Let's Daydream

Let’s Day Dream

I daydream every morning, and here’s why.

Daydreaming is something we do all the time. Sometimes we do it intentionally, when we feel the need to zone out and escape whatever it is that is occupying our time at that moment. Other times we daydream unintentionally, we slip into a daydream without realising. Daydreaming might paint the picture of an old film, a poem of young lovers with distance between them. While the romantic image of daydreaming is most definitely a great depiction, it does in fact have many faces. It is indeed a rabbit hole, where we slip into the hazy opening to our subconscious mind. A lucky packet, if no intentions are set. Without set intentions or if we are in the wrong mood, our subconscious can indeed bring up concerns and worries and trigger a momentum of frustrating consequences for the day or night ahead.

Let’s look at the mechanics of daydreaming. Daydreaming is a form of meditation. It is, the entrance to meditation, the doorway to transcendence. The welcoming road to take you on your windy path down to where your conscious or subconscious mind wants you to go. Depending on which psychological or metaphysical theory you subscribe to there are varying levels of consciousness. The common theory amongst all is the communication between our conscious and subconscious. This is where we play in our daydreams. When transcend from our conscious to our subconscious we are entering a meditative state. This occurs frequently, most often during repetition. Examples of such can be when you are exercising and your auto mechanical system kicks in and takes over, we essentially zone out and let our subconscious take the reigns. Other examples can be when we are driving to work, you have driven the same roads so frequently that your nervous system does not need your full conscious control and you kick into autopilot. The same can be applied for sensual encounters, prayer and of course daydreaming. The dynamics of entering into this lull state is the same for meditation; it is the state of meditation before you rise into the higher states of consciousness found further in your subconscious. The beautiful thing about this lull phase is that you can easily float in and out. We have all experienced this, we might be driving to work daydreaming and then something out of the usual happens, ie. A bicycle rider almost collides with you. In such a circumstance you are most likely able to still react as you are consciously aware somewhat. This is also the phase of meditation when you are still in control of your mind and can consciously change thoughts. On the same note, this is the part of meditation where people struggle the most with when not being able to still their mind.

For some good news, the more time we spend diving in and out between the conscious and subconscious, the more we strengthen the lanes between them. These ‘lanes’ are the communication of neurotransmitters between our subconscious and conscious mind. And like anything else in our physical and spiritual anatomy, the more we do an exercise, the more powerful and natural it becomes.

In short, the more we daydream, the easier it becomes to slip in and out of our subconscious in a controlled manor, the easier it is to meditate and the more automatic and flowing our life becomes. The more we daydream, the better at meditating we become. The more we daydream, the more powerful and seamless our manifestations become. The lanes of communication between our subconscious and conscious mind will become roads, the roads will morph into highways.

When going to sleep our minds will follow the same protocol of consciousness. We will slide down levels of consciousness and into to our subconscious. The doziness we feel before sleep and when we wake is our mind flowing between these states. It is the same mental phase as daydreaming. Many spiritual books and lessons will talk about this being an ideal time to manifest. Many self-help and motivational books will talk about this being an excellent time to plan for the next day or the day ahead. This is exactly why. Your mind is preparing to transcend or return and you are therefore in a unique window where you are able to powerfully program your subconscious mind. In self-help terms, this is setting an intention for the day, a command to your subconscious mind. You are telling your subconscious mind what to bring forward to your conscious mind that day and in turn program your manifestation and direction your day will have.

Practice does make perfect, both intentionally and unintentionally. You are automatically programming yourself, so why not set intentions to it. If you were going to walk in the rain, you would use an umbrella, if you want to windsurf you would need a sail. By the same logic, if we are naturally in this window of transcendental hopping why not take advantage and exploit it in your favour?

Every morning when I wake up and I feel the mental haziness I become consciously aware of it. I focus on my thought patterns; I follow them like a spectator to see where they go. When thought patterns stop or change, I manipulate them by asking myself questions, I propose situations to look for answers from my subconscious. I set intentional outcomes that I wait to see what unfolds. The more we do this the easier it becomes, the more we spectate on our thoughts the more relative thoughts our subconscious shows us in response, the stronger the communication between our questions and answers become the more powerful our responsiveness to our questions to ourselves become. And, of course the more we practice setting our intention for the day, the more powerful the manifestation of desired outcomes become.

Depending on what you read, 92-97% of our cognitive mental activity, ie. decision making, emotions, etc. is controlled by our subconscious. Therefore, why not exploit the natural window into our subconscious and use it our advantage? There is no ceremony needed, no frustrated attempts at meditating either. We are automatically there, the key is to create an automatic habit of intentionally day dreaming while there.