Wisdom from a Devil and an Old Man

I found this beautiful dream in Korean... so I'm translating it right here


The air was crispy clear,
I was flying sky high like a free bird.
Floating with fluffy clouds,
A blue light shot from a ground.

A pub with a cowboy atmosphere,
I looked around to see an old man and a devil;
Pointy ears and pointy teeth.

They were casually talking and drinking,
Like an old friend.

I had a sudden feeling that
They might solve a question I was longed to figure.

I made my mind and approached to a devil.
A devil stared at me; a passionate red light embracing me.
A devil opened his mouth and spoke;

“Do not try to find a meaning in your life.
A meaning generates infinite riddles with no answers.
You have a heart; do what you ‘feel’ like.
That is a sole purpose, a duty in your life.”

It is a devil’s advice,
Unreasonable offence engulfed the wisdom.
I talked to an old man, watching;
An old man stared at me; a knowledgeable purple light embracing me.
An old man opened his mouth and spoke;

“What are you worrying about?
Act as you feel like,
Do not worry about a result ahead.
Reflect once you get there.
You are the one who perceive with action.”

I memo their wisdom,
An answer might have stayed within my deep conscious.
It was a good dream.


(Interpretation):

Dreams reflect our subconscious; results of a same dream can be completely deferred by situation and a person. It needs an intuition and a conscious trust to interpret them.
Flying the sky is the new start with new vision. A blue light shot from the ground force ‘me’ to face the reality; the pub.
An old man and a devil talking is a coexistence of emotion and wisdom.
An old man is wisdom and intelligence, a devil is a repulsive resistance against reality.
A red light is a passion. The devil’s talk is not a belief or a notion, but chants for exposing an emotion, a life and a red passion. A purple light is wisdom, urging ‘me’ to focus on the action more than a mere thought.

That's cool - I recently asked a woman in an LD, "Why are dreams so lucid," and she answered, "because perception has no resolution," which I took to mean that dreams are not confined by a limit on resolution like a television or camera. I think dreams are amazing because they unlock one's subconscious which holds a lot of unrealized truths of life. They surely open up one's mind and understanding like the example of the devil and the wise old man.