Circle Dream

Two nights ago, I saw the newly waxing Storm Moon. It hung low, a bright crescent with the ghost of the whole moon behind it. The crescent was a sliver of white, barely a saucer, facing upward as if to catch all the tears shed by our folly. Not nearly big enough. Not nearly.

Besides realizing that I had missed the new moon again, I was struck by a nagging in my core.  A voice inside me whispered that it was time to share the Circle Dream; an idea I have somewhat avoided as to not be ridiculed for my passions.  When you start talking about spirit guides, animal totems, and ancestral helpers; eyebrows raise, people tighten their lips or outright laugh.  So, we, the spiritually alternative, tend to talk among themselves about concepts we believe to be as common place as Starbucks.  No one wishes to openly solicit ridicule for something they are passionate about.  Yet, the Circle Dream is not my thoughts, nor my ideas. 

The Circle Dream is a hard concept to explain. Not because I don't understand what occurred but because it is not I dream at all. It was a lesson to me as I was in a dream like state. Those who know me understand that I am fluidly accepting of signs and spirit guides. I often speak of dreams, animal guides, and the like. I do not offer proof of their validity...it is simply what I have experienced; what has become truth for me.  This lesson came to me in a dream. The main dream involved one male voice and visuals as if seen in a textbook.  I wrote the dream down as best as I am able without prejudice the morning after, December 4th, 2012.

I have no need to own these words as they are not mine. I am simply relaying.  If you disagree, that is assuredly your right, but don't expect a well crafted argument from me.  These thoughts are above me...not mine to preach or profit from.  I share them because they compel me to...

Decide for yourself if there is any information to be gleaned.

The Circle Dream- December 4th, 2012
(reference: I had dreamed of a circle 12/3/12- I was being given dimensions, shown geometry.  I can't remember much about it except there were four symbols and one of the symbols was pi.  That threw me off- but then I remembered my basic geometry- pi is the constant for figuring diameter, area, circumference, etc.  The word alchemy was used a few times...as in these things are alchemic. A voice was talking to me, maybe two voices, and I was looking at pages in a book- like a text book while they told me things about the circle.  I wish I had retained more...)

So last night the circle dream kind of continued. I woke sweaty and hot. I knew I needed to write it down but I didn't want to get up.  I willed myself to remember it.  The text in quotation is a male voice that dictated- like a professor teaching.  The italicized text is my voice.  This is my memory.

"The circle is one of the oldest symbols- origin symbols, so to speak.  think of it as a boundary- what is in the circle is of one kind, what is out of another kind.  The circle has been used to represent groups of people ('we are of this kind- you are not') and boundaries of essential orders- 'we are alive- this is not'; but what is very important to understand is that everything exists within one circle. This circle represents your world as you know it and that which you don't. All matter is within it.  All people, all plants, all animals.  Perhaps you might think of it as what adam and eve entered after seeking knowledge...

People construct and create circles within this circle to cause distinction and propagate a false sense of importance. They use the circles to exclude.  They pretend the bigger circle is too general, but they are wrong.  They would prosper within their constructed small circle and watch everything wither without regard. That is not the way.  Within this circle are endless paths of learning, of living.  Some are discordant  Some are radial.  The radial paths are the hardest to find.  These paths lead to unity of the soul, unity of all life, completion."

(Here I was being shown lines drawn all over the circle, over and over, lines crossing one another- then the radial lines illuminated and the center was beautiful white light)

I asked Does not the Buddhist path lead to the center?  The answer "yes, but it is not nearly complete- some lines end never reaching the center because someone decided they found the center.  Even the Buddhist tradition erects a smaller circle around itself- with rules of how to meditate, what enlightenment means and how it can be obtained. No one has yet reached the center, although many have come close- but what is, more important, more desirable is to help everyone find a radial path- move the majority ever closer to center versus one finding it alone."  

What is more beautiful, a field of wildflowers all blooming in mass or a single rose amid a lawn of green?  "Yes"

Can people switch lines? "Yes, people switch constantly- religions, morals, ethics. The lines intersect- many get lost amid the lines.  Dreams get lost and forgotten.  Circles erect around people and they forget the greater whole.  They live in fish bowls- power, prestige, material success distort and create boundaries.  They like how they feel special in the circle they create; but no one is greater than the most wretched soul among you- that is why all most move towards the center"  

How do I know if I am on a radial path?  no answer. (DREAM END)

If this dream continues, I will post it. I could convey certain meanings that I believe are a part of the message, but that would only further muddy the original message...so, I leave it to each of you to find your own value and meaning in these words.