My 3-year old grandson loves waterfalls. So do I. Even little ones in streams.
I was reminded of all this today when I read a line from Tao Meditations:
Rinse away dreams.
Rinse away dreams?
First, let's put the two together (waterfalls and dreams) and see what we get. According to one "meaning of dreams" website: Waterfall dreams are overwhelmingly positive dreams, waterfalls symbolize rebirth, baptism, and initiation. Waterfall dreams herald a time of purification, a period of washing away the old and allowing vibrant new energy, enthusiasm, and information to enter the mind and body, filling the soul with inspiration and renewal.
Wow. I never thought of it before, but that's exactly what I feel when I stop and stare at a waterfall.
Now to the Tao study:
Rinsing away dreams is a way of saying that we must not only dispell the illusions and anxieties of our sleeping moments but those of our walking ones as well. All of life is a dream. Not because it isn't there, but because we all project different meanings upon it. We must cleanse away this habit.
Admittedly, I don't really understand what all that means. Something about cleansing away obscuring layers to reach the inner One -- the divine.
That's not a bad thing to "dream" about.
Carpe diem Life,
David Kuhn
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