Our Individual & Collective Dreams of the World
Life and the Universe is a beautiful symphony on an epic cosmic scale. An infinite number of pieces of energy working in harmony to power the Universe. The light of beauty and love is what creates inspiration, it is what makes life worth living.
Symphonic orchestras are an example of a physical manifestation and representation of the Universe in the material world. Created by the individual yet connected energies of each instrument and player to produce one magical moving piece of music that communicates as a larger consciousness. And the listener becomes a part of that consciousness and the dream of its story and intent. Everyone connected in one moving and breathing experience.
In ancient Toltec wisdom, it speaks of the individual ‘dreams’ of people and the larger ‘dream’ of the world. We are all bits of energy from the same source living out our own dream and of the larger collective.
The dream of our world, our symphony, is one of illusion. The lives we live are simply an illusion. Reality is what we dream of, it’s what we make it to be. But it doesn’t mean that reality is the Truth.
Our individual dreams and collective dream is a complex symphony of beauty, chaos, joy, pain, love, suffering, creation and destruction all mixed into one. A constant interplay of dualities playing out in the physical world. The quality of our collective dream is an output of all the individual dreams of every person in the world. We are all living our own dream or illusion, and yet the same one as well.
Admist so much natural beauty on the planet, it seems as if its people are blinded by their own illusions—unable to see and appreciate that we already live in a natural paradise. We already have everything that we need. And yet people focus on what they don’t have or what they don’t have enough of. They fixate on all that is wrong and all that is negative. They focus their energy on how to get more, how to do more, how to look better, how to be liked more. Nothing is ever enough and nothing is ever good enough. Our society programs its people to believe that the solution to a happy life is to consume. To focus on more money, a better job, buying more stuff, improving how one looks externally (but not internally), and chasing proof of prestige, validation and approval. It’s like our collective dream has been infiltrated by a virus. Programming people to believe they are broken. The fears, desires, illusions of the world are just a tangled web that gets even more tangled with the rule of the ego. In Toltec wisdom, they called this ‘Mitote’—chaos in the human mind. Difficult to untangle and sort out what is real, what is right, what is true.
In the dark fog of the dream, people are tired and unwell physically and emotionally, global pandemics and cancers take form in our people, half of the world’s species are dying out, ecosystems are collapsing, extreme natural disasters increasing, and our planet is unbalanced and in an over state of depletion and consumption.
Perhaps this over destruction is what is natural, in order for us to wake up from this bad dream. When will we start waking up and acknowledging the reality of what is happening? The suffering and destruction as a cause of our consciousness and actions.
I truly believe that what we see externally is a manifestation of what lives inside us, all of us. The in-balance in the world is perhaps a reflection of the in-balance within us.
In western society, people are so focused on chasing the concept of ‘happiness.’ People fixate on happiness, attempt to control outcomes to achieve happiness, attempt to sell and consume happiness. People are told that happiness is something to obtain and maintain. But the driving energy behind this is of control and fear. People believe that happiness is something outside of themselves.
So to achieve the dream people contain themselves in box-like buildings, in climate controlled artificial environments; sit all day in a room hooked up to a computer like a robot - always producing, always doing; controlling themselves and controlling emotions to be acceptable to friends, family and co-workers; people stare at their phones constantly to feel connected instead of engaging in real life in meaningful ways; and in their limited free time they choose to use it by consuming—TV, media, alcohol, drugs, nutrient-less foods, buying things or experiences—to also escape the daily dream. But it is the dream people create and maintain for themselves.
We have adapted as a result of colonization and industrialization. We and our ancestors have suffered great losses of being removed from our home land, our communities, our cultures and traditions. We have adapted to being cut off from the source, from nature, from energy. And we continue to deny ourselves the life force. And in turn we are hungry. Caught in an endless cycle of needing, wanting, judging. It is the only way we know how to survive. But living to survive doesn’t seem like living at all. It seems like we are struggling to live.
In this life we have the power to create our own dreams. The dream of how we want our lives to be. If we don’t like it, we can change it. Our dreams are meant to change and evolve. When we feel that we are trapped living in the same reoccurring dream, that is being in a state of hell. Heaven and hell both exist here on Earth; it is a level of consciousness, not a fixed state to be achieved after death. You can decide what you think, believe, say, do, and how you want to direct your energy. Use your energy to maintain the daily dream of hell, or use your energy to break free and rise above the chaos, judgement and fear to create a healthier and better dream for yourself. The laws of the Universe require consent. Every word and every action you take confirms this and determines the kind of life you live.
Claim your dream, claim your life as your own. Accept responsibility for your self, your life, and for the energy that you have inside. It is everyone’s birthright to create in this world. We are all gifted with the ability to create dreams. I hope you use those gifts to create dreams of beauty and love.
What kind of dream do you want to create? Can you hold faith in your dreams and the possibility of what can be?