Journey to Future Self- or Becoming the Dreamer of the Good Dream

Some people prefer to read information, others learn best by listening. Below you will find a transcript of the words in “Journey to Your Future Self”. The movie is about 21 minutes long and contains the 10 minute drumming track. There is a Fire Ceremony video below the transcript so do scroll down!

The separate 10 min drumming track can also be found under the recap and review section 4:9. 

—Please, do not listen to the movie and/or the drumming track while driving or operating heavy machinery!—–

Today’s journey is going to be into the future- specifically to go visit with your Future Self (FS). We will also be discussing a potential new way of thinking. I don’t know if you think this way already. You may be open to the possibility that we are shaping our reality through our thoughts and our daydreams. And that we can influence our future by changing the thoughts we think throughout the day. There are many spiritual disciplines that agree that we can change our reality, that we can change our world by how we use our imagination and how we day dream. What is different in shamanism is the approach to changing the dream. When shamans journey to non-ordinary reality they don’t just see it as a movie scrolling by on a screen, they experience it all with their senses, they smell the air, feel it in their lungs, feel the ground under their feet, see the colors and the landscape. They hear the birds and the insects and the sounds of the waves and the wind. To use the senses is a very powerful tool for bringing into manifestation, and this is what dream work is all about. But first we will take a journey to our future selves to discuss our dreams and what they will bring us.

We always have thoughts. And our collective thoughts have power. John Perkins (another Shamanic teacher) said that when he asked an elder in the rainforest of South America what we in the western world could do to help the indigenous people- the answer he received was to “go home and change the dream of your people”.

As I heard that I couldn’t help but think how many Armageddon movies Hollywood has cranked out and how generations have lived in overshadowing fear of nuclear disaster and war. There are many movies that don’t ultimately help bring forth a happy outcome of our collective future.  What we feed does grow. But there are ways we can change our own thoughts- one way is to start every day by giving thanks for all the things you are grateful for- your life, earth, air, fire, water, the Spirit living in all things, the sun, the moon, the stars, the helping spirits, your helping ancestors, the spirit of the land where you live, the hidden Folk, or any other thing you want to express your gratitude for.  When you start your day giving thanks, you are shaping it in a healthy positive way, making you ready to take on the role of being the dreamer of the good dream, and not only dreaming the good dream for yourself but for all of life here on earth. We all have a birthright to be happy and have clean water, air, and good healthy food. And we can dream that into being.

As we dream we are planting seeds in our inner garden, and then they take form, organically unfolding and growing big and healthy. But they do start as seeds, or dreams.

It is important to realize that we too have a birthright to be happy- we do not change the world into a better place by being miserable and unfulfilled ourselves. So to manifest a good dream for the world we can start with manifesting a good dream for ourselves. Yes, you are allowed to do this—all of us are-So start by identifying the things that make you happy- and then go on to identify a dream for a future that makes brings you joy and passion. For the journey this month we will visit our future self and discuss how changing our daydreams and thought patterns changed our lives. Our future selves will be able to pinpoint what changes we made that eventually made all the difference and then give suggestions to how to strengthen the dream. Your future self may tell you that using the fuel of your joy and your passion to power the dream and really going into how your future life looks, smells, sounds, and feels was what brought about your happy future!

I will drum but before we start I will give you a couple of possible intentions you can set for the journey to your future self.

As always in Shamanic Journeying, I recommend that you to set your intention to travel with a Helping Spirit- so go to either the lower World or the Upper World to meet with your Helping Spirit for this journey. In non-ordinary reality we can travel back and forth in time and through intention we will find our future self at the exact right junction.

1. You can set your intention to go with your Helping Spirit (HS) to meet your Future Self (FS) and discuss how changing your dream has affected the success of your FS and what suggestions your FS have for you to help you in your work now.
2. You can set your intention to go with your HS and perhaps also with your FS to a territory in non-ordinary reality known as the cave of lost dreams. Your Guides will know the way and there you can retrieve a lost dream- a dream you might have forgotten or perhaps thought you were not able or worthy of achieving. This dream is a dream that will bring passion and meaning for your life, a dream that will make your life vibrant as you manifest this dream.
3. If you feel that you have no dreams that are lost you can work with your HS and your FS to bring into being a dream that is appropriate for you right now. Don’t ask them to give you a dream- your dreams are yours to feel passionate about but discuss with them what they think of your suggestions; ask your FS and HS what would be a good dream to manifest right now.

So starting now: 10 min. drumming….

Welcome back from this journey to connect with your dreams, the dreams that will bring passion and joy into your life as you work with focus daily to bring them into being by gently pushing your daydreams into the direction you want to manifest. And if you lose focus momentarily, come back to this journey and remember meeting your happy, successful  FS and what your FS told you. It is true that were our daydreams go, there is where the manifestation goes….and remember that you can easily broaden your perspective to dream a good future for our planet.

Fire Ceremony

Fire ceremonies are powerful tools in manifestation and in its simplest form consist of burning a paper or cloth upon which you write your dreams and wishes. I tell you why and a few more ‘hows’ in the video. You can also journey to your Helping Spirits and do the ceremony in non-ordinary reality.

And please, do be safe around fire!