May 17, 2003
· Gathering the Dream (continued)
· Sound, spin top head exercise
· Many Spirits told story
· Green Mist to Thalamus

James, Sage, Lassiter, Donna, Maestro, Lucet

Good evening and welcome to those of you in form and to those not in form. We were enjoying the view when the instrument was played. Perhaps that is the best part of this evening. We shall see.

Group: laughter.

Peter: We are continuing this evening with the 12 Many Friends, our look at the Gathering Dream and Gathering the Dream. We will say first, do you have questions for us, having let this roll around in your heads for some time now?

No questions. Then let us say that we will have the 12 come and begin their evening. Their evening with you will be quite different from the introduction last time. However, at our next meeting we will be drawing all of these things together to enhance your understanding so that at the Solstice, which will be the following time after that, you will be ready for the initiation into this new way.

As usual, the 12 like you to sit in silence for a moment, after you have made your sounds, and they come round, walk round, and through you. And then Many Tongues will begin with his greeting, and you, of course, greet them. We will be in the vicinity if you have questions of us. And we will be participating in one way or another with the evenings events. Good luck!

Many Tongues: Greetings. It is good to be with you at this time. Our view of the Dream is a little different from the Peters. We have some things to do this evening. First a story to tell you, then some practical things to do in assisting you with opening your bridge-way. And then, if there is time, a tour of the thalamus.

We begin with the story of the Dream. And to tell the story of the Dream we have several of us as this is very much a part of all of us. So we will allow, or we will have Many Spirits begin and others will also take part in the telling.

Many Spirits: Many Spirits here.

Group: Welcome.

Many Spirits: In all of the begin-time stories there are indications of difference. "And the Lord said let there be light." And there was the light and there was the dark. In all the begin-time stories, even the one you use, energy expands, energy contracts, breathing in, breathing out. These are the mechanics of the story. And in the begin-times is the beginning of the beginning of these differences.

So if you imagine All That Is and Is Not, and putting this all together in a beautiful, filmy stillness, and allow what is and is not to burst forth into being we would have the Awake Time and the Asleep Time. These two really form the foundation of our story. Inherent in both of these is the Dream, the thing that connects them is common to both of them, is the Dream. In the beginning of our story there was the Awake Time and the Asleep Time and there was the Dream.

In the flow of energy the Awake Time and the Asleep Time developed their own characters. The Awake Time had its particular place and time, the Asleep Time started to develop its particular time and place. As time and place came into being and begin to really differentiate, what happened to the Dream? This was asked by many. Where is the Dream? In the flow of energy, is Is and Is-Not-ness, this Dream did not cease. It did not go into hiding. It was not done away with or diminished. What happened to the Dream? Soon the Asleep Time and the Awake Time were being held by all those in form. The focus of the energies of Is-ness and Is-not-ness came to be in this place, in this thing you call your universe. And in your universe there are the white and the black, the light and the darkness, and underlying all of these, the Asleep Time and the Awake Time and the Dream.

The Dream connects the light and the dark. The Dream connects the Asleep and the Awake. So powerful is the Dream that it provides the bridge or the connection for all the differences. It was spoken in the beginning by wise ones who began to tell the story of the Dream and how to use the Dream. It was a mystery to those who were only familiar with the Asleep Time, or those who were only familiar with the Awake Time. Those who blended these two, some of them knew of the Dream, but most of them discounted its importance. But there were the wise ones and they held on to the knowing of the Dream.

Eons and eons ago, what you have now was then. There are those in human form who have the Sleep Time and the Awake Time. And all have the Dream Time. However, the importance of the Dream Time in the cycling of the Dream Time around and through the Asleep and the Awake Time has become more and more known to those who are in form right now. The teachers in the past, the ones you call your teachers, the avatars, the great ones, they have great knowledge of the Dream. They often told of the Dream. They perhaps called it other things, but they told about it. Legends of these are quite common among you. And the legends unfold in many, many different ways. But the legends are all distilled down to the Dream.

