Creating the Dream Self

To begin this process of CREATING THE DREAM SELF, there are several choices and preparations that you will make:

(1) It is important that you find your position where you are comfortable in this space.
(2) Prepare yourselves as if you were doing a journey. …
(3) You will want to release constrictive clothing around your waist and around your neck.
(4) You will want to remove shoes so that you have some flexibility in your form.
(5) You may choose to sit or you may choose to recline. It is entirely up to you. You will be active in that there will be things that you will be talked through and it will be asked that your hands be moving.
(6) So have some space so that your hands can move about. And you will want to be able to reach down with your hands and reach up with your hands in the process. You could stand, but we would not recommend that.
(7) You will be first constructing, then you will be "making alive." And in that "making alive," you will then fall back or recline back, or sit back and relax your hands as further instructions come.
(8) Have a sip of some liquid so that you will not get dry as this can be a process that will tend to pull from you your liquid part. So take a sip of something before we begin.
(9) Also, take your hands and rub them together as if you were removing from your hands things of this World before you begin. And then gently place your hands either in your lap or beside you. Do not cross them across your body and do not cross your feet.

Take a few moments and breathe deeply and allow your self to relax. This process involves focus, sharp focus, so we will not be relaxing you as if to journey. Rather, breathe fully and deeply to sharpen your focus.

And while you are breathing deeply we will begin to tell you of the Dream-Self…

From the time you were born, throughout this life, you have been involved in DREAMS. There are many ways to define dreams, and it is not necessary to mention any of them. Just to say to you that the dreams are as important to you as the air you breathe, as the food and water. They sustain you in many, many ways. The dreams are for many uses to you. You use them, you play with them. You learn in them. You heal in them. You travel in them. Just as you do the air around you, you breathe and live in it, and so forth.

So the Dream-Self, deliberately constructing a Dream-Self, and directing intentionally and with desire in your heart, focusing it upon the dreaming, is an important thing. Remember always that when you create such as a Dream-Self, you give the marvelous Gift of Free Will. This you will feel being extended from you into the Dream-Self you create later on in the process. But for now we begin with where you are right now….

RESURRECTING THE SKELETON:

And imagine in front of you is a pile, a mound, of material. And as you take your hands and move gently the mound of materials, separating the mound so that you are brushing it away and uncovering what is in the mound. You can see that it is the remnants of a manifested form. You know this as SKELETON. Like the finest scientists who gently brush away the mound hiding this particular specimen, and as you, with your hands brush away the mound, and begin to see the bones appear, you take a deep breath and you begin to blow the final fine dust away.

And as you blow the dust away the skeleton begins to rise up until it is standing right in front of you. And all around the base of the skeleton is the remnants of the mound.

You begin to gather in your hands the material from the mound. It feels to you somewhat moist and yet somewhat smooth. And as you begin to gather this, you take this material and begin to pat it along the bones of the feet of the skeleton. And each time you pat, you form in your hands some of the mounded material and pat it onto the bones of the feet of the skeleton. Instantly, that begins to take form. You can see a foot start to form.

You gather up more materials with your hands, you mold it together, you pat it with your hands. And you begin to pat it around the skeleton leg. And do this same thing on the other leg of the skeleton. And more and more of the mound material you gather. And you mold into your hands and you begin to pat it until you fill in the legs and the feet. And like a great sculpture, you are creating a form.

More of the mound material you gather in your hands and you begin to fill in around the hipbone of the skeleton…more and more. And as you pat the materials around the back and around the front and the sides, the shape begins to form. The skeleton is taking on the human form.

And more material from the mound of material in your hands and you begin to fill in around the torso. The skeleton now has the backbone and the ribs and you are filling in with the mound material. And you pat more of it. And you gather more material and you begin to pat it around, filling in the form of the skeleton…more and more material.

You're up to the shoulders now, you're filling in around that. Now you have the arms to do. More mound material you form and you begin to form the upper part of the arm. More and more material, you scoop up. You fill in around the elbow…more and more around the forearm, the hands…more material…and now, each of the fingers. And allow each of the fingers to form.

And then you go to the other arm, and you begin to pat around it. And add more material. Until you are shaping an arm and the forearm. Add more material for the hands and each of the fingers.

You gather more of the mound material and you start on the neck. And you reach way up to the neck of the skeleton until you can fill in around the neck…more and more material. And you begin to form the face and head of the skeleton. As much material as it takes, you gather together. And you reach way up and you form this around the head and the face.

