Dream a Mythic Dream with
Me (part two)
by Margaret Heart Lewis
(part
one) http://www.susunweed.com/herbal_ezine/November05/wisewoman.htm
Are you enjoying your Mythic Dreams?
In this second part of Margaret Lewis' article on
dreaming we will continue our discussion of your soul's
mythic journey and we will take a closer look at the
symbology of your dreams. I hope you are savoring
this new Dream Diet! Remember you can feast on all
the symbolism you desire. Leave not a morsel on your
plate! Each and every symbol is nourishment, which
provides the sustenance you need for each step of
your soul's mythic journey. The symbols on your feasting
table reflect the self-trust, deep knowing and the
wildly creative ingenuity of your soul's vision. How
much you take from this table is entirely up to you.
So let's chew on it, digest and assimilate the power
and wonder of your dreams!
Ideas to ponder:
• Carl Jung said that dreams are private myths
where myths are public dreams.
• Dreams are the imagery of the inner world;
the earth and all its creatures are the imagery of
the outer world; both worlds are real.
• When you look at the world of dreaming, the
world of dreaming looks back at you.
Let's add a new game to our nighttime play - don't
worry it is easy! All you have to do is lie back,
close your eyes, and activate your imagination. It's
just like when we were kids - it's child's play! Our
new game is called the Dream Flyer. As with all dreaming
games, this game is playful not mindful. The object
of every dreaming game is to have fun. You are building
your intent to dream, so don't try - just intend to
dream.
To spread the wings of your Dream Flyer, you lay
in bed on your stomach or on your side as you are
readying to fall asleep. Feel your body growing heavier
as your muscles relax and your bones settle. As your
body becomes heavier, your spirit feels lighter and
it gathers between the wings of your shoulder blades,
preparing for its flight into the realm of dreaming.
Move your focus and attention to this place on your
body at the center of your back between these bony
blades. Release any tension you may be carrying there.
Let the worries of the day fade and allow yourself
to feel your spirit rising, light as a feather, carried
on a dry arid wind.
Maintain this sensation of feathered lightness of
being as you imagine your wings unfurling at your
shoulder blades. See these wings uncoil and release
your majestic feathers of flight. To fly, you must
use your psychic back muscles. My daughter, who is
a dancer, tells me that her arms will look like spaghetti
if she fails to use her back muscles to propel her
arms through space. Therefore, we must exercise our
psychic back muscles at the center of our back in
order to shift our mode of perceiving that takes us
into dream flight.
So loosen up your physical muscles so your psychic
muscles can move freely. Lift your sternum up and
roll your shoulder blades toward each other and then
down your back. My yoga teacher like my daughter's
dance teachers, advises that I press the top of my
shoulders down and allow my shoulder blades to release
down my back. We tend to hold the weight of our stress
on our shoulders and we hunch them up to our chins,
as our burdens grow ever greater. So release all that
now. Let it all fall away as your wings unfurl.
Visualize your wings. What do they look like to you?
Are they white and pure like an angel's? Are they
multi-colored like an exotic bird of paradise? Are
they the wings of great hawks and eagles, or the soft
compact blades of a songbird? Visualize them now to
the best of your ability. As the wings of your inner
vision crystallize, see them growing bigger and bigger
until they fill the entire space of your bedroom,
touching the ceiling even!
Your wings continue to expand, reaching up through
your bedroom ceiling, up through the top of your house,
up past the trees and up into the night sky. Your
expanding wings reach high up through any cloud cover,
up higher and higher and soon they are rippling in
the air currents that encircle the globe and yet,
they reach higher and higher still until you find
them among the stars. Unfurling your wings shifts
your perception into dreaming awareness. Hold this
vision as you drift off to sleep. Fall asleep with
your wings propelling you into your dreaming realm.
When you awaken in the morning, before you get up
for the day, imagine your wings unfurling again into
the higher cosmos of dreaming. Touch your dreams with
the tips of your wing feathers and see if any dream
memories surface. Lay there for a moment and muse
over any image or memory that comes. If you do remember
the dream, slip back into it for a moment and feel
its fullness, the rich emotions it invoked and the
messages it conveys. Relish all that comes back to
you and play with its meaning.
Question to ponder: How will your day tomorrow
be dreamt by you tonight?
About Margaret Hart Lewis
Margaret H. Lewis is a highly regarded professional
speaker, workshop facilitator, business and personal
development consultant, gifted spiritual practitioner
and author. For over 20 years she has provided countless
training seminars and workshops on a wide range of
life management and personal development skills. Margaret’s
first book, Wisdom Walks In Circles, The Spiraling
Journey of Your Inner Voice offers a compelling story
of a hero's journey to the heart of intuition. Woven
within this tale are the essential elements needed
to forge a deep and lasting relationship with your
inner voice of intuition. Among the numerous titles
written about accessing intuition, none have taken
this unique storytelling approach. While whisking
you into the center of sacred wheel teachings, Margaret
offers empowering strategies to break through the
internal and external challenges we face when attempting
to access our often-elusive inner voice of wisdom.
Visit Margaret at www.wisdomwalks.com