brief essay or free-form poem about yourself. Construct
this essay or poem from what you wrote in Steps 4 and 5.
Now is the time for reflection and judgment. Reread the
material you wrote earlier  and mark the ideas that seem
particularly  meaningful  or  significant.  Work  with this
material,   changing  it,  adding  to  it  and  rearranging  it;
gradually mold it  into a unified whole that expresses the
theme  of  the  dream  title  you  have  chosen.   In  other
words,  take  the  title  of  the  dream and accept it as the
title  of  an  essay   or  poem  that  you  will  write  about
yourself.  The  raw  materials  for this essay or poem are
contained  in  what you have written about yourself using
the  key  words from your dream.  All  you  need to do is
to  edit  your  material,  rearrange it,  and  form  it  into a
coherent expression of the theme of your dream.
     8. The result will be a personal statement envisioning
your life in terms of the images and story of your dream.
Reread your dream,  noting that even deeper insight may
be necessary  for  you to realize  an  adequate conscious
expression of the dream's vision.
      Editor's note:  Below  is  a poem which was written
during the Dream Realization meditation.

Water Encroaches
Rachel Shane

Shelves of books cover every wall
Leather, paper and dust.
Securely locked up and locked in.
Another room, a bed, a comforter.
Oh, let's lie down together
Let's be close and warm heart to heart
Let's
And then the water came
Seeping through, seeping under.
Filling up streets, creating canals.
The ocean came to town and
Became the town.
And with it came the monsters.
Gray and thick skinned.
Covered with blubber
Causing panic.
And all they wanted was to be.

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