Okay, go ahead.
I find that my meditation practice has progressed where I can see no need to think about the stresses I've had in the past, but now I'm seeing them pop up in my dreams at night.
Yeah.
Well, it could be that you're still suppressing them, but that's not necessarily the case.
They can't just be, you know, the brain keeps echoes of stuff.
You've got lots of backup copies of your emotions.
Once you give them up, your brain still holds on to them and pops up with them.
If you find that in your dreams you're stressed about them, right?
Is that what you're saying?
I know you're thinking about the stress, but okay, the question is, are you stressed in your dreams?
Because if you're stressed in your dreams, then you're still missing something.
you still haven't dealt with them.
It means you still have problems.
In fact, you should find that you dream less the further you get in the practice.
But I can say it can still come up.
The question is how you relate to it in your dream.
If you still have fear and worry and stress and anger and lust and so on, even in dreams, that's a sign those things are still in your mind.