Consciousness Playtime Resources

On the Technique of Acting is my top recommended training resource on the creative arts.  It is further a delicious exercise manual for the matrix-minded individual.  Doing the creative exercises in this book and one other by Michael Chekhov, To the Actor: On the Technique of Acting, will not only stimulate creative inspiration but also expand consciousness and a sense of playfulness with the universe.

Dreams about Snakes; Dreams about Fears

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The Dream: I'm in water, like a stream or creek, and I see two rattlesnakes under the bank. Next, I see a man in the water and I warn him that there are rattlesnakes in the water. He seems very surprised and says he hasn't seen a single one. I tell him they are near the bank.

At just that moment, a snake appears in the water and starts coming aggressively toward me. I scramble to the bank just as the snake strikes but then realize that the snake is not giving up, but trying to strike again. I wake.

My take on the dream so far: Part of my own dreamtime technique involves awareness of current struggles and challenges, and current focus. A lot of the time, just reflecting on what I'm working with spiritually helps determine the meaning of the dream. The same dream, at a different time, might have a different meaning but seen through the lens of current experience, this one is clearly about manifesting what I fear.

Lately, I've been working with my consciousness to shift belief systems around fear and manifestation. I've seen in my own life that, even if i don't actually manifest what I fear, the fear of manifesting it robs me of joy in the present moment. Dwelling on what I fear has never proven to be particularly progressive, in other words.

Thoughts are magnetic energy. There's a movie around right now called "The Secret" that talks about this but it isn't a new idea. Thoughts create our reality. So, if we are thinking of what we fear all the time, and thought is magnetic, guess what we draw? Yeah, rattlesnakes under the bank.

Snakes have always been about huge, transmutational change in my life so the fact that my fear presented itself in the dream as a snake indicates that I am truly shifting this in a big way. That felt good. Also good that the snake was in water. Water almost always, in my dream landscape, represents emotions. The dream would have had a different meaning for me if the water had been swirling, dirty or, in some other way, unusual. Here, it was perfectly calm water. The emotions were calm in the wake of fear, the snake. Also, the male self being calm and presenting
the other perspective....a snake-free reality, was a wonderful message of integration.

Spiritual Consciousness Shift

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A Consciousness Shift
I have recently achieved a consciousness shift that I've been working toward my whole life. I'm certain this shift will affect the way I post dreams in the future because my dreamtime work has to change as well.

I have been in the spiritual awakening process on a conscious level since about 1991. One of the teachings I have heard over and over, and read over and over, is that we have a Higher Self that remembers more of who we are on a spiritual level and we have a lower self, which is more ego-based and involved in the smaller version of who we are.

This ego-based lower self wants what it wants when it wants it. The higher self realizes that forging ahead to make something happen before the universe is aligned with it can create delay, more struggle, and a diversion from our true path.

Does this all sound familiar?

If you've been on the spiritual path very long, I'm sure it does.I've had a huge shift around that but I'm not yet able to fully articulate it. However, what I see happening with my dreams is that there are more brief and to the point. You will see what I mean when I post the next few dreams.

Dreams about the male self; article on dream of peace

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My dreams of the past few weeks have been tumultuous and soon forgotten. Try as I might to hold on to them, they fade rapidly and I'm left with only the tiniest of remnant. Even the remnants are meaningful but not in a way that would provide much benefit to my readers here. I believe the struggle I'm having has to do with being in the middle of a very large consciousness shift in my life and that once I am a little more stable in that, I can record my dreams once more and, perhaps, from an even higher level of coherence.

One dream I do recall is what I call the fiber man. I was in water. A man was swimming toward me. He had apparently been in the water a very long time because he had fibrous hair all over his body. I found it quite repulsive. He was cheerful though and swam toward me very energetically speaking. However, he was not speaking english and I had no idea what he was saying.

My take on the dream so far: Definitely had the feel of animus, my male self attempting to communicate with me. The fact that he had "been in the water so long" is significant, since water in dreams usually signifies some type of emotional message. Being emotionally buried for so long has certainly not been good for my masculine self but I was glad to see he was still enthusiastic and cheerful. Unfortunately, I've been so disconnected from him that I now don't understand his message. It's a foreign language to me.

That's rather a vital dream, if unpleasant to see.

I also wanted to share an article with you today. It comes from Maggie and her site is listed at the end of the post. Blessings.

The Ripple Effect

These days have been difficult days with the Arab Israeli conflict still prominent as one of the major issues needing light and assistance in the world. As lightworkers we need to continue to send light, meditate and pray and hold the vision of a peaceful resolution to this conflict. We have to continue to focus surrounding the area with light so as to avoid a further escaltion of events.

It is said that we stand on the verge of the dawning of a New Age, for a New World that is waiting to be born. This may be difficult to envisage as we see what is taking place in the world right now but we have to keep our hearts open and minds clear. Perphaps this is the dark night of the soul that will push humanity to wake up and to become conscious and say no more war, its enough, we want to live in peace and create a better world for our children and further generations to live in. As thousands gather in the streets protesting against this war, a global awareness is emerging that people do want to live peacefully and it is just a handful of influential people who think otherwise for their own selfish gains.

It is the consciousness of the people that will make the difference, and that will eventually turn the tide and open people's awareness to new ways of living and being. Who we are and who we can become lies within the hands of every conscious and awakening individual.

The outer is a reflection of the inner and as each of us breaks through our own individual turmoil and conflict and moves to a higher level, so we help assist the global awakening during this transition. Remaining in sacred space not only empowers us individually, it greatly assists those around us and creates the ripple effect that is needed. See the waves of light and love spreading and spreading and reaching into every corner of the globe influencing every decision that is being taken.

May love prevail, may light prevail, may peace prevail, Maggie

The Planetary Awakening Network
http://www.planetawake.org/

Dreams about Celebrities: Dreams about John Gielgud

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I haven't been remembering my dreams a lot lately. I had a long, involved and very unpleasant dream the other night but can only remember a snippet.

Dream Snippet: I am going up some steep stairs when I hear footsteps behind me. It is John Gielgud. He is his current age and I, in the dream, seem to be younger and physically stronger than my current age. Therefore, I am very surprised to hear John gaining on me. His steps are determined and fast. In this dream, John is set on evil intent. I suddenly realize he will catch me.

After that, I only vaguely remember reaching the top of the stairs and being thrust into a very dangerous and scary situation with some hostage elements. I don't think I was the primary hostage but arriving when I did, got me involved.

My take on the snippet so far: I typically consider scary dreams or challenging dreams to be very important on a spiritual level, and always good. Always a sign that something of importance is surfacing, something important enough to effect my ego-self and generate fear.

I am grateful I was going up the stairs and not going down them. The upward motion indicates striving toward a new level of dealing with something, in my personal dream awareness, so it's a good sign that I'm moving forward with something.

Whenever I have dreams about celebrities, I ask my inner self whether they are appearing in the dream as a person or a character. Then, I look at what I think of them as people or what I feel about any character they have played that is then represented in my dream.

In this dream, John is there as a character. Basically, he is the butler from Arthur. In that film, he had little patience for the pettiness of his royal charge. He didn't cut Arthur any slack. I think his purpose in this dream is the same for me. He was behind me and determined to follow
me up those stairs and into whatever I needed to work through on the next level.

I don't remember seeing John again after reaching the top of the stairs. There was another man there, with a gun or knife, and a woman being held hostage. She was terrified.

At this point, I can't recall the other man.....not quite ready to deal with what I've found at the upper level of my consciousness but at least I made it to the top of the stairs and began to have the experience of what my subconscious wanted to show me. I take that as a positive sign.