Sunday, November 25, 2012

Gambler's dream pays off ~ for someone else!


Our Dreamer Writes:

Dear SMYD,

My husband “John” and I love to gamble.  He plays the sports book and I play 5-card draw on the machines.  We’ve done this as a form of recreation for years and plan our vacations to be close to cities that have casinos.  Our son “Johnny” actually works in a casino in another state; but he has a firm rule against gambling!  It’s a good policy for him, and for any casino employee.  A person could get intobig trouble picking up his paycheck and going straight to the tables!

Recently on a Friday night, I dreamed I stood behind John as he was playing draw on one of the machines I usually play in a casino close to our town.  He was playing hard and fast when suddenly he hit a big jackpot - $4580!

So of course, when I woke up Saturday morning, I felt very lucky.  I told my husband about the dream and we got pretty excited.  We jumped into the car and headed for the casino.  I sat down at my favorite machine and played 5-card draw so fast that I barely waited for the results of this hand before pushing the button for the next hand.  To my great disappointment, I lost and lost and lost.  When I finally gave up and found my husband in the sports book area, he’d been losing too!

Now here’s the amazing part - We went home and got a phone call from Johnny.  He’d been waiting to meet with his boss at the end of his workday in the casino.  He sat down at a poker machine to wait and ended up waiting so long that he broke his own rule and put a few dollars in the machine just to pass the time.  And guess what?  He won $4580!

Now what do you think of that??

Signed,

Disillusioned Gambler

 

Dear Gambler,

We can look at your dream two different ways:

Applying a thematic approach to your dream might suggest that only the person who does not gamble (Johnny) wins.  It’s worth considering as a word to the wise.  After all you report losing, losing, losing! 

On the other hand, many dreamers have reported dreams that seem to predict a future event of some kind.  It’s hard to explain how our dreams offer up such information, yet they do.  Everything from the weather, car troubles, health problems, minor and major mishaps seem to be within the reach of our dreaming selves.  If we accept the concept of a collective unconscious available to all, it’s not too big a step to considering access to past and even future events, as well.

In that scenario, it seems possible that you simply made a mistake:  Your dream might have predicted Johnny’s unexpected success on the poker machine.  Since you stood behind the gambler, perhaps you mistook Johnny for John and his lucky draw for your own!

Sweet Dreams to You, Dear Dreamer!

SMYD
sendmeyourdreams@mail.com

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