http://www.scottcorner.org/2006/an-urban-nightmare/ A Notebook of Ideas and Experiences Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:31:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://www.scottcorner.org/2006/an-urban-nightmare/#comment-107 Tue, 26 Sep 2006 15:07:01 +0000 http://www.scottcorner.org/2006/an-urban-nightmare/#comment-107 I have always believed that dreams mean "something" - even the most ridiculous dream has a tiny bit of meaning to our lives. If I were any good at dream interpreting, I would say that you have a fear of change, and a fear of things lost, maybe never to be recovered. But that`s just what I think. In some comments on your blog, you have mentioned leaving your religion. But I believe that if we were brought up with certain beliefs in an organized religion, there is no way to totally eradicate them from our lives. We may say that we have forsaken our religion, but it may be so deeply ingrained in us that we don`t even realize it. Others may notice it in the way we raise our children, etc., but sometimes we are blind to it ourselves. I personally believe in God, and that there is an afterlife. Otherwise, there would be no purpose to our being here on earth, other than to live exactly as we pleased 24/7. Every institution has "rules" that make it run. I think that holds true with organized religion, too. No one wants to live in a world without hope, or rules. At least I don`t want to. Your writing gives me the impression that you are rootless, all the while having fun with your family, thinking deeply, enjoying the great outdoors. But inside, I think you have an emptiness, and a feeling of not belonging to anything. Your dream might also have been a way of your subconscious telling you that you long for the past when you had the things you have abandoned. Could this be true? I hope you find more meaning in life than you presently seem to have. It must make your family and those close to you mourn for your loss. I wish you the very best in finding what you are searching for. To quote your words, perhaps you " are outraged that everything from my childhood is gone, and you don`t know all the new people who have moved in". Time for interspection for all of us. I have always believed that dreams mean "something" - even the most ridiculous dream has a tiny bit of meaning to our lives. If I were any good at dream interpreting, I would say that you have a fear of change, and a fear of things lost, maybe never to be recovered. But that`s just what I think. In some comments on your blog, you have mentioned leaving your religion. But I believe that if we were brought up with certain beliefs in an organized religion, there is no way to totally eradicate them from our lives. We may say that we have forsaken our religion, but it may be so deeply ingrained in us that we don`t even realize it. Others may notice it in the way we raise our children, etc., but sometimes we are blind to it ourselves. I personally believe in God, and that there is an afterlife. Otherwise, there would be no purpose to our being here on earth, other than to live exactly as we pleased 24/7. Every institution has "rules" that make it run. I think that holds true with organized religion, too. No one wants to live in a world without hope, or rules. At least I don`t want to. Your writing gives me the impression that you are rootless, all the while having fun with your family, thinking deeply, enjoying the great outdoors. But inside, I think you have an emptiness, and a feeling of not belonging to anything. Your dream might also have been a way of your subconscious telling you that you long for the past when you had the things you have abandoned. Could this be true? I hope you find more meaning in life than you presently seem to have. It must make your family and those close to you mourn for your loss. I wish you the very best in finding what you are searching for. To quote your words, perhaps you " are outraged that everything from my childhood is gone, and you don`t know all the new people who have moved in". Time for interspection for all of us.

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