A New Way To Receive More By Doing Less: Dreaming

Some manifestations are quiet. They slip in on the heels of alignment and surprise me and my clients with how naturally they arrive. Others are layered — the kind that begin in a dream, echo in waking life, and unfold across dimensions and time. They delivering a manifestation far more expansive than imagined.

Albina One was that kind of manifestation. It started in the dream state. Just as so many of my most meaningful transformations do.

I don’t remember all the visual details, but I remember the energy: it was sovereign, feminine, and rooted. I stood in what felt like a new place — a dwelling, yes, but also an embodiment. There was structure, softness and safety. Albina One didn’t appear as a name in the dream, but the frequency was unmistakable. It was a space that reflected back to me a version of myself I was just beginning to let in.

A version of me that belonged. Belonged without proving, without paying more, and without shrinking or striving.

It also reflected a building I had seen many times on my walks. The building had been under construction. I thought it just another massive apartment complex…until construction crews put the skin on it. After that, the look and feel of this building not only caught my eyes, it thrilled my senses.

In the dream, I knew: this is mine. Not because I earned it — but because I aligned with it. But in reality, each day I walked past this building I figured its apartments would go at market rates. In Portland, market rates are pretty stratospheric.

The Wake-State Echo

A few days later, inspired by how beautiful the building is, I felt compelled to share my admiration with those building it. So I went in the foreman’s office trailer. There I made my opinions known. The contractor deeply appreciated my appreciation, then he mentioned the building’s name: Albina One; and the organization responsible for it: the Albina Vision Trust.

This came on the heels of noticing a vacant apartment in a market rate building near my current apartment. It was on the ground floor and a contractor there was “turning” the unit; getting it ready to rent again. I vibrate highly, so when he invited me to look inside, I wasn’t surprised.

What did surprise me, however, was how beautiful it was. It had every amenity one would expect, including an in-unit washer and dryer and the cutest little dishwasher, perfect for a couple or a single person.

The guy turning the apartment told me it was going on the market at $1100. I thought that too low. When I said so he double-checked. It actually was going on the market at $1430. Way over what I’m willing to pay.

And yet, something inside stirred. Something that continued this seemingly disjointed unfolding…

It’s what I dreamed about

The next morning I woke with an impulse. Now I know impulses are meant to be followed immediately. Don’t dawdle because All That Is always is in motion. Impulses serve me by lining me up with that motion which always culminates in a beautiful, unfolding manifestation. The impulses make me the final component in that unfolding, the witness. But to witness the manifestation, I must follow the impulse immediately.

So that’s what I did. The impulse was: go visit the Albina Vision Trust. It just so happened that months ago, a small building just a block away, one that had been dilapidated for years, had been remodeled. It had been remodeled into the Albina Vision Trust’s headquarters. So the Trust was literally a stone’s throw away.

I walked in and Gail, the receptionist, gave me a hearty greeting. We exchanged pleasantries and, when I asked about Albina One, the first of many the Trust envisions, Gail told me the entire building, and many of the others planned, are part of Portland’s affordable housing stock coming online. What’s more, she said, the interiors are BEAUTIFUL.

As she described the project — an affordable housing development with high-end amenities, rooted in equity, accessibility and environmental friendliness — I could feel the echo: This is the place you dreamt about.

My Broader Perspective was bringing the dream into form. But here’s what made it stunning: Albina One wasn’t just a housing opportunity. It was a worthiness calibration.

Receiving What I Thought I Had to Deserve

For so long, my beliefs told me living in a beautiful space meant paying a premium. Luxury required a certain income, they said. That affordability meant settling, sacrificing, compromising one’s core being, usually through working at a major corporate entity.

And yet here was this real-world manifestation — gorgeous, centrally located, with beautiful finishes and thoughtful design — being offered at a fraction of what I thought I’d have to pay.

The contrast was vibrational, not architectural. At first, I resisted it. Not outwardly, but internally. There was a part of me that still thought, “Is this allowed?” “Can I really have something this good without earning it the hard way?” But that’s what made Albina One a living manifestation of the very shift I’d been practicing in dreams: releasing the story that worth is transactional.

This wasn’t just about housing. This was about allowing a new version of reality — one where I don’t have to be rich to live richly. One where abundance comes through alignment, not exhaustion. The dream prepared me to recognize it. The conversation with the contractor activated it. And my choice to explore it sealed the invitation.

I wasn’t just being offered a unit. I was being offered a new self-concept.

A New Form of Wealth

What’s interesting is, three years ago, I moved to my current apartment. That happened as a result of a similar dream-unfolding. And now, it turns out, because of where I live, just three blocks from Albina One, I got an extra 3- point advantage when I signed up on the waiting list. The building opens this month, but the Albina Vision Trust says it will not be fully occupied until end of year.

Albina One is more than a structure. It’s a mirror — reflecting back my vibrational progress. It’s proof my inner shifts are creating new outcomes. That my dreamwork isn’t just emotional housekeeping — it’s architectural alchemy. And it also showed me this:

Receiving doesn’t require permission.
Worth doesn’t need validation.
And luxury doesn’t have to cost what I think it does.

When I dropped my resistance, everything aligned. From paperwork to logistics to timing — all of it flowed. There was no “push.” No sacrifice. Just an unfolding. Just like in the dream.

The Dream Wasn’t Symbolic — It Was Instructional

I used to think my dreams were abstract. Symbolic, sure, but disconnected from material life. I don’t believe that anymore. My dreams are exact. They show me what’s coming before I’m ready to see it — and help me shift into the version of myself who IS ready to see it and receive it.

Albina One was seeded in my dreamstate long before it crossed my path in physical reality. Long before I ended up living where I am now. Because that’s how creation works. It’s vibrational first. The form comes later. And it’s constantly flowing and expanding. But only when we’re willing to see it.

And that’s what this experience has reminded me: the universe is always answering. The only question is — am I in the place to say yes? Albina One was my yes. Following the impulse was my yes. A yes to ease. A yes to beauty. And a yes to letting my past beliefs soothe so a new world can live through me. This is just the beginning…

Maybe you’re ready for your beginning. Consider becoming a client and let’s get you on your way.