Dreaming Realities E-Book

John Overdurf

• Herausgeber: Crown House Publishing
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 294

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 1998

Beschreibung

This refreshing approach to the act of dreaming allows you to explore your full potential through the control of your dreams. It aches the reader how to construct dreams that will improve reality, and demonstrates how such dreams directly affect our lives.

Leseprobe

Dreaming Realities

A Spiritual System To Create Inner Alignment Through Dreams

by

Julie Silverthorn M.S. & John Overdurf C.A.C.

Dedication

To the Dream To the Dreamer To the One

Table Of Contents

Title Page

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Tips For Getting The Most From Dreaming Realities

Chapter 1: Dreaming Our Selves, Each With A Mind Of Its Own

Chapter 2: Sleep: The Chemistry Between The Mechanics And Their Dreams

Chapter 3: Quantumfying Dreaming: Consciousness And The Other Stuff Of Dreaming

Chapter 4: Incubation: Growing Intention In The Quantum Field

Chapter 5: Interpreting Dreaming Realities: Creating Order From Chaos

Chapter 6: Lucidity: The Dream That Wakes You Up

Chapter 7: Beyond Lucidity: Finding The “I” In Light

Dreamtime Interludes

1: Reality Testing: Is This A Dream?

2: Getting To Know Your Unconscious Mind

3: Unconscious Review And Integration For Dream Practices

4: Using Unconscious Interviewing For Clearing…. The Way To Your Dreaming Practices

5: Getting To Know Your Higher Conscious Mind

6: Dreaming Meditation Technique

7: Moe Uhane: The Hawaiian Dreamtime Chant

Glossary Of Terms

Index

Bibliography

Trainings And Resources

About the Author

Copyright

Acknowledgements

Our deepest thanks and appreciation to all those who supported this dream! …May your greatest dreams be your only reality!

Special thanks to Harold and Violet James for all their time, energy, expertise, caring, and contributions from our last dream to this one.

Special thanks to Rex and Bobbie Shudde for all their attention and care in helping to refine this dream.

Special thanks to Ed Sisler and David Soehren for their work on the cover and for supporting the project, as good friends do!

Special thanks to Patrice Perillo for so elegantly utilizing and teaching this material.

Special thanks to Alex Roper, David Bowman and everyone at Crown House Publishing for your support. This is a much better dream thanks to you.

Special thanks to all our teachers/friends who have encouraged and shaped our thinking and dreaming over the years: Dr Erickson, Ron Klein, Ardie Flynn, Tad James, Uncle George Naope, and Stephen LaBerge.

Special thanks to Bob Leichtman and ethernet friends for your wisdom, wit, kindness and for modeling how to connect Heaven and Earth.

Special thanks to Miles, Trane, Luther and Stevie Ray for their musical companionship and Grace during the editing of this book and our lives in general.

Special thanks to Tempa Uhlrich, our assistant, for all that she has contributed to support our creativity throughout the years she has worked with us. You’re a gift!

Special thanks to our parents: Tony & Jeanne Overdurf, and Ivan & Agnes Silverthorn for always believing in our dreams.

Special thanks to our dear companions in this dreaming reality, Rio and Bodhi.

Special thanks to Sai Baba for his love and guidance, and especially for transcending time and space by visiting us in our dreams. And…thanks for ALL THAT IS.

Introduction

Dreaming is something that comes naturally to all of us. We do it every night and it is as automatic as the sleep that surrounds it. Sometimes we even dream during the day. We dream unconsciously; we do not have to plan to do it, although when we do pay attention to our dreams, we change them. It is a lot like other unconscious processes that we may take for granted. Think of all the processes that our unconscious regulates for us automatically: respiration, digestion, sensation, perception, memory storage, endocrine and immunological functions, motor skills and many others. It seems that, as human beings, the things that are of utmost importance to us are, by necessity, automatic or unconscious. Why? Think what would happen if we ever forgot to do one of them for any period of time. What if we forgot to digest our food or became so preoccupied with something that we forgot to breathe? While reading this book you might want to consider, “Why would a greater intelligence than us bother to include dreaming as one of these automatic unconscious processes? What purpose does dreaming have?”

