02-27-2011, 12:00 AM
Turin,
Such a thoughtful, heartfelt post! On many levels, I resonate with what you say here. And--for what it's worth--from my perspective, I could exchange the word "dreaming" for "power plants" and the same conclusions could apply. I absolutely loved my dreaming years and wouldn't trade them for anything. I also loved my power plant years and wouldn't trade them either. For me, what is important is the "recipe" that works--the ingredients that create for you the world you want. There is so much out there that is information and not necessarily knowledge--so we pick and choose, some methodically, some randomly, some "by the book", some by the spirit of the law and some by the letter of the law. For me (although it wasn't the case early on) what works, whether dreaming or not dreaming, is a personal prescription for a very unique and individual journey. Earlier on, I followed other's prescriptions for development--and this isn't wrong or right, it's simply the route I took to get me where I'm at. The mystery about the whole journey is the juxtaposition of the tonal and the nagual, their seeming polarities, and their sameness in the end.
Earlier on, I practiced lots of dreaming, lucid, conscious, AP shifting dreaming. In the past few years, that has lessened. Initially, I thought I'd "lost" my dreaming. I didn't realize that there was 'something' on the other side of nighttime dreaming. Any of the developmental "stages" of becoming a seer can become a resting point--this may be the case for nighttime dreaming also, just as we can get lost in the use of power plants, or amassing knowledge, or stalking.
I have come to understand that there is nothing to accomplish, nothing to become; everything is here in front of us, now!
Such a thoughtful, heartfelt post! On many levels, I resonate with what you say here. And--for what it's worth--from my perspective, I could exchange the word "dreaming" for "power plants" and the same conclusions could apply. I absolutely loved my dreaming years and wouldn't trade them for anything. I also loved my power plant years and wouldn't trade them either. For me, what is important is the "recipe" that works--the ingredients that create for you the world you want. There is so much out there that is information and not necessarily knowledge--so we pick and choose, some methodically, some randomly, some "by the book", some by the spirit of the law and some by the letter of the law. For me (although it wasn't the case early on) what works, whether dreaming or not dreaming, is a personal prescription for a very unique and individual journey. Earlier on, I followed other's prescriptions for development--and this isn't wrong or right, it's simply the route I took to get me where I'm at. The mystery about the whole journey is the juxtaposition of the tonal and the nagual, their seeming polarities, and their sameness in the end.
Earlier on, I practiced lots of dreaming, lucid, conscious, AP shifting dreaming. In the past few years, that has lessened. Initially, I thought I'd "lost" my dreaming. I didn't realize that there was 'something' on the other side of nighttime dreaming. Any of the developmental "stages" of becoming a seer can become a resting point--this may be the case for nighttime dreaming also, just as we can get lost in the use of power plants, or amassing knowledge, or stalking.
I have come to understand that there is nothing to accomplish, nothing to become; everything is here in front of us, now!