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Dream Interpretation / Re: Wounded

« on: December 05, 2011, 11:48:26 PM »

I believe that the way the dream ended was really significant.  Let me first say that I have twenty nieces and nephews.  I felt as though God was showing me what my purpose is right now, to help guide my nieces and nephews.  My oldest brother owns a real estate business and he auctioned off a house Saturday.  I helped remove all the furniture, appliances, tools, etc. to be sold. My nephew, who is 13, was following me everywhere I went.  I found this a bit odd as I haven't seen much of him in the past year.  He ended up asking his father if he could come home with me. We didn't do much together. He watched t.v. and I surfed the net. Then last night I get a text from him about 11:30.  He was seeking advice about women. 

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Dream Interpretation / Wounded

« on: December 01, 2011, 06:31:57 AM »

I believe the last time I posted something here was a week before I visited my girlfriend in Miami.  We went on a cruise together.  Sadly, we broke up last month after four years of dating.  It's been difficult for me and not sure how it has been for her because she as cutoff all contact.  I'll spare you the details, however, as I'm more interested in the dream I had recently.  Well, it began with my ex and I on a lovely ship (similar to the cruiseliner).  We were exploring the ship and the next thing I know she has vanished and I am an employee on the ship.  I'm having a manic episode and I do something that gets me fired by my uptight boss.  I'm actually delighted to be finished with the ship.  The scene changes.  I am now standing in an open field on a sunny day.  I explode into the sky.  I have one fist pointed upward and just go higher and higher.  I think what drives me is the desire to escape the pain, the pain of having lost her.  And then I sense another force that begins to pull me in the direction I'm going. I surrender and just lay back, limp.  I sense that this must be God.  I'm looking into the sky searching for undeniable evidence that it is he who is propelling me upward.  But, I suppose the mysterious entity has a change of heart as I am lowered gently back to earth.  I feel I have the mental and physical power of ten men.  As soon as I land, I see my niece playing soccer and she sees me. We smile and greet one another and begin playing soccer together.

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Dream Interpretation / Re: My Brother and I

« on: August 14, 2011, 02:01:43 AM »

You're probably right.  Plus, I did describe it as gritty.  So, it definitely makes sense that it was sand.

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Dream Interpretation / Re: My Brother and I

« on: August 13, 2011, 07:29:04 AM »

I will try to pay attention.  I know that I don't have the vitality I did just three years ago. I did see the doctor about my cough.  She told me to take Allegra for a couple weeks and to see how that helped.  I never did take the medicine.  I don't see the benefit of taking allergy medicine everyday.  I don't know, maybe that's all I needed. 

Midlander, I didn't make it clear that the coughing episode was separate from the surfing sequence.  I like how you associated it with having communication difficulties.  Communication in general is something that frustrates me.  I find that I do my best communicating in writing, but extremely lack in conversation.

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General Discussion / Re: Waking Experiences

« on: August 11, 2011, 07:20:08 AM »

In that situation courage could be applied in a couple different ways.  The courage to deal internally with whatever was emotionally ailing you or the courage to break through every social more keeping you from crying in that woman's lap. 

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Dream Interpretation / Re: wet cell phone

« on: August 11, 2011, 07:03:47 AM »

Christine,  I love your description of the kitchen.  I know in America the role of the kitchen seems to have been replaced by fast food and restaurant chains.  I don't put the emphasis I should on meals.  I have a tendency to skip them and usually when I do have a meal, I eat it hastily. 

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Dream Interpretation / Re: wet cell phone

« on: August 10, 2011, 06:35:19 PM »

It seems like the bong has a more significant role in this particular dream than the cellphone.  Honestly, the more I think about it the more I laugh.  I believe your pastor confiscating your bong represents a bit of guilt you may be feeling over its use.  Atleast you recovered the bong in the end, even though you lost the cool slider, lol.  Either way, it wasn't right for your pastor to steal your bong and sell it.  You and your manager seem pretty tight.  I figured she'd be understanding and give you the bong back, including the slider, but maybe you were happy with the deal....

Pertaining to the cellphone...I would ask how much time do you spend on your cell phone compared to time you spend with people.  My cellphone is very important to me since my significant other lives 1,000 miles away.  I have realized lately though that I don't allow enough time for the loved ones that are near to me (geographically).  Obviously, I am only able to apply this to my own experiences but that's the idea of dream interpretation I believe.

Well, that's my bit. 

Disclaimer:  I'm a novice to the world of dream interpretation

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General Discussion / Re: Flying, Night, Afterlife

« on: August 10, 2011, 07:05:20 AM »

Thank you Christine for providing me with your insight.  It gives me a warm feeling that you took the time to do that.  I remember something I learned a year or two ago that I found interesting although you may find it obvious.  It is the origin of Thank You.  Essentially what you are telling someone when you say Thank You is I'm thinking of you.  And for someone to acknowledge they are thinking of you is one of the simplest and most effective forms of gratitude.  

So, because you thought of me I will return the favor by thinking of you "thanking you".

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General Discussion / Waking Experiences

« on: August 10, 2011, 06:47:37 AM »

Occasionally, seemingly strange phenomena can occur during our waking life.  I wonder, Tony, if there is any spiritual or insightful value surrounding these events since they occur outside the influence of our minds? 

