A Dream of a Mask
September 10th, 2009 by Wayne (Wirs)
Last night I had a powerful dream:
I walked into a wind surfing store and said, “I want to wind surf.”
The salesman pointed to a wall display and said, “You’ll need a mask first.” The “masks” that he pointed to, were some sort of safety helmets. The helmets were hinged at the top, with a solid colored back and a clear, plastic front. The front plastic, though, was shaped into a mask, a different “face” on each one.
It was obvious that you put the hinged part at the top of your head and clipped the front and back together so your head was completely enclosed.
The salesman handed me one which had a clear, see-through image on the front which he told me was the son of Medusa. “I think this one will fit you nicely,” he said.
I looked at the disgusting face and told him I don’t want a mask.
Then the salesman said, “You won’t survive without a mask.”
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September 11th, 2009 at 10:20 am
My mask came with a rose colored front and a note stuck to the back: “kick me”
September 11th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
@Jeff: You’ve always been the “nice guy” that others can’t help kicking.
@All: Andrea of “Horizons Magazine” – http://www.horizonsmagazine.com/ – wanted a follow up to this post for an article. Here’s my interpretation of the dream (and my reply to her):
At the time of this dream, I had been going through a spiritual transition–a period of “waking up” to the true nature of my reality ( http://waynewirs.com/category/transition/ ). “Enlightenment” seems too fanciful a word, but there it is. In seeing through the falseness of my ego–the individual self–I have been surprised at how stubborn personas are: the way we act around others, at work, with family, etc.. It has become obvious that personas are much more the result of lifelong conditioning rather than conscious and controlled acting. Being unconscious, they are much more “persistent” in our psychological makeup.
The masks in my dream seem to reflect these two, closely-linked (the hinge at the top of the mask), issues. My ego/self now being “transparent” (the clear plastic front) yet my personas being “hard” (the hard plastic itself).
As to the salesman’s comment, “You won’t survive without a mask,” either the salesman is Jung’s Trickster (the ego afraid of dying) or I’ve still got a lot of meditating to do.
September 13th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
I think someone/thing is telling you to be careful. The mask/helmet clearly is a safety device. The head of Medusa “implies the protection of the goddess Athena” according to Wikipedia. The windsurfing may equate to meditating. Take the mask/helmet and wear it. There ARE evil beings out there floating on the wind.
September 14th, 2009 at 12:20 am
@Nan: A premonition dream huh? Who would have thought meditation could be so dangerous!
September 14th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
I agree with Mom –because anything that gets you into the dream state/Dreamtime/Astral (those are the Names of the place I’m familiar with) can be dangerous. I bet that was someone else – someone who guards portals to the Astral/Dreamtime, and he was just trying to warn you. It’s up to you if you take the warning for what it is, and like it or not, wear the mask.
I get there during my sleep time, but you won’t recognize me by my Mask out there.
You’ll recognize me by the Soul under the mask. My problem with being out there is that I don’t remember what happened….
unless it was Important, like a Lesson to be learned or a warning given to me by the Powers That Be.
But that’s just me. Your experience may be different…. but yes, it’s dangerous Out There. Remember what the Native Americans said about one’s Eyes?