Originally posted by Malkav


I was on an Anthropology class (oh, yeah, another fact: i study Sociology on the University of Valparaiso..not that it matters, but maybe you wanna know...) and the teacher tells me that i have to talk about a book in front of the whole class. I argued with him since that book it was scheduled for next week, and suddenly the conversation was not a conversation anymore! totally out of control, the teacher begin to yell at me, saying that i was an irresponsable student as he stands up with a \"i'm gonna bust your skull with my fist\" face..
One needs to wonder about the content of this Dream. A respected archetypical figure was yelling at you that you are unprepared, and you were arguing with him that you expected one more week. Well, what do you think your Dream Mind was trying to tell you? Apparently your Dream Mind is calling you up for Service that you would rather be putting off.

Lucidity is all find and good, but one needs to appreciate the messages our Higher Mind is sending us through our dreams. Remembering dreams is important also, but more important than mere remembering is to reflect upon them and evaluate our behavior and responses while in the dreams.

If I had a dream such as you had, I would vow to my Higher Mind to act in present and be prepared for the NOW.

It is odd how those of us who have gone to school will dream our entire lives of being back in school -- it must be something of an archetypical situation. I am now an old man and still find myself in dreams of school -- going for more advanced degrees and even repeating programs. I've finally decided that I should 'graduate' myself once and for all and accept that now the Work must commence. Enough of school. But, usually these dreams of being in school are telling us to prepare -- to study every day so that when the tests come we will meet them with due preparation; to attend classes and to know our schedules. The good news is that people who have these anxiety dreams about being illprepared in school are typically those people who are most prepared and successful in life -- as though the anxiety of our dreams is an impetus to be prepared in our real lives. But still, when a dream gives us a message, we should consciously acknowledge it.

"Yes, Professor, I should be able to report on that book right now." Would saying that have killed you?