Fixing Our Broken Dream

When is a dream not a dream?

It seems lots of us are having some pretty funky dreams at the moment. A common observation is the dream "felt so real". Some of the more adept dreamers are aware of being in a dream within a dream, a bit like Leonardo Di Caprio in the film Inception.

Just as in that film, the real challenge we all face is establishing what is real and what is not.

For most the dream does not end with the alarm clock, they simply slip into another dream state, albeit a more enduring, consistent, familiar one. Our character in that dream is a construct of our minds defined by a series of beliefs and programmes. 

Those beliefs also determine our dream of how things should be and this is where we set up a fundamental resistance to reality. The fact is that a belief has no substance, it is just another (oft repeated) thought or idea. It may be supported by reality from time to time and this is when we literally live the dream. However, when reality contradicts our belief it becomes a nightmare.

Those beliefs shape our experience, change our feelings and even our physiology, all working to convince us that our dream is reality.

One characteristic feature of this particular dream state is the belief that we can control our and others' lives, shape our universe, choose our thoughts. Good luck with that, for at the level of the dream that aspiration is well, just a dream.

This is why life can feel so tough at times, we are trying to fix our broken dream. Rather than wake from the dream we persist in trying to change reality to fit our idea of how things should be. 

It is an awfully big universe to control and once we stop trying we may just notice that whatever has brought us this far has a pretty good idea of what's best for us.

Are we ready to have faith in reality or do we continue trying to fix our broken dream?

Love

Bill