(Saturday, March 8, 2014) I remember Peter talking about one of the sessions from the 2013 dream conference. Evidence was presented that short dreams differ from long dreams (those with a narrative structure). Short dreams are usually not metaphorical but are often precognitive or telepathic.
I thought of this last weekend. I went to a breath work session that was supposed to have been held at the Aslan Institute but was rescheduled at a church on Snelling in St. Paul instead. We all laid on yoga mats on the floor, covered in blankets and propped up on pillows.
The feeling of lying in bed brought up my white lion dream. When I awoke from that very simple dream, I immediately understood the core message was “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.” Even though I had never read any of the Narnia books by C.S. Lewis, I knew I was the witch. But I did not understand why I was sharing a bed with the lion, Aslan, until last weekend at the breath workshop.
Dolphins are associated with breath but lions roar. One of the exercises we do in T’ai-Chi is draw breath from our bellies and then roar like lions.