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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