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Recieved: 2001/04/12 12:32
Subject: [K-list] Snakes and Other Beasties Poll Results (long)
From: Druout
On 2001/04/12 12:32, Druout posted thus to the K-list:
Dear List,
Thank you all for your incredible snake and animal dreams. They range from
being bitten and swallowed and chased, to dancing, entwining, and becoming.
Wonderful all!
Love, Hillary
...lately i have been having the most incredible dreams of cobras and other
serpent beings, and have had this overwhelming impulse to visit our local
vivarium and take a snake home with me.
once after meditating and practicing noble silence for 10
days i woke up in the middle of the night convinced that there was a
rattle snake on the floor in front of my bed. I could see it coiled
in my mind's eye and audibly hear its rattle while fully awake. But
alas, no snake. Another rattle snake appeared in a dream and it was
trying to bite and chase me.
Lately, I have had these immense cobra dreams, where they are chasing
me, but someone keeps telling me that if i am not afraid and do not
run, they will not chase. So then I was trying to hold one by the
neck and woo it with music (they like to be sung to). Following this,
there were these giant 15 feet cobras travelling down a highway.
Uhhh, don't ask, but I call them cobra bicycles.
*************
That was one the confirming things about K. When I read a book about K, and
they told of people having dreams about these snakes, well... I guess I had
to believe and since I wasn't the only one...
**********
When I was quite young
(not sure - maybe 5 or 6?) I used to have nightmares about walking down
a narrow corridor between two solid walls entirely made of snakes. I
didn't like the dreams one bit....
I believe I have been bitten on the arm by a snake in a dream, but I'm
not remembering it well.
*********
my snake dreams are non-scary snakes; theyr'e always friendly.
********
A snake face kept popping up since last monday, that I came to feel
like drawing it. You may find a drawing of it at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/onsriyantra/message/25
**********
Snake -like
undulating energies in my case never took on the outward resemblance to the
snake or serpent.
Have had the multiple cobra heads (nagas) hovering behind me though when all
the energy centres got seemlessly integrated....
The thousand petalled lotus appeared after the peacock like tail behind and
above me followed by the naga cobras protection.
**********
Next was a dream of transformation, summarized it seemed like a nuclear
apocalypse or space invasion a-la War of the Worlds was taking
place...my sister, brother and myself (3 oldest of 5 children) were in a
farmhouse that was familiar to me, possibly from my youth...this
invasion/whatever was taking place around us, we saw flashes that at
first looked like lightning but were explosions. The WotW "tripods" were
out walking the countryside, we went out and headed north up a dirt road
behind our farmhouse and saw nuclear cooling towers silhouetted against
the horizon... the explosions were from creatures that had burrowed into
the ground, leaving hills... as we walked, we could see the creatures,
snakelike, glowing golden, in their mounds... At some time in the dream
we transformed and were wearing rainbow striped (aha, chakras?) overalls...
**********
I also had a dream about snakes about a month ago. I was runing naked in a
tunel. And there were more and more snakes. I found myself lying on my
back. The snakes were all around me but not touching me. A large snake
slitherd between my legs and his tongue came out and touched me. And then I
woke up.
***********
I had a dream last night which is a recurring theme, usually it comes
once or twice a year.
The basic theme is of me being inundated with huge numbers of reptiles
I have to take care of. My boa gives birth, or I open a pet shop, or..
whatever the details, I am in a position of trying to care for all these
reptiles ... usually about 50-100 critters who have escaped their aquariums
or whatever, and are running around loose in my home/store, where ever. The
basic theme is me trying to deal with enormous numbers of reptiles that
have erupted into my environment. Usually I am in the position of having to
care for them, feed them, protect them from predators and frightened
people. I'm trying to catch them all and put them back into aquariums or
habitats where they will be safe. I like reptiles, so usually these are not
scary dreams, except that I am concerned for the critters.
I don't know what the dream means, although snakes are an obvious
Kundalini symbol.. only that it appears in some form about every 3- 6
months or so....
A few weeks later I had a dream that my younger brother and I were
living in my older brother's apartment, and small reptiles and snakes
started coming in the window. They were very cute, so I started setting up
habitats for them. Near the end of the dream I went outside and discovered
the upstairs neighbor was breeding reptiles and they were escaping and
climbing down the stucco to our window. He did not seem to mind me adopting
the ones that came in the window.
**********
Black corba w/wings vision on belbazar trip
old dream of me choicing largest besstie in the grave
yard
many years ago but i have not forgoten
*********
but i have told the story of my seeing the snake hologram (daytime -
superimposed on blue sky) at time of K awakening and dreaming of snakes and
thinking snakes were trying to get into my trailer - and telling my
'mother' in phone conversation 'i am not ready for the snakes'.
i was attracted to a book on K awakening because of the coiled snake on the
cover - and thus discovered that what had happened to me fit the description
of kundalini awakening otherwise i might believe i was just plain crazy all
of the time instead of some of the time.
