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(I dreamed I got a job at an amusement park. I was well liked by the Chinese management so they asked me what I wanted. I told them I wanted to answer the phones from a hammock. So I worked from a hammock hanging high in the air by some wires. I had an easy job. Then another woman was hired and she got to work from a metal pod hanging for a wire. Everytime the wind would blow, I would have to hang on for dear life because I would almost fall from my hammock.
When I was back on the ground, a parent of a child asked me what my job was like because the child was curious. I couldn't communicate very well. My speech was garbled. I had gum stuck in my mouth. I kept pulling out peices of gum out of my mouth. Finally I blurted out clearly, that the wind just about flips me over.)
(I dreamed I got a job at an amusement park. I was well liked by the Chinese management so they asked me what I wanted. I told them I wanted to answer the phones from a hammock. So I worked from a hammock hanging high in the air by some wires. I had an easy job. Then another woman was hired and she got to work from a metal pod hanging for a wire. Everytime the wind would blow, I would have to hang on for dear life because I would almost fall from my hammock.
When I was back on the ground, a parent of a child asked me what my job was like because the child was curious. I couldn't communicate very well. My speech was garbled. I had gum stuck in my mouth. I kept pulling out peices of gum out of my mouth. Finally I blurted out clearly, that the wind just about flips me over.)
I did not over eat. I am on a strict diet and lost 11 pounds. Chinese food is forbidden on my diet. I have not eaten any Chinese food for 6 months or more, and I don't even like it.
The amusement park job represents the job I currently have. I am well liked. I have an easy job compared to past jobs. However, being high in the air, reprsents feeling invulnerable and above the problems of the rest of the world. When the wind would blow, which represents problems in life, I would imediately feel overwhelmed, and have to hang on for dear life. I realize this, and bring myself back to earth, forcing myself be more grounded, more practical. The single woman in the pod with her baby protected by the wind represent that I see people who live in a more difficult situation than I being more prepared for life's problems than I. The inability to communicate clearly represents my frustration of others who don't understand me and who don't take me seriously when I feel something important needs to be communicated. The Chinese mgmt represent honest employers or at least honorable ones who are fair to their employees.
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I was then at a huge Chinese feast. There were several long tables filled with food. There were vegetables, rice, fish, pork, and beef. The Chinese were especially fond of fish. I was the only person there not Chinese. I had the feeling in the dream that the feast was for me as well and the Chinese wouldn't object to me joining them. The Chinese had worked hard and were enjoying their end of the work day feast. Since I was not Chinese and only a humble servant, I wondered if I should eat with them or not. Was this just for Chinese people? Should I wait around to see if there was a seperate feast for white people? I got this feeling, this awareness, that there were no white people worthy of this feast for the oppressed put together by GOD, I was the only white person who qualified to enjoy this feast and I was free to eat as much as I liked
I was then at a huge Chinese feast. There were several long tables filled with food. There were vegetables, rice, fish, pork, and beef. The Chinese were especially fond of fish. I was the only person there not Chinese. I had the feeling in the dream that the feast was for me as well and the Chinese wouldn't object to me joining them. The Chinese had worked hard and were enjoying their end of the work day feast. Since I was not Chinese and only a humble servant, I wondered if I should eat with them or not. Was this just for Chinese people? Should I wait around to see if there was a seperate feast for white people? I got this feeling, this awareness, that there were no white people worthy of this feast for the oppressed put together by GOD, I was the only white person who qualified to enjoy this feast and I was free to eat as much as I liked
This is a feast for the poor, for the oppressed. The Chinese were horribly oppressed and abused in this country. It was their hard labor that built the railroads during the Civil War Era. The feast represents reward from God for those who labored honestly and were oppressed, who struggled, but were treated unfairly. It's like the parable of the Wedding Banquet in Mathew Chapter 22 of the Bible.
Jesus told them more stories. He said, 2 "Here is what the kingdom of heaven is like. A king prepared a wedding dinner for his son. 3 He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the dinner. The servants told them to come. But they refused.
