My Dream of America, The Sleeping Giant
Written January 2002
By Philip Burley
Born with second sight, I have experienced the manifestation of the other world all of my life. I have also been a successful talk show host and spiritual intuitive on the air, heard around the world.
Because of the nature of what I do and the people my work touches and influences, I often have visitations from the world of spirit that guide me specifically. I want to share some of my own experiences surrounding this whole present reality that has come upon the world, starting September 11, 2001:
Though I cannot give an exact date without consulting my diary, which is presently packed away in a storage vault, I had a visitation from an angel several years prior to the September 11 event. Even prior to this, I woke one morning from a dream about a bomb going off that day either near or in the World Trade Center. I told my wife Vivien about this dream but did not know if it was symbolical or literal. We all know the rest of the story.
As an angel appeared in my dream, he told me that he had been sent by Heavenly Father to show me America. The angel and I stood as two giants on the Eastern shore of the U.S. We could see clear across the country to the West Coast.
At first, the angel drew my attention to Boston where he said, "Boston is the intellectual center of your country and you pride yourselves in it." There was no judgment in the voice but a cautionary tone in the angel's voice and words that it was okay to be proud of this but not in ornately so.
He then pointed to Washington, D.C. and said, "And Washington is your country's political center and your country takes great pride in its government and world power." Again, no condemnation was given, only a caution to be careful of this pride.
Finally, he caused me to look down on New York City and said, "New York City is your country's financial center in which your country takes pride." Again, the angel implied: "watch out that you don't pride yourselves too much in your financial power."
At that point I had the feeling that all the things we falsely prided ourselves in (including these great cities and what they represent practically and spiritually) was temporal and could come tumbling down anytime.
The angel continued and caused me to look again at New York City saying, "America is a sleeping giant." He then gestured towards the rest of America and spread out before he and I was the body of a giant whose head rested in New York City (The giant was sleeping on his left side and NYC was his pillow.) The feet of the giant rested in Los Angeles.
I was made very aware of the hair of the giant that was a thick, gaudy, bright red mass of fibers. The angel indicated that this color of red symbolized lust; lust for power, lust for money, lust for sex and more. At this time I became aware of some of the undermining and spiritually debilitating conditions of our country and its possible reasons for decline. Again, the angel did not judge, only cautioned and warned.
After sufficient time to survey the sleeping giant, the angel told me to follow him as "the Father in Heaven" wanted me to see more. We walked in our gigantic strides down the shore of the Atlantic Ocean, stepped over Florida, the Gulf of Mexico and with a few strides crossed the nation of Mexico. All this time, as we walked, the whole nation of America laid out before us to our right. Covering the sleeping giant was a quilt whose pieces were all the states sown together.
Finally, we arrived on the West Coast and California. The angel stepped up onto the shore and motioned for me to follow him. We were at the location of Los Angeles. The angel, motioning for me to follow him said, “Come I want to show you something.” He then reached down and pulled the quilt up and off of the feet of the sleeping giant. I looked down, horrified, at what I saw. There were two giant rats gnawing away at the feet of the sleeping giant.
I then woke up, deeply disturbed and wanting to pray and tell others. I knew that the rats symbolized many things eating away at the foundation of our nation. Parts of our body may be damaged and not inflict nearly as much immobilization as the damaging of our feet. How can we stand if our feet are "gnawed away?"
