Uncovering solutions
Our unconscious is so sophisticated that it often reveals multilayered use of a symbol. While Christine's use of the colour helped get her in touch with the fact that she was feeling blue and stormy, the same use of colour provided her with solutions to her issue.
Frederick Perls, the founder of Gestalt therapy, asked dreamers to "speak as" the parts of the dream, in order for the dreamer to reconnect with a lost part of their psyche. I asked Christine to "become" the painting and the rock.
"How about the painting? Speak as the painting."
She responded, "I am beautiful. I am shiny. I am big. I am so big that I am bigger than life. ...And I am deep! I have deep blues in me. I am a beautiful painting."
"And does Christine answer?" I inquired.
"I also think you are a beautiful painting. I even think the sight of you is even a little bit awesome. You are so big. And there is such a shine, maybe from the water...There is a glistening, and a lot of depth. Deep blues. You look beautiful. You don't look like you need anybody to do anything more to you. You are beautiful the way you are."
The dream helped Christine get in touch with her own beauty, a part of herself she was needing to acknowledge during that time in her life.
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Layne Dalfen is the author of Dreams Do Come True: Decoding Your Dreams to Discover Your Full Potential. (Adams Media, MA, 2002). You can visit her website at www.dreamsdocometrue.ca.
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