Dreams..

[Postmaster]

I want to share a dream I had recently, I hope someone might be able to decrypt it. It’s actually funny, as dreams always are when you wake up and realise what you dreamt, however at the time I was in complete horror.

I was dreaming that I was part of the Roman army and in the middle of a battle against our enemies who presume were barbaric tribes. I felt like it was on Roman ground because the grounds were white and stone / marble. However we were losing the battle, they had arrows and people were dieing before my eyes. I made an attempt to escape so went to the edge of a hill and rolled down, when I finally got to the bottom (bumpy ride) I played dead however still got hit and there was more people at the bottom dead or almost dead and injured. Personally I put down to a few things, the dream doesn't mean anything and I've been watching too many films or it could possibly mean I will triumph over something since dreams have the tendency to mean the opposite, or it could be a literal symbolic meaning of something bad happening.

Any ideas?

Also on topic please feel free to share you dreams. I'd love to hear about them.

[dauer]

Aren't dreams fairly personal?

Who is Rome to you? Who are the barbarians to you? What is a battle on Roman ground between these two forces to you? What do the arrows, that can creep past your defenses, represent?

What does it mean that you ran away from this? What does your descent represent (did it feel like a descent?) What does it mean that playing dead, you still got hit? What do all of the dead and injured represent?

Is this speaking about something internal or external?

I don't like the idea of interpreting other people's dreams. I think some dreams may be about something. Other dreams may have the potential to stand for something, while not being about something originally, not that they should stand for something but that all stories bear the mythic seeds that can represent the daily struggles in our lives and the lives of all people. If my questions are or aren't helpful, that's fine, but I'm not even quick to interpret my own dreams.

Dauer

[qazxsw]

Hello, I'm a new member. So, hello everyone.

I read your dream with interest. Were Romans not a powerful army in those days? They had the power and tools to conquer any country their heart desired. In your dreams, the Roman army had the arrows and were very powerful, more powerful against a group of barbaric people, yet they were hit and killed. Why did they not use their power or arrows to attack or defend themselves?

Why did you play dead? Was it that you did not know how to use your arrow or fight like the rest of the Roman army? :-) Some dreams have meanings, some are just to be ignored. Only you can decide. But I look at dreams and see what can be learnt spiritually. So, below is my interpetation:

Spiritually, I read your dream in an interesting way. Christians are very powerful and we have the armour to fight against spiritual battles against a less powerful force. Some of us find it hard to know how to use our weapons, some of us prefer to play it gently and 'let sleeping dogs lie'. The enemy is ready to fight and take captives. He came to steal, kill and destroy. He will not stop at anything and take advantage of relaxing mood of the powerful force and finish them off (if he is allowed).

Qazxsw

[Postmaster]

Spiritually, I read your dream in an interesting way. Christians are very powerful and we have the armour to fight against spiritual battles against a less powerful force. Some of us find it hard to know how to use our weapons, some of us prefer to play it gently and 'let sleeping dogs lie'. The enemy is ready to fight and take captives. He came to steal, kill and destroy. He will not stop at anything and take advantage of relaxing mood of the powerful force and finish them off (if he is allowed).

Wow thanks for that appreciated ... I remember the Roman side had the best armour, however the invaders didn't they had the arrows when we had swords. Many went on to fight and die I decided to play dead, however when I got to the bottom of the hill as I described and saw all the dead people and myself getting hit (think I might have been hit not sure) I realised the battle was lost. After that I woke up. I still believe that the dream was of something positive. I'm not sure if this is the same for all superstition meanings however in Greek culture, when you dream of birth or newly born babies it symbolises death and when you dream of death it symbolises newly born babies or something positive. Dreaming of a wedding is a negative, dreaming of flowers is a bad sign. So if you see where I’m coming from, it’s a positive sign or dream, if it is indeed a sign. Dreaming of dirt and poo means money also. However some people can literally dream straight up front, events which happen before the day has occurred, this I experienced on many occasions.