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Dream
Path 2: BE
EVERYTHING IN YOUR DREAMS
In the dream exploration below, you center yourself in a
discerning-observer perspective (Aware Ego) and relate
what you remember of the dream. Alternately, you do
the same for a fantasy you create.
Then you relate the dream from the perspective of the self
you thought you were while you dreamed. Next, you
return to your centered perspective and interview this
subself. You ask it and let it tell you what it has
done still does for you.
Then you become each of the other characters (people,
animals, etc), vehicles (cars. buses and the like),
buildings and backgrounds in the dream, for each of them
symbolizes one of your subselves. You say, as each,
what you're like and what you want the Aware Ego to know.
As each dream character, you roleplay encounters among the
people, objects, backdrops and moods in the dream.
As each character, you speak as one of your subselves,
saying what you want, need, have contributed and can give
to your discerning center.
INSTRUCTIONS
FOR GUIDING PARTNER. Read your partner the
cues in bold print aloud. Exception: read anything
enclosed in square brackets [like this] silently.
Give your partner a few breaths' time to respond aloud
where you see asterisks (***). If your partner
doesn't respond to a cue-sentence, pause several breaths
and read the cue again.
Address your partner's voices respectfully,
appreciatively; do not push their limits.
Use these cues as suggestions; feel free to improvise.
Start now, reading aloud:
Sit on this cushion; it'll be the position for your
center, or Aware Ego, the place from which you can hear
all the inner voices symbolized in your dream.
Become observant, objective, balanced--physically and
emotionally. Nod when you feel centered.
[When your partner nods, say,] I want your powerful,
protective and everyday selves to know they can limit what
you reveal and explore in this dreamwork exercise.
To them I say, let
[say your partner's name] explore
dream-selves--especially vulnerable or instinctual
ones--only to the degree you feel it's in [his or
her--choose one]'s best interest now.
OK, Aware Ego, go back to the time and place--night or
day, bed or beach, when you dreamed the dream.
Imagine going back to sleep, even deeper, and again
dreaming the same dream. You may be able, this time,
to notice even more details than you did before.
Recall the dream (or make up a dreamlike story about your
main emotion now). Objectively recount the dream (or
story) from your perspective as center, observing and
describing the character you identified as yourself and
the other people and forces in the dream. Describe
the doings of the character you thought you were as
"he" or "she", rather than
"I". ***
[Write down the characters, objects and forces your
partner mentions.]
From your Aware Ego perspective, tell me what kind of a
person you seem to be in the dream. ***
Physically move your cushion and become the person you
identified with yourself in the dream.
[wait till s/he moves to a space for that voice, Voice 1.]
Say what you're like in the dream. Retell the
dream in the present tense, from your perspective.
As you tell it this time, see, hear, feel and live the
dream--even more than you did when you dreamed it.
***
Put your body in the same position it held at a critical
time in the dream.
[Wait till s/he stands, sits, gestures, etc. like s/he did
in the dream]. What is your existence like in the
dream, in this posture? ***
Sit comfortably, but stay in your role as the person you
thought you were in the dream. You're one of
[partner's name]'s voices, or subselves. Tell me
about yourself as this self; who are you; what's your job.
***
When did your life as one of
[partner's name]'s voices start; how long have you been
around? What's your history as one of
[partner name]'s selves? ***
What contributions have you, as
[partner
name]'s voice, made to
[partner's name]? What would you like to be
acknowledged and appreciated for? ***
Thank you, I liked talking with you. Would you let
[partner's name] return to the Aware Ego position?
[Wait till your partner moves.] Hi again, Aware
Ego.
Now, move again, to a new position and become
[Voice 2: name another character or element (car, road,
house, etc.) from the list you made when your partner
first recounted the dream. A vulnerable character,
one involved in conflict or a background element are good
initial selections.].
[Wait till your partner moves.] Become
[Voice 2]. Put your body in the same
position
[Voice 2] held at a critical time in the dream and say
what you're like. ***
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