Dreams demonstrate the power of the unconscious. Most of us have been emotionally moved by the power of a dream at some point in our lives. We wake up and lie motionless in that half-awake, half-asleep state. The feelings seem so “real.” Yet, at other times, dreams seem completely nonsensical. They do not seem “real” at all; if anything, they seem more surreal, like a movie made from the out-takes of everyday life errantly spliced together by some eccentric “art movie” director. Come to think of it, who is the director, anyway? Despite all the nonsense, few people go through this life without wondering about dreams and their meanings. We have all had the experience of awakening from a dream, feeling profoundly affected, and thinking, “There must be something to this.” Then we get up, get on with our day and only later do we think, “What was that dream all about?” It seemed important at the time. Even if we did not remember the dream, the power of its memory still remained. We experienced it and it affected us—perhaps in the same way that things from long ago had a profound effect on our lives, even though they were completely outside our conscious awareness and long since forgotten.

Dreams are hypnotic. They suck us in. Each night when we dream we visit our own self-generated, internal reality. It is a narrative, running parallel to our conscious, waking life. In our dreams we see, hear, feel, think—and, in some cases, taste and smell—just as we do when we are awake. We carry on relationships, meet new people, often go to school, work, travel, make love and all the other kinds of things that make up what we call life. Sometimes we even dream in a dream!

In our dreams we are very much alive. Dreams can be so convincing at the time that we do not even question if we are dreaming. We just get swept away with our own story line. (We ought to know what would do it!) We adapt to sudden changes that may be contradictory, inconsistent, threatening, or surreal, in the time it takes to think a new thought. The usual constructs of time and space are stretched, twisted, inverted, juxtaposed; however it happens, they are gone!

We can be talking to a childhood friend whom we have not seen for years, in our old neighborhood, and, with the blink of an eye, be on a plane in a different state with people who are unknown but familiar. The next moment, we are in high school and late for a class. Maybe for a second we question, “Haven’t I already graduated from high school?” but quickly we are swept away into the reality of the dream. How often do we see the dream reality for what it really is? Often we just accept it as it is on the surface; just like a positive hypnotic suggestion given in trance; just like the everyday trances and dreams that we accept without question in our “waking” state about who we are, why we are here and what is possible. Do we get the messages from these dreams? Do we use our dreams for guidance and transcend their realities or do we get swept away in the drama of our own narrative?

Dreams can change our life. It is just a matter of whether we have any say in it or not. One incredible resource we have when we dream is the ability to explore possibilities and realities that are beyond what we could do in the physical world. We are freed from the limitations of our everyday sense of logic, time, space, and order. We can use our night dreams to support or change our waking reality and vice versa. As we will discuss later in more detail, “our dreamer” (our unconscious and Higher Self) is our own private therapist who works the nightshift, doing several sessions every night—solving problems, enhancing creativity, beginning new projects, and finding meaning in life. However, as in the case of most professionals, some payment is expected to ensure we have invested in the process. In this life you have to pay, and with this therapist you pay with your attention.

We are all dreaming realities and living dreams. We do this whether we are awake or asleep. We do it whether it is night or day. The question is, “Are we living dreams and dreaming realities that matter?” The purpose of this book is to show you how to use your dreams to align with your self so that the reality you are living matters. We wrote this book as a “how to” book. It is an integration of what we have learned from hypnosis, neuroscience, and dream research, as well as from spiritual systems that emphasize the importance of dreams. We believe that the purpose of most psychological and spiritual systems is to produce alignment among the conscious, unconscious, and higher conscious minds. If you are wondering what we mean by this, then you will learn something new in these pages. If you understand this notion of alignment, then we believe that this book will provide you with a deeper understanding and appreciation of how you can use your dreams to create alignment inside your self.

