Dreams are said to have meanings and can be interpreted in many different ways. And long way before, it is being used by God to communicate with man as mentioned in the bible. However, there is a great difference between here and then or before and after the bible is literally and completely made. Indeed, before it is used by God to send His message to people, but after the Holy Book, in which, God, himself is the main author, made possible through His apostles and disciples is finished, God is said to have stopped entering man’s dream, because the bible, itself is made for the same purpose as a communication tool.
Though, today God communicates through the bible and no longer uses dream to interact with man, at some point, I tend to disagree when I personally experience different and strange dreams which somewhat give signs or shall I say warning son the future happenings. It does not happen all the time, though, and it may not be as clear and direct as it can be, but on human instinct, I guess, I can say that it somehow delivers a message.
There are different kinds of dream and again, it can be interpreted in many different ways. There are dreams that reflect an individual state of cognition and emotional condition. There are also dreams brought about by psychological factors or some neurological condition. Those are said to be coming from man’s aspirations, frustrations, or even some ghost from the past that results from a traumatic experience, or perhaps caused by guilt or in some situations which end without closure that an individual cannot let go of it. There are also dreams caused by repeated thinking through simple day dreaming or through extensive imagination brought about by what our eyes can see like by watching some thrilling movies that express extreme emotion. And there are dreams that are very unusual that somewhat give some sort of visions and premonitions on the future happenings and they are strange dreams.
The Happening
My mother personally does not want to experience or dream anything about water. I don’t know where she got this concept or probably misconception, but for her, dreaming of water denotes bad sign because every time she dreams of it, heavy and difficult problems occur. My sister, on the other hand is the one among us in the family, who would dream of something that really happen afterwards. Like every time she dreams of falling teeth or losing her own complete set of teeth, someone dies coming from the closest friends and relatives.
Well my sister is said to have a gift, I don’t know but that’s what my parents said because she has a very strong instinct or vibration mostly on what would happen on future. Yeah, I don’t know it’s hard to explain it in words, but it’s an extrasensory power it can be called. I don’t know but every time she would tell us her dream, everyone in the family would get thrilled; that we don’t know if we would still want to hear or better not to hear it especially if it is a bad dream.
There was also a time while she was dreaming of something, before she knew it, it was already happening. This happened just recently, it was during the night, in a middle of it when we had an emergency situation at home that was when we brought our father to the nearest emergency room (good thing I went home and I was there), while during those moments when it was happening, she was actually dreaming about us. She no longer lives with us, so she was not there when it happened but she had a strange dream about our father.
In her dream, she saw herself crying for help to the so called Apostle in her religion (who was there at home) to pray for our father who was sick in her dream. The apostle said I have to be strong when he saw me crying and then said that if our father would believe in Jesus, surely he will be healed…then the apostle asked where our father was, my sister said that he was in the comfort room with my mother…then suddenly, she was awakened from her dream.
She was actually awakened by an emergency call coming from my mother to tell her that we were in the hospital during those moments and our father was in critical condition (that happened around 3 o’clock in the morning). And would you believe that my father was actually seen first by my mother in the comfort room crying for help when he experienced chest discomfort and dizziness as his blood pressure dropped down due to excessive fluid loss upon having bloody loose bowel movements, nausea and vomiting before we can even bring him to the nearest emergency room?! Well, that was really strange.
Caught in a Trap
I personally had some strange dreams and I usually experience it every time I would make a big change or a big decision in my life and it is mostly occurring at the peak level of my spiritual faith.
One of the most unforgettable dreams I had was during the time when I was working in a call centre and I was still staying in the church of my sister. Well, my sister and I have two different religions. I came from a Baptist church while she came from Pentecostal – and that’s where I used to stay during my first few months here in Manila, but we do have the same God, only with different doctrines. I was encouraged to participate in their church activities. I frequently meditate and I also joined them in their morning devotions almost every day, which, in returned strengthen my personal relationship with God that every time I would have strange dreams, I felt as if God is telling me something.
By the time I made a decision to leave the church to move into a boarding house, I had these strange dreams and it happened three days before I moved. In my dream, I found myself being attacked by wolves. I was about to go to work, when suddenly I was stranded or trapped inside the church. I cannot get out from the church building because of the many wolves waiting for me outside. They do have sharp and white teeth with eyes shining brightly in red and with saliva overflowing in their mouth and I could sense hunger from them as they groaned and grind their teeth. They seemed so mad about me and I was their main target. But there came my sister to help me out. She tried to cover me up as we went outside. When one of the wolves was about to attack me on my back, suddenly, I was awakened from my dream.
For two consecutive days before I moved, I found myself having these nightmares; after the wolves attacked, again I had another dream. This time I was kidnapped by two men. I cannot remember their faces, but in my dream, they were my friends, well I thought they were, when suddenly these two men whom I trusted so much in my dream were actually the ones who would actually bring me to death. They kidnapped me and I was almost beheaded by them for a reason which was not given clarity in my dream. After receiving stabbed wound from different parts of my body, these two men left me. I was wounded and almost dying as I showered in my own blood. I thought it was the end of my life in that strange dream and then, my sister came to rescue me. We just prayed together and talked to God and then I was saved from death. What was even strange was that, though, I was almost lifeless, I can still smile from my dream. I felt so numb and I did not feel any pain from the wound they had caused me. What was more painful was that, I thought they can be trusted and then suddenly they wanted to kill me from that dream and I felt as if I was betrayed. Then afterward, I was awakened from my dream.
After such dreams, on the very first day of my stay in the boarding house, there were many strange things that happened, and they were really painful experiences which I prefered to keep to myself. It is somewhat intriguing and traumatic; and I preferred to forget about it. This is just an example and I don’t mean anything from here. But one thing is for sure, it is somehow related to my personal experience in real life story and somewhat the same to what really happened to me after having those dreams, only in my dream, it was showed to me in a form of metaphor or symbolism.
Stranded and Delayed
I had another dream, and it was my most recent dream. And in my dream, I was granted with something I really wished even before. That particular “thing” which was handed to me like a gift, is what I really need to get what I want, but it was always missing every time I would grab and need it and that hinders me to keep on going to my final destination. It is as if there is something that delaying me to achieve what I really want and it made me feel like stranded because I can’t get started without it.
Actually, I had this dream few days before I got a new job offer (yeah–got lucky, I guess)…but I cannot get started with it because I am having difficulty in completing all my documents necessary to process my nursing application. I have been waiting for almost three or four weeks now for the PRC Lucena to release my board certificate. They cannot release it because there is no metered stamp available as of the moment. (It’s understandable, anyway as they have no control for it as to when they will get a load to produce metered stamp, they have requested for it almost a month ago, but still until now, they are waiting from Manila to reload it) I already went back and forth from PRC Lucena to PRC Manila and I have already sent a request letter to PRC- Lucena to have it mailed to Manila so that it will be released here but the process was really slow. Until now I have been waiting for it. I just wish and pray that this week I may be able to accomplish it. They have got me really delayed already and that makes me really upset and I am a bit worried that I may not be able to continue with the application.
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