Do you believe that dreams are spiritual in nature? Can God or a divine influence of some sort communicate with us through our dreams?
Personally, I've had a number of dream related experiences that would prompt me to answer yes to both questions. One such dream I can remember quite vividly. I had broken ground for our new Temple and the stone had been delivered for the foundation, but mainly due to laziness on my part, had yet to be put into place. Then, one night Krishna, (as a child), came to me in my dream and said, "You need to start building, but don't forget to bless the sight first." I asked him how I was supposed to do that and he turned and said, "Like this." When he turned, Shiva appeared behind him with his head down and his hands together as Hindus do when saying, Namaste. Shiva opened his hands and there in his palms was the ground I had opened to begin construction of the Temple with the stone already in place. It was as if he had just scooped up the earth from beneath the Temple site and was holding it there in his hands. I mean, it was so real. Tree roots were dangling from his fingers, soil crumbling... I was speechless. Krishna proceeded to show me where to put the incense and other things to complete the blessing and then just faded away. I woke up abruptly at 6AM with my heart pounding. I quickly got dressed and began putting the nearly three tons of stone in place one wheel barrow at a time until the site looked exactly as it did in Shiva's hands. That night, I did as Krishna instructed and blessed the site. That was the first of many such dreams I've had since.
Personally, I've had a number of dream related experiences that would prompt me to answer yes to both questions. One such dream I can remember quite vividly. I had broken ground for our new Temple and the stone had been delivered for the foundation, but mainly due to laziness on my part, had yet to be put into place. Then, one night Krishna, (as a child), came to me in my dream and said, "You need to start building, but don't forget to bless the sight first." I asked him how I was supposed to do that and he turned and said, "Like this." When he turned, Shiva appeared behind him with his head down and his hands together as Hindus do when saying, Namaste. Shiva opened his hands and there in his palms was the ground I had opened to begin construction of the Temple with the stone already in place. It was as if he had just scooped up the earth from beneath the Temple site and was holding it there in his hands. I mean, it was so real. Tree roots were dangling from his fingers, soil crumbling... I was speechless. Krishna proceeded to show me where to put the incense and other things to complete the blessing and then just faded away. I woke up abruptly at 6AM with my heart pounding. I quickly got dressed and began putting the nearly three tons of stone in place one wheel barrow at a time until the site looked exactly as it did in Shiva's hands. That night, I did as Krishna instructed and blessed the site. That was the first of many such dreams I've had since.
