Dream: guide on a pilgrim circuit
I am in Kirkenes in Northern Norway, north of the arctic circle. I am shown that I am to be the guide on a pilgrim circuit, linking together several new churches and science centers. Everything has a sense of clarity, luminosity and beauty... the landscape, the wildlife, the people, the buildings. There is a sense of new inner clarity, maturity, depth and responsibility, reflected in my new outer role as a guide for those in the region, as well as visitors from other areas.
The name Kirkenes means Church peninsula. And while I have rarely been in the arctic regions, I have always been attracted to the stark beauty and the clear light.
In the dream, I lead groups on a pilgrimage circuit connecting several new churches and science centers, the two main realms of human knowing... spirituality and science. There is a sense of the seamlessness of the two... a church, then a science center, then a church.. as beads on a string. Exploring existence from different angles, informing each other, applying scientific methods in spiritual practice, studying the effects of spiritual practice through science.
There is also a sense of it all being new, unspoiled, virgin... the buildings, the settlements, the landscape, the climate. All new, luminous, clear. And with it, this sense of new depth, solidity, maturity, responsibilities... emerging from the inside, reflected in my role in the outside.
Labels: dream, science, spirituality