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see what the inside of the house is like. Obligingly enough, a stairway
forms for me, leading down to the level where the house is. This gives me the
clue that I am in a dream and I say to myself aloud: "This is a dream,
obviously. I will walk down the steps and in so doing prove that willpower
is a factor in the dream state as well as in the physical." I try
to go down the steps but I simply cannot move! By the time I give up, I am lying
on the stairs head downward, trying to crawl down with all my strength, using
fists and heels. I simply cannot do it... Once I have given up, however,
I look at the house, longing to see inside it, and—zip!—there I am
inside the house with all the people who live in it.
To walk down the steps would have been an act of will, which is the property of the conscious mind only. The simple unexpressed wish, however, placed me inside the house instantly without involvement in time, space, or motion. One scene merely faded, and the new one of the interior came on. This illustrates the working of the subconscious mind. The stairway appeared in answer to a wish, because I believed it was a necessary means of getting where I wanted to go. I could not move, because the subconscious is not that amenable to the conscious will, but with the desire or wish, all obstacles were hurdled instantly. This region was peopled entirely by my own thought forms, which acted only in response to my unexpressed desires. Moreover, they acted in expected patterns. However, if my father had appeared to me here, as well he could have, his actions may have been his own and might well have confounded my expectations. Hence the factor of surprise can sometimes let the dreamer know that the loved one he seems to be meeting is genuine and, to some degree, acting independently of the dreamer. The Master must have smiled when He said, "In my Father's house are many mansions." Further Reading
Awakening from the Body: Survival Beyond Death. A free booklet of
excerpts from Ray Stanford's readings on death. Write to A.U.M., P.O. Box 5310,
Austin, TX 78763.
Dimensions of Dying and Rebirth. A symposium featuring Raynor C.
Johnson, Stanislov Grof and Hugh Lynn Cayce. Available for $2.50 plus $.75 postage
from A.R.E. Press, P.O. Box 595, Virginia Beach, VA 23451. 216
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