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A couple of days back, I had a horrifying dream. I saw at the main door of my home some mischievous adolescents standing. I got a feeling that they were malevolent and would try to enter my home. ๐Ÿ‘น๐Ÿš๏ธ[…]

However, my elder aunt, who is actually very lean and fragile, was standing near the door. So, I asked her to immediately bolt the door from inside. However, by the time I moved to the door to bolt it, those guys tried entering, and the door couldnโ€™t be bolted from the inside completely. Those two adolescents were trying and trick me in every possible way to disturb me and create panic in me by trying to enter the house. Although they could, they didnโ€™t. Some middle-aged people were trying to push them away, but were unsuccessful.

However, I could at last bolt the door from within and was talking to my mother that we are finally fine. Then all of a sudden, a huge beast, some 8 ft high and heavily built with a pale greyish complexion like the colour of ash, broke down the door and entered my home. His expression was not furious, but looked like he was on a mission and had been specifically called because these adolescents couldnโ€™t accomplish theirย task ofย breaking down the door and entering my house. My mother and I were discussing that he is for sure a rakshasa.

Then I felt he did something to me, and I was unable to open my eyes. Somehow, I tried forcibly opening the right eye and failed to open the left eye completely. I was not afraid throughout the dream, but I could sense that I was disturbed. I even tried remembering the Motherโ€™s words that if you courageously look at the tiger, even that will turn into a cat. I tried that, but something was pulling me down from achieving that success…

What could this dream mean?

The dream means an attempt by the forces of the vital world to return, as they were during your adolescence. There are, however, benevolent powers that are helping you. Hence, despite all their tricks, they fail, apart from creating some disturbance and momentary inability to see things clearly.ย 

Affectionately,

Alok Da

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