~November 2010~ Visionary, Intuition & Dreaming Thread!

[FirstLight]

(sorry it's late, you guys know i've been just a little distracted ;) )

Welcome to the Month of Gratitude and Festivities



“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” — Albert Schweitzer

“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” — Marcel Proust

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” — Epictetus

“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” — Thornton Wilder

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” — Albert Einstein

“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” — William Arthur Ward

“Take full account of the excellencies which you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.” — Marcus Aurelius

“We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” — Cynthia Ozick
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I am actually sitting here watching the rain turn into the first snow.... (not this picture)
and the grief over the loss of summer is distant enough to welcome the cozy nights and natural propensity to 'cave'

What a blessed thing our seasons are...
we also get to turn our souls over like new leaves as we ebb & flow through our lives
* Welcome it * With the Cave time comes MORE DREAMS...
and recognize Gratitude & Welcoming are but different sides of the same crystal within you.

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Last but not least is the Goddess Hestia, who rules this moontide,
Once the most important of the Greek goddesses, is virtually unknown today.
Her name means “the Essence”, the true nature of things.

Her symbols include: Hearth, home, living flame, architecture, bowl, veils, pantry, keys.
Plants: Angel's trumpet (Datura), California poppy, goldenrod, hollyhock, purple coneflower, and yarrow
Animals: donkey and pig...domesticated livestock, etc.
Scents:Angelica, iris, lavender, and peony
Stones:Amethyst, garnet, gold, silver, and brass

She was worshipped in EVERY HOME... so maybe you can do something to honor your Hearth this month?
...or look into the fire and tell us what you see...?

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Happy Thanksgiving ASAH!!! :loveya: I am GRATEFUL for ALL of YOU! :grouphug:

[Brewman_Jax]

1. Had a dream about the hurricane

Hurricane Tomas. I dreamed that the hurricane split in half. Half went out to sea, the other half went through the southeast US, specifically through FL and GA. I live in GA. I saw the map display on the Weather Channel, the projected track and forecast. I don't know what to make of this.

[rosesaylavee]

2. Woke up with a dream this morning that was short but very helpful to me

In the dream, my husband, son and I were rushing to get out of the house and into the car to make an appointment that we were late for. Lots of rushing movement and just as my husband and son left the house, I ran back in to get something and noticed that there was a swirling mass of leaves and decaying yard debris on the lower level of our livingroom (doesn't exist in reality). There appeared to be a massive black spiderling hatching that covered approximately 3-4 feet by 2 feet and the whole area was covered by butterflies feasting on the spiderlings. I called my husband and son back in to take a look at this.

I woke up with a feeling of 'ah HA' and an understanding (I think) of what it meant for me. I have been, like every other left leaning liberal on the planet, VERY UPSET about last Tueaday. Wednesday I was pretty much incoherent I was so angry. Very very angry. Very very fearful, despairing, the whole thing. Just swamped in the emotional drain of extreme loss and fear and omg hate because of what this will mean for millions of people. Not fun in other words.

What I think this dream did for me was to put the dark swirling mass of fearful things in perspective. Without the massing, the butterflies wouldn't have their feast. The dark has to congregate in order for the light to take care of it more efficiently.

It helped me. You all were probably at this point by Wednesday noon... but it took me these extra days to get my head wrapped around this.

[FirstLight]

3. missile launch - not human

I get a big intuitive hit that the missile launch that the navy, etc. are covering up was another form of disclosure. That extraterrestrials and or other life/energy forms did it to show the military that they have control over our technology and will use it to keep us from destroying eachother...

just had to share

[Sanity Claws]

5. The missile launch

First Light,

I hope you don't mind if I put a link to the missile story. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40087187/ns/us_news-security/

I had no idea of what you were talking about when I first read your post. I think others may also not be familiar with the story.

I am intrigued by your take on the story. Wouldn't that be something?

