Filed under: Philosophy of the Person
Somebody, please interpret this dream for me. (Bear with the wrong grammar and syntax. I was typing blindly.)
The setting : LS
Main Building , time, way back in college (DLSU –
Manila , for those who don’t know)
I was in my commercial law class, suddenly the whole PNA (Pablo Nwhatchamacallit Auditorium) transformed to the LS Chapel. I was walking with somebody in the Chapel, and the slope of the floor was steep, probably 30 degrees. Marble floor, with chapel seats aligned neatly on the sides, revealing a spacious centre. When I reached the tabernacle, the chapel turned to be a trap and there was no way out. In the dream, I seemed allergic to the chapel (in reality, present time, I am somewhat allergic to The Manila Pavilion Chapel). Then, there was a man who stood beside me. Note the following conversation, in English and not in Filipino, for in the dream, it appeared like I was in a foreign country:
Man : This is a trap. See the door? That’s the way out of this trap.
Me and the man proceeded to the door, opened it and it revealed a winding staircase which did not lead up but down. Then, there was a Caucasian girl on the floor beneath where we were. She had a long sand-coloured hair, wore red sleeveless shirt, jeans, black boots, and carried a shoulder bag.
Man : See that girl? She’s entrapped. Don’t go downstairs. You’ll never find any way out.
Me : So, this supposed-to-be-exit to a trap leads to a more complicated trap, if I take the route of this winding staircase.
Man : Yes, so don’t take it. See these doors? These doors might seem closed, or might seem like merely architectural designs. But one of them is actually a door that leads to an exit.
Man raises hand, and the door referred to opened, revealing a rocking chair with a white veil on it. The rocking chair moved from right to left, as if it had legs. A jar appeared. In the jar was an image of Jesus Christ. His arm was extended in a hole in that jar. Man twisted the arm of Jesus, and a door within that door opened, leading to a garden where the grass is green and colorful clothes hung on a clothesline. When I stepped out, I noticed a concrete fence and that it was lined by empty bamboo bird cages.
Man : You’re all alone now. That leads to the exit. (Pointing to the fence.) Go figure.
I climbed the fence with the help of the bird cages. The top of the fence was reinforced with chicken wires and plastic net, on which, my pants were stuck. Then, there was an English soldier passing by the other side of the fence. I took a jump, and the soldier caught me. We accidentally kissed lips, but no malice.
Soldier : You’re supposed to go to a party. They’re waiting for you there. You know where it is, so go.
I walked and came to a party. The sumptuous food prepared for everyone was butter-flavoured popcorn on pyrex bowls, nothing more decent, nothing less.
Then I woke up.
