A New Tornado Dream

For years I was plagued with tornado dreams… always representing the unknown… and in these dreams I was always running away from them… hiding behind or inside symbols of security. I have become certain that these dreams signify my fear of the unknown.

The last big one i had was the night before my first Ayahuasca ritual… since embarking on the voyage i was having a tornado dream almost every night… and finally, the night before the big plunge, I took a deep breath and jumped into the thing… and inside; peace… calm… and the dreams ended right then and there.

A few years later when I was going through some romantic turmoil the dream came back a handful of times… only in the new version the tornados were somehow darker (like made out of flames… or there would be several of them and a city in ruin) and i would be frantically searching for my ex as the funnel-clouds were bringing about the end of the world as we know it… but I could never find her. Clearly a future without her was frightening… but these dreams ended when the pipe-dream of us getting back together (or even being good for each other) finally ended.

Now, a few years later, I had my first tornado dream in a long time… last friday night…. only now things have changed. in this dream i was in a car with 3 other people (can’t remember exactly who) and we were chasing the tail of a tornado down farm-roads in what felt like Wilton or something. The tornado was splitting into smaller ones and re-merging sometimes to form larger ones… but it/they were brilliant tunnels of light with electrcity bouncing around inside them… The above pic is the closest thing i could find that captures the feeling… to be honest it looked most like the wormholes that jodi foster was tunneling through on Contact…

Anyway the point is… for the first time that i can remember… the tornado was not a negative thing… and i was not afraid of it at all… i was mesmerized by the beauty of it and not only was i following it but I was bringing friends with me to chase the thing together.

This all seems very positive to me. =)

Here’s to uncertain futures and to exploring them together.

1 Comment

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  SeventhSwami June 4, 2007 at 10:23 pm

  5 Comments

  phoenix
  Mon, June 4, 2007 – 2:33 PM
  adventure!
  that’s awesome steve! wow, gives a person a lot to think about…

  Evinrude
  Mon, June 4, 2007 – 3:12 PM
  Nice.

  becky aka riznah
  Mon, June 4, 2007 – 3:34 PM
  aye, good feelings tend to be more common these days. :c)

  Sage
  Mon, June 4, 2007 – 4:28 PM
  good analysis, methinks
  I too have had many fearful dreams of tornadoes! I have not met anyone else who has. cool!

  friendly_jen
  Mon, June 4, 2007 – 6:34 PM
  I don’t dream of tornadoes
  But I have a HUGE fear of the unknown uncertain future. Good for you for conquering it.