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I think it would be wise to first find the overlap between your ex-boyfriend and your brother. In the opening scene you are seeing your ex, but then that character becomes your brother. The dream must be seeing some reason for making that happen so I suggest that you work backwards by beginning with your associations with the two of them. What do they have in common?

If we take our example from how the Balkan countries responded to the relentless propaganda from Russia, arming yourself against having your thinking controlled like that begins with education in how propaganda works. It's like a mental vaccination through awareness. It could be presented socially as a badge of honor of sorts, you won't be duped so easily. The propaganda I see is easy to identify once you know what to look for, but I've had to educate myself. Propaganda should be standard curriculum. Let's expose the tricks of the magicians who cast these spells.

Dreams that have such an impact on you are most certainly meaningful. Perhaps in your case it's a way of helping you to remember that there is this part of you that used to live in and see the world through the eyes of a child, and what it tells you is that this part of you is still very much alive. Also, the experiences are real as you experience them in the dream, and they are self created experiences. So you ask yourself why do you give yourself these experiences? To answer the question really requires a deeper understanding of the side of the mind where dreams are co-created, known as the unconscious mind. It's agenda is to lead you towards health and wholeness, so now the question is how are these dreams working toward that end?

Something that surprised me as I read deeper into Jung's work is just how much he seemed to be trying to reconcile the reality of the psyche with Christian theology and belief. It's obvious when he talks about subjects such as the Christ as the symbol for the archetypal self, gnosticism and alchemical transformation, but it goes much deeper when you expand your sources to include the various theologians and religious thinkers who picked up on Carl's ideas and ran with them.