Your Sleeping Genius

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Dr. Gayle Delaney

MCMXCV Dr. Gayle DelaneyP MCMXCV Nightingale-Conant Corporation

YourSleeping

Genius

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Below is an example of a dream journalentry. Study this sample and then in thefollowing days record your own dreamentries. Seven Dream Journal pages havebeen provided for an entire weeks worth ofdream work, however feel free photocopy ablank journal page as often as you like andkeep your Dream Journal active indefinitely.

Recording Your DreamsThe symbols placed in the margin beside eachdream entry will help you organize your journaland make it easier to locate specific sections asyou review your dreams.

Date: May 30, 1994

2. Day Notes:[Long day at the office. Kids demanded myattention all night. I feel pulled in two directions.I must work to support the family; but I knowmy children need me to be there for them. I feelguilty working so much. Had fun playing andtalking with the children. How can I better bal-ance my life?]

3. Title of Dream: TRAPPED

4. Incubation Question:Complete only if you are using a dream to solve acurrent problem or issue.

3. The DreamIm at work and its time to go home. I tryto leave the building, but I cant. The

doors are locked from the inside, and I cantget out. All of the windows are locked. I try tophone home, but I cant dial tone. I keep ondialing the wrong number. I find a bunch ofkeys in a drawer in one of the office desks.There are hundreds of keys, on the ring. I fran-tically try to open the doors with the keys but Iwake up before I can go through all of thekeys to find the one that opens the door.

4. CommentaryI felt trapped in that office...frustrated that Icouldnt leave. I love my children. I wish I

had the day off just to relax. I dont want to goto work today. I realize how trapped I feeleveryday. The keys remind me there must bea way out. I must keep searching to find asolution.

Sample Journal Entry

Session 1

Dream Journal In Action

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1. Date:

2. [Day Notes:]

3. Title of Dream:

4. Incubation Question:

5. The Dream:

6. Commentary:

Dream Journal Entry


1. Date:

2. [Day Notes:]

3. Title of Dream:


5. The Dream:

6. Commentary:

Dream Journal Entry

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1. Date:

2. [Day Notes:]

3. Title of Dream:


5. The Dream:

6. Commentary:

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1. Date:

2. [Day Notes:]

3. Title of Dream:


5. The Dream:

6. Commentary:

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1. Date:

2. [Day Notes:]

3. Title of Dream:


5. The Dream:

6. Commentary:

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1. Date:

2. [Day Notes:]

3. Title of Dream:


5. The Dream:

6. Commentary:

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1. Date:

2. [Day Notes:]

3. Title of Dream:


5. The Dream:

6. Commentary:

Dream Journal Entry


The Dream Interview helps you discover whatyou (the dreamer) think and feel about theimagery in your dreams rather than inter-preting the dream according to a givenpsychological theory. The Dream Inter-view isa descriptive process. The questions exploredream images and reveal their metaphoricalsimilarities to people and situations in thedreamers life.

The dream interviewer can be a friend, col-league or yourself. In order for the dreaminterview to be effective, the interviewer mustpretend to come from another planet. In otherwords, the interviewer is attempting to discoverwhat life is like as seen through the eyes of thedreamer.

As the dreamer describes the images experi-enced while asleep, the interviewer recapitulatesor feeds back the initial descriptions to thedreamer. The dreamer is then asked if a givendescription reminds him/her of anyone or situa-tion in his/her life. This process allows thedreamer to bridge or make a connectionbetween a dream and waking experience.Once a bridge is established, the interviewerasks the dreamer to connect or summarize all ofthe images, descriptions and bridges in thecontext of the dream.

While there are more steps in a completedream interview, these four description, recapit-ulation, bridge and summary are the core onesthat form the basis of the dream interview.

SummarySession 3

Exploring the Dream Interview

Four Steps to a Successful Dream InterviewThere are four steps that help create a effective environment for the dream interview.

Step 1: Elicit a good description...Ask the dreamer to describe each of the major elements in the dream(settings, people, objects, feelings and action). Do not try to help the dreamer find words todescribe the images. Let him/her come up with his/her own adjectives.Step 2: Recapitulate the description...After eliciting a good description of one or more images summarizethe description the dreamer has just provided. Include any relevant and emotionally charged defi-nitions, descriptions and associations.Step 3: Bridge to waking life...Ask the dreamer to bridge his/her dream to some experience in wakinglife. How does the dream metaphor relate with a waking situation or attitude? Step 4: Summarize the exploration...Summarize (at the end of an interview or partway through the inter-view) or retell the dream linking each image to its description and bridge. Summaries give thedreamer the opportunity incorporate new associations.