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. People not yet clear upon the meaning of the new energy and choice

have created a couple of years of struggle and upset instead of hope and an overall positive. It was possible to avoid this.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=245x126144

It requires an actual dedication to staying in the positive, and to focus together on the positive.

Of course, the resulting struggle will produce both Democratic and Republican progress to each of their respective goals, and a greater need, at the next election, to focus upon the positive, instead of giving in and simply reacting to the republicans.

[kimmerspixelated]

6. Thanks for all of it.

Beautiful images, and fantastic quotes. Especially- Proust.

[eilen]

7. I had a dream last night

I was at some kind of party, it was a more upper-crust crowd than I am ever around -- I was there d/t a friend who brought me along with a few others. Anyway, at this party, I met the President-- only he was not Obama. I was very pleased and honored to meet him and was hoping to meet his wife, who I admired. He was very friendly, had an open face, looked you in the eye.

[BlueIris]

8. Probably not what anyone wants to read, but for the last two years,

I've been having visions of intense social unrest, including riots, one of which took place in Washington, D.C. We're talking angry people trashing everything they could get their hands on, smashing windows, breaking into storefronts. The impression I got was that the riots happened in the late fall/early winter.

[FirstLight]

9. i think i have to agree

everyone wants to think we can 'love it all away' or be positive enough to change the course of things...

but realistically, the sinews that hold our fabric of civility are nearing the snappage point
winter is a bad time to tell people you are taking away their food, cash aid, etc...

I have a bad feeling that the rethugs taking back control is part of the 2012 breakdown process
if anytthing, they are good for creating destruction and social unrest and economic collapse, right?

sustainable community
keep thinking it, creating it in our neighborhoods and small hometown groups
that is where our survival and safety lie

[OneGrassRoot]

12. I don't see many people saying to "love it all away"....

or that being positive will magically fix things.

To me, there is a huge difference between positive action -- moving TOWARD love and what we choose to create -- versus action based on running AWAY FROM fear.

There's a distinct creative energy difference there, IMHO.

And the key word is ACTION. Too many get sucked into anger and fear and do nothing, though I assume they don't truly WANT to experience anger and fear perpetually; but their inaction only ensures more of the same...or worse, imho.

Most people who have a clue advocate working toward sustainable community, being prepared for different scenarios, etc. It's the wise thing to do, and can be done in a loving, not fearful, way.

Survival and safety versus creating loving communities.

I see a distinct difference between the two goals, even though in the process of creating loving, cooperative communities survival and safety are more assured.

I'm jumping in here not to be a pain in the ass, but to push back against what I perceive as people dissing having a positive attitude (or those trying to be positive) as though it's all Pollyanna-ish and not based in reality or truth.

Life is hard enough as it is without those of us working hard to create something more positive feeling -- in the midst of survival ourselves -- being dissed all the time.

(I'm not saying you are dissing anyone, FL; it's all around, and your statement of "everyone wants to 'love it all away'" triggered this mini-rant.)

I'm not lecturing ('cause I surely feel anger and fear as well), but just expressing how I feel in response to that statement.

:grouphug:

[Fire Walk With Me]

16. As feedback increases, so do the results of your actions and intentions.

It should be a no-brainer to keep intentions and actions positive, in order to stay in a positive place, for self-benefit and to benefit oters.

Of course, free will is extant, and as ever, the Luciferic is tossed about with little consideration for self or others.

"Here, every look is a mirror. Here, every smile is a trap....Pretending to guide me you led me astray; I don't want to fall into your kind of way." -Front 242

[Fire Walk With Me]

17. Years ago I had images of small amounts of people in the streets, fighting, in a few places

across country. This was before the shift began, which ended the definite negative direction BushCo had put us upon. The "tea party" and the racists who despise Obama may fake unrest through planned violence, in the hopes it would spread, but boy, would it backfire upon them (as it must in this new energy). That sort of thing is how such directions begin to leave the world entirely. For every victory negativity may have, it is only to cause more decent folk to focus upon positive directions away from the negative. Shitty things are indeed going to happen, and more and more people will harden their resolve against the nonsense. The important thing is to not get drawn into the anger and dismay, but to put time and energy into positive directions.

