Core Quality: Wisdom

The next Core Quality to be examined is Wisdom. Knowledge and wisdom are not the same thing. We gain knowledge through school and through reading, we gain wisdom by experience.

The definition of wisdom as stated in Dictionary.com:

1. the quality or state of being wise; knowledge of what is true or right coupled with just 
   judgment as to action; sagacity, discernment, or insight.

2.  scholarly knowledge or learning: the wisdom of the schools.

Wisdom as a core quality is more than what the dictionary tells us. It is a knowing, without being superior. As a core quality it sees and knows because of past experience. When we act and make decisions based on wisdom, these choices come from the heart and are based in truth.

When we are taught we gain knowledge. We gain knowledge from school, parents, and others around us. It is when we live life and gain experience that the knowledge that we have gained becomes wisdom. There are aspects of ourselves that are in our subconscious that have a great deal of wisdom. When we converse with them we gain their wisdom as well.

What is Dream Yoga/IDL?

The previous three posts are examples of Dream Yoga/IDL interviews. There is a lot we can learn from our subconscious mind when we learn how it communicates with us. When we learn to listen to the small, quiet voice of our subconscious we then act in our own best interest and the best interest of those around us.

Our conscious and subconscious mind is like an ice burg. The part that is above the water is like the conscious mind, it's only ten percent of the whole. It's the ten percent that we think of as being in charge; it's the part that makes active decisions on what to do. The other ninety percent that is our subconscious, it's the part that regulates our bodies functions, walking, eating, everything that we do without thinking about it. Our subconscious also is where different aspects of ourselves are. These different aspects of ourselves see the life issues and other problems that we face every day differently than our conscious mind does.

Through the interview process we talk to a different aspect of ourselves that has insight on the life issue, problem, or physical symptom that we are experiencing. When we listen to what we have to say we gain strength, and are able to resolve issues that we thought we impossible. Our minds and bodies are wonderful at keeping us healthy both physically and mentally as long as we listen to them. Dream Yoga/IDL is a very interactive way to explore and listen to our own inner knowledge.

Integral Deep Listening Interview

What follows is an interview in Integral Deep Listening. It shows how our subconscious mind is sending messages to us, this is a great way to find out what it is trying to tell us. Not only can dreams be interviewed, also physical symptoms, and life issues themselves.

Interviewing a Dream

What are three fundamental life issues that you are dealing with now in your life?

1) Rejection

2) Graduation

3) Business

Tell me a dream you remember.  It can be an old one, a repetitive dream, a nightmare, or one that you sure you understand. 

A) My husband and I are shopping in Mexico. In a shop I find a wooden butterfly, it has iridescent, shiny colors. Unfortunately we can’t afford to buy it. A few years later we are at a gas station that is run by the son of the woman who had made the butterfly. The son has a beautiful blue, sparkly blanket that his mother had made. We go outside next to the gas station to take a picture of the blanket, the son, and me. His mother made the blanket for him to give to me if I ever found him; the son didn’t want to give it to me though. His father told him that is what his mother wanted. He gave the blanket to me.

Why do you think that you had this dream?

A) Not to wait to have the beautiful things in life.

If it were playing at a theater, what name would be on the marquee? 

A) Butterfly Dreams

These are the characters in the dream…

A) My husband, me, the wooden butterfly, the son, his father, the mother, the blanket, the gas station, camera

If one character had something especially important to tell you, which would it be?

A) The wooden butterfly

Now remember how as a child you liked to pretend you were a teacher or a doctor?  It’s easy and fun for you to imagine that you are the _____ and answer some questions I ask, saying the first thing that comes to your mind.  If you wait too long to answer, that’s not the character answering - that’s YOU trying to figure out the right thing to say!

 (Now proceed to interview the character using the steps of the Interviewing process, starting with the question, 

“Would you please tell me what you look like and what you are doing?

A) I am made of wooden slats that are beautifully painted with iridescent and shiny paints in a large variety of colors. Because I’m made of slats I can move quite easily.

What do you like most about yourself in this experience? What are your strengths?

A) That I can move easily and that I am very colorful. That I can move when I need to.

What do you dislike most about yourself? Do you have weaknesses?  What are they?

A) That she didn’t pick me up when she had the chance. No weaknesses.

(Character), what aspect of this person do you represent or most closely personify?

A) Her inner beauty and outer strength.

(Character), you are in this person’s dream or life experience, correct?  They created you, right?

A) Yes, yes

 (Character,) if you could be anywhere you wanted to be and take any form you desired, would you change?  If so, how?

A) no

(Continue, answering as the transformed object, if it chose to change.)

(Character), how would you score yourself 0-10, in

 Confidence, A) 10

Compassion, A) 10

Wisdom, A) 10

Acceptance, A) 10

 Peace of mind, A) 10

and witnessing? A) 10 

(And why?)

(Character,) if you scored tens in all six of these qualities, would you be different?  If so, how?

A) I have already scored 10 in all of them because I have been a part of hr from the beginning.

How would this person’s life be different if he/she naturally scored high in all six of these qualities all the time?

A) She would have more confidence in every part of her life. She would see her own beauty shining out for all to see.

If you could live this person’s waking life for him/her, how would you live it differently?

A) I wouldn’t be afraid to do anything/ I would be out there where everyone could see me.

If you could live this person’s waking life for him/her today, would you handle his/her three life issues differently?  If so, how?

A) Those would not be issues for me. Everyone who meets me would be able to see that I only want to be of service to them when they are ready for my help.

What three life issues would you focus on if you were in charge of his/her life?

A) Putting into practice what she has learned, becoming wiser because of it.

In what life situations would it be most beneficial for this person to imagine that they are you and act as you would? 

A) Whenever she is talking to people, whether in person, on the phone, or on the internet.

Why do you think that you are in this person’s life experience (or dream)? 

A) She has forgotten how beautiful she truly is.

How is this person most likely to ignore what you are saying to them?

A) Because she doesn’t see her own inner beauty

(Dreamer,) what have you heard yourself say?

A) That I am beautiful, that those who meet me will know that I want to be of service and will ask when they are ready, and to quit sweating the small stuff.

(Dreamer,) if this experience were a wake-up call from your soul, what do you think it would be saying to you?

A) To quite worrying about what life will bring me