From: Richard.Silk@Juno.Com   
      
   15:50 PM 3/31/2024  HAPPY EASTER! †   
   Just this afternoon, there were enough dreams *on the couch* to pretty much   
   replace all the ones from this morning, however, there's one "morning dream"   
   that still remains fairly memorable:   
      
   The dreamer was in a shaded, outdoor area, similar to a type of glen or cove   
   *bordering* the edge of a small pond.   
      
   And while there were *many* elements preceding this part of the dream, this is   
   the only part that remains "in place," unevaporated:  The pond was perhaps 100'   
   across and round, meaning it had a circumference of roughly 2pR, the radius   
   being 50', or simply px100, = 314.159265...'   
      
   At any rate, a *really good* stone skipper *might* make a skip from one side to   
   the other.  But the pond was calm, and along the ground around the pond (in the   
   shady area) were various *large* "giant swans" (as the narrative mind informed   
   the dreamer.)  Each swan seemed to have along with it 2 or 3 other life forms,   
   but whether they were people or "baby giant swans" was never discussed or   
   revealed.  Clarity (not evaporated yet) "peaceful" 8-ish, although I'm *fairly   
   certain* it was 7-symbolic.   
      
   This is a dream from a few nights ago (sometime within the past week) that just   
   came back to memory, although I'm uncertain whether I posted it or not,   
   thinking   
   "not," so here goes:   
      
   The dreamer was on the to edge / ledge of a high wall.  Down below was the   
   appearance of rushing water, at something like a river or creek speed, possibly   
   that of the spillway of a dam.   
      
   It *felt* like / seemed there were *two* other entities up on the wall with the   
   dreamer, both seemingly female in nature, although neither of them were   
   actually   
   "looked at," merely *noted,* as the dreamer's attention was studying ("figuring   
   out") the water down below (like maybe 30'–40'?) and the wall had something of   
   a   
   left-right (east/west) orientation to it:  if the dreamer (and 2 others) on the   
   wall were dead center (the dreamer center, one entity on the wall to the right,   
   one to the left) and the dreamer's body was *basically* headed right (so that   
   the one to the left was basically "behind" the dreamer) and the water down   
   below   
   was basically "in front" of the wall, say, to the "north," then the water was   
   flowing "west to east," left-to-right, and the two entities were encouraging   
   (or   
   perhaps enticing?) the dreamer to "take the leap" down to the water.   
      
   Now, to be clear, I've *often* been attracted to flowing water in various   
   dreams.  As the dreamer, I've *often* simply dropped into a flowing channel,   
   much like at a water fun park, but in dreams, more like water spillways, with   
   the current moving faster than a person can walk or swim, or in most cases,   
   swim—  The dreamer simply "floats along for the ride."   
      
   Water in dreams *often* refers to "future opportunity," without judgment as to   
   "good or bad" opportunity, but choppy waters indicate emotionally fraught   
   situations, perfectly calm water can indicate some (generally) "good"   
   situations   
   (one even led to a Christ-like moment) although water *certainly* indicates   
   "change," thus sometimes also "death."   
      
   So in this case, the dreamer is looking down at that water rushing by with the   
   two entities (females?) encouraging a leap, and the dreamer replies something   
   to   
   the effect of: "Ahhh, I'm not sure— that water actually looks *pretty shallow*   
   for such a deep dive...." and with that, the dream ended, with the impression   
   that the dreamer *avoided* choosing to jump.  Clarity 9-ish, although the   
   lighting was dark, like a medium-to-heavily overcast day.   
      
   (By the way, I recall having at least *one* dream (DECADES ago!) where a jump   
   led to a floating/flying follow-up rather than a total plunge to the bottom.)   
      
   So back to the one's from the couch just now....   
      
   In one scenario, the dreamer was examining what looked like trash (but more   
   like   
   *product*) along the street curb, in an area similar to "across the street"   
   which, IRL, is/was the Bell's home (which will likely be going up for sale   
   soon,   
   as both the parents are now dead, and the 2 living boys (Tommy died some years   
   ago) have their own places, apparently.   
      
   In the dream, whoever lived there was someone else, with a "feeling" like   
   they'd   
   moved there from California, only while *some* new Tennesseans are "good"   
   ex-Californians, there was a feeling like this particular resident was a tad on   
   the "flaky" side, and that impression was due to all the "product" that was out   
   along the curb, as if awaiting the trash guy to come and pick it up.   
      
   As the dreamer was "fanning through" packets after packets (imagine a regular   
   8½x11" paper in a see-thru, plastic baggie, like a comic book) there was the   
   running thought like someone has when looking through an interesting catalog,   
   like, "Ooo! I'd like to have *that* one!" although it was never clear if these   
   "packets" were discarded trash, or possibly temptations to be chosen from.   
   Either way, when the dreamer tried to go back through them again, the one that   
   seemed interesting failed to be seen, and the dreamer pretty much just   
   dissolved   
   away from that scene entirely.  Clarity either 7, 11, or 9.  Kinda reminds me   
   of   
   Jesus in the Desert in Matthew chapter 4.   
      
   In a much longer dream, the action begins to "become memorable" toward the end,   
   where the dreamer is moving around inside a church, *similar* to most any   
   larger church, but with a "feel" similar to my local church, although the   
   visual   
   elements, the "setting" in the dream, are *much* different.   
      
   In one area, the dreamer is waiting around to see if a conversation may be had   
   with a particular individual, who is seen coming and going into an area on the   
   other side of the place where the dreamer is waiting.  (Wasn't exactly a   
   hallway, nor a lobby, but more like an area room adjacent to the area where the   
   person in question was located.)   
      
   A person asks the dreamer as to the why/what's up with being there, and the   
   dreamer explains how he's interested in seeing if he can get a *job* in that   
   area, having had experience with counting the receipts from his own church   
   before in years past, thinking that the area was likely the business area of   
   the   
   building wherein the plate was counted after the service.   
      
   I have the impression that a job was not available at that time, although I   
   have   
   no clear recollection of any dialogue.   
      
   However, what happened next was a bit more interesting:  the dreamer was   
   wandering though the interior of the building (again, the dream set was   
   *nothing* like the church I attend) and ended up looking for an *exit* (whereas   
   the typical dream element of wandering through a building is looking for a   
   *restroom!*)   
      
      
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