There is one of these we wish to speak to you of. The wise ones always knew of a place on your earth which they called the Great Mountain. In different stories it had different names, but it was the Great Mountain. This mountain was the connection, or the bridge, between the heavens and the earth. And its importance, its very structure was all about love.

The wise ones who would come to study at the mountain would learn about this bridge between the heaven and the earth, like you do in kindergarten, for they would need it to form foundation, to learn about the Dream. Students of this mountain school were very wise and held on to what they learned. There was a time for all those wise ones to be asleep, for it was not wise to have all those awake know of the power of the Dream.

So in various cycles in the flow of time the wise ones, holders of the Dream, have had Sleep Time. Now it is the time for the awakening of the wise ones. And as they awaken, their knowing of the dream is being taught.

This began thousands and thousands of years ago and the cycle is at a point now where you are all involved. But before we tell you of that, let us go back thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands of years to look at some of the wise ones and their particular way.

You think the Christ, the one you call Jesus the Christ, you think this one is in your knowing as having been a short time ago in your past. But ones just like this have cycled in and out and through existence on the earth plane for thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands of years. These wise leaders come to show when it is time to begin to teach the mystery of the Dream. And when they begin to teach the mystery of the Dream there is much symbolism in what they use.

The Christ that you know, for example, the many symbols of it, or his teaching if you prefer, is well known to you. However, you only perhaps have heard the words. It was the imparting of the self of the Christ, imparting of the self of the Dream that was done in the Last Supper. So this one had many great lessons to teach, and left behind an important knowing for all of you.

The thing that keeps cycling the wise ones back into an Awake Time where they share or tell of the mysteries they know of the Dream, the thing that keeps the cycle flowing and moving in that particular process for the wise ones to step forth, is the unfolding of love.

A covenant was made. An agreement was made between the awake and the asleep, the light and the dark. The covenant made stated that the Dream would always be, and so long as the Dream flowed the Awake and the Asleep would be. That covenant, that agreement, has been important for all of humanity in all of your stories. So important that it was kept in an arc and its power was known, and is known by many. The agreement that the Dream would keep the bridge open for the flow of energy has great power.

An important part of your Jesus stories involve the Holy Grail. While it may be a nice symbol to think of it as a carpenter's cup, and one that was used for the imparting of the blood of the Christ to his followers. He was imparting to them the life of the Dream. He was giving to them the flow of the Dream, the awakening of those who would begin to teach and always protect the mystery of the Dream. So while that is the symbol, it is really the imparting of the knowing of the Dream, this is what the grail truly is.

And rather than being in one location, it is in many locations on your planet's surface and just beneath the surface, in lines that go around your globe forming the lines of infinity round and round. This line connects such things as the pyramids at Giza, and the southwest Four Corners area of your place. And there are others too.

Do not think linear, do not think straight line. This is a flowing line. As the Dream flows through the cycle, so, too, does the power of the grail as it is kept and honored and protected. The time for opening the door for all to see is now. Wise ones have been awakening. Wise ones were awakened in Peru and in Alaska, the earth mother's was awakened. The time for coming from the Sleep Time to the Awake Time part of the Dream is at hand.

Any time energy transitions from a comfortable space to a new space across a bridge called the Dream there can be some challenges. But great, great power is had by those keepers of the Dream. You have in your tribe a Keeper of the Dream. It is an important thing.

So the Gathering Dream, it is the time for the bridge to be awakened and begin to function again as movement, now, of energy is coming from the darkness of night and the Sleep Time, into the light of the day and the Awake Time.

This time it has been thought, as has been thought all other times, "Will this be the cycle that merges the light and the dark? Will this be the one where the bridge can embrace both?" Those of you who came to be in form at this time have said, "Let it be so."

As you learn how to individually Gather the Dream, remember as you do this as one, you are doing it as many. And there is a Gathering Dream, a very, great, powerful force. And this Gathering Dream is also available to you. In your hands, so to speak, is the Asleep Time and the Awake Time. And these crystal orbs that you hold in your hands are spinning and moving just by being in your hands. And the merging of these and the knowing of the dream is what we are about this evening.

Thank you.

Group: Thank you, Many Spirits.

