Someone
rightly said, “Man cannot live without a vision.” Others say dreams are not reality;
dreams are expressions of the suppressed feelings calling out for a proper
expression. Believers say that God speaks through dreams.
Joseph,
the dreamer of the Old Testament dreamt, interpreted dreams and he was convinced
that God leads his people through the events of history and brings good out of
evil.
Only
a dreamer can understand the dreaming.
Dreams
are often expressions of the very ‘you’. Of course, various understandings do
exist. Indian philosophical terms would distinguish two states of mind: waking
state and dream state – former is real and the latter is illusory.
People
also say to ‘pay attention to your dreams.’ Why so? Because they find them to
be true.
Dreams
have their metaphorical value and the realities they point to is true. Dreams can’t
be taken on their face value. Think of Don Bosco’s dream at the age of nine. He
saw ferocious wolves turning to mild lambs (indicating the effect of his
approach to the young through love that would eventually transform the young). He
hears voices, amidst the clang of voices, he distinctly hears: “Not with blows
but with gentleness and love must you make them good.”
If
you do not discover yourself, dreams might perhaps discover you, only if you
heed to them. Dreams call you to deep intimacy with the Lord, precisely because
we live unconsummated. Do married people truly live consummated? Ronald
Rolheiser in his book Seeking
Spirituality says that only God can sleep with everyone and only in God can
we sleep with everyone.
Different
sayings on dreams
“You
have to dream before your dreams can come true.” Abdul Kalaam
“Dream
no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men." Goethe
"In
Dreams Begin Responsibilities." Delmore Schwartz
"The
future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." Eleanor
Roosevelt
"They
who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only
by night. In their grey visions they obtain glimpses of eternity." Edgar
Allan Poe
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