What an awe-inspiring article! "Times of huge disruption creating a renaissance" really resonated with me. I too am experiencing the benefit of the connections and clarity that Chat GPT brings in the chaos of life where I am mulling over so many things personally and in business, but the pressing-in of life prevents me from pulling them together and creating cohesion - those longed for wow-moments. Perhaps Ai can create the opportunity for a renaissance in creativity and thought...? Thank you Jasmine - your articles are so good!
So inspiring, Jasmine. What fascinates me about this post is how AI is used as a tool to interpret dreams and speak to the user with such deep insight—it’s even a little creepy. AI as a companion to unlock that creative side we’ve got inside, or as a guide to help us make connections we didn’t even know were there.
Still, creativity rooted in dreams and the subconscious already had its moment with Surrealism. Some surrealist artists used a technique called automatism, where they’d write or draw without any conscious control, just letting the unconscious flow. The idea was to break free from logic and reason to tap into the richness of the mind beneath the surface.
The movement kicked off in 1920s Paris, as a reaction to World War I and the general sense of disillusionment that followed. It was heavily inspired by Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theories.
Maybe the subconscious will be the next big source of creative and artistic inspiration, but what I do think is clear is that we’re going to see a strong cultural push to put humans back at the center—reviving ancient techniques that are more analog, handmade, and connected to nature. A kind of response to the extractive whirlwind of progress and its obsession with productivity.
Thank you for this thoughtful reflection. There is def the beginning of a movement circling back to older modes of meaning-making, and I like the idea that AI might not replace that, but reawaken it in new ways.
I love this, Jasmine. I've had similar experiences with AI. You mentioned that Dreambuilding may be the counterpart to the return to the body. I actually see this as a bridging of body and mind.
The collaboration with the subconscious you describe is reminiscent of the processes we train our Body-Oriented Coaches in, facilitating a genuine dialogue between client and their own felt sense. The "felt sense" is a deeply meaningful bodily felt experience. Eugene Gendlin boldly described the body AS our unconscious.
I've noticed that, much like Focusing (dialoguing with the felt sense) allows for this two-way collaborative process, interacting with AI in the way you've described does something very similar. And I sense that many of the same conditions are at play: sensing, responding, resonating and discerning. That feeling of rightness that comes when the dots connect. The deep insights that emerge from non-linear non-rational enquiry.
I think it all points to the same underlying process. A process that I believe the sages in wisdom traditions speak of, but we may have forgotten about in the passing of time - perhaps what we're seeing here is a modern renaissance of Wisdom, originating within, accessed through dialogue (whether that's intrapersonal dialoguing, interpersonal dialoguing, or dialoguing with AI).
This resonates - AI does seem uniquely suited for this kind of pattern recognition across large amounts of personal data. But I wonder if this approach works best for people who are already pretty self-aware and think systematically? Would that align with your perspective as well?
Also, the way AI has been designed by engineers makes it very methodical and binary in how it processes information. That can be powerful for someone like you who can feed it rich, detailed content and guide the analysis. But I imagine it might feel mechanical or miss nuance for people who think more intuitively or aren't used to breaking down their inner world into discrete, analysable pieces.
Have you found you need to "train" the AI on how you think and communicate, or does it naturally adapt to your style of introspection? I'm curious whether this kind of AI-assisted self-discovery has a learning curve.
What an awe-inspiring article! "Times of huge disruption creating a renaissance" really resonated with me. I too am experiencing the benefit of the connections and clarity that Chat GPT brings in the chaos of life where I am mulling over so many things personally and in business, but the pressing-in of life prevents me from pulling them together and creating cohesion - those longed for wow-moments. Perhaps Ai can create the opportunity for a renaissance in creativity and thought...? Thank you Jasmine - your articles are so good!
If AI can help us reclaim coherence and unlock those wow-moments, maybe it really is the start of a personal renaissance for many of us.
So inspiring, Jasmine. What fascinates me about this post is how AI is used as a tool to interpret dreams and speak to the user with such deep insight—it’s even a little creepy. AI as a companion to unlock that creative side we’ve got inside, or as a guide to help us make connections we didn’t even know were there.
Still, creativity rooted in dreams and the subconscious already had its moment with Surrealism. Some surrealist artists used a technique called automatism, where they’d write or draw without any conscious control, just letting the unconscious flow. The idea was to break free from logic and reason to tap into the richness of the mind beneath the surface.
The movement kicked off in 1920s Paris, as a reaction to World War I and the general sense of disillusionment that followed. It was heavily inspired by Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theories.
Maybe the subconscious will be the next big source of creative and artistic inspiration, but what I do think is clear is that we’re going to see a strong cultural push to put humans back at the center—reviving ancient techniques that are more analog, handmade, and connected to nature. A kind of response to the extractive whirlwind of progress and its obsession with productivity.
Thank you for this thoughtful reflection. There is def the beginning of a movement circling back to older modes of meaning-making, and I like the idea that AI might not replace that, but reawaken it in new ways.
I love this, Jasmine. I've had similar experiences with AI. You mentioned that Dreambuilding may be the counterpart to the return to the body. I actually see this as a bridging of body and mind.
The collaboration with the subconscious you describe is reminiscent of the processes we train our Body-Oriented Coaches in, facilitating a genuine dialogue between client and their own felt sense. The "felt sense" is a deeply meaningful bodily felt experience. Eugene Gendlin boldly described the body AS our unconscious.
I've noticed that, much like Focusing (dialoguing with the felt sense) allows for this two-way collaborative process, interacting with AI in the way you've described does something very similar. And I sense that many of the same conditions are at play: sensing, responding, resonating and discerning. That feeling of rightness that comes when the dots connect. The deep insights that emerge from non-linear non-rational enquiry.
I think it all points to the same underlying process. A process that I believe the sages in wisdom traditions speak of, but we may have forgotten about in the passing of time - perhaps what we're seeing here is a modern renaissance of Wisdom, originating within, accessed through dialogue (whether that's intrapersonal dialoguing, interpersonal dialoguing, or dialoguing with AI).
I think you've described a very feasible optimistic future.
I was just thinking about this, this morning! How our subconscious can be unveiled through AI.
It's a crazy feeling when you experiences glimpses of it.
This resonates - AI does seem uniquely suited for this kind of pattern recognition across large amounts of personal data. But I wonder if this approach works best for people who are already pretty self-aware and think systematically? Would that align with your perspective as well?
Also, the way AI has been designed by engineers makes it very methodical and binary in how it processes information. That can be powerful for someone like you who can feed it rich, detailed content and guide the analysis. But I imagine it might feel mechanical or miss nuance for people who think more intuitively or aren't used to breaking down their inner world into discrete, analysable pieces.
Have you found you need to "train" the AI on how you think and communicate, or does it naturally adapt to your style of introspection? I'm curious whether this kind of AI-assisted self-discovery has a learning curve.