To be clear then, I guess your interpretation of this dream is that what is going on right now, derives from an evil force external to humanity?Not sure if this belongs here or somewhere else because it isn't specifically about Trump, but then the riots aren't either. I just had a dream that had a comment on the media that I found interesting. If one is inclined to connect "consciousness" to our daily lives, this might prove interesting. Otherwise, likely not. Here is the dream:
I am inside a church.
I don't remember much more about the church. There had been services, a fleeting memory of the pastor and a few of the churchgoers, looking out a window at the church, the parking lot.
Next, I am standing on an indoor stage.
A televised program is ongoing. It appears to be an awards program. I am assisting in the presenting duties, with others. Some people hand awards out, others come to receive their awards. At certain moments, I have to come out and say a few words.
After this has been going on for some time, a cue card comes out. It has my name on it and a message telling me to stand approximately center stage. Others stand around me. Someone else thanks each of us by name, after which, we are directed to sit in the audience.
After I am thanked, I walk forward off the stage, then between two rows of chairs. Toward the end of the row on the right, I see an empty chair that I think of as mine. I walk to that chair and sit. At about that time, the name of an elderly man is called but he isn't where he is supposed to be. The presenters look around for him but do not see him.
I look to the floor on the left of my chair, which is on the end of its row. The old man lies there, collapsed, unmoving. I recognize him from the church mentioned earlier. I fear he's died or had a heart attack. I shout out that I've found the man. A pretty young woman with a microphone approaches, sees the man, and smiles at me. "You didn't push him out of his chair did you?" she asks, as if it is a funny joke. I don't find it funny.
The old man suddenly sits up, wide awake. He says something to the effect that he received a warning while unconscious. He starts to write it out as he speaks but has a hard time writing. Then he just says it outright, "They have been possessed", meaning that the media assembled in this room, and the media in general wherever they are, have been possessed by evil spirits or something evil.
My impression is that the old man's warning was directed more toward the media than anyone they might harm. He seemed quite concerned about media figures whose spirits would be permanently harmed by the possession. The damage would be great to them because of the damage they would cause others in their possessed state. That would harm their own spirits in a permanent way because all of their actions become indelible permanent components of their spiritual body.
To be clear then, I guess your interpretation of this dream is that what is going on right now, derives from an evil force external to humanity?
Would a person who was possessed get bad karma for the acts he did in that state?
It does rather feel that way, people just scream for things which would bring total chaos to society.
David
I don't like to "interpret" dreams because interpretation is often a subjective process prone to confirmation bias. In this case, a character in my dream said explicitly that he had received a warning concerning the media. According to him, the media were possessed. Because they were possessed, they would cause harm. Responsibility for that harm would lie with the media, who would be permanently harmed by their role in deceiving others. When I write that out, I'm not interpreting anything. I am just recording what this character said in my dream.
The question is,"is what the old man said true?" In situations like this, I tend to be slightly more impressed when the view expressed is counter to my interests and ideas. In this case, it is consistent with my feelings about the American media. That doesn't make it wrong or "subjective" but it does give me pause. The dream was unexpected, which counts in its favor, but I wouldn't go so far as to say, if true, that the dreams requires interpretation. As far as I am concerned, either the media is literally "possessed" as the man in the dream said, or they aren't. I wouldn't want to interpret any other meaning from it.
I don't like to "interpret" dreams because interpretation is often a subjective process prone to confirmation bias. In this case, a character in my dream said explicitly that he had received a warning concerning the media. According to him, the media were possessed. Because they were possessed, they would cause harm. Responsibility for that harm would lie with the media, who would be permanently harmed by their role in deceiving others. When I write that out, I'm not interpreting anything. I am just recording what this character said in my dream.
So regulation IS good?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/upshot/hospitals-lost-price-transparency-lawsuit.html
A federal judge has upheld a Trump administration policy that requires hospitals and health insurers to publish their negotiated prices for health services, numbers that are typically kept secret.
Why this is imporant:
https://www.boredpanda.com/america-health-system-advice/
Americans Share How Much Their Hospital Bills Have Gone Down Just Because They Asked For An Itemized Receipt
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I think it depends upon the nature of the regulation. Forcing businesses to disclose their prices seems pretty reasonable. I suppose intervention on some level is always inavoidable irregardless of governmental philosophy? I guess the debate is where that line is drawn.So regulation IS good?
I was, as I'm sure you picked up on, being tongue in cheek.I think it depends upon the nature of the regulation. Forcing businesses to disclose their prices seems pretty reasonable. I suppose intervention on some level is always inavoidable irregardless of governmental philosophy? I guess the debate is where that line is drawn.