What You Can Learn About Yourself While You Sleep (Interpreting “Rebelling Against God”)
In my previous entry, I described a dream in which I decided to take issue with an omnipotent being over the fate of my friend, Debbie. Toward the end of the dream, I was about to face the presumably very painful consequences of that rebellious choice. And yet, when I woke, even knowing that the rebels I had led into battle had been defeated, I still felt a great deal of pride over the choice I made. And I would later realize that the dream itself signaled some big changes in my life and in the way I saw the world.
Does it sound strange to feel proud of oneself for actions taken in a dream? Maybe it does. But while I was dreaming, I did not know it was a dream. I thought the world really had ended, and events really were playing out as described by the more fundamentalist interpreters of the Book of Revelation. I knew that it was hopeless to rebel against an omnipotent being and that there was absolutely nothing in it for me if I chose not to accept the fact that my friend was going to be sent to hell. But I stood up for her–and for my ideals–anyway.
Date: September 11, 2009
Categories: Dream Analysis and Interpretation, Religion & Philosophy, Uncategorized
