Nightmare is a Sign of the Person’s Problems
Congress60 is not just a place for quitting addiction but is a school for teaching the right way of life and dealing with life issues. Master Dezhakam says all of us including himself, watchers, guides, agents, and border guards even all second travelers are teachers which means they are role models for others, their speech, works and manner are seen by other members especially first journey travelers. The same holds true in our daily life that children learn from their parents or other adults. The important point is that we can't force anybody to follow a specific right or wrong way. First, we should have the right behavior to be a good model, then we can only warn and remind, so the choice is theirs. There is a limitation for warning and reminding and if someone insists on going astray we must let him go to be hunted by vultures (negative forces) so that they may learn in this way. One, who doesn’t learn from the teacher, has to learn from life at a high cost.
The thirsty are watered in Conress60 but the teachers or guides do not accompany the pupil because of two reasons: first, if they want to accompany several individuals who are in darkness and try to lead them all to the brightness they will probably lose their own right path and lessons. The second reason is that the individual who is under training might have the opportunity of practicing what s/he has learned. The real justice is that for instance in a legion the guide teaches all pupils the same subjects and the rules are equal for everyone. It is the effort and the desire of an individual that determines which path to take.
The human's important problems are easy believing and being lazy in fundamentally researching the subjects. For example, many people discuss and reject important issues such as religion and God just based on some unproven content on the internet. They don’t realize that how it is possible that one person in thousands of years ago said something and today still has billions of followers. Master Dezhakam challenges these people and says "if you can gather several people who believe you really and remain your followers after your death, your discussion can be acceptable." The same kind of over-simplification and lack of deep thinking exist about nightmares and dreams. Most people think sleep is brain waves, illusion or mind games but dreaming is an evidence of life after death and shows the current condition of our life. It is a preview of our life condition in the world after death. In fact, nightmares and dreams show a preview of heaven and hell that human can experience them by the means of the second body and the second group of five senses [human being has five visible senses (Sight, Sound, Smell, Taste, and Touch) and five invisible senses (which are the same as the visible ones but they work when we are asleep)].
Master Dezhakam presents a comprehensive definition of nightmare and dream as follows: Nightmare means the plan of future, a preview of hell, it is a real reality, nightmare accompanies us and is inside us, also we are in the nightmare. It is alive and is our life. It shows that an individual has problems. Nightmare shows the life after death of one who is hunted by vultures [negative forces] and dream is a preview of heaven and the life after the death of people who are on the right path.
The only way to get rid of nightmare is purification because the nightmare is for people who are disturbed and in anti- value path (vices). Destiny is determined based on the individual's wills so we ourselves create nightmares and we have to eliminate them by returning to the right path. Nobody has to stay in the hell forever and in every condition and depth of the darkness, one can return. Repentance means returning from anti-values and darkness to the brightness and following the sparks of light to reach the source. Repenting is not an easy task that Imam Ali said: "when a sinner loses all the weight that has gained from vices the repentance will be acceptable."
Nightmare can be a warning that we are in the wrong path and is a sign of God's kindness. Contrary to popular belief, God creates hell to train humans not to torture them, like nightmares and problems that are warnings to wake up, teach and make humans stronger. Some of the guide's orders are also to challenge and strengthen the pupil. They want to inform the pupil of his condition. It depends on the pupil's point of view to take them as punishment so it leads him to downfall or take them as the lessons to empower him/her even s/he doesn't understand the reason at the moment. Thus, we can consider the nightmares, problems even hell as a warning or a training course not as tutors or God's curse because problems are God's favor. In order to get rid of these problems, Master Dezhakam has been releasing a CD every week for 24 years in which there are master keys for problems and also he has published several books and pamphlets. Generally, this path can be called purification and being in the right way which means to fight and resist instead of being weak and giving up. In fact, reward and sin mean when we start purification we are rewarded and when we get out of the right path we have sinned. In both case there is no harm or benefit to God but the profit or loss is ours.
After listening to the CD a question came to my mind that: if nightmares are previews of hell then why do we say heaven and hell exist currently and we can experience them everywhere. I think the answer is that every moment and day of every dimension of our life determines the heaven or hell for our next moment, day and dimension of life. God pays fast and as we know when we get out of the right path we will be in hell instantly.
The next important point that Master Dezhakam referred to in the CD is that: it is not important to go in the ocean but surviving in the ocean is important. My impression of the point is that coming to Congress 60 is important but staying and traveling well is even more important. Liberation of addiction is important but staying liberated in the second journey is more important. Listening to the CDs is important but executing them in the real life is more important. Life is important but living right is more important. My dear teacher and guide Mr. Pooya says that Congress 60 can have two different goals depending on the individual's desire punishment and downfall or reward and promotion.
Written by traveler Mehran, Tabriza branch of Congress 60
Translated by: Companion Zahra Aghalou