Alice“Curioser, and Curioser!”“Life, what is it but a dream?”

Alice is the dreamer, the seeker of truth, and the manifestress of her own reality.  Despite feeling confused and out of control of her circumstances, Alice is the dreamer, and therefore, the creator, of everything in her Wonderland.

Alice has fallen into your rabbit hole to remind you that, despite the appearance of disorientation, confusion, and chaos, you are the main character in this theatrical production titled “Your Life.”  It may require many costume changes, size changes, and lots of supporting actors and actresses, but you are the dreamer, dreaming your dreams into reality.

Maybe the biggest mistake on the other side of the Looking Glass is that we have lost touch with the understanding that we are doing important work while we dream.  We have lost the value of our dreams, and, therefore, the value of that which we create.  We cannot create anything we have not conceived (mentally or otherwise), and we cannot conceive anything we have not yet dreamed.  When we act unconsciously, we have no control over that which we birth into this world.  The best way to control one’s own Wonderland is to be the creator of it, and one good way to do this, is to communicate with our dreams and give our imagination time to grow, and then to allow our dreams and imagination to develop and reflect that which we want.  Once we have a clear image of this through a developed relationship with our dreams and creative realms, we have a literal map of what we want to create in our reality.  Once we have this, we have the blueprint to start construction and make manifest, in the tangible world, that which we want.

Meditation #1:  Sit comfortably and ponder the following flow of words which represent the birthing of the unmanifest into the manifest, the creation of dreams into the tangible world, from nothing to zero, to one, to two, to three dimensions, and beyond, which loops back to itself like the auroborus: 

Non-Existence

Consciousness

Empty-Presence

Self-Awareness

Idea

Dream

Air

Breath (inhale & exhale)

Vibration

Sound

Expression

Experience

Transformation

Ecstasy

Gratitude

Humility

Surrender

Non-Existence 

Meditation #2:  Sit comfortably and allow yourself to close your eyes in a quiet and peaceful space. Allow yourself to ground (send roots into the ground or feel yourself as solid as a mountain, connecting with your contact to the ground as if you are one with the earth).  Call in a dream (this could be something you dream of making real in your life, or a dream you would like to understand better).  Go into your dream as a lucent participant.  If you would like to include a trusted witness who can help you deepen this experience, have him/her take notes on what you feel, see, experience or think.  Allow yourself to explore different imagery in the dream, and if it feels comfortable, you could imagine becoming different parts of the image and describe how you feel and what light you can shed on the big picture.  If you do not have someone helping as a scribe, it may be best to do several separate sessions, only going into one image at a time, then journaling afterward, so that the insights will not be forgotten.  A final image to consider is floating above the whole dream and seeing it from the perspective of an eagle soaring above.  How does seeing the whole picture at once, from a distance, feel?  Does it add a helpful understanding?  

If you are interested in doing deeper dream work, one simple practice is to take a moment before going to bed and connecting with your dream.  Ask for continued dreams and images to help you understand what is being communicated or created.  Ask that you remember these dreams and images, especially the most important elements.  Keep something to record your thoughts, dreams, and ideas by your bed, and as soon as you awake, allow yourself to do free-writing about any images you remember from the night before.  If you do not recall any images, allow mindless free-writing anyway.  Continue to do this practice until you have the insight or answers you seek.  Remember to look through your journaling, and pay attention to repeated imagery or imagery that might go together (say, a clock and issues with time, or a boat and water).  These are your clues to the insight you are requesting.  ***A great book to do further dream work with is The Art of Dreaming by Jill Mellick

The White Rabbit: "Oh my ears and whiskers! How late it's getting!"

Have you been feeling even more rushed and out of time than usual? You are not alone! My goodness! I have been cultivating my relationship with Time, and despite all that connection, Time has simply left me in the dust and gone on some sort of super light-speed sprint to somewhere I can't even see way off in the distance!

 

Last month we talked about Time and getting to know him (or her, as I prefer) a little better. It does seem so worth it as it is a relationship that can either nourish us or it can bring about great amounts of stress and frustration. Never ever try to beat time, he/she does not respond well to that at all! Instead, really allow yourself to see it as something that, at the very least, has 3 dimensions like the rest of us. We tend to treat it and perceive it as simply linear (2-D), when, indeed, it is infinite and therefore much more vast and expansive than our minds can truly comprehend. BUT we can dance with it a bit more gracefully if we allow ourselves to start thinking about it, playing with it, and treating it with more respect and awareness. Because it is such an important element, and time has, once more, appeared to have sped up, I thought it would be good to continue on this theme by exploring how the White Rabbit wrestles with Time. Maybe we could learn something from him that can help us in our own busy lives.

