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Hassan Rizvi

Hassan Rizvi — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Just read your dream,thanks for sharing.So many thoughts and questions come into my mind because of this ,that it is impossible to just put them in any order right now.You may be sure I will discuss this with you in greater detail one day.

But it must have been a powerful dream for you to retain such vivid detail....and may I be bold enough to state I don’t think it never would have re occured?It does seem to be of a type which re plays constantly .

Michael C

Michael C — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

I am particularly happy that this pleases you Hassan, for reasons we both know well.

It was powerful, as you say. Very powerful. I mean, I dreamt it so long ago, and it was so vivid, that I have never forgotten it.

I have four dreams like that, which I have never forgotten. Never. I suppose it’s nothing special, and that most of us do it.

Still, why THIS dream, and the others. That’s the question, my friend, and you know part of the answer to it....

Michael C

Michael C — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Oh Hassan, I forgot to say this, but no, I didn’t dream it again, as if once was enough. It’s as if it was meant to be carried within me, everywhere I have been, and with all I have lived. Carried forever, remembered as it was, and still is.....

You see, I never NEEDED to dream it again, because I have never FORGOTTEN it.

why?

Rose Ng'ang'a

Rose Ng'ang'a — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Hi Michael, what an inspiring dream,I am actually short of words, the details are so real i almost made a conclusion before getting to the end of the article. This gives us hope in life. Dont you consider the dream symbolic?

Michael C

Michael C — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Hi Rose, and I’m glad you liked the story. (I would be interested to know what conclusion-you-almost-came-to!!:))

Yeah, it’s symbolic all right. I’ve spent so many years trying to figure it out. Some of the comments here will give you a more complete answer to your question....

(Hey Rose, I would like to take the opportunity of saying how sorry I am that I had to make the comment I made that you must have read. I mean, what is this guy’s problem?!!)

Rose Ng'ang'a

Rose Ng'ang'a — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

@Michael

Which comment?

Michael C

Michael C — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

On your article, the one which we’re all commenting right now...it was to a guy who, for reasons best known to himself, seems to get some kind of weird pleasure or satisfaction or I-don’t-know-what out of reading what I have to say and just shooting me down in the most and personal and disagreeable of terms. Maybe he’s just insecure or something. I don’t know. Such a pity....

Shahwar K

Shahwar K — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Michael,

Ya I know!

There was this guy on Insta, who is very much still there, and i remember we were commenting on some usual ISLAMIC stuff, a hot favourite with everyone down here, and I just gave in some ”my kind of comments” placid, neutral and

I dunno what,

either a dumb brain or an absent moral, or punctured values, whatever, but he said,(IN ATROCIOUSLY WRONG ENGLISH) that he wouldn’t be surprised if MY NAME would figure in the next list of terrorists!

I can quote him here if i find the comment!

And yes, he even sent me a FRIEND REQUEST AFTER THAT!

NO STANDARD, THAT’S ALL I CAN SAY!

Michael C

Michael C — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Yeah. There are some weirded out people out there, all right. And they are not only to be found in Islamic circles. They are in Europe, America, everywhere!!

If you know of a place on this planet where there is none of this paranoid aggressivity, I would be grateful if you could tell me where it is!

Well, at least there are dreams and inboxes which serve as little refuges....

Shahwar K

Shahwar K — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Well, ok, Michael, Ok!

Hold it right there, yes thats’ it!

And yes about this guy/man/weirdo/freaked out freak...

he was just ”DUMB DUMBER DUMBEST” kind, I SO WISH I COULD NAME HIM AND HE COULD READ IT...

BUT

WISHES ARE NOT WINGS

and you know in the first place i had actually commented on his tacky language...

nothing on his post, which enlisted a score of muslim terrorists...

and I don’t know what he made out of my comments, guess he couldn’t understand them he replied with a religios fervour, he thought i was...GOD KNOW’S WHAT HE THOUGHT...

ok lets not dirty your lovely post, there are lots of weirdoes out there, lots, and i just dont’ care!

YIPPEE!

I have always been like this, VERRRY VERRRY SELECTIVE, about my company!

Michael C

Michael C — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Yippee!! Isn’t that a lovely word....gentle and fun.

There’s a french word I very much like too. It’s

”Arc-en-ciel”

It translates literally into

”Arc in the Sky”

Rainbow..........

Shahwar K

Shahwar K — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

that’s some French colour spalsh!

