Dreams, Signs & Messages From God
Why do people across completely different cultures dream about the same symbols?
Wolves & Wisemen Reignited — Episode 32
About This Episode
What actually happens when we dream?
Is it simply our brain processing memories and emotions?
Can two people experience the same dream?
What about dreams that seem to predict something before it happens?
And the bigger question:
Could God still use dreams to speak to us?
Episode 32 goes deep into the dreamscape.
The guys talk about lucid dreams, recurring dreams, prophetic dreams, shared experiences, the Hat Man, Carl Jung's collective unconscious, dreams that seem to last years, parallel universes, biblical dreams, spiritual discernment, and recognizing signs from God.
But this is still Wolves & Wisemen.
So before the night is over, we've also got UFC, America 250, smelling salts, Capri Suns, McDonald's apple pies, people getting hit in the nuts, bad teachers, a Pontiac Fiero that refuses to cooperate, championship baseball, Shane Gillis, a legendary umpire strikeout call, and Today in History.
Welcome to Episode 32.
Rebel Report
Episode 32 wastes absolutely no time.
Instead of easing into the show, the guys call an audible and head directly into Rebel Report.
First up:
UFC Freedom 250.
The guys react to the fights, the atmosphere surrounding the event, the military presence, fighter entrances, flyovers, and what they saw as one of the most unique UFC events they've watched.
They also discuss reports of an alleged plot targeting the event and law enforcement's efforts to disrupt it before anything happened.
That leads into a broader conversation about security at major public events and how quickly something designed to bring people together can potentially turn into something completely different.
America 250
The guys spend time talking about the overall America 250 celebration surrounding the UFC event.
Fighter entrances.
Military involvement.
Medal of Honor recipients.
Huge crowds.
And apparently enough spectacle to make the entire thing feel like UFC collided with WWE and the Fourth of July.
Whatever you thought about the event politically...
It definitely wasn't subtle.
The McDonald's Apple Pie Returns
Then comes arguably the most important breaking-news story of Episode 32:
The McDonald's apple pie.
The guys discuss the return of the classic pie and immediately remember the most important feature of the old-school version:
It was approximately 47,000 degrees.
Everyone who grew up eating them remembers the experience.
You take one bite.
The outside seems reasonable.
Then the filling removes the first three layers of skin from the roof of your mouth.
Apparently nostalgia tastes like apples and third-degree burns.
New York Celebrates Like New York
The guys also react to celebrations involving Knicks fans.
And naturally...
Things get chaotic.
That leads to the question:
Why do some cities apparently celebrate winning and losing exactly the same way?
Team wins?
Chaos.
Team loses?
Chaos.
At least they're consistent.
UFC Post-Fight Chaos
Episode 32 also reacts to some of the more outrageous comments made during UFC post-fight interviews.
The guys talk about fighters realizing they have a live microphone in front of a massive audience and apparently deciding:
This seems like an excellent time to say absolutely anything.
Joe Rogan can only do so much.
Sacked
Then we arrive at one of the most sophisticated segments in modern broadcasting:
Sacked.
For anyone new to Wolves & Wisemen Reignited, the concept is simple.
Find videos of men getting hit in the nuts.
Analyze them like game film.
Laugh.
Episode 32 includes a runner discovering why situational awareness matters, military guys making questionable decisions with office furniture, and a construction worker learning an extremely important lesson about proper clothing and personal protective equipment.
Remember:
PPE saves lives.
And occasionally future generations.
Fringe Files: DREAMS
Then Episode 32 gets interesting.
This week's Fringe Files goes inside one of the strangest places humans ever experience:
Our own minds.
Dreams happen to almost everyone.
Some disappear seconds after waking.
Others stay with us for decades.
Some feel meaningless.
Others feel more real than reality.
And some leave you wondering whether what you experienced was actually a dream at all.
What Are Dreams?
The guys begin with the conventional explanation.
Dreaming commonly occurs during REM sleep, while the brain is processing things like memories, emotions, and experiences.
That makes sense.
But then you start encountering the strange stuff.
Recurring dreams.
Shared dreams.
Lucid dreams.
Prophetic dreams.
Universal symbols.
Premonitions.
And experiences that don't seem quite as easy to explain.
That's where Fringe Files begins.
The Hat Man
One strange phenomenon discussed is the Hat Man.
People have reported seeing a dark human-like figure wearing what appears to be a hat.
Sometimes the experience is described as a dream.
Sometimes sleep paralysis.
Sometimes people aren't sure whether they were actually asleep.
The interesting part isn't simply one person's experience.
It's that similar descriptions appear repeatedly.
Which raises the question:
Why are completely unrelated people seeing similar things?
Prophetic Dreams
Then there are dreams that seem to predict something.
The guys discuss historical stories associated with premonition dreams, including accounts attributed to Abraham Lincoln before his assassination.
More importantly, one of the hosts talks about having his own dreams that appeared to correspond with things that happened later.
Eventually it became unsettling enough that he didn't necessarily want to dream anymore.
Because when the dream starts happening in real life...
Things get weird.