************
There was something that reminded me of the Tree of
Life and a big snake around it. I "heard" the
suggestion to become the snake... and there I was in
its skin... I was afraid of falling down and asked
for an advice... perhaps it was my inner leading or
the spirit of the snake that told me how to stay in
the tree and how to move upwards, how to turn there...
I managed to do it and it felt so real... Ha-haa -
little did I know at the time what was taking place -
well, I may not know much more now. :)
The dream went on. I was on the lawn with the snake.
The snake threw me a small wooden pipe and asked me to
play. I got some noice out of it and the snake
stretched out into the air and danced there. I
wondered how I could get the snake down without
damaging it and it told me just to play the pipe
backwards. It had a happy landing.
**********
I dreamt once of being swallowed by a snake.
Earlier a serpent had asked if I wanted to be bit.
And later, a huge snake was found sleeping under my bed.
Being swallowed by a snake is an incredible feeling.
I was swallowed feet first. When I had been swallowed
to around my knees, I started feeling like a tube of
toothpaste and began to worry that I might explode out
the top of my head. I couldnt feel my feet anymore but
I could feel the life-energy from my toes in my thighs.
It is an aggonizingly slow process to be swallowed whole.
By the time I was swallowed past the thigh I was paralized
by blissful orgasms, every cell of my body that had not
been swallowed was dancing with anticipaion. Every cell that
had been devoured existed only as energy in the
remaining living cells. The more of me the snake swallowed
the more intense the living cells pulsated with life.
Although the serpents rhythemic constrictions were
delightful, I became afraid of the intesifiying engery
as it moved up my body.
Fear jerked me right the heck out of my body.
I was swallowed, but I had fallen into a dreamless sleep,
for the duration.
Fear, it Allways ruins the best dreams.
################
Other Beasties:
HORSES:
First Chakra:
> "The series of animals begins in muladhara with the elephant that supports
> the earth...To the Hindu the elephant functions as symbol of the
domesticated
> libido, as the image of the *horse* functions with us. [Jung]
******
Never seen the elephant in dreams or visions, *horses* yes but that was
years ago
**********
I will sometimes dream of horses, or Tibetan ponies.
Dream I was eating peanuts by the road with [my husband].
Across the Street was Rinpoche [my sister's teacher] with a horse. The horse
wanted
some peanuts so I offered him some. He loved them. Wanted more.
Horse: freedom, power, sexual energy.
********
I also once dreamt of a white horse with Kundalini blue speckles like
delft china. It kept asking for music, in a mumbly horse voice that sounded
like Dustin Hoffman in the movie "Rain Man". It wanted the radio on. That
dream was easy to interpret.. the horse was symbolic of the body-mind,
which likes music!
###############
MAKARA, WHALES, SEA-SERPENTS
Second chakra:
> "In the next center (svadhistana) is the makara, the leviathan...the
biggest and most
> terrible animal down in the waters,...[Jung]
******
Only saw the makara inhe shortest of flashes, but a primordial coiled
land/sea animal, yes. A most marvelous re-experience of an evolutionary
stage of of our being.
*********
We were in the
town square near the seafront, and as we progressed through the
ceremony, there was a stirring in the bay to our South...a sea serpent
was rising from the sea...the village people took this all seriously and
were calling us evil, but we knew it was not evil. The serpent was
enormous and only a small bit of it emerged at that time... a massive
creature.
**********
I also have an attraction or affinity for whales and dolphins - perhaps
salmon.
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SHEEP, RAMS, GOATS:
Third chakra:
> "in the manipura the ram is the symbolic animal, and the ram is the sacred
> animal of Agni, the 3God of fire...[Jung]
Ram, never seen.
Fire yes, but not in animal symbology
Tigers and lions here.
********
I awoke from dream of green rolling fields of white
sheep with black faces. It was a charming, pretty scene. 5:51 I
again awoke from dream (or was it a dream?) of creatures called
"mentals." I don't have the vaguest idea of what "mentals" are
except I seem to "remember" small creatures, but more verbally
than visually.
....
[dream of ] walking in the country among sheep and prancing goats
##########
GAZELLES, DEER:
Fouth chakra:
> (Anahata) "The next animal is the gazelle...The gazelle or the antelope is
not unlike
> the ram, the difference being that it is not a domesticated animal like
the
> ram, nor is it a sacrificial animal..[Jung]
*********
No gazelles with me, some bambi like deer and deer in a light green forest
opening.
In the heart I saw the "albino like human" I called it the little white
man... A human form without resistance to anything natural or super-natural.
**********
At another time, I saw deer [in my side yard]... but those could have
been "real"...
