Thursday, December 31, 2015

2015: A Retrospection

Well, this year was a pretty great year for me.  Seeing as it’s the end of the year, I thought I’d go over some of the dragon-related things that happened to me this year.

Monday, December 28, 2015

Wondering About Knowing Who I Am

Last night, I had a dream where my dragon guide told me that it is time to know who I am.  This didn’t surprise me at all, seeing as the recent dreams that I’ve had about my dragon guide have more often than not consisted of my dragon guide telling me that it is time to know who I am.

However, this made me wonder about something that didn’t cross my mind before.  By telling me that it is time to know who I am, does my dragon guide mean that I should decide what I want to do in life and decide who I want to be in life, as opposed to not knowing exactly what I want to do in life and not knowing exactly who I want to be in life?  I don’t know at the moment, but I hope that I will find out the answer to this question in time.

Monday, December 21, 2015

A Few Things I Won't Reveal

If there are a few things that I won’t reveal on this blog anytime soon – if at all – they’re the following things:  the name of my dragon guide, the name of my centaur guide (I plan on mentioning him in at least one more entry on this blog), and the name that my dragon guide and my centaur guide always call me by in the dreams that I have about them.

Why won’t I reveal these things on this blog?  It’s because these things are rather personal to me.  I used to reveal them quite a bit when I was asked about them at first, but now I’ve become more careful about revealing them because my intuition has told me to.

Am I not going to reveal these things on this blog because I believe that names have power?  No.  I don’t really believe that names have power, even though a few people have told me that names have power.  While I understand that words can have power (seeing as poetry is the main thing that I write as an aspiring writer) – as much power as you give them – I can’t really say the same for names.

Saturday, December 12, 2015

A Different Feeling

When I watched How to Train Your Dragon 2 for the first time last year, I didn’t have much thought about the part during Hiccup and Toothless’s first onscreen flight where Toothless fires a few plasma blasts and Hiccup glides above them in his flightsuit.  However, a while after I watched it for the third time, I couldn’t help but feel a little bit sad about that part because of Stoick’s death.

Thursday, November 26, 2015

A Not-So-Surprising Dragon Dream

First off, I’m sorry that I haven’t posted any entries in quite a while.  I’ve been rather busy with other things in life.

Anyways, this morning, I had a dragon dream that really didn’t surprise me.

In this dream, I was standing in a stone area.  My dragon guide was in front of me while a male centaur (who had long white hair, blue eyes, and the lower body of a white horse) was standing behind me.  My dragon guide put one of his talons underneath my chin and the centaur calmly put his hands on my shoulders.  My dragon guide and the centaur then told me to be thankful that they are my guardians.  Suddenly, out of nowhere, a red Western dragon appeared to my right.  I turned my head to the right as best as I could and looked at the red dragon.  The red dragon looked at me and told me to be thankful that he is a friend of my dragon guide.

What is it about this dragon dream that really didn’t surprise me?  It’s the fact that it consisted of me being told to be thankful for certain things, considering that today is Thanksgiving.

Now, you may be wondering who the male centaur and the red Western dragon that appeared in this dream are.  Well, I’ll explain that below.

The male centaur that appeared in this dream is another guide of mine that appears in my dreams.  Like my dragon guide, he started appearing in my dreams literally out of nowhere – and I had my first dream about him almost one year after I had my first dream about my dragon guide.  He always calls me by the name that my dragon guide always calls me by in my dreams and his personality is similar to my dragon guide’s personality (mainly in the sense that he’s trying to guide me towards finding who I am and knowing myself as well as I can like my dragon guide is).  He has appeared in some of the dreams that I’ve had about my dragon guide as well.  Up until now, I didn’t mention him in this blog at all because I felt that mentioning him in this blog would be trivial with regards to what this blog is about (and at the moment, I don’t know if I’m going to mention him on this blog again or not).

The red Western dragon that appeared in this dream is a male dragon that claims to be a friend of my dragon guide (which is something that my dragon guide has neither confirmed nor denied as of this writing).  He started appearing in my dreams literally out of nowhere (and a little while after I started having dreams about my dragon guide), but he hasn’t appeared in my dreams very often.  He always calls me by the name that my dragon guide always calls me by in my dreams, but his personality isn’t really like my dragon guide’s personality (in the sense that he’s not trying to guide me towards finding who I am and knowing myself as well as I can, anyways).

With that aside, am I thankful that my dragon guide and my centaur guide are my guardians?  Yes, but at the same time, it’s something that I have yet to fully understand.

Am I thankful that the red dragon is a friend of my dragon guide?  It’s honestly hard for me to say at the moment.

On a final note, happy Thanksgiving to those who are celebrating it!

Monday, October 12, 2015

A Somewhat Strange Dragon Dream

A while ago, I had a dragon dream that I thought was somewhat strange.

