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We’re examining a waking dream about a man flashing in his
open doorway just before Halloween. The dreamer was certainly startled, but she
also understood that there might be an insightful message from this poignant incident.
On Monday, she told what happened. Now it was time to begin examining
the dream. That meant isolating the symbols, then asking the dreamer to comment
on each one. It’s important for me to keep my own feelings and opinions to
myself during this process, so I try to encourage the dreamer by using as
neutral a prompt as I can think of. I usually begin by asking a dreamer to “Tell
me about” the symbol.
Notice, also, that I added a dream symbol that was not originally
there. In her answer to “Tell me about ‘Stark naked,’” the dreamer used the
word “genitals.” That is a significant and graphic image which I felt was part
of the dream, so I asked her to “Tell me about genitals.”
Tell me about…
* Gone back to college: I need some more education to be able to
pursue the career I have in mind.
* My degree: It’s really an acknowledgement that I have
put in the time, effort and study to reach a certain level of competence.
* Taking some courses: These are classes on specific topics designed
to further my understanding.
* Short commute: I can’t get the knowledge I need in my home , so I have to move a little ways away to an institution of higher learning.
* Look to my right: I’m right-handed, so I would say that I was
looking in my dominant direction.
* Doorway: It was the main entrance into his house—his own
sanctuary.
* Facing full front: There was no sense of hiding anything, or of
being underhanded or sneaky. Everything was there, exposed for all the world to
see.
* A man: Stereotypically, the man is the one in charge
who goes out and makes a living and makes the most important decisions. It’s
not true, of course, but that’s the perception.
* Stark naked: Nothing hidden. And what I noticed
particularly was that his genitals were huge.
* Genitals: His potency. His reproductive, creative
organs. They were enormous.
* Orange bucket: A bucket is a container that holds stuff. The
fact that it was orange made it stand out more, but it was also appropriate to
the occasion, which is a time of potential mischief.
* Trick or Treat: It’s a choice. It’s about either being satisfied
by receiving something desirable, or being hoodwinked somehow.
* Wild emotions: I was on a roller coaster of different
feelings.
* Shock: Stunned into inaction.
* Disbelief: A kind of denial.
* Did anybody else see
this: I was looking for validation
of my own perceptions.
* Disgust and
amusement: Frankly, it was really
distasteful, but as such, it was also funny, and definitely surreal.
* Jaded bewilderment: I had a hard time fitting the whole incident
into my sense of how life should be.
* Not overwhelming: It didn’t put me into a crisis mode.
* Repulsive: Unsavory, unpleasant, distasteful.
Some observations
Even though the original incident was ludicrous, from
reading her replies, it becomes clear that there is an important issue being
addressed.
More on Friday.
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