Delusive Bridges

At one point, for a whole month, I had been dreaming of a bridge I thought was mine. My mind imagined it being there, for me to inspect, so it must be mine. Nope. Lol.

I imagined it, but I didn't own it. It wasn't mine. I was free to imagine it, make it as big as I wanted it to be, decide what was in it and if it was burning or not, etc. I had heard a song by a friend that involved people having burning bridges an that the lyricists bridge will never fall. I won't mention the artist or the name of the song, because it's up to future listeners that come across the song, to find out for themselves, how they want to interpret the song.

Once I listened to this song, I instantly had my own bridge, I was able to watch it burn shades of purple/blue/yellow, which was nice to watch at night on a river bank. At first, I was scared of it, but once I became familiarized with it, it wasn't so scary to be near. It wasn't like it had legs and could run after me, so I was able to get closer to it. Then, I eventually found out the bridge only burned on the front and back portions of the structure. Most people view (via their imagination) a bridge from it's sides, so it gives the impression there are no openings because it's on fire. But what about the entrances/exits? Just because you see fire in your imagination, doesn't mean a structure has to be burning on all sides. You can decide if the entrances/exits are open. It's your dream after all. You get to decide how things progress in your mind. You can bend the rules however you wish.

So, I was able to go through an entrance to the bridge, and there was no heat radiating from the fires that raged on both sides. Even the top part of the bridge was open and without flame. This allowed, of all things, morning doves to come through and take refuge on the beams above me. At first, I thought it was nice the doves had a good place to perch that didn't actually look threatening. Well, at first I thought this, but I eventually found out it wasn't going to be long before it [the bridge] became a hindrance to me.

I haven't had the dream in a while, and it finally happened again. But the dream was triggered the other day as I was opening a door to leave. I saw two morning doves fly away from my door, to perch on a rooftop not far from me. They were doing their happy little coo noises and enjoying roaming about the roof. It had been a while since I've seen morning doves. 

By the time I had my dream again, I no longer wanted the morning doves to try to reside in the bridge. It wasn't healthy for them to be in there, and I knew they would be better off perching amongst the Dogwood trees that surrounded the area. The fire dispersed from the bridge, and the doves left to perch on the Dogwood trees not far from me. Even in my dreams, I care for the safety and well being of imaginary things. Go figure. *eyeroll* Lol. But that's when it hit me. Because I choose a safer environment for the doves to be, I no longer cared for what happened to the bridge. I thought, why try to save it from falling apart? Why should I let the fear of a measly bridge falling rule over me? At that point the bridge was a hindrance. I let it go, because I realized there was no bridge to begin with. After the fires went out, the bridge decomposed and fell into the river, only for it to be carried away into the dark abyss of the night. I watched it flow out of sight until I could no longer see it. Like watching a pop can randomly floating by, carried by a small stream current after a rain on a side street. It didn't matter.

I didn't think of loosing the bridge as a sign of defeat, let alone a sign of weakness. I felt the complete opposite. I won. The Bible talks of material things being, or the chasing after of material things, as wrong.

Materialism is defined as “the preoccupation with material things rather than intellectual or spiritual things.” 

We are to "love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might."

"God is the only thing we can (and should) occupy ourselves with habitually. He alone is worth of our complete attention, love and service. To offer these things to anything, or anyone, else is idolatry."

Here's a link to a website that I was able to find the information italicized above:
How should a Christian view materialism?

I chose to let the "bridge" go, because it shouldn't be there. There are so many tangible materials out there, that we fail to consider that we, as human beings, can create material items into thin air with our own mind. Mentally, we can create a material item that is non-existent. It's useless to keep up on and it's not worth putting all our energy, heart and soul into when you can be putting it to good use else where. Just leave it be. At some point, a person has to hit that "aha" moment and realize that everything around you, that society can (and will) pressure you with, is all a façade. A huge smoke screen. Once you realize this, you will be fluid, like water, and the world will no longer have a "shackle and chain" hold on you. That doesn't mean you're not susceptible to the evils that lurk around the corner in the future. It will always be right on your heels. It just means that you've come to the realization, that there is no such thing as real. Only what you want to be real to you. There is "no spoon". So yeah.

Checkmate.

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