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Playing with the Symbols in a Dream Part 2 Dealing with Dreams That Are Both Positive and Negative
Early this morning like 4:45 AM to be exact. I know because I woke up after the dream looked at my watch on the nightstand and debated for 15 minutes about whether I should process it then or go back to sleep. I chose to do it then. My dream started with me running on …
How to Play with a Dream to Milk More Meaning
So, let’s imagine that you are having a dream where you are being chased by a big growling bear. You are frightened beyond measure because it is about to devour you. At the moment that you are about to get pounced on, you suddenly wake up. This is from the category that I call “negative …
Being Imaginative Can Enhance the Transformation Process
Last week I was working with a client who has a tendency to imagine that the worst things are going to happen to his family. The images are not based on concrete reality. It is like his mind goes on walkabout trying to think of dark things. He was having thoughts about his sisters dying, …
Positive Dreams: How Do You Process Them
Last night I was running with my wife in a park. We had a really nice pace and had a line of animals like geese following us. Then I saw someone who was shot by a gun, at which time, i organized the people around me to get him some help. The overall feeling was …
The Code of Disappointment: Beware of Expectations.
It is a little over a week since New Year’s Day. It is a good time to write about disappointment if you have already given up on the resolutions you might have set. Disappointment is the negative emotion we feel when an expectation has not been met. It has the effect of taking the wind out …
Richard Hastings is an expert in change work and dream work and author of Dreams for Peace. He is a 
