Just Some Possible Interpretations Of Some Of My Dreams

Hi everyone.

Just sharing some possible interpretations that I came up with of some of my dreams. Please feel free to agree, disagree or comment. But please don't flame (me or others). Please feel free to comment on the dream or/and its possible interpretation.


I had originally put this is another forum (not a dream forum):

Note: Milarepa (Tibetan guru, one of the greatest) did say dreams are unreal and to be regarded as illusions. However, dreams are not entirely worthless, as he went on to interpret Gampoba's (Milarepa's heart disciple) dream. I think it was Naropa (or was it Tilopa) who said that one should meditate on the profound significance of dreams.

Note: For this dream, I did not get the sense that it was a spiritual dream. So one need not regard it too seriously.

Had this dream recently:
(brief summary, only main details included)

My friend Wayne (nick here is "Buddho") and I got off an MRT station. Then we are supposed to head our separate ways as we live in different areas of Singapore.

However, we still travelled in the same direction. I flew first and he was on the ground. Later, he flew and I was on the ground, running along with him and keeping to his pace. As he was flying fast, in order not to fall behind, I was running fast too, like the comic superhero Flash.

At that time in the dream, I thought to myself: "Isn't he supposed to be travelling in another direction?"

Interpretation (Brief):

1) Though we (Wayne and I) may have seemingly different spiritual destinations, we still travel along the same path to our own individual goals. Just as there are many streams that lead to the vast ocean, so too do all the Buddhist traditions, seemingly different, will lead to the same goal of Enlightenment.
2) Wayne and I will both reach certain heights in our spiritual progress in this life and beyond, symbolized by the "flying" in the dream. The "flying" denotes a sense of liberation, just as Nirvana is liberation from Samsara.


Originally I had put this up in another forum (not a dream discussion forum).

Glossary.
Mrt: Mass Rapid Transit (like an electric train I suppose)

Here goes:


Note: I also did not get the sense that this was a spiritual dream, so there's no need to take it too seriously either.

Another dream I had recently (briefly):

I was with some friends. Then I heard or somehow know there was an accident involving the MRT train. It had gone off the rail track. I went to take a look.

But when I went to take a look, it (the mrt train) was back on track.

This part I am not so sure: I thought I saw people lifting up the mrt train to put it back on track.

What I am sure is: I took a photo of the mrt train.

Then dark clouds were coming, and somehow I knew some terrible calamity or danger was coming. My friends and I then took our belongings and what looks like food and stuff from a party from the table back into a private estate kind of house (semi-detached or bunglow).

Interpretation:
1) The Mrt train represents that I might go off track in my spiritual path every now and then.
2) The people who help carry the train and put it back on track represents my brothers and sisters in the Dharma, who are there to help me and will help me get back on the right track.
3) In my spiritual path, I am likely to encounter great danger (signified by the danger I felt in the dream, and the impending dark clouds and storm), but I will receive protection (as symbolized by the house, which offers me shelter) from my brothers and sisters in the Dharma, and in a broader sense, from the Dharma itself.
4) The photograph I took represents that my experiences in my spiritual path will be captured for posterity, or for future generations to benefit from knowing about my experiences.

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Originally Posted by DarkMind

1) Though we (Wayne and I) may have seemingly different spiritual destinations, we still travel along the same path to our own individual goals. Just as there are many streams that lead to the vast ocean, so too do all the Buddhist traditions, seemingly different, will lead to the same goal of Enlightenment.
2) Wayne and I will both reach certain heights in our spiritual progress in this life and beyond, symbolized by the "flying" in the dream. The "flying" denotes a sense of liberation, just as Nirvana is liberation from Samsara.
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It's a bit confusing to me:
So either both of you have the same goal (Enlightenment or whatever) or you just travel the same path each of you to a different destinations?
Anyway you slice it, you desire is to meet with your friend at the very end (in the same ocean), isn't it? You don't want to lose him in the waking life, hence the anxiety of misinterpreting his direction.

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Originally Posted by Rav1

It's a bit confusing to me:
So either both of you have the same goal (Enlightenment or whatever) or you just travel the same path each of you to a different destinations?
Anyway you slice it, you desire is to meet with your friend at the very end (in the same ocean), isn't it? You don't want to lose him in the waking life, hence the anxiety of misinterpreting his direction.
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Sorry if my explanation is not so clear.

I guess you could interpret it in the way you have done also => either both of us have the same goal, or that we are travelling the same path for the time being to reach different destinations.

But it might also ultimately be the same destination (though he and I seem to be travelling along different Buddhist spiritual paths in the waking world), since the final goal is Enlightenment.

:)

So this dream is a positive one I guess. The final re-encounter is unavoidable anyway.
Well done.

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Originally Posted by Rav1

So this dream is a positive one I guess. The final re-encounter is unavoidable anyway.
Well done.
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Thank you. :)

However, I do not want my positive dreams to make me become complacent in my quest for spiritual development.

For the benefit of everyone reading this, I wish to share this quote I have found online:


From: http://www.kagyu.org/kagyulineage/lineage/kag06.php

Extract:

"Having explained the many significances of Dakpo Rinpoche's dream, Milarepa noted all the auspicious predictions in it for his future.

"However," he said, "although it is very auspicious, and a good omen for the future, you must again learn not to become attached to the dream, or to develop expectations from the dream. Nothing can be so positive that it could not turn negative if we hope or expect."

In the same way, Milarepa advised Dakpo Rinpoche not to take any negative dreams seriously either. All negative or painful dreams are illusions, not real. If we can see them as they are, and avoid becoming attached to their negative meanings, they become positive things for us and enrich us for further development on the spiritual path. "So," Milarepa advised Gampopa, "you must learn to see the negative dreams as illusion and not to take them seriously, nor should you become attached to the meanings of positive dreams; that is the practice of the yogi."

Note that Milarepa is one of the greatest Buddhist gurus of Tibet, and he is highly revered by Tibetan Buddhists. Milarepa is one of the greatest dream yogi ever.

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Originally Posted by Rav1

So this dream is a positive one I guess. The final re-encounter is unavoidable anyway.
Well done.
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Anyway, so that I can confirm with you that I understand you fully, what do you mean when you say that the "final re-encounter is unavoidable anyway"? Are you saying that my dream suggests that it is unavoidable that I will meet my friend again when we both have reached our ultimate spiritual destination (that is: Enlightenment)?

That's exactly what I meant...suggesting by the dream.

And talking about complacency I agree with you. It's so easy to flatter oneself on everything and finally immerse in one's vanity. I call it "the egoism of a higher sort" - ironically, of course.