Many Spirits: We have a little different take on the Dream than the Peter. Would you agree?

Group: Yes.

Many Spirits: What the Peter said is also true. You have in your form a mechanism, a bridge, that represents the bridge of the Dream. It is very important to awaken, fine tune and prepare the bridge. All of that is true.

Do you have questions?

Then are you ready to begin to awaken your bridge?

Group: Yes.

Many Spirits: Good. You can do it as an individual, and you can also assist each other. Then after individuals have participated, there can be a time for a group bridge. Each element in your creation has this connection for opposites. Whatever you call the opposites, we are calling the Bridge, the Dream.

To begin the important place in your body is in your head. It is in the center of your head so it is not on top of you head, and it is not underneath your chin, but it is in the middle of you head. It is midway more or less in your head. You will, perhaps, feel it when you begin to affect it. This process, by the way, is very effective for those of you here who have spent time tuning and fine tuning your tones and your DNA. You have been breathing, you have been spinning, you have been participating in the things that have awakened, that have begun to stimulate the bridge.

To begin, a way to affect your bridge is obviously through your breathing and your sounding. Your sounding is tones. We would suggest that as a group you use harmonious tones instead of other tones. We would like for you to breathe and do some spinning to get your form ready for the notion of the cycling. It is as if you are standing beside a merry-go-round and you are going to jump onto it while it is moving, and grab on to one of the upright posts so that you begin to move with it. And that is what your consciousness will be doing this evening. It will be tuning itself so that it is in sync with a moving cycle so that it can jump into the cycle and flow with it.

So, breathing, some spinning. If you do not want to spin your whole body you can spin your head or your hands. If, however, you are able to, you can stand and move your body or stand and move your head. Once you have followed the breathing we will tell you about, and have done the spinning, then it will be time to tone. And the tone you will have to identify for yourself or have others identify and assist you when you reach the tone. When you reach the tone that vibrates you and others will see and know it. Then it will be time for others to assist in doing this (tapping on the head) while you are toning. Do not hurt each other. What it will do is allow the toning rising up to meet the toning coming from the hand. If this does not allow you to enter the cycle that is in movement, then it may be necessary to have someone here and here and here also, until you can feel that your toning is putting you into a different space.

Once you awaken the bridge and once it is cycling, you are in tune with the greater agreement or covenant. You are plugged in, in a way, to the flow of the Dream. You say, "What will this mean? Will I be crazy? Will I be unable to drive my vehicle?" No, you will not be any crazier than you are now. You will not be unable to do anything you can do now. What you will be is tuned, and flowing and ready for the next steps.

You are stepping into on the Summer Solstice of this year, as the Initiation unfolds, taking a position with the wise keepers, the wise ones who are here to teach the mystery of the Dream.

Would you like to have music to accompany this process? The didgeridoo players, you have a wonderful method for getting the tone, the vibrating into your head. And that coupled with the breathing, means you could probably describe the state of mind that the others are looking for.

When all of you have accomplished this other worldliness, this opening of the bridge for the Dream, then we will have you do another process for summoning the Dream to also flow in the cycle. You will be in the cycle of the Dream and the summoning. And that will mean the taking in your hands of the crystal orbs and allowing them to spin. This will be symbolic. This evening it is not necessary for you to do anything with them other than to grow accustomed to having them in your hands and feeling their spin in your hands. Then you will be ready for their magic at Summer Solstice.

You are ready to begin? Then begin with breathing. It is important to stand for breathing. Inhale as you stretch back, and exhale as you rock forward. Do not hurt yourselves. Now turn around 180degrees and face the opposite direction and continue to do the same breathing.

Maintaining your balance, allow your form to spin. Continue to breathe as you move round.

Now, you are prepared. Do you want to do one at a time or in partners, or in small groups? How do you want to do the sounding?

Group: All together.

Many Spirits: All together then.

If you will stand for the beginning part. You will be able to sit in a moment.

