Last Night I had a dream that I was walking the tightrope over the sea.
What does that mean?Yesterday was the first day of the Lunar New Year in Vietnam. It was a lovely day in Hanoi and the sun was shining. Moon's family and I put on our best clothes to go to the pagoda to say prayers to the ancestors and deities. For me this was a very strange experience because it is the first time I have visited a pagoda at Tet with a Vietnamese family.
These days I don't know what I believe in. While walking round the pagoda and putting my hands together before each deity I decided to imagine them as 'living' ancestors who can hear my prayers and know what's on my mind.
Belief is a strange and powerful thing. If you choose to believe in something, that 'something' becomes a reality in your life. For example, if you believe in an astrological profile set for you, you will become the personality that the profile has dictated. If you are unwell and decide to believe you can heal yourself to full recovery - you can. If you believe you can do something and set your mind to accomplishing that goal - you will.
Once I had a dream that I would break my glasses. In the morning when I woke up I put on my glasses and they broke in exactly the way they had in my dream. My dreaming mind had already picked up from my sub-consciousness the fact that my glasses had a weak point in it's structure. I believed that I would break my glasses and they did.
Hypnosis is a method of tapping into our minds to alter what we believe about something. If you are hynotised into believing you will not experience pain during a surgical operation, your mind will believe you cannot feel the pain and the brain cuts off the pain receptors to the affected area.
Astrology is an illusional science. The position of the planets do not affect your life but what you choose to believe in will affect your life. Don't let your beliefs be affected by illusions. Use belief as a positive tool to affect your life in positive and constructive ways for your benefit and for the benefits of those around you.
The mechanism of belief could be mystical - but whether it is or isn't I want to use the power of belief for a good cause. Life for me is a delicate walk of the tightrope. Below is the sea of illusions but I have the belief to walk that tightrope with confidence and to stay in balance.
Ok - for those who have been expressing concern by their interpretations of the dream, let me try to bring a little reassurance-
All dreams can be interpreted in a variety of ways. In the days when I was writing down all the dreams I could remember and trying to interpret them, I soon realised that the dream dictionaries could only be a rough guide and sometimes for certain circumstances completely and utterly wrong.
I didn't provide the context or the mood in which I had this dream. Rather than a negative meaning this dream had a very positive impression on me. While walking the tightrope I was elated and feeling confident. I reached the end without falling off and the dream went on to other things that I don't now remember. I decided to associate it with the issue of the illusion of beliefs because that was what on my mind when I woke up.
From http://www.mydreamvisions.com/dictionary-t.htm
tightrope
To dream you are walking a tightrope means you're feeling pressure to maintain a delicate balance, or "walk a thin line," somehow in your life.
And from: http://www.mydreamvisions.com/dictionary-s.htm
sea
A sea in a dream can represent the context of your life - meaning the setting and situations within which your life takes place - "your world." Or it can represent "the unknown" - a huge, deep area which holds secrets.
I personally feel we waste too much time worrying about dreams. I've written them down and analyzed them ad infinitum. For me, the brain is like a computer.While I sleep the brain is idle and in a reprocessing mode. In REM, I'm more aware of external stimuli and this is when I get my most vivid dreams. After much consideration I decided it was all a waste of time to analyze my dreams. My brain is just reprocessing everything that has transpired; paying more attention to anxieties and hopes. My most frequent dreams were of flying or the ability to jump entire staircases in a single leap. What does this mean to me? Sex.
Dreams perplex me. When I go in the book store..I am always tempted to buy a dream interpretation book...only I start thinking...who wrote this and just how do they truly know what symbols mean what for dreams. I always put the book back. But having said that, I truly believe in the power of persuasion. I believe our mind is capable of great things. Perhaps with more focus, concentration and meditation...we could accomplish far more than we realize. Great post as always! You post the most captivating stuff.
I don't know if I believe my dreams, and I'm not sure if I think that's their function. I believe that the subconscious mind is a mystery and speaks to our conscious mind in strange, sometimes in older, symbolic ways. After all, the older parts of our brain represent prehensile design and so pre-date language. Those people who have powerful minds manage to connect the submerged 95% of their minds with their surface minds. Like an iceberg, most of our true power goes unseen beneath the surface. Dreams are a part of that power.
Moon - The great thing about believing is that if you chose to believe in good things then they have a tendency to come true. 60% might in fact actually be about right! ILU very much my Dear!
Cosmo - I agree that it's a waste of time to analyze all our dreams because that would lead to information overload. I still believe however that our REM dreams are a very useful way of understanding ourselves. If you still frequently dream of flying and leaping stairs, then you could be right - I envy your sex life! It also suggests you are very content with your life at the moment and exuberating with a lot more confidence these days.
Kim - probably right to put the book back especially dream dictionaries. The good ones are usually those that are written by true academic researchers. I really enjoyed delving into the mysteries of my dreams some 5 or 6 years ago but now I'm satisfied to just pay attention to those that make an impression on me. Thanks for your compliments I really appreciate them.
Icarus - yes it's an interesting thought to remember that parts of our brain are prehensile! Does that mean dreaming served more function in pre-language times? And does that mean dreaming is more useful to horses, dogs and cats? The mind boggles! I love the iceburg analogy... to think there are billions of people walking around only tapping into about 5 to 10% of their brain power - what a waste of a lump of powerful and mysterious grey matter!
Sai - I'm glad it worked! Thanks for believing in my dreams whether they be my aspirational or REM ones. I need and value the support of people like you always.
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