Journal's Final Reflection

“I want to look into the parts of my personality that I hide from myself.” - Cynthia Pittmann

I am profoundly grateful for participating from the opportunity of fulfilling the journal task, this inspired me to write and exteriorize in a sincere way the plethora of thoughts that rush towards my conscious and subconscious mind on a daily basis. It has definitely been a compelling journey; I found what I needed all along, a genuine, authentic and truthful conversation with my own self to organize my thoughts, and ultimately the outcome of my life.

I’ve realized that we become what we think, because what we most profoundly think of we are bound to act upon; what we act upon is driven by the choices we make, the choices we make governs our outcome, our outcomes provide a feedback loop in which we can either positively influence our thoughts or negatively influence them. This influence manages to work itself upon our mind; ultimately emanating it’s frequency and energy to the universe, which in turn answers us with exactly what we gave. 

This assignment has somewhat incited betterment in my life, after its completion I decided to live every moment of my whole life in a 12/12 basis. I am aware of a useful compass that can guide me in times of turmoil; I just need to emanate an optimal spiritual and natural north; have a cascade of coherent, promising, fulfilling ideas in my east; embrace the beauty of emotions, bringing homeostasis to my south; and enjoy a healthy, energized, well able physic that’s capable of working hard and conquering dreams in my west.

Mysteriously this task has come to bring about a lesson I won’t soon forget. We need to shift our entire attention to the magic of the moment. We sometimes say that something’s missing in our life, and the only thing missing is presence. We need to train our mind to see the beautifulness and the good every single situation offers. This is your life, your decisions, your hopes, your happiness, and your dreams. It was Franklin D. Roosevelt who once said: “The only thing we should fear is fear itself.” So live a life you’re proud of and pursue every single one of your hopes, goals and dreams. Fear, remorse and regret are not an option. Let’s upgrade our mentality, let’s bring about a shift in our own awareness and subsequently we’ll light up the life of those that surround us. 

Dream

Dreaming is a natural behavior in human beings. Like breathing and receiving energy from our surroundings, every conscious mind develops hand in hand with a subconscious mind that tends to communicate with the individual through dreams. Undoubtedly it’s a remarkable tool. We as spiritual beings might as well be able to understand this method of deciphering one’s own mind. Our dreams may serve as an indicator informing us our specific instantaneous mental state, or a certain idea we can’t seem to get rid off. Our imagination develops a series of coordinated events in which a sequential order of outcomes brings about projections of an alternate reality, our mind has achieved a vivid portrayal.

Sometimes I remember having one dream in a particular night, other times I remember having a few dreams per night. I may recognize one or two events or details, but they swiftly vanish away. I’ve always found interesting the human capacity to actually fully remember a dream, and some may even achieve to lucid dream (to purposefully control a dream). And thus I’ve been interested for a while in getting to have a say in the sequential projection of these vivid images. I don’t recall ever having the same dream twice, but never the less I’ve sensed some similarities throughout a different number of dreams. I can’t help but to wonder that this must all mean something. How would my life change if I found out what it meant?

The morning I wrote the journal dream task, I stumbled in fascination. Keeping a written record of a dream is an excellent way to decipher the meaning of our dreams, to use it to our advantage. We need to enhance proper, productive and optimal communication with our own self; this will bring about the opportunity to manifest the same behavior towards others. I’ll definitely make this activity a well-structured habit; this will basically lead my way to understanding my own self, and subsequently understanding my relationships with others.

In writing seemingly insignificant details I could remember right after waking up, I managed to weave a coherent simulation of the dream I had that night. But it wasn’t long before the rushes of thoughts cascaded upon me and made me shift my attention. My conscious mind started focusing on the things I had to do before undertaking the various tasks I was bound to accomplish throughout the day.

Why do we dream? What should we dream about? Our dreams work as a compass, if it points towards fear we need to grow in that area, if it points towards faith and happiness it means we should pursue thus path to righteousness. Dreams indicate our intra-relationship current status; they reveal the predominant thoughts in our heads while inextricably affecting the outcome of our inter-relationships.

Jamaica Kinkaid

Jamaica Kinkaid