Didi....!

I think, but I can’t explain what is a thought...

I see dreams and wonder of what is and of what is not...

We’ve heard it so often that dreams are products of our subconscious. Be it whatever, dreams undoubtedly add a great deal to the mystery of life. And I have absolutely no idea about the purpose and meaning of dreams. Considering my present state of realization, all I know is that dreams are a part of reality-that’s it. The phenomenon of dreams is way beyond my grasp. Although it is indeed something that leaves me intrigued and puzzled when I wake up, but then the routine takes over and the curiosity fades along with the dream.

However there are few dreams which have left a lasting impression on me and are dearly special. They have touched me in amazingly inexplicable ways...!

One such dream I just saw, some 4-5 days back and I am completely touched by it, so much that the feeling is still intact.

Just to ensure that I never forget it, I feel it’s better to freeze it in words.

So, here I go...

[Note: The dreams that I intend to talk about in this post are the ones we see while sleeping (I wonder who sleeps then? I feel, it’s the chattering part of the mind...?...).]

The dream

I was walking on a pavement, when I spotted a black Labrador lying at a distance and perhaps, as far as I remember, I was out in search of Eskimo (our pet, who was also a black Labrador).

Having spotted a black Labrador, my heart pounded and I became alert in anticipation of the feeling I would experience on identifying Eskimo. I so wished, that this dog be Eskimo and the closer I was getting to him, the keener I was becoming to find ‘my Eskimo’ in him. And you won’t believe, that as I was just about 5 feet away from this being, with a feeling of both hope and fear in equal measure...hope- that this is my Eskimo and fear -of getting mistaken, I witnessed something so bizarrely beautiful that the moment froze then and there. It was when I heard Eskimo calling out for me...

The magic of the moment was that he called me-------------->“Didi...............!” Yes, he did...!It was a breathtaking moment-completely ethereal that in a flash second all my fear vanished and the feeling of uniting with him engulfed the moment-making it absolutely perfect! God!-he spoke...literally!-It was irresistibly endearing!

This dream left me with two thoughts:-

1. May be this was Eskimo’s way of telling me that he still thinks of me and loves me beyond measure-He couldn’t have expressed that any better!

Or

Perhaps it was a deep-rooted longing that surfaced in my dream. But then the question is, 'what is a dream?'. And I don’t want to delve into that because it was a beautiful dream and the wise say that each and every form of TRUTH is beautiful which I like to believe.

2. I somehow feel, there was a hidden message in this dream or you may take it as my interpretation of the dream and that is- Each one of us is busy in finding something or the other –may be what we don’t realize is that whatever we are searching for is also searching for us...

I am inquisitively touched...!