1. Pick out one of the dreams here to practice on ~ so you will not be attached to it's meaning. Begin by writing ~ "IF THIS WERE MY DREAM, I would think it means . . . " As you write your thoughts and interpretations, you will be expanding your ability to interpret your dreams.
2. Ask yourself, "What would the things in the dream symbolize, if they had been in my dream?" Remember, each symbol has many meanings, all of which may be correct silmultaneously! Make a list of multiple interpretations for each symbol. In the process, you will discover your own dream symbols.
3. If each person in the dream is an aspect of you, what would the dream mean? Write the possible aspects of yourself which each person in the dream "might" symbolize. Hint: A dream about your grandmother is probably more likely to be concerning an aspect of you which is grandmother-like ~ rather than about your grandmother.
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3 Ways to Learn Dream Interpretation
IF YOU QUIT YOUR JOB TODAY ~ Could Your Dreams Guide You in Finding the Correct Path Quickly?
I'm not suggesting you should do that ~ Yet, that's exactly what I did that this past November ~ without a clear picture of exactly what would be next for me.
By following instructions from a series of dreams and interpreting them in connection with other things which were present in my stream of consciousness, I have found direction. While some of the direction has been in the form of specific instructions, more often the direction is more like a puzzle which reaffirmed some actions and helped me correct others along the way.
Here is an example:
Jan 13 Dream: I am in a restaurant waiting to be served. It is taking a long time. I am in line to be seated. When I discover I may not be standing in the right place. I am at the kitchen window. There are trays of food. I pick at some of it. Realizing it may be left-evers coming back from the patrons, I continue eating it anyway. I am not embarressed to do so and say so.
Then I go back into the dining room and see that every chair and table are filled with people. Everyone has been seated and the place is packed. The head table is reserved for the head owner ~ his martini glass, a large one, is on the table waiting for him. It is a table for two, thought only one martinit glass is there. People are lined up along the bar and in the dining room. The place is packed! I think, 'Wow! Peter only just opened and the restaurant is so popular overnight!'
I go around the outside, looking for a way to get in. I am carrying an armful of branches as I step along the window ledge. When I come to the kitchen window, I discover it will open easily ~ someone on the inside helps me open it. I have to throw down the branches to have my hands free to climb inside. I am in the kitchen. They feed me and send me on my way.
I am going through the back rooms trying to find my way out. I try several doors ~ one is a dead end, another goes back the way I came in, another is a garage. Finally, I find one open to the outside. I tell someone there ~ 'I am parked to the left in the parking lot behind the restaurant.
Working with the dream is a continuing process. There are many layers of meaning and it is not usually sufficient to take the most obvious. So, to begin the process I make After a list of all the possible symbols I could think of for all the elements present in the dream. I fiddle around with these and write down any thoughts which come to mind.
While listing the symbols in this dream, I realized that this dream shows me a shift in perception from thinking I am being served creativity and food for my soul ~ to owning the restaurant which serves it to others. The dream helped me to solidify my new role in this life. So I made a note of that in my journal.
In the beginning of the dream, I am waiting to be served, looking for my place in the dining room, the bar, the kitchen, supply rooms, garage and finally parked in the owners space out back! And also seeing that the head table had been reserved for me and my husband (who does not drink)
The individual portions also show me some specifics about my work. The part about picking at the left-overs shows me 'picking at art' which has come back into my 'kitchen'/studio. My bad habit of reworking paintings instead of honoring them as they are!
The 'window ledge, step by step' refers to the online creativity course which I have been developing. The 'ledge'/ledger/accounting for everything/collecting data as research for the book I am writing. The 'throw down branches' ~ the challenge of the collaborative project with the university helping me develop my curriculum and offer the program.
I really liked this dream. I felt especially assured that I was on the right track ~ at a time so changable in my life which would otherwise be very unsettling. I will continue to reread it from time to time ~ to allow any additional meaning and insights to surface over time.
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No Dreams? There might be one you don't see...
Even today, when I didn't think I had any dream worth sitting down with. I sat down anyway and wrote a few sentences of things which were "on my mind" when I got up. Instead of writing them as dreams, instead I wrote:
Dream State: I am concerned about staying too long at Dad's ~ will he think 2 weeks is too long or 2 days?
