Dream Manifestation

Linda Heron Wind, Ph.D.

There are many books and teachings about how to manifest dreams into the Earth plane, but I find that the process is a bit tricky and requires more than a conceptual understanding to put it into effect. Generally we are told to hold a vision of what we want and then live as if it were already here. One could easily go bankrupt doing that alone. There are some important steps and vibrational shifts that need to happen first if a dream is to become physical reality.

First, it is important to weed "wanting" out of your dream vision. There are many ways that wanting something blocks getting it and there are no guarantees that your wanting is in line with your soul path. So wanting something is not the same as a vision. Wanting often comes from the ego mind in the form of attachment. We can identify attachment by trying on a statement such as, "If my dream were to manifest, I would be happy." If you agree with that statement, you have some inner work to do to detach happiness from your vision.

Wanting can also come from a heart level. Because we are all related, many of the visions and dreams that come to us involve service work that would benefit others and the Earth. Our hearts can get attached to the causes we serve and that can limit the possible ways in which the dreams can manifest. Keeping our hearts in the moment and holding gratitude for all that supports the vision in the present moment allows grace to flow into the vision in ways that we could never imagine. Grace comes from the divine through us into the world. It is not something that we can make happen by wanting it. Instead we must simply be a good clear container in the present moment, holding the vision with a feeling level of gratitude and non-attachment.

Gratitude and non-attachment are not something you can pretend about since they are a feeling level of vibration. Other words that are similarly vibrationally identified are acceptance and surrender. These also cannot be faked. When we hold a vision, we also must accept what is in the present moment. A vision or dream cannot be a desire to escape from what is. We must also surrender to the way in which the dream is manifesting in the moment which is often different from what we thought it would be. Like walking a labyrinth, while our vision is on the center, we must be present with each step and accept the twists and turns that seemingly take us away from that vision.

So I believe that there are three parts to manifesting a dream. First, you must be open and have fertile ground within you to receive the vision from spirit. It is not "your" vision as it belongs to spirit and, thus, to everyone. Second, you must cultivate an inner attitude of mind and feeling of heart that allows the vision to become more solid through you. These attitudes and feelings are non-attachment, gratitude, presence, surrender, and acceptance, and they must be practiced not just when you are meditating or thinking of the vision, but all the time. Third, you must take action in the world that supports the vision. This action must grow out of that inner garden of attitude and feeling not from thinking and trying to figure it out or make it happen.

When you have mastered the art of manifestation, you will also have mastered yourself, for bringing things from spirit into form through you requires a mastery of mind and heart. Co-creation with the universe is not an easy path nor does it take us to the kind of "dreams" in which we will have everything our ego minds want. However, we have come here to be of service to the new time that is birthing, and as co-creators we must become the midwives to visions of this new world as well as to a larger vision of who we are.

From wanting to grace
The key that opens the door
Simply gratitude

If you have comments on these articles or ideas for future topics, call Linda Heron Wind
at (585) 924-5620 or send e-mail to LHWind@aol.com.

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