23.7. 1993 Vitoria-Gasteiz / Spain - World Federation of Music Therapy

denial. She says about her deteriorating speech "don't
tell Mum, she'll only worry". Her mother of course was
well aware of her daughter 's deteriorating condition.
The tape for the session was the Transitions tape. The
music was strong, masculine in quality, and provided a
secure background for the work.
Mary's imagery commences under a Banyon tree
(which characteristically has large roots visible above
the earth). Under the roots is an egg. She doesn't know
whether to open it, bury it, or take it with her. She
decides to meditate about the egg, and a crack soon
appears. Inside the egg is another hard shell - a seed.
Again she is unsure whether to open the seed or bury it.
I ask if she can see inside the seed - " yes!" she says "I
am Iying down, I've gone to sleep. The seed is sprouting
green shoots, to start a mini forest. This beautiful thing
inside me - this is my life. My place is to put the seed in
the earth - I've found what I was looking for - I can leave
487
it in peace knowing that it will fulfil itself - one day I will
return. I feel a warm light mist over me - now I've
disappeared". Each of these statements indicate a
preparation for death - she lies down to sleep - she can
leave in peace knowing the seed will fulfil itself - one day
she will return. At the end of the session, Mary says
"that's the end, a good finale".
In processing the imagery, I asked what seemed the
most important image - she responded "discovering that
the essence of truth was within the seed itself" I asked
what was the significance of the seed, to which she
replied "the idea of self-healing - the essence of healing
within yourself, free of the physical body - I felt fulfilled
thought I would come back in a transformed state one
day- I've done what I was supposed to do." I asked if she
felt her work here was finished, to which she said "you
can only live one day at a time".