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We’re examining a dream about a choice that needs to be
made. We have isolated the symbols, and I have asked the dreamer to comment on
each one:
* Bedroom: It’s a place where you go to repose, renew
and replenish yourself. It’s a place where new life is conceived and love is
expressed.
* Second floor: The upper level. Look out a window, you see
further.
* Building that seems
to be my parents’ home: I didn’t recognize it, but I knew it was theirs—where
they reside and make their lives.
* Parents: The ones who gave me life and nurtured me
through my growing years. We’ve had our conflicts, but basically, there is a
loving relationship, even if it’s abrasive.
* Balcony: It’s a structure high up that you can walk
out onto to see further while experiencing more of a sense of nature.
* Village: A small
community, not overwhelming in size. There is a sense that one can belong and make
a difference.
* All of these people:
The residents of the village, the ones
who make up its population.
* Walking in one
direction: Single minded.
* Event: A special occasion; a sense of excitement and
anticipation.
* Concert of music: Beautiful sounds that can transport you in
your emotions and spirit.
* Celebrities: Those who have taken on special
responsibilities in a public, all-encompassing way. They are on the front lines
of the attention of people.
* Performing: Do something that will leave an impression
and be beautiful.
* Celestial and
Spiritual: Of the highest level of
consciousness.
* I must be there: It is vital that I attend. It would be a
travesty if I missed it.
* Mother: These days I have compassion for her. The job
of any mother is difficult, trying to balance so many disparate issues and
desires and demands. But there were times when I was extremely angry.
* Downstairs: Oppressive. It’s where all the mundane things
are done—all the typical female jobs that are done by rote and have no sense of
satisfaction associated with them.
* Calling to me: It’s more than a request. It’s practically a
demand, and I resent it.
* Admonishing me to
come downstairs: She’s trying to
make me feel guilty.
* Forget my chores and
leave them undone: That’s her
priority, that I do all of this drudgery work.
* Clothes from an
earlier time in my life: It reminds
me of the way I used to be long ago.
* Sister: She has always been staunchly supportive of
me, even when she didn’t really understand what I was doing.
* Golden socks: Gold
is a power color, and it’s like a chakra on my feet—where I need power to go
places.
* Ignore my mother: Not having to answer to her.
* Appliances: They do what they’re told without thinking;
start, stop, plug in, unplug.
* No cars: It’s quiet, no pollution, no fear of being
run over.
* Right turn: A sudden new direction. I’m right-handed, so
it’s a direction to my dominant side.
The dream comes
more into focus
If you simply read down the list of the dreamer’s comments,
you see that the type of choice she is being asked to make is one with sharp
contrasts.
Friday, we’ll reassemble this dream.
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