January 3, 2012
How often we have seen children in their play create imaginary worlds, whether playing in groups or by themselves. The imaginary worlds they create can be elaborate or simple. But they are always imaginary. We have learned that the lives we live in this world are like dreams, for we are spiritually asleep as we wend our separate way through this life. Those dreams we dream are like a child’s imaginary play world. It has its base in all we experience in our lives, but it is still made up. It is completely dependent on our perception, what we think about everything we have experienced. Our problem is we believe our dream world is real, unlike a child who can shed the made up world when it’s time to come in for dinner.
We have said we are willing to entertain the idea that what we think is real may only be a dream. Thus we can replace one dream with another dream. Or allow Spirit to provide us with a new dream that brings us close to awakening from the dream altogether. In the dreams we have made up, all the figures and ideas are designed to keep us separate, to keep us looking outside of ourselves for what we think we need and want. And so the figures we made up in our dreams work to betray us, keeping us from the awareness of who we really are. But now, in our changed dreams, the figures there have been transformed. They are now perceived as our brothers and sister, not in conflict, judgment and betrayal, but in love and joy. We recognize them as the One Child of God we all are, One with God in perfect Oneness.
This transformed dream, shown to us through Spirit is the forgiving dream. It is the dream that transforms our minds, allowing us to see each other as we really are and recognize the face of Christ in all we see. What a shift in thought this is. It frees us from the dreams we made up that bound us in a world of fear and mistrust. We are free to experience the peace, love, and joy that have always been within us. We can see and feel that the answer we were searching for outside of ourselves has always been right here within us. As we hear and remember that ancient song within us, we realize it has never not been within us, that it has always remained within, waiting for us to awaken to its joyful melody of peace and love.
Allow the forgiving dream to echo in your mind again. Peace, love and joy are waiting there, right within you this moment. Free yourself from the bonds of your made up dreams and rejoice in each one who is One with you and all creation.
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