When we have a love for something which we strive towards in our everyday life, we may find in dreaming we can connect with a greater experience and presence of those who have passed on, but their legacy remains. I have worked as an activist toward peace and justice in Texas for more than 10 years. It is often difficult and thankless work, but clearly needed in order to create change from a culture of violence toward one of peace with justice.
Over the years, I have been gifted with two significant dreams which have helped to spur me on in my endeavors as a peace activist.
Doorways to Peace
I see Martin Luther King Jr. standing before me, he holds out his hand and offers me what he has inside his palm. It is a golden bee pollen and he tells me to eat it. I take what he has offered and eat some. I am conscious in the dream, and having trouble staying that way due to being very aware and excited that I am actually standing with the great Martin Luther King Jr. I can hardly contain myself. He is trying to speak with me in the dream, but I seem too overwhelmed to be able to hear his words. He then shows me a large golden tree made of gold light and we walk toward it. The tree is so large we
are only looking at the huge trunk of it and cannot see the top of the tree nor the bottom. There is a door inside the tree made of golden light which opens. I walk through it and find there are many more doorways unfolding before me, all I must do to get to the next one is walk through each door as it appears. EOD.
This dream was profound for me to meet Martin Luther King Jr. – one of my heroes, whom I consider to exemplify true leadership. It showed me the potential for peace and that it only takes the willingness to step through each doorway as it is presented. This is something I continue to strive to do as an activist.
In the next dream, I went consciously to meet up with a dream partner to an agreed upon destination where we would converge together in our dreams for a shared dream adventure. We decided to meet up at a market in Fez, Morocco
The Magic Pot
I find myself in a busy market place in Morocco with narrow dirt streets and vendors set up all around. It is a busy place and the sights, sounds and smells are almost overwhelming. I am looking for my dream partner. I walk further through the market and find a large clay pot. I circle around the pot as I touch its rim with my hand and as I do I see Gandhi walking toward me from out of the market place. He approaches standing across from me and tells me to look into the pot. I look inside and see it is full of water, he tells me to look again, and once again I look and see it is full of grain.
I look one more time and now the pot has transformed to a small Moroccan clay pot with a lid which looks like a strange hat. I take off the lid to see 
it contains a delicious meal enough for two people to eat. I realize this pot is a magic pot. I want to share this meal with my dream partner who I have not yet found in my dream. I go and look for him and find myself at the airport where he is just arriving to meet me. We go once again go to the market where I meet up with another friend who is the founder of many West African Drum Circles in Texas. My friend looks at me and says, “What are we waiting for? We are in Africa – Let’s Drum!” We all begin to drum together. EOD
This dream shows the importance of nurturing and having a container that can feed many people. Peace is that container and shows itself in the form of the magic pot which offers unlimited resources as well as the ability to build community both through feeding and nurturing and drumming and celebration while also nurturing my personal relationships along the way.
Awaken the Sacred Dream 