I very occasionally have a dream where I hear a song in great detail, so much so that I wake up and feel sure it must have been playing in real life, because I can never normally hear songs inside my mind - I don't get earworms, for instance.
I had a dream once where I could hear, kind of like a soundtrack in the background, a song sung in a language other than English. (FWIW, it was a Taizé song.) The language was one I had studied decades earlier, and I could have picked out a few words here and there, but there on the whole, I wouldn’t have stood a chance at translating the whole thing. When I listened to the song afterward and then went to find the text, I realized there were even a few words that I’d been consistently mishearing.
When I went to figure out the translation, I was a bit dumbstruck by how apt it was for me at the time; it was sort of like I’d asked, “If I needed to learn one just really important lesson from God, what would it be?,” and the song was the answer to that question.
Still is, if I’m honest.
If you’re comfortable sharing I would love to know what that was…
I very occasionally have a dream where I hear a song in great detail, so much so that I wake up and feel sure it must have been playing in real life, because I can never normally hear songs inside my mind - I don't get earworms, for instance.
I had a dream once where I could hear, kind of like a soundtrack in the background, a song sung in a language other than English. (FWIW, it was a Taizé song.) The language was one I had studied decades earlier, and I could have picked out a few words here and there, but there on the whole, I wouldn’t have stood a chance at translating the whole thing. When I listened to the song afterward and then went to find the text, I realized there were even a few words that I’d been consistently mishearing.
When I went to figure out the translation, I was a bit dumbstruck by how apt it was for me at the time; it was sort of like I’d asked, “If I needed to learn one just really important lesson from God, what would it be?,” and the song was the answer to that question.
Still is, if I’m honest.
If you’re comfortable sharing I would love to know what that was…
Gott ist nur Liebe.
Wagt, für die Liebe alles zu geben.
Gott ist nur Liebe.
Gebt euch ohne Furcht.
“God is only love.
Dare to give everything for love.
God is only love.
Give (or surrender) yourselves without fear.”
Suffice it to say that, particularly in the context of the dream as a whole, it resonated with me, and continues to resonate with me, as the answer I’d get if I were the one asking Jesus “What must I do to inherit eternal life?”
For me, dreams have been a way of working out a problem. I could be looking at a problem all day and not see a solution, but at night my dreams allow me to examine the problem and find alternative solutions.
Lately, though, I often hear music while I am dreaming. Can't really tell the tune, seems much like a hymn. Mrs. Gramps thinks that is odd.
I can remember dreams that served as warnings. I was studying chess too much of the time and had scary dreams of being checkmated. I never did become much of a player.
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Likewise, that resonates with me.
Lately, though, I often hear music while I am dreaming. Can't really tell the tune, seems much like a hymn. Mrs. Gramps thinks that is odd.