Dreams!

Hmmm, ... dreams ... something which we all have experienced in our life. There are good dreams and then there are also bad dreams. But as of now, we have not been able to concretely analyze this thing called - "DREAM". Until last week, for me, dreams were like a normal routine thing for me. But last week something happened ... i had a dream ... a dream i want to share with you all! And i want an opinion of yours on this, what such dreams mean, why do we get such dreams etc.,

May be you and i can then define this thing - "DREAMS"

I am a big dreamer, i can even day dream, but all the dreams, have some element that is practically not possible ... like say for example a dream potraying me as the strongest guy on the earth which is not the case! he he he. But the dream i had last week, was real. Real in the sense, it did not have an element of fiction or things that are not possible. It was as if, i was present at that moment, at that place and everyone around me were real. As if i could touch people, feel the air, hold things etc., It was seemed very realistic. Most interesting thing is ..... its related to a dream i had 3 weeks before this one.

Therefore i will take u to that 1 st dream i had 4 weeks ago ....

20th April 2009 sometime just after dawn around 5 am or 6 am: -
The dream was like this : -
I was at Dadar station. Waiting for an Andheri train. I had an interview scheduled. It was terribly hot! I was sweating standing besides the railway canteen. Suddenly someone shouted from behind, "Omkar!!! ... aree Omkar!!!" I looked behind. It was my school friend. I remember his face, but, i don't remember his name. Lets name him Santosh.

Me: "Hey ....wssp? how r u dude ?"

Santosh: "I am fine man... how about you? where are you these days?"

Me: "I work as a Software engineer in a company @ Mahape, Navi Mumbai ... and right now i am going for an interview to Andheri. Where are you heading to?"

Santosh: "Me and my son are also heading to our relatives at Andheri!" he smiled and looked downwards. His son was hiding behind his legs. He was shy.

Santosh: "Akash....Uncle ko "Hello" bolo!"

Omkar: "Hello Akash! ... Yo Man ! ... u r tall! ... how old is he?"

Santosh: "He is 8 years old!"

Omkar: "he he! He is cute....he definetly must be looking like his mother! As you still look ugly as you use to at school times!"

Santosh: "Kamine Omkar....tu bilkul nahi badla....u still pull others legs!"

Omkar: "Sorry yaar! ... just kidding! U know i did not mean that! ..... Hey Man ! here comes our train! ... chal lets go...we will talk in the train"

The train arrived on the platform, as usual there it was a bit difficult to board the train. We boarded the train. The train in few seconds later, left the platform. Suddenly Santosh realized, Akash is not with him !

Santosh: "Shit!!!... Omkar ... Omkar....Akash ! ...Akash is not here ! Shit!! ... Someone please please stop the train....aree koi chain kheecho!....please pull the chain!!!"

My heart was beating hard .... My goodness he is just 8 years old. By the time, i could conclude my thoughts, the train touched platform of next station. Another train was waiting to go in opposite direction. Me and Santosh got on that train immediately from wrong side, and reached Dadar in few minutes.

As we reached Dadar and alighted from the train, we ran to the platform from where we boarded the train. There was huge crowd on the tracks... looking at the croud, my heart started beating faster. Some very bad thoughts were trying to pollute my mind, And i was trying hard to calm my friend and ignore those thoughts. But, the thoughts turned into reality. His son Akash, was in the tracks. He died on the spot. Santosh was crying out loud. Looking at the body parts of his cute 8 year old son ed at distances on the tracks. I cannot describe this anymore in the blog.

And with this same feeling, i got up from sleep! I was terrified. My heart was still beating at a faster rate. I looked around. Everything was normal. My parents were doing there morning work. Birds were chirping. It was 6.30 am and everything was pretty usual and quiet around. After sometime i forgot about the dream.

Now after a long long time, i forgot about the dream i had ... and only last Monday that is on
11th May 2009 i had a dream which was related to this dream. And i realized this relation at the end of the dream.

11th May 2009 same time around 5 or 6 am. I was still in the sleep and having this dream. Its as follows: -
I was @ Mumbra railway station waiting for the train to Dombivli. It was evening time. A train for Kalyan came and i boarded the train. Before the train could leave, very much to my surprise, Santosh came running and boarded the same compartment. (Please note....i had completely forgotten about my previous dream... it was as if i am meeting him after a long time after school for the first time)

Omkar: "Yo Man! Wssp!"

Santosh: "I am fine ....whats up with you? ... you still stay in Dombivli?"

Omkar: "yeah dude ! ... hey did u meet anyone recently ? from our school ? r u in touch with n e one from school ?"

Santosh: "Nahi yaaar! .... life changes after school, especialy when u get job, get married etc!"

Omkar: "U r right"

In the mean time, Dombivli station is approaching....i am hanging by the door of the compartment holding the vertical railing. Suddenly, i feel a strong push! I turn around only to find my friend Santosh, trying to push me out of the train! Shit!!! I was scared....my heart again started beating at a faster rate.

Omkar: "Hey dude! ...what the fuck you think u r doing!? ... i might die!"

Santosh: "Die ...die ...u son of a gun....die!"

He started pushing me hard....he even started beating me.....i was more shocked than surprised. The people in the compartment were awestruck! I was still holding to the railing with one hand and trying to avoid his blows with other. No one was helping me out. As the platform approached, slowly Santosh's energy levels went down. He burst into tears....and began crying!

"I should have never thought of boarding the train with you mother fucker....2 years ago my son got killed ....he died...he died because of YOU!!!.....YOU!!!", he said.


Shit! ..... then i recollected the incident that happened in my previous dream.


I was scared. I woke up from my sleep immediately. Everything was normal like always... My heart pounding hard. My ear pinnae were red and hot. I was sweating a bit.


Now for the analysis part.
I discussed this with my office collegae Gaurav Goel. According to him. Dreams are Human Imagination. Things that human mind just for time pass or playfull reasons wants to imagine. The imaginations can turn out to be bad or good. It upto you...infact your mind...what it wants to imagine. And dreams are always based on what happens in times.

When i had these two dreams, i was having a very hectic life. It was stressfull, with loads of work.
And interestingly, before the second dream, i was discussing of boarding a train to my office.

What do you think ?
What is the meaning of such dreams ? ... such incidents have never happened before in my real life !
First of all, is it worth trying to figure out if dreams have got any meaning?
Are related dreams special ?
Did you have one in your life before ?
Is someone trying to communicate to you through such dreams? ... or Dreams are just Imaginations?
Or is it just that .... such dreams come when you have a stressful time?

Please let me know your opinion.

Thanks and Regards
Omkar Patkar