The Collective Unconscious
The conversation moves into psychologist Carl Jung's idea of the collective unconscious.
The basic question is fascinating:
Why do people from completely different cultures repeatedly dream about similar symbols?
Snakes.
Blood.
Dark forests.
Wise old men.
Monsters.
Death.
Water.
Certain patterns appear again and again throughout human mythology, storytelling, religion, and dreams.
Maybe humans simply share similar fears and experiences.
Or maybe there's something deeper connecting us.
Living Another Life Inside a Dream
Then the conversation gets even stranger.
One host describes dreams where it feels like he's lived days or weeks inside them.
You wake up.
Go to work.
See people.
Live your life.
Everything feels completely normal.
Then suddenly...
You wake up again.
And none of it happened.
The guys discuss stories of people claiming to have experienced what felt like years—or even entire lifetimes—inside dreams.
Imagine having relationships.
A career.
A family.
Children.
Decades of memories.
Then opening your eyes and discovering none of those people exist.
At that point the question isn't just:
What was the dream?
It's:
Which experience felt more real?
Two Brothers — The Same Dream
One of the creepiest personal stories in Episode 32 comes from childhood.
One host remembers having the same recurring nightmare for weeks.
He's lying in his bed.
Something opens in the wall.
A strange creature appears.
It repeatedly tells him to give it something.
He eventually grows up and moves on.
Decades later, during a family conversation, his brother begins describing a recurring childhood dream.
Same period.
Same basic experience.
Same nightmare.
That's when the question changes:
Were they actually dreaming?
Lucid Dreaming
The guys also get into lucid dreams—dreams where you become aware that you're dreaming and may be able to influence what happens.
Instead of simply watching the dream unfold, you're participating.
Making decisions.
Interacting.
Changing things.
For some people, that's incredible.
For others?
It makes waking up harder.
Because sometimes the world inside the dream feels better than the one waiting outside of it.
Are Our Surroundings Controlling Our Dreams?
Then there's the simpler explanation.
Maybe that terrifying murder dream happened because you fell asleep watching Forensic Files.
Maybe the aliens showed up because Ancient Aliens was playing in the background.
Your sleeping brain continues receiving information.
Sounds.
Voices.
Music.
Television.
Your subconscious may simply take those pieces and build a story around them.
Which means falling asleep to murder documentaries every night might not be the healthiest dream strategy.
What Do Dreams Mean?
Water.
Spiders.
Mazes.
Being trapped.
Falling.
Running.
Certain dream themes have been interpreted for generations as representations of what's happening in our waking lives.
Feeling trapped in a maze might reflect feeling trapped in a repetitive situation.
Water might represent feeling overwhelmed.
Other symbols are interpreted as representing change.
But the guys ask an interesting question:
If thousands of unrelated people experience similar dreams during similar periods of their lives...
Is that coincidence?
Psychology?
Human pattern recognition?
Or something deeper?
Are Dreams Connected to Another Reality?
Then Fringe Files goes full Fringe Files.
What if dreams aren't entirely generated inside our own minds?
What if consciousness connects somewhere else?
A collective consciousness?
Another version of yourself?
A parallel universe?
The guys discuss theories suggesting that dreams could somehow connect different realities or versions of ourselves.
And that leads to an even stranger question:
What happens when you die inside a dream?
Most people wake up.
But what if that's because something happened to another version of you?
Probably impossible to prove.
But that's exactly why it belongs in Fringe Files.
The Feeling That Something Is Coming
The dream conversation expands beyond individual experiences into something the guys have noticed more broadly:
A lot of people seem to feel like something is coming.
They can't necessarily explain what.
They don't know when.
They just feel like they need to prepare.
Maybe that's simply the result of constantly consuming news, social media, conflict, disasters, politics, and uncertainty.
Or maybe humans sometimes pick up on changes before we consciously understand them.
That brings the conversation back to the idea of collective consciousness.
Are millions of people independently anxious?
Or are we sensing something together?
Dreams in the Bible
Then Episode 32 brings the conversation back to faith.
Dreams aren't foreign to Scripture.
The guys bring up Acts 2:17:
“Your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.”
Throughout Scripture, dreams and visions play important roles.
Joseph interprets dreams.
Daniel interprets visions.
Joseph is warned through dreams.
God repeatedly uses dreams as a way of communicating.
Which creates a much harder question:
If God used dreams to communicate then, could He still use them now?
How Do You Know It's From God?
This may be the most important question of the entire episode.
Not:
Can God communicate through dreams?
But:
How do you know when He is?
Every weird dream isn't necessarily divine revelation.
Sometimes a dream is probably just a dream.
Sometimes it's your subconscious processing life.
Sometimes it's because Forensic Files was playing at 2:00 AM.
So how do you distinguish ordinary dreams from something spiritually meaningful?
The guys don't pretend to have a perfect answer.
That's where discernment comes in.
Maybe God Speaks When Everything Else Gets Quiet
One idea stands out.
During the day we're bombarded.
Phones.
Work.
Kids.
News.
Social media.
Responsibilities.
Stress.
