THE FEATHER

As I walked along, in my dream, with my little dog I noticed a neighbourhood dog running aggressively towards us.  My dog, a petite and delicate little Chihuahua, was being charged at by a big, lumbering, overweight basset hound.  Although he came towards us aggressively, when he finally reached us, he became disinterested and just sniffed the grass.  No dog fight.

I looked up, as I walked on, to see a man on a bike coming around the corner towards us.  I knew intuitively that he meant me harm but I didn't know why but he didn't even know me, did he?

He took out of his pocket a plastic box which at one end was open and revealed the tip of a feather.  As I continued to walk he 'unleashed' a feather from its container and it came jetting dangerously towards me.  The first one just missed me and as I looked towards him I noticed more feathers being launched at me.

I knew I needed to act in some way so I stood and faced the feathers and as each one came towards me I commanded them to "miss me" which they did.

In the moment I realized that I wasn't handling this situation optimally.  Instead of directing each feather to miss me, I knew that what I was to do was to stand firm, face my attacker, and direct the feathers back to their source. I knew that I had the power to do that, as a matter of fact, I knew that I had more power than my attacker because I knew how to love.  One by one, each feather was turned around and sent back to their owner.  I had no fear nor malice and I knew that  whatever happened when the feathers returned to the man had nothing to do with me, if they harmed him it was because of what was in his mind, not mine.

As I wakened from my dream I remembered that the previous evening when dining with friends we discussed world events and all agreed that changes in our world needed to come from within each of us.  Furthermore, that we need to learn how to use our minds positively, powerfully and with mastery to create a world in which every single being experiences freedom, peace and joy.

It is useful to know that we are being 'attacked' daily by what appear to be benign things.  You can't get much more benign than a feather can you?  But as the dream demonstrates, the feather can be directed with malevolent intent and maybe with a power outside of our conscious awareness.

Television, print media, the internet, education are all benign forms of entertainment or resources, however, they are being used to mis-educate, manipulate and control us.  They all tell us that we are not good enough, that we are to blame for what is happening to our world and the ultimate lie, we are separate from each other.

It is time! It is time for those of us who are waking to our forgotten oneness to choose the mental station you would like your mind to be attuned to.  Today, choose love and oneness.  Remember that everyone who you think is outside of you is actually inside of your mind ... they are inside your own personal universe as you, conversely, are in theirs.  Love them for the part that they uniquely play in your growth, development and understanding of yourself.  We are all one magnificent, powerful, loving being and when we remember that we will literally empower ourselves into a completely new experience of ourselves and our world.