With the group in a circle, it is time to find your tone. What you are looking for is the sound that when you make it you can move your tongue inside your closed lips up and down, and as you do this you allow the sound to begin to permeate into your skull. If that does not seem to move the sound for you, then open your lips a little bit and allow your tongue to have more exaggerated movements (in and out and up and down) so that the sound you are making will begin to drift and flow and follow a path into your head. When you have found the note, the tone, then you're ready for the movement of the tone up into your head.

For example, you may make a tone in the beginning and then you may try a lower tone. One of these may begin to fill your ears and your jaws, and that may be a signal that this is more the tone you want to play with. Then you begin with you tongue. You experiment and when you have found your tone and your tongue movement that moves it into your head, then you may stop what you're doing and see if others need some help. And when all have found the tone and the tongue movement, if you will signal to each other by raising your hands, then you'll be ready for the next step which is the sounding, the tongue movement, and the patting on the head.

Do you have any questions?

Sage: The tone might be different for each of us.

MS: Yes.

James: Then how are we going to be harmonious?

MS: That is your problem.

Group: Laughter.

MS: You will find that in this group you will be able to harmonize and still open your bridge.

Remember to continue breathing while you do this.

--pause-

If you are tired you may sit. Now, breathing. This time we will do some deeper breathing. And this time when it is time to sound again you will take your hand and your index finger and your middle finger and tap gently the top of your head. You may alternate your hands if you are comfortable doing that. It is not about hitting your head hard, it is merely like you are calling the blood to flow in your head. You could even hold your hand against your head and massage your head. Tapping is effective in that it gives the notion of vibration to your skull. And your body responds to what you want.

Now we will do some counted breaths. We will count an inhale and hold, then count an exhale and hold. This is get your lungs ready for the sounding as your lungs are going to provide the air which will give the force for the vibration. It is the generator. Your lungs become the pyramid of your form in this exercise. They are generating the energy that will facilitate the opening of the bridge. You may have even begun to feel a tingling in your toes and along your spine. Your body is getting ready for something exciting that it has come here for many, many times in its cycling, and is preparing for an important role it came to do.

Exhale now and we begin the long inhale: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, hold 2, 3, exhale 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, hold 1, 2 …. [this continues for several breaths].

The harmony of breathing together is the harmony of sounding together.

Now for the sounding you may be seated, you may stand, you may be in a circle, you decide how you want to do this. You may have individual variations from each other, or you may all choose to have the same position. Let us know when you are positioned.

Group: Ready.

MS: Begin by exhaling all the air. Inhaling deeply and begin the sounding. Allow your tongue to begin to move. Lips closed at the beginning. Now open your lips and continue humming. Allow your tongue to move as you are sounding. Find the position that is most powerful for you and continue doing that. Taking your hand now and beginning to massage or tap the top of your head.

--pause-

allow the vibration to settle over your whole form.

Did all of you feel that?

Group: Yes.

MS: If you did not, you may alternate the tapping with your fingers thusly. Sometimes when you are patting with your whole hand you do not have the same feed so that the vibration …. Yes, we are getting input that you could use a vibrating machine on your head.

What you are doing is allowing this top part of the head to open to the vibration coming from the heart of you up into the head of you. Remember, it is through love that the bridge is connected, that the bridge is opened, that the bridge flows. In your time between now and the summer solstice practice in your own way the sounding and the taping so that your form becomes really comfortable with this. It will reach a point where you will not have to take your hand and tap, you will feel the tapping without your hand moving. That is a goal to shoot for.

Now while you are in the space and you have been breathing and spinning and you have opened the bridge, the thalamus, to allow the dream to gather, take your hands and hold them out with your palms up and your hands somewhat cupped. And lower your eyes for a moment.

From this position allow yourself to realize that where there was space in your hands, someone is now placing beautiful crystal orbs. You can feel the weight of them as they nestle into your hands. Even with your eyelids lowered you can see the shine and the glistening of these beautiful orbs. And now imagine that these orbs begin to spin. One of them is a symbol for you of the Asleep Time, one is a symbol for the Awake Time. Realize that in your hands now you hold from the begin-time stories how it was that Is-ness came to flow itself into all that you know and then some. Just enjoy for a moment the wonderful spin and the beautiful glow of these orbs.

