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   Richard Silk to All   
   2024/01/10 Wednesday: (1/2)   
   10 Jan 24 11:15:29   
   
   From: dicksilk@gmail.com   
      
   Strange "carport"   
   Awkward "gathering"   
      
   Just so you know, last night (a few hours *before* bed, which was around   
   midnight) I attended (by Zoom) one of the "Chris Duncan" / "Magnetic Mind"   
   seminars.  (They're week-long sessions, held perhaps once or twice a year, and   
   are free for the signing up,   
    although make no doubt about it, he's looking for fish to take up the "$100   
   bait" opportunities offered throughout the week / (one meeting a day, for 5   
   days.) (If interested, here's a starting link: christophermduncan.com/courses   
   â€” but I *highly    
   recommend* FIRST getting a "Red Letter Edition" of the New Testament and   
   studying the first 4 books— Matthew, Mark, Luke and John— and studying   
   *only* those Words "Written in Red"—  That will help a *lot* of this start   
   to make sense.)   
      
   A little bit about *just what* the "Magnetic Mind" approach is all about:    
   It's a method of [opening the mind to the creative structure / process] to   
   allow *radical* (nearly "instant," nearly "miraculous") adjustments to an   
   individual's personality /    
   psyche, basically "removing" obstacles that impede a person's progress.  In   
   short, it gets you from point "Now A" (old, existing life) to point "Now B"   
   (new, future-present life) by simply "leveling the playing field" in a way, in   
   basically just a few    
   moments (like a 5 or 10-minute meditation period) which is *very similar* to   
   hypnosis, but with a positive, life-affirming consequence.   
      
   Now this is something I've only "barely" studied, but it's been more along the   
   lines of: "That's *so similar* to Christianity / what Jesus teaches!" that   
   it's becoming more like, "Oh, so *that's* what Jesus is sharing in His   
   teaching!" although there's a    
   *bit* of "that seems just a tad 'off' from what Jesus teaches" or "the   
   teaching of Jesus reveals a "true" version of this that you (Chris) *could*   
   benefit from, if you ever decided to 'listen' to Him."   
      
   Thus, while I've been listening to Duncan's session(s) it's more like   
   listening to a non-Christian preacher teaching *pretty much* a LOT of the same   
   principles that are taught in the New Testament, although clearly from a   
   "secular" perspective.  For    
   example, referring to "God the Father" as the "Super-Conscious."  Referring to   
   "pick up your cross daily and follow Me" as "letting go of" your old self (aka   
   "sinful ways.")  The concept of "imagining your new life" as akin to "With   
   God, *all* things are    
   possible" (although Jesus teaches the precept in an *infinitely* capable   
   manner, whereas Duncan appears to have a bit of a limited, finite, earth-based   
   perspective.)   
      
   So with that bit of an introduction of contrast, here are two of the dreams   
   from last night / this morning:   
      
   Strange "carport":  Very little of this dream is actually remembered, but it   
   somehow involved an individual (who seemed to be the "main guy" of the dream)   
   with a type of vehicle, *similar* to a large farm-type "combine-harvester"   
   (wikipedia.org/wiki/   
   Combine_harvester) with a type of "racing spoiler" (the type of tail fin used   
   by fast cars to keep their tires firmly on the road) that was the width of 3   
   or 4 cars beneath an awning, such as at a gas station designed for a large   
   number of vehicles    
   pulling in and out, side by side with room to spare.   
      
   I can report this general width because of what happened in the dream scene:    
   Whatever it was that the (only) character was driving was pulled underneath   
   such an awning, and then the "spoiler" was *raised* in a fashion, as if it   
   were being used to *   
   support* the awning in some manner.  That was basically all there was (that I   
   could remember) of this first scene, clarity 8-ish (mainly due to presence of   
   the "what was *that* all about?" factor.)   
      
   Awkward "gathering":  This is one wherein the dreamer was *wearing* clothes   
   that were *very* princess-like, such as what a young girl at a costume,   
   Hallowe'en, or slumber party might wear for fun.  And yes, the dreamer felt   
   *very* awkward wearing this    
   outfit, as if thinking / sensing, "WHAT am I *doing* in *this outfit*?!?!"   
      
   Then, without skipping a beat, the dreamer felt as would a father doing some   
   type of "dress up" stunt just to make his daughter happy, like, "Don't all   
   dads do this kind of inane, silly stunt at some point or another (as for a   
   young daughter)?"   
      
   So, going with the *premise* that *perhaps* "he" was dressed like a "princess"   
   of some sort *may* have been for a "make your daughter child happy" type   
   event, the dreamer began noticing the outfit itself, namely, the *light pink*   
   color that was noticed    
   at first, and also the "ballerina" tutu-type appearance, *similar* to this one   
   ( i.etsystatic.com/14572646/r/il/e8a029/1454808128/il_fullxfull.   
   454808128_1ctc.jpg )   
   but mind you, a few points:  1, this post is likely to *way* outlast that   
   link, and 2, it's really only a general likeness, as the view in the dream   
   wasn't that clear regardless, like, "How well can a guy *see* the *tutu he's   
   wearing*, anyways?"   
      
   So then there's the view of the floor area, which appears well *spotted* with   
   dirty areas, like someone walked in wearing their clod-hoppers from the   
   barnyard or something.   
      
   There was a small group of girls, all around maybe age 7 or 8 to 9 or 10, and   
   there was the *sense* that they were headed or needed to sit on that floor for   
   some reason, so the dreamer (wearing a tutu, remember!) had something like a   
   "bridal train"    
   composed of a type of pink mesh netting used to affix flowers of various   
   types, possibly roses included, yet without any stems or thorns, just the   
   flowers themselves, like from the tip-top end of the "receptacle" / bottom of   
   the "sepal" / sepals, upward†  
   ” the flower itself.  This train / flower-impregnated mesh netting was simply   
   "tossed outward" ahead of the dreamer, like a person might throw a rug upon a   
   floor, and all the little girls sat upon it, likely thankful for avoiding   
   having to sit in the mud,   
    but let's not kid ourselves here, they *may* have had *zero* mindfulness of   
   the gesture *at all.*  For all they may have been aware, someone had simply   
   laid out a very nice place for them to sit— and they sat— all looking   
   forward (backs to the    
   dreamer's perspective) as if watching a show that was a bit of a distance   
   ahead of them.   
      
      
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