DREAMWALKING: CONNECTING WITH ANOTHER CONCEPT///TECHNIQUE
"Branch out across the feeble constraints of time and space."
Getting started with dreamwork can be as simple as reaching out.
Presence is the name of the game. Remember that absence is presence as well. If you can be felt, you can fill that space at any time. Usually we are felt most by loved ones such as family and close companions. Sometimes they are that hole and we begin to miss them; yearning for their proximity. Know that you can use that as a way of passage.
It's not always necessary to be asleep to travel through the vehicle of what one would consider dreams. If you look at it one way, all is dream. The mechanisms of imagination summon the formless into form. You are sitting there now, with the potential to slip off into some daydream, imagining an outcome; playing things out in your head. Or, imagining a destination, a personal paradise or hell.
With that out of the way, going to sleep around the same time as all those involved and meeting in a set space will make for a richer and fuller experience in most eyes. It's all about what suits you best at any given time.
As far as things go with this level of dreamwalking, this awareness can be useful when you're trying to get through to someone. One may be able to contact some of the deepest aspects of their self; through dreaming or wakefulness. "Lower or Higher", are of little import. At one point they are one in the same. I'll make an in depth post specifically about these kind of wakeful "audiences" in the very near future.
Seal the deal with a space to be grounded in.
This is where having informed participants with active roles is important. Everyone should agree on a space to meet at. They don't have to decide what it looks like, but having a say in this creative process is likely to maximize the chances for a successful rendezvous.
Materializing a setting shouldn't be complicated. If you're outdoors keep in mind the junction between earth and sky. The horizon is the boundary of your space, but by no means do you have to limit yourself to that, it moves as you move. A space is a space, it can be anything you imagine it to be. If you sit there and try too hard to make sense of things, its going to get complicated. If you're going to be meeting around a pond lined by trees, imagine it thus, and so it is. Just hold it in your mind. If it helps, envision yourself in this space and imagine sending out waves of energy from your center to the horizon or to the edges of whatever enclosed space you're focusing on, this will help to "solidify" things.
Now that you've got some things factored in, you can now go do the thing.
Think of and therefore summon to mind an image of the person you are looking to link up with. I usually only speak of doing this with someone you already have some kind of bond with. This process can strengthen and deepen that tether. Choose wisely! It's probably best to let the other person know that you are capable of executing this technique. It can be one of those things that you open up, and at times when you find yourself unbalanced; begin to do with the slightest intent. It is advisable to be free of attachments. This may be cultivated at your leisure through meditation, and other mindful practices. This is a toy, and a tool. Be aware - consideration is a word and act that can not be used enough.
We all have our own ideas of fun, so enjoy yourself whilst bringing bliss to others.
Anyways, set a date, set a time, if you're worried about someones well-being, go to bed around the time you think they would be resting. With their image in mind, and a space set up, focus focus focus. Intent is everything. If energetic manipulations make more sense to you here's this:
Envision the bond between you, and all other participants, focus on how it feels at first, then you may start picking up on impressions of how it may "appear", don't get caught up on that though. If you can feel it, have ever felt it, you can remember how it feels and that's what you can use to harness a sliver of their energy. Imagine taking in their energy, forming it into a sphere in your center, or in your mind, wherever you may feel it appropriate. For more than one person, an amalgamation of energies is exactly what you're going for, so if anyone in the group doesn't get along, its best to exclude the lot of them. (If you're a harmonious person, you can play a nice little role of Host, I'll make a post for you chill people in the very near future as well, feel free to ask about it in the meantime if you would like.) Focus on your intentions, with all other factors in mind and let yourself drift into sleep with this. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. You'll hit the jackpot at some point. These experiences have a definite vibe to them. The phrase, "Remember how it feels", will help you so much in the long run.
Any questions, any clarity needed, ask away.
