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This week, we’re working on a dream about not being able to get
through a turnstile on the Bay Area Rapid Transit system (BART). In her dream,
the dreamer was too fat, even though in real life she doesn’t have a weight
problem. Scroll down to my last post to read the dream in its entirety.
One of the issues that was bothering the dreamer was that so many
of the details of her dream were unclear in her memory. It was a typical case
of forgetting specifics as she tried to bring the dream from sleep into conscious
awareness. I pointed out that this didn’t matter. All she had to do was to
relate to me what she remembered—even the murky parts—and I would take a kind
of shorthand as she talked. With very few changes, what you read immediately
below in bold are my notes. Notice that, when she was unsure of the details, I
simply included that as part of the dream message.
I then asked her to “Tell me about” each of the symbols that I
wrote down, and her replies are to the right of the phrases in bold type.
Tell
me about…
* Traveling
on BART: It’s how I get around my
community and the greater metropolitan area.
* Enter or
exit the station: I
couldn’t tell if I was coming or going, starting or finishing.
* Not sure
who I was with: I was with an acquaintance,
but I have no specifics on who it was.
* Male of
female: I have different types of
relationships with the two sexes, but I had no idea which one this was.
* Turnstile: How you
get in and how you get out again.
* Ticket: It’s your certificate of permission, but it also
shows that you have paid for the right to use the system.
* Companion
got through: This acquaintance had no
trouble.
* Too fat to
go through: I was carrying a lot of
excessive stored mass which made entry impossible.
* Try to pass
through attendant’s booth: I
tried to find a way around my dilemma by going through the control room.
* Only one
entrance and no exit: There
was no way out from there.
* Attendant
didn’t want me there: The
control person objected to my being there.
* Luminescent
dust: It was like an
otherworldly substance.
* Sprinkle
it on myself: I applied this to my own
person, my own body.
* Gold and
shiny: It was attractive and
compelling—very alluring.
* Disney
movie: They’re magical. Things
can happen in Disney movies that don’t happen in normal life.
* Walk
through, hopeful: I wasn’t
yet absolutely positive this would work, but I was counting on it.
Some
observations
Let’s take a closer look at one of the details of this dream that
the dreamer was unsure of. The fourth symbol down is “male or female;” the
dreamer couldn’t remember who she was with. Now look at her response. Rather
than being unclear, her comment actually adds to the information.
More on Friday!
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