Demonstration of the FiveStar Method, Tony Hawkin's dreampart 2
Thu, Jan 12 2012 09:00
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Here's more of my work with Tony's dream:Step Two: Theme Someone receives something that seems to have lost its content, beauty or value, and disposes of it in a way that mildly offends others. He also becomes aware of something that has value but is not in use.Step Three: Responses You accept the flower cellophane, but do not engage the woman, nor ask her any questions. You could have asked her
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Demonstration of the FiveStar Method
Thu, Jan 12 2012 08:43
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Notice: I received a dream via email from someone (Kate), which was deleted somehow by mistake, so I was unable to read the dream thoroughly before losing it. Please resend it. Thank you!Two years ago during the IASD Psiberconference, I did a presentation on the FiveStar method, which was published as an article in a recent issue of Dream Time. During the web exchanges with people who read my paper,
Dream Seminar planned for El Rocio Retreat
Tue, Dec 6 2011 09:41
| El rocio retreat, FiveStar method, dream seminar, dream work certification
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I am planning a Friday evening, all-day Saturday dream seminar at El Rocio Retreat in Mission, Texas. We will be doing personal dream work and dream reliving/lucid dream incubation. The seminar will also offer CEUs for professionals who need them, and will count as partial credit toward certification as a DreamStar Certified Dream Work Practitioner for anyone who wishes to continue toward that goal.
Integration or the Tolerance of Incompleteness
Sun, Nov 27 2011 06:14
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I am in conversation with Massimo Shinco, a fellow Board member of the International Assn. for the Study of Dreams, about presenting together at the Berkeley conference in June. Our ideas have followed a similar evolution, leading us both to acknowledge the futility of such concepts as enlightenment or even integration. In the west, we tend to project ourselves into some ideal final state, and then
Tue, Nov 22 2011 05:37
| noninvasive dream work, Five Star Method, invitation to submit dream for analysis, dream analysis
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If you'd like me to comment on your dream in this blog, I would be glad to do so. While I cannot tell you what your dream means to you, the FiveStar Method allows a dream work facilitator to be actively involved in the dream discussion without violating the dreamer's autonomy. Since the FSM focuses on the dreamer's actions within the dream, and the impact of his/her responses on the dream imagery (and
Dreams and Systems Theory, pt. 1
Mon, Nov 14 2011 05:29
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A woman dreamt that she was standing near a low sea wall and the ocean tide began to rise. Waves began to lap over the top of the wall. So she laid a row of stones along the top of the wall, which took care of the problem...until the tide rose even further. She continued to lay additional layers of stone until the wall was 10 feet tall. Still, the tide rose, until waves were breaking over the top of
Existential Dream
Sun, Nov 6 2011 06:00
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Dreamt last night that I was on a journey in Europe with some friends. A woman who is with us goes off and gets separated from the group. It comes time to return home, and I discover that my wallet is almost empty. Then I realize that I have a round trip ticket! I am trying to find my way to the train with my small carry-on roller bag, and a man who is a native and who knows me well helps me find my
New blog format
Sat, Nov 5 2011 07:42
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Hi Friends,In an attempt to consolidate some of my website assets, I have moved my old blog into my websites, and will begin to blog more regularly on dream topics, spirituality, and psychotherapy. I hope you will make comments to my postings. I will be monitoring my blog, so I will respond to your comments and questions. Thanks -- Scott
How to View Dream Imagery
Sat, Nov 5 2011 07:32
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Traditional dream work treats a dream image as a “given,” a part of a text or narrative created by the subconscious mind and whose appearance is determined from the beginning of the dream. Cocreative theory, in contrast, treats the imagery as the “mutable interface” (my words) between the dreamer’s consciousness and the dream content, which is unformed until it is observed. In cocreative
More on Analyzing Dream Imagery
Sat, Nov 5 2011 07:31
