Listen to your nighttime dreams. All of our nighttime dreams are saying "This is the way it is with you and your life presently. What are you going to do about it?" Dreams speak symbolically. If you have lost your keys, are in a car that you cannot stop or control, are late for an exam you didn't study for, have to give a speech on a topic you know nothing about, etc. It relates to your life current at the time of the dream. Learn how to read the symbols. If you can't find your pocketbook, your purse, your wallet, could be you are doing things in your life that aren't true to yourself. You have lost your identity--your ID, get it? And need to restore your integrity in your actual life. Find the connection between dream and life. Where are you in your life like you are in your dream? Listen to your stomach. Your bones. Your body. Your heart. These are your somatic guides. And are a very present help in time of trouble, to everyone who goes to the trouble of listening attentively and living accordingly. Our work is restoring the balance, recovering the harmony. Life is always throwing us off the beam, off the path, off the way. The beam, path and way require us to stay on by maintaining our balance/harmony. Remaining stable and centered on what is vital to our life, spiritually, while doing what it takes to be alive, physically. Vital on two levels at once, walking two paths at the same time. It is a balancing act. What are the forces of instability in your life? What keeps knocking you off the beam? The emptiness, stillness and silence are where we go to consider/contemplate/reflect on these things, restore our connections with our somatic guides, and get back on the path. It's all practice. All of the time
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