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> [“The one who pays attention to the dreams, draws on them, and lives them out is blessed, even as the one who dreams is also dreamt. We each take our turn at living out the dream. Like some ageless wave,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-kushner/the-one-who-pays-attention-to-the-dreams-draws-on-them-and-lives-them/)

[Lawrence Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-kushner/)

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## More by Lawrence Kushner

> [God puts you where God needs you. You are where you are supposed to be. The job you are doing may not be any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-kushner/god-puts-you-where-god-needs-you-you-are-where-you-are-supposed-to-be/)

[Lawrence Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-kushner/)

> [“We seek a metaphor for holy words that will return them to us once again as an ayfz hayim, a tree of life (Prov.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-kushner/we-seek-a-metaphor-for-holy-words-that-will-return-them-to-us-once/)

[Lawrence Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-kushner/)

> [“Recall our own recent, immediate experiences. Since dreams are often initiated by something that happened only recently, we must ask about yesterday's residue.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-kushner/recall-our-own-recent-immediate-experiences-since-dreams-are-often/)

[Lawrence Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-kushner/)

> [“Genesis’ saying that we are made in the likeness of God does not mean that God looks a little like us, with a face…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-kushner/genesis-saying-that-we-are-made-in-the-likeness-of-god-does-not-mean/)

[Lawrence Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-kushner/)

> [“The one who pays attention to the dreams, draws on them, and lives them out is blessed, even as the one who dreams is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-kushner/the-one-who-pays-attention-to-the-dreams-draws-on-them-and-lives-them/)

[Lawrence Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-kushner/)

> [“But everyone dreams anyway. And we-from Joseph to Daniel to Freud-have had dreams, read them, interpreted them, hidden from them, and even, on occasion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-kushner/but-everyone-dreams-anyway-and-we-from-joseph-to-daniel-to-freud-have/)

[Lawrence Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-kushner/)

> [“We participate in a perpetual organic conversation with our universe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-kushner/we-participate-in-a-perpetual-organic-conversation-with-our-universe/)

[Lawrence Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-kushner/)

> [“Assume full responsibility for the dream. For "through the dream the man makes the matter his own; it is in his will, and he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-kushner/assume-full-responsibility-for-the-dream-for-through-the-dream-the/)

[Lawrence Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-kushner/)

> [“allowing the river of light-the deepest currents of consciousness-to rise to the surface and, without anxiety, animate our lives. We are thus blessed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-kushner/allowing-the-river-of-light-the-deepest-currents-of-consciousness-to/)

[Lawrence Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-kushner/)

> [Religion is a more or less organized way of remembering that every ministry points to a higher reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-kushner/religion-is-a-more-or-less-organized-way-of-remembering-that-every/)

[Lawrence Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-kushner/)

> [ “As any good teacher of dreams will tell you, you are all the people in your dream. Fritz Perls taught, "\[All\] the different parts,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-kushner/as-any-good-teacher-of-dreams-will-tell-you-you-are-all-the-people-in/)

[Lawrence Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-kushner/)

> [“Is it not at least occasionally the case that we set out on a clear and simple mission and return with something undreamed of?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-kushner/is-it-not-at-least-occasionally-the-case-that-we-set-out-on-a-clear/)

[Lawrence Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-kushner/)

> [“Isolate and identify the primary elements of the dream text before us. What are the dream's components? One of the most common errors made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-kushner/isolate-and-identify-the-primary-elements-of-the-dream-text-before-us/)

[Lawrence Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-kushner/)

> [“What first occurs to us on remembering the dream/reading the text may be the most important thing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-kushner/what-first-occurs-to-us-on-remembering-the-dream-reading-the-text-may/)

[Lawrence Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-kushner/)

> [“The story is not about someone else. It is not even about you. It is you. The one who "lives" in the dream is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-kushner/the-story-is-not-about-someone-else-it-is-not-even-about-you-it-is/)

[Lawrence Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-kushner/)

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