Interpretation of a dream.

Interpretation of a dream.

Woke up in the middle of the night with my heart racing.

It was a vivid dream.

In the dream, there was a man filled with egoistic rage, wishing to destroy the worlds and there was another man, filled with pain, wishing to save the worlds.

The dream ended when the man, filled with pain invokes a 'curse' by sacrificing his life, condemning the man, filled with anger, to be trapped in a mirror.

In the dream, I can feel what the anger and also the pain. I was both. It was as if I took turns acting as one in the moment and another in the next.

As I woke up and sat in my bed, feeling the anger in one moment, and the pain in another, I remembered I had a similar dream once, a couple of months ago. In the earlier dream, the two men were there but the ending is different. The man, filled with rage was torturing the man, filled with pain. Both seems so real.

Instinctively, my breaths slowed down as I sat at the edge of my bed. The anger and the pain ebbed away. I could feel myself slowly coming back to this sensory world; I could feel the touch of my body with the fabric of the bed, the smell of rain, the sound of the rain drops outside the windows.

The question arises. Was it just a meaningless dream? Or does it have a more metaphorical meaning behind it?

What is the possibility of two dreams with the same characters with different endings occurring in a time period?

It was the manifestation of my thoughts, my emotions. I was both.

In the earlier dream, the man filled with anger was my own frustrations with my own expectations and disappointments, which manifested itself as the man, filled with pain. I was 'torturing myself' with my own unfulfilled expectations. Subconsciously, I was struggling within but denying it externally. The anger (frustrations) was the pain (disappointments with expectations).

The dream last night was symbolic of the fruit of my struggles. Giving up my expectations, the disappointments and the frustrations which accompanied it, diminishes within. It was only a momentary victory, I have not gone beyond them yet; the mirror is symbolic of introspection. It is a reminder that peace within requires constant awareness and introspection, like the first light of dawn, which breaks the darkness of the night.

"The future is unknown, have faith in peace as your company; even when the end is near, there is no fear."
Simple Bear 21.07.2016.

I fell asleep again, with peace as my blanket covering me. And I woke up to a new self again, with the morning light illuminating my room. Grateful.

May all be well and happy.

With Loving-Kindness
Simple Bear

Volunteering

Volunteering

"Volunteering is the sharing of happiness."
Simple Bear 20.07.2016.

The sharing is mutual. When volunteers spend their time and effort to share their happiness with others, they also receive happiness shared by those they shared their happiness with in the process.

And that is something to be grateful for; for happiness to arise in oneself and others, conditions must be optimal.

May all be well and happy.

With loving-kindness
Simple Bear 20.07.2016.

P. S. Inspired by a conversation with a friend on perspectives of volunteering during a volunteering session. Grateful for the inspiration.