One other area that was troublesome to me was lustful dreams. I had heard that I am not responsible for my dreams and sometimes I would look forward to them just to relieve the pressure of my lust. I never felt good about that though.
Over time, I found that lustful dreams went away completely as I stopped stuffing myself with lust all day long. As I learned to let go of lust and stop letting it into me throughout the day, I could go for years without any sexual dreams at all – nor did I want them or need them for relief. The pressure went away once lust went away.
Now, I use dreams as an indicator of how well I am letting go of lust. If I have a dream, I simply search my memory of the past day or two and figure out what lust I didn’t let go of and then I keep letting go of it until it stops coming back to my mind. Every time I have a lustful dream, I find something I had been holding onto and the dreams go away once I have let go of that thing.
In this way, I have been able to be aware of when I’m not letting go of lust. This awareness is essential for maintaining freedom from my addictions. This awareness is so easy to lose over time without some sort of indicator like dreams. Check out the article on surrendering before sleep for more tips on how to sleep peacefully.
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