Dream Thoughts

I'm not a big "dream interpretation" kind of person. My general theory is that dreams are the brain's attempt to work through the experiences you don't, can't, or won't address during your waking hours. Some are just garbage and some can seem amazingly relevant. Either way, it's your brain and your "Stuff" it's rifling through, so at least occasionally the "messages" from your dreams are going to be (or seem) important.

The other day, had a dream where I was being reprimanded by someone with religious authority who was holding a Bible over his head as he took me down a couple of notches. My response was one that only comes from the clarity of a dream where your ego is turned off and the inspiration can flow evenly. As soon as I had finished the thought, I bolted up out of bed, and scuffled into the other room, and wrote this down:

The weight of the responsibility for truly knowing God's loving forgivenes is great.

I wonder, as you hold that Bible over your head as if to beat someone down with it, how you do not feel the heavy wisdom of God's forgiving love within its pages for it is there if only you would listen and accept it... And yet obviously you do not.

I have no idea why this came to me the way it did. When I try to compose things like this, they always come out too wordy. I've even (in my more pretentious moments) tried to write in parables, only to be left with lots of words and little wisdom on the written page. I'm much better with the quick, one-off metaphor.

Does this really mean anything?