THE DREAM GAME

Introduction
Some people say that they never dream. But that is not possible. Everybody has dreams, but some people just have a better memory for them than others. Everyone and a half hour throughout the night we live our private fantasies in our dreams-we can forge the good behavior of the day and we are free to behave in anyway we want. Images from our past and presents come together. But as soon as we wake, the dream starts to melt, and the more we try to remember the details, the more we forget.
‘I had this amazing dream last night. I must tell you about it – now, I was in my old school, err…but it wasn’t a school, it was …err… it was a kind of a …err… I don’t really know what it was.’
So, why do we dream? Are dreams important? The experts tell us that they are, because they can help us prepare for the problems of everyday life. The images in our dreams have special meaning, and they can help us to understand our inner personality.

Play the Dream Game
1. You are asleep and you are dreaming. In your dream you find your self in your perfect house. What is it like? Describe it in detail!
2. Now you are walking along a narrow path. Suddenly you find a cup/ glass/ drinking vessel on the ground in front of you. What is it like? What is in it?
3. Now the path ends and you are walking in a wood. You walk quite a long way until you find a clearing. In the middle of the clearing is a building. What short of building is it?
4. Around the building is a garden. Describe the garden!
5. You walk out of the garden and through the wood. At the edge of the wood there is a wall. The wall is too high to climb over, and it is too long to walk round. Suddenly you notice a small door in the wall. It slowly opens as you watch. What do you do? Do you through the door?
6. On the other side of the wall is water. What does it look like? Do you want to swim in it?

Interpretation
Now read about what the images represent and try to analyze your answer.

The House
The House is your idea of yourself. If your house is old, you probably do not like change, you like traditional things. If your house is large, it means you are quite confident, with a high opinion of yourself. If it is filled with light, you are optimistic. If it is dark, you are pessimistic. The number of rooms is the number of people you want in your life.

The Cup
The cup is your idea of love. The more beautiful and valuable the cup, the more important love is in your life. You are a romantic person. The contents of the cup show what your experience of love has been far.
The Building
The building is your idea of religion and God. A strong building is a strong belief. A ruin would mean a lack of belief.

The Garden
This is your idea of the world around you, your country, or the whole world. If the plants and flowers in your garden are dying, this might mean that you are worried about the environment and pollution in the world.

The wall
This is your idea of death. Is it the end or is there something after it? Do you go straight through the little door? Do you look and check before you go? Or don’t you want to go through at all?

The Water
The water is your idea of your future. If there is a sea with big waves you feel positive and excited about your future. If you want to swim, you feel confident and want to take risks. If the water is stagnant pool, you might fear your future and the future of the world.