Sat 26 Apr 2008
This morning I woke up at 5:38 after a rousing Genghis Khan type dream.
What’s it mean? You tell me.
The dream wasn’t a long one. It started out before a battle. 
I was looking down into a small-ish valley, and the enemy was (apparently) on the other side of the valley on the hills there, even though I couldn’t see the enemy. My comrades and I made our way into the bottom of the valley and were looking up the other side. The other side was filled with trees (or something tree-like, I guess). So it was us, the trees, and then the apparent enemy. At that point, the enemy started up with their artillery. A couple of things to note at this point. This was apparently a battle in the 1200s or so. No guns or anything. And the “trees” were really, really thick.
In fact, it’s really a stretch for me to even call them trees. It was more like a wall. Amazingly enough, this wall looked incredibly like the back of my couch. When the bad stuff started coming in, I dove below the edge of the wall/couch so that the incoming projectiles were being blocked by the couch-type thingy. The projectiles were like pikes. They were round, straight sticks about an inch and half in diameter with a pointed end. Probably 6-8 feet long. 
They came flying in in large numbers. I was briefly reminded of the scene in Braveheart when the arrows come in and go through the guy’s shield and kill him. These pikes came flying in, killing people behind me that weren’t behind the wall (probably 3 feet high). So I was laying there. These pikes were coming in. When they would impact the “wall” they would go through it far enough to poke out the fabric on the backside (next to where I was laying) but didn’t actually come through and cut me.
Not a pleasant situation, and my future clearly wasn’t that bright.
This continued for a little while. We were very pinned down. At this point, I saw some hands reaching out over the wall above me. They were hold red flexible sacks (probably about a foot high) that were “pooched” out a little bit in the bottom, as though full of liquid. The sack said “OIL” on it in big white letters. My guess is that it was hot. The hands turned the sack over…
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and that’s when I woke up at 5:38 this morning.
It’s incredibly rare for me to have a dream. So rare that I decided to blog about this one. Let’s see. Background information from yesterday… Nothing exciting happened. Didn’t watch any war movies, don’t remember reading about anything like this. I have no idea where the thoughts came from.
Interesting thing, dreams.. Joseph, where are you?
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Very detailed… I did a little research. I could do more… the details mean that there are lots of hits for dream analysts to hit on…
War
To dream of a war, signifies disorder and chaos in your personal affairs. You also be experiencing some internal conflict or emotional struggle. You are feeling torn between aspects of yourself. Perhaps the dream may indicate that you are being overly aggressive or you are not being assertive enough.
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Battle
To be in or see a battle in your dream, suggests that you are overworked. You need to give yourself a break. There is a conflict between your rational thinking and your irrational impulses. Alternatively, it represents eroticism. You may be overly stimulated or you are trying to suppress your instinctual urges.
Valley
To dream that you are in a valley, symbolizes your need to be sheltered and protected. If you are entering a valley, then it is analogous to your issues of death and dying. The death may also mean an end to something in your life.
Trees
To see lush green trees in your dream, symbolizes new hopes, growth and desires. It also implies strength and stability. You are concentrating on your own self-development and individuation.
Bag
To see a bag in your dream, represents the responsibilities that you carry. If the bag is ripped or torn, then it indicates that you are carrying a lot of burden.
To dream of a bag full of junk, symbolizes that you are burdened with worries and problems; you have to find a way on unloading some of this load.
Oil
To see oil in your dream, suggests a need to have things run more smoothly. You may need to show more love and compassion in your life.
To see baby oil in your dream, indicates that you need to soothe the child within you. You need to release that child in you once in a while.
To see crude oil in your dream, signifies great wealth and riches. Alternatively, you need too socialize more.
Red
Red is an indication of raw energy, force, vigor, intense passion, aggression, power, courage and passion. The color red has deep emotional and spiritual connotations.
Red is also the color of danger, shame, sexual impulses and urges. Perhaps you need to stop and think about your actions
Hmmm…
Interesting. (and a lot more work than I expected anyone to do)
I’m not sure what I think of those explanations. I guess I can kinda see some of them, but, then again, I get that feeling when I read horoscopes or hear any sort of fortune teller: It’s easy to imagine that every person on the planet could relate to those as well. So, what does it mean for _me_ ? I guess the world will never know.