posted May 23, 2003 07:16 PM
Anyone have them? This IS LindaLand so I know there are people here who are going this route. We may be consciously thinking about it, but what are our subconscious minds saying about it?
There can be literal dreams where you are thinking of yourself as being immortal, or the dreams could be entirely symbolic.
Here is an example of each from my own dreams just recently ---
I met a woman and there was an attraction, but I was (am!) married. I considered meeting with the new woman covertly, and I think we did once ("innocently"), but I just could not keep it from my wife - I had to be honest.
So the next day I spoke to my wife (although there were no words exchanged), accompanied by the other woman. She was very old (my wife), and I was not. She understood the situation, and because she loved me, she graciously consented to the relationship. I was happy about it for a moment, then realized that I just could not. I was thinking to myself, "because of this, I love her all the more. I have an eternity to make other relations, and I want to focus upon her while she is still here - she deserves that, I owe her that, and that is how it will be."

Here is a symbolic one ---
I was in the forest with my four year old son (Ben) and his grandfather. His grandfather and myself became sort of superimposed - I was both myself and grandfather-me (symbolizing heritage/genetics). Grandfather/me pulled out an orange (immortality) and I told Ben to look at it. His grandfather pinched it and it opened up just like one of those little change pouch thingys. I reached inside, pulled out an orange seed, and gave it to Ben. "Now we have to plant it", I said to him. "See if you can find a good spot". He went over to a small pine tree (an evergreen = immortality) and placed it upon an ant hill that was at it's base. I almost suggested that he should put it elsewhere, but decided to let him do it the way he wanted. The ants (diligence/communal effort/survival insticts/strength) picked it up and took it into the ground. I then saw the genius of this self-planting technique! "It may take a while, but eventually there will be oranges on this tree".
I love that dream!

Anyone else?