Last night, I had another surreal dream. I was a guest at a party that was filled with scandal and eroticism, women wearing lingerie etc. Then, found myself sitting at a train station in confusion as if in ‘limbo’ mode between life and death. I attempted to board the train at platform 10, which read something like ‘resolutions’ or ‘revisions’ without permission but ended up being forced by the trainmaster onto the carriage at platform 11, which was a journey devoted to re-living painful lifetime events indefinitely. Does this mean I am going to hell? Or is it similar to the ‘death’ tarot card, which can mean changes / rebirth / a new direction? I am hoping it’s the latter as I kinda had my heart set on heaven….
“Dreams can sometimes be nightmares and re-living anguish from the past seems entirely consistent when those have been painful experiences, even if they were just fears that never became reality.
As to tarot I’m afraid like most superstitions and horoscopes, they hook into issues you already have for which you need an answer. Do not trust them.
If you take all the newspapers and magazines, horoscopes will never say the same thing. You did probability at school- you cannot predict what cards will come next. What makes you think that the shuffle is somehow destined to tell you your fortune. If you took 100 packs they would all give you a different answer.
I suggest you talk over any pain from the past with a qualified counsellor and try and find healing from that. I am not such a person but I understand that the British association of counselling and psychotherapy could probably recommend a suitable practitioner. This is not a whacky solution. In a local surgery a GP said that 40% of people that went to her did not have anything medically wrong but needed to find a trusting ear. BACP counsellors are common referals for GPs.”
Stephen Maycock
http://www.woodlandsbusiness.co.uk/
Don’t worry Stephen, I don’t take it too seriously, dreams, horoscopes, tarot, just find it rather interesting. “The mind filing things away,” the way the brain / subconscious works is facinating. Sometimes, I seem to have more random, creative ideas when I’m dreaming than when I’m awake. I am particularly interested in the concept that when you go to sleep, you drop your physical body and go on a journey in spirit form. Would be comforting if when you meet loved ones in dreams, you are actually with them, whether they are alive or dead.
“Well, it sounds better than this one of mine >> http://chrisworth.com/2006/12/heads-up-in-dream.html”
Chris Worth
http://redpump.com/
Yeah been there, done that. I’ve severed limbs before – eeek and once I literally shivered as loads of tormented souls left my body, moaning ‘thank yoooooooou.’ Yes, I was possessed. That was possibly the scariest dream ever because as you stated, it was so realistic, the fear stayed with me after waking up….Bet you never turned into a fruit though?…
“No, but I have had a Reliant Robin and an aircraft delivered to my front door >> http://chrisworth.com/2006/10/troubled-night-full-of-strange-dreams.html”
Chris Worth
http://redpump.com/
I think the lesson here is the same lesson we are trying to learn in everything. Heaven and Hell are right here…so if we hold onto our usual habits (the reactions we feel most comfortable with) we end up doing the same things over and over and over. I find it interesting that you immediately felt you didn’t have “permission” to board the other train…when you no longer feel you need “permission” you will be able to board it. The point is that we’re always waiting for something or someone to tell us it’s okay to change our life, this is what stops us. We stick to our old-habits and old-beliefs, waiting for a sign or message and it never occurs to us that all we have to do is State “I have the right to change this”.
Heaven is nothing more than letting go of your limitations and doubts…and when it comes down to it, you are the only one who can decide you have the RIGHT and ABILITY to let them go. Board that train, let go of your reasons for thinking you can’t.
A Forgetful God
That’s really insightful. Thankyou oh Forgetful God!