Woman Thou Art God: Dream of Rasa - Jody's Bethrothal Dream

JODY REACHES MYSTICAL BETROTHAL
WITH THE HELP OF RASA

Marcello Mastroianni & Anita Ekberg
from La Dolce Vita

'MY SISTER IS BETROTHED TO A
MUSLIM PRINCE, BUT IT IS A GREAT SECRET'

In real life I have a sister who has not spoken to me in years. I do not think about her often, nor is she concerned about me I imagine. (It is by her choice we are not speaking.)

Nevertheless, upon visiting my family home, she is sitting here in this room, where all are seated around, and they have decided I must take her somewhere - to my shock - to a Muslim country.

What happened was that no one else wanted to escort her there and so it falls to me. They are sort of 'tricking me' into it and they do not tell me the secret, but I figure it out quite soon.

I see Nina sitting there. She is thin, and has soft round waves of hair around her face, which is light brown, ash grey frosted.

What they TRIED not to tell me is she has been chose by a MUSLIM PRINCE, the SON OF THE KING OF A FOREIGN COUNTRY. She must go to his country and it cannot be done alone. She must be escorted and have a chaperone.

I did not quite figure out how it fell to me except that no one else wanted to go to this country because it is strange, foreign and perhaps dangerous.

I see the foreign prince here with us. He has come for a visit - we will go together back to his native land.

He is a likeable fellow, dressed like John Travolta and in a three-piece white suit like his. I hear music and I dance, and he imitates me. He is thin, sweet and I am impressed that he can sort of follow my steps. I am a professional dancer and it is not easy to imitate me, but he is doing a fairly good job. I like the guy.

Now we leave and the next thing I know, we are in his foreign land, and he is taking me on a sightseeing cruise. Strangely, I do not see my sister any more, but only him, in the royal party.

We embark on a sort of clear 'channel' like a river, but it has no current - but is rather like a lake. But it is long and narrow like a river. We get into a kind of boat, where half our bodies are immersed in the water.

I look into this water and although it is clear, I am told it is 'dead.' As I scrutinize it, I notice there is no life in it - no fish, no green stuff. Only one rather large fish which has red tones and makes me think of a catfish. That is the only one that can survive here.

We move along in the vehicle and the prince points out the sights. Most of the houses along the banks, on both sides, are mansions and quite beautiful. But we pass by one that is derelict, abandoned, and it is rather an embarrassment, (or so I imagine.) It has columns in the front, looks so empty and forlorn and in disrepair, and has a huge movie sign on the front, shaggy and blowing in the wind. The color of it is muted off orange. It perhaps has the picture of a great woman, like Anita Eckberg in La Dolce Vita.

MEANING

In real life I have a sister who has not spoken to me in years. I do not think about her often, nor is she concerned about me I imagine. (It is by her choice we are not speaking.)

RASA: THIS REPRESENTS JODY. BECAUSE MY SISTER HAS REJECTED ME AND JODY HAS REJECTED ME GENERALLY AND SPECIFICALLY. HE HATES GURUS AND I AM A GURU. AND HE HAS ATTACKED ME VICIOUSLY ON HIS GROUP AND HIS BLOG.

Nevertheless, upon visiting my family home, she is sitting here in this room, where all are seated around, and they have decided I must take her somewhere...

RASA: THIS IS TAKING JODY TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF HIS SPIRITUAL LIFE - THE BETROTHAL. ONE CAN UNDERSTAND WHY NO ONE ELSE IN THE SPIRITUAL FAMILY OF SAINTS AND GURUS, WOULD WANT THAT OBLIGATION. THEY TRICK ME INTO DOING IT BY LETTING ME ENGAGE IN A NASTY ALTERCATION WITH JODY, FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THE SLURS TO MY REPUTATION. THIS IS A SORT OF TRICKERY, BECAUSE ONE IS NOT LED BY A POLITE HANDSHAKE, BUT BEING BITTEN, MUST FIGHT BACK. BUT IT DOES NOT TAKE ME LONG TO FIGURE OUT IT IS FOR THE SPIRITUAL NEED OF JODY.

- to my shock - to a Muslim country.

RASA: THIS MUSLIM COUNTRY REPRESENTS PERHAPS THE YOGA HE IS INTO. IT IS RATHER MORE FOREIGN TO ME THAN CHRISTIANITY. BUT CLEARLY THIS MAN IS A PRINCE - AND HIS DAD IS THE KING - WHICH REPRESENTS THE SAME AS CHRIST, OUR LORD, AND GOD THE FATHER.

What happened was that no one else wanted to escort her there and so it falls to me. They are sort of 'tricking me' into it and they do not tell me the secret, but I figure it out quite soon.

I see Nina sitting there. She is thin, and has soft round waves of hair around her face, which is light brown, ash grey frosted.

RASA: THE HAIR IS AN EXTREMELY TELLING SYMBOL. THIS PERSON HAS JUST BEEN THROUGH 'CONVICTION' - HAS SEEN HIS SINS OR BECOME AWARE OF THEM, AND HAS REPENTED. THE HAIR IS THE MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CONDITION OF A PERSON.