The processes in this book have been modified or developed over the years for optimal results. You may find that even the casual use of these approaches can add to your life. These approaches have certainly added to ours. Some of them require a fair amount of commitment on your part, but the results will be worth that commitment. The fact that you are reading this book is an indication that you are interested in dreams and want to learn more. It is no mistake that you are reading this book. How far you go with these practices is up to you. Our job is to suggest possibilities. One of these possibilities may be that the dream material is not for you. If so, then you have learned something important for yourself and you can direct your efforts toward another dream that is worth living.

This book just happens to be one dream that an intelligence far greater than ours wanted us to write. And as we have spent a fair amount of time exploring all of this, we can say that it has added depth to our lives for which we are very grateful.

Julie Silverthorn and John Overdurf March 1999 Lancaster, PA, USA

Tips For Getting The Most From Dreaming Realities

Welcome to Dreaming Realities. Before you continue, here are a few tips we would like to offer you to make your reading more enjoyable and your time more productive. You might notice, in perusing this book, that it is divided into seven chapters and seven Dreamtime Interludes. Together they form an integrated dream system whose purpose is to align your conscious, unconscious, and higher conscious minds.

The first three chapters explore the three minds, the physiology of sleep, and the quantum physics of dreaming. They integrate the most important and up-to-date information that we have found about dreams and related states. These chapters form the content basis of the dreaming practices covered in the last four chapters. At the end of each of the chapters we include a conscious review and an unconscious review. The conscious reviews succinctly cover the high points and the important facts that are germane to the dreaming practices taught in the later chapters.

The unconscious reviews, on the other hand, are written to stimulate more general associations and to connect the themes at the unconscious level. Also, they are designed to offer suggestions that can incubate between reading the chapters and other readings. They contain hypnotic language useful in formatting the unconscious mind for exercises in the later chapters and the Dreamtime Interludes. You may find it useful to read these reviews repeatedly as you continue with the later chapters.

The middle and later chapters cover dream incubation, interpretation, lucidity, and advanced spiritual practices using sleep and dreams. These chapters are less content-oriented and are more “how to.” Generally, it is preferable that you carry out the processes in the order presented, because they are progressive.

The end of the book includes seven Dreamtime Interludes. Each interlude is a process, or series of processes, that can greatly enhance the techniques found in the first seven chapters. The first interlude is a reality-testing procedure that will sharpen your conscious abilities—a crucial step to dreaming lucidly. This process has been researched by a number of prominent lucid dreaming researchers and we can reassure you that it works. We have modified these steps to make reality-testing more effective.

The second, third, and fourth interludes will assist you in getting to know your unconscious mind. Two of these interludes will teach you how to use a pendulum to conduct an unconscious review of abilities, memories, beliefs, behaviors, and other resources which can be activated to accelerate your progress. The latter interlude is an unconscious clearing and healing technique that can be used for issues, blocks, or challenges that may arise along the path. It can also be used in conjunction with interpretation to resolve issues that may emerge.

The fifth interlude is a meditation to access your higher conscious mind. We developed the meditation from the work of Roberto Assagioli, the originator of Psychosynthesis, one of the first credible treatment modalities recognizing the higher conscious mind.

The sixth interlude is what we call the Dreaming Meditation Technique. It is a technique we developed after studying and identifying commonalities in numerous dream yoga and meditation systems. For best results, begin using this meditation before chapter 4 on incubation. As you will learn while reading the book, reality-testing and Dreaming Meditation complement each other. They define and then unite the waking state with the dreaming state. Together they form the foundation for the practice of lucid dreaming.

The final interlude is Moe Uhane, the Hawaiian Dreamtime Chant which was translated from Hawaiian by our friends, Tad James and Ardie Flynn.