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And now, as the treasures that they are and will be in safe keeping with you, allow your hands to place in the area of your chest where your heart is these two orbs. Imagine them penetrating through the skin and nestling safely inside your chest on either side of your heart. This is where you can go to get them when you do ceremony next. And when you have completed that process, you may open your eyes.

And perhaps it is effective if we take a break at this point before we go on to the next. Or would you rather have some sharing here?

Group: Break.

MS: And if you have questions during your break time, you can ask them when you come back from break. Then next we will go on a journey to tour the thalamus and this bridge.

Group: Thank you.

Harris: OK, we're back.

Peter: Yes, did you enjoy your break? The 12 Many Friends are here and they would like to chat with you for a moment and then if there is time, have the journey. But we are still in the vicinity in case you have questions for us.

Many Tongues: Greetings! And all are ready with their tone and their vibration?

Group: Yes.

Many Tongues: Good. Practice and play with it between now and the solstice. Do you have questions for us?

James: Can I play my dige and pat myself on the head at the same time?

MT: Yes. You can also have someone sound their instrument at your head. And as they sound their instrument at your head if you also are sounding with your voice, you are getting from outside and inside the convergence in your head.

Sage: There are these head sets where you put plastic tubes in them and run the tubes down to the bottom of the dige. So the person listening gets this stereophonic vibration from the diges. It sounds like what we're experimenting with tonight.

Harris: That's the effect when you put a conch shell up to each ear.

MT: Are you ready to continue? We had planned for our journey if you are wanting to do that, and if you have time.

Group: Yes.

MT: Good. Then find a comfortable place and loosen any tight clothing around your neck or waist. And if your feet are encumbered, release them. You may want to support your back and find the things that you need in order to do that.

On this particular journey we will be going inside and exploring this bridge. And, of course, we will be visiting sanctuary. And in sanctuary you may want to place your orbs, the two orbs, if you would be more comfortable with them there. All of this we will do in this journey.

So, getting comfortable and focus on your breathing. We invite the Peter to come and help direct this journey.

Peter: We begin with the green mist. Breathing every so gently and relaxing. Imagine for a moment that in the center of this space a tiny dot of swirling green mist is forming. You can see it as it begins to spread and expand to the point where it has reached the bottoms of your feet. And as the green mist touches the bottoms of your feet they are relaxed. The green mist massages the bottoms of your feet gently and then moves to the tops of your feet and massaging all tension away.

Relaxing your feet, the green mist moves into you ankles. Swirling and relaxing, imparting healing in those joints. And up the leg the green mist begins to travel. Your shins relax, your calves relax. Swirling, massaging your feet, your ankles, your lower legs. The green mist continues to spread and moves into your knees, and your knees are relaxed. Great healing energy flows into these areas.

Up your legs the green mist flows, continue to expand up, up, up until your entire legs are encased in the swirling green mist. Into your hips the green mist travels imparting healing and relaxation. Great warmth. Great relaxation.

Along your torso, up your back the green mist continues to expand. In its expansion you can feel your back relaxing. Each vertebrae. As the green mist moves along you can feel it relaxing your back. Soon to your shoulders the green mist has traveled. And down your arms, covering your arms the green mist moves. Your elbows are relaxed. Great healing in your wrists, your hands. Each of your fingers, all are covered by the green mist.

Up your neck the green mist continues, relaxing your neck. Your jaw begins to relax as the green mist reaches your face and head. Your head is now covered. Your eyes, your mouth relaxed. Your whole form now is covered by the swirling, gently moving, tension-removing green mist. And as you take a deep, deep breath, the green mist travels inside your form and your insides are also relaxed. The healing, swirling green mist touches each cell in your form, relaxing and healing each cell.

And completing covered with the green mist you now notice you are in front of Sanctuary space. This is so familiar to you. This is your home. As you move inside Sanctuary you can feel how comfortable this place is. The smells and the colors are all just for you. It was constructed by you and for you. It is truly your home.