And you sit back and you realize that the skeleton is starting to become a form, a living form.

You reach over to the side where there is a body of water or a source of water. You fill your hands with water. You go back to the feet. You pat, sprinkle, rub the water on the feet. First one foot, then the other foot, each of the toes. And as you add water to the mound material this becomes more and more like a foot. And the toes you can feel.

Scoop more water with your hands. Around each leg now, you take some time. You rub the moisture. You pat it into the material around the legs…first around one leg, and then the other leg. You can see that as you do this it takes on a glistening kind of shine. It even feels to your hands like it is more and more becoming the skin, the flesh. You take more water form the water source you reach around the torso. You pat. You put more water…scoop more water…pat, sprinkle, rub, massage, more water.

Up to the shoulders…more and more. More water, down one arm to the hands, and the fingers of the hand. More water to the other arm. Down the arm to the hands and the fingers. You rub gently all of this. Then more scoops of water back up to the neck. Allow your hands to gently rub and pat the water around the neck. Take more water into your hands, go up to the face and the head. And more and more, pat and rub gently the water over the form.

GIVING SKELETON GIFT OF LIFE:

You have created now a form made from the substance of its own dust and the water from the earth. Now it is time to give it life.

Stand up so that you are right in front of your skeletal form. Look at this form. As you begin to look at this form your eyes see eyes looking back at you. What were holes, openings, now are filled with eyes. Your eyes are now in the skeletal form.

You look at the mouth. The mouth opens and you can see teeth. You can see a tongue. It is your teeth, your tongue in the skeleton. You examine the skeleton's head. You notice that the skeleton's head begins to take a shape like your head. You reach, raise up your right hand and arm. The skeleton raises its right hand and arm. You put your arm down. The arm of the skeletal form goes down.

It is still the blank stare you are confronted with in this one. There is one thing still to do… breathe into the form. Putting your mouth over the mouth of the skeleton begin to breathe deeply and completely. Breathing in what you receive from the skeleton, and breathing out what is coming form inside you. Do this for several deep, deep breaths. And you notice as each time you breathe into the form, it tends to, more and more, take on human characteristics.

You can finally hear a heartbeat as you breathe into the skeleton. You can feel a warmth as you touch the arms of the skeletal form. Continue breathing. You are giving life to this form. It is your creation. You are its maker. It will always return to you.

And when you have breathed into it fully and completely so that the circulation in it goes all the way from its toes to the top of its head, you can feel each cell inside it taking on the life force you are giving it.

And putting your right hand on your heart, and your left hand on the chest of the skeleton, you are now connecting your heartbeat to its heartbeat. Stop for a moment and like distant drum, you hear your heart begin to beat in the skeletal form.

And taking your left hand and putting it across your forehead and your right hand on to the forehead of the skeleton. Your mind is moving into the rhythm, and the skeleton is picking that up now.

And putting your arms back at your side, the skeleton puts its arms to its side. And you look once more deeply into the eyes. Whatever you are thinking, whatever you are feeling, the skeletal form is now feeling. Take a moment and explain to this new creation of yours your exploration of Dreamtime and your request for assistance of this Dream-Self. Explain to your creation.

It is your Dream-Self. It has a wonderful ability to always return to you. Always it will, however far out it may go, however long it may travel, whatever it may experience, it will always return to you. It will wait for you to set whether it is in light-time dreaming, or in dark-time dreaming.

Now, let us do one experience with the Dream-Self.

JOURNEYING WITH THE DREAM-SELF:

You make sure you are comfortably seated or reclining. The SKELETON will still be standing in front of you but looking at you intently. Make sure your eyes are available to the Dream-Self. In this eye-to-eye talk, it is clear, SKELETON self, Dream-Self understands eye to eye talk. You are letting the Dream-Self know that you are going to embark upon a dream-time…and asking it to follow the course of the dream time journey… When the Dream-Self, SKELETON, turns to look in the same direction away from you…exactly opposite to you…It means the Dream-Self is ready to begin. When you see it turn around from you, it will begin moving. You may watch from a distance if you would like.

While you are watching, notice the Journey that we will take the Dream-Self on. Notice the movement, the walking of the form you have made. Notice the foot, footprints as they are placed down upon the earth. Notice how light or how heavy your Dream-Self is moving. Notice the swing of the arms. Notice the hold in position of the head of the Dream-Self.

