Thread: Blowing Heart Bubbles?

My dream was long and complicated, but I only remember one particular aspect of it, and it's the only one I truly don't understand. I would appreciate any input.

I was in my basement with 2 monks and I was friends with 1 in particular. I'm pretty sure they were wearing dark blue robes, and I think the other one (the one I wasn't really friends with) was the Dali Lama, or if he wasn't, then he was just somebody who was very highly placed. They were meditating, in my basement, and I was just standing in the stairs looking at them. I then realised my breathing had changed and each time I exhaled, smoke came out of my mouth. The "Dali Lama" smiled at this, indicating that this change had also occured in their breathing. He then went to teach me that if I inhaled deep enough and then exhaled, I could form a sort of bubble with the smoke. I tried it, and I did succeed. What was particular about my bubble was that it formed a heart. Each time I would exhale the smoke that was my breath, it formed a heart shaped bubble. The "Dali Lama" was very pleased by this and impressed because his bubbles were simply round and dull. The other monk, the one I was friends with, sat on the ground, sad, because he couldn't do it. He was telling me how he would never be good enough and I just sat there and tried to comfort him.

Could anyone please tell me what this means? I just find it very odd.. thanks

Helo
So what is the basement to you in the waking life? Or rather what was it when you were a kid?
When I was a teen the basement was to me a kind of hidden place where I sometimes smoked with my friend and tinkered about our bikes...
Myabe you're longing for that time to sit carelessly, separated from the brutal outside world and just have a nice, spontaneous time? :yumdumdoodledum:

Originally Posted by kassi90

My dream was long and complicated, but I only remember one particular aspect of it, and it's the only one I truly don't understand. I would appreciate any input.

I was in my basement with 2 monks and I was friends with 1 in particular. I'm pretty sure they were wearing dark blue robes, and I think the other one (the one I wasn't really friends with) was the Dali Lama, or if he wasn't, then he was just somebody who was very highly placed. They were meditating, in my basement, and I was just standing in the stairs looking at them. I then realised my breathing had changed and each time I exhaled, smoke came out of my mouth. The "Dali Lama" smiled at this, indicating that this change had also occured in their breathing. He then went to teach me that if I inhaled deep enough and then exhaled, I could form a sort of bubble with the smoke. I tried it, and I did succeed. What was particular about my bubble was that it formed a heart. Each time I would exhale the smoke that was my breath, it formed a heart shaped bubble. The "Dali Lama" was very pleased by this and impressed because his bubbles were simply round and dull. The other monk, the one I was friends with, sat on the ground, sad, because he couldn't do it. He was telling me how he would never be good enough and I just sat there and tried to comfort him.

Could anyone please tell me what this means? I just find it very odd.. thanks
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Just some short comments:

Bubbles represent transience and the illusory nature of all worldly phenomena.

Heart represents heart/mind, one's true nature or Buddha-Nature.

Hmmm......perhaps if you were to see the illusory and transient nature of all things, you will discover your true nature or Buddha-nature--- maybe that's what your dream means.

Smoke also represent transience and illusory nature, I think.

I think it is interesting that your dream is in a Buddhist context.

Originally Posted by kassi90

Helo
So what is the basement to you in the waking life? Or rather what was it when you were a kid?
When I was a teen the basement was to me a kind of hidden place where I sometimes smoked with my friend and tinkered about our bikes...
Myabe you're longing for that time to sit carelessly, separated from the brutal outside world and just have a nice, spontaneous time? :yumdumdoodledum:
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My guess is that the basement represents that he is in a deeper part of his subconscious/psyche.