The Direction of Intention

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“Please don’t ever let your mind stop you from having a good time.” Jason Mraz

This is the way Joe introduced me to the concept of high dream/low dream: suppose you are meeting your lover after work for a walk on the beach. While you are waiting to meet, you imagine how great the walk will be. You imagine how loving your partner will be, how excited he will be to see you. In your mind’s eye there is a magical sunset, perfect breezes, perhaps a whale swims by and you take this as a sign that everything is perfect in the world. This is the high dream.

When your lover arrives he is quiet. He is sullen and doesn’t want to talk. He walks a few feet away from you and is lost in thought. You dive head first into your fear. You think he doesn’t like you anymore. He wants to leave you. He’s had an affair. You did something wrong. This is the low dream.

Both the high dream and the low dream are…dreams. Anticipation of what may or may not happen, fear of what might or might not be happening, expectations and assumptions and…stories. Both get in the way of what is really there.

One of the most potent Circle Project practices is to have the experience first, and then make meaning out of it. High dream/low dream is an attempt to make meaning of the future before it actually arrives. Have the experience first; it’s a practice that will open your eyes to what is in front of you and not what you think is there.

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