At the end  of  the  discussion  period, it  is  important
that  people spend  some  time with  themselves,  writing
in   their  journals  about  their  experience. The  purpose
is to encourage  people to "own" what  they  have learned.
The   story   teller  tells  a   story  in  "innocence."  If  the
dreamer   finds   some   truth   in   the  story,   it  is  truth
recognized  from  within. Writing  about  what  has  been
recognized  will diminish  any  tendency  to  attribute the
wisdom  to someone else  and  make it  easier to discard
anything that doesn't really ring true.
     Now  I  want  to  give  two examples of my own dream
drawings to show how the stories can be helpful.
     The  first  drawing  portrays  a  dream where  I enter a
restaurant  and  see  a  man  seated  alone  at a table. Our
eyes  make  contact  and  a woman's voice whispers in my
ear  that  I  should  sit  down  at  the  table with the man.  I
refuse.  The  story   that   was   told   about   this  drawing
concerned an artist at work in his studio .I forget the rest
of  the  story,  actually,  because even  at the time,  it was
the mention  of "artist"  that  hit  me strongly.  Like  most

  

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