 

Are YOU ready to play?

The White Rabbit

“Oh, my ears and whiskers, how late it’s getting!”

While the White Rabbit is constantly running around, frantically trying to get to the Queen of Hearts’ croquet party, Alice has all sorts of adventures, and she still makes it to the party without any trouble.  The White Rabbit doesn’t stop for one moment, and he doesn’t seem to be enjoying himself very much either. For all of the hurrying he’s doing, he doesn’t seem to be accomplishing much.

How is it that time is infinite, and yet so limited for us?  Perhaps it is because we experience time, on this side of the looking glass, linearly.  We seem to have to move through it as if it had a beginning and an end, one moment in front of another, in front of another.  Maybe, too, this is why we rush through time so quickly.  We are trying to use up as much of it as possible, since it seems there is a shortage of it in our linear thinking.  It makes sense, then, if we treat time as though it is linear, with a beginning and an end, that rushing through it, will bring us, more quickly, to the end of our time.  That seems a bit counter-productive, wouldn’t you say? 

This attempt at trying to use up as much time as possible, curiously, is the same thing that makes it feel as though there is never enough of it.  Instead of trying to skip ahead in the time line to have enough of it, the key to finding the endless nature of time, just maybe, is to be as still as possible, experiencing time, not linearly, but as a vast, expansive and limitless moment without end. 

If you consciously invite time into your experience, and spend some time getting to know it, you might be able to have your way with it.  The act of meditation itself, especially at first, is an exercise in transmuting our experience of time.  How long 3 minutes can seem when all there is to do is breathe and sit, and let our thoughts go!  That is one purpose of meditation, to be able to experience the vastness of time.  If we had limitless time, we could achieve anything, and it is in the precious, undiluted moments of complete stillness that time stops and we become limitless.

Are you trying to cram too much into every moment?  Or, are you finding yourself trying to move through the moments of your life too quickly to get to the next?  If so, this card is telling you that it is essential for you to stop each day to just sit with time and get to know it, one-on-one, and create a personal relationship with it, so that you may be able to work with time to accomplish manifesting your dreams.  Time can be your greatest ally, if you’ve put the effort into getting to know how it operates. 

Meditation #1  Sit comfortably with a straight spine.  Allow your whole being to experience time, with no beginning and no end.  Imagine the costume, the imaginary persona we have placed on time, as limited and finite, coming off to reveal the pure, nakedness of time, which, without measure, becomes existence.  Allow yourself to continue to sink deeper and deeper into this experience, and allow yourself to become lost in this moment.  As you come back into this reality, make note of how much linear time has passed. 

Meditation #2  Sit comfortably with a straight spine, noticing the time before you close your eyes.  Just focus on the breath.  As a thought might come up to distract you, allow it to slip away.  If you notice that you’ve gotten caught up in a thought, gently return to the breath.  As soon as you have been able to really dwell with the breath, without any other thoughts, allow yourself to enjoy this space for as long as possible.  Before you open your eyes, make a guess at how long you were sitting and see how close it is to the actual time.

You can also see the White Rabbit as a catalyst or a gatekeeper into the otherworldly.  He is the first Wonderland creature Alice sees as she falls asleep and down the rabbit hole and into her dream journey.   This card may have appeared to let you know that you are not in an ordinary place in your life.  A new world of wonder may await you if you can only take the time to venture into its open door (or open hole as the case may be).

Meditation #3:  Sit comfortably, maybe with some soothing music and making sure you will not be disturbed, and allow yourself see a place in your mind that is in nature.  Allow yourself to connect with some sort of animal guide, and let him/her/it know that you are looking for passage into your own Wonderland, and allow the adventure to begin.  Notice how you pass into this place, and as you arrive, ask your guide to help you get where you need to go.  Do you encounter anyone or anything interesting along the way?  What is your destination?  What do you do in this place?  Do you have any special powers, abilities or insights while you are here?  Notice the weather, colors, sounds, and feelings as you visit.  When you are done exploring, let your animal guide know you would like to return back into the ordinary world, and take your journey back.  Do some journaling when you return and record everything you remember.  You can continue to connect with this Wonderland through your dreams, keeping a dream journal to write in when you wake up in the morning.

