after guiding me to my new understanding of the universe, the farm animal guided me to another dream. moving from dream to dream was an amazing but scary experience, because I needed to jump from my dream into the vast abyss of the universe, and call a dream to me. fortunately, I had the farm animal with me, and he was my guide.

we stood at the edge of my dream, and looked down. I could see billions of stars and galaxies swirling in an endless pool of darkness.

are you ready? asked the farm animal. you must jump, and in doing so exit your dream. in that brief instant you will free fall into the universe, and that sensation of falling will awaken your mind to the other dreams that you can enter. but if you fall too far, you will awaken, and return to your world.

don't be afraid: I wil guide you.

we jumped, and I felt the familiar sensation of falling that I had so often felt in dreams. my stomach leapt into my throat, and in that instant I saw that each star was a dream. the farm animal guided us to one reddish star, and we entered the dream in a blaze of soft light.

It was a dream of beaches and pink sandals, of tide pools and warm sunshine. the farm animal bid me look down to the sand, and so I did.

what do you see? he asked (telepathically, of course).

I see crabs, I replied (also telepathically; I gained this ability from my illumination when I realized that the whole universe is connected)

this is their dream; they are dreaming of you. teach them what I taught you, the farm animal said.

but they're crabs, not farm animals I replied.

it doesn't matter. anyone and anything can be a farm animal.

this opened a new vista of meaning to me. these crabs were potential farm animals, and they were dreaming of me, an inititiate farm animal. all I had to do was open them up to what I had seen.

so I cleared my telepathic throat. how many licks to get to the centre of a tootsie roll pop?

the crabs ignored me, going about the sand and all their business as quietly as before.

why won't they listen? I asked.

every farm animal is different, the farm animal replied. you must speak to them so they will understand. this is your first test as a farm animal: to speak to potential farm animals so they hear, understand, and awaken as farm animals too.

you are in their dream; it is your responsibility to adapt to their mind.

and so I faced my first test: to relate to these crabs, who were dreaming of me, and awaken them to the infinite possibilities that lay beyond their wildest dreams.