Dreams – Imagination – Your Navigation System

Teaches You to Enjoy the Ride!

MIND WARRIOR – Now you’ve realized the biggest battle is IN YOUR HEAD. You are in a war for possession of your own body, your own soul, and you are besieged on all sides from hostile forces – personal, cultural, political and historical – looking to claim you as a hostage. By claiming Warrior status you have declared yourself Free. They won’t take you without a fight and if you strengthen your mind, they won’t take you, period.

MIND STRENGTHENING – means taking control. You will not be afraid of your own brain. You will not be afraid of your own imagination. You will accord the Universe the respect it deserves by studying and learning it, and in turn, it will accord you the respect you have earned.

DREAMS – Do you enjoy your dreams, look forward to dreaming? Your dreams are the Universe trying to learn your own language to speak to you. It goes haltingly at first! I like waking up in the early dawn because when I go back to sleep I can set an intention for dreaming – all the best dreams (and the most memorable ones) happen at the very end of sleep while you are coming up through the layers of sub- to semi consciousness.

Remember – You’re Always the Pilot – Do you long for caretaking? Are you eager to give over the reins of your life to someone else? If so, your dreams are likely to become scary, unmanageable and unsatisfying. It is time for you to take charge of your power – revel in control of your own brain.

Challenge – Chart dreams in your Training Journal, including the ones you want to have and haven’t had yet. Perfect them. They will evolve as you evolve.. Be as detailed and specific as you can manage. It is perfectly OK to allow your waking mind to construct desirable dreams – great works of art got their start in just this way! You may hear a voice… someone from the past who discouraged your “day-dreaming” and wanted you to focus on chores, on the present and on them. Explore this memory fearlessly. It is not rejecting or “hating on” that person to disagree with them – there are certainly times when the priority is to focus on other things – but right now you are exploring your own brain and testing out its powers. Clearly that’s an important and necessary project. Gently take control from this Remembered Forbidder and say, “This is my time now. I am in charge.”

Danger – We all know the cautionary tale of Scary Guy Who Lives for Video Games and Doesn’t Have a Life. Do you secretly fear that the power of dreams and the pleasures of daydreaming will suck you away from Real World Competence? They won’t – so long as you are reality centered. Some people dream of different outcomes, things that are impossible – instead of finding workable avenues of growth and advancement. Positive dreaming deepens and enhances, doesn’t evade reality. It’s just that reality is so much wilder – and we are so much more powerful than we can credit!

Opportunity – Here’s a chance to reveal your True Self. It’s OK to be scared – it won’t harm you to recall the helplessness and confusion you felt in childhood so long as you also remember the joys of accessing power – swimming, bike riding, sports, lovemaking, dance, joint projects, mastering competence and creation of every type. These are models for your future. Some of us believe this growth goes on forever – even after death. Enjoy!

#Haiku: Imaginal Cells

Turn caterpillars into
Butterflies –
Breed chewed leaves into
Freedom