Hi, I had a very fantastical dream last night (but then again, aren't they all?) that has perplexed my ability to understand it.
I was running from one town (or area) to the next, and over my shoulder I could see a shadow ominously walking in pursuit. I have a bicycle helmet on my head which is a little loose, but I'm on foot. When I arrive at the next town, a herd of buffalo have been running with me, and some stop to sniff nuzzles with a white buffalo who lives here. I feel a presence next to me, and it is a bear who is sniffing me non-threateningly, its head next to mine. I am suddenly aware that the man in pursuit has a shotgun, so I want to warn the people of this town that he is coming. I go into a house and there is an older man (late 50s, 60s?) sitting in a yellow terrycloth bathrobe watching TV with the curtains drawn (this dream is taking place at night)--I know without asking that he doesn't care. I go into his basement and find a poorly lit, stone tunnel leading back to the town I fled from. Dream ends.
I asked the I Ching what did the dream mean and got 58.3.4 -> 5.
I'm thinking that perhaps the fleeing (the herd mentality) and the man with the shotgun are what's hinted at lines 3 & 4 (as if the bicycle helmet will protect me :D ), that perhaps the white buffalo (a very spiritual symbol in some Native American cultures) links to hex 58 itself of joyful communication, and the man in the yellow bathrobe with the curtains drawn relate to hex 5, waiting. However, my impression of the man watching TV is that he was hiding away, ignoring things--i.e. chosen ignorance, "If I don't see it, it doesn't exist." The tunnel, on the other hand, either speaks of a way back or subconscious communication.
Any thoughts are duly welcome. :bows:
I was running from one town (or area) to the next, and over my shoulder I could see a shadow ominously walking in pursuit. I have a bicycle helmet on my head which is a little loose, but I'm on foot. When I arrive at the next town, a herd of buffalo have been running with me, and some stop to sniff nuzzles with a white buffalo who lives here. I feel a presence next to me, and it is a bear who is sniffing me non-threateningly, its head next to mine. I am suddenly aware that the man in pursuit has a shotgun, so I want to warn the people of this town that he is coming. I go into a house and there is an older man (late 50s, 60s?) sitting in a yellow terrycloth bathrobe watching TV with the curtains drawn (this dream is taking place at night)--I know without asking that he doesn't care. I go into his basement and find a poorly lit, stone tunnel leading back to the town I fled from. Dream ends.
I asked the I Ching what did the dream mean and got 58.3.4 -> 5.
I'm thinking that perhaps the fleeing (the herd mentality) and the man with the shotgun are what's hinted at lines 3 & 4 (as if the bicycle helmet will protect me :D ), that perhaps the white buffalo (a very spiritual symbol in some Native American cultures) links to hex 58 itself of joyful communication, and the man in the yellow bathrobe with the curtains drawn relate to hex 5, waiting. However, my impression of the man watching TV is that he was hiding away, ignoring things--i.e. chosen ignorance, "If I don't see it, it doesn't exist." The tunnel, on the other hand, either speaks of a way back or subconscious communication.
Any thoughts are duly welcome. :bows: