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Life is a Dream, Most People Are Terrified to Wake up From

One big collective dream

Jocelyn Joy Thomas
3 min readApr 4, 2022
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If you have ever watched the movie the Matrix, I’m sure you have considered whether or not you would take the red or blue pill. Which one would you choose, honestly?

Life is a dream. Many people dream away their lives. They drift along thinking they are content but something inside of them feels otherwise. Until you awaken it's like that.

Awakening is about taking chances and saying yes to what pulls you out of your comfort zone. It’s about reflection and processing what you have been through so that you learn and grow and don’t repeat the same mistakes again and again.

That is what wakes you up, out of the dream.

Waking up

When we are in a lifetime, we are usually asleep. A little like the Matrix movie, we plug into a system of beliefs that makes us unconscious. Life is a dream. Our perceptions shape the dream and perpetuate it. We aren't alone, everyone else perpetuates it along with us. One big collective dream.

The fact that we collectively dream means it is so reinforced that when you try to come out of it, the feeling is that your foundation is being shaken up. A lot like an earthquake it can be terrifying. You might be tempted to jump back…

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Jocelyn Joy Thomas
Jocelyn Joy Thomas

Written by Jocelyn Joy Thomas

Author, spiritual teacher, and intuitive reader. Writing is my passion and purpose. My shop...https://jocelynjoythomas.company.site/

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