I was standing on the edge of a canal and there was barge in the water that I wanted to get to but the only way to get there was to walk across a very shaky, unstable wooden plank.
At first, it didn't look so bad; after all, if I fell I would just land in the water, right? However, a quick glance in the water showed that the canal was very muddy and oily looking and I didn't fancy falling in, so I ignored my initial desire to board the barge and decided against going on it at all.
I then made my way to the opposite side of the canal, where the water was much cleaner and resembled a typical public swimming pool setting, with dozens of people jumping in and splashing around. It looked like so much fun I decided to join in but before I could everyone decided to get out and go to the muddy side of the canal instead.
I couldn't understand their logic and tried to tell them about the state of the water over there, but no-one would listen.
So I watched as they each made their way over and crossed over the plank to the barge with ease and suddenly I was angry with myself for doubting that I would ever make it across and wished I'd trusted myself to be the trailblazer that I am on the inside, rather than the follower I appeared to be on the outside.
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Thursday, 31 August 2017
Tuesday, 29 November 2016
Dream Diary #113: Game of Homes
For some reason, my mother, my sister and I had moved into a new house together, along with my sister's kids without my father and sister's husband.
Even though the house was located in a fairly urban setting, it seemed really isolated and cut off from the rest of the world. This feeling was exacerbated by the fact that the town seemed to be in a perpetual state of twilight and the house was in disrepair, almost derelict even.
However, one of the amazing things about the house was the garden which had an enormous pond-like swimming pool.
The pool, like the house, was shabby and overgrown with plant life. The water was crystal clear and you could see an overabundance of pond scum and algae clinging to the bottom. In spite of this, I was very excited at the prospect of having our very own pool in our backyard and wanted to jump right in, even though it hadn't been cleaned yet.
As it turned out, I didn't even need to go directly into the water to enjoy it as the various plants and flowers were sentient, interactive beings! I had so much fun sitting on the lily pads and letting them float me around the water. The plants even started to play games with me, creating little assault courses on top of the water.
It was like seeing the world through the eyes of a child again, where everything was a potential game or adventure.
Eventually, I was called to go inside, and just as my sister and I were about to enter the doorway to the house, my sister slipped and fell. At first, I thought she'd slipped on water but she said that it was amniotic fluid and that 'the doctor had warned her this might happen'. I was very puzzled because although my sister has had three children in real-life, they were all born via c-section and she has not given birth that recently, nor was there any indication that she had done so recently in the dream either.
Nevertheless, an ambulance was called, and for some reason the presence of the emergency services brought everyone in the neighbourhood out of their hiding places as dozens of people crowded round to see what was going on.
I, too, was concerned about my sister but I was also conscious about getting in the way of the paramedics doing their job so I hung back and observed from afar.
Even though the house was located in a fairly urban setting, it seemed really isolated and cut off from the rest of the world. This feeling was exacerbated by the fact that the town seemed to be in a perpetual state of twilight and the house was in disrepair, almost derelict even.
However, one of the amazing things about the house was the garden which had an enormous pond-like swimming pool.
The pool, like the house, was shabby and overgrown with plant life. The water was crystal clear and you could see an overabundance of pond scum and algae clinging to the bottom. In spite of this, I was very excited at the prospect of having our very own pool in our backyard and wanted to jump right in, even though it hadn't been cleaned yet.
As it turned out, I didn't even need to go directly into the water to enjoy it as the various plants and flowers were sentient, interactive beings! I had so much fun sitting on the lily pads and letting them float me around the water. The plants even started to play games with me, creating little assault courses on top of the water.
It was like seeing the world through the eyes of a child again, where everything was a potential game or adventure.
Eventually, I was called to go inside, and just as my sister and I were about to enter the doorway to the house, my sister slipped and fell. At first, I thought she'd slipped on water but she said that it was amniotic fluid and that 'the doctor had warned her this might happen'. I was very puzzled because although my sister has had three children in real-life, they were all born via c-section and she has not given birth that recently, nor was there any indication that she had done so recently in the dream either.
Nevertheless, an ambulance was called, and for some reason the presence of the emergency services brought everyone in the neighbourhood out of their hiding places as dozens of people crowded round to see what was going on.
I, too, was concerned about my sister but I was also conscious about getting in the way of the paramedics doing their job so I hung back and observed from afar.
Saturday, 5 March 2016
Dream Diary #97: Ethereal Guy
I was half-observing, half-participating.
A girl was jogging along a secluded beach when she discovered a mysterious man washed up on the shore.
He wasn't physically hurt, but seemed confused and excitable. He wasn't a local but was unable to tell the girl where he came from.
