I've been having a host of really weird survival based dreams lately:
1) I have to organize children of celebrities (who are very nice, but absent parents) for a Los Angeles marching band competition. The celebrities let us use their homes as the starting point, but once we get to the stadium with all of the kids a deluge begins to fall and everyone begins drowning trapped in the bowl-like structure. People either spill over the top or pick desperately away at the brick walls to survive.
2) Dinosaurs have come back and I'm a part of survivors trapped in a glorious movie theatre. I hide up in the projection room because the dinosaurs don't like the heat, people scream to be let it, but I can't risk dying too. When I emerge the dinosaurs are gone along with most of my friends and family and now there's a race of capitalistic human beings who live in malls and find reasons to secretly kill each other in bathrooms.
3) I'm a supreme being and I have to dole out glass figurines to children that will either immediately turn them into glass if they are selfish and don't want to challenge themselves, or will turn them into glass if they do not complete their assigned challenges in three days. Some children sacrifice themselves so that their friends can not turn into glass. It's a crappy job, there's a lot of crying.
And even when I have dreams that are not survival related, they tend to reference the other dreams enough that it is disturbing. The only dream I had that was weird enough to wonder if it was a dream was I am waiting in a specialty store line buying fruit leather snacks with a check and a new employee who can't work the check machine. People complain behind me, it's a crappy situation.
I just need help and resolution to my school problem. That's the only reason I can think I'm having so many survival-based dreams. I need to survive.
If you can help - please check out my previous blog entries. If not, I'll keep you posted anyhow.
This is a reading from a friend of mine before I left NYC for Charlottesville:
Seven of Wands
This card teaches not only the value of courage, but the value of fear in your everday life. The Seven of Wands in the Rider-Waite variants is shown as a battle, but not one like the Five of Wands where there is no strategy and no cohesion. On the Seven, one man stands tall against all comers, and he will defend his ground until the end. Surely he must be somewhat afraid in the face of six armed foes - any of us would be. But the remarkable thing about the Seven of Wands is that it gives you the power to feel your fear, use your fear and thereby conquer your fear.
Or to use a more modern phrase, the Seven of Wands shows that now is time to feel the fear, and do it anyway. By facing your fears and turning them to your advantage, you grow even stronger, and ready to face the next obstacle in your path. Indeed, there can be no courage without fear to inspire it. That fear does not need to be your master any more. If an opportunity calls you, cast away your doubt and go for it with courage in your hands. If you feel that now is the time to take a step towards your dream, throw hesitation to the winds and let nothing stand in your way.
The appearance of the Seven of Wands can often be a reminder that you must stand up for yourself and for what you believe in. At times like this it is important to know exactly where you stand, or else you might end up fighting against yourself! So, before you charge off to battle, take a moment to see exactly what it is you are fighting for. The hill is not only a defensive position but a good survey ledge too. If you see that the cause is worthy and your position is stable, proceed with confidence. If you think fighting is not needed, then don't fight, for he who knows when not to fight is often he who will be victorious.
Like the figure on the card, the Seven of Wands often shows that you hold the moral "high ground" and your arguments are the right one, despite the sheer numbers of people who try to convince you otherwise. Though the odds may seem insurmountable, recall that the advantage always goes to the defender who knows his position better than the enemy does. Hold your ground, because victory will be yours eventually. Inner courage is a force far stronger than physical strength, and a determined combatant can often withstand the attacks of others as long as he needs to.
1) I have to organize children of celebrities (who are very nice, but absent parents) for a Los Angeles marching band competition. The celebrities let us use their homes as the starting point, but once we get to the stadium with all of the kids a deluge begins to fall and everyone begins drowning trapped in the bowl-like structure. People either spill over the top or pick desperately away at the brick walls to survive.
2) Dinosaurs have come back and I'm a part of survivors trapped in a glorious movie theatre. I hide up in the projection room because the dinosaurs don't like the heat, people scream to be let it, but I can't risk dying too. When I emerge the dinosaurs are gone along with most of my friends and family and now there's a race of capitalistic human beings who live in malls and find reasons to secretly kill each other in bathrooms.
3) I'm a supreme being and I have to dole out glass figurines to children that will either immediately turn them into glass if they are selfish and don't want to challenge themselves, or will turn them into glass if they do not complete their assigned challenges in three days. Some children sacrifice themselves so that their friends can not turn into glass. It's a crappy job, there's a lot of crying.
And even when I have dreams that are not survival related, they tend to reference the other dreams enough that it is disturbing. The only dream I had that was weird enough to wonder if it was a dream was I am waiting in a specialty store line buying fruit leather snacks with a check and a new employee who can't work the check machine. People complain behind me, it's a crappy situation.
I just need help and resolution to my school problem. That's the only reason I can think I'm having so many survival-based dreams. I need to survive.
If you can help - please check out my previous blog entries. If not, I'll keep you posted anyhow.
This is a reading from a friend of mine before I left NYC for Charlottesville:
Seven of Wands
This card teaches not only the value of courage, but the value of fear in your everday life. The Seven of Wands in the Rider-Waite variants is shown as a battle, but not one like the Five of Wands where there is no strategy and no cohesion. On the Seven, one man stands tall against all comers, and he will defend his ground until the end. Surely he must be somewhat afraid in the face of six armed foes - any of us would be. But the remarkable thing about the Seven of Wands is that it gives you the power to feel your fear, use your fear and thereby conquer your fear.
Or to use a more modern phrase, the Seven of Wands shows that now is time to feel the fear, and do it anyway. By facing your fears and turning them to your advantage, you grow even stronger, and ready to face the next obstacle in your path. Indeed, there can be no courage without fear to inspire it. That fear does not need to be your master any more. If an opportunity calls you, cast away your doubt and go for it with courage in your hands. If you feel that now is the time to take a step towards your dream, throw hesitation to the winds and let nothing stand in your way.
The appearance of the Seven of Wands can often be a reminder that you must stand up for yourself and for what you believe in. At times like this it is important to know exactly where you stand, or else you might end up fighting against yourself! So, before you charge off to battle, take a moment to see exactly what it is you are fighting for. The hill is not only a defensive position but a good survey ledge too. If you see that the cause is worthy and your position is stable, proceed with confidence. If you think fighting is not needed, then don't fight, for he who knows when not to fight is often he who will be victorious.
Like the figure on the card, the Seven of Wands often shows that you hold the moral "high ground" and your arguments are the right one, despite the sheer numbers of people who try to convince you otherwise. Though the odds may seem insurmountable, recall that the advantage always goes to the defender who knows his position better than the enemy does. Hold your ground, because victory will be yours eventually. Inner courage is a force far stronger than physical strength, and a determined combatant can often withstand the attacks of others as long as he needs to.