Dreams... It's Ok
DreamOfAngels
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Some people dream and they have no idea what the dreams are when they wake. oh... not I. I remember every last one of them.. at least I think I do. I have woken in a full body sweat many times being chased or cornered by a murderer. I have had dreams about my child being abducted. I have had dreams about having to decide whether to put my child "to sleep" as if they were an animal hit by a car.. Heart racing, sweating like a hog.. completely afraid to go back to sleep for fear the terrors will continue.
However, I also have dreams, like last night, and get angry that I awoke and I try soooo hard to go back to sleep so I can continue the dream. They are calming, peaceful, and I wake up completely happy and at ease. The only angst I feel is that the dream wasn't real. These dreams are about being friends with different PJ band members. Normally it is Eddie that I'm talking with or doing things with like camping or sitting around talking before a show... last night it was mostly about Jeff.
Here is the gist of the dream: I ran into the band and introduced myself. They invited me to sit down and we chatted for a long time. Then Jeff and I went for a walk. At some point, sun is setting, and he indicated he needed to go back and rest. When we got back, Stone handed me a sheet of paper with the "rules". The one he pointed at was that the band members were not allowed to visit with people in the evening and that I would have to come back another day. That was their time to be individually creative. So.. I said goodbye and I watched them from afar. I continued to go back each day where Jeff and I would go for walks and talk.
If any of the band members catch wind of this - I want to set their minds at ease... I'm not a stalker and I don't put them all on a pedestal to worship or anything like that. These dreams are about being real people. The fact that the music speaks so clearly to me, and always has, makes it feel like we know each other and have been lifelong friends. With that understanding.. I must admit, I have no other friends that I've kept since 1992. They have always been there for me whether they knew it, wanted it, or cared...
I have been out of work for a few months since having a stroke. I have a lot of fear about returning to the rat race...and have reflected a lot on life in general. The only thing on my bucket list is to meet these people that have influenced me more than anyone or anything in my life - PJ is my friend, my medicine, my church. It has saved my soul more than once over the years. I will see them in St. Louis, Indy, and Columbus this May for the "healing power of music"... Having a calming dream such as this one last night with Jeff is like a gentle hand softly running their fingers over your hair to help you calm and telling you "it's ok".
"When you go to bed at night, you try to tell yourself it's going to be ok. It's gonna be ok. Last night i was thinking that... maybe it's not. It's getting harder and harder to say - it's ok. So would you help remind me? If I say it's ok, will you say it's ok? It's ok.. it's ok.."... "You don't have to run and hide away. It's ok. It's ok. Ya know we've all seen better days" (Gorge '06)
I hope you can all dream of angels...
However, I also have dreams, like last night, and get angry that I awoke and I try soooo hard to go back to sleep so I can continue the dream. They are calming, peaceful, and I wake up completely happy and at ease. The only angst I feel is that the dream wasn't real. These dreams are about being friends with different PJ band members. Normally it is Eddie that I'm talking with or doing things with like camping or sitting around talking before a show... last night it was mostly about Jeff.
Here is the gist of the dream: I ran into the band and introduced myself. They invited me to sit down and we chatted for a long time. Then Jeff and I went for a walk. At some point, sun is setting, and he indicated he needed to go back and rest. When we got back, Stone handed me a sheet of paper with the "rules". The one he pointed at was that the band members were not allowed to visit with people in the evening and that I would have to come back another day. That was their time to be individually creative. So.. I said goodbye and I watched them from afar. I continued to go back each day where Jeff and I would go for walks and talk.
If any of the band members catch wind of this - I want to set their minds at ease... I'm not a stalker and I don't put them all on a pedestal to worship or anything like that. These dreams are about being real people. The fact that the music speaks so clearly to me, and always has, makes it feel like we know each other and have been lifelong friends. With that understanding.. I must admit, I have no other friends that I've kept since 1992. They have always been there for me whether they knew it, wanted it, or cared...
I have been out of work for a few months since having a stroke. I have a lot of fear about returning to the rat race...and have reflected a lot on life in general. The only thing on my bucket list is to meet these people that have influenced me more than anyone or anything in my life - PJ is my friend, my medicine, my church. It has saved my soul more than once over the years. I will see them in St. Louis, Indy, and Columbus this May for the "healing power of music"... Having a calming dream such as this one last night with Jeff is like a gentle hand softly running their fingers over your hair to help you calm and telling you "it's ok".
"When you go to bed at night, you try to tell yourself it's going to be ok. It's gonna be ok. Last night i was thinking that... maybe it's not. It's getting harder and harder to say - it's ok. So would you help remind me? If I say it's ok, will you say it's ok? It's ok.. it's ok.."... "You don't have to run and hide away. It's ok. It's ok. Ya know we've all seen better days" (Gorge '06)
I hope you can all dream of angels...
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JM48181 - enjoy your show in Bristow!
"Keep dreamin'. It's good to have dreams." Ed in Cincinnati 2006 when fans were requesting Parachutes.
I do a lot of dream work, and on the surface that's a very good dream, but probably not for the reasons you think. Yeah, it's lucscious and lovely to have the guys in the band walk around in your dreams and talk to you, but just keep in mind that whatever it is you dream about, it is all about YOU. Nothing is ever anything else, anytime anything shows up in your dream, it's your view of that side of your personality and how you relate to it.
In this case, I might say that Pearl Jam represents (on a whole) your creative side, that you hold in very high esteem, maybe even a little bit intimidated by it. But when you get to snuggle up next to it in your dreams and have it tell you how it's gonna be (the rules), you get a little closer to actually tapping into that side of your personality.
Also it's little things in dreams that people sometimes overlook (babies, cars, houses) that can hold the most answers.
Dreams are ever-evolving. See if you can't get yourself to dream about being in a great car with the guys in the band & you being in the driver's seat. Now that's a good dream!!
I thought that at times, dreams had a lot to do with what you are thinking about or stressing about while awake. So why am I being chased by murderers? Why was my dream last night about elementary age children throwing rocks at me while waiting on their school bus? These kind of frighten me
Dreaming about PJ has never been bad or frightening. It is my sanctuary. Their music is my mental safe haven while awake or asleep. Their music keeps me balanced...it takes me away to another mental space where I am not afraid or scared or threatened or stressed or worried. Snuggling up to PJ in the dreams brings me closer to those angels that have soothed me for 18 years. Thought it was amusing that Stone was the one that read the rules to me
Thanks for sharing!
For example, if you move to California & move away from your family & your child, if you suddenly start dreaming about your child being attacked by wolves, it doesn't mean your child is in danger. It means that you are trying to protect this new life of yours from the bad things that others would say about it.
A lot of times a recovering addict will dream about a baby behind bars... like that person is in prison (addiction) and can't quite reach their new life/ potential.
Don't know if that helps at all. In NO way am I suggesting that you are an addict or anything, I just used that as an example.
Do you know anyone close to you who has recently moved or started something new that you might wish for yourself? A friend whose started graduate school, or something like that?
I know I could be way off, like I said I don't know anything about your life- even bad dreams don't have to be "bad" or "scary."