particular colors will have value. But in the long run, and
in the majority of instances, what is of more value to the
dreamer is that he or she develop a personal sense of the
meaning  of  color.  To  do  this  the  dreamer  must have
access  to the vibrational experience of  the color that is
presented    in    the    dream.    The   experience   of   the
vibrational  effects  of  the  color  is   the  source  of  the
dream's   color-message  or   impact.   Finally,  then,  the
existence of the "2" rating value gives recognition to this
fact,    and   prompts   the   dreamer   to   test   his   color
memories  to  see   if   the  experience  of   the  color  is
actually  recalled.  Color  is  just  one  of  the  qualitative
categories used  in  this  rating system,  but  in each case
the rationale is similar. Besides providing data on dream
recall helpful to research goals, the 0-1-2 rating scale in
each category prompts  the  dreamer  to  pay attention to
particular aspects of the recalled dream, and encourages
the development  of  a  vivid  memory  for dreams which
goes beyond  the  mere  recall  of  narrative,  so  that the
dreamer  may  draw  directly upon  the experience of the
dream for the guidance or healing that is sought.
      Given  this  rationale,  and  the  example  worked  out
with  color,  we'll  go  on  to  define  all of the qualitative
categories.  Each  category  uses  the  same  basic  0-1-2
rating  system,   and  every  dream   is   to  be  rated  with
respect to each of these categories.
Visual (Vi): Dreams are usually  a  visual representation,
               and  most  dreams  would   be  rated  "1"  in  this
               category.    The   occasional   dream    which   is
               basically   a   "sentence,"   or  the  one  which  is
               recalled  so  incompletely  that  only  the theme
               of   the   dream    is   remembered   (quantitative
               recall  category F)  might  be  scored  "0"  if  no
               visual  images  are  connected  with  the  dream.
               The   rating    of    "2"   is   reserved    for   those
               instances    in   which    the   dreamer   can   still
               "see"  parts  of   the   dream   as   the   dream   is
               recalled.   If  the  dreamer  can  still  "see"  parts
               of  the  dream,  then,  it  should  be  possible  to
               describe   the   scene   in   great   detail,   or   to

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