Cloudskipper Dreaming: The Great Dream
The Great Dream is a fusion of Aboriginal Australian dreamtime
storytelling and Tibetan Bon dream yoga practices. In the first part of
the story 'The Dream of Creation', Cloudskipper dreams of a five colored
rainbow (similar to the rainbow serpent of the Aboriginal Dreamtime),
each color represents an element from the Bon tradition. He dreams space
using the white space element, forms the Earth using the yellow earth
element, creates the atmosphere using the green air element, produces
the seas, oceans and rivers using the blue water element and finally
creates the sun using the red fire element. In the second part 'How the
Stars Were Made' he introduces his friends from the dreaming to the new
earth and provides them with guides in the form of beings of light
(dakinis or angels) these beings then become the stars to watch over
from afar. In the third story 'How the Clouds Were Made' he uses sea
foam to create a cloud, which provides much needed rain. In the fourth
story, 'How the Moon Was Made' his friend Brolly Bird (a Brolga Crane,
of Native Companion) loses her necklace. Cloudskipper visits his cloud
friend and is given a piece of cloud which he forms into the moon. The
moonlight helps them to find Brolly Birds necklace. The final part 'The
First Rainbow' takes the story full circle. Brolly Bird dances for the
clouds to thank them for the Moon, the cloud's joy and laughter creates a
rainbow.
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