My inclination at the time was to imagine that the upheaval and tsunami I felt would take place as a literal, natural event. As it turns out, it was NOT a literal volcanic eruption or a literal tsunami that took place. Instead, Mohamed Bouazizi, the young Tunisian scholar who set himself ablaze in Tunis during the time line I had predicted, set in motion a tsunami of protests, which –- as I had envisioned -- effected to a greater degree the countries of Africa and the entire Middle East. The subsequent ousting of dictatorships that have ruled without mercy for far too long in their corrupt ways is indeed spreading. Even Libya's ruthless Gadhafi regime is now on the brink of collapse. The effects of this “tsunami of change," as it is being called -- a tidal wave of new freedom fighters fighting for their legitimacy and wanting democracy -- is changing the way we, who have taken our freedoms for granted for far too long, are viewing liberty and our right to have a voice in the workings of government. It is a call for us to awaken to new levels of understanding based on the Middle East’s fight as well as our own.
Not to take my visions so literally has been a valuable lesson for me. Like dreams, visions are more often than not symbolic representations, not literal translations. Tsunamis, in this sense, can represent a massive cleansing, masses of people, and extraordinary changes -- all of which are taking place. Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions can represent social upheavals, new dramatic governing directions, and collective mindsets awakening. This has been happening and is happening right now, starting in Tunisia and Egypt within the time line I had predicted.
No comments:
Post a Comment