And looking around Sanctuary enjoying its peace and serenity and the beauty of this place, you notice off to the side the entrance to the Garden of Sanctuary. And you move to the Garden of Sanctuary and gently move inside this beautiful place.

Inside the Garden of Sanctuary also you see the familiar things. The beautiful plants, the lovely animals, the birds, the insects--all the things that speak of the life of your garden. And as you move along through the Garden you see a pathway up ahead, and you know that this is the pathway for this particular journey.

And as you move through the garden and on to the pathway it becomes a very flat sandy place. And you can see that this pathway is taking you across a sandy desert. You can feel the warmth of the sun and you can feel the sand as it begins to swirl in tiny ringlets all around you. And you're walking along what must be a ridge of a very large sand dune. Somehow it supports you. You are not tumbling down its side, but it is a sharp edge you are noticing up ahead. And as you continue along this sharp edge, the wind begins to pick up a bit. And the blowing wind and the narrowness of the ridge soon you are like a tightrope walker. And you notice that the height of this particular sandy ridge is getting higher and higher. As you look down you can see the distance is quite a way down the sandy dune. And the wind picks up and the ridge gets narrower. And you begin to move gently, sliding one foot and then sliding the next foot, holding out your arms for balance.

And the wind picks up and the wind and the sand blow against your, and you are lifted up into the wind. And as you are lifted up you notice that you can move your arms and direct the motion of your float and your movement along the wind. And you see the ridge below you as you are rising higher and higher in the arms of the wind. And the wind gently begins to coast you down, down, down until the wind ever so gently places you at the bottom of the steep, steep hill. And it is in this place, at the bottom of the steep hill, having past the test of trust, that before you opens the cave of the inside of you.

And as you make your way over to the cave of the inside of you, you notice you can feel the moisture and the richness coming from the cave. Unlike the dry heat of the sand, this inside of you seems to be so different from this outside experience.

You notice the entryway is very small so you get down on your hands and knees and you begin to crawl. And as you move inside the cave the soft moistness of the ground under your hands and knees gives way and you can feel yourself being held by the spongy softness of this damp, damp ground.

You cannot see in the darkness but you can feel the direction of the path. The channel you are moving along seems to be somewhat straight but also seems to have curves in it. Interestingly, as it seems to narrow, your size seems to change to accommodate that movement. And you notice that soon you are moving along carried by some liquid, by the fluid of your life. This is the River of Life of you, and you are being carried along it as gently as the wind carried you above. You can reach out your hand and touch the surface of the area where you are. And you can notice its roundness and the shape of the channel in which you move.

You are on your way to what must be the area of your heart, and the channel must be your blood since you can hear the drumming of your heartbeat. And you can feel as if the wise shamans of the past are all around your heart. And the drums they beat provide the life you are in. You can sense the richness of their colorful clothing. And you can hear the sound of their voices along with the beat of the heart.

As you move through the heart, you are inspired with great emotion. While it may have seemed to be mechanical to you, in traveling through this place you sense the great beauty and significance of this heart. All of the things it seems to symbolize, you can feel quite real.

From the heart you move into the next chamber and the next, and so on, until you have explored this organ and noticed the shamans who are at each of the stations as you are passing through. Each one of them waves to you, signals you to pass. They serve as great sentinels for your heart. They are the ones who can send in and out with the magic of their beat. You may want to visit with them, if not this evening, return to visit with them.

And your River of Life continues to carry you along. You have a great sound of cheering ahead of you. And you notice it is a particular gathering of cells, and these cells are all cheering as you pass as if you were some important runner and you were ahead in the race. They are acknowledging you. Some of the younger ones you can see cheering and jumping very loud. The older ones you can see waving and not quite as loud. You notice you are having great feelings of being welcomed.

You move through areas of bone and tissue as if they were welcoming you for your visit. Your greetings are always in kindness, and you have time to notice the beauty of the structure of the inside of you. The harmony that the vibrating sounds of all these different and diverse cells and beings creates in you a whole. And this wholeness of you is what you know. Your being here with these ones gives them a chance to know it too. Sometimes they may be neglected by your mind when it is showering its knowledge upon its self. But today, in this way, all of these magnificent cells and structures are realizing they are part of a wonderful complete whole.

