joseph naively volunteers the contents of his dreams to his brothers with seeming ignorance of that impact, or perhaps a lack of empathy due to a sense of entitlement nurtured by his father (who had cause, perhaps, to feel under-entitled during his own life).
These dreams indicate to his family some effort on Joseph's part to claim superiority. But did Joseph ask to have these dreams to justify himself?
I have studied my own dreams and worked with others for several years. In my view, few, if any, people are responsible for the content of their dreams. As such they reflect something important in our psyche and something relevant for our spiritual development. Dreams tend to compensate for the biased attitude of the individual. In this case Joseph's sense of superiority might be seen to have been aggravated by these dreams. For that reason the dreams seem to me the invention of the author with some lack of insight into the true character of dreams.
However, knowing what was about to happen to Joseph, could it be that these dreams served to help lift him up in spite of the depths to which he had fallen?
These dreams indicate to his family some effort on Joseph's part to claim superiority. But did Joseph ask to have these dreams to justify himself?
I have studied my own dreams and worked with others for several years. In my view, few, if any, people are responsible for the content of their dreams. As such they reflect something important in our psyche and something relevant for our spiritual development. Dreams tend to compensate for the biased attitude of the individual. In this case Joseph's sense of superiority might be seen to have been aggravated by these dreams. For that reason the dreams seem to me the invention of the author with some lack of insight into the true character of dreams.
However, knowing what was about to happen to Joseph, could it be that these dreams served to help lift him up in spite of the depths to which he had fallen?