In Reply to: I had a vision as I went to sleep the other night. sm posted by Frankie on June 22, 2008 at 18:10:50:
: You know, those lightning-fast images that flash before your eyes as you are entering the realm of the subconscious. Anyway, I saw 7 firemen (not really calendar types) entering our department at work. They had obviously been fighting a fire, and now they were ready for a break. They still had on their firefighting equipment, but it was unbuttoned and loosened, ready for their break. They even were filing into the break room.
: I had to look this one up when I woke up the next day. I did not remember it at first, but remembered it as the day wore on at work the next day. According to the dream books, seeing firemen in a dream (and in a vision, I presume, since these are still images from the subconscious), means purification. I believe the time of purification is over, and it is time to reflect on what has happened, learning for the experiences.
: At our hospital, the pressure has not stopped. We are 1 hospital serving a 2 hospital community, and the dictation we are receiving is phenomenal. I really don't have time to relax right now, but I have had time to reflect in the times when I am driving between work and like today as I mowed the grass and washed the dishes. Other than that, it is just typing, and what time you are not typing, you are hoping to get a little rest. (I sure wish some of those that I had lined up to take OP reports had sent us a contract. They would be real busy right now.)
: "Firemen" are your higher self in a time of purification. It is also interesting that there were 7 of them. Seven is a perfect number, the number of spiritual perfection (note "perfection" in Scripture means "whole." It does not mean "perfect" as we think perfect should mean.) It is the fire (trials of life) that purify our existence and help us towards the goals of this incarnation, more so than any other experiences in this life. I have seen myself at my worst, and I wonder how people put up with me, and I am trying to seek out the way to handle life successfully so that I live peacefully with others around me. That is a hard one for me. It always seems that it is me against the world. Coming down from this "victim" mindset is not easy, but it is the cause I have taken up. I make a lot of mistakes in facing this one, and it seems I always fail to properly second guess where the next trial will manifest itself. I subsequently fall flat on my face, not seeing the "spiritual banana peel" before me.
: I suppose all we can do is work at it, and take the failings for what they are worth, and that is experience with dealing with and learning to get along with our fellows with grace and understanding--such a hard thing to do sometimes!
: May thanks to Hecate for being there for me--in spite of it all.