Thread: I'm new with a question

Originally Posted by Gamegrl

I hope I didn't sound like a total neanderthal when I was writing earlier.

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It's really up to you to choose what you're going to believe. I do believe that some people have had prophetic dreams for one reason or another. I feel that some people exaggerate when they say their dreams tell the future, but not all people. Normally I would ask someone if this particular dream seemed out of place, unexpected, and personally significant, but I think the answer to that in this case is obvious. I'd say that regardless whether or not it is "prophetic," perhaps your mind is trying to draw your attention to something. I've found dreams to be revealing things we aren't aware of in our daily lives, so it's not strange to me that you're trying to figure out where it's coming from.

Also, I'd suggest that you focus not just on her words, but on everything that happened during the dream. What did the girl you talked to look like? Did she remind you of someone or of some even or place? Where were you when you were talking with her? Don't get caught up on one detail and forget the whole picture. That might help.

Yes, do not feel bad. Part of the reason for using metaphor is to learn to master desire. In my case, I dont think I ever did.

For me, prophetic dreams are the most open to misinterpretaton when they invovle the self and one has a great desire. This is because metaphor, working with class objects all have the same class definition. One choosed the object they desire, and not the topic object.
I was actually taken by surprise with prophecy--It just happened, during a phase of my training, I could see things that were to come just by closing my eyes. They were still in metaphor, but I would ask about others. At that time I still thought I was exploring my own subconscious. However, I still took the experience as a question, By whose vision do we live? My answer was final, by my own and I stopped the practice. I knew I could not possibly see what was to happen, so they had to have some other kind of origin. Sure, they happened, but not by my will--therefore, of what concertn were they to me? However, asking about things, other people, does provide exercise in metaphor. I once had a temper tantrum about that in state, as I want plain english. I got my wish, however what was said, "how do you feel about your progress" crushed me. I woke up crying. I did not do that again.
However, because of my desire, a very stong one, for a companion, I was never able to rid myself of hope. Well, so much for that. What I do have is plenty of work. My entire training in lucid dreaming, and all, has been about human will and what it has to do with the mind. Most people would find it quite boring. Still, it would have helped to have someone to argue with, it helps me think.

There is a lot of stress in learning, often more than one wants, however, happy are they who have work to do.

Example of prophecy: I once lived, while going to college, in a trailer park, with my then wife and next door another couple. One day she turned up positive on a preg test and by way of passing asked me what it would be. She had not even gone to the doctors yet. I closed my eyes, and seen two. A boy in the light and a girl in the dark. I decided to say that I saw nothing. This was obviously a dangerous situation.
As time went on, she found she was to have twins. To make a long story short, The day of delivery, when her husband passed my in his truck, as he was pulling in from spending a long time at the hospital, I asked him what she had, He was sad, he said a son.

An example of a prophetic dream, when I thought I was still working with my own mind, I asked if lucid dreaming itself had any real value. I found myself near Washington D.C. the white house in the background, and there was a sign. "Express C.M." Now for three days I was amazed, what in the hell did I know about the Common Market? NOTHING! So, I grabbed a dictionary at work, in there you find abreviations stand for many things. i.e. initials are a class pattern. Interestingly, one of them was Congregation of the Mission. One can say a lot with a metaphor.

Originally Posted by Amethyst Star

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Also, I'd suggest that you focus not just on her words, but on everything that happened during the dream. What did the girl you talked to look like? Did she remind you of someone or of some even or place? Where were you when you were talking with her? Don't get caught up on one detail and forget the whole picture. That might help.

Please tell me what these details might reveal. The woman was a typical preppy type. I used to hang out with actors and other literary types at school - that's who she reminds me of. I have a question about lucid dreaming. When I discovered I was on campus I told myself "I need to talk to someone" and then she appeared. The more I write on this board, the more it seems as though this dream is a product of a wish I had buried years ago. I'm really trying to come to terms with it. Epilepsy has been such a stumbling block to me, perhaps the truth of my new "seizure free status" worked like yeast through my unconscious. My desire to "go back to school" was birthed when I woke up from the lucid dream.
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Although I began this post asking you to tell me what it might reveal, I'm reminded of my love for literature and learning. The woman reminded me of the "breathless literary type" that I admired when I was a co-ed, and with whom I loved talking books. Thanks for the suggestion - it's helped me to think a little bit more critically. She was otherwise a stranger to me.