:)

Rose Ng'ang'a

Rose Ng'ang'a — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Hi Michael hope you have had a nice wekeend. Yah i realised someone was not so happy with your comment but what the hell do you care its a fair world,you do not have to please the whole lot, since what i deem good/right might be bad/wrong to someone else.

Michael C

Michael C — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Hello Rose!

Thanks. I’ve had a very good weekend, apart from the fact that a very good friend is moving away. But I’ll be keeping in touch with her, and that’s the most important thing.. ”These things are sent to try us, and try us they will” as they say.

How was your weekend?

You know Rose, I don’t mind people not agreeing with my opinions. That’s not a problem at all. (On my description of me is even written, ”If EVERYONE agrees with my article, then it’s a bad article LOL!!)

No, it’s just that why do people have to get personal and vindictive in their comments?

My original comment in answer to this person’s opinion on law and authority was, if you read it, very polite and courteous. I just think I’m entitled to the same treatment....that’s not too much to ask.

Anyway, let’s let it drop. Done ’n’ dusted LOL!!

Back to posting and reading cool articles!!!

Seeya Rose

Shahwar K

Shahwar K — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

MICHAEL!

Michael is feeling sad for the wrong reasons I guess...

Michael...

and yes, ”done n dusted”, so shall it be!

done n dusted below the rug, and trampled over with iron studded sneakers, squashing it, so as never to grumble again!

Michael C

Michael C — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Oh, I love that sentence! ”done n dusted below the rug, and trampled over with iron studded sneakers, squashing it, so as never to grumble again!”

And, don’t worry it really is. It’s just that I really don’t like any kind of bad vibes. Okay, I do what I feel I have to when it happens, but it still leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Big ’n’ Tough when he has to be, li’l Sis, YOU know that, but a big softy inside too.....

Shahwar K

Shahwar K — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

ofcourse,I know!

:)

...

..

.

!

Shahwar K

Shahwar K — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

You know Michael, I logged in JUST for this!

I always knew this WOULD be worth it!

and you know what,

I WASN’T WRONG!

Thanks for the dream, MICHAEL!

I SHALL dream with EYES WIDE OPEN NOW!

I WILL DREAM...

your dream just made me the richest person on earth,

AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT, THOUGH I CAN NEVER THANK YOU ENOUGH!

regards...

Michael C

Michael C — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

On the contrary my friend. I thank YOU.

You have given my dream new wings. It is no longer just mine. I am beginning to understand why it’s been with me this long. I can now give it and know it’s going to have it’s reason for existing.

Thank you Butterfly.......

Shahwar K

Shahwar K — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

this post, will speak to me, and to everyone, it will speak it’s way through anyone who has a beating, thumping heart!

this post is photographic, it is concrete in it’s abstractness, but still it feels real, real than anything else!

this post is an honest vision, vision that can pervade even the unawake!

this post is well...galvanised with the divine!

that’s all...I can mumble now...

...

..

.,.,

,,,

...///

???

!

Michael C

Michael C — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

”That’s all I can mumble now”.

Beautiful english.

You know Butterfly, the words really are what happened. The dream didn’t last the five minutes it takes to read my words, but the detail I have remembered is as written. A dream that, as I said, has always been with me.

Yes of course one or two details have been more-or-less consciously-or-not embellished (writer’s licence!!:) but that’s how it was.....that’s how it is.

The Divine?

You are right.

It almost makes me scared..........

Shahwar K

Shahwar K — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

you SHOULD BE SCARED, SIR!

writing stuff such as these, YOU SHOULD BE SCARED!

:) :) :)

buhbaiii

Gnyt!

sweet ””””””DREAMS””””””””!

Michael C

Michael C — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Sweet dreams to you too.

Scared?

Quite honestly.....

Yes.

Wa'd

Wa'd — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Hmmm,,so that was your dream huh!!! a real cool dream...How come I only dream of work or University?!? That’s not fair..lol

Never mind, anyways, the post is just great... Neat :)

Michael C

Michael C — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Maybe it’s because I smoke cigarettes?

No, more seriously, we all dream of all kinds of stuff, at one tmoment in our lives or another . I dreamt that at 25 years of age. Of course we don’t dream like that when we are very young, but we all do one day, my friend Wa’d, we ALL do....

...and that’s only normal and how it should be.

If not, what does living and experiencing and asking questions mean?

When you do, (you WILL) I want to read it........

Wa'd

Wa'd — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

you were 25... I’m almost 24 now, meaning it still could happen,lol. Ok then I’ll let you know what happens in a couple of years from now.