Large fields of highly positive energy can do amazing things to calm the savage beast. Consider those of various paths who pray together for the benefit of all beings, and of the Maharishi's scale of how people at different positive levels reduce negativity around them.

Who said that when in a positive state, that all you can do is sit and meditate? Get out and build what you want in the world, peeps; that's what our birthright, joy, is all about :)

[OneGrassRoot]

18. Love this sentence....

"Large fields of highly positive energy can do amazing things to calm the savage beast."

:thumbsup:

:hug:

[rosesaylavee]

10. Hollow energy

was a term someone other than me spoke a few times in my dream last night. Vague understanding that this is a new understanding of energy.

That's all. Just thought it was important to note it and write it down.

[rosesaylavee]

11. Had a dream Saturday/early Sunday re Obama

Dreamt I was going to work for him. He had arrived at a small airfield in a rural area in a lear jet with a few advisors. Three of us were chosen from the group that had met the plane - I remember thinking in the dream that being #3 in that crowd was an honor. Was on board the lear and it took off and was heading toward upstate New York. I remembered my son named 'Brink' was still down on the airfield and told the President I couldn't leave yet. They returned me to the airfield and I was reunited with my son in the dream (not like my son in real life and his name is not Brink) who was about 10 years old in jeans and a striped shirt, kinda on the pudgy side and who had been worried he couldn't find me.

It felt like a significant dream but I am not sure what it means. I don't know any kid named Brink either. All I can think of is 'brink of disaster'.

[BlueIris]

13. I feel many spiritualists will be called to protect the president.

Something I am actually all for, of course, despite my disagreement with many of his decisions. My guess is that your dream of working for him means providing spiritual support/protective light.

[FirstLight]

14. significance of the Large Hadron Collider

new dimensions found...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4615463

wow...is this part of the opening of the doorway to the 5th dimension? and will it create a vacuum for the lower energies to fall into? hmmmmm...

veerrryyy iiinnnteresting, don't cha think?

[Fire Walk With Me]

15. The physical dimensions are not correlated to the vibrational dimensions.

[MorningGlow]

19. PV--My dad visited me last night

He passed in '03, and this is only the second time he's visited me. This time he came to my bedside and woke me up (very meta) and told me that I should wait with MG Jr. until my mom was "ready". It sounded like MG Jr. and I lived with my mom, and she was going to drive him to school instead of me, but she was running a little late getting ready in the morning.

But then I really woke up and it took me a few seconds to realize that we didn't live with her. So that got me wondering what my dad meant. And I started to think about what I've been mulling over lately--about my life being stuck (still). Perhaps this could mean that I'm going to have my life on hold until something happens in my mom's life--?

Just a thought. I could be completely wrong, of course.

[BlueIris]

20. Had another vision of a dalmatian today.

Dalmatian, not Schipperke.

Um, does anyone know what kind of dog I will eventually be matched with? I just don't know if I'm a Dalmatian kind of gal.

[OneGrassRoot]

21. Recurring dream last night...

Last night I was very focused on receiving guidance through my dreams, for my personal path but also how my personal path is part of the bigger picture. I asked, "How may I best serve?" I was asking to please show me how I can show others (and myself?) that my dreams are based on others' dreams and visions, and that we can create a new way of moving forward...a way that fulfills everyone's wishes and dreams.

Now, I've never worked as a waitress/server. I would be AWFUL at that and greatly admire those who do this work.

(See, in the process of typing this out, I already had a "duh" moment. I asked how I may serve -- something I've asked periodically over the last 15 years -- but I have to say I never had an answer come in the form of such a literal interpretation of me "serving" at a restaurant.)

Anyway, I kept dreaming that I was doing several duties at a restaurant and kept messing it up royally. I was the hostess, server and the one cleaning/busing the tables.

