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Why do we dream of killing other people: what do they mean and why do we need to remember them ?
Dreams are a gift of reconciliation. It helps us heal our spirit and understand our present situation. Dreams help us reconcile our broken spirits and relationships. Let me explain that. Back in college or even in HS, we learned this:
As you see, only ten percent (or maybe less)
of who we really are got into surface.
The good, the bad, the ugly and the not so ugly memories are stored; while others are forcefully
of who we really are got into surface. The good, the bad, the ugly and the not so ugly memories are stored; while others are forcefully
forced down there because they’re unpleasant.
Now, our whole being could not stand being divided or dissected. It struggles to make us whole again. It struggles to be reconciled with itself. We may deny a sexual desire for a certain person, for instance. But since our 'education', or our custom brand it as something 'improper', we push them down to the subconscious and we either tell ourselves, it's dirty or improper, and therefore, you should not want it. BUT, our spirit knows, you badly desire it. What happened is an internal complication which results in several neuroses.
Now, our internal doctor will attempt to fix it. So, it will look for a way to reconcile our fragmented self. That's where our dream comes in and does what it was designed for. It will show us the reality, but it will attempt to prevent us from waking up. See? Our dream was designed to keep us sleeping while showing us things we don't want to accept.
Let's say, you dreamed of killing someone. That someone has no face, or the identity of that person shifts from your friend to your enemy or a person you don't really care. Why is this so? Your dream wants you to accept the fact that you are angry, but it attempts to hide real identity of that person lest your feeling of anger would surge up and eventually wake you up. So, you understand now why you're choking to death a friend or insignificant person in your dream. It's your job, when you wake up to trace who would be that person that you intend to kill ( which could be yourself too ). Your dream wants you to accept that feeling. No, I am not saying that you need to really kill that person in real life. On the contrary, what our dream tells us is that it's okey to get angry and you don't need to deny that. It wants you to own that anger and do something positive about it.
Just as dream is a gift from God, so is anger. Jesus got angry. Gandhi got angry, so did the saints and our parents. God placed it there to protect us from injustice. To get angry at the injustice is not a sin, it is even a duty. So, next time you would feel angry, accept the fact that you're angry, and then choose a Christian response to it.
Now, our internal doctor will attempt to fix it. So, it will look for a way to reconcile our fragmented self. That's where our dream comes in and does what it was designed for. It will show us the reality, but it will attempt to prevent us from waking up. See? Our dream was designed to keep us sleeping while showing us things we don't want to accept.
Let's say, you dreamed of killing someone. That someone has no face, or the identity of that person shifts from your friend to your enemy or a person you don't really care. Why is this so? Your dream wants you to accept the fact that you are angry, but it attempts to hide real identity of that person lest your feeling of anger would surge up and eventually wake you up. So, you understand now why you're choking to death a friend or insignificant person in your dream. It's your job, when you wake up to trace who would be that person that you intend to kill ( which could be yourself too ). Your dream wants you to accept that feeling. No, I am not saying that you need to really kill that person in real life. On the contrary, what our dream tells us is that it's okey to get angry and you don't need to deny that. It wants you to own that anger and do something positive about it.
Just as dream is a gift from God, so is anger. Jesus got angry. Gandhi got angry, so did the saints and our parents. God placed it there to protect us from injustice. To get angry at the injustice is not a sin, it is even a duty. So, next time you would feel angry, accept the fact that you're angry, and then choose a Christian response to it.
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I completrly agree. God peace should be the answer. In my dream though, I felt the spirit telling me it was me killing my sin of sexual immorality by God's word. I remember it being me and a another person in bed, not really doing anything and we were fully clothed, but we shouldn't have been in bed together. I remember being next to him and reaching behind my back, pulling out a knife and slicing his throat. And proclaiming in Jesus's name, "No longer will I sin with you." and the body disappeared instantly. I thinkcof Hebrews 4:12 Where it says the word of God is like a double-edged sword, living and active, piercing through bone and marrow. And its a testimony because, for a while I struggled with porn (watched all types of porn...it was terrible.) But after this dream, I felt the Lord truly delivered me. So praise God!
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