July 2011
Intermediate to advanced
256 pages
6h 39m
English
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TELLING FANTASIES FROM DREAMS
How can you tell if your fantasy is just that and not a real dream? Actually, it is relatively easy to distinguish between a fantasy and a dream by taking the following test. You can write down your answers or merely verbalize them to yourself. The only requirement is being totally honest with yourself.
Describe Your Fantasy
Look at your fantasy and describe it in detail. Talk about what you see and hear and feel and taste. Relate as much particularity as possible.
- What does it look like?
- What emotions are you feeling?
- What are you doing in your fantasy?
- What are the rewards of your fantasy?
- What are the consequences of your fantasy?
Assess Its Intensity
How detailed is this fantasy?
- What is the nature of your emotions?
- How intense are these emotions?
- What would you gain or lose by this fantasy becoming a reality?
Assess Your Commitment
What is required to turn this fantasy into reality and am I willing to do it?
- What are you not willing to do to turn this into a reality?
- How much time, effort, and money are you willing to put into it?
- How much pain and loss are you willing to bear?
- How much rejection and failure and embarrassment are you willing to tolerate to reach this goal?
- How long are you willing to go the distance?
Assess Your Need
How much do you need to reach this goal and how will you feel about yourself and your life if you do not achieve this goal?
Assess Its Reality Quotient
Is this goal achievable?
- Have others achieved this goal? ...
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