Subterranean Shoot-Out

  This is a good example of how the Drama Triangle expresses itself in dreams due to a lack of lucidity on the part of the dreamer. By “lucidity” I am not referring to lucid dreaming; you don’t have to know you are dreaming to be lucid or clear in a dream. In this case, … Read more

Rescuing a Fish Out of Water

We routinely misperceive what we experience in our dreams, generating unnecessary anxiety and drama that undercuts waking confidence. It is only through listening to the perspective of a fish that the dreamer gains the objectivity to understand that it is safe to relax and allow himself to be supported by life.

The Hanging Corpse

When you take a multi-perspectival approach of deep listening to a dream, nightmare or life drama you move from victim to transpersonal witness. The results heal, balance and transform, resulting in clarity and greater lucidity both in waking and dream life.

Ken Wilber Dies 08/27/01

This example of Dream Sociometry is used to explain how to create a Dream Sociomatrix and Dream Sociogram in the text, Dream Sociometry. It was chosen for several reasons. Because it is nightmarish it provides an example of how Dream Sociometry and IDL addresses nightmares. It is short, with not so many elements and therefore is a … Read more

Of Angels and Pie Pans

On the tyranny of our definitions of reality There is nothing wrong with this picture. It’s just a cherry pie, with or without the benefit of a pie pan, floating peacefully over a flock of sheep, perhaps radiating down angelic beneficence, or perhaps the UFO of alien invaders in a clever disguise, preparing to do … Read more

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