Any directions you want to give it, you have but to feel it or think of it and the Dream-Self will be responsive to you. We invite all Dream-Selves to come gather around the FIRE in Dreamland.

The Dreamscape we are establishing for this "Begin-time" dream is one with fire in the center of the space. And all Dream-Selves are gathering around the FIRE. You are still watching your Dream-Self. You notice others. You are focusing upon yours. There is a connection with you that it has.

THE CIRCLE OF FIRE:

And, as the Dream-Selves gather around the FIRE, they begin to move in a circle as if they are slowly beginning to DANCE to the RHYTHM of the flames of the FIRE. Their feet move up and down. And they move round and round. The fire glows, the embers glow and they move round and round. You notice this slow processional and you can feel the beat of the heart of your Dream-Self as you watch it move round this fire. You have a sense of the other Dream-Selves as your Dream-Self reaches out takes hands with those around it and the circle around the fire becomes the Dream-Selves holding hands moving slowly round and round the ring of fire. You can feel the heartbeat. You can hear the feet touch the earth. You can sense the glow of the fire as the Dream-Self moves around.

Now it is time for the hands to be dropped. The connection has been made. The Dream-Selves are knowing how to touch each other without having to touch. And one by one they move away from the circle around the fire, off to the side. And as they move off to the side they begin to travel.

FLOATING AROUND THE PULSATING CLOUDS:

First, they are floating as if the fog and the sky and the clouds have picked them up and are gently carrying them along the way. Allow your Dream-Self to take on a lightness of air even though you made it of solid mound material, allow it to be light. The floating Dream-Selves continue to float gently around the sky. They form a CIRCLE of FLOATING SELVES AROUND A SINGLE CLOUD FORMATION. And the cloud formation begins to pulse at a rhythm of its own, and the Dream-Selves, as if by magic, begin to move in that same rhythmic beat. And round and round they float, gently around the cloud in the sky. And round and round they continue to float round the cloud in the sky. The Dream-Selves touch each other's hands, holding hands, they float around and around the sky. Then, dropping the hands, and gently moving to the surface of the earth, the Dream-Selves look around. And in looking around, they begin to move off to the side again.

You still have connection with your Dream-Self. You can see it. You can feel it. You are moving with it as if you are just behind it not very far. You do not have to experience what it is experiencing. You are in tune with it and can have common experience, but you are not directly inside its form.

FINDING THE RHYTHM OF THE ICE BANK OF TIME:

And the Dream-Selves begin to move over until they are at the ICE. And they move into the Ice Bank. And you can see the Dream-Self as if it is frozen in time. And still, the Dream-Self is moving ever so slowly in this Ice Bank of Time. And the Rhythm of the Ice and the movement of the Dream-Self continues, gently touching hands with the others, dropping hands and out of the Ice Bank the Dream-Self travels and moves off to the side.

CIRCLING IN THE RHYTHM OF THE EARTH:

The Dreams Self now -- you are still connected to your Dream-Self -- the Dream-Self now moves into the Earth. Putting itself into the Earth. Pushing Earth over it. Moving into the Earth. And slowly, with the rhythm of the Earth, the Dream-Self moves round and round inside the Earth. And touching hands with other Dream-Selves, and moving round and round and returning. Dropping the hands, moving out of the Earth and off to the side.

RETURN TO THE FIRE:

And the Dream-Selves now move back to the Fire in the Center of the Space. And they move round and round this time into the fire. The Dream-Self, your Dream-Self, moves into the fire, begins to move round and round in the fire. Taking hands with other Dream-Selves, moving round and round. Dropping the hands. Stepping out of the fire and off to the side.

MISSION OF THE DREAM SELF:

The Dream-Self turns around and comes right back to you. It is now standing right in front of you, looking into your eyes. You are looking into the eyes of the Dream-Self. It is time now, this initiated Dream-Self, to take a travel in DREAMS. It is ready. It is experienced, as are you. When you to your own bed go this evening, the Dream-Self will be ready to have its dream in the dark time…the night time. If you want this, you have but to, when you lie down, bring the image of the Dream-Self right in front of you, look into the eyes, and allow your heart, your thoughts, your desires to go with the Dream-Self. And instruct the Dream-Self to bring back to you, the Rhythm of the Experience, the Encounters of the Experience and lastly, any Stories of the dream experience.

