Last Saturday, I had a grand adventure that filled with me profound feelings of connectedness, expansion and joy.
 
Did I go to a big concert?
Did I attend a holiday party?
Did I purchase something expensive?
Did I travel somewhere exotic?
Did I achieve a great accomplishment?
 
No.
 
Instead, I headed with my husband to a park nearby, and we gathered chestnuts.
 
It was nearing dusk; the kind of wintry gloaming where the air is moist with rain and the earth smells dank. We headed toward the river, to where a mighty chestnut stood. Scattered underneath were thousands of prickly green pods, burst open with their treasures: glossy brown chestnuts.
 
We gathered them up, and we experienced it fully: the slick feel of the chestnuts, the muddy ground, the trees in presence all around us, the sky faint and grey, the drizzle of the rain.
 
It was a nothing experience, really. The kind of thing a lot of people might find strange or odd or peculiar.
 
Yet I have found that these small moments open me into euphoria: these moments that take me out of self and into Self, where I find myself fully enraptured.
 
You can find and create these moments in your own life easily, as you create more space in your life, so that the season can find you.

There isn’t any way to get away from others; we’re all One, all the time.
There isn’t a way to stop sensing what others are feeling; we are all connected.

However, we can take some breathing room from others, by creating private space that lets us connect to the wisdom of our own soul, and to the deep healing and understanding of the natural and spirit world.

This taking private space might be seen as a way to slow down, not block, the thoughts and feelings of others. We simply remove ourselves from the vibration of drama and dysfunction, or from the vibration of too much exposure, and instead decide to exist on a plane where we experience peace, spaciousness, relaxation, and non interruption.

When we exist on this plane of private space, we are able to work creatively, work spiritually, and enjoy exploring other realms that are just as real as this real world.

We can’t ever be separate from others, because we’re all One. But we can choose to inhabit different, higher planes, and enjoy the spaciousness and freedom that is there. 

If we’re very lucky, we experience a deep, dreaming sleep, and wake up feeling refreshed, new, reborn: as if we’ve been bestowed a blessing upon.

In our dreams, we might have done magical things: swum with mermaids, or talked with flowers We might have met our guides, and received teachings or messages. We might have seen a difficult situation in our life, easily resolved. We might have spent time with a beloved departed, and received comfort.

The thing is: dreams are real.

Even though we experience dreams on the etheric plane, they provide us with the same level of healing, comfort and emotional understanding that we experience in our earth life.

If you have unpleasant dreams, these are provided to you as ways of dealing difficult situations: it’s time to correct aspects of your life that aren’t working, are finished, or are no longer needed. If you have a dream that is sheer joy, such as talking with a mermaid, or flying, simply enjoy it: this is reality too! It is a blessing, a comfort, a gift of joy.

When you have a profound dream that contains a message, vision or knowing, write this dream down and post it somewhere you will see it. This guiding dream will be a marker on your path.