I am up and wake. It is time to write about my latest dream. The dream this time has me building an unusual building on my own. This building is very big, it is going to be a church, because I need it to get married in it. My girl, Hakima, has come here from Spain, and we are finally going to get married! I am so excited, but hey, no church will except us for a ceremony so I decide to build one of our own in order to have one.
The building is unusual because it is round. it is segmented like an orange. In this dream it is only half completed. The building needs to be completed by 4 o' clock this afternoon for the ceremony. The wedding guests and their friends are standing around watching and very few are actually doing anything to help. I plead with some of them to relieve me so I can get washed up and get dressed for the afternoon ceremony. They look at me and laugh! Are they making fun of me or do they think it is funny we are going to have a wedding in a half finished church? I do not know which.
I hear a voice. Is it God or my higher self talking? The voice says, "Be like children, be open and moving [taking action], and love unconditionally.". It seems like this is advice on how to behave in this situation and for my future marriage. The point is reinforced with showing me a band of colours. It goes from light blue to dark blue than purple (there is some important symbolism here we must examine when we get to analysing this dream). I then see my bride is pregnant. I can see the baby in her womb. I then wake up.
This closing message reminds me of a bible verse quoting Jesus: Matthew 18:3 "And verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter the kingdom of God". -King James "Authorized Version", Cambridge Edition.
The strict legalistic interpretation of this verse says this is a call for unbelievers to be submissive to God's authority, like a child is to a parent, rather than be an autonomous thinking adult, or you will not a subject in His kingdom, and thus an exile. While, this may be true, I think a greater emphasis should be placed on what Jesus said about becoming like a child.
Children have a pure innocence about them when they are little. It is when they become about 7 years old that culture and their parents have moulded and generally shaped them into acceptable modes of behaviour and thinking in accord with them, and society has a whole. I really think Jesus wanted the people, he was addressing, to rediscover what it was like to be in that pure joyous state of being a child, when every experience was new and every emotion was untainted, and expressed naturally, without regard to what anyone, or society might think. This fact is what, I think, Jesus wanted to get across most. Adults are always being contentious, of course children are too, but children look to a parent for safety, guidance and love. That is their natural role.
I think Jesus was saying just be the authentic person you once were when you were little. A child that is open and curious, a child moves about his or her environment and explores with tremendous energy, and loves unconditionally. A child is always open to giving and receiving love. It is when we become adults that our behaviour gets complicated and corrupted by worldly influences.
The "kingdom", the verse refers to, can be more than just simply a legal jurisdiction. It has symbolic meaning as well. It is more than a place, but it is a powerful idea too, as America is more than just a place on the map, America and Heaven embody a belief in the heart. Thousands come every year legally and illegally to the United States. America represents freedom and opportunity to them. While America cannot equal the promise of Heaven, both the ideas are more potent than the actual real estate, maybe more so. Kingdom in a metaphorical sense maybe a realization of enlightenment. It can be thought of as a state free of worldly cares and attachments.
Little children are adorable. I look back on life when I spent time with nieces and nephews and other children. You can learn a lot from a child. It is good to spend time with them. The dream ends with a vision of my love with child. Haki and I dream of having children. Knowing my own character, I think, I would be the sort of parent who would encourage and take much joy in sharing in the wonder of life and love that a child experiences. It was what Jesus was asking of his followers and the experience he was hoping that they would want to have with him.
This work I was doing in building the church is surely symbolic of what I am feeling lately. I have been frustrated with my own efforts to find a way to be with my beloved, Hakima, permanently. I look around and see not many of my friends, and family are going to help, or support me, in this endeavour. Many of them scoffed that this was not going to work out, and believed cynically, that I would get my heart broken, or worse, wind up in some a foreign prison. I really feel alone and I'm doing work that will never get finished. It is not very encouraging. I press on with the hope and belief that the universe has a reason for limiting my successes to teach me or provide for something better. Well, we will see eventually, if I get what I desire or just receive what I need. My ideal would be to get both in one tidy package, but the universe never or rarely ever, seems to work in that fashion. There is an old expression: "Every dog has his day.". Well, I'm telling you, this old dog sure wants his day!
Oh! I almost forgot. I want to address the symbolism in that band of colours we saw; the blue, the dark blue and purple band. It is definitely significant that these are colours that reach into the ultraviolet wave spectrum. Ultraviolet (UV) is electromagnetic radiation with waves shorter than that visible to the human eye. Violet, being the colour, that is in the range just visible to humans. UV has many effects that are beneficial and damaging to human health.
So much could be said about the symbolic nature of light here, but we don't have the time and space here to devote too much to it now. I think it interesting that light is symbolic of the divine and of learning. This little visual aid adds to the overall message of the dream. It is a reminder of what lies beyond our sight or our capacity to know. That the nature of the divine is such, that we as finite humans, can not see or know it's totality. Now there's a ponderous thought to leave you with! Enjoy your day!
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