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The Dreaming Way: Courting the Wisdom of Dreams
I think this next growth period in human history will be about learning to see complementarity instead of an antagonistic duality. We need a new model of consciousness that can reconcile paradox, co-liberating our psycho-physical nature as the hybrid beings we are.
Toko-pa Turner • The Dreaming Way: Courting the Wisdom of Dreams
On the brave edges of culture, we are now seeing cooperative thinking between divergent fields and ideologies.
Toko-pa Turner • The Dreaming Way: Courting the Wisdom of Dreams
hyperdimensional space.
Toko-pa Turner • The Dreaming Way: Courting the Wisdom of Dreams
we often forget how powerful our own intent can also be in changing how we see the world—and how it responds to us in return. Instead of defaulting to habitual consciousness, intent is a choice to see and move through the world focusing on the living connection between oneself and all sentient beings. I call this dreamwalking:
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The ritual of sketching it out on a napkin and carrying it with me was a participatory act that further substantiated that resonance. And then the physical world responded to my ritual act by materializing the exact caravan!
Toko-pa Turner • The Dreaming Way: Courting the Wisdom of Dreams
To break these spells, you must first become aware of them. With the help of your dreams, you can expose the narratives that are operating compulsively in your life and bring consciousness into the places they are keeping you trapped or stuck. While we can’t get rid of our complexes, we can learn to recognize them. And in doing so, we gain the
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Like characters in fairy tales, we can fall under the dark spells or enchantments of those more powerful than us. So
Toko-pa Turner • The Dreaming Way: Courting the Wisdom of Dreams
projection can also look like over-admiring others, even to the point of jealousy, when the other is successful in a way we yearn to be. We project “positive shadow” onto others because we aren’t ready to acknowledge those attributes in ourselves. Perhaps you dream about a colleague who is rising through the ranks with great success. He may be
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That means undergoing initiations at various thresholds in our lives where we are forced to dismantle the persona we’ve worked so hard to construct—to look in the shadows lurking behind our bright performances to see what is pulling our strings so we can reclaim that energy for new endeavours.