I don't normally talk about dreams. Some people read a lot of significance into them, to points where I start to question the validity of their assumptions. I'm careful about that.
In keeping with my notion of experience being the strongest evidence for any individual, I must say, by my experience there are some dreams which clearly have significance. Usually the dreams are for my own understanding and such, so I prefer to keep them private and in confidence - so you won't read much of them.
Recently I've had one such dream. The objective/scientific part of me says it could be a biproduct of some of the issues I'm thinking about lately. The self-directive (read: purposeful) part of me says that's relevant, but to acknowledge the augmented nature of this dream's experience. I actively participated in the dream, as though communicating with others.
(Collective consciousness theories aside, I'm open to the notion that, assuming there to be energetic impulses in the universe that effect our brains' operations - chemically, magnetically, radiologically, etc - a sleep state exposes our mental mechanism to elements we're not consciously aware of while awake.)
So, avoiding detail of the dream (keeping it in confidence), I'll skip to the practical implications...
It's very important that I follow my passions in life - not merely the hobbies I have, but the things which weigh heavily on my conscience, on my heart, and on my spirit. Recently those have been (avoiding other connotations) humanitarian interests.
Example, a question I've been pondering: how do we implement 100 years of peace? (if even for a single country, obviously a much larger project for the world)
Per the dream, I'm realizing that I have duty to myself and to society to pursue that question.
I'm not sure yet how that works out into my job, my lifestyle, my living situation, etc... but I'm openly considering it. My next career move may be to implement my technical skills for some international relief organization. I'm still thinking on it...
(And yes, all these questions are altering my political opinions.)