Involvement
Move From Theories To Experiences
Photos by Don Pierce.
As participants’ capacities for Truth, Goodness, and Beauty expands and deepens with ever-greater consciousness, their embrace (that which they consider and act upon) becomes ever wider.
The next time you tend to your dreams, vivify them by using the following linguistic tools:
—talk about your dreams in the present tense;
—use verbs ending in “ing.” such as “the otter is following my canoe;”
—remove all articles such as “a,” “an,” and “the” because such words “tend to reduce the image from a specific character with an independent identity to a generic class of beings; and
—write the names of the Dream Characters using capital letters.
As participants’ capacities for Truth, Goodness, and Beauty expands and deepens with ever-greater consciousness, their embrace (that which they consider and act upon) becomes ever wider.
This embrace is realized in the Self, is embodied in Nature, and is expressed in Culture. In this way, participants perfect themselves, neighborhoods become excellent, communities become better, and the world becomes a nicer place to live. These benefits will come to fruition more readily if participants move their awareness from high-sounding theories to programs such as the Great Work! of the Heartwood Path.
The next activity is the first of our many NatureConnect Dream Journal Activities. You have already begun using present tense reporting for your Dream Tending. In the following Activity, you will bring to use the other three recommended linguistic tools.
To Talk Up Dreams…
Combined HumaNatureConnect Activity and Nocturnal Pilgrimage
Using Appropriate Dream Tending Tools
For this activity and for each time you tend to your dreams, use the following linguistic tools:
