"Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't." -Mark Twain
As always, I was a bit late to the party, but I did get on the "New Earth" bandwagon when Oprah rolled out her series of inter-active classes five years ago. When I tried reading this strange little book by Eckhart Tolle, I confess, it was a little over my head. It was relegated to my 'library', (the main floor powder room, where I do most of my reading) where I have gleaned a great deal since, in much more manageable bits and pieces. One morsel, taken from a section called "The Dreamer and the Dream" on page 209 opened the door to a profound realization: "there is the dream, and there is the dreamer....the dreamer is the substratum [basis or foundation] in which the dream appears, that which makes the dream possible". It occurred to me, if my ideas (aka my dreams) are to be real, I must disassociate them with any criticism or fear of failure. When I accept them as true, they become the Truth. Then fear becomes the fantasy. When my ideas are attached to doubt, they remain a dream. Operating from an elevated level of consciousness, we can manifest ANY dream.
The bible says it another way, "with God, all things are possible" -Matthew 19:26
p.s. On an unrelated note, my sister and I performed a song that we wrote together. I highly recommend Unity of Bay City to any 'wannabe' musicians as they are a small, but very loving and supportive congregation. I botched the chorus both vocally and instrumentally, (not sure how one writes a note, hones it and practices it for over a year, and then loses it during the very first performance?) Still, my sister sang beautifully, and everyone was very appreciative. Nowhere to go from there, but up. No one ever said playing the tuba is easy.
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