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by Robert Moss

LEARN TO MANIFEST YOUR HEART’S DESIRES

Growing Big Dreams is a passionate yet practical call to step through the gates of dreams and imagination to weather tough times, embark on travel adventures without leaving home, and grow a vision of a life so rich and strong it wants to take root in the world. Vitally relevant today more than ever, dreams are a tool available to all.

Robert Moss is a cartographer of inner space, equally at home in Jung’s psychology and shamanic journeying. The compelling stories, playful activities, and wild games he provides are designed to lead you to manifest a life of creative joy and abundance. You’ll learn to connect with your inner imagineer and become scriptwriter, director, and star of your own life movies, choosing your preferred genre and stepping into a bigger and braver story. Great artists, mystics, and shamans know that there are places of the imagination that are entirely real. Moss shows you how to get there.

Genres: Nonfiction, Psychology, Spirituality

336 pages, Paperback

Published March 30, 2021

Reviews

[T. Laane · Rating 3 out of 5]

At the moment I have it at 60% and I don’t know if I’m gonna ever continue. What is this book about? Something about lucid dreaming, something about different meanings of dreams. But too much weird one-case examples about how dreams and real life can be connected. Hey, what about adding a billion examples where they are NOT connected? The biggest reason why I dislike this book - i don’t like fancy literature. Too complicated sentences and meanings, could be a LOT more straightforward. Well I guess not, being straightforward would show that the book doesn’t have a lot of content :)

[Angela Boord]

I came to Robert Moss’s dreaming books in a strange way that I think he would appreciate. As a young teenager his thriller Moscow Rules inspired me (among other books) to start writing my own thrillers and eventually to combine them with fantasy plots. As a much older indie author I recently tried to find my copy of Moscow Rules only to discover it was missing; in ordering another copy, I realized two things: The MC character of his thriller and my protagonist share a surname, and my fantasy novel also happens to be inspired by readings in shamanism, Cold War history, and quantum physics, with the word “dreams” prominent in the title, though I had no idea of what he’d been doing since he stopped writing thrillers.

That was just a weird enough coincidence (a “synchronicity” Moss would call it) that I immediately loaded a handful of his dreaming books onto my Kindle and started reading.

I tend to read New Age books about manifestation more in a research/anthropological sense than as instruction manuals, so what I like most about Robert Moss’s books (this one included) is how widely read he is, drawing references from history, literature, anthropology, psychology… everywhere. His work on dreaming seems useful even if you just think of your dreams as messages from your subconscious. He also has a very kind authorial voice.

In any case, I enjoyed the book and am happy for the synchronicity that brought me to it.

[Alicia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Robert Moss is interesting: a former classics professor, then a journalist, a fiction author, and finally, his true calling as a shamanic dream teacher. Also, he had several near death experiences as a child in Australia giving him a unique perspective on worlds and dimensions beyond our own. His style is always engaging and down to earth as he makes the case for restoring the dreamscape to a more central place in our lives. Lots of practical exercises and interesting stories. A beginner, or someone interested in a lighter, practical guide might prefer his ‘The Three Only Things’ instead.

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sprawling look at enhancing personal insight through dream recall and analysis.

[Katie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful. Fascinating. Inspiring.

If you believe in dreams, check this one out.

[Diana Raab · Rating 5 out of 5]

In all honesty, this is not the type of book I'd typically pick up and read, but nothing is typical about 2020. However, it kept popping up on my screen as I surfed the internet, so I thought there might be a reason why. It's an easy and interesting read, offering much to think about. This is a book for all times, but can really help navigate particularly challenging periods.

I do believe in setting intentions and in their manifestation, which is this book's focus. It's a perfect read for kicking off the New Year, especially as we navigate the pandemic. Moss believes in the idea that when darkness permeates our external world, it's time to light the inner candle of vision, which involves implementing a shift in attitude, which can change so much. Dreams in the form of images and energies can direct us and possibly offer messages that we need to hear, and they are also a way to tap into our imagination.

In addition to opening a new channel of discovery, Moss offers many ideas on how to tap into your dreams and manifest them.

[Jenya · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this as an audiobook while (fittingly) preparing for bed. While it is a bit meandering at times, I believe that is part of the charm - especially since Robert Moss manages to speak about dreams and dream techniques with such enthusiasm. There are many different imaginal exercises and techniques to try out, and the book is very much focused on the practical application of what is being discussed.

This book is mostly an invitation to become creative in your dreaming life and to appreciate it for the gift it is. While the audience is definitely one that is already spiritually-inclined or at least not completely new to the concept of dreams as important messengers, I believe that other folks could also beenfit from a read (or listen: Robert Moss reads his books with so much joy and humor that it's genuiely a treat to listen to him.)

[Miz Lizzie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Having read most of Robert Moss' books and attended two of his workshops, there wasn't a lot in this book I wasn't already familiar with. I did appreciate the exercises, practices, and journeys he has throughout this book and the focus on the wider imaginative, creative realm that includes dreams. The manifestation of the subtitle is more soul-based than ego-based.

Book Pairings:
Robert Moss' The Three Only Things focuses on seeing the every day waking reality through the tense of the symbolic, a practice which this book continues to develop alongside imaginative journeys.
David Spangler's The Laws of Manifestation also looks at manifestation from a more soul-based perspective.

[Penelope · Rating 4 out of 5]

Robert Moss writes with the conviction of one who has not only studied his path by reading a huge variety of ancient and modern sources but also lived it. While being erudite, the book is full of stories that grab and run with your imagination. Like Liz Green’s astrology of Fate, this book has been seminal for me in that it distinguishes between facile fantasies of wealth and pleasure and what I would call the soul’s dream that is asking to be lived through us.

[LemontreeLime · Rating 4 out of 5]

very interesting.

[Lesley Brennan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was initially dissapointed with this book. The first half contained few new points and little in the way of stories, facts and personal experiences that had not already been discussed in his first book on Concious dreaming which was published 24 years prior to this one.

My 3 star review here is predominantly due to the exercises towards the latter half of the book, which were new.

I will admit that this 3 star review is in part contributed to the fact that I had already invested into the integrity and shamanic aspects of the man writting it, I believe in his authenticity, does this make the book fantastic? Possibly not. I would recommend his first book 'Concious Dreaming' as an alternative