Dream Help.
Sat, 05/28/2011 - 13:54
Hello, everyone. I've had two dreams today. Can you try think of ideas an interpret?
The first dream that I've had was about a friend. Mind that I'm a guy. He was asleep, and was leaning on me. Of course, I felt uncomfortable. However, later into the dream, I figured to try get more comfortable with this.
I've suspected that I might be gay. However, I am sure that I am not attracted to other guys if I ever see them physically naked. The idea, however, sometimes arouses me. I am ashamed of this. I am confused, but I simply try to ignore it entirely. As a Christian, I will not let it overcome me--simply, I will try to divert it. It is a confusing thing. I used to debate with people on BasilMarket (the popular MapleStory auction site, yes), specifically, some atheists and gay people on there, and about gay rights. With my experience, I'm not sure if I can relate to them. This is why, as Christian who has to deal with this, I believe that I am against gay rights. But this is another story. Back to the dream. This friend--I feel uncomfortable around him, but I felt no sexual undertones in the entire dream.
The above thing is very hard for me to say--I will not let me mind accept it.
The second dream is not even related to the first. I take karate, and one day, on the third floor of the complex where our training place is, after practice, everyone stepped outside onto the balcony. It was night, and it was raining. Our Sensei (teacher) came out, had a pair of papers, and began to narrate the description of a showing of a documentary of, or simply the Passion of the Christ. He spoke it like a professional narrator, which, of course, in real life, he is not.
I've had conflict about karate in general--there are some Buddhist undertones about it which I don't like. I just wonder if doing karate may be pleasing to God.
What do you think? I believe the puberty mood swings have come on as well--I felt depressed hours ago, and after karate practice, I feel ecstatic. Can someone interpret?
Sun, 05/29/2011 - 01:18
#2
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Sat, 06/04/2011 - 20:27
#3
lolol
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Tue, 06/07/2011 - 05:13
#4
ok i will try some
ok i will try some interpretation but i'm not an expert :p sometimes dreams mean what only you think they mean, or they don't mean anything at all.
The dream about your friend: Take a look at your life, lately has this friend been hanging out at your house, watching your tv, eating your food, borrowing your clothes? Maybe he is spending way too much time with you, but he doesn't know it's too much (he's asleep, so he's not aware) In your dream, he is in your personal space because he is leaning on you. Perhaps you need more space in real life. He's going to stay asleep until you say something, you know.
I am not sure if the dream has anything to do with gay issues, but I think no. It's probably a separate issue. If it has been on your mind lately then maybe you should think about it some more, but I think it is a separate issue from what was in this dream.
More complex: If the friend isn't behaving in real life like I described and you have no problem with him, then the dream is not about your friend, it is about what your friend symbolizes to you. Is he like an older or younger brother, does he remind you of yourself, or is he your exact opposite, or something like that? What is the first thing you think of when you think about your friend? I can't interpret further until I know, but maybe you can think about it yourself.
The dream about the karate: Sometimes (not all the time) when you dream you are in a building, the building is a visual representation of your brain. Like if you were walking around inside your brain. This time you dreamed you were outside on a balcony and it was night and raining... this might mean that something, an outside factor in your life, is making you gloomy. I am not sure if karate itself is making you gloomy, though. The building could mean anything, really. Is there something on the third floor of the complex, or does the number 3 mean anything to you? Or perhaps the building represents your normal life, and maybe you feel like something else is interfering with it. Puberty hormones, maybe. Usually inside a dojo there are rules and everything is pretty structured and disciplined. Maybe in your life (overall, not just karate) you are used to having everything arranged in a certain way, and maybe something is causing you to change your usual habits.
About your Sensai, my interpretation depends on whether or not you trust your Sensai. If you DO trust him, this is what your dream might mean: Your faith is very important to you and you are relying on it to help you through a difficult time in your life. Your Sensai is in the role of a teacher or mentor to you, this is like how you may see Christ as a teacher or mentor in your overall life. Sensai was holding a pair of papers, this is similar to Moses holding two sheets of the Ten Commandments. Then he started narrating in a very official manner, and not only that, but it was the story that is the most central to the Bible. The combination of a prominent teaching figure, the two papers, and the narrating of the Passion, together emphasize how important the role of faith has in guiding and stabilizing your life.
If you DON'T trust your Sensai, this is what your dream might mean: you need to quit church and become an atheist right away. You are tired of being preached at all the time. There may be two separate demands conflicting within you, and one of them is bothering you more than the other. Actually it might not be Christianity or karate. There could be an authority figure in your life, like a parent or teacher, who has expectations of you that you are not happy with.
Now I will stop talking about your dreams and talk about your concerns with karate in general. No dream interpretation in this next part.
I read about a lady, I can't remember her name, but she had a black belt in karate. Later on she became serious about her religion, and she quit karate because she wasn't comfortable with the overtones of Eastern religion associated with it. However, some women in her church approached her and asked her if she could teach them self defense. She did a lot of soul searching and talked it over with her pastor, and in the end, she decided to hold self defense classes, but just leave out the parts about meditating and all of that. Everyone was satisfied with this arrangement.