It was frustrating. And it felt as though there wasn't another option. I wasn't waiting for someone else who was running late or anything like that; it wasn't as though I was trying to "do everything" because I wanted to control all aspects of things. It simply was the way it was...I don't know why.

I kept waking up, would ask the same question as it pertained to my path, and I kept returning to the same dream -- the same setting and everything. How I would mess up would be different each time (one time people would be sitting forever waiting for the menu, another time I'd forget their water, another time I couldn't read the order I had just taken, etc.). ;)

People were, in general, very patient and gracious, and they knew I was doing my best and doing something that I wasn't comfortable doing. Now that I think about it, I only recall the customers; I don't recall interacting with the kitchen or even realizing those in the kitchen area were there.

This recurring dream seems to have more of a message that hasn't hit me yet. A real "hmmmm....." moment yet to come.

:)



:shrug:

[MorningGlow]

22. Sounds pretty self-explanatory, OGR

You already called it--that you want to serve people (I love it when our guides get all "punny"), and yet it's difficult because you want to do everything yourself.

So your lesson is to stop rushing around trying to save the world single-handedly. Let others do their jobs, and trust that others will step up--and not only to help you with your plans, but worldwide. Others are also working toward the same ends as you, all the time--but you might not be able to see that from where you are, with your nose to the grindstone! :D

Also, IIRC, didn't you say once (I don't remember if it was here on DU or on Facebook) that people have accused you of being too scattered and frantic, trying out all sorts of ideas at once and acting like you have to get the world set to rights "RIGHTNOW RIGHTNOW"?

Don't take this the wrong way, but I have to admit that your energy sometimes exhausts me just by observing it, because it seems to me that you have a touch of panic about you when you propose many ideas at the same time. But :hug: I mean that in the most loving way possible, and solely to ask you to meditate on the energy you bring to your projects and see if that assessment resonates with you--that perhaps it's possible you might be able to slow down or focus on one or two projects at a time in order to get more done with less stress. :shrug:

[OneGrassRoot]

23. Yes, I'm aware I exhaust people...

;)

That's not my intention, but I'm aware it's often a result of my sharings and invitations. I share in the hope that others who feel the same will connect and step forward, and those who don't resonate or are not ready can simply detach from it and not feel a sense of exhaustion or whatever emotion I trigger in others.

I'm actually not trying to save the world. I am trying to reduce suffering and inspire/empower people to dream, and to follow through on their dreams. That's my joy, so my "doings" are actually very selfish. :)

I definitely have little patience for whining with lack of follow through to attempt to change things; so, I have to detach when I witness that, but simply offer avenues (as I see them) of doing something positive.

And, I'm well aware there are many others around the world working toward -- and implementing -- wonderful projects and creations, doing many things which resonate with my own dreams and visions.

I apologize if I've ever given anyone the impression that I feel I'm unique in this world by any stretch of the imagination as far as what I'm trying to do or how I'm trying to do it.

I do need to find others like me who are ready to do, rather than just talk. I realized that earlier today. Rather than try to find those within existing communities like DU or even ASAH, it's a better use of time and energy to find those already gathered for similar reasons and with similar goals.

That way, I can be exhausted by others' energy, rather than vice versa! ;)

I'm trying to find these others and do reach out frequently to try to work together. The "working together" part is often the part that falls through the cracks...so far, at least. People are still very territorial and possessive for the most part.

From the outside looking in, I realize it seems I'm scattered. What I've never been able to convey to others is how very tied together everything Ive ever been drawn toward really is; and, when I do try to focus on one or two projects and "go with the flow," inevitably other projects' and creations' paths arise and cross all over again, showing that it's all tied together and intrinsic.

I've been very mindful of doing my best to simply go with the flow -- not force anything and most definitely not try to DO everything. It's just that my flow has multiple streams...lol. I really don't have a desire to do everything, nor do I have a martyr complex, as I grew up with that and look in the mirror in that regard frequently and explore whether or not that is what is going on.

