The Secret About Changing the Dream
Weekly Word #7 ~ June, 2007
The day after writing my previous Weekly Word about The Secret and
Dreaming, I was waiting for a friend at Kaiser Hospital. I watched
a couple across from me, as the man grew more agitated with each person
that was called into the office. Finally he spoke up and said, “Hey,
we were here before them!” A nurse kindly told him that there
were many doctors there, and his wife’s doctor would see her
in a moment. He garrumphed, and said something angry under his breath.
A few moments later, the nurse called the woman into the office,
and as her husband approached with her the nurse apologized and told
him there was no place for him to wait inside right then, and asked
him to sit back down in the waiting room. He became even more agitated,
and spun away with the word “bitch!” resonating from his
angry expletive.
He began pacing up and down the hall, angrily denouncing the nurse,
the doctors, and the hospital to one and all. On one of his trips
into view, the nurse opened the door and invited him to come in and
be with his wife. He passed through that door as though she was standing
there ready to drive a knife into his back as he passed. His body
showed the tightness and tension of his war with the world.
From where I was dreaming, the nurse was pleasant and thoughtful,
and concerned about the man’s desire to be with his wife in
the doctor’s office. From where he was dreaming, the whole system
seemed to be working against him and making him very angry.
Many who teach about “The Secret” would have us believe
that all this man would have to do is change his thinking and his
whole life would change. And, you know, I agree completely. However,
I wonder how he would have reacted if I had suggested that to him
while he was pacing the hall ranting about The World.
For me, this is a great example of how dreaming creates your world.
This man and I were living in totally different universes. And I know
that he is so fully immersed in his unique universe and its battles,
that it would be very difficult for him to simply change his thinking
to move to a more peaceful and comfortable universe.
Yes, it is very simple, but it is not always easy. We have all lived
in our special universes for so long that we get very attached to
them. Those universes attract into them all the evidence we need to
support the beliefs and agreements that maintain them.
So here is my secret about changing your dream: You can change your
life by changing how you dream it. It is that simple, and it is often
not easy. First, you need awareness that you are dreaming (see my
book chapter “The Perfect Dream” in the Joydancer Notebook
here). Then you need tools for exposing and changing the ways you
think. Changing your thinking will change your emotions. Changing
your emotions will change your reactions, as well as change the very
cells of your body. Changing your thinking, emotions, reactions, and
cells will change your universe.
This is the work of Spiritual Warriors. Not all are called to it.
If you are one of the ones that are (and since you have read this
far I assume you are), I hope you will join me for an event, Journey
of the Spirit, TeleClass, or Joydancer online program soon. It is
why Joydancer exists.
There is no hurry, but we haven’t a moment to waste.
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