Rhythm is first.

The Dream-Self is also available to be active in the light time, the daytime. Tomorrow morning upon awakening, summon the Dream-Self to you. Request that the Dream-Self have another adventure, or a continuation of the night dream, in the day hour, in the daylight. Instruct the Dream-Self to return to you in the evening, tomorrow evening, and also give you these three things…Rhythm of the Experience, Encounters of the Experience, and Stories of the Experience.

Remembering that whether it is night-time or whether it is day-time, your mind is not usually focused on the dream. The Dream-Self is the focus on the dream.

Each time you talk to the Dream-Self, have some time of looking into the eyes. Sharing what is in your heart and thoughts. Allowing some time to listen and feel from the Dream-Self. Not only of adventures, but other things as well.

And when you are preparing to say goodbye to the Dream-Self, have a ceremony prepared. When you have a meditation in the daytime or at night time, you may also summon the Dream-Self even though you may be making sounds, your sound, or OM, or meditating in some other way. You may ask it to go where it is summoned or drawn, even if you are not consciously aware of this. It will tell you when its mission is complete. The ceremonial saying of farewell for this time is an important one.

Eye-to-eye contact is the beginning of the Summoning. Heart-to-heart sharing, thought-to- thought sharing, is the nature of it. You have made this Dream-Self. You have given it your breath. You have breathed LIFE into it. You have been the Creator of this Dream-Self. You have given it the marvelous Gift of FREE WILL. Now it is time to launch it into its existence. Always connected to you, but free to be and do…

GIFTING OF THE FEATHERS:

Take a moment and imagine that in your hand, each hand, is a feather. In one hand the feather is white, in the other hand the feather is black. Each of these feathers you're holding in your hands looking eye to eye into the Dream-Self. You take the feathers and you gently, as if there was a slight breeze, run them so gently down the form of the dream-self. One on one side, and one on the other side. All the way down to the tips of the feet and the toes.

Then, crossing the feathers, crossing your arms, from the feet you begin to move the feathers back up…so that where the black feather had been, on that side is now the while feather…all the way to the top of the head of the Dream-Self. Then uncross your arms still holding the feathers, give the feathers to the Dream-Self. Watch the Dream-Self take the feathers and as the Dream-Self takes the feathers it turns and moves into the DREAMSCAPE.

CREATING GROUP DREAM SELF:

Take a deep breath. The connection is always there. It will always find you. Your eyes will always know your Dream-Self. You have each made one, now teach the others who will be joining the group dreaming these ways, how to make the Dream-Self and giving the Gift of the Feathers. Next encounter, when the Group Dream-Self is constructed, when all the individual Dream-Selves gather, there will be time for the sounding. The sounding of the Dream-Selves is something different for your ears to behold.

Take another deep breath and come fully present here. Before you leave your position, if there is anything you have left about your Dream-Self or its launching, that you would like to do, if there is anything that you would like to send its way, a thought or a thing, stop for a moment and do so. And when you have completed that, then come back fully here. And let us talk for a bit. Stretch if you need to your feet, your hands, so that you are relaxed.

FINAL THOUGHTS:

The Dream-Self is a created "Self" as surely as any Aspect or Part, or Reincarnational" of you. The Dream-Self has a particular realm in which it tends to be comfortable. The Dream-Self -- like the Unified Self, the Mystical Self, and the Re-membered Self -- is a composite of all the "you-s" across all the time lines, converging in the NOW. For all of that, the Dream-Self is very close and related to you, not separate from you, and will always find its way to you. It is open to the eye-to-eye talk, the straight eye talk. No need for "hiddens." Dream-Self is an important and valuable friend.

Formation of Group Dream-Self is very powerful. You will begin to see the power of your Dream Self, which you have created here. Group Dream-Self is very powerful, also. Any who are interested in next Group Dreaming, may want to know of this process. Let them know. Then when is next gathering, whether here or at the Enchanted Rock, Group Dream-Self will be created. Meantime, individual Dream-Selves will become acquainted more and more. So, if you run into each other in your awake time or asleep time do not be upset.

With that, the 12 Many Friends said their good-byes for the evening.

Peter had the following closing remarks:
So, you have your Dream-Selves, your assignments, your passports are stamped and ready to go. It would seem to us that you are perhaps eager to fall asleep.