All of them just up ahead of you are beginning to signal you. They are pointing out a direction to you. They are giving you advice and directions. And you stop for a moment and you listen. And they are telling you the direction you need to go for what you are wanting, and how to find it. And they are pointing you toward the back. The back of you.

And as you move into that particular part of the circuitry, you continue to move along the River of Life and you find it moving you up, up, up. And this time the River of Life is not fluid, it is rather like air. It is electric. It is magnetic. The propulsion that you are in now is a completely different system, and yet it is as smooth and as inviting as the other.

You move now through territory where you are also being greeted warmly. And you are greeting back, waving back, saying, "Hello. We are part of a team. We are one." This is the message they have for you and you have for them.

On and on you flow in very quick motions until you reach a very important quiet place. And you are just outside this quiet place and you are greeted by a beautiful sentinel. This lovely woman with the soft voice welcomes you to this place. She begins to explain to you that what you will find when you move through this particular area is the gentleness and the stillness from which all activity comes. She advices you to move slowly and gently when you enter this place. And in asking directions of the ones you find there, realize your language and theirs may not be the same so you will need to pay attention and learn a new way of asking for directions to the bridge that you seek. With a wave of her hand she steps aside and magically an opening appears, and you enter this wonderful gland, the thalamus.

This particular structure is very ancient in terms of your construct. It is the wonderful place where war and peace come together. It is the place where heaven and earth meet. It is the gift to you and the gift from you. And as you step around inside you can feel the beautiful peace here. You can hear a gentle music coming along through the airways. You can breathe a deep breath and the freshness of the air here is invigorating and yet is very calming.

In this particular place you can sense that there are many. And they are hiding from you. You decide that you will make friends with them. You see a place, a round area in a clearing, and you go and sit down there. And as you sit there you begin to hum. Hum the harmony that you have learned. And as you begin to hum the harmony, all of those who are observing begin to stick their heads out and look at you and move out into the space where you are. And these ones know you from the harmony that you are sounding. They too begin to sound with you. And as they do you can feel this place magically beginning to vibrate to the sound of these wonderful voices. You have heard the expression, "heavenly music." Now you know what that is.

From your seated position you can feel your form levitating up. You can feel all of those here coming out, touching you, embracing you. And as the harmony of this heavenly music continues they are pointing you in the distance toward the bridge.

Without any effort your form begins to float in that direction. And as you pass each inch along the way the harmony increases and you can feel it all through your being. You listen now and you can hear all the cells in the rest of your form moving and vibrating to this sound. You can tell that this is the affect of the opening of the bridge.

You now have moved across this space and are at another entryway. And at this entryway there is a little child. And the child looks up to you and smiles and says words you have not heard, but the sound is like beautiful poetry and music. And you smile back and continue to hum. And the child lets you know in your heart of hearts that the child is the guardian of the Dream, the holder of the wisdom, the teachings of the Dream. And as the child touches you, puts a hand on the area where you heart is, you can feel a tingling moving through you and as that tingling seems to merge with all the sounds in this place the passageway opens and you see ahead of you the most magnificent bridge you have every seen.

Glistening, beautiful reflecting, shaped with all the shapes you can imagine in the geometry of your reality system. There are prisms that tend to energize by your very presence in this place. You move on to the bridge and you can feel the surface begin to move. It is as if it were water, and yet the most sturdy structure you have ever been on. You can feel its ability to flow and move, and yet it has the strength of all that storms could possibly give it.

You move gently across the bridge touching with your hands some of the beautiful shapes. Using your eyes to notice the beautiful glistening surface. Perhaps gold, perhaps alabaster, perhaps crystal, perhaps all of these things, precious gems. What a magnificent structure! And to think it is the inside of you. And perhaps your bridge is enclosed, or perhaps your bridge is open. It may be wide or narrow, it is up to you. Take a moment and allow yourself to really experience your bridge.

