Calibabe Tue 09 Mar 2010, 8:30 pm
Conch23 wrote: Calibabe wrote:Last night I had a dream that woke me straight out of a sound sleep and I haven't been back to bed since.
I was with my husband, my son, my daughter and some other people that I know from my church. As we were getting ready to go inside the church, I was standing on the steps outside talking to some friends. All of a sudden there was this violent shaking that started and everyone ran. I looked up at the front of the church and I started to notice that things were moving all over the place and I thought that maybe I should get out of there. I went to move but could not move. I kept thinking "I have to move, I need to get inside and take cover", but nothing I could do would make my feet work. It was like they were stuck in concrete. All of a sudden, the shaking got worse and as I thought that the roof of the church as going to come down on me, my feet released and I started to fall backwards. At that point I woke up
I was sweating so bad that I had to get up. I was shaking because I guess I was so scared. From what I could tell it had to be early spring or early summer, as the flowers were in full bloom. Also people had been talking about the late rain that we had gotten really helped the flowers out. So that is what makes me think it was either early spring or early summer. We don't usually get rain past that. The other thing that unnerved me I guess is that I was alone. No one came out of the church to check to see where I was. That was what I found strange about the dream. The church didn't get destroyed, I don't think.
Either way, it was a very cold, dark and alone feeling
that I got from the dream. One that bothered me bad enough to keep me awake all night long.
I was living out here by then~ but born in Northridge anyway the dream I had the morning of the Nor quake.. Ironically I was in a church.. and there was a fire and I was running and screaming frantically to get all the people out of the church. Oh my god and then I woke up as the ground was shaking . My core values were on fire to say the least. I was in a major transition and it did have to do with my spiritual self. You had your feet stuck in concrete are you being flexible enough? Do you feel stuck? are you grounded? When the earth started to shake then you were able to move? Maybe we will have a quake and you will be in church (without the feet in concrete that must have been a horrible feeling). Do you have many dreams that are precog? Those are just my thoughts. Light & Blessings Sara
You know Sara, I don't know if they are precog or not. I do know that I have had numerous deja vu experiences. You know that kind of thing where something is happening in real life and you go "didn't I do this same thing awhile ago?" I know that while I lived in Mississippi in the mid '80's I had a dream of a large hurricane coming in and sure enough we had Hurricane Elena that did a lot of damage and the eye literally came right over where we lived. One of the more bizarre experiences I have had in my life. I know that before the Chino Hills earthquake a couple of years ago, I had a dream maybe a week or so before had of being in my bedroom and the room swaying. When Chino Hills started I was laid flat out on my bed due to a mistake on an epidural that I had (the doctor nicked my spinal column giving me the most horrible migraine x100 that I have ever had)done the day before. I was in bed and I saw the blinds start to swing and I thought I had maybe taken my medication too close together, until I heard my son say "earthquake, earthquake". At that point I was actually glad to know that it was the earthquake and not me seeing something moving.
I guess I am a little bothered by the dream. There is no unrest or anything happening in our church. We are a small church (400 members)so there really isn't anything that happens that most everyone doesn't know about. We are a pretty tight knit bunch of people. Most of us go to church because of our faith and don't use it as a "social club" like other people sometimes do. I have been the president of the Confraternity of Christian Mothers at our church since 2004 and really like being involved with the group. We do bake sales and other fundraisers and we meet about 6 times a year. Our priest is one of the nicest people I have ever met. He is really a close friend of ours, but he is truly the kindest person I have ever met. Very centered and very devout. Anytime that we have ever needed him, he has always been there for us. If it hadn't been for him and the church as a whole, I don't think I would have been able to have gone through all that I have since 2003 (losing both my parents in 8 mos, my grandmother almost 2 years later, my son's back to back surgeries, my surgery, problems with our house, etc.) It really helped keep me grounded when I think I could easily have gone off in any number of directions.
I don't feel stuck, but I do tend sometimes maybe to not be as flexible though. I do feel grounded. My spiritual self is in a pretty good place. However our spiritual self is always something of a work in progress. I don't feel stuck spiritually or personally. Yeah, in the dream as it seemed that part of the roof was coming down I was finally able to move. There are two roofs on our church. The main roof and then a smaller roof that is an overhang. That is the one that appeared to be moving and coming towards me. The main roof I think appeared to stay put. That little church is over 60 years old so it has been through all the major quakes out here. It has stood through all of them. I hope that in some way it an omen as well. Having been through some bad experiences the church has stood strong and remained.
I think the feeling that I had was because in a time of distress I could not get to those who mean the most to me, mainly my husband, my daughter, and my son. We have everything planned here in the event we have a quake and we are away from home. My husband works fairly close by so it will be his objective once things are secure at work to get home or to send our son home if he is at work. Since I work about a half an hour from home, my main objective will be to secure things at the center where I work and then navigate the streets to get home. The freeways will be jammed. We also have two out of state contacts that have our numbers as well. They have both work numbers, three cell numbers, and our home number. Since our home number will most likely be out (we have Vonage) we are going to be relying on our cell phones which will be clogged for awhile after the quake. We also have an alternate number for them to contact in the event we can't get through on long distance or if they can't get through. So we are pretty set in what we need to have in the event we do get a quake. We have plenty of food on hand and we always keep our gas grill with three tanks ready. Since we took the C.E.R.T training over 2 years ago, it really opened our eyes as to what to do to prepare. It is quite different from going through a hurricane, that much I can tell you.
Any insight you have will be appreciated. Thanks, Julie