Question asked by R
hi pastor, i have a question about kawang.
ever since i have done more kawang recitations, i have very graphical dreams about spiders and other insects crawling out of my body and they dont appear individually, they appear as many small insects crawling out of my body. should i be worried about this? one particular one is quite recent where my left wrist begins to rot and my rotted skin takes the shape of a net, from there many spiders crawled out in the thousands. There are other instances where my dreams take form of me washing an animal but im not sure whether this is related or not. thank you pastors _/\_
Dear R,
Thanks for your question. There is nothing to worry about regarding these dreams at all. They could be caused by a number of different factors. If they are related to your recitation of Kawang, then there can be a couple of reasons:
1. If you are engaging in visualisation during your kawang recitations, then you are training your mind to do something more visual than we are used to. Since you are doing more visualisation, which is a mental exercise, it’s just that your dreams are become more visual or that you are becoming more aware of them as they are more vivid.
2. Kawang is a purification practice. Hence, these dreams could just be a sign that karma is being purified. There are actually other practices in which negative karma is visualised as spiders, insects, leaving the body. So, it could just be a sign that your karma is starting to be purified.
Whatever the case may be, try not to be affected by the dreams. Acknowledge that you had the dreams, but try not to dwell on them too much. Continue practising and the dreams will pass by themselves. If it continues, then you can stop reciting as many kawang during your practice and you can recite more of the main serkym verse to Dorje Shugden. It will pass, there is nothing to worry about. I hope this helps.