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Sample Dream:

I am with the famous actor Alec Baldwin.We are in the lawn in front of my house. Heasks me if I want to fly to L.A. with him andstar in his next movie. He leans over andpassionately kisses me. My husband seesus. He runs into our house and startswriting me a kiss-off letter. I run into thehouse after him and try to apologize. Ireturn to the front lawn and see that AlecBaldwin has left. I wake up suddenly,feeling guilty and insecure.

Diagramming dream images helps both thedreamer and interviewer identify the basiccategories of dream images about whichthey need to ask questions. Think of it as a navi-gational map to follow during the interview.

The purpose in diagramming a dream is to high-light the major elements of a dream about whichthe interviewer will ask specific questions andelicit relevant descriptions and associations.

Mapping Your Dream

Dream Diagram Exercise

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Lets look at the diagram of a short dream:To familiarize yourself with dream mapping elements, we have diagrammed a hypothetical dreamin the left hand column. In the space provided on the next page, (or use another sheet of paper if necessary) in the right hand column, jot down a recent dream. Using these same symbolsdescribed in the key below, diagram your dream. Study the diagram to determine any relevantdescriptions and parallels between dream elements and waking life experiences.

Diagram Key:

7 Place a rectangle around each setting in the dream.7 Circle each person or animal.7 Underline each major object.7 Underline each feeling with a wavy line.7 Underline with an arrow the major actions.

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Record Your Dream on the next page, oron a separate piece of paper.

Session 3

The Dream Diagram


Record your dream here - then print out your dream to complete the diagram exercise.


Cue cards are comprised of the list ofquestions an interviewer uses to guide adreamer through a dream. The cue cardprovides the basis to formulate follow-up ques-tions when necessary.

While the cue card contains basic questions,they are helpful in delving deep into a dreamsmeaning. It is important that you write down andask these questions exactly as they are wordedhere. The cue cards help you focus on each ofthe dream elements.

Elements

1. Would you tell us yourdream now?

Highlight Feelings2. What are the feelings you

are most aware of in thedream.

3. Have you felt this way inyour past or current life?

4. When? or Where? was thefirst or most recent timeyou felt this way?

Settings: Descriptions and Bridges5. Describe the opening (or

next) setting of the dream.6. What is this place like in

waking life?

Cue Card Contents

7. What is this place like inyour dream?

8. How does it feel to be inthis setting? or How do youfeel as you stand (or sit)there?

9. Does this remind you ofanything in your wakinglife?

People and Animals:Descriptions and Bridges10. Who is X?

11. What is X like in wakinglife (or in general)?

12. What is X like in yourdream? What is X doingin your dream?

13. Does X, whom youdescribe as (recapitulatethe description) remindyou of anything in yourwaking life?

14. Does X, who is (recapitu-late the description),remind you of anyone inyour life, or is there somepart of you that is like X?

15. How so?(Continued)

Session 5

The Dream Cue Card

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Cue Card Contents (cont.)

Objects: Descriptions and Bridges16. What is a Y?

17. What is the Y in yourdream like?

18. Does the Y in yourdream, which you describeas (recapitulate thedescription), remind you ofanything in your wakinglife?

19. How so?

Feelings: Descriptions and Bridges20. How do you feel at this

moment in the dream?

21. Tell me more about thisfeeling?

22, Tell me about a time (orthe last time) you felt thisway.

23. Does this feeling of (reca-pitulate the description)remind you of anything inyour current life?

Action: Descriptions and Bridges24. Describe the major action

or event in this scene.

25. Does this action (recapitu-late the description)remind you of any situa-tion in your life?

26. How so?

27. How would you describethe central plot of thisdream?

28. Does this plot (recapitulatethe description) remindyou of anything?

Summary29. Shall I summarize all the

descriptions and bridgesmade so far, or would youlike to do it?

30. So in this part of the dream(this happened), which youdescribed as ..., whichreminded you of (bridge).Then (this happened) etc.Does all this remind you ofanything else?

31. Now, how do you under-stand your dream? Tell methe whole dream, addingthe bridges and com-menting on what youunderstand and whatremains unclear.

Session 5

The Dream Cue Card

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