Dreamfulness is about change

In a dreamless world such as 21st century America seems to be, cultivating an attitude and a practice of dreamfulness does necessitate change. It requires a change in our habitual patterns, our customary ways of thinking, feeling and doing. Changing habits is excruciatingly difficult. On top of this, Dreamfulness is a practice that has no destination: "Ah, now I've learned the necessary changes, and can go back to auto-pilot!" Dreamfulness is a practice of cultivating awareness and becoming response-able to the vicissitutes of life. Life is change. Dreamfulness is about changing what is changeable and finding the aspect of ourselves that is foundational and, in the life we are currently living, unchanging.

 

I've just finished Neil

I've just finished Neil Gaiman's "The Sandman: Brief Lives." One of the main themes in this volume of this classic graphic novel is that the dream world (inner and outer, sleeping and waking) is about change. Even Morpheus the Master of Dreams has to learn this oh-so-uncomfortable lesson.