Chapter 1

Dreaming Our Selves, Each With A Mind Of Its Own

Dreams are metaphors. Our dreams are metaphors of creation. We take something from nothing and create endless possibilities. We can be anyone we want in our dreams, in any place we want. Our dreams provide a nightly refuge from the “sanity” of a linear, predictable world. The “insanity” of dreams provides a cathartic balance for living life in a Newtonian world. In our dreams we can fly. In our waking life we cannot. These are equal, but separate, realities. One is as real as the other and both provide balance in our lives. Just as night follows day, unpredictability follows predictability. Exploring the world of unpredictability creates unlimited possibilities for all that is predictable, in the same way that eventually day follows night.

What Is The Purpose Of Dream Practices?

Achieving alignment is the primary purpose for developing dream practices. The goal is to have as full and as complete an alignment as possible among the conscious, unconscious, and higher conscious minds. Each mind has an equally important role to play. Alignment occurs when all three minds cooperate harmoniously in fulfilling these roles. When they are aligned, integration occurs within the individual. These are the moments, or periods, in life where everything unfolds easily and effortlessly. Things simply go well. We feel good, we are inspired, our relationships go smoothly, and overall we simply enjoy life.

In this state of alignment direct communication occurs among the conscious, unconscious, and higher conscious minds. Information flows easily and naturally among them. Unfortunately, most people do not experience this type of alignment on a consistent basis. Inner conflict is something that many people experience. When it occurs, it means there is some type of conflict among the conscious, unconscious, and higher conscious minds. The communication channels are either non-existent or blocked, causing turmoil and conflict. Trauma (physical or emotional pain) is usually the precursor to these blockages. When people are traumatized it is still possible for them to receive information. However, they may override this information because they no longer trust their ability to differentiate between what causes pain and what produces alignment.

When we experience alignment, unlimited possibilities exist. Our relationships and our personal issues, as well as our inner and outer healing and our ability to be creative, may all be enhanced by our dreamlife—if we choose to use this source! Life itself is a process of learning; dreams are simply one of the palettes from which we create our reality. Our dreamlife provides an infinite landscape of possibilities for any issue with which we are dealing; all we have to do is choose to use it.

This “dream” is about the ways which are available for promoting alignment. Ultimately, the first step in creating alignment is the willingness to realize that no matter what you think you are you are always more than that! Your conscious mind cannot ever fully conceive of the totality of who you really are. The sooner you realize that you are so much more than you think you are (and capable of so much more than you think), the easier your life will become. After recognizing this, it is then a matter of being willing to ask your conscious, unconscious, and higher conscious minds for assistance. Alignment begins with communication between the conscious and the unconscious minds. Why? Because the role of the conscious mind is to initiate the process and the job of the unconscious mind is to carry it out—by being the conduit for information between the higher conscious mind and the conscious mind. We believe that all problems result from a lack of rapport and alignment among the three minds. Therefore, all of the techniques in our system are designed to promote the free flow of communication and inner alignment. Now what is important is the recognition of how our conscious, unconscious, and higher conscious minds function and work together to make living and dreaming a series of deeply enriching experiences.

The Three Minds

One of the basic presuppositions of our dream system is that we all have “three minds,” also referred to in other systems as the “three selves.” We all have a conscious mind, an unconscious mind, and a higher conscious mind. The term “three minds” is actually a reference to the fact that the mind has three separate functions. Each of these minds has a particular role in regard to dreaming. If you want a more in-depth discussion of the conscious and unconscious minds, please refer to our book Training Trances.

Illustration Of The Three Minds

Higher Conscious Mind “Guide”

Conscious Mind “Director”

Unconscious Mind “Symbol Maker”/“Arena”

Initially information flows from the unconscious mind to the higher conscious mind, and not from the conscious mind to the higher conscious mind. This means that we cannot rely solely upon our intellect to communicate or connect with our Higher Self. The response from the higher conscious mind then occurs in a downward direction passing through both the conscious and unconscious minds. An example of this would be an intuition accompanied by a tingling feeling and the awareness of both. When the three minds are aligned, as above, it is easy to see that from the position of the higher conscious mind, when looking down, they appear as only one mind. In this instance, the connection to the higher conscious mind is no longer relevant because its boundaries as a separate entity cease to exist. In this state “flow” and harmony abound.

