tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042413503017463795.post7979021543621081791..comments2024-03-28T20:51:06.948-07:00Comments on threads of the spiderwoman: Reflections on Patriarchal Mind, Despair and HopeLauren Rainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157367890138761677noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042413503017463795.post-30155034664683447542017-01-10T20:21:37.213-07:002017-01-10T20:21:37.213-07:00Thank you, Lauren. You summed up so much of what b...Thank you, Lauren. You summed up so much of what burns in my body. Tears, me too. At least they're true. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17112151576392570390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042413503017463795.post-15727238962987455612016-12-27T16:30:03.399-07:002016-12-27T16:30:03.399-07:00Thanks Gail, for your thoughtful and insightful s...Thanks Gail, for your thoughtful and insightful sharing of this dream. Yes, I think it does reflect the fear that many of us feel. I have written about it, and know as well that it is something we need to acknowledge so we can be clear and self aware as we go forward to do our work. And the work is be as much "light" as each of us has to share, to illuminate, to be. I also had a powerful experience about this recently, as well as sharing a Solstice ritual with 25 people about "lighting and igniting"......I hope to be able to write about it soon.Lauren Rainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12157367890138761677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042413503017463795.post-65547406886574606182016-12-27T07:37:51.236-07:002016-12-27T07:37:51.236-07:00Right after I posted my dream to our group, I clic...Right after I posted my dream to our group, I clicked on to read your most recent 'musings' and WOW! Many of us must be going through the same despair. If it wasn't for the postings about the bravery of the Indigenous at Standing Rock - I might tend to lean towards Ariadne's doomsday prophesy. <br /><br />My dream: <br />Hope everyone had a peaceful Yule/Christmas holiday. I thought I did - until I had this dream.<br /><br />This morning I dreamed that I heard a noise and opened my bedroom door and saw the bottom half of a man on the stairway landing only wearing GRAY underwear. I quickly locked the door and let myself out the WINDOW onto the roof. I grabbed some scaffolding and let myself down to the ground. As I was running towards the GATE he was right behind me lauging creepily. As he caught me - all of a sudden I was with a COUNSELLOR in group therapy explaining what had just happened. <br /><br />"In the chase dream you are on the defensive trying to evade being caught by the pursuer in your dream. You may try to simply outwit you pursuer or you may try to get away by running. The standard feelings that one gets in the chase or flee dream is a feeling of insecurity, anxiety, being out of control, and fear.<br /><br />CHASE DREAMS CAN SIGNAL AVOIDANCE<br /> The common interpretation for the chase dream is that you are being told by your subconscious that there is an issue or person that you have been trying to avoid. In the chase dream your pursuer matters for the meaning. If you are being chased by someone you know it could be that you fear the individual exposing something about you to others or discovering something personal. Being chased by an animal will have a different meaning than being chased by a person.<br /><br />Dreaming about being chased may also mean that you are trying to avoid something painful, uneasy or fearful of something. These feelings in the real world can often be expressed in a person’s subconscious through the act of dreaming about it. People who don’t like to confront situations in the real world and run away from their problem may have a chase or fleeing dream. It is always important to ask yourself what you are running from in the dream."<br /><br />"Gray, a mixture of white and black, is a neutral color. It can mean indecision, uncertainty, or confusion. It may mean isolation or detachment. It may also mean lifeless or dull."<br /><br />I'm pretty sure this is all about my fears for the future with the Trump administration in charge. I've been 'holding everything in' trying to convince myself that maybe everything will be alright. I feel deep despair, for the environment and disadvantaged, yet absolutely HELPLESS. <br /><br />After I wrote this dream down at 4:20am I was sitting up in bed with my eyes closed wondering if I should just get up when I had a vision/dream. A long road lay before me with a canopy of trees covering the road so thickly that it was like a dark tunnel, but light enough for me to see the dark green of the trees. I could see a car's headlights coming towards me and daylight at the other end of the tree tunnel. Then it changed and it seemed there was a hill in the tunnel that shut out the light and the tunnel was completely dark. I was standing at the end thinking that I could be ATTACKED from the woods or from someone in a car if I walked down that dark path alone. My protective Animus was no where around. <br /> Not a great place to be at the end of 2016.<br />Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525928488832767132noreply@blogger.com