Is there a section on dreams here. Not that it really matters, but I was wondering if there were any who know dream interpretation. Just curious, as I have had two dreams at least once a month since I was very young. I am curious as to what Madame Blavatsky or any one of the Theosophists thought about dreams.
I don't know dream interpretation, but since I had the HPB Collected Writings page open, I'll paste the index for dreams here:
Dream(s):
as actions of true self, IX 318-19
ascent to Devachanic plane in, XII 125 fn.
become experiences, IV 179
brain impressions and, III 430-31
cerebellum and, X 329-30
chelas instructed during, X 241
classification of, X 263
conception of time and, X 316
connection with dormant memory, V 77
defined by Cato, VI 393
devachan and, V 76
difference between types of, V 77
facts in, inverted, VI 137
Lower Manas asleep in sensual, XII 693
nature & causes of, X 246 et seq.
nature of devachanic, V 78
not realized as such, V 87
prophetic, III 431-32
reality and, V 79
reasoning paralyzed in, XI 224 (260)
spiritual consciousness and, XII 696
Spiritual Ego and, III 435-36
Spiritual visions and, III 437
verses on, III 429
Western science on, V 77, 78
Ought to make some interesting reading..
Thank you. I do not know what you would call these dreams. One I am in a nightclub and lions and tigers come in and start eating people. I climb a rope to get away and a lion grabs me by the foot. As I start to descend towards his jaws I wake up. The second one I am in an apartment house and I am fighting Vampires. As I kill the last one a van drives up and more Vampires jump out. As they descend on me I wake up. I have had these dreams since I was young, and they continue at least once a month. I do not know what you would call them. I can not call them prophetic or am I in the Astral World or where. It has plagued me for years.
| QUOTE (sara morgan @ May 21 2008, 10:50 PM) |
| Thank you. I do not know what you would call these dreams. One I am in a nightclub and lions and tigers come in and start eating people. I climb a rope to get away and a lion grabs me by the foot. As I start to descend towards his jaws I wake up. The second one I am in an apartment house and I am fighting Vampires. As I kill the last one a van drives up and more Vampires jump out. As they descend on me I wake up. I have had these dreams since I was young, and they continue at least once a month. I do not know what you would call them. I can not call them prophetic or am I in the Astral World or where. It has plagued me for years. |
I'm only saying the first thing that comes to mind by saying that it is acknowledgement of the terrible difficulty of abnegating the attractions of this physical existence. The lions and vampires are possibly representations of the Dweller on the Threshold, giving you warning to quit before you even begin.
You have a brightly lit lamp from the influx into you of the Essence, Mind, Intellect and Force; the Will of the Hierarch. Studying Theosophy has played a relevant part in all the above. You become and this is appropriate.
Thank you. I never thought about it in this way, or perhaps deep down I have. It is a hard time for a child to have dreams like this, and to continue as an adult. Well, it seems a little too much sometimes. When i wake up, I feel as a child again.