
The Dreaming Way: Courting the Wisdom of Dreams

These glimpses are fleeting, and they fade as quickly as they come into view. Sometimes, in the distance between these moments, we are given to wonder if we made it all up. As life begins to fill with losses and disappointments, missed yardsticks of progress, and endless responsibilities, years and even decades can evaporate without so much as a pe
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terrible things have happened in your life. If you believe the world is meaningful and responsive to you, then how do we make sense of tragedy and loss?
Toko-pa Turner • The Dreaming Way: Courting the Wisdom of Dreams
Living in harmony with the Tao is referred to as wu wei. In the Chinese language, wu means “effortless” and wei means “action.” So a person who practises wu wei is in a constant conversation with those elemental forces of nature that shift and move within and around
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Following Wisdom can be disruptive and arduous at times, especially when it takes us down unconventional paths. Bushwhacking through the brambles of the unorthodox way, one can lose faith in the unseen, especially when the route grows painful, exhausting, or lonely. But as we cut the path, it is also shaping us into the kind of person who is called
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Once you have discovered the secret longing of the dream during the courtship process, it is important to take a symbolic step in the direction of the dream’s prompting.
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dreamwork as a reciprocal dialogue between our two worlds, seen and unseen.
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Aspire to dream kinder dreams. Dream of the ancient love that is driving your destiny. Dream of rooms you’ve not yet discovered, and worlds you didn’t know existed. Dream of eternal flames, mysterious springs, and entryways through roots of trees. Know that the earth’s creativity in you is fathomless. Give your novel ideas form in the world. Honour
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Disorientation is the initiatory substance that prepares you to be astonished by Wisdom’s approach.
Toko-pa Turner • The Dreaming Way: Courting the Wisdom of Dreams
set manageable goals for herself again, and move with nurturing discipline toward them.