They ended up walking along the beach and then the town together, just talking and having fun, until they had spent the best part of the day with each other. It seemed as though he was seeing and experiencing some of the things they were doing for the very first time and the girl was enjoying showing them to him.
It was becoming very clear that she was falling very much in love with him.
At first she assumed that he was an angel that had fallen to earth because of his mysterious origins and innocent personality.
It turned out she was very close, as he was actually a mer-man from the ocean!
After spending the day together on land, he took her on a tour of his world under the sea. They interacted with the other marine creatures that they met along the way, and he took great delight in showing off his prowess by demonstrating how high he could breach the surface of the water, like a killer whale.
This is where I stopped observing and became a participant in the dream because he then grabbed my hand and took me up with him. The entire experience was breathtaking and otherworldly.
The girl reluctantly returned to her life on land, with only a vague promise that they would meet again, but it quickly became apparent her encounter with him had changed her life forever. She no longer fit in with her family or peers and life now just seemed all the more mundane and dull in comparison.
A girl was jogging along a secluded beach when she discovered a mysterious man washed up on the shore.
He wasn't physically hurt, but seemed confused and excitable. He wasn't a local but was unable to tell the girl where he came from.
They ended up walking along the beach and then the town together, just talking and having fun, until they had spent the best part of the day with each other. It seemed as though he was seeing and experiencing some of the things they were doing for the very first time and the girl was enjoying showing them to him.
It was becoming very clear that she was falling very much in love with him.
At first she assumed that he was an angel that had fallen to earth because of his mysterious origins and innocent personality.
It turned out she was very close, as he was actually a mer-man from the ocean!
After spending the day together on land, he took her on a tour of his world under the sea. They interacted with the other marine creatures that they met along the way, and he took great delight in showing off his prowess by demonstrating how high he could breach the surface of the water, like a killer whale.
This is where I stopped observing and became a participant in the dream because he then grabbed my hand and took me up with him. The entire experience was breathtaking and otherworldly.
The girl reluctantly returned to her life on land, with only a vague promise that they would meet again, but it quickly became apparent her encounter with him had changed her life forever. She no longer fit in with her family or peers and life now just seemed all the more mundane and dull in comparison.
Thursday, 17 May 2012
Dream Diary #5: Water World
From a visual and sensual perspective, this dream was absolutely stunning.
The dream began mundane enough - I was sitting outside a cafe with my mother and sister, enjoying a drink. Then, the dream somehow switched and instead of sitting outside a run-of-the-mill cafe, we were in a holiday resort.
The resort - fantastical, luxurious and somewhat futuristic - was an enormous tree (think: Avatar) that resided and thrived in salt water, overlooking a beautiful, clear, deep, turquoise ocean that stretched for miles, so that no land was visible, even from the highest peak.
After my mother, sister and I had finished our drinks we walked back to our room. The tree had a transparent glass staircase/path that wound all the way around the trunk of the tree and even as my sister and mother walked along the path I knew the glass would break as soon as I walked across - which it did!
I watched the glass crack beneath my feet - and observed just how many hundreds of feet I had to fall in the water - I was afraid, but as I began to fall I made a choice to just relax and 'go with the flow', as it were.
As I hit the water, it was a truly soothing and peaceful experience.
For a few moments, I simply lay back and let the water envelop me.
The water was absolutely beautiful; crystal clear and every bit of oceanic flora and fauna was visible as I made a conscious decision to swim amongst and interact with them.
I rose to the surface and saw many work men, tending to the roots of the tree.
The dream began mundane enough - I was sitting outside a cafe with my mother and sister, enjoying a drink. Then, the dream somehow switched and instead of sitting outside a run-of-the-mill cafe, we were in a holiday resort.
The resort - fantastical, luxurious and somewhat futuristic - was an enormous tree (think: Avatar) that resided and thrived in salt water, overlooking a beautiful, clear, deep, turquoise ocean that stretched for miles, so that no land was visible, even from the highest peak.
After my mother, sister and I had finished our drinks we walked back to our room. The tree had a transparent glass staircase/path that wound all the way around the trunk of the tree and even as my sister and mother walked along the path I knew the glass would break as soon as I walked across - which it did!
I watched the glass crack beneath my feet - and observed just how many hundreds of feet I had to fall in the water - I was afraid, but as I began to fall I made a choice to just relax and 'go with the flow', as it were.
As I hit the water, it was a truly soothing and peaceful experience.
For a few moments, I simply lay back and let the water envelop me.
The water was absolutely beautiful; crystal clear and every bit of oceanic flora and fauna was visible as I made a conscious decision to swim amongst and interact with them.
I rose to the surface and saw many work men, tending to the roots of the tree.
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