Dream State: I see a paintbrush missing a spot along the edge of the window sill ~ right along the caulked edge. I paint it in/ I cover it quickly with a single brush stroke.
After writing a list of possible symbols relating to Dad, I tested (kinesiology finger test ~ true/false) that the dream was not about Dad, but about my work. I realized Dad's meant FLORIDA/vacation/time off/not working as I have been talking to him about a visit next month. I realized that I had been 'too weak too long to-day'. (I had worked diligently at the computer until 6pm last night ~ way longer that I have been since I retired from my job in November.)
The 'paintbrush missing' was more obvious - NO ART. The 'window sill' meant the online windows classes (from earlier dreams) The caulked edge gave me the information that I needed which was missing from the course outline I had emailed to Carol yesterday ~ which did not include a significant amount of art ~ I see that I should include a quick covering of pastel.
References to the project with Carol also were present (in more significant form) in two other dreams last week.
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Trump Suit: Wear it OR Play it?
SOLSTICE DREAM: I am looking for a place to pee. I go to the old vintage vehicle ~ but it is filled with men. I leave and go to the old condo instead. The door is locked. Fred & Dorsey are sitting out front and unlock it for me. I comment on the cob webs on the door. They shrug.
I go inside and find the bathroom. I begin taking my jumpsuit off; the outer jacket sleeves, then the shoulder straps. Before I can get to pee, I realize the window by the toilet looks out on the place where the vintage car full of men is. I leave ia a hurry ~ not wanting to be seen.
As I am trying to leave, I realize I left my purse in the bathroom. I go back to the condo. There is a silver filigree gate with a latch. I open and close it gingerly. When I enter, I see a new owner is moving in. The condo is filled with beautifully colored paintings ~ many easels with paintings fill every space ~ eclipsing the old fixtures and dust. I frantically look for my purse, concerned that it has been lost or stolen. I find it out beyond the gate. Someone has put it there. I look inside, sure that my wallet will not be there. I am elated to find it ~ all the dollar bills, change and everything else in my wallet is just as I had them. Intact.
During the dream, a woman is telling me that the healing art is not for her. She is making cut outs ~ like folded paper posters like paper dolls with her name cut out of it. I leave her be.
The first thing that strikes me about this dream is the presence of several of my recurring symbols. The vehicle is a symbol of my vehicle in life ~ my art. In this case, the vehicle is a vintage one full of men! Perhaps representing classical painting, traditional landscapes; the men, perhaps collectors or the masculine aspect of myself as paint on canvas.
The old condo is a symbol of where my business is housed, Fred & Dorsey being a symbol of having sold/turned over the business, holding/turning over the keys, cashing in on a life-long investment/retiring to pursue other things. Peeing recurs in reference to emotion, being pissed off, healing the bladder meridian and related energy fields, past life issues.
The wallet/purse symbolizes my resources; money=energy, ID=identity, phone=connections, change=ability to make change, credit cards=credit, resources, ability to travel/get what I need;
The next thing that strikes me is the jumpsuit. Immediately I think of a parachute ~ a jump chute. Chute/direct route to exit/entry to another space. Trump suit. Suit of clothes/trump/more influential than other suits. The fact that I am wearing this, trying to get out of it quickly to pee ~ helps me see myself struggling ~ to get out of wearing my own skin/trump suit! ~ to cut out and piss about something? Well, this opens several questions..... What is the jumpsuit? Why do I want to cut out and piss? AND What is the trump suit I am trying to get out of? Good questions, all of which I never thought of before ......
The silver filigree gate strikes me as protecting something very special. Perhaps answering the questions will show me what is symbolized by the silver gate/silver lining. . .
The dialog with the woman telling me that healing art is not for her ~ tells me the subject of the dream. Every person in the dream is an aspect of self. This begins to clarify the jumpsuit/trump suit question. Seeing myself struggling to not be seen as a wacko artist doing some airy-fairy thing with healing art (pissing at the easel) that would make my art collectors think I am deluded would be a jumpsuit/skin I would certainly struggle to get out of quickly.
Seeing this and that the resources which were in my purse are intact, I realize that I no longer carry my resources in my purse ~ I now wear my resources like a second skin. (the trump suit) I am creative energy, connections, change, life-altering. This is my identity now. Wearing it intact,with tact, enables me to open my silver gate.
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