“We are dreaming the world into being through the very act of witnessing it.” –Alberto Villoldo, PhD.
Take a look around you. What do you see? What is it that you are witnessing?
More importantly, what thoughts are you having which are energizing (…powering up, juicing, expanding, making more potent…) that which you are witnessing?
If the state of the world today is not looking good to you, perhaps it’s time to change how you view it.
If nothing I just wrote makes any sense, consider this fabulous piece by Alberto Villoldo that was excerpted by permission in the Spirit of Change Magazine:
“Whether you realize it or not, we are all dreaming the world into being. What we’re engaging in is not the sleeping dream we’re familiar with, but the waking dream we craft with our eyes open. When we’re unaware that we all share the power to co-create reality with the help of the universe itself, that power slips away from us and our dream turns into a nightmare. We begin to feel we’re the victims of an unknown and frightening creation that we’re unable to influence or change. Events seem to control us and trap us.
The only way to end this dreadful reality is to awaken to the fact that it, too, is a dream, and recognize our ability to write a better story, one that the universe will work with us to manifest. As soon as you awaken to your power to dream, you begin to flex the muscles of your courage. Then you can dream bravely: letting go of your limiting beliefs and pushing past your fears. You can begin to create truly original dreams that germinate in your soul and bear fruit in your life… Read more
–From Courageous Dreaming: How Shamans Dream The World Into Being by Alberto Villoldo, PhD. (2008, Hay House)
