The Lost Art of Dreaming

Or how to make a pen disappear.

Do me a favor.

Grab a pen and a coffee mug.

Tap the mug with the pen. Try to keep your eyes on these words. Don’t look at the mug if you can help it. Just tap and picture the mug in your mind.

Now, move your attention to the pen itself. Keep tapping the mug.

Do that for a few seconds.

Now, move your attention up to your fingers and wrist. Notice how the muscles in your wrist and hand automatically orient themselves to “tap” without you having to think about it.

Finally, locate the source of the tapping. Beyond your muscles, up your arm, and into your…. mind? It’s like a sensation (a dream, as we will discover). A tingling motivation, maybe. This is as far as your conscious mind can go.

Just notice the boundary with a sense of curiosity.

Slowly move your attention to your fingers, the pen, and then back to the mug.

You can stop tapping.

Thank you for indulging me in that if you did.

Why you just did that will become clear in a minute

My friend’s dream is to become a film director.