Michael C

Michael C — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

”Could”?

Will.

You know this anyway.

Your writing already reflects your search, which will inevitably manifest itself in dreams one day.

And. Wanna know what? You, who have read my earlier articles (I think) about spirituality and religion, know that I am no illuminated truth-seeker or giver. I have been very circumspect and suspicious about all that, but what happens, happens....one day or another.

Wa'd

Wa'd — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

OK then..let me rephrase:

I’ll let you know WHEN it happens ;)

Michael C

Michael C — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Yup, when. I’M not saying it will happen, it just will.

The hardest part,Wa’h, is knowing what to do with it...........and what it means, and why.

Wa'd

Wa'd — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

I’ll keep this whole conversation in my mind... I definitely will... thx :)

Oscar

Oscar — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Seems as if the girl, the figurines, grid, blending of color, and ultimate free floating butterfly is the ultimate, most passioned, beautiful display bestowed upon earth: HUMANITY.

Another fabulous, thought invoking post..Thanks for sharing.

Michael C

Michael C — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

HUMANITY! Yep! You are so right Oscar. Righter (I know that doesn’t exist but it just sounded like the right word here) than you could ever know....

...then again, I KNOW you know...

Thanks my friend

Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The evolution of the ”manifestly undernourished” little girl, to a ”a beautiful colorful Butterfly” means so much to me that I will not bother and try to verbalize it.

Meanings like this one strengthen my faith in deeper dimension, where the ’undernourished’ of this world are so beautiful, sacred, valuable and delicate...and visible to people like you!

Oscar

Oscar — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

I have the impression, of course in my own minds eye, that this poor malnourished child’s brilliant transformation is what guides Michael’s heart and soul...with good reason..

I feel this child, poor and weak, starving for nourishment is our world, mankind.. Her transformation gives us a ”birds eye view” of what could of been, what can still be; someday, somehow.

A world full of beauty, a perfect blending of all colors, shapes, and sizes across one global grid.

Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Nod + smile!

Michael C

Michael C — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Sarah,

what touching words. You don’t have to verbalise anything my friend. It’s all in your words.

What a beautiful sentiment. Really. Thank you for your tender and elegant honesty. Thank you for your presence......

Michael C

Michael C — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Oscar, I see that you too have fallen under the spell of Sarah’s words. I have often interpreted this dream as having something to do with the innocent will to live, to exist, to be.

And for those of us who want it, there is help waiting for us. Within and without us.........

Oscar

Oscar — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

I think it might be even more than an innocent will, but a calling, an awakening to what we have, what we are losing, and the powers we each have within us to change..The butterfly will continue fluttering above reminding us, giving us hope and support in our life’s journies.

Michael C

Michael C — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Right Oscar. There is something there that wants us to go there. Not for it’s own sake, but for ours.......

Michael C

Michael C — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

”The Global Grid”......Beautiful.

Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Michael by the way, you’ve forever changed my perception of butterflies:)

Michael C

Michael C — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Oh, didn’t you like them before LOL:)?

(Sorry, two-bit english humour. Again. I will get cured for this one day....)

Butterflies are really beautiful. I think we all remember seeing them when we were children and being mesmerised by their sheer beauty and fragility. You know, they get buffeted around by the wind and rain, but they just keep tenderly trying to fly to where it is they want to go.....

Maya

Maya — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Oh what a beautiful symbolic dream...very inspiring. You literally took us through your dream. Really enjoyed reading it..

I had some reoccurring dreams in my childhood…I don’t get dreams now.. even if I see.. I cannot recollect them.

Michael, I really love your writing, In fact your post about reuniting with your sister made me join Instablogs.

Michael C

Michael C — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Maya, thank you for your uplifting comment. I think ANY writer on I’blogs would be very touched by it, and I am no exception. For someone to tell someone that they joined this site because of their work is a wonderful compliment.

My enormous and grateful thanks go to you, and I hope you have a rich and fulfilling time here on Instablogs.

veena

Veena — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Michael, why red,why did she choose red, because it represents blood,which is sacrifice and because of sacrifice of old form a new beautiful form comes into existence,the epitome of goodness.

It is a beautiful and very vivid dream,as if we were all there sharing it.

Michael C

Michael C — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

What a beautiful, and timely, question. I honestly think that the Butterfly knows the answer. I just got off her page.

I really have no idea myself.

I don’t even know why I dreamt the dream.

But I will, one day...

It’s good to hear from you Veena....and I’m glad you appreciated this dream from long ago..