In this dream, I was on a cliff and a gold Western dragon was in front of me.  The dragon looked at me and then called me by the name that my dragon guide always calls me by in my dreams.

What is it about this dream that I find to be somewhat strange?  It’s the fact that a gold Western dragon that has never appeared in my dreams before called me by the name that my dragon guide always calls me by in my dreams.

Even though I think that this dream is somewhat strange, I think of it as just a dream and nothing more.  Maybe time will tell if I have another dream like this about this dragon or not.

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Six Years

I find it hard to believe that today marks the six-year anniversary of me having dreams about my dragon guide; much time has passed since I had my first dream about my dragon guide.  So, I thought I’d make an entry about my reflections on it.

What have I learned in these six years of having dreams about my dragon guide?  I’ve learned that I’m still a wanderer in the journey of life.  There are things about me that I’m not sure if I know for sure or not – and there are things about me that I feel I still have yet to know and haven’t gotten close to beginning to know.  I’m still trying to find who I am with regards to several things – and without much knowledge or ideas of what those things really are.

What have I come to feel about my dragon guide in these six years of having dreams about him?  I’ve come to feel that he seems to be trying to guide me towards finding who I am and knowing myself as well as I can, while at the same time, he is wanting me to discover those things myself rather than rely on him to reveal those things.  I’ve also come to feel that he prefers to keep his cards close to his chest regarding what he tells me in the dreams that I have about him; he doesn’t tell me much at once and his answers to my questions only leave me with more questions.

Have my feelings about the dreams that I’ve had about my dragon guide changed over these six years?  Somewhat.  At the beginning, I felt that they were dreams that were good but confusing at the same time.  As I started having more of them over time, I came to feel that some of them (the ones where I’ve ridden my dragon guide in particular) were awesome.  I also came to feel that some of them were encouraging me to look at and question things that I didn’t really look at and question before (such as, but not limited to, who I really am).  Now, I feel that they’ve been good but confusing at the same time, awesome on occasion, and sometimes encouraging (with regards to self-discovery).

Have my feelings about having dreams about my dragon guide changed over these six years?  Somewhat.  At the beginning, I felt rather confused about the dreams that I had about my dragon guide.  Now, I feel thankful that I have dreams about my dragon guide, though I’m still confused about them.

So, those are pretty much my reflections on having dreams about my dragon guide for six years now.  What could the next year of having dreams about my dragon guide be like?  It’s hard to say, but I won’t be surprised if it’s more of what it already has been – and I won’t be surprised if there will be a few new things in it as well.

Sunday, September 20, 2015

The Same Feeling

While I originally didn’t plan on writing an entry about this, I nonetheless felt somewhat inspired to do it after I recently read the entry “Speaking from the Soul” on the blog of Toothless the Nightfury.  Speaking of which, happy birthday Toothless the Nightfury!  :)

Anyways, in the five times that I’ve watched How to Train Your Dragon 2, I’ve tended to have different feelings about some of the scenes in it every time that I’ve watched it (and while I’d like to go into detail about that, it’s another topic for another blog entry).

However, there’s one scene in it that I’ve had the same feeling about every time that I’ve watched it:  the scene where Toothless turns on Hiccup while under the control of Drago’s Bewilderbeast.  Whenever I watch that scene, my heart starts pounding in my chest.  It’s as if Toothless turning on Hiccup – and preparing to fire a plasma blast at Hiccup – is something that scares me on the inside and something that I find hard to believe.

As tempted as I was to write this entry while listening to “Hiccup Confronts Drago”, I didn’t do it at first (I didn’t listen to any songs at first, but then I listened to “Eden” by Hooverphonic and part of “Master’s Apprentices” by Opeth; quite random choices, I know)...only to do it later on in the end.  Listening to “Hiccup Confronts Drago” actually resulted in me thinking of that scene and coming close to having the feeling that I get whenever I watch that scene.

Thursday, September 10, 2015

Update

I apologize for being absent lately.  I’ve been rather busy writing poetry and doing other things (including going on a short vacation with a few of my friends :)).

Anyways, I have written a few entries about my dragon guide and my dragon dreams, one entry about How to Train Your Dragon 2, and one entry about something dragon-related that happened to me.  However, I’m unsure of which direction I’m going to take the blog in and unsure of what will appear on the blog in the near future at the moment – they’re things that I have to spend some time thinking about.  So if I end up not posting any entries for a while, this is the reason why.

Monday, August 10, 2015

My Favorite Dragon Dreams

Out of all the dragon dreams that I’ve had so far – whether they’re dreams about my dragon guide, HTTYD-related dreams, a combination of both, or other dragon dreams – I’d have to say that my favorite ones are a tie between the ones where I was a dragon and the ones where I’ve ridden my dragon guide.

