A Dream of an Attack in Chicago

During the early morning hours on Easter Sunday, I had the following dream. I was on the phone when someone walked into the room and said, “Get off the phone. We are at war.” I followed him into another room where the TV was on. A newscaster said the IBM building in Chicago had been hit. While it was collapsing, the newscaster bemoaned its destruction and talked about the difficulty of watching it sink into a pile of rubble.

Now I am not prophesying that we are going to see another 9/11 unfold in Chicago, although that is a possibility. On Easter Sunday I was house sitting for my son and I decided to watch a movie in the afternoon. In the beginning of the movie, the main character was watching the destruction of the Twin Towers on TV during 9/11. The movie was about spies and international business being used to fund an economic attack on the United States.

I have previously stated that my dreams often fold in a plot from a movie I later watch. This appears to be the case here. However, since it is also possible that the movie precipitated the dream because my subconscious sees as a future possibility an attack unfolding in Chicago, I decided to post it.

The IBM building in Chicago apparently no longer houses offices for IBM, but it is a major landmark and an iconic building. My dream may have selected that building because of the IBM name. It wanted to convey that international business was also involved in the movie. 

When interpreting a dream, I try to consider all possible aspects. Sometimes it is only later when I discover which of the possibilities was correct.

Our Activities During Dreams

When we dream, our minds can be extremely active. And sometimes we may not be totally in our body while we sleep and dream. We can astral project and encounter events that are out of our conscious view and maybe out of the normal time sequence, such as experiencing a future event.

A few weeks ago, I had a brief dream in which I was a passenger in a car that was speeding along a road. Up ahead, I noticed construction equipment along the middle of the road and cars along the side. I thought the driver was going much too fast for the conditions and yelled for him to slow down. Just as I did, he drove too close to another vehicle and scraped the side of his and the other car. That was the end of the dream.

A few days later, my son called and during our conversation mentioned that his car had been hit while parked on the side of the street. Someone drove too close to his car and scraped the fender on the driver's side.

I have had this type of dream on numerous occasions where I participate in an event that will affect someone I know, but may be far removed from my own life and activities. Of course, in this dream one could speculate that rather than astral projecting I simply tuned into my son's situation and my subconscious mind built a story around it. Even in this interpretation, we would have telepathy and /or clairvoyance taking place within the dream state.

Update for New Book

Work is progressing according to plan on my new book. My editor will be making a final review next month. I don't yet have a title, but I will provide it as soon as it is finalized. I anticipate that the book will be available by summer. This book will contain some suggested exercises for the reader who is beginning to explore his or her dreams.

Book Promotion

Starting March 10, 2016 at 8.00 AM (PST), the Kindle version of The Man Who Sees Tomorrow in His Dreams will be available for 99 cents until March 13 at 4:00 PM when it will go to $1.99. On March 17, 2016 at 12:00 AM (PST), it will return to regular price.