{"id":385,"date":"2024-11-04T12:27:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T12:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mylisteningheart.org\/?post_type=episode_posts&p=385"},"modified":"2025-01-06T14:42:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T14:42:42","slug":"episode-9-dream-now-get-to-know-yourself","status":"publish","type":"episode_posts","link":"https:\/\/mylisteningheart.org\/?episode_posts=episode-9-dream-now-get-to-know-yourself","title":{"rendered":"Episode 9: Dream – “Now Get To Know Yourself”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dream – Now Get To Know Yourself\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

I am in the wooden-paneled compartment of a train, one that carried six passengers, three on either side.\u00a0 It\u2019s not a sleeper, no upper bunks.\u00a0 It\u2019s an old Italian train, and the countryside is flashing past the window.\u00a0 It feels like summer.<\/p>\n

I am on one side, seated at the door.\u00a0 To open, it would need to slide back towards my seat.\u00a0 Ronald is seated diagonally across from me, at the window.\u00a0 He is reading a newspaper.\u00a0 Figaro?\u00a0 <\/em>Perhaps.\u00a0 We are alone and the door is closed.<\/p>\n

My feelings, as I sit here on the edge of my seat, are indescribable!\u00a0 But I will try to put them into words.\u00a0 I am so excited I can hardly contain this feeling of anticipation…\u00a0 I am wriggling, sitting on my hands.\u00a0 I cannot concentrate on anything other than this waiting.\u00a0 I sigh loudly and Ronald glances up from his paper, looking at me from behind his horn-rimmed glasses.<\/p>\n

\u201cBe patient\u201d says the look, or maybe he says the words… and then he says, \u201cHe will come\u201d.<\/p>\n

It feels as though I am waiting for my lover.\u00a0 That impossible feeling; when time is excruciatingly slow and the minute hand does not move.\u00a0 Yet we are moving quickly through the countryside which looks like the Tuscany.?\u00a0 I am breathless.<\/p>\n

All of a sudden, the sliding door starts to open towards me and a person enters and faces me, looking down at me looking up at him.\u00a0 I see the long black cape or cloak,\u00a0 like a conductor\u2019s, and notice the dark hair taken back in a short pony tail.\u00a0 The profile is strong; a swarthy handsome face, with a high forehead and striking eyes. A mixture of Al Pacino and Ronald!<\/p>\n

And then he leans forward and is on me and over me, like a layer, melting into me.<\/p>\n

The feeling is like being wrapped in a warm, sensual cloak.\u00a0 It feels familiar.\u00a0 We are merging together like thick liquid, every part of our beings.\u00a0 Except my face.\u00a0 My face and head are still separate from him.\u00a0 His face and head seem to be behind and over my left shoulder.\u00a0 The rest of \u2018him\u2019 has melted onto, into my very being.<\/p>\n

My face, however, is still turned to Ronald seated across from me \u2013-now us \u2013\u00a0 quietly witnessing this extraordinary alchemical event.\u00a0 I can feel my eyes seeking out his.\u00a0 Slowly, he puts down his newspaper, folds it and gets up.\u00a0 As he steps past me, he pauses and looks long and deeply penetrating into my eyes.<\/p>\n

\u201cTake your time\u201d he says very slowly, with gravitas.\u00a0 \u201cNow… Get to know Your Self\u201d<\/p>\n

And he steps out into the corridor and gently slides the door closed behind him.<\/p>\n

***<\/em><\/p>\n

I believe this powerful dream took place in August 2005, back in Thonon les Bains after I returned from a two week visit to Russia, having met up with Ronald in Moscow.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An extraordinary dream, which is multi-layered… and took several subsequent experiences for me to begin to understand its messages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":386,"template":"","categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-385","episode_posts","type-episode_posts","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-part-2-music-and-my-soul"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mylisteningheart.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/episode_posts\/385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mylisteningheart.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/episode_posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mylisteningheart.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/episode_posts"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mylisteningheart.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mylisteningheart.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mylisteningheart.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mylisteningheart.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}