The Purpose of Your/A Dream

The Purpose of A [Your] Dream

 Why have a Dream? What real value do they hold? For the individual? For the greater good? Do some people’s dreams matter more than others? And who determines how, and/or why? I’m not talking about night travels or vague wishes, rather the substance of something that will pave your destiny and shape your being. I believe dreams, your dreams too, are designed to serve the highest purposes for the greater good-apart from any fun and/or pleasure or fulfilment they give the dreamer.

Your Dream/Vision is Your Life Map

 I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, nothing is more tragic in my mind than a person going to their grave with their song unsung and their vision still in their belly. I’d really like to play a part in changing how many people do this. Not by controlling anyone, or telling them what to do-as if you could force anyone to fulfil their own dreams! No, I’d like to do it by presenting a few different ways to view one’s dreams. A dream, personal vision, life goal, destiny, calling-whatever name you wish to give it, is not merely the opportunity to pursue a hobby-although, it may start like that. A dream is the blueprint of your life, unfolding and blossoming progressively , as you move forward in it. It is your guide, your personal map and it is never fully revealed for it always expanding-if you run with it. If it is never acted upon beyond the vague notion of “oh, I always wanted to...”, then the vision of it may never bloom either. The dreamer may never awaken to its magic. Unless the seed is sown, it can become no more than it is, but the instant it is given any kind of climate to grow, life springs forth! And it truly does not matter how late in life. It’s never SO late that your dreams are forfeit.

  God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable.  Rom 11:29

 He never takes them back. They are for you and you alone. Non-transferable.  You can’t live them out through your kids either! [caption id="attachment_1648" align="alignright" width="300"]
Come out of your hole and into the light with your dreams. (Click to enlarge)

 The Seminal Stages

One of the reasons that so many put their dreams off is because they often appear, in the early days, as vain exploits of indulgent, self pleasure. (Why this was ever seen as a ‘bad thing’ is a big part of the problem!) Often, there’s no logic, rhyme or reason other than the fact that you just love doing it!!

The first, most commonly made mistake, is to think it needs to do or be or accomplish any more than this. First step of the Master’s blueprint is to simply ‘find your bliss’! For some reason, when we are young, this is ok. We’re allowed to love doing something and we are encouraged to do it more and more because it is appropriately celebrated that some passion and enthusiasm has been discovered.

 Dream Puberty
This is where many a dream is dashed against the rocks of ridicule and ill-placed criticism, or crushed beneath pressure of sneering peers, disapproving parents and poor self esteem. As we grow, other things are deemed more important than doing what makes us happy. Parents say we must do homework first, or chores. Responsibility (that which we must do whether we like it or not) comes before that which we enjoy and are inexplicably drawn to.

Nothing wrong with carrying some ownership for the home...but it should be presented as a positive addition, not a mandatory enslavement at the cost of what is dear. The two never needed to be pitted as enemies to each other. This is not about spoiling a child, but about valuing the destiny within each one.

 Train up a child in the way he should go [or ‘in his own bent’], 
and when he is old he will not depart from it. Pr 22:6

Why? Why did the values suddenly change? Why did the game rules get altered? Do teachers not know? Do parents not understand? That when encouraged to pursue this and other passions, a child will eventually face every fear and every inner demon, every discipline and every character trait necessary to be able to continue to grow in it? And do so willingly, for the love of the it instead of through force and the fear of falling short.

Passion makes Perfect

They will work harder, longer and with greater commitment if allowed to work at what they love.  They will become experts who love what they do and do it in their own unique way. Not everyone who loves to sing will have a public stage of 1000s, but they may have a small stage of 10 disabled little children who flourish through that gift. If you truly love it, the right place to give that gift will present. It’s in you for a reason and even if you don’t know what that is yet honour it with nurturing and time and effort and you will!

No one works harder than the passionate person. You will never work as hard or as happily, or sleep as well in a tepid life. Find the fire in your belly again! Banish the old ghosts that said you were too weak to live your dreams. You can! Not only that, all of creation awaits with bated breath for you to do it!

All creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed.  Rom 8:19

You cannot tell me that the universe, on every level, doesn’t exult in each life that is taken back to be lived in Freedom! God rejoices! I feel the excitement in a decision made by a person to follow their blueprint.

Not Negotiable

The greatest tragedy of human life is the notion that one's dreams must be relegated to retirement and some dabbling, after one has served and paid their dues! Poppycock!!  This has to take the cake as one of the grandest lines of BS we've ever been spun! People feel so guilty about being happy that it completely robs them of their most effective means to be a gift to the world.

In spite of all those who think otherwise, the power of an aligned life goal, or dream, vision, calling, ministry, fate or destiny is given to YOU, so that you will rise and become all you can be.  When you commit to your dream, it will give you and/or hone these qualities:

• Clarity of Intention
• Meaning-a reason to be ( even if it is just the joy of being )
• Well being
• Skill Development
• Mastery/ Discipline
• Character/Values
• Fulfilment
• Personal Growth/ Expansion

And as it grows and takes hold of your heart and becomes your magnetic north, it will bring to humanity:

• Inspiration
• Evolution
• Enlightenment
• Greater Joy
• Appreciation

I believe every dream, whether great or small, does these things. You can be part of something far greater than yourself by being “selfish” and honouring the gift of the dream that has been placed inside of you. Every person has that glorious being inside them.

Start today by doing one thing each day to show your worthiness of your dream. Accept the high and holy calling to be all that you imagine and more.

