creates  a fountain  of sparks to illuminate our space. This
dream  would later have significance  for  the  "Sundance
Experiment,"  but  at  the time  it  was simply accepted as
serving  as  a  symbolic  portrayal  of  our research ideal,
which  in  essence  stated  that  the  knowledge  resulting
from  a  research project  is  one  with the process of the
research  itself.   We   hoped   that   the  results   of   our
research projects  would  provide  information helpful to
people  desiring  to  increase  the  harmony in their lives.
We  believed,  therefore,   that  the  projects  themselves
must be designed  so that participation  in them would in
itself  also  foster  such  harmony  within each individual
participant,  as  well  as between all of us  involved in the
research dance.
      Our  first  task  was  to find out what kind of projects
were  needed.  We  tried  to  design  a  questionnaire that
hopefully  would  provide  a  growth  experience  for  the
people completing it,  as well  as provide survey data for
statistical   analysis.   The  resulting   "A. R. E.  Research
Questionnaire Workbook"  asked people  to reflect upon
their personal values,  and  to  consider  whether  various
phenomena  and  practices  might  be conducive  to those
values. The questionnaire also asked people to formulate
questions   that   might   suggest   issues   for  our  future
projects.
      Of  interest  here  is  the section of the questionnaire
concerning  dreams.   Here  is  what  I  learned  from  the
answers  as  I  searched  for common themes upon which
to design a project on dreams:
   Dreams were valued primarily as a mode of education.
Most commonly,  people  indicated  that  they perceived
dreams   as  helpful  in  gaining  a  greater  understanding
about themselves, and  in receiving guidance concerning
the resolution  of problems.  Some  also  saw  dreams as
presenting  useful  information  about  their environment
and  about  universal  principles  operative  in life.  Many
answered   that  dreams  provided  instructional  material
concerning "other dimensions" of our being.
      Consistent  with  these  views,  people wanted to gain
access to the potentialities within dreams.  Many wanted

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