Friday, April 27, 2012
What Dreams Have You Let Get Away?
Dreaming happens day and night. Some people say they don't dream at night, others say they just don't remember their dreams but night time dreaming is a part of our fundamental belief structure as a culture. And then there's daytime dreaming, like staring out the window thinking about your boyfriend during math class or when the time for that has passed, shopping on line at work, because you hate your job. Or the real, conscious, themes that build over time in your imagination about what you'd like to do or be or have in life. Sometimes the latter type finds expression in practical goal setting and accomplishment and sometimes those ideas are derailed by negative self talk that dismisses such dreams as impossible.
When we become too familiar with the script of impossibility we're sunk. But as long as there is an inch of space that will let us step back and regard that picture with our higher perception then we have the chance to reclaim our power to choose how we would rather feel -forget the question "why do I feel this way?" that's another derailer -no need unravel your life history, simply ask what would I rather be, do or have. But watch out, the pattern is well entrenched and you'll probably hear the familiar reply "but that's not something I can do" and the implications, I'm not smart enough, deserving enough, young enough, talented enough, blah, blah, blah......regain control and the power to choose has slipped back to the default setting of powerlessness.
Now flash backwards to night time dreaming and your personal GPS. The take on night time dreams that I like is the one that says that what appears in your dreams is a review of the unprocessed experiences of your day and that paying attention to the elements that come to you is like following a map. If you never remember your dreams but want to, you can have that. Just ask either silently or out loud, before you go to sleep, for help to remember your dreams. When you've got that down take it a step further when you are really ready for excitement, and state that you remember your dreams each night so that you can be clear about what you really want in your life and how to get it.
You and your dreams are a rich compendium of potential that only needs tapping into to produce for you BIG TIME.
So here's my scenario of late. I was daydreaming while checking email the other day and decided somehow it was important to open Travel Zoo. As I scrolled down past the trips and deals that didn't interest me I clicked on a 10 night guided tour, including airfare, to Turkey for $1,600. Turkey has not been on my wish list, that I knew of, but it had been in my awareness for a few months. This deal brought up a very important pattern in my thinking, Oh I can't go to Turkey -I didn't even listen to all the silly reasons, I just knew there were a lot of them. So I put it in perspective. I replaced the engine in my car for $5,000, rehabbed the bathroom all because the toilet wasn't working which was probably another $1,500, got a fake tooth to fill the gap where a molar was pulled for $900, bought groceries every week for varying amounts of money... you get the point, and so did I. I've started viewing money as being there for emergencies or mundane expenses or should I say I've totally missed what living is for. I'm a big proponent of the law of attraction but something slipped past my filter and I forgot to focus on the fact that money is always coming in plus I don't have to be wealthy to travel.
I am self employed, for heaven's sake, and I have at least three income streams that are directly affected by my imagination and activity levels. So if I don't go to Turkey, it's because I'm thinking like a chicken.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Loose Change
As I spilled a zip lock baggie full of small change in my car this morning I thought about the variety of associations we have with the word.
There's the stuff I had to winnow from the grit on the car floor and there's the change that strikes fear into the heart of the dieter, the retiree, the under employed and the ___ fill in the blank.
Small change with money can add up to a treat of some kind now and then. And the "small" part of change is the part we're looking for when we have to disrupt our familiar habits and comforts with something perhaps unwanted.
Let's take one of those areas most of us have a nagging inkling about that needs tweaking in our lives, health.
We are bombarded with information about disease just to the point that most of us have identified one or more things that we feel we need to do to be more healthy but, darn it, all of them involve upsetting our lives -I might even say, when I think about changing my diet "now how can that be healthy , it would be so stressful to have to deny myself those foods that make me happy" and then I could continue "I work so hard and at the end of the day I want my comfort food and drink -I deserve that" and then I could go into a downward spiral about how life wouldn't be worth living and what's the use -who's to say I won't die in a plane crash tomorrow anyway. And so it could go.
Or, what if I asked myself about the times I have felt stuck in a rut by habits, paralyzed by a lack of imagination that comfortable living can breed? You know that feeling that you want to do something new and fun but you can't even think of what that would be.
Well here you go -a shot in the arm for applied creativity. Small change in how you look at food. What if food were an art form? Not in the catholic school sense of painting the rose so that it looks exactly like the one the nun put in the center of the table, instead what would it be like if you were going to change your diet with the rules being a little looser, #1 It has to be delicious, #2 It has to be whole (minimally processed)food, #3 It has to be fun to prepare?
Except for #2 it's what you've always wanted anyway. #2 adds the bonus of making you feel sure you know what you're eating.
So setting the rules first that are based on what you want your guidelines to be will help you stay interested while you set your other goals.
Hint: something that would satisfy all three, a raw diet. Look up a book called RAW THE UN COOK BOOK by Juliano. The pictures will be so enticing that you may just decide to try something (don't get stuck on doing it exactly according to the directions , take liberties. That is the small change that starts a host of wonderful new experiences. To keep it loose, keep it small.
There's the stuff I had to winnow from the grit on the car floor and there's the change that strikes fear into the heart of the dieter, the retiree, the under employed and the ___ fill in the blank.
Small change with money can add up to a treat of some kind now and then. And the "small" part of change is the part we're looking for when we have to disrupt our familiar habits and comforts with something perhaps unwanted.
Let's take one of those areas most of us have a nagging inkling about that needs tweaking in our lives, health.
We are bombarded with information about disease just to the point that most of us have identified one or more things that we feel we need to do to be more healthy but, darn it, all of them involve upsetting our lives -I might even say, when I think about changing my diet "now how can that be healthy , it would be so stressful to have to deny myself those foods that make me happy" and then I could continue "I work so hard and at the end of the day I want my comfort food and drink -I deserve that" and then I could go into a downward spiral about how life wouldn't be worth living and what's the use -who's to say I won't die in a plane crash tomorrow anyway. And so it could go.
Or, what if I asked myself about the times I have felt stuck in a rut by habits, paralyzed by a lack of imagination that comfortable living can breed? You know that feeling that you want to do something new and fun but you can't even think of what that would be.
Well here you go -a shot in the arm for applied creativity. Small change in how you look at food. What if food were an art form? Not in the catholic school sense of painting the rose so that it looks exactly like the one the nun put in the center of the table, instead what would it be like if you were going to change your diet with the rules being a little looser, #1 It has to be delicious, #2 It has to be whole (minimally processed)food, #3 It has to be fun to prepare?
Except for #2 it's what you've always wanted anyway. #2 adds the bonus of making you feel sure you know what you're eating.
So setting the rules first that are based on what you want your guidelines to be will help you stay interested while you set your other goals.
Hint: something that would satisfy all three, a raw diet. Look up a book called RAW THE UN COOK BOOK by Juliano. The pictures will be so enticing that you may just decide to try something (don't get stuck on doing it exactly according to the directions , take liberties. That is the small change that starts a host of wonderful new experiences. To keep it loose, keep it small.
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