It's like having multiple children and trying to give your all to one child -- to their best interests and growth, yet the others rightfully demand attention to their growth and path, as part of the whole family unit. I just keep my eyes and ears open for others to help nurture the paths of these children, if that's even meant to be.

I don't expect anyone else to understand, but I know within myself that whatever is happening with my path isn't as chaotic as it appears to others. :)

It's normally in my nature to apologize when I've caused others discomfort or exhaustion, but I'm not inclined to do that ever again about this particular subject. I see it as others' responsibility to detach from whatever I share if I cause discomfort or anything less than joyful.

I say this because, as you may or may not be aware, you are far from the first person in ASAH to say this to me. And, while I appreciate the thoughtful and loving assessment -- which I have meditated on repeatedly -- I don't feel this sense of panic that others seem to interpret from my sharings. I do periodically feel frustration...but frustration to find those who feel as I do and want to create similar foundations and work together. ;)

Thanks for your thoughts and your two cents, MG. They are always appreciated, as are others' thoughts.

:hug:


Edit for typo

[MorningGlow]

25. Okay, one last thing and I'll shaddap

;)

First of all, you are SO not selfish. Never confuse the need to promote your causes in order to get the word out with selfishness. :P

Okay, the thing I was thinking was this: You said that several people have told you the same things, about the sense of frenzy underlying your efforts; I'm thinking that if one person said that, it might be coming from that person (projecting), but if it's coming from more than one, the next goal is to find out why people feel that way--what they are really picking up. Any thoughts on that? Because once you get to the bottom of that, it might help you interpret your dream more. :hug: :hug: :hug:

[OneGrassRoot]

27. No need to shaddap...

Editing to add that I also feel it is very simply a difference in personalities. The types of things I do may exhaust others who don't gravitate toward them or are unfamiliar with them, just like your renovations and doings with your house exhaust me! And, as tiring as it was for you, it was also your passion (I assume...one of them, at least). We're just different personality types. It's just that my passions involve me sharing and engaging people more, perhaps, which can lead to exhausting some. :)

I just had a big aha moment about the dream. :)

But as to what you say here, I think it's the difference between Be'ers and Do'ers.

We Do'ers can exhaust the living shit out of Be'ers, even when we're not asking people to do anything they're not comfortable doing. Or, in my case, not asking them to do anything at all...I usually merely share what I am doing.

There seems to be this sense that Do'ers are judging Be'ers, but that's not true in my case.

I see the value in both ways. I do have a judgmental opinion that:

1. If you're going to whine repeatedly about the same thing, STFU unless you're going to take legitimate action to try to change it.

2. If you're not a Do'er, don't put a damper on those who are.

But I think often times this sense people come away as it pertains to me is a reflection of them being conflicted about whether or not they should be doing more.

And that's their issue, not mine. ;)

[OneGrassRoot]

24. I told you, I'm Katie from "The Way We Were"....

She exhausted Hubble with her desire to do, but there was no need for her to apologize.

We are who we are.

;)

[OneGrassRoot]

26. Aha!

Thanks, MG. And, thanks me. :rofl:

I knew that typing it out and discussing it would lead to an aha moment for me.

I truly don't have a desire to do everything, in spite of what others think; trust me, I do understand why people have this impression of me, but it's simply not my truth.

Nor do I feel I have to do everything. I know there are others out there ready and waiting to do, or doing right now. And that their doings can complement mine and vice versa, to amplify the effect of creating anew.

The odd aspect of the repeated dream was that the setting was always the same.

I'm trying to "work" and "serve" within a setting that isn't fostering growth or manifestation, and not allowing me to "serve" in the way that's best for me.

I need a new setting. Voila!

It's time to find this new setting with others who resonate with this particular aspect of who I am. Most activist communities are very focused: spiritual/religious, environmental, political, entrepreneurial, creative, or issue-oriented.

I haven't been successful thus far in find the community which fits as far as my work is concerned, but I see now how important it is that I keep searching.

