Last night in a partialy awake state after going to bed I saw a strange thing. It was peaceful. But strange. I saw three elephants submerged in beautiful azure blue sea water and they were swimming under water as if it were their natural element. They were seeming to enjoy the swim and were just as at home in that water as a Beluga whale would be. The whole scene was in a monochromatic blue colour. I have no idea if it means anything. I was not watching TV last night. Actually I was...my wife had been watching Jaws...but I was only listening and watching with one eye...but Jaws is about violent great white shark encounters. This was great blue elephants. Ha...I only mention it because I never remember the sporadic silly things...only the apparently spiritual...

I sometimes dream of being able to look through crystal clear blue water of a sea or an ocean as well. In those dreams I'm not in the water myself, but it's more like I'm looking at a threedimensional situation, which is down-scaled like a maquette (I used to play with scale toys a lot, and in games like Civilization or Sim City I also have something with the "scaled down in order to have a better overview"-thing). In gaming, you call such phenomenon a "God-view".

I don't know what your dream means (I haven't got a clue for somewhat similar dreams of my own either) but it may make a difference with situations in which you are using survival skills (like having to swim, or feeling with your feet if there is a seabed), it seems that it's a situation you know from a distance without being actually involved deeply in it. And which is about a subject which is not limited to your own situation but which you notice about others or elsewhere in the world as well.
The water could also have been troubled, but this is not the case, it's crystal clear. Which I think is a good sign (clear overview, insight?).
Something I don't understand but which is interesting as well, is that according to what waking life tells you, elephants don't belong underwater. Anyway it's better that they are elephants than crocodiles or other dangerous animals anyway.

So I don't pretend explaining your dreams, but these are the things I would focus my attention on if I would have dreamt this.

Greets Divinespark

Hi Maz,
The Lord has revealed elephants to me in visions as symbolic of persecution. ( I don't know why exactly, perhaps because they were used to trample christians, as lions were used to devour christians). I would consider the dreams which Joseph interpreted for the cup bearer and the bread maker...(signifying perhaps an amount of 3 days or perhaps three people). Why they were swimming, I'm not sure, except the Spirit of the Lord is comparable to the deep waters (The Spirit of the Lord hovered over the waters)....perhaps this is a revelation to you (a clarity, clear waters). It may be as well, that you have already been persecuted in some fashion, and the Spirit of the Lord would desire to minister to your wounds (because as you said, this was peaceful).
God bless you,
Kim

Elephants love the water and love to swim under water and do many times with only the trunk to gather air. They are gentle loving animals when treated well...but many have see a domestic elepahant go balistic towards his abusive capture. The water carries an elephant..that's one reason they love it...by reason their burden is heavy... So to submerge for a time is considered great joy.
I don't know what your dream means either...but l'm reminded of the water of the word and how it carries. And if you want to go all symbolic...Those who are spiritually heavy...being carried for a time.



Persecution? Maybe a two way door.. I see elephants as being persecuted as well.

This picture is almost identical to what I saw in my vision. Except the elephants were facing me and they were deeper under water. I never knew elephants would go into deep water. Interesting. In my vision they were using their trunks like a snorkle in waiting. They were too deep to extend to the surface, but the trunks of all three were extended and ready. Actually, they were more like a radar antenna...kind of swaying this way and that as f they were feeling for a thing. They had a gentle paddle kind of motion and were apparently enjoying the depth.

Someone said that the elephant represents persecution. If so, it tends to fit the profile of those things I have experienced in my dream and vision life of late. Perhaps a lattice work of expecting a squeeze play. Being deep in the water is all I can see as potential...it is perhaps coincidental I am going on a two week trip to Bonaire off the coast of Venezuela in a couple more weeks..it is a scuba trip for my step son and his wife...we were also supposed to scuba dive but we quit the course we were taking one weekend a month back because it was a little more challenging than we thought and the so called instructor (well experienced) was nothing more than a drunk. I still have to pick up my mask which is being fitted with a diopter lense so I can see better. We plan to go snorkelling instead, although I may yet take the course to qualify for scuba when I am on that island. I do not think that this eventuality played a part in my vision. I am amazed at the diversity of these visions one has. But they all tend in a direction in a spectrum of endeavor...as I said, lately it seems an early warning of portending hardships. I hope not. But the scripture I have been given to stay the course is Romans 8:28. I can abide in His rest.

