Posted by ShortElise on January 24, 2007, at 13:42:17
In reply to Dream, posted by Honore on January 12, 2007, at 11:52:11
Honore, I love dreams. They sometimes take me by the hand and lead me to things about myself about which I have been unaware.
When I feel they're trying to tell me something and I'm not getting what it is, I tell myself the dream in the present tense (I am in a cab, I'm not going far, the cab is moving, I wake up, I must have been asleep, etc.). I try to do this as soon after waking as I can. Actually, I write it down in the present tense. Including my feelings about everything - I feel surprised, frightened, etc. - at every turn. Writing the feelings is very important to me. I try to write as "stream of consciousness" as possible, not to search for words, but to let them come as they will.
So, I write the whole thing out. Then, I try to be the other people in my dream. For example: I am the cab driver. I have a woman in my cab. I am taking her where I want to go with her, not where she thinks she going. I feel ... She was sleeping, now she is awake and is yelling at me. I feel...
It's imperative to do this in the present tense. I have to be in the moment.
Then be the people in the street, be the little girl. (I like the little girl, and think she might be the child you were, reaching out to you.) I am a little girl, I am standing in the water, there is a woman in trouble, I want to help her but she has to come to me, I cannot cross the water. I feel... I want to help, I hold out my hand because...
Then be the water. I am dark, full of danger, I am...
You see?
You can be the cab, the streets, the city, the country, the woods, the path... and all of the people. Nothing is by accident in a dream, and we might find what our symbols are by exploring in this way.
This is, to me, interesting. And I learn from it. Others might find it less helpful.
ShortE
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