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Subject: lamb to the slaughter

chris

05:31 06/12/2002 

I was aware that a number of children had disappeared recently. I saw a brown fairy of some sort. It was evil and malicious. I knew it was responsible for the disappearances so I followed it. It knew I was following.

I found its lair but could see no children. I heard the bleat of a lamb and lifted a brown cloth to find a small cage underneath. Inside was what seemed to be a lamb but the cage was so small the thing could not move and was forced to remain in one position. There were weeks of defecation in the cage and the animal was near to death. It was being force fed to keep it alive.

The object was to destroy the spirit of the animal.

It was then that I realised that this was not a lamb but a baby dressed in the wool of a lamb. The wool had become brown with dirt and faeces.

The baby had a hopeless pleading look in its eyes. I think it was very young.

It was then that I heard a laugh from the fairy and I was forced to watch, as if in a dream or vision, as the child was dumped in the middle of a highway. It could not move due to weeks of captivity but was alive and aware.

It could see the truck coming and the fear was unbelievable, right up to the pain of the truck as it squashed the legs and then body of the child. I could see with my eyes and the child’s eyes. I saw the fear, and felt it, and was left to ask why?

Dream edited for easier reading - JT, 2005

Beth

18:25 06/12/2002 

Chris, what an awful experience. I can feel your horror and bewilderment. These kind of dreams tend to leave you with an emotional hangover don't they.

There is a lot in your dream and I'd really like to take a look at it for you, however I am not able to get to it right now.

Will return later this evening Chris. Hang in there.

Best wishes, Beth.

Beth

21:31 06/12/2002 

Hi Chris I am back again, as promised,

The dream begins with a knowing that there is a history here. This is your time tag, letting you know that the dream is dealing with something within you that has its roots in the past. Your mention of a malicious fairy is also another pointer in the direction of childhood experiences and what you learned from them about yourself, your world, and others. This learning forms our core beliefs which can live on within us at the subconscious level, until we meet them in our dreams and thus get the opportunity to change them if they are not to our liking.

The bottom line seems to be (at the end of your dream) “I could see both with my eyes and the childs”. From this, I understand that you are getting a chance to look back at your childhood perceptions. And for good reason I believe. It may well be that the malicious fairy is up to his or her underhanded ways in your life now.

I always like to take the view that everything in the dream is the creation of my psyche. I find this is a most empowering stance because it enables me to deal with it myself. For example, if I created it, then I can also deconstruct it! Likewise if I created my perceptions, beliefs, attitudes etc. I can also transform them – once I identify them and their effects on my life.

If you choose to take this view, you will see the malicious fairy as a part of you, that hurts you and frightens you – that perhaps sabotages you at times. Go gently with yourself on this one Chris because within you is that little baby, the darling little lamb – so beautiful and precious, and vulnerable.

Hope is not gone is it, or the baby would not have had that pleading look, where there is a plea there is hope. Your most tender vulnerable part is needing your love, gentleness, nurturing and protection.

You might find it helpful to do an expansion on the malicious fairy by writing down whatever thoughts and feelings come up as you think of him/her.

Self-question too e.g. What does the malicious fairy want? What does it hope to achieve by being cruel to the baby? Is it angry? Why? And so on.

Then, see if you can identify where the malicious fairy has been creating mischief in your life now.

Many years ago I was taking care of a 7 year old boy who had been rejected by his mother. He told me that he was a bad Angel. I felt so sad inside to hear that because he was so beautiful and precious. Your dream and the malicious fairy reminded me so much of this little chap who, at the ripe old age of 7, had formed such a negative opinion of himself.

I met him again recently. He is 18yrs old, and finally free of a very conflictual family life; free to create the life he would wish for himself. However, I have observed that his bad Angel still lives in him, creating self-hurt, low self-esteem and inner conflict.

How wonderful it is then to get the gift of such a dream which properly understood and worked with can liberate you from the power of malicious fairies forever.

Chris, all of the foregoing is but one interpretation of your dream. Only you know what it can really mean for you. And there are, for sure, alternative interpretations.

For example, babies can represent our inner baby as in a creative project we would like to bring into being. The malicious fairy then could be the unknown force that is wounding or sabotaging this process.

Wishing you enlightenment and liberation on your journey Chris.