Enjoy your R&R

That is so strange..... but when I look at that picture..... it is though I have seen it before myself!
Interesting that I went looking for a picture like this last night Larry after I read your post. But all I could
up with was 1 elephant swimming underwater like this. Those pictures were not familiar..... but like I said
this one just sends chills for some reason.... like I have seen them before, like I was there!

Yes... you have fun on your trip... and bring us some pics back of you swimming in the water!

Not sure?
In Christ,
Val
Messiahiscoming

funny...yes I had two dreams last week similar...except I was in the place of the
one in the water and came up...like a periscope looking at the beach...

it was beautiful to see the coastline from the ocean...then I wondered whose
shoulders I was sitting on...

the elephant is a beast of burden and a gentle giant. it is hunted down and
abused in captivity...

what comes to mind is to pray for Africa.

http://www.disciplestoday.org/joomla/image...in%20orange.JPG

http://www.clemetzoo.com/elephants/images/two_elephants.jpg

blessings,
signet

Last night in a partialy awake state after going to bed I saw a strange thing. It was peaceful. But strange. I saw three elephants submerged in beautiful azure blue sea water and they were swimming under water as if it were their natural element. They were seeming to enjoy the swim and were just as at home in that water as a Beluga whale would be. The whole scene was in a monochromatic blue colour. I have no idea if it means anything. I was not watching TV last night. Actually I was...my wife had been watching Jaws...but I was only listening and watching with one eye...but Jaws is about violent great white shark encounters. This was great blue elephants. Ha...I only mention it because I never remember the sporadic silly things...only the apparently spiritual...



Blessings to you, Maz :

First, to understand the message, you must understand the keycode:

e l e p h a n t

The elephant is the representation of your (Maz) foundations, covenants,
vows and contracts.

Several archetypes link with the, `elephant`:

* Tribe of Joseph ( meaning ' Jehovah has added ' + foundation ' laughter ',
this would link to your Romans 8:28, due to the parallel's of ' Jehovah
has added ' and . . .

28And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,[a] who[b] have been called according to his purpose. )


* Leonardo da Vinci
* Freud
* Darwin
* gardenia
* orchid

The entire unconscious mind.

Elephant is symbolic of the virtue : `independence`
and vice `idleness`



(quote, from Maz)
Interesting. In my vision they were using their trunks like a snorkle in waiting. They were too deep to extend to the surface, but the trunks of all three were extended and ready. Actually, they were more like a radar antenna...kind of swaying this way and that as f they were feeling for a thing. They had a gentle paddle kind of motion and were apparently enjoying the depth.


They represent the collective viewpoint of the three aspects of Maz:
personality, soul and spirit

You are a mirror of what you saw these three elephants doing with the
radar ( trunks ).

You (Maz) are apparently enjoying the depth, yourself.




Maz, if I had this opportunity, I would not miss these petroglyphs :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonaire
Original Inhabitants
Bonaire's first inhabitants were the Caquetios Indians, a branch of the Arawak who, around 1000 AD, sailed from what is now Venezuela. Traces of Caquetio culture are at a number of archaeological sites, including those at Lac Bay and northeast of Kralendijk. Rock paintings and petroglyphs have survived at the caves at Spelonk, Onima, Ceru Pungi, and Ceru Crita-Cabai. The Caquetios were apparently a very tall people, for the Spanish dubbed the Leeward Islands 'las Islas de los Gigantes' (the islands of the giants).


Maz :



The blue is symbolic of your (Maz) intellectual mind, the water of emotions

and pillar/principles of religion, self-reflections ( mirror )



The three blue elephants are concerning the a,b,c . . .process, `you`

are observing in your everyday life. Such as viewing life as a formula of

a,b,c and/or 1,2,3 . . . to observe/reflect, before you decide ( discernment ).



The three blue elephants are suggesting the basic 101 principles of your

(Maz) foundations, beliefs, your personal `pillars` of beliefs.



A great dream, of ' It was peaceful ' . . .

Maz, as I believed, the dreams are connected. The LORD is showing you a picture of you, being totally commited to HIM. Again the three elephants represent the FATHER, the SON and the HOLY SPIRIT. This scripture came to my mind immediately when I read this.

John 7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

The horse in scripture symbolizes extreme power.

God would not allow Israel to keep horses because they were too powerful
for an immature nation.

Elephants likewise symbolize extreme spiritual power, ( sea-horses...sea-elephants),
extreme spiritual power from Africa.