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 and create the Universe. The light of beauty and love is what drives inspiration and creation, 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. 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 our 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 internal imbalance and illusions—unable to see and appreciate that we already live in a natural paradise. We already have everything that we need, and abundance of beauty, resources and love. 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, and how to do 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 acceptance. The standards in which we determine what is ‘good enough’ or not seems to be done by looking at everyone else external of ourselves, not by what we personally value or believe to be personally important.
In western society, people are so focused on chasing the human concept of ‘happiness.’ People fixate on happiness, attempt to control outcomes to achieve it, and even attempt to sell and consume ‘happiness.’ People are told that ‘happiness’ is something to obtain and maintain, as if it can be a constant state of being. And so, people believe that ‘happiness’ is something outside of themselves. And if only they obtained the perfect spouse, the perfect friends, the perfect community, the perfect home, the perfect car, the perfect lifestyle and belongings, the perfect job, the perfect physical image…they would be eternally happy!
Somehow we, as the collective, have found ourselves living out the ‘dream’ of working ourselves to death; containing ourselves in climate controlled, concrete, box-like buildings without fresh air and sunlight, sitting all day hooked up to a computer like a robot. We eat packaged processed foods from a box, a can, or a plastic bag. We spend most of our time staring at a screen, endlessly scrolling through and validating content. People are glued to their phones constantly to feel some form of connection, instead of engaging in real life in meaningful ways. We turn to dating apps to initiate relationships with people we’ve never even met before. People spend their limited free time consuming—TV, media, alcohol, drugs, nutrient-less foods, buying things or experiences—to escape the daily dream. People need vacations from their everyday lives, which they only get once or twice a year. This is the collective dream we have created and maintained for ourselves. And somehow this is acceptable?
This at least can be proof of humanity’s extreme ability to adapt. Our ability to endure more pain, hardship, stress, and discomfort only multiplies with every generation, until we say enough. We have adapted as a result of colonization and industrialization. We and our ancestors have suffered great losses of being detatched from our home land, our communities, our cultures and traditions. We have adapted from being cut off from the source, from nature, from energy. So much so, that we forget we are natural beings that need to breathe, that need sunlight, that need nourishment, that need rest and regeneration, and also undergo the cycles and seasons of nature. In turn, we are malnourished, weak, small, powerless, hungry, and are suffering. Despite all the modern achievements and materials comforts, humanity suffers and continues to be survival-driven. But living to survive doesn’t seem like living at all. It seems like we are struggling to live.
It’s like our collective dream has been infiltrated by a virus. Programming people to believe they are broken and not enough. The collective fears and illusions of the world are a tangled web that multiplies with every individual feeding its energy. In Toltec wisdom, they called this ‘Mitote’—chaos in the human mind. Difficult to untangle and sort out what is real, what is right, and what is true. In the dark fog of the dream, people are tired and unwell physically, emotionally, and spiritually. 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.
Will we ever wake up from this bad dream? Well, it’s entirely up to you if you choose to participate in it, if you continue to feed it.
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 bad 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 believe, value, think, 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?