posted March 04, 2013 10:48 PM            

As I was dodging around between aisles, weirdly enough the roof opened up and many people, including children, were lowered into this hell hole grocery store. My grief at seeing these new people, who had no idea what they were in for, was all-consuming. Also, seeing the children made me miss and fear for the safety of my own children, who weren't with me....but I had no idea where they were.

All this time I was absolutely starving. The food at the store had all been eaten, and all that remained were empty boxes. In real life, I have never known this kind of desperate hunger, even when I fasted for a week. The hunger was the saddest thing I ever felt.

In a moment of chaos, I managed to escape from the store, and I was running half-crazed down the street. There was a street vendor nearby, and I didn't want to stop for fear of getting caught by the madmen who were holding people hostage...but the street vendor had a pile of freshly-cooked quinoa made (a grain I eat a lot of) and I didn't even care that I was stealing, I just starting grabbing at the food and sobbing my heart out because I was hungry.

This dream was so realistic that I woke up feeling as if I had been given a real lesson about how life is actually being lived by some people, who are desperate for food.

It's changed the way I look at my own food. Even though I'm still a bit stricken with grief from comprehending hunger in a more vivid way, I think it was a good lesson.

Thought I would post this because, to me, it was interesting. And maybe someone had a similar experience or can shed some light on additional meanings.

Thanks for reading

posted March 06, 2013 09:55 AM            

did you ever see the bbc series by adam curtis?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trap_(TV_series)

'Curtis's narration concludes with the observation that the game theory/free market model is now undergoing interrogation by economists who suspect a more irrational model of behaviour is appropriate and useful. In fact, in formal experiments the only people who behaved exactly according to the mathematical models created by game theory are economists themselves, and psychopaths.'

posted March 06, 2013 08:34 PM            

That TV series looks super interesting to me, I'm going to see if my library carries it. I like free market economics in theory and but have to see how the model played out on the show...

At any rate, I'm sure people have lived through situations not too different from my dream. I had read a book about AIDS in South Africa just before the dream, where the main characters are struggling to feed themselves under apartheid. It was tragic to read about but the dream made me feel like I was actually living at that total desperation level.

And I don't know what economic factors brought that about in South Africa except, in part, free market demand for diamonds, despite the horrid conditions of the mining workers and the whole social structure that literally imprisoned those workers (they needed a pass to leave the mines; they never got to see their families.)

But then again we don't have free access to information all the time, and maybe if we did, the free market would behave differently.

I don't know...not an economist...just hoping the future gets better.

posted March 07, 2013 05:07 AM            

While the lesson you feel you have learned from this dream about hunger is important and eye-opening, I feel like there is more going on here.

The dream could suggest that you have been feeling helpless, a victim of angry circumstance, and that there is a dreadful lack of emotional nourishment in your life that you desperately need. Either this, or you are feeling acute sympathy for someone in that situation. There could also be a concern or connection with this and your own children.

What do you think?

posted March 07, 2013 08:58 AM            

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Originally posted by Faith:

I don't know...not an economist...just hoping the future gets better.

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posted March 07, 2013 09:09 AM            

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Originally posted by Ra:
Hello Faith

While the lesson you feel you have learned from this dream about hunger is important and eye-opening, I feel like there is more going on here.

The dream could suggest that you have been feeling helpless, a victim of angry circumstance, and that there is a dreadful lack of emotional nourishment in your life that you desperately need. Either this, or you are feeling acute sympathy for someone in that situation. There could also be a concern or connection with this and your own children.

What do you think?

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Thank you, Ra.

Yes~ in many ways I feel lonely, emotionally undernourished, and trapped. Maybe the dream showed what I have in common with those African people I empathize with (mentioned above), though their situation is worse.

But not to end on a sad note...I've been changing my diet in an effort to literally soften my heart, to make me more feeling. I trust that change begins with me, and if I can love other people more, it doesn't matter so much what I am receiving.

posted March 07, 2013 09:11 AM            

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Originally posted by anno_lucis:
same here. the docus are worth a watch - i really enjoyed them and it's quite a deep and impartial viewpoint considering it's bbc.

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