Strengths: Sensitivity, Energy, Motivation, Catalyst for Change.

Challenges: Impatience, Rushed actions, Lack of presence, Reacting to fear

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Queen Alice “ . . . to be a Queen! How grand it sounds!”

Are you ready for the transit of Venus across our Sun?

As we go deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole of awakening consciousness on the planet, we are finding and probably feeling, more and more, how the planets align like cosmic traffic signals and guide posts to support us on our journey beyond the old paradigms of human awareness. There has been much said about the meanings and prophecies of this most recent planetary dance of Venus across the face of the Sun, so I will not even pretend to add anything significant to that mix, but I did pick this week's card reading to add to the insights. My guess is that there is much to be gained on many levels by dropping in and allowing all that is available to us to simply sink in. Nothing to figure out, nowhere to get to. So, that only leaves ENJOYMENT! And I do hope you help yourself to a large serving of that! There's loads of it down the rabbit hole!

QUEEN ALICE:

Alice bounds into the last square, throwing herself down to have a little rest, and immediately finds a golden crown upon her head. She does have to pass the final examination, but it’s gibberish, and before it’s all worked out, the Red and White Queen are calling her “your majesty.”

As the other queens nap, Alice takes a little walk only to find a doorway labeled “QUEEN ALICE.” Inside, Alice finds a feast, and guests, all celebrating Alice’s new advancement. It’s as if they were just waiting for her to show up. It’s as if all of this had been the plan from the start; becoming a queen, that is.

Even though Alice is surprised at her sudden rise to royalty, “I never expected I should be a Queen so soon--,” it’s important to recognize all that she has been through to get here.

First of all, she took that first courageous leap down the rabbit hole to begin with, she did a great deal of growing (and shrinking as well), had all sorts of encounters that, though they may have been disconcerting and disorienting, she came through no worse for the wear. She held her own with the blood-thirsty Queen of Hearts, engaged quite charmingly with a disappearing cat, swiftly escaped the dangers of the Large Puppy, rescued the Baby Pig from being butchered by the hot-tempered Cook, drew the line with the Mad Hatter and his crazy entourage at the tea party, and held her own quite impressively with the other multiple kings and queens with which she rendezvou’d.  Yes, Alice has most definitely earned this right, and it may well be that you, too have earned a promotion of sorts.

In a way, this royal reward has been here all along, just waiting for you to claim it. What it is, exactly, may be obvious, and if it is, then allow yourself to really enjoy it. Take a moment to look back at all that you’ve gone through to get here. Remember who you were before you jumped down the rabbit hole, and recognize the regal being you are now.

Meditation #1: With eyes closed, and letting the breath find a steady, natural rhythm, allow yourself to really drop in to the journey you’ve been on. See what you’ve learned, what you’ve accomplished, the challenges you’ve faced and overcome. And once you’ve taken the time to review your journey, look at where you are now. Take in all the rewards and resources that are available for you now that you have come to this place of completion. It doesn’t mean you’re done growing, and it doesn’t mean the adventures are finished, it’s just a mile-marker on the continual road of life, and it’s time to celebrate how far you’ve come. If you’d like, you can turn around and face forward to get a sense of where you might like to head next, now that you have the golden crown and a few new tools and talents to help you navigate the mysteries of Wonderland.

If your upgrade is not so apparent, then take a moment to check in and find what treasures are sitting in front of you. What celebratory feast is laid out just for you?

Meditation #2: In a quiet place, allow your breath to bring you into a sense of deep calm. Ask yourself what you hold within you that is worthy of being celebrated at this time. What challenges have you survived, and what skills and wisdom have you gained as a result of your successful navigation of the madness of Wonderland.  Remember that having challenges, and running into obstacles isn’t a sign of failure; it is only proof that you have been on the training course for something better. No muscle is developed, no talent fine-tuned, no wisdom gained without some sort of confrontation and work, and the more you face, the more you stand to gain, so take this moment to find the treasure that may have been hidden in all of those battles and barriers that are now behind you. Really allow yourself to revel in how far you’ve come.

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