Friday, 20 January 2012

An Encounter with the Satan


Sometimes, dreams seem real, and you can't tell whether it was a vision, or your mind on an imagination spree. Today, I got to see the most gruesome dream. A dream which left me thinking, even after gaining consciousness, as I woke up on a beautiful morning. Could it be an omen?

It commenced in my home, where my brother was reciting the Quran with our Moulvi Sahib, while I gazed out the window in our drawing room. I could see the street, where a strange man stood, preaching a couple of neighbours and college friends. They were not standing still, but slightly swaying from side to side. Suddenly, one of the neighbors feast his eyes upon me and gave me the nastiest smirk. I was frightened.... 

The preacher noticed me staring at his clan. He suddenly teleported into my home, grasped my arm, and took me to hell. There, he altered his visage from a human… to a devil. In hell, there was a fortress, made of black-coloured bricks, covered with slime. The sky was red, and there was a stench of decomposed bodies in the atmosphere, and I could see people entering the hideous fortress.

I reminisce the most gruesome incident, where Satan took me in front of a dome. It was made of metal, and covered in grease. He told me that I was about to watch my best friend, Louise, experience the cruelest punishment. Louise stood inside the dome with 2 more people, completely unaware of what was about to happen. There was an aerial attack of enormous spears from the sky, aimed at the dome. They were made of thick wood, and the blades were extremely sharp. About fifty of them were thrown at a time, till the entire dome resembled a wooden block. Nobody was visible inside the dome, anymore. I was taken in front of it and Satan showed me the remains of Louise, which were only tiny portions of flesh clenched onto the spears. I freaked out, and ran in search of an escape route. However, Satan responded saying, "Run as much as you like...you can never leave this place." 

Outside the castle, was an extensive pathway made of granite. An assembly of scrawny people, attired in loose worn out shirts and hats, were marching ahead. There were enormous, blood-red trees on each side of the trail, with thorns protruding out of their barks. Severed limbs were lodged in thorns, and as the people walked further on, they tripped over the thorns, until there was a pool of blood covering the entire pathway. Abruptly, these people were shot at, with bullets the size of pebbles. I observed these bullets infiltrate through their skins, but they kept tumbling ahead till they got knocked out, onto the ground. There was chaos everywhere, and I could see my husband fighting his way towards freedom; however, the final shot of the bullet pierced through his shoulder, and he dropped dead, with his face in the river of blood. I could not take it anymore, and had to elude, somehow! Magically… I reached home. 

At my residence, Mum, Dad and my brother were conversing in the lounge. I approached them, with a dejected look on my face, and announced the demise of my beloved husband. Hearing me recall the gruesome incident, made my brother quite infuriated. He literally dashed for the door to take revenge from that vile Satan, but I persuaded him not to go.

All of a sudden, I woke up with tears trickling down my cheeks till I saw my husband dozed off beside me. What a relief it was just a dream! The mind can play tricks on you, I must say.
What if, this world is entirely your imagination and everyone in it is imagining everything the exact same way as you? Try to stop thinking for one second, and then notice a change...you won't. But if you do, then it's all a part of your creativity.


(The names of the characters experiencing punishments have been kept hidden and are fictional due to privacy. In addition, if you were thinking that I have a husband...I'm not married!)

Tuesday, 19 April 2011

Hey Batter, Batter...Hey Batter, Batter Swing!

These dreams have been a part of me since the day I was probably born. I just don't tend to remember them, from those days. I'm sure there were a bunch of diapers flying around in them, but that would just be extremely pointless and smelly, right? Today, I'm going to tell you about a dream I've been having ever since I was 4 years old. I see it every year, a few days after New Year's...and I always wake up in the middle of it, crying my eyes out.  

There's a giant greasy door, standing completely solitary in a pitch black room. It has a giant key-hole to see through, large enough for me to see a baseball field and a bunch of men--half in red, and half in blue, playing baseball. Then, I turn away and look beside the door, and see a horrid sight. Something extremely heart shattering for a 4-year-old child to see....

.... I see a greasy machine, connected to a metal sheet which is quite large in size to cover up, a 10 feet long bedroom floor. Under it lies me, along with my sibling and parents....dead. I wake up right after, and cry...without any hesitation to fall asleep, soon after.

July'09... I spent some of the best days of my life in Chicago. My cousins took my dad and I to the Wrigley Field, for a Cubs game. As excited as I could ever imagine myself to be, I was going crazy snapping pictures with my camera. The crowd was going wild, having beer, nachos and just cheering for their favourite team, as I observed, every inch of that stadium, with my long-time partner...the camera. As I stream through the pics I had taken, I notice a shot I had captured which I could not recall at that point--probably due to the adrenaline rush. The picture showed the baseball field with half men in blue, and half in red. Yup...it was the exact sight I had seen in my dream at the age of 4, and after that pretty much every single year!

I was shocked beyond belief. Just having that remainder of my dream coming true was really great! However, I never want the remaining to happen...ever. God forbid, it ever does...then, I'll probably never forgive myself for eternity. That's all for now...Sweet dreams!

Tuesday, 22 February 2011

Wake Me Up Before September '04

You must be wondering why I have an odd title to this article of mine... It pretty much reveals a scenario that changed my life, completely.

Aah, the lovely grandmother...just the word itself brings out a sophisticated--hence "grand"-- woman in your mind. She's pale white, with grey hair grown to an extent that the ends of her hair strands are now shaping into a 'V.' Her eyes are blue-grey, and her lips are oh so tender, and as you imagine them caress to your youthful skin, you feel the comfort from a close loved one. Yup...she is my grandmother, whom I lost 7yrs ago.

It was mid August, when my grandmother was falling sick, and had to be rushed to the hospital when I had just arrived home from a friend's get-together. Mum told me she would be there for a night, and I felt assured grandma would be home the next morning. A week had passed, and she was in the ICU...and that very night, I saw my first vision...

I'm in my Secondary school building, enjoying recess with my cousin. She tells me my grandmother is in the ICU, and I ask her hesitantly what on earth is an "ICU." The scene changes to one where I have just reached home, and am laying on the bed, then informed to quickly go and change as guests were about to arrive. Always having a keen interest, in having people come over to my house, I changed into my favourite white and yellow T-shirt, with red flowers in front. I sat with my Aunt in her white Suzuki, along with my Dadi (Dad's mother). Next thing you know, I'm standing in between both of them at a hospital elevator, and as soon as I get out, I see my Aunt and a distant grandmother, in a lilac shalwar kemeez, drenched in tears...
This to an 11yr old was an everyday dream. I didn't take it seriously in anyway.

On 2nd September, 2004, my grandmother passed away in the ICU. The entire dream I have mentioned above took place that very same day. I was shocked, and did not speak to anyone at any of the funeral gatherings...in fact, i didn't speak for 2 weeks! My school work was below average, and I was bullied by my friends as I was the one who seemed rather innocent, later. After this dream came true, I blamed myself for killing my best friend. Just talking about this incident brings tears to my eyes, but then again, I feel like God showed me a sign. Is my entire life based on signs? Could this all be an imagination?

What if, this world is entirely your imagination and everyone in it is imagining everything the exact same way as you? Try to stop thinking for one second, and then notice a change...you won't. But if you do, then it's all a part of your creativity.