Dawn – An Indian wise man used tell a story to his pupils about a powerful snake - a cobra. The cobra had listened to the wise man talking telling people how to attain peace in their life, and the cobra asked him how he too could live such a life, because people shunned and kept away from him. The wise man, Ramakrishna, told the cobra that if he stopped biting people he would have a more peaceful life.
The cobra took that to heart and from then on he never attacked anyone. But instead of having a peaceful life the local youths now realised that the mighty cobra was harmless and threw stones at him until he was a sorry sight, bleeding and bruised.
When Ramakrishna visited the area again he saw the condition of the cobra, asked him how this had happened, and cobra said he had stopped biting people and look what happened. Ramakrishna smiled kindly and said, “Dear Cobra, I said do not bite people, I did not tell you not to hiss and show your teeth.”
The man with the gun, who was obviously a wise man, didn’t bite, but showed his teeth proving that he could bite if he wanted to.
Your wonderful dream says that you have the ability to get people’s attention and do as you ask them because – if you talk and act as if you – have a gun – are in command and so people will listen to you.
When I trained as a nurse, I had to tell people what to do, and so I spoke as if I meant it. It was a great lesson to learn – not to be uncertain. So I think your dream is educating you for something you are being led to do – confidently.
Tony