{"id":102,"date":"2007-07-17T07:29:40","date_gmt":"2007-07-17T15:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/privatenook.com\/?p=102"},"modified":"2026-04-19T05:15:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T13:15:43","slug":"the-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/?p=102","title":{"rendered":"The Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Oregon Country Fair beckons me every year and so again we made the trek down.\u00c2\u00a0 I usually over pack with many odds and ends that i may need but this year I left hastily, only bringing essentials with few accents.<\/p>\n<p>I am living in a house numbered six which is supposed to induce one into soul searching\u00c2\u00a0 which is coincidently what I have been focused on since I moved in.\u00c2\u00a0 I have been reading\/researching thoughts and ideas centered around spiritual enlightenment knowing that I feel a purpose here which needs more definition.<\/p>\n<p>Upon arriving to the fair, we drove around in a circle three times to find the perfect camping area.\u00c2\u00a0 I spotted a couple who I was instantly drawn to but for whatever reason we ended up setting camp a little further down the road.\u00c2\u00a0 Within an hour of setting up camp we were surrounded by somewhat overbearing hippies and the husband of another couple nearby had a very bad faint or possibly a seizure.\u00c2\u00a0 We called for help and tried our best to assist&#8230;. but finally we moved our camp to join the couple I had spotted initially and the vibe improved instantaneously!<\/p>\n<p>Our new friends were beautiful and fun if not just the perfect kind of crazy.\u00c2\u00a0 We had created in that moment a community that I intend to keep.\u00c2\u00a0 We looked out for and were ever-generous with each other.\u00c2\u00a0 It was exactly perfect.<\/p>\n<p>We worked at our usual Blazing Salads booth during the day, wandered the fair, ate yummy food, watched funny skits, slept in a field filled with stilt-people and various entertainment and finally ended up back in our perfect little community which grew daily to encompass more and more amazing people.<\/p>\n<p>I had set in mind a goal for the fair as I do every year.\u00c2\u00a0 The fair is a magical place where energy manifests into form.\u00c2\u00a0 I set an intention every year and this year I needed some answers.\u00c2\u00a0 I wanted to be shown my path.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday night I had a dream yet I was vividly awake.\u00c2\u00a0 I became very centered, very grounded and in firm words &#8220;I am shaman&#8221; was heard throughout my body.\u00c2\u00a0 And I was united with my purpose.\u00c2\u00a0 Erik was shown to me, eyes closed and smiling with a crown that was gold with silver, emanating light.\u00c2\u00a0 The gold symbolized the ability to heal and the silver the ability of insight.\u00c2\u00a0 Clarity engulfed me.<\/p>\n<p>I got my wish and my dream&#8230;..and my purpose!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oregon Country Fair beckons me every year and so again we made the trek down.\u00c2\u00a0 I usually over pack with many odds and ends that i may need but this year I left hastily, only bringing essentials with few &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/?p=102\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-beginning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6058,"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions\/6058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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