--pause [and a lot of snoring]-

And knowing that you can always, always, add, change, whatever you want to to the structure. You have reached now the far side of the bridge, and the passageway into the pineal gland. You notice that this opening will accommodate bundles of bolts of thunder and lightening, bundles of the strands that may flow across the bridge. In utilizing the Dream construct, the pineal gland opening will accommodate any of these.

Your bridge is complete. It is attached to both ends. It is ready for the Gathering of the Dream.

Position yourselves now in the middle or at some point along your structure and begin to ask across all time and all space for the energy of the Gathering Dream-a tiny bit of it-to pass your way along the bridge. Position yourself so that you are perhaps lying down or seated so that you can observe as some of the Dream begins to gather. Notice the flow once it begins.

Now the flow has begun. And making your way back to the thalamus opening, observe that the bridge is now open for business. Your individual Dream is gathering. It is preparing you for the Gathering Cosmic Dream.

And making your way back into the thalamus and accepting the cheers and the hugs of all those in that place. And noticing the peaceful stillness here, the world in which they work. And moving back now through the form, through the body once more. Listening to the cheers of your inside self. Granting permission for great healings, great energies, great preparation for the times ahead and the work you have left to do. Knowing that you can always return to the inside of you.

Making your way now to the entrance of the cave and realizing that the entrance of the cave comes out into the sandy desert. And walking along the path at the base of the large sand dune, making your way back to the path of the Garden.

And stopping for a moment in the Garden by the biggest, tallest tree there and wrapping your arms around the tree for a moment and allowing the tree to join with all of the wonderful inside of you and share the wonderful life that the tree represents.

And moving now back into Sanctuary proper. If you want to leave the two shiny orbs in a special place in Sanctuary, you have but to hold your hands over your chest area near your heart. Allow the orbs to come into your hands and place them in this special place in Sanctuary. You may also leave them in your chest if you would like. You have unlimited possibilities.

And making your way to the special room where the three wonderful energies of faith, hope and love are. And immersing yourselves in the faith energy first, showering yourselves from the tops of your heads to the bottoms of your faith with the wonderful faith gift. Moving next to the hope energy; covering yourself with the hope energy. Allowing the beauty of it to fill you. And finally to the love energy; covering yourselves totally with this magnificent connection.

And making your way back to the entry of Sanctuary, looking back now one more time, knowing that with a wave of your hand you can change anything you would like. If you want to change the height of the waterfall you may do that. If you want to rearrange the furniture you have but to wave your hand and Sanctuary becomes exactly what you want it to be.

And moving past the entryway to Sanctuary; returning to this place. Having the wonderful gift of the inside of you and the outside of you, allowing the green mist now to begin to recede down from your head leaving behind its wonderful peace, the energy of that peacefulness and the healing that it provides. Past your face and your neck. The green mist now travels past your shoulders, uncovering your hands and your arms. Down your torso the green mist shimmers like a beautiful piece of silk, relaxing and healing. Down, down, down. To the areas of your hips the green mist travels, imparting some healing there. And down to your legs, your upper legs, your knees, your calves and shins. Into the ankles and the feet. Until the green mist begins to become a tiny little speck and then, poof, not visible perhaps but always with you, always available to you whenever you want to journey.

And wiggling your fingers and wiggling your toes, and allowing yourself to come fully present in this place, having begun the Gathering Dream, the individual Dream, the energy flow is open. The channel that has been waiting for this night for thousands and thousands and thousands of years. The channel has been opened with heartfelt, with love, with the agreement of the sum total of you. Now you are awaiting the Cosmic Dream. This we will do at the solstice ceremony.

Coming back fully present here, take a deep, deep breath.

So, you journeyed inside to your thalamus and found your bridge, even asking for directions if you needed to. This was good. And you are now ready for your cosmic undertaking. That will come. That will come.

Do you have questions of us?

By our next gathering you may have some and we will be happy to address them. We will be looking at this Gathering Dream, the one that has been waiting for you, and we will talk more about the mechanisms for this operation and perhaps come to an even better, more thorough understanding of the Dream.

You have studied well, you have worked hard, and we are proud to call you students. We do not give compliments often, so know that.

Until we meet again, we wish you well, and good evening.