There is a picturesque road canopied by trees and running along a brook that I prefer taking in to town over the highway.  A couple days ago I was coming around a curve and noticed a creature in the road-so, I stopped.  It turned its head toward me and immediately I realized it was an owl.  I wasn't sure if it was injured or what.  I considered getting out of the car to check on it, but as soon as I reached for the handle the owl turned and ascended into the trees.  I don't know of anything that flies more gracefully.  It seemed that just four or five flaps was all the owl needed to get away.  I remember learning that they are known for their ability to fly stealthily.  I would like to think that I fly like an owl in my dreams.  Something else I might add is that the I don't remember ever seeing a live owl before, even though I've lived my whole life in rural Tennessee.

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Greetings / Re: New to board

« on: August 10, 2011, 12:28:06 AM »

Welcome Quedeedee!  You have an interesting screen name.  I've been exploring this website for only a week and already, I feel a much deeper connection with my self.  Whatever you're looking for, you can be sure you'll find it here.

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General Discussion / Re: Flying, Night, Afterlife

« on: August 10, 2011, 12:18:11 AM »

I've been looking through Tony's dream dictionary and using his descriptions to find out what my dream may mean.  I think I have an idea.  Tony says this about spirits: " but very often it shows a past memory or experience that still haunts you, perhaps because it has never been fully felt."  In my dream I have a house filled with these spirits.  It seems I am a person who shoves issues into my unconscious.  I can see that.  That's how I typically deal with problems.  That's why I can so easily forget yesterdays events and why my mind is poor at seeing the progression of my life.  Everyday is a new day to me but without being aware of the journey there everyday is empty. 

I think this place I am flying through represents my past.  There's a bright side to this dream.  It reveals to me that I have the power to make peace with my past, although it may prove to be a gradual process. 

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Dream Interpretation / Re: Dream about my ex

« on: August 09, 2011, 09:40:33 PM »

I also have the recurring dream of my ex's.  Just last night I was passionately kissing a previous girlfriend.  What's strange is that I left her.  

But the person I dated before her, left me, broke my heart.  Afterwards, I obsessed over her.  For years, I would make the occasional desparate phone call or leave an angry message.  I regret those decisions so much.  I was destroying all the good memories we had as well as damaging my self-respect.

I love the advise Tony gives about how we can love someone without the need to control or possess them.  That's how we should love everyone.

Its great to hear that you're ready to move on and won't be making the huge mistakes I did.  

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Dream Interpretation / My Brother and I

« on: August 06, 2011, 05:39:23 PM »

My brother is currently visiting the beach.  Last night I dreamt that we both stood on a surfboard and paddled across a bay and back.  It was very enjoyable.  I know it sounds pretty plain.  I suppose the interpretation is obvious, that I want to be there with him.  Something else strange happened earlier in the dream however.  I coughed up a gritty brown substance, a rather large amount.  I've had bit of a cough all summer.  Maybe my body is telling me to pay more attention to it.  

Edit: The first dream I put up for interpretation is in the general discussion forum.   

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General Discussion / Memory

« on: August 06, 2011, 07:15:12 AM »

I just finished reading the article 'Opening to the Spirit'. I've enjoyed each one of your articles so far.  I can't believe there is so much enlightenment to be found from this one source.  What I found very compelling in the article is the idea that we can't know who we truly are until we begin to access our subconscious memories.  I feel that I am wandering from one day to the next, that I'm not really living. I wish I knew who I was fundamentally.  Do I need to access my early childhood.  I believe I am in fact losing myself in my unconsciousness.  My past seems a blur, my future a fog.  

Emotionally, I feel very isolated.  I fear this is due to a lack of empathy.  I want to make a connection with someone that I can be sure of, to be able to think of someone and know that we are in complete harmony.  I want that mutual feeling of harmony.  I have that with no one.  Perhaps the demons in our lives are those thoughts that cause us to withdrawal, to doubt, to be afraid, to be jealous, etc., to have those feelings that cause confusion and blindness.  

I hadn't mentioned that I'm a twin.  I believe there was a time when we had that connection.  Though I remember we fought almost everyday as well. Something I still have trouble overlooking is how he unapologetically pursued a girl I was dating.  Though we fought almost everyday I don't believe I ever came to punches with him over this.  Atleast not explicitly.  What hurt me the most was the feeling that he must've considered my love inferior to his.  He always was able to maintain lasting friendships and he really never had any shortage of suitors.  I just realized something.  He's paying the price.  That girl haunts him to this very day.  Don't be mistaken, I am not gratified by this.  It just appears to be how the situation has balanced itself out.  He still obsesses over her but its something that saddens me.  I wish I could help him move on, just like my mom.  She raised 9 children. I'm the last living at home.  Seven of those children are boys, she's lost 5 of them to marriage and a daughter to a girlfriend.  My mom is in such opposition to the majority of her children's mates that she has isolated herself as well.  

I was one of those children who never wanted to grow up.  I believe I understood early on the natural freedoms of being a child.  I also believe that children are highly in tune with their spirituality, with themselves.  They have not yet mastered the practice of self-suppression.  

The interaction I have with my father is still governed by my early memories of him.  My mother- I have no desire to interact with.  I think its because she saddens me.  I believe this is in part due to her inability to reconcile with her troubled childhood.  

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Dream Interpretation / Re: Bottom Step is Alligator

« on: August 06, 2011, 03:31:23 AM »

why might your female powers be considered hurtful or dangerous by your husband?