Song of Avalon:  A Newsletter for Spiritual Seekers
Published by FindsForSeekers.com
       
       
Kimberly V. Schneider, M.Ed., J.D., LPC
 
Mary Lou Schneider, B.A. Spiritual Director

 

 
In This Issue 

 

 

What If Your Dreams Came True?

 

After weeks of rain and gloom in St. Louis, we are finally starting to enjoy sunshine, flowering trees, daffodils and warm breezes.  Spring is such a fantastic reminder of how our dark and fallow periods are inevitably followed by new life and energy.  Let the sunshine in!
 

This spring we are really excited about Kim’s upcoming live event in St. Louis on Friday, May 16:  Beyond Abundance:  5 Simple Steps to Creating the Life and Business of Your Dreams.   Although Kim has been involved in public speaking for 30 years, facilitating groups for nearly 20 years and doing transformational one-on-one work for over 10, this will be her first live event of this magnitude.  It is extra special for her to debut this day-long life-changing experience right here in St. Louis, where so many of her clients, colleagues and friends live.  We know that many of you have already registered for this free event but if you haven’t done so already please click here to find out more.  Seats are filling fast and space is limited so reserve your free spot today!


Some of you have been subscribers to our print newsletter, Over the Rainbow News.  We are happy to announce that this newsletter (like everything in our lives, it seems!) has undergone a transformation.  Read on to learn more about the new Business as UNusual Monthly and find out how you can get a free subscription. 
 

Finally, we hope you enjoy the ideas in this month’s article:  What if Your Dreams Came True?

 

Happy Spring! Kim & Mary Lou
 



“Who Else Wants to Experience Dreams Coming True?”

 

“Kim, I’ve explored creating abundance in my life for a long time and working with your manifestation concepts is the culmination of it all. It is affirming for me to hear again what we have known deep down inside – that abundance is our God-given right. My thoughts are positive for long periods of time. When challenges come up there is now the observer in me looking at it in a logical way and not getting so caught up in the emotional aspect. I am creating abundance on many levels. It’s like the red carpet has rolled out and all I’ve got to do is remember my intentions and see them manifest.” Toni Schmidt, St. Louis, MO
 

Beyond Abundance: Creating the
Life and Business of Your Dreams
Friday, May 16, 2008
 

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Some of the features in the April issue include:

 

The Surprising Reasons for Your Business Success (or Failure)

How To Corner Your Market               

How to Stop the Downward Spiral

The #1 Online Marketing Strategy Your Business Should Be Using

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What if Your Dreams Came True?
©2008, Kimberly V. Schneider, M.Ed., J.D., LPC

I recently read a very interesting book called Courageous Dreaming by psychologist and shaman Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D.  Courageous dreaming is “choosing to create a new and better reality right now instead of waiting for your life to get better.” 
 

Villoldo posits that you need to get really clear about what your inner reality is, because if you aren’t consciously creating your own reality (courageous dreaming, then you’ll get caught in someone else’s nightmare.)     

 

The principles in Courageous Dreaming reminded me of one of my favorite books of all time, Marion Zimmer Bradley’s The Mists of Avalon.  One of the most significant themes of Bradley’s re-imagining of Camelot is that what people believe to be real becomes real.  In other words, the strongest belief wins. 

In Lynn McTaggert’s new book The Intention Experiment, she catalogues many studies demonstrating the phenomenon of non-locality or “quantum entanglement.”  From the sub-molecular level to the ability of human beings to influence cells, plants, animals and each other, scientists are now able to measure how living beings affect other living beings via energy. 

      

One of the studies discussed in McTaggert’s book showed that when a person designated as a “sender” of energy witnessed flashes of light, the brain waves in a designated “receiver” would mirror the brain waves of the person actually witnessing the light stimuli, even though the receiver was locked in a separate room.  What was perhaps more astonishing about this sort of brain synchrony, however, was the finding that when a designated “receiver” had a more cohesive brain wave pattern than the “sender,” the brain waves of the more ordered brain would sometimes take over.  

 

These are challenging ideas, if you take them far enough.  They imply that, if our species is still struggling with war, poverty, racism and religious intolerance, it’s because so many of us have become trapped in a strong collective belief that “this is the way things are.”  On the other hand, if we want to live in a world that celebrates differences, where each person has the freedom to express his or her unique gifts, where there is plenty for all, then all we need do is believe strongly enough that it is possible.

  

Perhaps that thought seems ridiculous to you.  And as long as it does, you will be trapped in the world you can believe in.

 

Christ said in his day that “the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”  If he was correct, then why hasn’t it happened in 2,000 years? Perhaps because we misunderstood.  We thought he was talking about a “someday” heaven when he really meant that we were dreaming our reality into being, moment to moment.  “Heaven,” whatever that means to you, is always at hand, if only you have the imagination to see it right in front of you, and the courage to step right into it. 

 

You have the power to break out of the cultural trance by joyously and intentionally writing your own story.  You can create the life you desire in a wondrous world.  Your dreams are coming true, right now. 

 

So what are you dreaming?

 



Recommended Reading

 

Courageous Dreaming: How Shamans Dream the World into Being by Alberto Villoldo

 

Alberto Villoldo reveals ancient wisdom teachings that explain how to birth reality from the invisible matrix of creation; and reveals how we can interact with this matrix to dream a life of peace, health, and abundance. He shows us that courage is all that is required to create the joy we desire!  Read more or purchase
 

 

The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World by Lynne McTaggart

 

The book you hold in your hands is revolutionary, a groundbreaking exploration of the science of intention.Drawing on the findings of leading scientists from around the world, The Intention Experiment demonstrates that thought is a thing that affects other things. It is also the first book to invite you, the reader, to take an active part in its original research.  Read more or purchase

 

 

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
 

Even readers who don't normally enjoy Arthurian legends will love this version, a retelling from the point of view of the women behind the throne. Morgaine (more commonly known as Morgan Le Fay) and Gwenhwyfar (a Welsh spelling of Guinevere) struggle for power, using Arthur as a way to score points and promote their respective worldviews. The Mists of Avalon's Camelot politics and intrigue take place at a time when Christianity is taking over the island-nation of Britain; Christianity vs. Faery, and God vs. Goddess are dominant themes.   Read more or purchase

 

 

 

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