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“…we live in a physical world, but it is constantly informed by the wind and rain and light of Spirit that we can’t readily see.
“The Native American worldview is constructed to help its citizens remember this…We say the wind is like God’s voice. But the Native American says the wind is God’s voice. We say water is like the earth’s blood. But the Native American says water is the earth’s blood…
“Similarly, we dismiss dreams as things we make up, as fantastic exaggerations of our troubled days… It is said that dreams are the language of God.
“So remove the ‘like,’ remove the ‘as if.’ They might just be X rays of our personal unconscious. Or glimpses of the spirit world. Or the shore where both meet.
“Dreams might be the trail of our unconscious connection to all beings- past, present, and even to those not yet born.
“When we dismiss them as only noise from our overworked minds, we go deaf to the subtle and sacred wind that is trying to steer us through our days…
“So a continual and deep risk for us, if we are to feel the presence and friendship of all there is, is to humbly lift the veils we drape ourselves in, the veils that insulate us as the self-creators of everything we experience.
“Whether we accept it or not, we are asked to let life, in all its unseeable elements, touch us.
“How? We can begin by removing the buffers of perception that we create. We can remove the ‘like’ of metaphor, letting the wind be God’s voice. We can remove the ‘as if’ that surrounds old feeling, letting that memory be a visitation.
“We can remove the imagined sense of dream, letting us feel our deep connection to other beings…
“We can remove ourselves from the center, letting the indwelling spirit pass through us, time and time again, refreshing and rearranging us, until with D.H. Lawrence, we utter, without shame, ‘Not I, but the wind that blows through me.’
~Mark Nepo from The Exquisite Risk: Daring to Live an Authentic Life
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Jen Peterman says:
Aug 10, 2015
So very very perfect right now. Thank you. <3
Abra says:
Aug 10, 2015
That IS metaphor. Simile uses “like” or “as.”
joyful says:
Aug 11, 2015
thank you. YES this is whats missing and somehow became so formatted into English language. many people still consider it incredibly naive to truly BELIEVE, to truly FEEL. to simply say IS not maybe like as if… <3
Angelique says:
Aug 17, 2015
Wonderful tekst, thank you. Dreams are messages from our soul, let us know if we are on our soulpad. I explane dreams for people, specially spiritual messages are important to translate. If you need help with youre dreams look at side .ikhebgedroomd.info I am a dutch dreamtranslater and you can use the translate button. It s my passion and my talent. Dreams help you, show you youre way, take them serious.
Mayra says:
Mar 15, 2016
Hi. I tried to go to your place and read but i cannot find a way to translate
Thanks anyways
Mayra
Doris says:
Aug 22, 2015
This reading from Mark Nepo, was excellent. It captured for me the way I block good n my life through simple words I use.
Thank you
Doris
Noemie says:
Aug 26, 2015
Beautiful ,
Thank you for sharing. I am always inspired with what we can read and gather here. Pretty much I enjoy to share it back with my students at Yoga classes or with friends when wanting to reconnect. This text is especially touching my heart because I live where big winds blow therefore I hear God I hear the rain also fall and flow to the ocean that surrounds us to hope for the sun to enlighten us. We know when it visits us and its does often on an Island like here . Therefore God is everywhere ! Glad to hear!
Thank you, thank you !
Noémie
Magdalen Islands .
Katie Manning says:
Nov 23, 2015
I really needed to read this today- thank you so much. That gorgeous image of letting the wind blow through us will stay with me.
Thank you- xx
Corrin says:
Apr 2, 2017
Exactly what I need to be reminded of always pops up on the home page. Today it was this post, and I am grateful!