Dreaming is  an art discovered by seers of ancient Mexico, in which we suspendour ordinary interpretations, allowing a new way of responding to the world around us. Don Juan Matus, cultural heir of those seers, told his four students-Carlos Castaneda, Taisha Abelar, Florinda Donner-Grau and Carol Tiggs-that dreaming can take place weather one is sleeping or awake. To dream he said, is to perceive more than we believe is possible to perceive, and to act in ways that are beyond our usual capabilities.

The dreaming attention he mantained, is forged in our waking hours, by intending a new sense of purpose and awe in our thoughts and actions-the hallmark of what seers call heightened-awareness, or dreaming-awake. Dreaming, and dreaming-awake, he said, are not learned: they are intended, meaning that they are accomplished by awakening our natural link with the vibratory force of intelligence in the universe that seers call the active side of infinity, or intent.

 from "Dreaming-Awake: Listening to the Seer Within", Barcelona, June 9th, 10 & 11 2000