What is it about these dreams that makes them my favorite dragon dreams out of all the ones that I’ve had so far, you may wonder?  Simply put, it’s the glorious sensation of flight and the glorious sensation of being in the sky.

Sunday, August 2, 2015

Dreams of Being a Dragon

When it comes to the dragon dreams that I’ve had so far, they are mainly dreams of talking to a dragon (be it my dragon guide or another dragon) and they are occasionally dreams such as (but not limited to) dreams of riding my dragon guide.  However, there’s one kind of dragon dream that I’ve had only twice:  the dream of being a dragon.

The two dreams that I had of being a dragon were not dreams that I had recently, though – they were dreams that I had a long time ago (long before I started having dreams about my dragon guide, I might add).  I don’t remember much about those dreams, but I do remember that I was a huge white Western dragon in one of them and I was a huge black Western dragon in the other one – and I remember that no one was riding on me in both of them.  Also, if my memory serves me correctly, I was flying above and between two cliffs in the dream where I was the black dragon.  While I think of those dreams as just dreams and nothing more, they were awesome dreams nonetheless.

I haven’t had any dreams of being a dragon since I had those dreams.  Looking back on it now, I wish that I could have those kinds of dreams again.  The closest thing that I have to those kinds of dreams now is having dreams of riding my dragon guide.

Sunday, July 26, 2015

The First Dream

I thought that I’d share the first dream that I had about my dragon guide, which I had back in October 2009.

The dream started off with me sleeping on top of some kind of cliff while a huge green Western dragon was in front of me.  The dragon suddenly brought its head down to me and began to gently nuzzle me.  It continued to nuzzle me until I woke up.  Then, I woke up and sat up.  As soon as I sat up, the dragon gently put one of its talons underneath my chin and put another one of its talons to my lips.  The dragon looked at me and told me in a deep voice that it was alright – and then called me by a name that is not my given name.  After that, the dream was over.

How did I feel about this dream after it was over?  I felt glad that the dragon didn’t hurt me or kill me in it (not to mention that, looking back on it now, I feel glad that I didn’t fear the dragon), but I also felt rather confused.  Who was the dragon?  Why did the dragon call me by a name that is not my given name?  Still, I thought that it was just a dream and nothing more.  Little did I know at the time that it would be the start of something good and strange that has continued with me to this day.

Saturday, July 25, 2015

Thankful and Confused (2)

As good as it may seem to be told the messages that my dragon guide has told me in my dreams, I actually have somewhat mixed feelings about it.

On one hand, I’m thankful that I’ve been told some of the messages that my dragon guide has told me in my dreams (and while I haven’t had a dream where I’ve thanked my dragon guide for telling me the messages that he has told me, the closest that I’ve come to that is that I had a dream where I thanked my dragon guide for his guidance).  On the other hand, most of the messages that my dragon guide has told me in my dreams – the messages about myself in particular – tend to leave me feeling confused.

Before I go any further, I’m going to go a little bit in depth about the messages that my dragon guide has told me in my dreams.

Some of the messages that my dragon guide has told me in my dreams are either about life in general or about myself (though they’re about myself more than they’re about life in general).  These messages tend to be tantamount to wisdom (e.g. the message that there are times when I should listen and times when I should not [listen]), advice out of the blue (e.g. the message that I need to look inside myself to find who I really am), or slight revelations (e.g. the message that there are things about me that I have yet to know).

Some of the other messages that my dragon guide has told me in my dreams have to do with him and me.  These messages tend to be tantamount to information (e.g. the message that my dragon guide will protect me when he can) or slight revelations (e.g. the message that my dragon guide knows what I have yet to know about myself).

There are messages that my dragon guide has told me in my dreams that are exceptions to the aforementioned kinds of messages, but they are few and far between.

Anyways, I’ve come to believe that most of the messages that my dragon guide has told me in my dreams – the messages about myself in particular – are being told because my dragon guide is trying to guide me towards finding myself, finding out who I am, knowing myself as well as I can, and realizing and fulfilling my true potential.  I also consider some of the messages that my dragon guide has told me in my dreams – the messages about life in general in particular – to be wise and deep.

In spite of that, most of the messages that my dragon guide has told me in my dreams – the messages about myself in particular – still tend to leave me feeling confused.  This is not because I tend to take these messages with a substantial grain of salt.  Rather, this is because these messages either leave me with questions or answer questions that I have while leaving me with more questions.

I have asked my dragon guide about some of the messages that he has told me, but it hasn’t really helped for the most part.  If I ask him about a message that he has told me (regardless of what it’s about), he more often than not responds by telling me that I will find it out in time (which has turned out to be true on a couple of occasions, but still).  Furthermore, whenever I ask him about a message about myself that he has told me, he always responds by telling me that I will find it out in time.

