Sometimes, if an issue we are grappling with is important,
we are given multiple, simultaneous dream messages. Dreams speak in metaphors,
and it can seem as if the dream images we are receiving are unrelated. But
closer examination often reveals a connection that is not initially apparent. Such
messages can come as either sleeping or waking dreams, or a combination of
both.
This week I’ll study an example of this phenomenon. In this
case, both sets of metaphors have come to the dreamer as waking dreams. As a
reminder, waking dreams are unsettling incidents that happen when we are awake.
They can be analyzed exactly as if they were traditional dreams that we have
during sleep, because waking dreams and sleeping dreams are the same
phenomenon.
In this instance, the dreamer is a man named Mike. He is a
busy, sought-after professional in the field of computer science. He does a lot
of traveling and often lectures for large corporations.
Mike relates his
pair of waking dreams
I was due to give the
keynote address at a computer conference. As with lots of these kinds of
events, the planners wanted to add to the conference appeal by holding it in a
picturesque—but rural—area of the country. To make things more convenient for
attendees, the planners provided a shuttle service from the nearest regional
airport to the hotel/conference center. All you had to do was call a certain
number, and the shuttle would come pick you up. Easy. But when I arrived at the
airport, I realized that something was wrong with my cell phone, and I couldn’t
call the number. As it turned out, the shuttle was already at the airport, and
all I had to do was make contact. But since I was out of communication, the
shuttle left without me, and it was hours before I got to the hotel.
Frustrating!
Not only that, but I
was coming down with a really bad case of laryngitis. I could barely whisper, and
I wasn’t sure how I was going to be able to give my talk plus hold the workshop
I was scheduled to facilitate.
Related themes
Until Mike and I talked about it, he had been unaware of a
connection between laryngitis and broken cell phones. It wasn’t that he was “dense.”
On the contrary, he’s a really smart guy. But it never occurred to him to
consider the two as being related. Only when the relationship was pointed out
to him did it became obvious. After all, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to
see that both vocal chords and cell phones are vital to communication in this
age of jet-setting. Suddenly a disparate and unrelated-seeming pair of
incidents took on greater meaning and significance.
These are the kinds of clues that all of us miss simply
because we tend not to think along those lines. Did Mike’s two waking dreams
have a significant message to deliver to him? We’ll find out this week.
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