When we dream we go to other realms. 

This is as clearly stated as it can be: when we dream we go to other realms in other dimensions, and we exist there. Dreaming is not unreal. It is as real as anything else in your life. 

When you start to work with your dreams, not only by keeping a dream journal, which is helpful, but by setting intention that you want to dream, and that you want to dream in multidimension and lucidly—so that you can have awareness of yourself when you are dreaming—you can activate your ability to dream. 

As some of you know, I am frequently awakened during the Amrit Vela, the time before dawn around 3:30 or 4:00 in the morning. A lot of you have this experience too. 

What I have found to be especially useful, is to meditate, channel or receive any messages that are available at that time. And then after a while, when I find myself getting sleepy again, I set the intention to receive message dreams or dreams where I astral project in a significant way. 

In this way, the meditation brings information to me, and then the dream also brings more information. If I am able to journal when I wake up, that's great—but sometimes I just wake up so fully filled with the dream and with the memory of the mediation from earlier, I simply have the direct knowing of what I have experienced. 

We have a lot of control over what we dream, and it is wonderful to use your dreamworld as a way to work out whatever you are working on. 

Ask the Universe to help you understand what you need to know, in meditation and in dreams, every day and night. 

I talk a lot about Flow state, and what that means. 

We understand that Flow state is a state of uber connection to the Universe. 
But how can we tell when we're in it? 

The most simply put is this: We know we're in Flow, when we don't feel separate. 

There is a kind of magical expansion that happens when we enter Flow state, where we feel connected to everything all at once. We become so immersed in this enlightened and expanded state, we forget to think all the old thoughts and misbeliefs that so frequently scurry about in heads all day long. 

We are so busy feeling awe and wonder and magic and love, that this is where we exist. 

If you haven't felt expanded in a long time, find something or someone who will take you to this state. It is not expensive or difficult. It is about simply opening up to the marvelous beauty of this extraordinary Universe, and knowing you are part of it all. 

As part of my focus on spiritual growth, I am commited to being in nature as much as I can. This means in all weather!

My favorite form of moving meditation is biking or walking at the nature preserve near my home. Rain, snow, heat—I am out there in all seasons!

It is truly thrilling to be on the path, riding your bike in the snow! It makes you feel like you're 12 years old again—fully yourself and fully connected all at once. 

My experience has been is that there is something about moving meditation in nature that shifts us immediately into a state of pure Flow.

Our thought loops quickly come to front of mind where they can be easily dismissed. We begin to experience a sense of expansion. We open to the many consciousnesses that are always available to us. We begin to exist as soul first, rather than ego or personality. 

It is not just about endorphins either. It is about tuning into nature itself, knowing ourselves as part of it, and dropping deeply into this Flow state. 

Of course, this translates into more Flow state when we come back inside. The more we experience flow, whether this is in meditation or movement or dreams or however we let our selves open, the more this becomes our go-to state. 

As some of you may know, I have devoted this year to my spiritual growth. 

This means I am dropping out of many distractions and duties, and seeking a pure connection to the Universe in all the ways that this can happen. 

I am seeking to clear, heal, let go and release anything that is no longer serving me. I seek to live from soul essence. 

For many years, we have all been releasing "stuff", which has often been our physical stuff, our habits, toxic relationships. This has been a challenging journey, and have all done a good job of this! 

And yet now, there is a deeper level or layer that calls me—and I would guess it calls you too. 

We want to get really clear from all the thought loops, the misbeliefs, the triggers, the past wounds, the old stuff that fills our memories and our minds, and just step forward so we are not living in that place any more at all. 

And we begin to live in freedom, as spiritual beings who truly recognize we are spiritual beings—not the egoic or personality or worldly identity—but truly as souls first.

I don't have a plan, except connecting with the Universe.  I know many of you are on this same path this year, and I look forward to hearing about your experience.

We all have deep karma with many people in this lifetime. 

We might call these karmic crossings, or say we have karma with a person, or in cases of love, we might say someone is our soul mate or even our twin flame. 

The thing to know is this: just because you have karma with someone, does not need you are meant to spend your whole life together. 

Karma means soul lessons learned over time. 
Karma doesn't mean put a ring on it—or whatever phrase you might use to talk about commitment. 

Instead, we are here to work with each other, until we complete our karma—our soul lessons—together. That means:
 
• When we complete our soul lessons, it's normal for the relationship to end. 
• If we are so dysfunctional we can't work on our soul lessons, it's normal for the relationship to end—we'll pick up those soul lessons in the next lifetime. 
• When we can cooperate with someone, we can work on our karmic lessons for many years, even a lifetime. 

If you are looking at someone as a possible soul mate, look past the ideas of how similar you are, or how you're "twin flames".  Look instead at your ability to work with this person, on the karmic lessons you're learning. 

To work with someone at the deepest level requires consideration, coorperation, vulnerability, safety, transparency and respect. Those are the characteristics to look for, when you seek your soul mate. 

It's easy to get into the habit of feeling we're lost. 

We don't know what to do next. 
We're not sure where we're going.
We don't understand our path. 

However, these statements are incorrect. 
You're actually not lost. 
You're right here. 

You can never be lost on your path, because your karmic way is always unfolding or revealing before you—it's the red thread of destiny, and it's impossible for you to miss anything you need to do or experience, anyone you need to meet or be with, anything you're here to understand. 

The Universe leads you to that, without fail. 
So you can never be lost. 

You can however, be in a state of waiting for what's next. This can feel like being lost. 
Remember: we are not here to hurtle through life doing, doing, doing one thing after another with never a moment to pause and reflect and integrate. 

If you think you're lost, you're not. 
You're just integrating what's happened already. 
Your next step will be clear soon.