Even though most of the messages that my dragon guide has told me in my dreams tend to leave me feeling confused – and I tend to take such messages with a substantial grain of salt – there have been occasions where I’ve found a message that he has told me in my dreams to be true (but over time, as opposed to doing so right away).  However, this is with regards to the messages about life in general that my dragon guide has told me more than it is with regards to the messages about myself that my dragon guide has told me.

So, while I am thankful that I’ve been told some of the messages that my dragon guide has told me in my dreams, most of them – the messages about myself in particular – tend to leave me feeling confused.  Are the messages that leave me feeling confused messages about things that I will understand in time?  I can only hope so.

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Thankful and Confused (1)

As good as it may seem to have a dragon guide that appears in my dreams, I actually have somewhat mixed feelings about it.

On one hand, I’m thankful that I have a dragon guide that appears in my dreams (and I have, in fact, had a few dreams where I thanked my dragon guide for being there for me when he could).  On the other hand, I’m confused about it – specifically, I don’t really understand why I have a dragon guide that appears in my dreams.

Now, I’ve come to believe that my dragon guide is trying to guide me towards finding myself, finding out more about who I am, knowing myself as well as I can, and realizing and fulfilling my true potential – especially with regards to some of the things about myself that he has told me in my dreams.  I’ve also had a dream where he told me that whatever I go through, he is here to guide me.

In addition, I’ve had a couple of dreams where my dragon guide told me that he is here to watch over me, not to mention that I’ve had a few dreams where he told me that he is my guardian and/or told me that he will protect me.  I’ve also had a few dreams where he has told me why he was chosen to be my guardian (but he hasn’t told me who or what chose him to be my guardian as of this writing).

However, in spite of those things, I’m still confused and I still don’t really understand why I have a dragon guide that appears in my dreams.  This is not a result of me having the tendency to take the messages that my dragon guide tells me in my dreams with a substantial grain of salt.  Rather, this is a result of a curiosity about my dragon guide deep within me that lingers on – and that I can’t really find the words to describe or explain.  I will say that while I have thought a bit about those things, it hasn’t brought me closer to finding a reason why I have a dragon guide that appears in my dreams.

When my dragon guide started appearing in my dreams, it was not sparked by anything involving dragons that I had come across or felt in my life up to that point, nor was it sparked by a conscious or subconscious desire to have dreams about a dragon (and I certainly didn’t have a conscious or subconscious desire to have dreams about a dragon for a few years).  It happened literally out of nowhere with just a few dreams that would become many dreams over the next few years – and with nothing that would become something over the next few years.

So, while I am thankful that I have a dragon guide that appears in my dreams, I’m confused when it comes to the reason behind it.  Is it something that happened by chance and somehow stayed with me over the past few years?  Is it something that fate had a plan for and was meant to happen – and meant to be?  It’s hard for me to say.

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

A "Dragon Guide" Label

I recently created a “Dragon Guide” label for the blog and then went through my older entries and marked them with this new category.  This way, if you’re interested in reading the blog entries about my dragon guide, you won’t have to browse through the whole blog to read them – you can click on the dragon guide link on the right sidebar on the blog and you’ll get to browse through them.  I also did this in case I post an entry that’s about my dragon guide but not about the dreams of mine that he has appeared in (though it’s a given that most of the entries about my dragon guide will also be about the dreams of mine that he has appeared in).

Sorry if this entry is a little boring.  I plan on posting a few new entries about my dragon guide and/or my dragon dreams.  However, I’m not sure when I’ll post a new entry about How to Train Your Dragon at the moment.

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Knowing Who I Have Become

A while ago, I had a dream about my dragon guide that I didn’t appear in (which is a first) where my dragon guide implied that it is time to know who I am because I do not know who I have become.

Needless to say, what my dragon guide said in that dream (even though I’ve taken it with a substantial grain of salt) has led me to ponder and wonder about who I am – and who I have become – a little bit.

Do I really know who I have become?  I do feel that I know who I have become, but only to a certain extent; I consider the things about me that have stayed with me throughout the years to be parts of who I have become, but I feel that they don’t make up everything regarding who I have become.  At the same time, I feel that who I have become up to this point in my life may change in the future; I know that who I have become has changed over time, as I’m not the same person that I was five years ago.  Furthermore, I feel that I’m still becoming who I am – and I feel that there are some things about who I have become (if not who I am becoming) that I have yet to discover.

Does this mean that it is time to know who I am?  It’s honestly hard for me to say with certainty, let alone know.  I feel that knowing who I am is a journey that I am still on and that I am not even close to finishing yet.

What exactly is my dragon guide referring to with regards to who I have become?  Is he referring to who I have become in terms of my personal identity?  Is he referring to who I have become spiritually?  Is he referring to who I have become in terms of my potential?  It’s hard for me to say, let alone have any idea, at the moment.  I can only hope that what my dragon guide is referring to with regards to who I have become is something that will be revealed in time.