of dialogue,  set within  the context  of a commitment to
venture   into   the  writing  experience  that  seemed  the
most  important  factor  in  fostering  the  possibility  of
creative   self-discovery.   A   specially   adapted  journal
meditation appears  in this issue of the Journal for your
own experimentation.
      What  about  the  initial  questions concerning dream
interpretation?   Self-realization   through   dreams   was
found  by  most people to be an important component of
their  desire  for  dream  interpretation.  However,  many
people, especially experienced dreamers, felt something
was   missing   in   the   meditations   concerning   dream
symbolism itself. Inspirational writing from the point of
view of a dream symbol, for example,  had limitations in
revealing some important dimensions  to the meaning of
the    symbol.    Several    dreamers    demonstrated    the
significance  of   knowing   the  "universal"   meaning  of
dream symbols,  and  were  quite  convincing in showing
that  without  such   a   perspective,   the   interpretations
would   be   far  from  comprehensive.   Other   dreamers
found that the exclusive focus on one's own concern was
a  frustrating limitation  to  the full employment of their
dreams.  There seemed to be a definite need to establish
guidelines    for    treating    dreams    on   other   than   a
self-oriented    basis,    and   for   developing   legitimate
interpretive     approaches     for     such    other-directed
applications.
     People's ability to work alone at dream interpretation
was  encouraging.  There  were  only  a  few examples of
trivial,  self-serving,  self-image   perpetuating,  or  self-
destructive  dream  work.  Most people,  in  fact, showed
evidence  in  their  reports  of  struggling  to  free  them-
selves  of   preconceived   notions.   And,   although   the
second  journal  meditation   plunged  many  people  into
crises  of  self-doubt,  the third meditation compensated
and  restored  them   to   even   greater   self-confidence.
Seeing    how    earnest    people    were   in   their   self-
explorations,  I  was  pleased  to  discover that they were
also quite resilient.
     Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the project was
the  collection   of   resulting   dreams   concerning   the

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