Dreams are perceptual temper tantrums, in which you literally scream, “I want it thus!” And thus it seems to be.
Dreams [at night] show you that you have the power to make a world as you would have it be, and that because you want it you see it. And while you see it you do not doubt that it is real. Yet here is a world, clearly within your mind, that seems to be outside. You do not respond to it as though you made it, nor do you realize that the emotions the dream produces must come from you. It is the figures in the dream and what they do that seem to make the dream. You do not realize that you are making them act out for you, for if you did the guilt would not be theirs, and the illusion of satisfaction would be gone. In dreams these features are not obscure. You seem to waken, and the [night] dream is gone. Yet what you fail to recognize is that what caused the dream has not gone with it. Your [ego] wish to make another world that is not real remains with you. And what you seem to waken to is but another form of this same world you see in dreams. All your time is spent in dreaming. Your sleeping and your waking dreams have different forms, and that is all. Their content is the same. They are your protest against reality, and your fixed and insane idea that you can change [Reality].
The Holy Spirit, ever practical in His wisdom, accepts your dreams and uses them as means for waking.
He uses everyone who calls on Him as means for the salvation of everyone.… For we are joined as in one purpose, being of one mind with Him. (A Course in Miracles, T-18.II.4:1-2;5:1-15;6:1;7:6,10. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)
This passage makes it clear that the world we experience through bodies is just a dream, though it seems very real. Because the dreams are made based on the belief that separation is real, the dreams block out the reality of oneness. The moment we wholly accept oneness as real, the images of separation would disappear.
If someone having a nightmare is suddenly wakened, they may feel disoriented and fearful. Instead, the Holy Spirit offers us a gentle waking. He can redirect our night or daytime dreams into dreams that lead to awakening. The dreams He brings are happy dreams of forgiveness and extending Love. The happy dreams He brings are peaceful and bring us close to Heaven’s state of peace, Love and joy. From His happy dreams we waken naturally without fear to the oneness and Love of Heaven. Today we welcome Holy Spirit’s happy dream of forgiveness.
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