— SPOCK. AMOK TIME. 3372.7

The Vulcan saying is much like the ancient Terran one: “Restrain your dreams, lest they transmute into reality.”

Yet ironically, many of us would rather hold on to our dreams than the realities they are designed to mold themselves into. After all, we can still control our dreams. We can eliminate whatever we don’t like with a wave of our imagination. The fantasies we have about the perfect relationship or the ideal job are “perfect” and “ideal” only because we tend to gloss over the hard work they will inevitably require. “Wanting” demands little energy. “Having” comes with lots of strings attached.

Then again, “wanting” does project energy. And the universe responds by coalescing its forces around our wants, and finally bringing us the realities they represent.

When we find those realities to be unfulfilling (or even self-destructive), The Universe is probably trying to teach us a lesson. It may be asking us to take responsibility for our thoughts as well as our actions. Or it may be encouraging us to look at our motivations for “wanting.” Do we really need the things we want? Do we desire some things only because someone tells us we should?

Our dreams are mirrors of ourselves. Look hard.

I will dream not so much to have whatever I want, but to want what I already have.

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The above meditation is taken from Going Boldly on Your Inner Voyage © 1999-2004, IF Books.

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