The message I wish to share with you in this article, came from a dream I had a few days ago. The message is an important one, in particular to those who are hit hard by love.
It is evening, in a beautiful, lush forest filled with flowers and trees, all lit up and shimmering in the moonlight. A beautiful young woman is standing near a tree, admiring it's leaves and the way the dew drops on it catch the moonlight. To her left, a man is peeking out from behind another tree, watching and admiring this young woman, and falling deeply in love with her. You can feel this love filling up the forest.
As he comes out more from behind the tree, you can see he has wings. These wings resemble butterfly wings, but when they hit the moonlight, they turn into gorgeous, iridescent green wings that are much like a luna moth's wings. He feels as though he is under a spell, as he has never felt this love before. He feels wonderful, and wants to share this with the beautiful woman he has fallen in love with.
As he moves towards her, she turns to him. She feels this intense love and passion and is drawn to him. As he takes her up and embraces her in his wings, the love grows even stronger. She looks at him and tells him how she feels this love, and that she is falling in love with him. In an instant, another mothman appears to their left, only this one is very dark and has a cold and cruel feeling about him. He appears to be impaled on a tree - a sharp, jagged branch is jutting out from his face where is nose used to be. Fear replaces the love that was, and this dark mothman uses this fear to banish the luna mothman. The young woman walks away with a broken heart, as she feels the loss of what could have been the greatest love of her life. She trusted in that enchanted love, in that intense passion that filled her, and now she lacks any confidence and belief in her feelings.
The message in this dream is two-fold. One, the luna mothman and the dark mothman are really the same man. The luna mothman allowed himself to be carried away in the love and passion he felt, and in doing so, he exposed the true nature of himself, which is love. The minute he was aware of this, old beliefs and fears had surfaced. The belief that he was "out of control" and fear of not knowing what could happen next overpowered him. In his fear, he chose the security of controlling his feelings, and became the dark mothman. And in doing so, he also forced out any love he had for the beautiful young woman.
While it's clear he had two choices, one for love and light, the other for fear and darkness, the truth is that he had another option - balance between the unknown and the known. It is okay to be lost in love sometimes and be practical in other times. You don't need to sacrifice love for fear, just allow the enchantment and when the time is right, allow for some practicality, too.
The second part of the message is regarding the beautiful young woman. She also saw the situation as black and white. While fear may have intruded on her passionate and loving interlude, she needn't forsake her trust and belief in her feelings. In fact, if she had truly trusted in what she felt, she would have known it could never really go away as this love WAS her. The enchantment was all a reflection of her beauty and love. She didn't do anything wrong to make the mothman change faces, that was his doing. She was the only character that remained the same - showing who she really is at the core.
See that who you are at the core is love, and when you feel that, you are feeling yourself. It is intensified by another's love, but never dependent upon. Seek balance and harmony, never sacrifice enchantment for practicality or vice-versa. And as always, seek guidance and support if needed to help you achieve this goal.
