Jul 18, 2006 18:23
Makyo, The Dream of Enlightenment
or
If You See The Buddha on The Road Slay Him.
Last Night I had a nightmare about my Mom. In the dream, I am in my first bedroom that I shared with my brother that later became my sisters room. I am facing my mother with a window on my left. I am facing south. My Mom is showing me all of these priceless crystal statues of Buddha in various poses. She drops the Buddhas and reaches for a handmade vase (made by me)that appears to be falling. Unfortunately my Mother cannot save the Vase, and everything breaks the statues and the vase. My Mom turns away and begins to say," that was a a priceless . . . My Mom turns her head bites her lip and tries to hide the fact that she is crying. I say, Ooh Mom, its okay. (Neither of us could care less about the Buddha statues.) Seeing my Mom upset caused me so much pain I woke up suddenly. I was in actual physical pain and I felt numbness in my arm. The pain in my arm seems to have triggered the pain in the dream.
Interpretation: The Dropping Of Buddhas; Love of others is more important than enlightenment.
My Mom actually called me while I was typing this up! I told her about the dream. She then related a story of me when I was 22 months old. I was reaching up to the very ledge with the vase in my dream. I grabbed a real vase and it fell to the floor. I cut my finger pretty badly on it. My Mom brought me to the hospital and they stitched it up. I still have the scar. It forms the letter F on my middle finger. I have no conscious remembrance of these events.
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