4 "Then he sent some more servants. He said, 'Tell those who were invited that I have prepared my dinner. I have killed my oxen and my fattest cattle. Everything is ready. Come to the wedding dinner.'
5 "But the people paid no attention. One went away to his field. Another went away to his business. 6 The rest grabbed his servants. They treated them badly and then killed them.
7 "The king became very angry. He sent his army to destroy them. They killed those murderers and burned their city.
8 "Then the king said to his servants, 'The wedding dinner is ready. But those I invited were not fit to come. 9 Go to the street corners. Invite to the dinner anyone you can find.' 10 So the servants went out into the streets. They gathered all the people they could find, both good and bad. Soon the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11 "The king came in to see the guests. He noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. 12 'Friend,' he asked, 'how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' The man couldn't think of anything to say.
13 "Then the king told his servants, 'Tie up his hands and feet. Throw him outside into the darkness. Out there people will sob and grind their teeth.'
14 "Many are invited, but few are chosen."
The Wedding Feast describes GOD's justice. The rich, wealthy people were wicked and felt like they were too good to obey GOD's call. GOD invited the poor, the hungry, and the oppressed...took the feast away from the rich wicked people and gave it to the poor people. The rich people GOD threw into fire to burn alive forever while the poor are clothed in finery, and eat like the kings that oppressed them. The Bible promises that this will happen. Just like the parable, many were invited, but few were choosen. I was one the few. I thought myself unworthy because I see myself as only a lowly servant, not worthy of not even sitting at the table along side the poor eating there, only enough to serve them like a maid, but GOD's Holy Spirit makes it clear, I am supposed to be there and eat. This section of dreams reassures of God's justice and award for me (and all believers) is forthcomming. Suffering and lack will end, a time of prosperity and peace begins. The emphasis of fish in this dream and in the next one, represents that this is meant to be interrepreted from a Christian perspective, as the fish was one of the first Christian symbols. Also it refers to the miracle of loaves and fishes which represented the abundance of life through Jesus Christ.
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Then, I was driving down Freedom Rd. (actual road name in real life) to a beautiful place, where I will rest and never suffer any struggle again. All along the road were monsters 12 feet high. These monsters seemed like a mix of animals I thought of being Chinese mythical monsters, and they would kill and eat the drivers. I felt this force from God creating an invisible barrier between me and the monsters, so the monsters could not hurt me. The last monster I passed was a giant catfish. I thought, 'The Chinese really like catfish, they think they are good luck'. After I passed the catfish, I saw the catfish impale people on it's spine off of it's dorsal fin. Soon the road was covered in human blood. I felt sorry for them. I sure was glad that wasn't me back there getting hurt. I knew now there was no stopping me and I would enter paradise shortly.
Then, I was driving down Freedom Rd. (actual road name in real life) to a beautiful place, where I will rest and never suffer any struggle again. All along the road were monsters 12 feet high. These monsters seemed like a mix of animals I thought of being Chinese mythical monsters, and they would kill and eat the drivers. I felt this force from God creating an invisible barrier between me and the monsters, so the monsters could not hurt me. The last monster I passed was a giant catfish. I thought, 'The Chinese really like catfish, they think they are good luck'. After I passed the catfish, I saw the catfish impale people on it's spine off of it's dorsal fin. Soon the road was covered in human blood. I felt sorry for them. I sure was glad that wasn't me back there getting hurt. I knew now there was no stopping me and I would enter paradise shortly.
Freedom Rd. represents the road to true freedom...freedom from sorrow, freedom from injustice, freedom from struggle. Along the way there are giants, symbols of obstacles, that threaten to overwhelm me. Because of faith, GOD protects me and a peace within assures me that these obstacles, no matter how big, can't hurt me. The destination was a perfect place of rest, GOD's rest. In a short time, I will enter that rest. The catfish impaling the person who tried to follow me who was killed, represents people who claim to be true to GOD, claim that GOD gives them prophecies but who are false. The BIBLE predicts that such people will be pierced (Zechariah 13:2-7)
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