.... Dreaming Humanity's Path .... 1r nu ~ CQ) ncdl lMI @ rro 17 CQ) rro § y rro ~ Thur illl rro ll ~ ll ~ y It is a gray, overcast day. I am in a park, which seems fairly deserted, except for a park bench. I go and sit on the bench. Beside me sits an old man, hunched over. He has the appearance of a bum. We take no notice of each other. I am feeling sad and wondering what life is all about. Heaving a heavy sigh, I say to the vast, empty sky above me, "What does it all mean?" Suddenly, the old man beside me lurches forward and shouts, "Life is bunch of hints! Goshdarn HINTS!" ~ 'Ioucfi 'lJrawinJI 611 '1Je6orafi J(p(f-Cfiapin Vol. 14 No. 3/Dream Network 3 . ............ .. ............ .. .. .. .. .. ....... .. .. ... ... .. .. ... .. 4 Dream Network/Vol. 14 No. 3 Vol.14 No. 3/Dream Network 5 As a species, perhaps we can take .... Lessons From Geese Guidance comes to us daily You may remember about two in many forms .... through those Fact 1: As each goose flaps its wings, it years ago, some of this editorial column lovely, blessed synchronicities, creates an "uplift" for the birds that was devoted to taking strong objection from nature and always, in our follow. By flying in "V" formation, the to various attempts being made to dreams. whole flock adds 71% greater flying activate 900# lines for the purpose of The visionary dreams in this range than if each bird flew alone. doing dreamwork (Dream Network Vol. offering of Dreaming Humanity's Lesson: People who share a common 12 Number 2). Path guide us to respect and direction and sense of community can There was a general consensus that nurture the feminine energies ' get where they are going quicker and it would be nearly impossible to provide present within each of us and to easier, because they are traveling on high quality dreamwork at a cost mine the depth of meaning in the thrust of one another. affordable for most individuals.The archetypal symbols from and in Fact 2: When a goose falls out of opinions expressed at that time, hold nature. As The Old Man counsels, formation, it suddenly feels the drag true. we are to pay_attention to the and resistance of flying alone. It quickly Approximately three months ago, "Goshdam Hints !" (p.3) moves back into formation to take an unsolicited opportunity literally Predominantly, in this collect­ advantage of the lifting power of the sought us out involving access to 2 ion, we are directed to focus our 900# lines. Unlike the efforts mentioned attention toward the natural: to bird immediately in front of it. Lesson: If we have as much sense as a above, this would involve exclusively hear the messages in stones, in recorded dream-related information. bodies of water, in the sky. goose, we stay in formation with those headed where we want to go. We are After consulting DN advisors, Have you even noticed the we came to realize that the lines could abundance of heart-forms in willing to accept their help and give our help to others. be put to very valuable use as dream nature? Hearts take shape in the education lines and agreed to make petals of many flowers and leave&, Fact 3: When the lead goose tires, it positive advantage of the opportunity. in heart-shaped clouds and stones. rotates back into the formation and I am proud, then, to announce that When dragonflies are mating, their another goose flies to the point position. Dream Network has one line and we are joining creates the shape of a heart. Lesson: It pays to take turns doing the working to develop a second Dream Nature offers us a wealth of sym­ hard tasks and sharing leadership. Community Dream Education and bolic language and teachings! As with geese, people are inter­ Information Line. See our ad, page 45. "Love is the opening door. Love is dependent on each other's skills, what we cam here for .... " capabilities and unique arrangements If you have received this issue and Hint, hint. of gifts, talents or resources. are not a subscriber, this sample copy comes to you as a result of your recent In accord with a truth clearly Fact 4: The geese flying in formation inquiry request for information about articulated by C. G. Jung, honk to encourage those in front to I the Dream Network. This is the best "In the final analysis, what keep up their speed. possible way of sharing with you who is the fate of great nations but Lesson: We need to make sure our we are and what we do. Hope you enjoy a summation of the psychic honking is encouraging. In groups, and choose to explore the mystery with changes in the individual?" where there is encouragement, the us! the articles presented provide sen­ production is greater. The power of The very best PR is word of mouth• . sitive and extraordinary examples encouragement (to stand by one's heart of the guidance received in