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This week we’re following the adventures of a structural
engineer-in-training who found himself in the peculiar position of having his
work and his specs questioned by a client. This engineer has worked with dreams
and he understands the concept of the waking dream. As soon as things started
to go awry with his client, he began to observe little clues that came into
his awareness, things he usually would not have paid any attention to. What
follows is the continuation of his narrative.
A structural
engineer continues his story
Normally, things like
odd street signs or unsavory scenery wouldn’t make an impression on me. But
that’s the great thing about the dream, especially the waking dream. If
something seems to be going wrong, you can become what I call hyper-vigilant and
start looking really closely at the environment around you. I have had this observant
posture work both in support of something I was unsure of and, as in this case,
work to warn me.
Once, I was preparing
for a trip and a conflict arose that seemed to threaten the plan. I was going
to visit an ailing aunt who was a special person in my life when I was growing
up. Just as I was getting ready to pay for airline tickets and hotel rooms, I
got word that her condition had worsened and that I might not be able to see
her. I was in a quandary. I would be missing school and paying for travel
arrangements that, as a student, I could ill afford. I didn’t know what to do,
so I went into my hyper-vigilant mode and tried to get answers from the little
clues that life was offering.
The first thing that
happened was, in the morning, when I switched on my computer screen, there was
a big ad, offering significantly reduced airfares to my destination. Then, out
of the blue, I got a call from a friend who offered to drive me to the airport so
that I wouldn’t have to leave my car and pay for parking. Then the real
clincher was that a special high school
friend was going to be in the same city as my aunt. I hadn’t seen him in years,
and the synchronicity of his being at my destination location during the time
of my visit with my aunt was pretty amazing. It was also what tipped the
balance, and I went ahead and made my travel plans, knowing that, even if I
couldn’t see my aunt, I’d at least have a visit with my friend.
Well, the trip turned
out to be a wonderful experience. I did
see my aunt. We had a great visit, and it was the last time I saw her; she died
a few weeks after my trip. I also saw my friend which was an added bonus. And
the thing that tipped the balance was watching for the important waking dream
clues that life was presenting to me the whole time.
More on Friday.
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