Between being and doing

Between being and doing

As a young girl I knew how to be. I’d sit looking out my bedroom window at the green grass in our front yard; at the maple tree planted there in the middle. Often, as I would sit and stare out, I’d have a peaceful and almost numinous sense of wonder. Of something...
Losing my girl

Losing my girl

Dream: Julia (9 years old in the dream) and I are on a trip having a great time. She seems so independent and I am proud of her. We’re at a hotel and I take a shower. When I get out of the shower she is gone. I look in the pool. I think of diving in but the water is...
Facing into fear

Facing into fear

Dreams are helping me to face my fears. If I can face my fears in dreams or in my dream homework, then maybe I can do it in my waking life. This theory got tested this morning as I woke up. As I opened my eyes I saw something tiny and dark moving above me. As my eyes...
Blue haired lady

Blue haired lady

Dream: I see an odd woman who is mostly bald except for some bright blue curly hair on the sides and back of her head. There is another woman standing next to me. She goes over to talk to the blue haired lady. I don’t get it. Why would she be so interested in...
The guest house

The guest house

Dream: A person asks me, “Do you know the Rumi poem ‘The Guest House’?” I say, “Yes. Yes.” Most of my dreams never make it into the dream session to be “worked”. In any given session, we discuss anywhere from one to three dreams out of the fifteen to twenty dreams...
Pumpkins??

Pumpkins??

Dream: I am with a man outside on the sidewalk. He says to me “I really hate pumpkins!” I don’t react since I don’t feel too strongly one way or the other. We turn the corner and two of my neighbors’ yards are completely overflowing with pumpkins. One of the yards has...