I had a dream last night that I was at work and things got chaotic and so I got in my car and just drove away to get some space, breathe some air, and try to fix things from a distance.
Then I did what I could for the place I work at and drove away some more. Somehow I ended up on an island in the middle of an oceanscape, but there was land off in the distance. From the mountains on the land I saw a beam of light come down and light then poured from the mountain into the ocean almost like a dawn pouring into the sea.
I thought, "I can't believe no one else is here to see this, but that's usually how it goes..."
Then I was concerned because I couldn't tell if what was happening was good or whether it was bad and would have some kind of negative consequence.
Then a negative entity appeared and tried to harm me, so the next thing I knew I was in the ocean.
I can't describe the way it felt and the way the sea looked. It was overwhelming and infinite. Like flying through the universe. It was also dark and impossible to see into the deep. I immediately called out to Christ and Heaven, then looked to my side and saw a mermaid and realized I was one. Then two more emerged and I felt like I wasn't alone. They swam with confidence and I knew I was safe as well as they were.
Then we were in a forest and we were swimming in a river. Suddenly there were men in the distance and we instinctively knew to hide. It was understood that they would try to harm us or kill us if we were caught. Then there was an offshoot from the river that flowed into a place I knew men couldn't go and I opened a kind of doorway to get to it and swam through. Then we were safe.
The dream was very vivid and felt very "experiential".
Later today I decided I wanted to watch a movie and went with Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame, which I hadn't seen in years.
I knew that movie put out some bold truths and didn't beat around the bush with anything, but it still amazed me how on point it was. I was on the verge of tears at least 3 times watching it. It was moving.
And the message I got was we've all -as a people and beyond -felt hunted.
Earlier this week some co-workers made some horrific commentary on Transpeople and the LGBT community. And as usual I just accepted that's where they're at in life. They don't know. And there were other issues with sexism that had come up that week and racism being addressed -particularly at the inauguration. And I prayed that LGBT-phobia and sexism and racism and all the rest of it would end.
And I think that's what's happening now. That greater evil that's made people feel hunted is finally being cast out like a shadow. There's all the iterations it's ever consisted of and there's that darkness that's permeated the universe. That even the realms mermaids would swim in would consist of men hunting them. Even in your dreams turning them to nightmares.
It also feels like all of this is old and has been delayed from being cast out. We're getting there...
