I dream a dream..

According to Buddhism/Taoism , if you dreamt of someone who passed away, it means that they are visiting you.

According to science, it simply means you think of them a lot /at the back of your head, hence triggered such dreams which are basically thoughts when you were sleeping.

Couple of days ago, I dreamt of my grandfather - AGAIN ! It's my third time dreaming about him. Twice few months before he passed away, and this third time. It was the night of the last day of Hungry Ghost Festival was "celebrated" in my area back home in Malaysia(7th/8th August).

I've told a few people that I will regret for the rest of my life for not going back to see my grandfather and spend time with him months before he left me forever. 

In the first dream of him (July last year), he asked me how LONG he have to wait for me to go back home (in Hokkien). I told him 3 months. September (I think), I dreamt of him again, but it was just glimpses of him...was he like reminding me to remember to go back for him?

After all that, I still stayed in Australia, not moving an inch towards home. But I check almost everyday, with my cousins, parents, asking if my grandfather's alright. 

Then the day comes...December 10 2010. Still remembered everything clearly, me working, after work only read the SMS, and my dad calling me not to go back. But I insisted.

I felt regretful ! Somehow I felt that I made him wait too long ! Love U ah kong !! :(

Then the final dream was a bit weird. 

Somehow I have an iPhone in my dream and my grandfather was still alive in my dream. Throughout the days in my dream, we Whatsapped each other IN ENGLISH (my grandfather knows NO English!), can't really remember what we talked but I know that we said " I miss you" to each other. 

Then in my dream, he passed away, it was like his funeral all over again. 

It was horrible for the funeral part, but that dream made me feel like I was with him from before he passed on, till his funeral. 

Its like he wants me to not regret not being there with him. 

Let you all choose what you all want to believe lah. 

My families/relatives are all staunch Taoist and believe in late relatives visiting us and all. I don't know what to believe, but when I am in my emo mode, I'll think of the bright side of this dream , ie. he wants me to not blame myself ! 

But he's not the first person whom I've dreamt about. 

Last year when I played Ragnarok Online (RO), I had an online friend who passed away in January 2008..I dreamt about him telling me he wants to play RO with me. When he was alive, I played all these games with him. 

How bizarre.