:)

:grouphug:

[BlueIris]

28. I continue to have a very bad feeling about what's going down in Washington D.C.

Very bad.

[Saokymo]

29. Kind of like the pressure changes right before a big storm blows through?

The anticipation is always the worst part, especially when it takes so long to build.

As far as Washington goes, I'm feeling tons of deception -- lots of very selfish people manipulating information to further their own goals, and Obama's caught in the cloud of it. Mass-media news only serves to amplify the effect and make it feel that much worse.

Despite the noise, smoke and mirrors there's still a wellspring of hope: it's really not as bad as it seems. The storm will pass. Things will get better. We can rebuild and try again. It really will be okay.

(Oh, and hello, everybody. *waves*)

[BlueIris]

30. Tuesday. Not getting a good feeling about Tuesday.

And that Edward L. person is back in my meditations. Next to a picture of the Eiffel Tower. Don't know what that's about.

[FirstLight]

31. Had one Looooong Night of Apocalyptic dreaming...

.....(First, the disclaimer that my psyche was probably acting out because I had watched stuff like paranormal state and bits & pieces of the new series on AMC called 'walking dead' till late...but the result wasn't fun at all...)

details are still fuzzy, but the wierd part was that I even got up, had some water and tried to shake it off and *still* went right back into the same dream and place...i HATE it when that happens!

It was post apocalypse...pockets of survivors banding together to try and get by. The 'danger' wasn;t zombies (thank gawd) but they either had some kind of disease that imparied rationality and made for hostile agressors, or something of that nature. There were gangs of the bad folks who were trying to weed pout the pockets of survivors, they would literally go hunting for us and we would either have to lay down and pretend to be dead or run...or both...
It was like an EMP had gone off, planes wouldn;t fly, cars wouldn;t turn over, no electricity... refuge came in finding places of nature that were 'off the beaten path' though much of the running seemed to happen in plain old neighborhoods... and you would find some people holed up in their house and it was a toss up as to whether they would take you in and give you help to the next place on the run, or if they would point you out to the patrolling bad guys.. but there was definitely NO sense of order, it was everyone for themselves...
At one point I was in this large house with a couple others that i was running with, we were not only looking for food and supplies, but there was a back room that seemed to have some kind of clue as to how to disarm the evil. we had to split up and separate the items we found and scatter, only to find ourselves back out at the 'ranch' we'd made a base of in the wilderness...

once we figured out some kind of counter...it was up to us to go back and try to un-do the curse or whatever... we had set up like an assembly line of energy, and from a safe distance were targeting the lines of people as they moved out of the city, some would fall to the ground, some would try to charge towards us and then disentegrate, and some would be transformed into rational people again...then come join us in trying to overturn the rest...

the last i remember was that we had re-established some kind of radio, and were getting feedback from pockets of folks in neighboring states that they had succeeded with the same method, and that little by little the pockets of survivors were packing up and heading towards a meeting place, we had figured out how to mae the cars work again, so mobility was back...and the humans had survived...but it wasobvious that now it was all about the use of psychic abilities and energy work, that what we seemed to fear would manifest immediately and if we were not clear with ourselves and eachother, the bad stuff was going to pop up again...

werid... more details as they come up during the day... some of this is spotty and does not jibe with the pictures still going thru my head, but i can;t explain it in words...yet

[rosesaylavee]

32. Had a dream that gave me a phrase in another language

aes aeng (or ange) band (bande)

The person who showed me that phrase which he/she said this was Dutch and it translated as 'Get with the program'. So apparently I should stop complaining and just keep moving forward. Haven't found a translation on google that looks similar.

A kick in the butt kinda dream. It was preceded by me trying to assign one of my recently deceased friends to a classroom of children. Was reminded that no, she was dead, we'd have to get some one else.

Lol. Glad my higher ups have a sense of humor too.

[FirstLight]

33. very cool

I like it when dreams actually have parts that "stick" and we can get the gist!