IN THIS Department will be given interpretations of dreams and visions of those needing to know their inner meaning. We reserve for it only those of special interest and helpfulness.

LAST NIGHT I had a dream, and I feel that it was an important one. My little boy, Oliver, and I were standing on a beach made of cement, which was slimy and slippery with a gradual slope into water and nothingness. I felt that at the drop or edge, there was a great chasm, where anyone who should slip into it would be completely lost. Little Oliver kept throwing something about on the beach, and I kept begging him not to, as it was so slippery I feared he would lose his balance and slide down the embankment into the water and nothingness. This he did, and as he slipped, he screamed to me.

At first I thought, “Well, this is the end,” and almost accepted the situation. Then, on second thought, I took off my shoes, thinking I would be surer of foot, and hurried down toward the edge, holding the idea that I must be careful or I would go, too. Then he disappeared and I woke up. I don’t know whether he was saved or not.

It seemed to me, as I awoke, that Oliver stood for my Christ Consciousness, which was in danger for some reason.

I have been troubled for long time about smoking cigarettes. At Easter time, I was told from within not to smoke. In the past I have made myself stop, but since Easter the more I have made myself feel I must not smoke, the worse the condition has become. I have had to make myself fit into so many conditions and things that I am tired, and a cigarette is so pleasant. I have talked to the Father about it, and told Him if He doesn’t wish me to smoke, to please take the desire away; for He is the One and only Power there is. However, I am still smoking, but I know that I, or God, will master the situation.

YOUR dream was indeed important. Your Christ Self is not in danger, but there is evidently something coming to G. (the name of her human self), so that if she is not very careful she may slip into the water beyond her depth. Your little boy would seem to represent your human personality, who evidently needs watching. This is indicated by your concern about cigarette smoking. If this has taken so strong a hold over G., why don’t you make her understand that it is not wise to allow anything so to rule her that she cannot listen to what she knows is right, and that she must obey when You, her Real Self, speaks? She will have to do the choosing.

She cannot expect the Father to take that desire away from her. The way she can rise above desire is for herself to rule it and to prove that she is the master. Cigarette smoking is but a habit, and as long as you let your mind dwell upon it, the thought of it comes back again and again to be fed. It is like all habits when they fasten themselves on the mind. It takes will-power and determined effort to remove them. Every time