"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook," wrote the father of American depth psychology, William James. Not everything needs to be covered, looked at, explored. Dream symbols speak to us naturally. They do not need to be minutely dissected to gain sustenance from them. Gently, they offer guidance, meaning, soul food.
A survivor of religious trauma shared, "My dream showed us looking at a radioactive waste pit. We were to know it was there, but not approach. It was cordoned off." In depth therapy we had done what needed to be done, faced gruesome realities. The rest were to be acknowledged, but not approached.
We don't need to directly deal with everything from our past or within our dreams. After a certain point, symbols can be left within dreams to mysteriously do their work without conscious interpretation or knowing.
Wisdom bids us to acknowledge and know when to move on. To overlook, in this context, refers to moving past and not lingering on what does not continue to require our attention. Not everything has to continue to be addressed to be at a good place for us.
http://www.drpauldeblassieiii.com/soulcare/2015/8/26/the-art-of-being-wise
