I am interested in meaning-making in my life, a term I first read in Carl Jung's work. It interests me how our dreams, healing work (particularly hypnotherapy with the trance element), and creativity overlap. Bringing the "feminine" into our culture is how our country could change for the better. If the Oscar Award Winner for best movie, The Hurt Locker, is the film that tells us what 2009 was - a film about addiction to killing and subsequent rush in the body, then the "feminine" is what we need to balance our society. (Feminine and masculine are old terms and could be better said as different ways of being intelligent/receiving information) the intuitive, feeling vrs the sensate and rational.

The Daily Dreamer: Don’t Send in the Cavalry

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I love the pall bearer part. You made great "sense" of your dream.
I'd love to post with others interested in dreams. I would also like
a class but not Monday or Wednesday which are the days I work
away from home. I have been keeping dream journals for 5 years
and have been in several dream groups which I love, one dream
group right now. I find the symbols in dreams really helpful for
the awareness of my complexes. I find I'm able to admit to my
splits better with friends and even have humor about them.
Best to all "dreamers."

Children of Dust: A Memoir of Pakistan by Ali Eteraz - Harperone - Beliefnet Community

Children of Dust: A Memoir of Pakistan by Ali Eteraz - Harperone - Beliefnet Community: "0"

I liked the title of your book and so I watched the podcast. I am looking for a community of
memorists. My memoir, Salt and Paper comes out the end of this year. We are still debating on
the rest of the title after the colon. Best.

Creative Visualizations/Intentions

I've been thinking about creative visualizations and how we call those intentions these days. Whatever our desire, a tested, helpful tool to make dreams come true is to visualize with intent and then do the footwork toward the goal, one step at a time.

I have also found that a symbol helps deepen the work. A picture is worth a thousand words applies here.

I was teaching a class on Writing As Spiritual Practice at the College of Marin when it occurred to me that the teachings of the class would be a good book. I had never written a book but very much admired those who did. It was the first time I really set an intention. I could see writing it each morning before work. I used the symbol of the morning glory to deepen the idea that each day brings new possibilities. I saw water lilies on the cover: a symbol to me of growth using bed rock mud, water, and air. All of it!

The result was Stirring the Waters: Writing to Find Your Spirit which was named one of the best books of 2001 by the Independent Booksellers. By 2009, I was the author of ten books.

Here in the San Francisco bay area we have many resources to find a group that does meditation or trance work. It's good to learn to do this deep relaxation so visualizations can be deeply implanted in your subconscious. The visualization meditation or trance work can become a daily practice. Meditation helps you clear your mind; creative visualizations fill your mind, all for the highest good.

I am thinking of short classes on various techniques. Let me know what you might be interested in. Thanks and best all.