Friday, February 5, 2021

The Experience of Switching Places ...




        "Some days we feel like strangers.  When our
heart opens, we will realize we belong just here."
Jack Kornfield

As a young child, I experienced recurring dreams.  To better understand them, I learned to project them on an imaginary movie screen.  Outside of the dream, I could observe using fast forward or choosing slow motion.  I grew adept at recognizing symbols and learned to untangle the message behind the dream.

It wasn't until I had children of my own that I began to help others with their dreamscapes.  It was amazing how much a person could learn about repressed feelings or fears.  Most people were not  especially aware of the depth attached to a dream nor were they prepared for the confusion between the sense of reality in the dream.

Through the discipline of meditation, one learns how to be present and  allow thoughts to float across a screen.  Both visualization and meditation practices allow us the ability to be somewhat 'out of body' with spiritual imagery.  Therefore, today, I can be the essence of calm up on the screen, while watching my human self participate in an earthly story with birth and death.  The non-physical presence becomes my reality ... connected with all behind the scenes.
 

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