*~ How do I dream of the ways of different cultures that I have never been a part of
Last night I had another one of my dreams in which I visit and live the life of someone from another culture. This time I was an east indian woman, from a long time ago and I was wearing a turquoise sari. It was ever beautiful and I was around the age of 15. My hair was long and black and I was adorned with no jewelry, and around me were many other east indian women of different ages. Some women were younger than me, and other women were much much older. Every woman was surrounding the quilt, sitting on the floor, and adding a symbol to the quilt and sewing it into the blanket to tell the story of our family line. I was preparing the symbol in the middle, because I was going to have an arranged marriage in the next year and I had to add the harmony of one family to the other and put a symbol from the other family into the quilt. There were also men in the next room over and they were cheering me on. They were singing prayers about how beautiful, chaste, good, and loyal of a woman I was and how I was going to bring the families together. I finished sewing the middle symbol onto the quilt and everyone was overjoyed. I looked at the symbol on the quilt and it was a janist symbol. It was so strange so I woke up and looked up a bunch of things and this is what it said..
Jainism is one of the oldest religions of world. It believes in a universe without beginning, without end and without creator. Rishabhdev, the first Tirthankar, is mentioned in Rig Veda, the oldest scripture of Hinduism believed to be at least 5000 years old. The last of the 24 Tirthankars of this cycle of time was Lord Mahavira. Jainism became prominent religion in India at the time of Mahavira , who was born in about 599 B.C. in the town of Vyshali , (in the present day Bihar ) in a royal family
here is what symbol I sewed onto the quilt
It basically means to follow the path of peace
and I found this information about east indian quilt making: The richness and diversity of Indian quiltmaking deserves a prominent place among the remarkable achievements of Indian handcrafted textiles. Primarily made for personal use, quilts tell the story of women and saints, families and famine, worship and war; the quilts of India inspire an intimate context for examining the indigenous roots of culture, history and religion. Although great scholars such as Stella Kramrisch and A. K. Coomaraswamy note this ‘utilitarian’ textile, it demands a more extensive investigation to document the origins, symbols and influences of this important art form. Whether made for use as a quilt in the home, as armor against the arrows of war or to signify religious asceticism, quilts are an essential element in the long history of Indian textiles.
so strange.. I have no idea where these " past life" type dreams come from, but I must say they are all very interesting
Jainism is one of the oldest religions of world. It believes in a universe without beginning, without end and without creator. Rishabhdev, the first Tirthankar, is mentioned in Rig Veda, the oldest scripture of Hinduism believed to be at least 5000 years old. The last of the 24 Tirthankars of this cycle of time was Lord Mahavira. Jainism became prominent religion in India at the time of Mahavira , who was born in about 599 B.C. in the town of Vyshali , (in the present day Bihar ) in a royal family
here is what symbol I sewed onto the quilt
It basically means to follow the path of peace
and I found this information about east indian quilt making: The richness and diversity of Indian quiltmaking deserves a prominent place among the remarkable achievements of Indian handcrafted textiles. Primarily made for personal use, quilts tell the story of women and saints, families and famine, worship and war; the quilts of India inspire an intimate context for examining the indigenous roots of culture, history and religion. Although great scholars such as Stella Kramrisch and A. K. Coomaraswamy note this ‘utilitarian’ textile, it demands a more extensive investigation to document the origins, symbols and influences of this important art form. Whether made for use as a quilt in the home, as armor against the arrows of war or to signify religious asceticism, quilts are an essential element in the long history of Indian textiles.
so strange.. I have no idea where these " past life" type dreams come from, but I must say they are all very interesting