The Conscious Mind

We define the conscious mind as our “current awareness” or the focus of our present attention. It represents only a relatively small band of information compared to all the information which is available. It is limited in scope to its own awareness and, if its awareness expands beyond a certain point, it can no longer process incoming information. As a laser beam in a darkened room does not illuminate the entire room, the conscious mind only illuminates the area where its concentration is focused. All of that which remains dark is beyond its immediate scope. Psychologists have determined that the scope of the conscious mind is limited to 7±2 pieces of simultaneous information. This means that when more than five to nine pieces of information are received, the conscious mind becomes overwhelmed and can no longer pay attention to incoming information. You have probably experienced this when you have been very busy. Perhaps people are talking, phones are ringing, the kids are crying, you are trying to get something done, and all of a sudden there is so much going on that you cannot stand it. You have just discovered the limits of your conscious mind!

The conscious mind corresponds approximately to what scientists identify as “dominant-hemisphere functioning.” This means that the conscious mind corresponds to the brain hemisphere which is dominant for a particular individual—a right-handed person would be left-hemisphere dominant and a left-handed person would be right-hemisphere dominant. While this metaphor of hemispheric dominance is overly simplified and therefore not completely accurate, it does provide a good working understanding of the conscious mind’s functioning. It is safe to say that the conscious mind is logical, linear, sequential, analytical, deductive, rational, and language oriented. It is also our intellect.

Many spiritual practices advocate increasing conscious awareness in the process of personal evolution. Because our band of awareness in the journey through life is often so limited, it is important to expand awareness as much as possible. When we are “mindful” in all of our actions, decisions, and choices, alignment increases as communication flows more fully among the three minds.

The Unconscious Mind

If the conscious mind is our present awareness, then the unconscious mind is everything else. It is all of the darkened areas in the room where the laser beam does not shine. In contrast to the conscious mind, the unconscious can process millions of pieces of information simultaneously without becoming overwhelmed. Because of this the unconscious mind is responsible for everything we do automatically. Learning, healing, walking, driving a car, metabolizing our food, and countless other processes which happen automatically are all carried out by the unconscious mind. In the metaphor of hemispheric dominance the unconscious mind corresponds approximately to the subdominant hemisphere. The unconscious mind for a right-handed person would be equivalent to the right hemisphere and for a left-handed person it would be the left hemisphere. It is intuitive, artistic, holistic, simultaneous, non-linear, and inductive. The unconscious is known as the “storehouse” because our memories and our emotions are stored there. Our unconscious mind is also our body. It is responsible for all of the complex biochemical processes which occur on both micro and macro levels. Additionally, it is the repository for our beliefs about our identity, the world around us, and what we believe is possible.

Because the unconscious mind stores our beliefs and emotions it will tend to be true to what it has learned over the years, rightly or wrongly. Its intentions are always adaptive. It wants to do the best it can with the choices available. Sometimes the choices may not seem to be the best ones, especially if they are clouded with negative emotions. Fear, anger, pain, hurt, sadness, anxiety and/or other uncomfortable emotions can influence the functioning of the unconscious mind. And, as situations change, beliefs that were once adaptive may now be limiting and even dysfunctional. These beliefs can even pertain directly to dreams and affect how well we remember them, how much we value them, and how well we utilize them in our personal evolution.

The Higher Conscious Mind

The “Higher Self,” or the higher conscious mind, is our “guide.” It is the part of us that has access to the archetypes which Jung referred to in his concept of the “collective unconscious” …and it is more than that! The higher conscious mind is our direct connection with the Infinite, the Universe, the Divine, or God. The Higher Self is our connection to the intelligence and information that comprises the whole of the Universe and beyond. In dualistic terms, our Higher Self is our connection to Spirit. In synergistic terms our Higher Self is spirit. It has access to all the information that is, because it is that information.

