Many years ago I had a powerful awakening of truth or reality and what followed was this prophetic dream, which was the harbinger of the journey that I was about to undertake.
In this dream I was asked to be in a garden fashion show. I was given one important instruction: “You will walk through the garden and then you will reach a dark woman sitting at a table. She will tell you to turn left.” This seemed quite clear, so I began my work in a joyous state of mind. The garden was beautiful, sunny and uplifting, with many exquisite fragrances. I felt vibrant, alive and attractive in my clothes. I continued to feel this way until I reached the dark woman at the table.
She gave me a severe look and pointed to my left. I felt disturbed. As I started walking to my left I found myself in a dreary, misty, grey area, devoid of any colour. As I looked closer, I saw that a steely grey barbed-wire fence defined the path. The ground felt dead as it crunched beneath my feet. I started to sweat in my lovely dress, which contracted me since the clothes didn’t belong to me. I finally reached the end of the path - as I turned to go back, everything that had previously crunched under my feet became demons that looked very evil as they loomed up at my face.
I was beyond terror but I kept walking since I didn’t know what else to do. Then a loud commanding voice inside of me said, “If you give those demons power for even an instant, they will destroy you. They are not real, they are only illusions, keep focused on the light.”
Each demon looked scarier than the last, my only power was to see them as unreal and harmless and to stay focused on something higher. I kept moving forward but the demons came closer, finally I shouted, “You can’t hurt me, you’re not real!” As I said this, the wicked creatures softened and eventually dissolved into thin air.
Soaked with sweat, I reached the entrance and returned to the garden. I stepped into the lush green beauty, but everyone, including the woman at the table had disappeared. As if I had just left a battlefield, I fell to the ground exhausted. As I lay there an ancient sense of maturity welled up inside of me; I felt a tremendous love, peace, and strength.
Upon returning to the garden I learned that we must keep our focus solely on the Divine – not on our demons. Our demons, which take the form of guilt; anger; greed; and fear, which create every kind of separation imaginable. However, even the demons serve a purpose, as they are there to hone our focus into a laser-like intention so that absolutely everything can be taken to the Source or the Real where it can ultimately be transmuted into Love.
In that dream I had first hand experience of the acronym: F.E.A.R.False Evidence Appearing Real. Because that voice that spoke to me in my dream saying, ‘Do not make this real,’ helped me to understand that Real lives as the backdrop to this movie that we are starring in. Hidden in the Real is love beyond our wildest dreams, in fact, Real can be an acronym for: Right Evidence All Love.
Upon deeper introspection, one can find a code, hidden within these four letters.Right here and now – you already are what you are seeking.Effortless – the real state is effortless, no agenda, no pump. Reality lies beyond the mind, as the mind is merely a collection of thoughts.Acceptance of what is – no spiritual overlay, make nothing up or add anything. When you can be in this place of detachment, you will see you have nothing to do with the character you are playing out – this is reality. Letting go of shoulds and guilt. Loving who you are right now. It’s through our humanity that we become real. Each piece is required to makeup the whole.
“Forgetfulness of your real nature is true death; remembrance of it is rebirth.” Sri Ramana Maharshi