Last night, I had a dream. It was a recurring dream that I have every once in a while. All of the dreams go something like this:
I’m back in high school or college and I’m walking around campus, looking for my classes. I can’t figure out which classes I have when and where. I look through my planner, but the information is not in there. It’s because the planner is current, and the classes are in the past. So, the whole time I’m worrying because I can’t find my class and I keep forgetting about it. I’m afraid I’m going to miss all of the assignments and end up failing.
The funny thing is, in a lot of these dreams, I tell someone, “You know, I have dreams about this all the time.” Maybe that’s the conscious part of me recognizing that I’m having the same dream again.
So, what do these dreams mean? I looked at an online dream interpreter and got the following results:
“To dream that you are late suggests apprehension for change in your life. It also indicates your ambivalence about conquering opportunities in real life situations. To dream that you are tardy projects your feelings of unworthiness. It also means you get a sense that people do not support you for the endeavor; perhaps they do not see that you are mature enough to handle the problem. Moreover, you may be overwhelmed or hesitant about certain choices you should make that will affect your future.”
“To dream that you are in school indicates that you sill harbour unsettled feelings and emotions about your youth. You may feel insufficient and unable to perform a task to the best of your ability. You may be experiencing some sort of divine revelation. ”
Is this accurate? I don’t know. Do I believe in online dream interpretations? Eh, not really. My parents gave me a dream interpretation book once because I had such vivid dreams and thought they were really interesting. But, I’m not really sure if all dreams have meanings, and how accurate interpretations are.
This kind of falls in the same area as psychics. I think a lot of psychics can say things that people can relate to, but it doesn’t mean that they can actually predict the future. Like fortune cookies. “You will experience stress in your life.” Who doesn’t? “You will see someone very close to you soon.” Who doesn’t see someone close to them every so often? So, to this particular dream interpretation, I say, Who isn’t apprehensive about a change in their life? Who doesn’t harbor unsettled feelings about their youth?
At the same time, however, I do believe that some are blessed with particular gifts.
Doctrine and Covenants, Section 46, Verses 11-26
11 For all have not every gift given unto them; for there are many gifts, and to every man is given a gift by the Spirit of God.
12 To some is given one, and to some is given another, that all may be profited thereby.
13 To some it is given by the Holy Ghost to know that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and that he was crucified for the sins of the world.
14 To others it is given to believe on their words, that they also might have eternal life if they continue faithful.
15 And again, to some it is given by the Holy Ghost to know the differences of administration, as it will be pleasing unto the same Lord, according as the Lord will, suiting his mercies according to the conditions of the children of men.
16 And again, it is given by the Holy Ghost to some to know the diversities of operations, whether they be of God, that the manifestations of the Spirit may be given to every man to profit withal.
17 And again, verily I say unto you, to some is given, by the Spirit of God, the word of wisdom.
18 To another is given the word of knowledge, that all may be taught to be wise and to have knowledge.
19 And again, to some it is given to have faith to be healed;
20 And to others it is given to have faith to heal.
21 And again, to some is given the working of miracles;
22 And to others it is given to prophesy;
23 And to others the discerning of spirits.
24 And again, it is given to some to speak with tongues;
25 And to another is given the interpretation of tongues.
26 And all these gifts come from God, for the benefit of the children of God.
We know that some people have the gift of being able to prophesy. And, although it is not listed here, the gift of interpreting dreams is also real (think Daniel and King Nebuchadnezzar).
So, what do you think? How do you interpret this?