Three Stages of Grace

[Guest guest]

Dear Souls:

 

I would like to ask for your help in deciphering a recent dream of mine

regarding grace. My hope is for at least a referral to a spiritual source where

I can research its meaning myself, unless someone among us has training with

dreams.

 

Since last September, I have had a series of about 8 abstract dreams regarding

spirit and the radiant, resplendent soul as a crown of jewels turning to face

eternity, each dream evolving and becoming more complex then the last. I've had

no trouble with their interpretations, until now.

 

This dream came with its own title: The Three Stages of Grace. Background is

solid dark. In the middle of this dark vastness of space (perhaps a form of

eternity?) is a large and rather wide staircase of all white steps. Three women

are sitting at different levels on the staircase. What is curious is that they

are all identical in shape, form, clothing, pose, and countenance, like cutout

paper dolls. Their hair is dark, styled on top of the head similar to the

ancient Greek goddesses. They

wear long flowing dark dresses that are tucked under their knees while sitting

in rock pose, eyes cast downward in humility. I don't recall what arms and

hands are doing, but they are probably relaxed in the lap or are dropped and

hang at the sides.

 

One woman sits on a step close to the top of the staircase and over to the

right-hand side. One sits two steps lower and to the left side, and the third

sits a couple more steps toward the bottom and off to the right, so they zigzag

down steps: top right, middle left, and bottom right, with spacing of 1-2 steps

in between each woman. The entire white staircase is heavily strewn with red

rose petals upon which the women sit in contemplation, bodies slightly turned

toward the right.

 

When I awoke, what I thought was curious is that my ego wanted to change these

women into youth, mid-age and older wise-age. I knew that this wasn't the right

thing to do, and after rethinking, I decided the women were identical because of

an internal shift that was taking place, or needed to take place, or about to

take place, or has already taken place (?).

 

My perplexion is in needing to know why would grace take form in 3 identical

women in a dream? What are the stages about? What is grace about? Please,

any help getting me unstuck is deeply appreciated. I know I'm supposed to

interpret my own meanings, but I have a feeling that this will take more than

the usual Jungian interpretation. Oh, yes, I paint my dreams and write artist

statements about them, but I'm quite lost here and humbled by it all.

 

So, thank you, thank you all.

 

Sat nam,

Nancy

[Guest guest]

>Dear Nancy

 

I will share with you what came to my mind while reading about your dream,

thankyou for sharing it with us.

 

Perhaps the darkness behind is like the darkness that we are in when grace

becomes a light in our lives like the stair case the three woman where

sitting on. Also darkness is like the womd, the void, the place of all

potential. It is in our greatest hours of darkness that all possibilities

exsist. Grace comes to us then as a shinning white light, a stair case

offered with steps for us to walk up out of our darkness. The woman are all

the same for it matters not how often we are blessed, or graced with that

staircase we are always the same. ie. in darkness, in despair. They could be

all the same for grace does not bless us more or less depending on where we

are on those steps. To me she does not discriminate or withhold her blessing

based on where I am in my life. Grace simply showers all equaly. There are

no levels to her, all she needs for to shine down upon us is our need for

her. Perhaps they look like goddesses because we are gods and goddeses, and

maybe there is also the message that we can all turn and look up, and climb

those stairs, realising that we are supported by grace.

A good lesson for me. The darkness is behind, so instead of sitting and

looking forlorn, or concentrating on it, we could celebrate the briiliant

white steps that lead upwards.

 

many blessings.

Kim

 

 

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[Guest guest]

I found myself thinking about your dream so I thought I might pass

this on. There is a realm of grace, a fourth level of reality from

which grace flows. It requires the humbling of yourself in the the

first three levels, because in each of those levels there is still

identification with matter - with ego. At the level of grace, one

sheds identification with the ego completely - the ultimate act of

humbling ones self. It struck me that the three ladies were all in a

position of humility. It is also probably useful to remember that

many spiritual traditions put a feminine face on the soul and in Yogi

Bhajan's thinking women are often called the Grace of God.