I got the idea for starting this thread after reading Rush's thread. Please be advised that this post will be long. If you cannot read long posts, please skip this one.
I have had a few weird dreams in the recent past (say a couple of years). Some are weird because they were prophetic in nature and some were weird because it felt like a scene out of Inception. Let me share some of them with you.
The prophetic dreams
These dreams usually happened as an answer to my prayers. But they were dreams and not visions -
- A year ago, I had quit my job and I was without one for 2 months. As my savings were dwindling, I moved in with my parents. I was praying to God for a job. I dreamt that I got a job with a big company in the city where my parents lived. When I had this dream, I did not even have an interview in my hand. Still, the opportunity came through within a couple of weeks. Today, I am working in a big company in the same city where my parents live.
- A few months ago, I dreamt of a person, who was very close to our family, passing away. At that time he was weak but nobody expected him to pass away. Within a week or so, he passed away.
These are not coincidences. I have a history of such dreams. Once I was asking God to help me clear a paper that I was sure I would flunk. That night I dreamt that I was in a class and the teacher told the entire class that the authorities made everyone pass this time. When the results were out, I did clear the paper. Another time I was worried of a major expense I brought to my parents. I dreamt that dad was not upset about it. And it turned out to be true.
When I wake up after having such a dream, I have this strong feeling that God had spoken to me through it. That is how I discern between a random dream and a 'prophetic' dream. There are a couple of dreams which are yet to be fulfilled but I am sure they will, if God wills.
'Inception' dreams
These are like a dream within a dream. What makes it weird is the way I come out of it. I had one about a couple of months back but I don't remember everything. I will try and reconstruct it to the best I can. Most of the details are very hazy now because this was a while back.
I dreamt that I was doing something with somebody I knew. I think it was my dad, but I don't remember now. We are travelling along some field to do this work. The sky is cloudy and it is around evening. As I walk, I am thinking to myself 'Oh I know what will happen now'. I proceed to dream something. I am dreaming of being in a fight or something like that. Somebody is bound up and he is being held by captors. Two groups of people are fighting over that person. Eventually that person is freed. The ropes are cut loose by one of the victors. This person stretches his hands and looks at his wrists. As he looks at the scars on his wrists, the dream pans out.
I find myself standing over a photo of the last scene of that dream - of that person looking at the scars on his wrists. It was just developed so I am examining it under a pendant light. I am inside a room and there is somebody who is developing the photos. Suddenly from nowhere, a leech falls on my shoulder. Then another falls on the photo. Then another falls. Then two more. Then five more. Then it starts raining leaches everywhere - the photo, the light-bulb, me, on the room, on everything in the room. And then the scene pans out. I open my eyes and I am lying in bed.
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A big thank you to those who have reached my long post. Have any of you guys had such weird dreams? Please share them if you don't mind.
I have had a few weird dreams in the recent past (say a couple of years). Some are weird because they were prophetic in nature and some were weird because it felt like a scene out of Inception. Let me share some of them with you.
The prophetic dreams
These dreams usually happened as an answer to my prayers. But they were dreams and not visions -
- A year ago, I had quit my job and I was without one for 2 months. As my savings were dwindling, I moved in with my parents. I was praying to God for a job. I dreamt that I got a job with a big company in the city where my parents lived. When I had this dream, I did not even have an interview in my hand. Still, the opportunity came through within a couple of weeks. Today, I am working in a big company in the same city where my parents live.
- A few months ago, I dreamt of a person, who was very close to our family, passing away. At that time he was weak but nobody expected him to pass away. Within a week or so, he passed away.
These are not coincidences. I have a history of such dreams. Once I was asking God to help me clear a paper that I was sure I would flunk. That night I dreamt that I was in a class and the teacher told the entire class that the authorities made everyone pass this time. When the results were out, I did clear the paper. Another time I was worried of a major expense I brought to my parents. I dreamt that dad was not upset about it. And it turned out to be true.
When I wake up after having such a dream, I have this strong feeling that God had spoken to me through it. That is how I discern between a random dream and a 'prophetic' dream. There are a couple of dreams which are yet to be fulfilled but I am sure they will, if God wills.
'Inception' dreams
These are like a dream within a dream. What makes it weird is the way I come out of it. I had one about a couple of months back but I don't remember everything. I will try and reconstruct it to the best I can. Most of the details are very hazy now because this was a while back.
I dreamt that I was doing something with somebody I knew. I think it was my dad, but I don't remember now. We are travelling along some field to do this work. The sky is cloudy and it is around evening. As I walk, I am thinking to myself 'Oh I know what will happen now'. I proceed to dream something. I am dreaming of being in a fight or something like that. Somebody is bound up and he is being held by captors. Two groups of people are fighting over that person. Eventually that person is freed. The ropes are cut loose by one of the victors. This person stretches his hands and looks at his wrists. As he looks at the scars on his wrists, the dream pans out.
I find myself standing over a photo of the last scene of that dream - of that person looking at the scars on his wrists. It was just developed so I am examining it under a pendant light. I am inside a room and there is somebody who is developing the photos. Suddenly from nowhere, a leech falls on my shoulder. Then another falls on the photo. Then another falls. Then two more. Then five more. Then it starts raining leaches everywhere - the photo, the light-bulb, me, on the room, on everything in the room. And then the scene pans out. I open my eyes and I am lying in bed.
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A big thank you to those who have reached my long post. Have any of you guys had such weird dreams? Please share them if you don't mind.
