[bartholomew]

Part 7 Dreams within dreams

A sleep unlike no other that we have known is upon us but even in this state we sense the comforting aura which surrounds. Strange… If we could but remember the womb. Yes. It is the same. If we had to describe it in a single word it would be "nourishing".

The sleep now changes, reverting to some more familiar experience. We begin to visualize and a sequence of things, memories, fantasies, disjointed events? Yes. We are dreaming. A horizon appears in the distance. Below is a lighted pathway. Above and to the sides we see a darkness, a field of energy within which several points of Light seem t move. Closer and now we recognize our animal friends. They return to us but why in this dream state? We cannot reason it out. As they near we see more clearly, Lady Pumpkin, Goodness, High Bette….. yes even Rudolph and his companions are here. It seems they have had dreams of their own. They arrive now and we note that we are all, once again, seated or reclining on a green lawn which seems to glow of it’s own vitality. Everyone is here. The seven companions of the journeys just completed, home again in the Garden. Our familiar Healing Garden. What has happened?

To so suddenly have arrived back at out starting point is somewhat of a shock. Indeed it takes a moment or two for us to sort out which reality we may be in now. Finally Big John rises and goes to the animals. Do they sense the same as we? Apparently so however they recover more quickly. With stamping front feet Lady P reminds John that they have not eaten in quite a while. Yes. We are home. Or are we?

We have all dreamed the same things. Very curious. And in the awakening a most unusual rush of some unknown quantity. A transportation perhaps? Anala speaks: “It is a dream within a dream”. Gem nods: “Yes. How else can this be explained”. Just Tim, sensible as always, says “I’m hungry. Let’s eat”. Miss Hepburn, now on her feet, stands off to the side… she finds understanding in silence. Where is Elfin? Yes. She remains reclined on the carpet. And Legrand? Perched now on the roof he speaks with High Bette. Yes. She and her kin also dreamed in ways which were quite amazing.

Sleep is upon us all again but this time it is within the familiar Earth’s astral plane, in the Garden which we have created for any and all who suffer. Here healing and solace are to be found. Never a harsh word or deed. Complete safety, for a time, from the trials below on the planet we, temporarily, call home.

Sleep….. But not for long. The point of Light that we know as the Lady (the First Angel) has reappeared in the distance. Swiftly she approaches, descends and alights on the lawn among us. “This, at least is not a dream” one of us has just thought. She smiles in return. “No, it’s real”. She continues: “And the dreams? They were not as you imagine them. Remember the concept of correspondences. We, all of us, did travel to distant points, upward through spiritual levels, discovering as we went. It only seems a dream now because we are, necessarily, using our Earth minds to recall. Translation is necessary. We suddenly realize that during our recent adventure which, to us, was so substantial, we had never left our Garden. We were, in all that time, seated on our carpet, on the lawn where we find ourselves now.” This explains the strange “heaviness” that we all seem to feel. Compared to where we have been, our astral bodies seem solid and somewhat unwieldy. Here we seem less conscious. That is why we seem to have dreamed.

She continues by bidding us all be seated on the lawn again. “Do you wonder at what you saw, what was discovered, in our journey? Perhaps if we add to those memories the experiences will have more meaning”. She continues “our party could not have made the transitions, passing boundaries, as we did while in our Earth’s astral forms. Even with assistance this would not have been allowed.” But within the aura of the Lady we were, for a time, “one with her” and thus were able to visit other places, surpass boundaries. Of these a little was revealed. We are given to know with certainty that such realms exists and that they are not imaginary at all… but very real. And we know too that there are many realities. Perhaps these are more of the “many mansions” of the “Father” (creator)? Perhaps….

After a rest the adventure will continue in a different way. The Lady continues. “after we all have rested sufficiently we will revisit some of the ideas alluded to in our journey. We will expand upon various ideas and offer more in depth explanations. For this was the purpose after all.

After a rest we see the garden table set with food. Imagine all the freshness of the planet below in fruits and grains in just the correct combinations. And honey is brought to us in small lighted jars by the visiting bees whose pleasure it is to serve. The animals too are served. Rudolph and his kin have found a snowy patch beneath which are thick layers of delectable mosses. High Bette has discovered new growth, tasty green new shoots at the tops of her favorite acacia trees. Goodness and Lady Pumpkin follow BigJohn to the barn wherein fresh bales of sweet alfalfa and watermelons wait. On the table are cherry and apricot tarts imagined by Anala. And to drink? Jars with tall necks. Corked. Earthenware to stay cool. Mixtures of light berry wine and honey. A mead like drink which is perfect for a homecoming.

To be continued