DREAM BLOG

Many of you have shared your dreams of or other encounters with Ibrahim Baba since he died, through Facebook or other media.

We would like to ask you to share or re-share these dreams here. Our hope is that doing so will serve a powerful purpose of community, healing, and maintaining our connections with and through our beloved Ibrahim Baba.

Those of you who follow a path in which you confide your dreams to your spiritual guide should of course first obtain permission for sharing them publicly.

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  1. posted to facebook feb 9 2016: I did not sleep much after hearing the news of baba’s death. But I had a dream that I was working on carving a huge sculpture. When I moved away from working on it I could see what it was. It was baba’s hand, extended in blessing. The sculpture was a box with all of babas teachings inside. And then I realized it was a mezuzzah for the threshold of the earth, a bridge for us to what comes next. I forgot the most important part: When I moved out to see what the sculpture was, I also noticed that all of us who were touched by Baba were working on it. Some were compiling his writings, some were making art and capturing digital images of our work, and others were carving and polishing. All of us.
  3. A year after Baba passed, I went to the Hebrew University campus for the first time and wandered around looking for the humanities department. I realized when I finally got there, that was where we were sitting when he appeared in a dream. When I arrived at the office, a large orange cat approached me. As I pet him, I remembered the dream. In that dream, I complained and complained that I was afraid that I would never get a job teaching and that I would continue to work in minimum wage jobs, and Baba listened to every word while stroking his orange beard. I felt frustrated that he didn’t have some sort of assignment or something to add, he just said “we’ll see what we can do”. When I got to the Humanities Department that day, I got a call for a teaching interview as I was petting the orange cat. I don’t know where I would be in this world without Baba’s blessing. I am so thankful that he pushed me to complete my first masters and told me about the program where I am doing my second. I am so thankful that he introduced me to so many people that have transformed my world and lifted me up. I am so thankful that he continues to lift me up even in this moment. I wanted to share this so that all his beloveds will have stronger faith in the Beloved that holds us all, regardless of how much we doubted and resisted, regardless of how long the journey was and how much it could hurt and enrage us. I’m still struggling to dare to bless the love but I am saying yes to the bitter sweetness of this moment, when Baba is so far yet nearer than ever. It reminds me that nearness and longing are two parts of one love. I miss Baba everyday and I am blessed to know that he lives on in my heart and in yours.

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