Thousands of thoughts competing for attention.
But when you're asleep?
A lot of that noise disappears.
Your guard is down.
Your conscious mind isn't trying to control everything.
And the guys wonder whether that might make dreams one place where a message can finally get through.
God, Forget the Sign — Hit Me With a Fence Post
The dream conversation naturally turns into a larger discussion about recognizing signs from God.
And apparently subtlety isn't working.
The guys joke that instead of asking God for another little sign, maybe they need something slightly more obvious.
Not a hint.
Not a coincidence.
Not a mysterious feeling.
More like:
“DO THIS, STUPID.”
Preferably on a billboard.
Because sometimes we don't recognize the signs until we're looking backward.
Then suddenly you see all 30 of them.
Your Tribe Can See What You Can't
That leads to another important point.
Sometimes you're simply too close to your own situation.
You can't see what's obvious to everyone around you.
That's why having a good tribe matters.
People you trust.
People you can talk to.
People willing to tell you what they see.
Sometimes somebody outside the situation can recognize the signs you've been missing because they aren't emotionally buried inside the problem.
Faith doesn't mean you have to figure everything out alone.
Forgiving Yourself
The conversation ends on something worth remembering.
We're human.
We make mistakes.
We miss signs.
We make the wrong decision.
Sometimes we repeat the same mistake.
And eventually we realize what we should have done.
But recognizing the mistake isn't enough.
Sometimes you also have to forgive yourself for making it.
Learn.
Adjust.
Move forward.
And try to recognize the next sign before you drive past it.
Boners
After traveling through consciousness, dreams, God, and potentially parallel universes...
Naturally it's time for Boners.
This week's collection includes another inappropriate adult/juvenile case, frustration over perceived differences in sentencing, international politics, and perhaps the most personally hated object ever nominated for the segment:
A red Pontiac Fiero.
Boner: The Pontiac Fiero
Some Boners are criminals.
Some are public figures.
Some are people doing incredibly stupid things.
And sometimes...
It's your own car.
The Pontiac Fiero earns its place after apparently deciding that running reliably is optional.
Parts get replaced.
Something else breaks.
It runs.
Then it doesn't.
More parts.
More problems.
More swearing.
At this point, repairing it may no longer be the objective.
Survival is.
Folks on Fire: TC Knights
The mood changes with a genuinely great Folks on Fire.
The TC Knights baseball team takes home a championship.
And they didn't exactly have an easy path.
The boys dropped two games early before fighting their way back through the tournament.
From that point forward, it was essentially do-or-die.
They kept winning.
Kept battling.
And eventually walked away with championship rings and a trophy.
That's exactly what Folks on Fire is supposed to recognize.
Congratulations, TC Knights.
Folks on Fire: Shane Gillis
Shane Gillis also gets some love.
The guys talk about his willingness to joke about subjects other comedians might avoid and how he uses uncomfortable topics as material.
Whether everyone likes every joke isn't really the point.
The guys appreciate that Gillis is willing to take risks and doesn't seem particularly interested in asking permission before making the joke.
Folks on Fire: The Greatest Umpire Punch-Out?
Baseball umpires don't normally make Folks on Fire.
Usually they're much more likely to end up somewhere else.
But Episode 32 finds an exception.
A college baseball umpire delivers an absolutely spectacular strike-three punch-out.
Full commitment.
Shoulder into it.
Maximum dramatic effect.
And whoever added the music to the clip deserves some credit too.
Sometimes officiating becomes performance art.
Folks on Fire: Protecting the Goats
Then comes a clip that immediately reminds the guys of Sis at the property.
A woman confronts a cougar while protecting animals and proceeds to make it very clear that the cat picked the wrong yard.
The cougar reconsidered its life choices.
Sometimes Folks on Fire doesn't require much explanation.
Today in History
Episode 32 finishes with another trip through history.
The guys hit several events, including:
1884 — America's first roller coaster opens at Coney Island.
1858 — Abraham Lincoln delivers his “House Divided” speech.
1903 — Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
1943 — Charlie Chaplin marries Oona O'Neill.
1960 — Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho opens.
1965 — Bob Dylan records “Like a Rolling Stone.”
And the guys naturally find time to argue about Bob Dylan.
Because even history apparently isn't safe.
Episode 32
Dreams.
Premonitions.
Lucid dreaming.
Shared nightmares.
Parallel realities.
Collective consciousness.
Signs from God.
Acts 2:17.
UFC.
Smelling salts.
Capri Suns.
McDonald's apple pies.
Nut shots.
Baseball championships.
A Pontiac Fiero.
And an umpire delivering the punch-out of a lifetime.
Episode 32 asks a question humans have probably wondered about since the beginning:
Where do we actually go when we dream?
Maybe nowhere.
Maybe deep inside ourselves.
Maybe somewhere we don't fully understand.
And sometimes?
Maybe God is trying to tell us something.
The difficult part is figuring out which is which.
Pay attention.
Use discernment.
Talk to your tribe.
Keep your faith.
And if God sends you 30 signs...
Try not to miss the exit.
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