Turtle

"Imagine that the whole earth was covered with water, and a man was to throw a yoke with a hole in it into the water. Blown by the wind, that yoke would drift north, south, east and west. Now, suppose that once in hundred years a blind turtle would rise to the surface. What do you think? Would that turtle put his head through the hole in the yoke as he rose to the surface once in a hundred years?"

"It is unlikely Lord."

"Well, it is just as unlikely that one will be born as a human being; it is just unlikely that a Tathagata, a Noble One, a fully enlightened Buddha should arise in the world; and it is just as unlikely that the Dhamma and discipline of the Tathagata should be taught. But now you have been born as a human being, a Tathagata has arisen and the Dhamma has been taught. Therefore, strive to realize the Four Noble Truths."

Friday, December 23, 2011

House No 62

I've had some strange dreams in the past 3 days, which gave me the feeling that I want to continue with the dream when I wake up, but this feeling could also be caused by my desire to continue sleeping due to lack of sleep..

Dream on House No 62Anyway, I'll start with today's dream on house no 62. It's a pretty long dream, starting from myself and another roommate, I suspect it's BL, who used to be my roommate, in a dark room. It has black floor, but smooth, not coarse, two beds on each side of the room, not well lited, and the room is comfortably spacious too, like our 1st college room, block E. It's overall can be described as a not-so-well lighted room but with reasonable space as a room in a student hostel. Somehow we had to find bath rooms, because the one at our floor kind of malfunction, the water from the next room splash into the next one, from what I still remember vaguely from the dream, so I was already undressed, I just put on a towel and went to some sort of library, which others were of course surprised to see me in towel looking for bathroom. Thinking back now, it's kind of embarassing too.. but in my dream, I think I was frustrated with malfunctioning bathrooms and didn't care. I told them it's because of bathroom which didn't work that I'm there.. and they led me to functioning bathroom, but it was very cramped, the walls were of rough cement..

The next thing I remember, I went on I think a tuk tuk? with AT if I still remember correctly, to scout for alternative places to stay. We arrived at a road with semi-Ds / bungalow type of houses, very peaceful and nice looking houses, and the driver dropped us in front of house No 62. I asked AT, which house are we visiting, she said "62", same as the number on her bag (big print of "62" in blue, on beige canvas bag). We entered, and we have to take off our shoes. The house is mostly white in colour, and is really a huge and clean mansion. There are green grass outside, some potted plants, and I think I also saw a pet lizard and pet tortoise, plus one other exotic animal which I can't remember what it is. Once inside the building, we see a few groups of people in discussion or chatting.. and there are two staircases on left and right leading upstairs. I told AT, it's weird, these people just allow outsiders to come in and they do not ask us anything? We went up, and the rooms were simply gorgeous, all doors were opened so we can see the interior of each room, beautifully decorated, and I could only remember the distinct part of each room is that all have 2 white chairs, which must have been standard furniture for each room.. and the rest of it, too beautiful for me to see what is the standard furniture and what is personal. Somehow we lie down on a couch.. and then some people came up, bringing their pets too, and there's a man who has a furry dog (grey and white), who asked his dog to "gently bite" people, actually by the dog or the person kissing the dog and I guess the dog would playfully bite the other person's tongue or whatever, and he asked me to try the bite.. and I said no, as I can't bring myself to kiss doggies.. That's all I remember..

I kept thinking about this dream about house no 62 and trying to see what it's implying, here's my deduction, which obviously my perception and thinking has been affected by my current absorption with Buddhism..
- Why people did not question who we were, and did not welcome us either? But they were all peaceful looking. I think cause it's something like the ehipassiko, come and see. They are like the sangha, a peaceful community in a harmonious dwelling. They do not need to question our presence, because they do not fear outsiders, and they welcome all. However, they do not purposely welcome because there is no need for them to promote or to introduce, it's up to the outsiders to see what's there
- Why I felt fear.. well, cause there is still fear in me..
- The difference about house no 62 and the earlier part of my dream, is like 2 dwellings, one is bright, one is dark, which one should I choose, how come I was staying in the dark one, and now that I have a chance to see the bright one, I am mesmerized by it and at the same time I am doubtful of why it could exist in such a beautiful way
- I still have the thoughts that I am entitled to something, clearly depicted with my reaction to the malfunctioning bathroom, and my disrespect to others when I was trying to find another bathroom just in towel! And also wrong speech as I angrily told people the bathroom is not functioning, and using that to justify my wrong behaviour.. and all the wrong actions / thoughts come from where? Me..

Dream on my own houseYesterday, I had a dream that my uncle's house was moved brick by brick to my house as they renovated or moved into another house. This cause my house to have more compartments, more rooms, and it also has a smaller living room with a four seated swing (brown colour cushions), and I think the house is rotating? overlooking the bright scery outside which keeps rotating. It also has a room like, KT's room, downstairs, with bookshelves of some books which I would have loved to read but I can't remember what they are now. I was also mesmerized by the beauty of my own home, I had the feeling that, wow, I did not realized my own house has so many things which I do not know of! And I went to take my camera, trying to take pictures of them. I remember trying to take pictures of the rotating view, but the camera wasn't functioning well.

Dream on my school busThis is a dream I had the day before yesterday. Actually I can't remember much of it, other than the fact that I got on a wrong bus (Uncle's bus) when we were supposed to change bus, and I thought I was late but I was still on time. Then I got on the correct bus (M's bus, and M has sent me to school since I was 7).. He dropped me at my house, at 9 am sharp, and right after I got off the bus, my alarm clock rang. Right on time because I knew that my adventures in the dream has ended and I was going home, so I got sent home and woken up to return to my life at home

~ttg @ Realized Tranquility of the Heart~
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