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comfortable
with this process; we never push someone
who doesn't feel ready for it.
We begin by choosing
a dream image, whether it is a
building, a person, an animal or whatever.
The dreamer
becomes that image. As they get into
what that image
feels like, they begin to act it out,
expressing whatever
comes to mind and really hamming it
up. The dreamer
lets the image use their voice to say
whatever it has to
say. Often a dialogue will develop with
another image.
Then the dreamer becomes that other image and replies,
and so on as the dialogue progresses. It has been amazing
to see a group think and think about
an image without
results; yet when the dreamer becomes
that image and
lets it speak, the meaning spontaneously
comes forth.
Other group members can be very helpful in guiding this
process.
As we work on dreams and
begin to learn from them,
it is important that we follow through what we
learn by
making corresponding changes in our lives.
Knowledge
that is not acted on is useless and
may be a heavy, even
overwhelming burden. I agree with Ann
Faraday, who
says that a dream is not fully understood
until it moves
us to change our lives in some way. After
working on a
dream it is valuable for the dreamer to sum up what
was
learned and how they intend to act on this message.
The
person may also wish to discuss how this is followed up
in future sessions of the dream group.
Occasionally, work on a dream
will seem to be getting
nowhere. When this happens, it
is up to the
group
whether they want to continue working at it, or
let it go
and try something else. How determined
the dreamer
feels is of prime importance. Whatever
the results, we
always ask the dreamer and the group
whether they feel
finished before moving on
to another dream. It is
important that we learn to feel comfortable leaving some
dreams a mystery. There will be other
dreams and there
will always be some mystery remaining.
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