---

A Glimpse of Enlightenment

Last night I dreamed I was among a group of people being tortured very viciously.  Our assailants were cutting off hands and feet, using sharp metal rods for impaling, and so on.  I noticed that one of my fellow victims, a woman, had a tiny round bandage on her forehead.  I recognized this as evidence that she had been impaled through the head, and I deeply dreaded such a fate for myself.  (In retrospect, I associate this small circle with the Hindu "bindi" representing the Third Eye, but in the dream this didn't occur to me.)  At some point during my torture, I gained enlightenment.  I felt the music of the universe enter my body through my root chakra, and I felt myself "puffing up" like a balloon being filled, especially in my belly.  I floated in bliss for a while.  When my awareness focused back on the physical plane, I saw two Hindus holding up their hands in prayer and bowing to me reverently, acknowledging my holiness.  I returned the honor.  One of them opened a book to show me which deity was my overseer or lord in the greater hierarchy of things.  I don't remember the god's name, but I remember reading these words: "This god is associated with endings and beginnings."  I scoffed slightly, thinking that the description was too generic.  "That's what they're ALL associated with," I thought to myself.  (In retrospect, I realize that my overseer is Agni, the Hindu two-headed god of fire who rules over the digestive fires in the belly.)  I only vaguely recall subsequent scenes of my dream in which I was operating as an enlightened being and interacting with my followers.  I certainly felt happy bestowing benevolence.