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RHINOS and UNICORNS
.I would also say the gazelle was a close analogy to the unicorn...[Jung]
I read a book about unicorns. Treasures of the Unicorn The Return to the
Secred Quest.. by Ted Andrew {awsome book } I belive this book was the
first step on my path to my higher self.
**********
Dreamt again of water. We seemed to be in Africa. Our
convoy of cars was crossing a flooded road that had become a
river. A young hippo-rhino came up to me. I was slightly
afraid but entranced also. Shortly afterwards I saw large
mother, and so I avoided baby so as not to antagonize mama hippo-Rhino. The
scenery was beautiful.
***********
My rhino was charging me full-force, closely trailed by
the giraffe. I was afraid for my life but stood my ground. hehe, I
might have even squinted my eyes waiting for the impact. Anyway, the
giraffe veered off to my right, the rhino came to a sudden stop
directly in front of me. I stroked his lips. We both found this quite
pleasing.
>From animalspirits.com, rhino's wisdom: learning comfort in solitude,
connection to ancient wisdom, knowledge of self, proper use of
ancient wisdom, trust of instincts.
###########
Back to third chakra???
LIONS, TIGERS, PANTHERS, COUGARS:
furry stuff again... in one dream a lion roared in the
distance and appeared near my window, He called me Ms. and wanted to talk
to me, but I was so shaken by this I closed the window, and it was raining
- now I wish that I had listened to what he had to say -
********
strange dream about lions. There were lots of lions
around my
house and in my backyard. At first I was scared of them, but then I
realised they
were not threatening or anything, just there. Then they were gone.
************
Since then,
panther, rhino (and a bit of giraffe), and black jaguar.
**********
Speaking of tigers, I co-dreamed a tiger with my mother, something that we
spoke about several times afterwards, but that she can't claim now. We were
both awake, she was carrying me on her hip, we entered the kitchen, and
lying on the floor was a giant (hehe, to a toddler, everything is giant)
tiger. Neither of us freaked, though we certainly weren't moving forward at
that point anymore. :) I think he made eye contact, got up and faded away.
Also, cougars: used to see a mother cougar with cubs in our sideyard when I
was 3/4 yrs old. Also saw deer there, but they may have been "real"...
urban critters. Have never heard of urban cougars in Germany, though.
Then there were the lions every night for 3 years as a child. They
usually ate my family or dog or some such thing. Hehe.
*********
Occasionally I will dream of Cougars and Tigers. Just last week I dreamt
there was a tiger in my house--he seemed to be sort of a pet--quite docile.
But I suddenly realized it was rather a dangerous pet to have in the house,
so I lured him outside with a piece of meat, but he was snarling and
obviously did *not* want to go!
###########
BIRDS: peacocks and crows
Fifth chakra:
> ".Now the elephant appears in visuddha again. [Jung]
In my case the peacock like neck with vibrating hum emanating simutaneously
from my throat and the coccyx part of my spine.
Also there, a small blue man (a human is an animal too, I suppose :-)
***********
crows, (birds of all sorts, but crows seem especially important and
significant),
*********
another time [dreamt of] a crow.
############
Sixth chakra
> "The ajna center...looks like a winged seed, and it contains no animal.
That
> means that there is nothing, no psychical factor, against us whose power
we
> might feel...[Jung]
**********
There is the 'soma / amrita chakra' with the mythical sphinx / griffion like
beast
Animals from human, bear, cow, lion, tiger, horse, peacock to swan merging
into and emerging from each other. A most playful experience...
The peacock's opening tail, most resplendent and quivering, behind myself
eventually. As though the back inside top of one's auric egg shape shell
reflecting a myriad of colours.
############
Bears:
I used to have
bears in my dreams since I was three years old. I haven't seeen either the
brown one or the white one for quite some time, they usually played in the
snow. ??
*********
Once I dreamt of a bear
##########
Seventh chakra:
> "To speak about the lotus of the thousand petals, the sahasrara centre is
> quite superfluous because that is merely a philosophical concept with no
> substance whatever for us; it is beyond any possible experience...There is
no
> experience because it is one, it is without a second. It is dormant, it
is
> not, and therefore it is nirvana " [Jung]
**********
The thousand petalled lotus appeared after the peacock like tail behind and
above me followed by the naga cobras protection.
Definitely an expereintial culmination surrounding Samadhi... One sees this
before and after a certain Samadhi, petals pointing down before and up
after.
The human divine creature ????
**********
Interesting you
say beasty, because some of the characters I have been dreaming about are
conflations of one or more animals. The human-chimp infant, the
dog-frog-human.
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INSECTS
I also remember one night perhaps 10 years ago now when i woke up in a
panic, turned towards the wall near my head and smacked it. I'm sure I
killed a spider that had been walking down the wall towards my head, and
I had a lot of energy afte
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