The higher conscious mind also represents perfection, as we might conceptualize it with our limited conscious mind understanding. To the Higher Self everything is as it should be. There is no judgement at this level because everything is okay as it is. This is in contrast to the unconscious mind which may operate judgementally based upon its emotions and beliefs. At the moment when we are aligned with our higher conscious mind we are the closest experientially to understanding grace while in the physical form. Through our Higher Self we come to know God, the Divine, and the Universe (or whatever labels we choose to use).

The Role Of The Three Minds In Dreaming

Our belief is that all dreams are messages from the higher conscious mind. Our Higher Self wants to guide us in all we do. It communicates to us in various ways—through certain events, through our relationships with others, and through our intuition. However, because of our “free will”, it generally does so in a non-intrusive way. As a higher form of life we are always at choice—we have the freedom to say “yes,” or “no,” and to choose right from wrong. The higher conscious mind will not interfere with our choices, because from the position of the Higher Self all is as it should be. The only times when it may intervene directly are in life-and-death circumstances. You have probably heard of people who had a sense that something was not right, so they did not take the flight on which they were scheduled. Or perhaps through a series of events, they missed their flight and were better off because they had. These are examples of how the Higher Self intervenes and guides our lives.

Our dreams are examples of how the Higher Self intervenes non-intrusively to guide us. We have the freedom to pay attention to our dreams or not. If we pay attention a message will always be there. The message will be sent to help us, and may affirm what we are already doing or provide us with insight into other choices of which we were not aware. Therefore, one of the primary results of dreaming is connection with the Higher Self to produce greater alignment in our lives.

How does this actually occur? The entire process begins with the conscious mind. Its primary function is to be the “director.” It determines what to do and when to do it. In terms of dreaming, the conscious mind is aware of the choices for dreamtime practices. It is responsible for making or not making these choices, and for following up afterwards to determine the results. Dreamtime practices begin and end with the conscious mind. It chooses whether to incubate a dream, to have a lucid dream, and whether to interpret or analyze afterward. As the “director” it provides “direction” for which processes will occur. Because our conscious mind so actively runs the show during the day, each night when we sleep it is really our conscious mind that sleeps. It takes a break as the unconscious processes take center stage. If the conscious mind wants to participate more fully in dreamtime practices it can develop its awareness while sleeping. A lucid dream occurs when we wake up in a dream and realize we are dreaming while we are still asleep. If the conscious mind chooses to play in this way, it will add to the alignment among the three minds.

The primary role of the unconscious mind in dreaming is to provide the arena for the dreams. It is the theater where the information is played out. In this theater there is a multitude of scheduled performances occurring on many different levels— biochemical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual. Some of these performances are memorable, some are not. For example, it is not important for us to remember consciously that our nervous system is stocking up on neuropeptides and that healing occurs while we sleep. These processes occur automatically outside our awareness while we rest and are entertained.

Within this theater or arena, the unconscious mind also provides the language for dreams. That language is in the form of symbols. Each person’s unconscious mind creates symbols which are unique. It develops these symbols from associations, experiences, and memories. Our life experiences become the building blocks for our personal dream symbology. Because these symbols are created from personal experience, we believe that “stock interpretations” are not as valid as individual interpretations. Rather, these symbols represent the message from our higher conscious mind.

For the message from the higher conscious mind to reach us it must come through the unconscious mind. Therefore, the unconscious mind holds the keys. It is the dream weaver in the sense that it weaves the message of the higher conscious mind into our personal symbology. The unconscious mind codes the messages and puts them in a form that is acceptable and palatable to the conscious mind. This also means that some information may not be available to the conscious mind until it is ready for that information, or it makes a request, or life’s circumstances require it. If we imagine for a moment looking at things from the point of view of the Higher Self, we understand that everything is as it ought to be. Therefore, the Higher Self has no insistence that the conscious mind heed its messages and guidance. Why should it? It has access to the “big picture.” It knows everything is working as it should. The problem is that most of us either do not know this experientially or believe it only from moment to moment. In fact, we might say that this is one reason we are alive: to realize, in physical form, that everything is as it should be!