chris

08:19 07/12/2002 

WOW....... so on the ball..... this is another then that need serious thought....for yes... I am going through some serious changes....and there is something in me that is sabotaging myself..... I'll keep you posted....once again...thanks. Chris Also...to understand a bit more of whats happening....see Bionic Woman

chris

02:49 08/12/2002 

Well Ive had a little think about what you suggested,and I do feel that there is a very cynical part of me that is sabotaging my very positive outlook on life. Ive recently come of the opinion that life will be as wonderful to me as I want it to.... that allI need is faith in my self and trust in god and the universe for all my dreams to come into fruition. While I have a very strong beleif that this actually works...and am being very positive....there does seem to be something lacking that holds me back from achieving everything I want...... the fear I felt in this dream... I think is from the very deapths of my subconcious....something Im trying very hard to let go of..... I think this dream so disturbed me cause I do feel that if I let go of all my fears... I will be like a babe in the woods...... or a lamb to the slaughter.... with no protection. It is a risk ....but I have dercoded that it is a risk worth taking....the dream highlighted this to me....... while the child died a horrendous fearful death....... it actually never gave up. you were right....that pleading look....was a plead to my higher self.....I need to let go of the fear of failure....... If the lamb child did not fear....then there would be nothing the fairy could do to harm it..... it was the fear that caused such disharmony....not the torture........ I reflected on this last night before bed.... and had a very inspiring dream....where I dived into cystal clear blue waters and sailed a white ship to an island home..... (I distinctly remember choosing the colour of my ship as I thought white with white sails reflected truly who I was. I lived a long and happy life and was given a gum ball machine (the kind I used to love as a kid.....you put money in the slot and turn the handle and gum came out)..... and I would walk out on the grass and pick up gold coins.....there were so many that I left allthe silver ones and someof the gold ones....cause I had plenty. I will keep you up dated with my progress...thanks chris

Jane Teresa Anderson

09:03 08/12/2002 

Hi Chris and Beth,

What a beautiful working of a dream and what a perfect dream outcome.

I agree, Chris, last night's dream is indeed inspiring, but it goes deeper than that: it indicates that your unconscious mind has made the transition, following your deep processing of the first dream.

You can draw on the inspirational component of the recent dream by reliving (through visualisation) sailing on the white sailed ship with ease and, later, picking up the gold coins.

The magic (or alchemy) of dreamwork involves a combination of focussing on the symbols your unconscious mind creates (the dream) and turning these around to flow with where you want to be. In a sense you did this by disempowering the malicious fairy and by endowing the lamb child with faith and wisdom.

I see the gold coins in your dream as the spiritual gold you now reap - what was once, perhaps, the base metal of your fears now transformed into gold.

You left some silver and gold on the ground. Perhaps this indicates the sheer abundance but also, perhaps, suggests the gold (positive outcome from this experience) is there to be reaped by others too - there is plenty to go round.

My gut reaction to leaving the silver coins on the ground was different. I thought "silver coins - the silver lining in a dark cloud". I wonder, Chris, if you have found the key to transforming the silver lining in your (past) dark clouds into gold.

Jane Teresa Anderson

Angela

10:17 08/12/2002 

Chris, Beth, Jane Teresa,

This is stunning, Chris. Your sailing/coins (change!) dream is so beautifully showing you have 'changed' and are 'moving on'.

Thank you so much for sharing this.

Angela

Beth

14:11 08/12/2002 

Hi Chris, Jane Teresa & Angela,

What a wonderful example of dream alchemy at its best.

Your dream gave me goosebumps Chris. Your process was a gift for me too. And I absolutely love it.

Thank you.

chris

23:34 08/12/2002 

To everyone....... this is the third time now Ive worked through a major hurdle in my life through sharing my dreams on this forum..... and I am both grateful and pleased that so many have gotten something from my journey.

Jane.... what you said about there being plenty to go round...... strangly...or not so strangely..... I have become quite apt at helping my friends pass through their own hurdles on a day to day basis...and I find people....even those I don't know so well, tend to ask my advice ....and trust it.

As for the silver lining..... how insightful you really are Jane..... I have recently been meditating on turning unpleasant experiences to good...and one thing I say to my self is that every cload has a silver lining...... but I also am wanting abundance and to be prosperous....and to me ..the symble of prosperity....is gold! Hence....yes...I think the dream has shown me that those silver lined cloads....can be made to gold.....

Till next we dream again!

Chris

guest

23:41 08/12/2002 

BY the way.... I thought aboutyy the sailing dream a bit too....and remembered a few key points Before I dived into the water...I asked a person to my right if it was safe..... he simply said..."trust me"...and I did and dived in.

Also...the gum ball machine...I thought was a litttle odd....but after some reflection.... I remembered that as a kid, my mother would, as a reward, give me money to put into the gumball machin. Hence....this dream showed me that my efforts will be rewarded...I am on the right path,.... YEEE HAAAA!!!!!

luciano

01:45 25/12/2002 

hi CHRIS I BELEIVE IT WOULD BE VERY SIMPLE DREAM TO EXPLAIN IF YOU TELL YUOR AGE AND A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOURSEF . THE DREAM YOU HAD IT IS NOT SO TERRIBLE BUT BECAUSE YOU DID DREAM IT WILL OCCOR IN SAME SPIRITUAL SORT. TRY TO GET AWAY IT IS INPOSSIBLE BUT IT IS POSSIBLE TO FIND A WAY TO ACEPT IT . OVVIOUSLY THE LAMB IS YOUR SELF AND SAME BODY IS TREATING YOU NOT VERY GOOD DONOT WORY YOU WILL BE OKY LUCIANO