On Dreams
How much can our aspirations or dreams shape our destiny? This question has always intrigued me.
It is quite common to hear someone say, "It's always been my dream to be an accomplished artist...
" or "Through the years I've always aspired to travel the world but I never had the means to do it" etc, then before they realize, these "things" are before their eyes.
There is something almost magical about it.
Skeptics chalk this up to chance or luck.
But what if there is a mechanism or principle that explains why some people's dream become reality and others' don't? Where should this inquiry take us? The Law of Causation within the realm of material science is inadequate to provide the answer.
There are simply too many gaps or variables that are hard to understand and account for.
Too many dots that don't connect, and those that do are not readily explainable.
The fulfillment of a heart's desire by sheer willfulness is simply not amenable to a linear analysis.
We summon factors such as personality, intelligence, or luck to explain why some people know how to mine their dreams and accomplish great feats and accumulate great wealth with practically nothing to start with.
It seems that people who are able to "will" their hopes and dreams into "actuality" shape their lives toward a steady trajectory, such that every choice they make, big or small, is congruent with their "vision.
" Often this process is not within their conscious awareness, but rather done "intuitively.
" Nothing is accidental or co-incidental about their lives, and every bit that seems a product of chance is essentially a part of a larger scheme or blueprint.
It is as if their whole being has been primed towards the attainment of a dream.
They live, breath, and thrive in the very essence of their dream.
The ability to crystallize and actualize dreams must depend on the natural endowment of the mind and the passion of the soul.
The seed must have been planted even before the person has been conceived, for it appears immutable and impervious to the stunting influences of even the most unfavorable circumstances.
Is it possible that our fate is molded by our thoughts and our lifetime, remarkable or ordinary, is fashioned by a single seed of thought that resides in our being even before our time? Otherwise, how shall we explain monumental deeds by individuals that turn society back to the dark ages and those whose achievements brought crowning glory to human civilization within a single lifetime? How would you explain a Hitler or a Gandhi and their tremendous achievements? One was apocalyptic and the other humanistic, though each was driven by a single idea that defined them and became their lifetime vision.
Let there be no ambivalence in your heart, and fashion your dream according to what your heart truly desires, then live the days for no other reason.
It is quite common to hear someone say, "It's always been my dream to be an accomplished artist...
" or "Through the years I've always aspired to travel the world but I never had the means to do it" etc, then before they realize, these "things" are before their eyes.
There is something almost magical about it.
Skeptics chalk this up to chance or luck.
But what if there is a mechanism or principle that explains why some people's dream become reality and others' don't? Where should this inquiry take us? The Law of Causation within the realm of material science is inadequate to provide the answer.
There are simply too many gaps or variables that are hard to understand and account for.
Too many dots that don't connect, and those that do are not readily explainable.
The fulfillment of a heart's desire by sheer willfulness is simply not amenable to a linear analysis.
We summon factors such as personality, intelligence, or luck to explain why some people know how to mine their dreams and accomplish great feats and accumulate great wealth with practically nothing to start with.
It seems that people who are able to "will" their hopes and dreams into "actuality" shape their lives toward a steady trajectory, such that every choice they make, big or small, is congruent with their "vision.
" Often this process is not within their conscious awareness, but rather done "intuitively.
" Nothing is accidental or co-incidental about their lives, and every bit that seems a product of chance is essentially a part of a larger scheme or blueprint.
It is as if their whole being has been primed towards the attainment of a dream.
They live, breath, and thrive in the very essence of their dream.
The ability to crystallize and actualize dreams must depend on the natural endowment of the mind and the passion of the soul.
The seed must have been planted even before the person has been conceived, for it appears immutable and impervious to the stunting influences of even the most unfavorable circumstances.
Is it possible that our fate is molded by our thoughts and our lifetime, remarkable or ordinary, is fashioned by a single seed of thought that resides in our being even before our time? Otherwise, how shall we explain monumental deeds by individuals that turn society back to the dark ages and those whose achievements brought crowning glory to human civilization within a single lifetime? How would you explain a Hitler or a Gandhi and their tremendous achievements? One was apocalyptic and the other humanistic, though each was driven by a single idea that defined them and became their lifetime vision.
Let there be no ambivalence in your heart, and fashion your dream according to what your heart truly desires, then live the days for no other reason.
