Dream Protection

One of the most precious gifts you have is your imagination. It was Paul McKenna that made the powerful statement; "'Imagination' and 'habit' will always be more powerful than 'will power' and 'logic.'" In light of this I'm greatly challenged to consider how to leverage the power inherent in my imagination and habit forming nature, so that these tools serve me, rather than control me. Often we use our energy trying to muster our will power attempting to apply logic to illogical aspects of our human experience. Human experience has illogicalness to it because it is spiritual as well as physical. If you cut open a human body, you can find the brain, and the heart that pumps the blood, but not the mind we think with or the heart we use when we fall in love. These realities exist in a dimension beyond the physical and at this point human experience takes on elements that defy logic. Our mind creates our perceptions that in large part define our reality.

In our minds we generate ideas which can literally change the world, change our lives and the lives of countless others. Think about the aeroplane as an obvious example. Everything man has created started as an idea, a basic thought before it was made into reality. Imagination is a tremendous asset, when its power is harnessed to create lives of dreams.

Having laid this foundation I must now advice caution, not in the way of clipping wings off your dreams. No! Please dream as expansively as your imagination will allow you. But I would make you aware that not everyone is a dreamer, and not everyone will like your dream. And unfortunately some of the main protagonists may be those closest to you, even family members and some friends. So let's look briefly at behaviours we must adopt in order to protect and cultivate our dreams so that they are able to reach maturity without being devoured by would-be dream thieves or other uninspired individuals who seek to suck life from us.

Treat your Dream like you would a Baby

A dream is an awesome gift to be impregnated with. It issues new life through all the cells and particles of our being. When we lack vision we atrophy and cast off restraint. But a dream gives us purpose, direction and hope.

Dreams do more for us than simply setting goals, when fostered from enquiry at the depth of our beings a dream inspires us to rise up to our most lofty ideals and fulfil our innate potential. Giving birth to a dream may require some blood sweat and tears, but once it's over, there will be much cause for celebration.

Dreams are delicate especially in the formative stages, and therefore we only hand our 'baby' to a select group of close confidants, who deserve this level of trust.

We then must foster and cultivate our dreams by feeding them a staple diet of correct nutrition and supplements. The nutrition of self-investment, through reading and study, supplemented with events, meditations, motivational DVD's and CD's. We may need to put ourselves into close proximity to the action, and foster key relationships with individuals in strategic positions along the way.

Bringing up a baby will always require us to part with money, but the short term investment, produces a life size human being. Likewise with our dreams, the monetary investments will produce worthwhile benefits in the long term that will prove much more satisfying than that extra culinary treat or entertainment we may need to sacrifice in the short term.

Treat your dream like you would your spouse

Your marriage partner is your most sacred friend and life companion. Your dream is something similar, when you don't have a dream inspiring your actions, life becomes a mundane ritual of events for event sake, but when we're putting in the bricks and mortar of our life purpose in our day by day activity's life takes on meaning and significance, even enchantment infused with passion. Our lives should be an evolving of our passions and our creativity, we were made to create, this doesn't handicap you if you don't have an artistic bent, creating goes beyond simply what we call being 'creative' in the context of style and flair. We create when we build things of significance, things we sense deep down inside we were put on earth to create.

For someone it maybe a youth group or a health class, for others it maybe an invention, an organisation, or business venture. But for each individual, there is a unique attraction, a deep fascination to that particular life course that is your dream. Just as with a spouse the initial attraction may or may not be obvious, but what makes an individual know in the depth of their heart that this is the person they want to settle down with, raise a family with and grow old with is the same with our individual dreams. Why one person's dream differs from that of another is a deeply personal matter. In order to discover what your dream really is you need to honestly ask and answer the question; what do I want? We then must take time to actually tell ourselves the story and formulate the dream, not just see ourselves in the dream, but actually float into us in our dream, and make it as real as possible. This use of our imagination helps ingrain what we want into our subconscious, and enables us to begin to live out this reality the more we associate with our dream.

Treat your dream like you would your beloved car

A dream has the ability to take your life from A to B, particularly if you dare to take your dream seriously. When I was a teenager I dreamt of being married and having a lovely family from a young age. I took this dream very seriously, and at 17 years old I met the girl of my dreams and by 19 I was a married man. At 21 I had my first son and by 27 I was the father of four wonderful children and my teenage dreams had become a reality.

I have other dreams now that drive and propel my life, dreams of finding answers and solutions to some of life's questions and communicating them creatively through mediums like this article or stories and books. I have dreams for me and dreams for my family. My wife and I share our dreams by telling each other stories of the future we dream of as we fall asleep at night. This brings enormous connection and communication and helps us foster a joint dream that is mutually congruent. Let your dreams become a vehicle that enables you to arrive at your desired destination, by fuelling your endeavours and energising your efforts. If you're thinking of losing weight, create a mental image of the ideal you, and as you train and diet, use that image to motivate you to get there. If it's a financial goal, an educational or career exploit, dream it, protect it then realise it. Don't let anyone steal your dream.

Omar Zac Phillips is Co-author of Banyuaigo The Art of Successful Living he writes articles aimed at helping individuals find themselves through their authentic self as spirit so we can live the abundant life we were put on earth to live. He firmly believes that as we commit to the journey of growth and self-development, answers will come and solutions will present themselves. His passion is to attune himself to that flow of answers and solutions as he navigates his own journey. Join him at: http://www.banyuaigo.com to find out more.

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