Lucid Dream - Vishnu

Note: The only prior knowledge of Hinduism I had before this dream was that Vishnu was a Hindu God with four arms, that's it.



I enter the dream and all of a sudden I find myself in the middle of a neighborhood, its early dawn about 5 or 6 in the morning. As I walk thru I can see a huge park in front of me, with some houses to the side of me, the scenery is beautiful. As I walk thru the streets I have an idea, I want to try to make a Ki ball (ball of energy) in the palm of my hand. I try to conjure one up with my mind but am suprised to find that it doesnt work. I continue to focus mind convincing myself that it's a dream and that there are no limitations to what I can do.

In the middle of my attempts out of nowhere two arms spring forth from my back. I'm wondering why are these two arms on my back and not below my arms on the torso just below my regular arms. I marvel at them as I move them. Just then a little girl comes up to me, she is caucasian and has brunette hair. She looks at me marvelled and says "You are the reincarnation of Vishnu." At this point she starts guiding me to her house, where her relatives are all lined up, they all surround and begin to tell me how I am the one they have been waiting for and that its such a joyous occasion that I am here now. Her grandparents are like shamans/gurus and they begin to analyze me. They have thier people come outside and present me with gifts and symbols portraying their God. The gifts include ornaments, wardrobe and old sacred items and weapons.

Afterwards the dream begins to fade and my Dreamguide whispers to me, "You have the heart of sleeping God beating inside you." Just then my heart begins to beat slowly but loudly with each thud pushing my chest outward and my body foward, my eye opens and the shock wakes me up.

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In terms of hinduism, Vishnu is sometimes regarded as part of a triad of gods, known as the trimurti. In this description, Brahma is the creator, Shiva is the destroyer (transformer), and Vishnu is the maintainer (preserver). They are sometimes regarded as three expressions of the same ultimate divinity.

However in the mythologies and various cults of worshipers, each god may take on all of these attributes, or be accorded a higher status than the others in terms of their particular function - and in the case of Vaishnavism or Shaivism, one particular god (Vishnu or Shiva respectively) is seen as ultimate and absolute. This doesnt even touch on Shaktism (worship of Shakti) which is also very widespread.

Hinduism and its vedic systems of myth and philosophy are incredibly diverse and often in opposition with each other, sometimes overtly and sometimes in very subtle minor points. There are hundreds of sects and schools amongst the handful of main branches.

The appearance of multiple arms is generally used to symbolize the "all-pervasive" activity of a god, meaning their ability to do multiple things simultaneously. Often they will be holding various instruments or tools or something in each different hand, to symbolize that particular function. Avalokiteshvara, for example, is known as the bodhisattva of compassion, and the divine expression of awakened bodhicitta. As the manifestation of compassion and wisdom itself, he is often portrayed with many arms, sometimes hundreds.