Courageous Dreaming: How Shamans Dream the World into Being

"Although the mind resists it, the fact is that like me, you have a choice between having the life you want or the reasons why you can't. You can luxuriate in joy and peace, or you can continually be burdened by that big black bag full of all the sorrowful incidents and accidents that happened to you in your childhood or last relationship. You can endure your wounds or you can enjoy your glory. You can live the life of a victim, burdened by the traumas of your past, or you can live the life of a hero, but you can't do both. If you want to feel empowered, you need to make a conscious decision to create a sacred dream and practice courage."This is a wonderful book. The title and cover image do not do it justice - it looks and feels very esoteric and "out there" - but it's actually much more down to earth, enlightening, and very inspiring. It'll change your perspective on a lot of important things. Amazing read!

Simply written, bold, elegant, and freeing this book gave for me a framework for how to live humbly, with passion, purpose, and productivity, while not holding on to any of those things too tightly.

it is a good book cause it can resonate in some areas. but, it does leave some areas foggy. he expresses the concept of being aware of your sleeping dreams but, it was fuzzy and i got no where with that concept:(. i read mysticjaguar review and you should too, his review is excellent and well put. better than i could've written. i do recommend the book but if you read mysticjaguar review you will be aware of the limitations with this author.

It is a very positive book and when you are ready the teacher appears. I am re reading it as there is good information and good narrative stories that make it more interesting, as applied in real life.

excellent package arrived in perfect timing a very valuable book w great info about dreaming much better than other utopias on the subject thank you dearly ..I highly recommend it for serious readers on this particular subject

This read is simple and profound. It even coincides with The Four Agreements. This book is exactly what I needed to assist me along my path.

I very much enjoyed this book. I'm very fascinated with indigenous cultures and their spiritual beliefs. This author is a favorite of mine as I have enjoyed all his books I've read so far.

This book seemed to resonate with where I have been at. Villoldo makes it clear that we spend so much time in our victim roles and that by staying in victim or bully roles prevents us from creating new dreams. The books points out that it is about dropping old scripts and re writing our stories and stepping into these with courage. The book does not suggest you fix your stuff but to simply drop old patterns of thinking and move on. As part of this it is important to get real with yourself and accept your weaknesses and faults and yet still create a remarkable life for yourself and so you can serve the world in a more empowered space.If you are ready to drop your old scripts or stories and begin to create something compelling in your life then consider this book as a companion to that process.

A fantastic book. This stops you dreaming into nothingness and helps you realise that your dreams are the beginning of your movement through time. The dreams have a message and your instincts matter. Being courageous in dreaming means you are selecting your nuggets within your mind and not drifting into doing nothing with them. Excellent

Another excellent book from this well respected author. A must for your spiritual journey and you will find yourself putting the book down and thinking about what you have read. I have a few of his books and because I have had that much from them, I have ended up buying all the others.

LOVE the book. Bought ‘used’. I did not expect writing and scribbles all the way through it!

Haven't read anything particularly new to me so far (half way through) but it's a good reminder of things I've come across before.

As always great author - great read.