pealing of bells. I had no need to understand or elucidate.
Again  I  felt  blessed, as I  had on the day  I  received the
little bird dream.  A few weeks after  I  had this dream,  I
saw this poem:
     "I looked for my soul, but my soul I could not see.
     I looked for my God, but my God eluded me.
     I looked for a friend, and then I found all three."
                                                            (Thomas Blake)

     For  me,  the way  to  heaven is  on earth, with people,
and  this  dream  speaks  to  me  of the  part of me that is
learning  new  ways  to  be a  good  friend. The little bird
also  reminds  me of  all  the  responsibility, opportunity
and  power  I  carry  in the  palms of my hands. By tuning
myself  to my inner  self,   I  am taking  my  life  into my
own  hands  I  feel  myself  tender  and  tiny,  held  in the
open hands of life, learning to read what life tells.
     Before  going  on  to  the  next dream example, let me
say   that  we  needn't  worry   if  at   first  dreamlanguage
seems  silly,  difficult,  cumbersome, gimmicky, tedious,
confusing  or  technical.  It  works. What you  want  is  to
feel the dream as you—in—process. It's not an academic
exercise. There is no single "right way."  Yet  it  is  worth
staying  simple  or  else  you may fall into an intellectual
game.   It  is  easy  to  block   the   experience   by   being
pedantic  or  clever  with yourself. Go slowly  enough  to
allow  yourself   to  savor  each  new  experience   in  the
dream, letting it sink in and percolate in you.
     There  seem  to  be  three  fundamentals   in   the   use
of  dreamlanguage.  First  is  a  willingness to be changed.
Next  is  a willingness  to  hang in  and  feel the reality of
the dream,  although this may  be  painful  or  undignified.
Finally, there  needs  to  be  a  willingness to  go on  with
life and let the dream energy work unseen.
     Besides following  the basic steps for dreamlanguage
outlined above, it can also be fun to let your imagination
play with words, to let new meanings surprise you as you
play around with the words used  to describe your dream.
For  instance,  in  the  dream example  that follows, note
what happens to the words, "outcomes" and out of touch."

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