 Dare to DREAM your IMPOSSIBLE DREAM!!
All of creation, seen and unseen, God, the angels and me...we’re all cheering you on!

 

 

In Pursuit Of A Dream

In Pursuit of a Dream “I have a dream!” I am sure you all know who said that. (Martin Luther King Jnr) Martin Luther King Jnr.
Retrieved 23/1//2013 http://www.biography.com/people/martin-luther-king-jr-9365086 I want to talk about dreams. When I say dreams here, I refer to something that is so intricately intertwined and laced through your being that at rare moments of clarity, you can feel all of your life essence caught up in its glory. You may still not how to live it, or even be totally clear on details, but you feel the destiny of it deep in your gut. Something is calling you to give your all. You wish you really did know what it was, so you could get started! Or maybe you feel certain you know and are ready, but no one believes you-at 5. Or even if they do, they assume you still have to grow up first. A fire starts to burn in your belly. When you feel such a fire, you have found the pathway to your purpose and the progressive unveiling of your dream. Dreams Are A Great Gift And Privilege It’s a fantastic feeling to have a ‘fire in your belly’. It brings meaning to life, purpose to your existence, a reason to breathe. There is a very poor outlook held by the masses (though a lesser percentage than ever before in history, I’d wager), that only the rare few can have their dreams fulfilled. Consequently, only the rare few have and they have been so driven by their purpose that they often change the world in which they live and leave a legacy that spans centuries, continuing, even today, to enrich lives. There is another largely held view, I’ve observed today (more than historically), that many think that people inherit the fulfilment of their dreams by sheer luck or happenchance. Perhaps, you are one of the lucky ones that Fate selected to change their stars. In spite of all the leaders and dream fulfillers telling us over and over again that we can all live our dreams and it’s never too late to do so, the vast multitudes of humanity go to the grave with their song unsung and their vision yet in their bellies as an unborn child. My dream (as far as others is concerned) is to use my life to propose something to alter this statistic. My personal dream is to be so consciously connected with God, that I embody the liberating truths I believe about His love and demonstrate them with intention, so that others can see and be inspired to believe for themselves. I want to demonstrate a way to live on this planet that reflects God’s intention for us, as divine co-creators and offspring. My dream is for FREEDOM. Beautiful Burleigh Sky Freedom from fear-and every kind of parasitical, maligned thing that rides its back into my heart and life. This is my dream. To know myself whole and complete in God, safe from harm, yet wide open to give and receive Love to the max. I want to be totally confident in my awareness of universal support to fulfil my purpose. Anyone can have their dreams fulfilled but be warned...the rewards don’t go to the luke-warm or fainthearted. They are for the FREE! And even though freedom as a state is a birthright to every human being, it seems to require some deep, ongoing and challenging process that puts that freedom at a high price-the greatest being that of COURAGE to believe, and along with it, the manifestation of our most sacred dreams. The Attributes of a Dream In the early stages of one’s dream, I believe passion is the greatest indicator. An insatiable appetite and inexplicable pleasure comes from participating in some kind of activity or practise. It may or may not come with a more expansive vision, but it doesn’t matter. As you let the passion and pleasure pull you along, you will find yourself brought through several cycles of challenge and accomplishment. Stay with this path and the challenges will get more demanding-as will the necessary disciplines, focus and application. Passion and pleasure is what will keep you there. Seasons o f life may add new facets and interests, and all you do, when pursuing your passions will contribute to that final Life Purpose. Keeping something in your life, about which you are passionate, will keep you on your path with a forward moving energy. When people resign their dreams and talents to the season of Retirement in later life, they could well have closed off their avenues to success and personal growth in a way that would have them open mouthed in disbelief. It all becomes useable stuff for the dream, once you take it up...but it never needed to be cast aside. And NEVER should have been-in my opinion! Add to that, the fact that most lose faith in being able to fulfil them by this stage. A sad, but accepted illusion. Owning Your Dream Passions come early in life because if we follow them and stay true to them, they will take us down a road that will guide us to face every personal fear and every internal demon as well as master all necessary disciplines and character traits, compelled by ever increasing love, and widening appreciation of this ‘thing’ that we feel compelled to do. The idea being that we are so enamoured and enraptured that the challenges posed are tackled with the gusto of a champion. And when that has been depleted, the sheer grit of someone who has come too far, invested too much, fallen too many times and risen again, to quit now! When the Dream Owns You Passion for a purpose and dream is like a holy fire that will Purify you, and act as an access portal to the greater human being that resides within. I believe that this is the point where the dream comes to own you. It almost feels like your life has been taken over by something so much bigger and grander than you. Even if you want to let it go and give up, it doesn’t appear that you are able to any more. It is carrying you. Your life has become one with the fruition of this intention. Nothing else seems to matter because suddenly, you can see that all you value and hold dear in this life is represented in that dream somehow. And there is no ‘not doing it’ option anymore. Will Smith, the actor, is quoted as saying “Know what you believe And be willing to die for it” Some might think these heavy words, but I think that’s because so many spend so much of their life essences engaged in things that have little or no value on this scale. When a life is dream led, it is both compelled and constrained by the demands of that dream. There is no true dream fulfilment without the courage to live and die for it. No matter how it looks to those around you, each heart alone knows the terrors it faced, the bravery it displayed and the sweetness of the victories won over one’s own darkness and doubt. What’s Your Dream? If you don’t think you know, I may be able to help you... But, do you really want to know? Are you ready to lose your ‘little life’ to your inner greatness?