The coming two months will be quite challenging for me, a challenge I am undertaking quite consciously and with a strong wish driven from within. It will be a short period of self-exploration, of getting rid of ghosts around me, of facing my mistakes and correcting them, of confronting my fears and overcoming them, of forgiving myself for certain things and doing my best to forgive those who have ever hurt me, of forgetting the worst of nightmares and ignoring the artificially imposed burdens the number of which is usually quite high in my life.
It will be a period when I will surround my soul with gratitude and more focus on things I should be thankful for instead of keeping my attention and my life on things that irritate me and fill me with anger, which is one of the things I have to clean my soul from. The good side, the kind, the bright, the positive side — these are the top priorities for the coming two months and hopefully for the months following them. Right now I am in an impasse the walls of which erected by me will be removed and I will finally proceed along the path of serenity, prayers and open-heartedness. At least that’s what I am envisioning for me, especially considring the weird dreams I am seeing these days and which I am forgetting very quickly.
Today’s dream was — I was in Brazil. More precisely, I was on a Brazilian beach, and I ran into the water and swam there. Suddenly I saw a shark, it scared me but not so strong as to rush out of the water (by the way the water was calm and warm). I knew it was there but I was swimming without much focus on it, I was more enjoying the water. Then I walked out and close to the sand I saw a black seal, it was so cool.
And I don’t remember anything more (although I lied, at some point in my dream I saw him, cheating on me again but back to “Brazilian adventures”). What I know is that I looked for some interpretation to the “symbols” of my dream and this is what I got.
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Water — To see water in your dream symbolizes your subconscious and your emotional state of mind. Water is the living essence of the psyche and the flow of life energy. It is also symbolic of spirituality, knowledge, healing and refreshment.
To see calm, clear water in your dream means that you are in tune with your spirituality. It denotes serenity, peace of mind, and rejuvenation.
Swimming — To dream that you are swimming suggests that you are exploring aspects of your subconscious mind and emotions. The dream may be a sign that you are seeking some sort of emotional support. It is a common dream image for people going through therapy.
To dream that you are swimming underwater suggests that you are completely submerged in your own feelings. You are forcing yourself to deal with your subconscious emotions.
Shark — To see a shark in your dream indicates feelings of anger, hostility, and fierceness. You are undergoing a long and difficult emotional period and may be an emotional threat to yourself or to others. Perhaps, you are struggling with your individuality and independence, especially in some aspect of your relationship. Alternatively, a shark represents a person in your life who is greedy and unscrupulous. This person goes after what he or she wants with no regards to the well-being and sensitivity of others. The shark may also be an aspect of your own personality with these qualities.
Seal — To see a seal in your dream refers to your playfulness and jovial disposition. Seals also symbolize prosperity, good luck, faithfulness, success, security in love and spiritual understanding. You have the ability to adapt to various emotional situations. Alternatively, the dream symbol may also be a pun and indicate you need to put closure on some situation as in “sealing the deal”.
Tomorrow marks the first day of Fasting and it will continue for seven weeks and it will be a period of what was described in the beginning of this post. I hope not to fail and I hope to attain the set goals of purification of the soul. And I believe, this dream does mean something. At least, it reinforced my decision of Fasting.
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When I was kid, I totally believed in Bible and the Biblical phenomena and explanations. Then when I grew up a bit, I came across reading other books where the Biblical events were provided rational justifications – social, historic, economic factors. Fasting was one of them. Then some time passed, I grew up a bit more and realized that the most important thing is to believe – to have faith. It may sound absurd and paradox but even if something has an opposing origin as long as you believe in it, it makes total sense to you. We know that the Earth is around 6 bln years old but the happiest and healthiest people on the earth, the most fortunate and the blessed ones believe that it’s just some 4 thousands year a and a bit old. So go fight with your 6 bln year of empty animalistic heritage with a few thousand years of spiritual existence. Can you?