Once the conscious mind sets the direction it lets things unfold unconsciously. Essentially our conscious mind is the last to know what is happening in the process. We wake up in the morning and perhaps we remember some of what we dreamed. The conscious mind can choose to consider those dreams and even interpret them if it wants. Remember, ultimately, the conscious mind isfree to accept or deny anything that is occurring at the unconscious or higher conscious levels. That is the beauty of our existence. We have the free will to pay attention and make meaning in our own way, in our own time. The more the conscious mind pays attention to the dream and intelligently uses this communication, the more the rapport and alignment among the three minds will increase.

For example, have you ever had a dream where you woke up in the morning, did not remember much about the dream but immediately understood its meaning? In this case, we would say that the message from the higher conscious mind was presented in a fairly direct way by the unconscious mind and it became immediately available to the conscious mind. In other words, the higher conscious mind, in its own wisdom said, “Well, she is really ready for this one. We do not need to dress it up to make it more acceptable to her; we will just say it the way it is!” One litmus test of how prepared we are to deal with the truth is how consistently we put the messages into action.

This system has inherent checks and balances, depending on our actions. Do we really follow through on the messages? If we do not take action, our unconscious mind and our higher conscious mind know that we are not paying attention and listening to them. In this case they will continue sending stronger and stronger messages until we ask, “Why does this issue keep coming up for me?” Once we listen to the message, we become an active participant in our dreamlife. This is one surefire way to establish deeper and deeper rapport and alignment with the three minds, because they know that each of their roles is being respected. If we accept the presupposition that the higher conscious mind is communicating these messages to us in the form of dreams, why would we not want to be open to these messages? If we are open to such messages, then, in dream practices, as in hypnosis, we are deepening the rapport among our conscious, unconscious, and higher conscious minds. When we do this, we are in the flow of life. Events seem to occur easily and spontaneously…and the more we listen to our dream messages, the more our lives will continue to unfold easily and spontaneously—as will the next part of this dream.

Conscious Review Of Chapter 1

A dream is a reality that we have created. A dream can come in the form of night dreams, daydreams, beliefs, and trances. Even our waking life can be a dream.We are always living dreams and dreaming realities. The purpose of living dreams and dreaming realities is to produce alignment among the conscious, unconscious, and higher conscious minds.The conscious mind’s purpose is to be aware and to be present. It is excellent at analyzing information and making discriminations. It is constantly orienting us to what is “real” in the world.The unconscious mind runs all of our automatic functions. It communicates through sensations, thoughts, and internal images. Its language is symbols. It knows how to heal the body and consolidate learning. It processes data simultaneously on multiple levels.The higher conscious mind or Higher Self is who we really are. It is our connection to God and our guide through this life. It provides moments of inspiration that stay for life. It is always there. If it is asked, it will speak through life itself.Alignment is built on acceptance, rapport, and communication within. When we are aligned we know it. We are living through our Higher Self and we flow with life.

Unconscious Review Of Chapter 1

You all know that you have a conscious mind and that you have an unconscious mind…and perhaps you now know you have a higher conscious mind. As you are reading this, it is your conscious mind that has directed you to this spot. You have an intention to read this and so you do, because your unconscious mind is automatically focusing your eyes and secreting chemicals that activate the optic nerve…relaying information through your thalamus which in turn relays impulses that activate certain neural networks throughout your cortex and limbic system…finally resulting in the visual representation that comes together with the activation of your occipital lobe, and you see what you have been seeing now!

And you do not have to know any of this consciously. All you do is intend something and to the extent that you have rapport with your unconscious mind, it does the rest for you automatically. While you are reading these words, without your knowledge, your unconscious mind is…connecting to the information that is most important to you. We do not know what those connections are, but we do know that your unconscious will…