What they TRIED not to tell me is she has been chosen by a MUSLIM PRINCE, the SON OF THE KING OF A FOREIGN COUNTRY. She must go to his country and it cannot be done alone. She must be escorted and have a chaperone.

I did not quite figure out how it fell to me except that no one else wanted to go to this country because it is strange, foreign and perhaps dangerous.

I see the foreign prince here with us. He has come for a visit - we will go together back to his native land.

RASA: THE PRINCE IS NONE OTHER THAN GOD IN THE FORM OF BETROTHAL PARTNER. HE IS THE MIRROR IMAGE OF JODY, EXCEPT IT IS THE GOOD JODY, NOT THE SINFUL ONE. JODY IS NOW TO RISE INTO THIS GOOD PART OF HIMSELF.

He is a likeable fellow, dressed like John Travolta and in a three-piece white suit like his.

RASA: THREE-PIECE WHITE SUIT SOUNDS LIKE A GROOM TO ME. THREE IS ALMOST ALWAYS HOLY TRINITY, SO THIS IS GOD.

I hear music and I dance, and he imitates me. He is thin, sweet and I am impressed that he can sort of follow my steps. I am a professional dancer and it is not easy to imitate me, but he is doing a fairly good job. I like the guy.

RASA: THE INNER JODY, THE GOD JODY, IS THE ONE I LIKE. THE MUSIC IS CELESTIAL, THE DANCE IS REJOICING. I REJOICE, AND HE FOLLOWS ME BECAUSE I AM THE GURU. MY BEING CHOSEN TO ESCORT AND CHAPERONE IS TO BE HIS GURU OR SPIRITUAL GUIDE AND POWER INTO THIS CONDITION.

Now we leave and the next thing I know, we are in his foreign land, and he is taking me on a sightseeing cruise. Strangely, I do not see my sister any more, but only him, in the royal party.

RASA: THE FLESH OF JODY DISSAPEARS, AND HE BECOMES THE BELOVED, THE PRINCE WHO IS THE SON OF GOD. HE BECOMES JESUS IN CHRISTIAN TERMS. AND SO, I NO LONGER SEE HIM AS FLESH.

WE ARE GOING SIGHTSEEING AS A REVIEW OF WHAT WENT ON.

RASA: WE NOW REVIEW THE GRACE BY WHICH JODY WAS BROUGHT HERE, AND I WITH HIM. THE CHANNEL/LAKE IS A SYMBOL OF GURU RATINGS, WHERE WE MET.

I look into this water and although it is clear, I am told it is 'dead.'

RASA: THIS SYMBOLIZES THE 'DEAD ADVAITA' OF GURU RATINGS, AND THAT THE ONLY THING THAT CAN LIVE OR SURVIVE IN THIS REALM IS THE 'CATFISH.' THE CATFISH IS A BOTTOM DWELLER WHO LIVES OFF THE CARRION AND DROPPINGS OF OTHERS - OFF GARBAGE, AS IT WERE, LIKE A VULTURE OR OTHER TYPE OF SCAVENGER. THIS IS THE TYPE OF THING THAT WAS GOING ON IN THE LIFE OF JODY AND ON GURU RATINGS. THEY LIVED OFF WICKED GOSSIP OR WERE 'MUCKRAKERS' LIKE THE CATFISH. (SEE BELOW)

As I scrutinize it, I notice there is no life in it - no fish, no green stuff. Only one rather large fish which has red tones and makes me think of a catfish. That is the only one that can survive here.

We move along in the vehicle and the prince points out the sights. Most of the houses along the banks, on both sides, are mansions and quite beautiful.

RASA: THESE MANSIONS REPRESENT MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON GURU RATINGS, WHO HAVE FORMIDABLY BEAUTIFUL SOULS. (SURPRIZE, SURPRIZE!)

But we pass by one that is derelict, abandoned, and it is rather an embarrassment, (or so I imagine.) It has columns in the front, looks so empty and forlorn and in disrepair, and has a huge movie sign on the front, shaggy and blowing in the wind. The color of it is muted off orange. It perhaps has the picture of a great woman, like Anita Eckberg in La Dolce Vita.

RASA: THIS IS THE PAST OF JODY. HE HAS REPENTED AND ABANDONED THE GREAT HOUSE OF MUCKRACKING WHERE HE ONCE DWELT. IT IS AS IF THE 'SWEET LIFE' WASN'T SO SWEET, AND NOW IT IS OVER. HE FEELS EMBARRASSED BY IT, SO THIS DREAM SAYS. WHY ORANGE? RED IS PAIN, YELLOW IN THIS CONTEXT IS SENSATIONALISM. AND HE DWELT IN PAIN AND SENSATIONALISM, GIVING IT AND THEREBY, ALSO RECEIVING IT.

THIS IS A WONDERFUL DREAM AND IF ALL THE MESS AN GURU RATINGS WAS TO HELP JODY, THEN IT WAS WELL WORTH GOING THROUGH.

Rasa Von Werder
January 11, 2006

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