"Dreams grow holy put in action,
Work gros fair through starry dreaming;
But where each flows on unmingling,
Both are fruitless and in vain.
May the stars within this gleaming,
Cause my dreams to be unchained."
___ Caitlin Matthews, "Celtic Devotional"
We live in a world where the divorce of dreams and their practical implementation is almost complete. How can we weave the two strands of dreaming and working together? By attending first to our dreams and visions, and by allowing a space to appreciate and develop them. Unless we take these steps, our dreams fall barren into the rocky soil of our unconceiving imagination. Dreams will not manifest without our active help, or without the energizing grace of the spirit. And while that grace is generously available to us, it will not accomplish our dreams without our hard work.
When our dreams man ifest through this process, the whole world is recreated in that moment, for we have been cooperators in the work of creation, not merely passive creatures who crawl upon the earth. It is then that the stars dance where we step and the song of joy issues from our spiritual allies, for we have made holy the daily ground of our working.
"Before sleeping, hold your inspired plans and visions in your heart as you recite this prayer: 'Be attentive in the days that follow to the clues and pathways that open to your dreaming,' "
[From: "The Celtic Spirit" by Caitlin Matthews]
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