Now for you, it is up to you whether you want to continue with karate. I think you need to look deep within yourself and ask yourself what you can live with. Ask yourself, what is the endgame, and is it worth it to you?
Ok that's all I've got for you, bye, goodluck.
Thu, 03/20/2014 - 13:10
#5
This is disgusting. Think for yourself.
I'm sorry for the necro, but this made me furious.
Why should we care, about your homophobic beliefs? If you have trouble that's one thing, but don't blindly say that "your against gay rights". And by the way, the correct term is homosexual. Maybe if you could peer out of your ignorance for a minute, you could have easily found that out. So let's say for a minute, that the bible says that people of a different race shouldn't have the same rights as another. Would you follow that? Why should the homosexual be singled out?
"Oooh, they're DIFFERENT, herp derp! Let's take away their rights!"
In what modern society does THAT belief belong? Let me tell you. NONE.
Follow the link at the bottom of this post. You will see what people with a view like yours have done in the past.
Thu, 03/20/2014 - 13:30
#6
Heart of Valor.
Alright. Now I seriously believe that Malk spends every moment of his free time reading dead threads.
EDIT: Also Malkalack, don't you think you're stereotyping things a bit?
Thu, 03/20/2014 - 13:31
#7
@ Valorai
No. Read what he said. He literally told us he is against rights for the homosexual.
Thu, 03/20/2014 - 13:34
#8
Heart of Valor.
Is that a problem? We all know that it's not possible for everyone to get along and agree with everything. He's just stating his position on things.
I WOULD tell you not to bash his beliefs- but that's simply not possible. There will always be arguments, always going to be people trying to convince others that their way is correct.
Thu, 03/20/2014 - 13:39
#9
This... is different.
There is something profoundly terrible, about discriminating against your fellow man. Let's look at the history in the United States. Black people were treated terribly, owned as slaves and oppressed. Now, it is considered wrong to do such things, and rightly so.
But now, a new group is discriminated against. People think that they can discriminate against the homosexual, purely because of a book written thousands of years ago. Just because it always was, does not make it necessarily right. No book, no religion can give people the authority to discriminate against their fellow man.
Thu, 03/20/2014 - 13:44
#10
Why should we care, about
Why should we care, about your homophobic beliefs? If you have trouble that's one thing, but don't blindly say that "your against gay rights". And by the way, the correct term is homosexual. Maybe if you could peer out of your ignorance for a minute, you could have easily found that out. So let's say for a minute, that the bible says that people of a different race shouldn't have the same rights as another. Would you follow that? Why should the homosexual be singled out?
"Oooh, they're DIFFERENT, herp derp! Let's take away their rights!"
In what modern society does THAT belief belong? Let me tell you. NONE.
Follow the link at the bottom of this post. You will see what people with a view like yours have done in the past.
If this is not discriminating against your fellow man, I'm not quite sure what is.
People have different views on things, Malk.
Mon, 03/24/2014 - 08:21
#11
So, wait, back up,
So, wait, back up, Malkalack.
You necro'd this thread for the sole purpose of bashing someone who was simply stating a position, and not actually bashing anybody. (No, really- his post doesn't really condemn anyone! Look at it! No condemnation. Not a bit of anger. Just a stated opposition.) You proceeded to stereotype his (and my) entire side of the argument as a bunch of angry morons.
I think you're really taking the wrong approach. If you want to start a debate, start a debate calmly (and in a new thread) or you'll just look like an angry moron.
Now, my position on homosexuality. The Bible, in both Old and New Testaments, has stated that homosexuality is a sin.
The Bible has also proven itself a reliable source. In regards to prophecy this is even more so; recall that the Bible is actually a compilation of books, and each book of the Bible was written at a different time, some of them thousands of years behind the others. Those prophecies that were written in the Old Testament regarding Jesus Christ are incredibly detailed and written at least five hundred years earlier, when the world was very different from New Testament times (what with the Roman Empire and all that) and yet they were matched, exactly. (I'm dead serious. Look it up.)
Now, what does this mean? Obviously, if the Bible is 100% true, and the Bible states homosexuality is a sin, homosexuality is a sin. So how does a Christian interact with a homosexual? With hatred? By all means, no- Jesus himself said "But I tell you, love your enemies". Honestly, enough of that stereotype that "disagreement always means discrimination". It doesn't. The only opinion we're pushing here is that the act of homosexuality is wrong. Are we advocating that one's present rights in the U.S.A. change based on their status as a homosexual? I'm not.
Tue, 03/25/2014 - 12:31
#12
lol
I actually started answering the OP's questions and then noticed this was a necro.
Malks's second sentence ("Why should we care, about your homophobic beliefs?") kind of refutes itself. You shouldn't care, yet here you are, reviving a thread over 2 years old to passionately state your apathy.
Here is a helpful video.
As for your Karate dilemma, maybe you should try learning more about Buddhism.
If you're worried about it not being pleasing to God, go ask someone at your Church.
They would know best.