{"id":1376,"date":"2024-11-08T11:12:16","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T11:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/?p=1376"},"modified":"2024-11-08T11:13:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T11:13:50","slug":"meerkat-prompts-whacky-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/?p=1376","title":{"rendered":"Meerkat Prompts: Wacky Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Long-time followers of Meerkat Musings will know that I often write of some absolutely crazy dreams. My subconscious mind is a hive of activity, and that activity is often as wild and chaotic as any conscious thought! Here, I recount some of my brain&#8217;s most fascinating, strange, emotional and scary dreams!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Scary Dinosaur Dream<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-6.png 1024w, https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-6-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-6-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-6-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t remember this dream. I stumbled across a post about it via the Wayback Machine, so at some stage it happened, but to be fair, it was six years ago! From what I wrote, it seems I was at a Jurassic Park-type establishment, along with a team of demolishers, and at some point those demolishers decided the best to deal with old demolition charges was to <strong>set fire to them<\/strong>. Needless to say, they exploded, and woke something up. I ended up being chased by a t-rex, and hiding in a control room, constantly resetting the power to keep it out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve had other dinosaur dreams. One involved a bunch of raptors hunting me and my friends in an around what I think was a school. From memory, there was another where dinos were chasing me around an abandoned office block. As we proceed through this post, you&#8217;ll begin to notice that being hunted seems to be a pattern!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alien Encounters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-8.png 1024w, https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-8-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-8-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-8-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Whilst I am not especially interested in the Alien film franchise, the deadly xenomorphs have appeared in my dreams, more than once. In one dream, I was working with a team to hunt them on a space station or ship, but the entire time I was conscious of the fact that they were incredibly dangerous, and there was a deep sense of foreboding at every new, darkened corridor or chamber. I would go as far as to say this was an exciting dream, but a scary one as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve also had dreams that reference the classic Grey aliens, as mentioned in a great many abduction stories, and as seen in various films and TV shows. Sometimes I haven&#8217;t seen the aliens directly, but in the dream, i can sort of sense them, along with a deep feeling of unease. In one dream, they abducted my daughter! However, I was able to capture one of the aliens in the process, and promised that whatever they did to my child, I would do to their kin, several times over, until she was released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Recurring Dream<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a dream I haven&#8217;t had in a great many years. I remember it happening a lot as a cub, and I think this one was about my <strong>birth<\/strong>. In the dream, I was in a sort of tunnel, sort of serene and floating, and I remember a hand coming out of nowhere to grab me. This happened a couple of times before I was pulled into a light, at which point I would wake up, every single time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Emotional Dream<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some years ago, someone I knew via work &#8211; a customer actually &#8211; passed away. I heard this news on what would prove to be a particularly bad day, and some time later I had a dream where I was at a sort of seance, along with his widow. The spirit of this man entered me, and he shared a dance with his wife, and as the connection to his spirit weakened, she was asking about the importance of a particular number. I couldn&#8217;t tell her, as the link between her husband and myself had faltered, and she became very upset. As a result, <strong>I<\/strong> became upset, and I woke up with tears flowing down my face. It was among the most unusual of all my dreams, and definitely one of the most emotional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have certainly had other emotional dreams. Quite recently I had a dream involving my dear, amazing grandmother. In the dream, I hugged her, and would not let go for love or money. I had another dream where I was down the pub with my grandfather, sharing an experience that sadly, we never got to do in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Apocalyptic Dreams<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most vivid example of this would be a dream that started out in a very different manner. I had gathered with a bunch of old school friends at a pub near London&#8217;s Victoria Station, and after enjoying catching up, I left, and popped into a nearby church. Whilst in the church I looked at some kind of bowl or seal, and I moved something, seeing a sort of face bathed in a brilliant white light, which I briefly thought was the face of God. In the aftermath of this, I stepped outside the church, and into absolute chaos. It was like something out of the Apocalypse, and I couldn&#8217;t help but wonder if it was my fault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s more, a lot more, and I am left so beyond knowing what to make of it all. If anyone were to analyse my dreams in detail, they&#8217;d probably be horrified, and I can&#8217;t say I&#8217;d blame them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/meerkatmusings.co.uk\/?page_id=122\">Back to Meerkat Prompts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long-time followers of Meerkat Musings will know that I often write of some absolutely crazy dreams. 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