Hanging out on the Astral Plane
‘Planet Dance’, 2021, Gouache and mixed media on paper, 9.5” x 13”
The planets are dancing!
The music of the planets is beautiful to hear. The trick to hearing it is to really listen, which requires stillness, a valuable and sometimes rare commodity in these times.
If I am having a good night on the Astral, I dream of colorful places and beautiful images. I wake up feeling relaxed and inspired, with distant memories of hanging out with fun creative people and beings, discussing out of this world things. Like the happy energy you might feel after spending an evening among people who are interested in life and joy and creativity, a magical dream can take us to a new awareness of what is possible.
We are always working on something and creating new creations in our dreams.
‘My Nearest Galaxy’, 2022, Gouache and mixed media on paper, 13” x 9.5”
When I listen, my dreams will teach me things.
Sometimes in a dream, I’ll see or receive information that I get to consciously keep when I wake up. Many years ago, before I ever took a meditation class or signed up for my clairvoyant training, I kept dream journals religiously. I mean, I was into it, and wrote in them almost daily. I am certain that doing this helped me see clearly what my spirit was trying to tell me, the stuff I wouldn’t listen to in my daily life. Even when I didn’t want to know, and especially then!
When I re-read my dream journals, years after the fact, I could only marvel at how wise my spirit was. That higher part of me was always there, even when the me in my everyday life was caught up in the tiny details and other people’s problems and invalidation and worry - there was a part of me saying “Look! Wake up!”. Thankfully, eventually I listened, and here I am today grateful for that.
‘Astral Fashion’, 2021, Gouache and mixed media on paper, 9.5” x 13”
One thing I learned early on in my journey to becoming a conscious practicing psychic, is that the more I gave to myself daily - meditation, good people in my life, care of my body - the easier it was to dream. Not just to dream out of my body, on the Astral, but to bring those dreams within me, and to have a living waking dream. I’m still exploring and practicing this every day. What if we consciously dream a new dream?
Dreams do come true.
‘Well we've known each other from other lives
I want to see you today
But I'll prove my knowledge of what's inside
When I intercept you on the astral plane
The astral plane for late at night
The astral plane or I'll go insane
Alright’
© Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers