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In cocreative dream theory, nothing is fixed from the outset. The dreamer and the dream content interact in real time to cocreate the dream experience. A fundamental assumption of this approach is that the dreamer’s beliefs, feelings, thoughts, and reactions influence the way the dream unfolds, and that any change in the dreamer’s overall attitude or response set is mirrored by changes in
Formulating the Dream Theme, Story Line, or Process Narrative
Sat, Nov 5 2011 07:31
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Extracting a dream theme is a powerful technique in and of itself. Indeed, some people have developed entire dream work approaches around the dream theme, even though there are slightly different ways to approach this method. Robert Gongaloff and Paricia Garfield have focused on universally occurring dream themes, and have tried to create an encompassing list of such themes. Mark Thurston and
Applying the FiveStar Method to Group Dream Work
Sat, Nov 5 2011 07:30
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Students of the FiveStar Method often ask me how to apply the FSM in a therapeutic or personal growth group. Interestingly, I originally conceived the FSM as a group dream work method, probably because I received some training years ago with Montague Ullman, whose approach to group dream work is well known and highly effective. But after using the FSM in group and individual work, I’ve discovered
The Inherent Mystery of Dream Images
Sat, Nov 5 2011 07:29
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A common principle--and, I believe, misconception-- is that the dream images can be understood solely as aspects of oneself. This implies that the dream characters can, with some interpretive work, be identified as qualities that already reside within the dreamer, even though these qualities may have been repressed or overlooked. To some extent, Freud "set this up" by saying that every dream
Blending Dreamer Response with Metaphor
Sat, Nov 5 2011 07:28
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A 49-year-old woman dreamt that she was driving a car in which there were two other people, one male and one female. She was trying to get one of them to a place where they could get some treatment. She wasn't on the main road, yet, but was a road that would take her to the main road. As she drove, they were talking to her, and she was a bit irritated and distracted by that. Suddenly, she came
Why Dream Workers Overstep
Sat, Nov 5 2011 07:26
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Everyone seems to be aware of a central problem that arises in dream analysis or “interpretation.” That is, dream workers often overstep their boundaries, and effectively invade the dreamer’s autonomy by making precipitous conclusions about the meaning of the dream, or its images. Jung was the first to announce that the dreamer was an essential part of the analysis of any dream, and
Marriage of Lucid Dreaming and Dream Analysis (part 2)
Sat, Nov 5 2011 07:25
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I have spoken and written about how cocreative dream theory transforms the way we think of dreams, but I have devoted just as much time to developing a dreamwork methodology based on the theory, which is surprisingy easy to learn and to use. While I began developing this method over 35 years ago, only in the last decade has it has matured into a systematic dream work approach, which has been
Marriage of Lucid Dreaming and Dream Analysis (part 1)
Sat, Nov 5 2011 07:23
| dream interpretation, Five Star Method, dream theory, dream analysis
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A client of mine once dreamed that she was lying in bed. A man dressed in a robe, with a hood covering his face, walked up and stood beside her bed. He said, “I want your heart.” Visualizing the man ripping her heart from her chest, the woman awoke in terror. She asked what countless people have asked upon awakening from such a dream, “Who was that man? What does this mean?” If she had
Dream Logic
Sat, Nov 5 2011 07:22
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A concept that grows out of cocreative dream theory, and is a useful concept in learning how to use the FiveStar Method is what I call “dream logic.” This is simply a way of understanding scene changes in dreams. If you look at content alone, a scene shift can appear unrelated to the original scenario. But within cocreative dream theory, we look upon each scene as an encounter that “plays
Perspective on a dream
Sat, Nov 5 2011 07:20
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A middle-aged man going through a divorce shared this dream: “I am watching ancient statues walk toward an opening in the ground. It is a well, and when they get to the edge, they are lowered into the water where they are reclaimed. It all seems very purposeful. Some of the statues are green with age, and broken. Some have to be carried. “This is all happening on the edge of an arena enclosed
