Harvesting the Dream

it has been a while since i have written about dream group. whenever i mention the dream group, people are very intrigued, i take it for granted because i am lucky enough to go, but when i hear the reactions of others, it reminds me how lucky we are to be a part of it. i realize that there are so many slight insights that are cultivated, and that inspired me to harvest and share the sustenance. below are things that are shared outloud by dreamers or 'if-it-were-my-dream'--ers, kathy, or thoughts that come up to me as i day dream about the dreams.

• ~everything in your dream is an inner experience, all the people/situations/emotions/etc in your dream are aspects of you
• what showed up in the dream is a gift
• when you do not know something, we go directly to: "I can't" versus "I don't know how yet"
• -> mindfulness
• it is time to express yourself
• drop the  idea that you need to make a masterpiece, you already are, cannot be improved, just come to it
• leave it to the universe to put it together not from forcing (swim and dance in the unknown)
• I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.  Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) 
• 'embrace differences', differences are not better or worse. Differences are seen as in conflict - but not . . .
• BOOK: "The Goddesss is in Every Woman"

*one of the most impact-ful (coolest) things that we did was we were made witness to one of the dreamers taking on the roles that were in her dreams and talking as if she were them. it was amazing. kathy guided the dreamer to answer questions as if she were the different people that came up in the dream. it reminds me of letters from "sadness" and "my piece". since whatever is coming up for us, be it emotions, artistic endeavors or dreams, are just a part of us, then being conscious and allowing that essence to have a voice opens a lot of possibilities and perspectives for us. this is truly a gift. it is empowering empathy. to take it further, it would be interesting to take on other people in the same way in waking life. in that way, one might understand the motivation behind their actions.