So, I attend more meetings than most jws with all the dreams I continue to have regarding the meetings and assemblies.
Usually the dreams aren't nightmares, but I'm supposed to give a talk and I'm given what I'm supposed to say and I tell the brothers there's no way I'm getting up there and giving the talk unless I can go off the outline.
Most of the time, the dreams bleed into other areas of my life, like last night I was at the assembly and I saw this supposed life-long 'friend'...
[true backstory] who it turns out was spreading malicious rumors even while i was still 'in' b/c it turns out she loved me and i never thought of her more than a friend who i couldn't talk about music or movies w/ b/c she was completely self righteous on that... she even tried to break up my wife and i before we got married, found out later, yes, the truth does get brighter as time goes on. ;)
she showed up in my dream though and was trying to apologize and i ignored her...then...
....before the assembly started, the Red Hot Chili Peppers had to do a set. It always cracks me up when I awake, but when i'm in the dream i'm like, 'why the heck am i at an assembly', and the band starts tuning up onstage, and i think, 'why is the society booking bands, ah, who cares?' and i run to the front of the stage as i'm usually the only person dancing in the dream while everyone stays in their seats and the Chili Peppers, or Nick Cave or whoever busts out their sets.
Also, last night I dreamt Anthony Keidis came up to me and said 'i used to be in this shit', and pointed around the assembly and i told him i've been going to therapy to deal with it and he said, 'maybe you should start a band'.
90% of my dreams of KH or assemblies always turn out great b/c it usually involves some type of subconscious concert i get to attend and i'm the only one who cares about it.
10% are more 'wtf?' rather than guilt induced.
sidenote: in the red hot chili peppers set of my unconscious they did a cover of 'gimme some money' by spinal tap. \m/
sidenote 2: i wonder if last night anthony keidis dreamt he was playing some religious event and thinking of firing his tour manager when only one guy at the show was dancing?