Two nights ago I had another wild surfing dream where I was not only surfing waves, but also in all kinds of buildings and stairs. You name it, I was surfing on it. If you read the last post, https://dreamsforpeace.org/2025/09/22/my-surfing-dream-riding-the-way-of-the-cutting-edge/, you will know that surfing is a metaphor for riding the cutting edge of your …
Category: Change work, Dreams Tags: blog, conservatives, cooperation, cutting edge, empathy, future self, gender, goal setting with a positive voice, listening to future self, men, mental-health, positive voice, writing
So a few nights I had a surfing dream the details were not really that clear to me other than I was with my best friend growing up, we were at beach that was like the beaches of my childhood in southern California, and I loved being in the water waiting for the next wave. …
Category: Change work Tags: cooperation, cutting edge, friendship, jealousy, love, love conection, mental-health, protection, relationships, surfing dreams, suring as a metaphor, writing
Not long ago I was writing a report on a 7 year old boy in his attitude toward sport. After I wrote the report I started thinking that he just might represent the sort of problems that a great many leaders in the world have. This boy is excellent on the climbing wall in that …
Category: Change work, emotions, encouragement, reflections, sports psychology, transformation Tags: 5-7 shift, achievement, competition, competitive spirit, cooperation, ego, goal setting, sport, true self
Early this week Debby and I spent 3 days among the aboriginal people of Malaysia, the Orang Asli. In Malay the word orang means people and asli which original. An orangutan literally translated means a person of the forest. Many of the Orang Asli live in an area known as the Cameron Highlands which is …
Richard Hastings is an expert in change work and dream work and author of Dreams for Peace. He is a 
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