The Hill in a Dream: An Enlightenment Story
A young man living in Singapore is going through a difficult period in his life journey. For a while, a fear appeared in him that he could not understand. He has a fear of getting lost wherever he goes in his daily life. He suddenly feels lost in his environment and spends long hours with deep anxiety. This worries him a lot.
One day, while strolling in a seaside park in Singapore, she encounters an old man. While they are chatting with him on the bench, he tells her about this fear that he has been living for a while. Tears welled up in the young man's eyes as he spoke of his worries. After listening to him carefully, the old man tells him about an incident that he experienced in his own life.
If you can talk about a fear, says the old man, be sure that you are the master of that fear, you are in control of it; but you are not aware of it. And he begins to tell her about a dream he had the other night. This dream holds wisdom from which many people, not just the young man, should learn. The dream is full of metaphors. In the dream, the old man saw himself climbing a hill and when he reached the top, he felt that all his fears had disappeared and he was filled with great peace. However, the hill is not very high or there is no difficulty in climbing. But for the old man, this transformation happened quickly. And even after waking up from that dream, she continued to feel good and happy. He advises the young man to have a similar dream tonight.
The young man did not quite understand what this dream meant for him and how it would benefit him. In fact, it seemed so ordinary and uninteresting to him. But he has nothing to lose. He decides to listen to the old man's advice. Just before he goes to sleep that night, he imagines his dream in his mind. He fell asleep shortly after. He dreams of what he dreamed in his sleep. He went up the hill just like the old man. When he wakes up in the morning, he realizes that he has had the same experience, and he is astonished. He felt that all his fear of being lost had passed. It's like everything is left behind. A few days pass after the dream. But there is no trace of fear.
The young man goes to the park days later in the hope of meeting the old man again. He finds her sitting in the same place and hugs her with great joy. He enthusiastically tells about his experience and thanks him wholeheartedly for his advice. But he has some questions in mind. Curiously, he asks himself how this is possible. The old man answered with great wisdom:
Dreams are powerful tools for people to channel their thoughts and feelings. Every person communicates with his subconscious through dreams. If you manage to consciously direct your dreams, you will be able to see the results quickly in your life. The young man also wondered about the meaning of the hill. According to the old man, the hill in this story metaphorically corresponds to the place where the fear of getting lost disappears. Once you get there, he says, you experience the moment when there is no fear; and once you experience it, the transformation is complete.
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