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Saturday, July 9, 2016

THE VEIL – my strange dreams at the end of Ramadan

(Don’t stop reading…)

THE DREAM: scene 1

I was in a huge building with maze-like hallways. I was lost; I exited through a gate that leads to a forest. The trail in the forest seems to be leading to nowhere until I run into a half-naked man (my spirit guide) bending along the path. I asked if it is the right path but he ignored me so I turned back. My spirit guide was behind me as I took another path. We (I mean my spirit guide and I) were clawing our way to a slope in the forest amidst a meshwork of overgrown tree roots (imagine a giant mangrove tree with all the roots above ground). I heard my spirit guide said ‘snake’ at my left foot so instinctively; I snapped with my right foot whatever was there at my left foot. I woke up. With a sigh of relief; I said – thanks, it’s only a dream but then; trees don’t pop into my windows and plants don’t grow from my lights so I thought; this is not my room and I woke up again meaning I woke up twice from a two layered dreams.

(Few days back; I watched from my Netflix the movie “Inception.” It was the 3rd time I watched it and only then did I understand what the movie was all about. They tried to create a 3 layered dream – a dream in a dream in a dream.)

From the nearby mosque; the morning call to prayer was blaring from the sound system. I got to my feet, did ablution and performed my dawn (Fajr) prayer.
I must have fallen asleep as soon as I returned to bed because I was immediately back to my dream world.

THE DREAM: scene 2

I was in an unfamiliar place with unremarkable houses. I flagged down a jeep (…to my surprise, the driver was a Maranaw and with him were two relative women passengers). I asked if he is going to Pasig (I have no idea why Pasig) and he said, no but I can drop you where you can get a ride to where you are going.

THE DREAM: scene 3

He dropped me in front of a house and pointed down the street where I can get another ride.
There was a small store in the house (travel back in time – our garage house) and in front was a rectangular table in the open where 3-4 men were sitting sipping soft drinks. I joined them although I knew neither of the men. A man came out a door from the extreme side and one of the men asked what happened and he said; we talked about marriage.

THE DREAM: scene 4 – a journey back in time

I walked down the street to find the bus terminal. (Travel back in time – I used to do this when I was young selling px chewing gums, peanuts and cigarettes)


The buses looked like rectangular coaches with the long seats arranged in the old fashion way (travel back in time). If you are over 50 years of age; you probably rode in one of these buses.
Inside the bus were my aunt (deceased) and a female cousin. There were other passengers. My aunt handed me money to pay for our fare. I felt embarrassed that I already paid for my fare but I didn’t have enough to pay for the 3 of us. She was telling me that her son (also deceased) have not changed his ways.  

THE DREAM: scene 5 – questions of faith. (If this dream did not come to me at the end of Ramdan – a holy of holies in Islam; I would not blog it. I don’t want to influence what people believe in.)
I feel that I was still inside the bus with my spirit guide sitting on my side (and by the way; spirit guides more often than not are shadow-like. Often times, you just feel their presence.). There were young passengers asking me questions.

Question 1: Is it absolutely necessary for women to wear the Nikab or veil? (Strange, this is a topic I have not discussed with anyone for a very long time)

Answer: I will tell you the story of how the veil came to be, I started. The prophet’s wives were not originally wearing the veil but as Islam expanded, multitudes came to the prophet’s house. There were tribes in the Arabian Peninsula that were traditionally wearing the veil. Those tribes requested from the prophet if he can ask his wives to wear the veil when they are visiting. The prophet’s initial response was to put curtains to isolate his wives from view but this was not enough to the tribes. The prophet was in a dilemma until the angel Gabriel came with a message from God (forgot the number of the Qur’an verse). It is alright to let his wives wear the veil but (this is an important “but”) – they should remove their veil when they are in the vicinity of the scared house. (God unbounded by space and time knew that time will come when millions will be performing the hajj. It will be extremely uncomfortable and dangerous for women to be wearing the veil.)



But that is not the true story of the veil…I continued. In the olden times and I think this is not unique to the Arabs; clans and tribes were endlessly engaged in wars. Clans and tribes veiled their women to conceal their identity when shepherding in the valleys, hills and mountains. That was the sole purpose of the veil…to conceal the women’s identity from rival/enemy clans and tribes until it became a tradition with the real meaning lost in the carcasses of time.

Question 2: how about women’s circumcision in Islam? (This is another strange question I have not talked about since how long – I cannot remember)

…I said; don’t do it (followed by laughter). It is a tradition by some African tribes that has nothing to do with Islam. Africa just happened to be a Muslim continent and it is now considered mutilation by western nations meaning if you are living in the west; women circumcision is unlawful and you can be in jail. (The explosion of laughter woke me up.)

(I spent another half hour awake turning in bed deciding whether to blog or not to blog. There was another element in the dream where I traveled so far back in time I’ll rather keep it to myself. There is a meaning to every element of the dream; I will eventually figure it out – Insha Allah.)



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