All of the Dream Catcher rings I had made for the first few years were simple, unbranched twigs.  All very restrained and proper.  Simple and beautiful, but they did not completely express the power of wildness, the natural way of being.  So much energy has gone into taming the wilderness, domesticating the rivers until they are only canals carrying barges, boats, and sewage.  Closely cropped grass of the lawn is preferred to the broad palette color of the flowers and grasses of the prairie.  Leaves and grass clippings are raked from the lawn and´chemical fertilizers provide a dead nutrition as though Creator was a very messy housekeeper and did not know how to properly provide for the beings of the earth.  In forgetting the Original Instructions we have lost our feeling for the natural way of things.  Most important of all, we have forgotten Who we Are and our purpose for being.  This Dream Catcher is called: 

Natural Freedom Dream-Catcher --Who you are is a Warrior of the Light, a co-creator whose wisdom and power is one with the Creator.  This is your natural state of being, your heritage.  What you are is a human being that has forgotten Who you are and is searching for your true identity.  Your beliefs ask you to do this or do that.  Your focal point is your doing.  You accumulate deeds, accomplishments, property, control over others, more and more "what" that cloaks "Who" under a mountain of doing.  To find your natural freedom you will have to let go of constant doing and your belief in doing.  Who you are does not depend upon what you have and what you do.  You can find the natural beauty of Who you Are and you will be able to say of yourSelf--I AM. 

BEYOND ILLUSIONS—ADVENTURES OF A JOYFUL MESSIAH

At the heart of Soaring beyond Mind is detachment from the illusions of the material world. This does NOT mean that we cannot enjoy or experience the physical world. We simply are not identified with it. We humans have contrived a world in our own image, creating limitations, laws, belief systems and rules. Our ego-minds prefer a framework in which we seek security and comfort. We hold onto that gilded frame with a white-knuckle grip, fearful that something will sweep us away into an unknown chaos. There may come a time, perhaps soon, when a time warp into another dimension suddenly presents itself. Will you have the wisdom to recognize the opportunity? Will you have the courage to step through? Why not? What have you to lose? Are you attached to your body, your home, your job, your car, your….? Do you really believe in limitations? Do you really wish to fly, to soar beyond mind? You came here to experience life in this dimension!! There was a waiting list to get in!!!

Walking along the gorge of Kakabeka Falls outside of Thunderbay, Canada, I noticed a tree leaning precariously out over the deep gorge.  I walked cautiously to the edge to see and feel what it is like to live in such a tragic predicament.  Each year as it grows, it pushes its roots deeper into the crevices in the rocks, forcing them apart wider and wider until finally the rock will give way and fall into the gorge--with the tree. Were any human to fall from such a height it would certainly be considered a tragedy.  The bottom of the gorge was littered with trees that had fallen during many turns of the seasons. 

In our culture we barely acknowledge that trees are alive.  We seldom consider that a tree has an inherent right to be since we scarcely accept that the tree is a being that is one with the same Creator as our own.  It is a creature in the Web of Life.  Even harder to accept is the wisdom that the tree has a subtle sense of awareness and self-awareness.  Imagine the courage it would take to live an entire life on the rim of the gorge.  Each year your roots would reach even deeper into the crack in the rock searching for more nutrients and water.  And each year your roots would widen the crack in the rock until one day your grip on life would be loosened and you would plunge into the abyss.  Is this a tragedy?  Consider WHO you are.  The what of you would become food for the beetles, worms, and fungi.  The what of you would recombine with All That Is.  Does the what of you disappear?  Or does it just take a new form?  Does the WHO of you disappear upon the death of the what?  WHO is.  What appears to be.  Without what, WHO is.  What has beginning, so what ends.  WHO is beginning-less, so WHO never ends.  Knowing this you can live in freedom and joy.  It takes courage to let go of the what, to live as though your what is simply an expression of WHO You Are.  Live joyfully here and now knowing that what is WHO's field of play.  Although what you are is birth and death without end, WHO you are is beyond all limitation.

Perhaps this will help. These verses are an encyclopedia, a library of wisdom. It might be all that you need:

Bawaudjigaeaun wae-ondji manitouwiyaun. In Ojibwe this means, "To dreams I owe the mystery."

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