Yes! I really did dream of flying last night (well, sort of). A tremendously huge tree grew at the center of our lawn (wherever we were living in the dream). I reached up and took hold of a small twig on a small branch and pulled it down to look at the small, new green leaves. Slowly the branch pulled me up and off of the ground and I sailed up into the tree’s crown, swaying in the breeze, like a slow dance, until the branch slowly let me down again. I swear the tree bowed to me then. Lovely.
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Wow, so basically you wanted to dream of flying and then you did? Amazing. A friend of mine was told my her father growing up when she woke up upset by a nightmare that her dreams were like movies and she was the director. Ever since then she said she directs her dreams.
By: My Courageous Life on Thursday 9 June 2011
at 9:21 am
Things like this don’t always happen to me, but if I’m honest, I can see that when I have an intention, focus on it and then truly let it go (in the sense of really forgetting about it, which I of course cannot do consciously – there’s the rub), then something magical happens. I met my husband like this, recently bought a nearly perfect homestead property like this, and now I’m trying to manifest a more creative career like this. We’ll see.
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By: epapaluap on Thursday 9 June 2011
at 10:21 am
So you’re saying you thought about what you were seeking in a mate and then later in a property and then it happened?
By: My Courageous Life on Thursday 9 June 2011
at 10:28 am
Yes, well, not exactly. Here’s the story (originally posted as a comment at http://www.chookooloonks.com/blog/2011/3/31/the-story-of-my-perfect-man-list.html):
I used to lay tarot cards with my housemate and then we would talk for hours about our insights. Inevitably the conversation would turn to her finding her ideal man. I was adamant at the time that I didn’t want to go down that road again, but she insisted that we should at least make lists of our preferred qualities and sign up for a partner matching website. One night we laid the cards again and we decided it was an auspicious time to make our lists. We shared – she was flabbergasted. My standards were too low, she said. I could do better. Yeah, but I’m not really looking for this down-to-earth, funny, curly-haired, blue collar dude who lives in the woods anyway, I said (the list went on, but I won’t bore you here).
She used her list to sign up for the online matching service; I carried mine around in my work bag for a week or so, found it again, reread it, laughed, shook my head and promptly recycled it.
A few months later at a Christmas party I talked with my husband-to-be. Six months later on the day I moved out from my former housemate’s apartment and into my own, a friend arranged a “date” at a party at her house. A few months later I moved into his house in the woods.
Intention is powerful.
And just yesterday this husband of mine gave me a list I had scribbled as we discussed our perfect property a year or two ago. The list was still in the notebook he uses for his English lessons. The place we bought this spring includes all but one of the very specific conditions we wanted. Neither of us had looked at the list since we jotted it down. Amazing? I think so.
By: epapaluap on Thursday 9 June 2011
at 10:59 am
I love hearing stories like this. Thank you for sharing it with me. It reminds me of Jamie Ridler’s A Year of Dreams. So what career are you dreaming about?
By: My Courageous Life on Thursday 9 June 2011
at 11:10 am
That’s where I need to get clear, create an honest intention and let it go. I am no where near as specific in my career wishes as in my lists re: husband and homestead. I think it’s because I’m too afraid to name what I really want or don’t believe I am worthy of having it. I keep circling around it, not ready to risk the vulnerability it probably requires. I’ll just keep moving slowly in my dream’s direction and maybe, when I can describe it properly, I will begin living it.
Thanks for sparking this conversation. It is refreshing and helpful! Do you have any strong intentions that manifested or are in process?
By: epapaluap on Thursday 9 June 2011
at 11:26 am
I just finished reading Karen’s story on the blog you sent me. And I was thinking of how many times I’ve thought to do this and how I ought to do this now, but to be really honest I thought I can’t…I’m scared. It sounds stupid I know. And I don’t quite understand still what I’m afraid of…the unknown I guess. In terms of what you wrote about not being as clear about career wishes because possibly you’re too afraid to name it or don’t believe you’re worthy it made me think of Byron Katie’s work and the concept of limiting beliefs. It sounds like if you could identify the beliefs that are getting in the way of you feeling worthy then you can work on dissolving them. How come you are afraid or don’t feel worthy to have the career that you wish for, but you did not feel these things when it came to naming what you wanted from a romantic partner or from a property? That thought just occurred to me. I did a dreamboard in Jamie Ridler’s A Year of Dreams and then all these things started happening I felt. It was great. But it also freaked me out. So you know…I stopped. I think I spend too much time keep too much at bay afraid of the unknown I guess.
By: My Courageous Life on Thursday 9 June 2011
at 11:33 am
Sometimes I just think we are afraid of our own power. I’m not sure if this is a women’s issue or not, but in any case, when we witness the power of our intentions, i.e. the images on our dream boards actually enter our “real” lives, too often we take a step back and say, “Whoa, that was weird” because I think that most of the time, we don’t see the currents that shape our lives, and when we catch a glimpse of that power at work and see how we actually can direct that power to some extent – well, that’s like entering the realm of the divine in a way. I mean, who am I to determine my fate?
In the culture I grew up in, there’s also a great emphasis on working hard and doing the right thing to achieve your goals. It’s all external. You want A so you do B until you are exhausted, and if you do B right, you get A, maybe. Because almost everyone is working hard in this way, it’s considered unfair if you skip doing B because you “simply” had an intention for A to happen and it does. (People may think you’re “just lucky”.) But I think forming a true intention for A, really defining what A is and how it will help me and maybe others, is as much “work” as flailing away doing B for years and years. But this having intention stuff is suspect because the work is not visible. Anyhow, that’s my seat of my pants theory.
So I guess I’m saying that maybe in addition to fearing our power and the unknown, we also fear some social repercussions for reaching toward our goals in unconventional ways.
By: epapaluap on Thursday 9 June 2011
at 11:49 am