You can really HELP to keep this vital or core values and encourage the heart dreams, then incorporated, by information going out into the world by and core of others) is the quality of individuals. In some instances, we 1) encouraging your friends, dream honking we seek. have juxtaposed the "Big Dreams' groups members, etc., to subscribe; alongside personal dream Fact 5: When a goose gets sick, wound­ 2) giving gift subs to someone you know accounts, to demonstrate the ed or shot down, two geese drop out of who will benefit; 3) sharing DN with interplay. formation and follow it down to help your local library and bookstores. Overwhelmed as we often feel or protect it. They stay with it until it in these challenging times, it is dies or is able to fly again. We now have a Home Page on the true that what we each do can Then they launch out with another World Wide Web, for information make a difference .... and is do­ formation or catch up with the flock. purposes and for convenient sub­ able. Lesson: If we have as much sense as scription and back issue orders. Please Thank you dreams, dreamers, geese, we will stand by each other in visit the site. OurURL! address is: artists, poets, each of you who has difficult times as well as when we are http://waking.com/waking!dream/ subscribed, renewed, written or strong.* called with encouragement.. .. for Our email address is now: making this sharing possible. May the wind be always at your back INT% [email protected] It does make a difference. ... where ever your flock may be. ~ Mavin forward ..... with Love. ~ 6 Dream NetworkNol. 14 No. 3 *Lessons From Geese was transcribed from a speech given by Angeles A rrien at the 1991 Organizational Development Network on the work of Milton Olson. If we allow our imaginations ed. The experience takes place in free reign, it is possible to conceive virtual reality but the emotional, of the big "Contact" point as a attitudinal changes are real and strange attractor in the history of translate to daily life. mankind, pulling us toward a Dream contact may function in seeming inevitability. For some, much the same way, whether it is that time is now. Perhaps they are induced by ETs or is a phenomenon the ones feeling that pull from the of our collective unconscious, soft­ UFO/ET Dreams future- the precursors of the ening the blow of culture shock "Main Event." For some, contact is I enjoyed the article on UFO I The psycho-social change is in full purely physical. Others may exper­ Extraterrestrial dreams (Vol. 13 No. swing toward global and even ience astral or emotional contact 4, Dream Network) which got me galactic identification. Our personal though the dreambody, or the pondering their fairly frequent and cultural self-image is under­ inspiration of the mental faculty occurrence in my own dreamlife. going radical revisioning. A seem­ regarding related scientific ideas, As a hypnotherapist who has inter­ ingly external force is penetrating such as hyperspace, or philosoph­ viewed abductees, I find that while our society, culturally, symbolically ical notions about the nature of most abductees report these dream­ and even sexually, if the abductees deep reality. like experiences, all UFO dreamers are to be believed. I think I'll write Dean McClan­ are not repressed abductees, as Sightings, reports and even ahan re: the UFO dreams. It sounds some lists of"symptoms" presented rumor are breaking down there­ like our "implants" are on the same in popular UFO logy might imply. strictive "box" of official consensus wavelength. However, that doesn't exclude reality, within which most of us Thanks for a great journal! the possibility of a mental "contact," function. Yet, according to the lana Miller, Grants Pass, OR though not in the classical sense of media, most people "believe" in "contactee." Irregardless of the UFOs and related phenomena. Meets Highest source of these dreams, they can be Our root metaphors, the images explored through a variety of pro­ through which we perceive "real­ Expectations! cess-oriented therapies, using meta­ ity," are changing-how we know phors of what the experience is like. what we know about ourselves and I have anxiously awaited This tends to avoid the pitfalls of the universe. DNJ's Dreaming Humanity's Path typical regression, such as leading As we encounter ways of dis­ since I first learned of the project in suggestions, re-traumatization, solving our false boundaries (time, 1992. It lived up to my highest ex­ false memory syndrome and even space and ego), we become more pectations! I commend all those telepathic transmission of the ther­ familiar, closer to that which has involved, especially the dreamers apists ow n pet theories (experimen­ been perceived as alien without and who shared their gifts.