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UNCOVER THE DAYDREAMS

HOLDING YOU BACK

FULFILLING YOUR MISSION ON EARTH

Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D., is a medical anthropologist who comes from a long line of Earth-
keepers from the Amazon and the Andes. The author of numerous best-selling books, Dr.
Villoldo currently directs The Four Winds Society in Park City, UT, where he trains people in
the practice of energy medicine and soul retrieval. https://thefourwinds.com/

There are three kinds of waking dreams: the night-
mare, the daydream, and the sacred dream. Of For example, a few years ago, I re-
these, only the sacred dream can help you fulfill ceived a challenging medical diagnosis.
your mission here on Earth. To live within a sacred In my travels through the Amazon, I
dream requires that you understand that daydreams can feel had picked up a dozen varieties of parasites. Until then, I was
pleasant but will turn into nightmares as the circumstances of convinced that other people got old or sick but that surely
your life change. As for the nightmares we all wish to avoid, would never happen to me. Now I was sick and in danger of
they always begin as daydreams, but have since reached their dying and feeling like an old man. In my prayers, I said to
expiration date and gone bad. This is an excerpt from his God, “When I get well, then I will dedicate my life to being in
book, The Heart of the Shaman service and helping others.”

How do you recognize when you are living under the spell But God does not like these bargains. I began to wake up from
of a daydream? Daydreams keep you looking for something the daydream when I turned the “When . . . then” agree-
outside of yourself to make you feel complete. It can masquer- ment around. I discovered that: When I am grateful, then I am
ade as your hopes and aspirations, as your goals for getting happy. When I dedicate my life to service, then I become well.
your life in order. Things like writing down your success list, When I speak truthfully, then I become a true leader. I had to
planning to improve your relationship, or strategizing about re-dedicate my life to a mission greater than myself before I
creating circumstances you tell yourself will be good for you could recover my health. I had to transform the nightmare of
and make your life better all hide as daydreams. ill health to discover my sacred dream that would allow me to
experience a new sense of purpose and meaning; even though
They keep you searching out of the corner of your eye for I had no guarantee I would survive my illness or how long I
your true soul mate even after you are in a relationship. They would live.
have you continually looking for a new guru, a new diet, a new
health regime—and wondering if there may be something out What agreements with life are keeping you in a daydream?
there in the world you are missing out on. The agreements you have been making with life have been
slowly turning your daydreams into nightmares. In order to flip
Daydreams also always contain a contract or agreement you the contract, stipulating when you will be happy or healthy
make with life that goes like this: “When . . . then.” “When or at peace, you must locate these agreements and examine
I have more money . . . then I won’t be anxious.” “When I where your wishes contain conditions.
am happy . . . then I will be grateful.” “When we have new
leadership . . . then we will be able to have a truthful con- ...continued on page 21
versation.” Or perhaps, “When I find my true love, or my true
calling in life, or the perfect house, or job . . . then I will.”

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