This dream is a warning that something I thought I had taken care of is going to come up again, possibly in a significant way.

In the dream, my husband and I knew we had a problem with a wasp nest.  The nest was on a guest pillow in the hall closet.  We took the pillow out and washed it.  We both assumed that took care of the problem.  As I went to place the pillow back in the closet, I saw that the wasp nest was still there.  Half of it was still alive.  It looked like small jade plants.  I thought, “Oh, well” and placed it back in the closet anyways because I didn’t want to mess with it again.  This disturbed the wasps still alive in the nest and they awoke and flew at me.  They went under my hair at my neck.   I held myself very still to not provoke them.  I could feel them moving there and then it felt like they were stinging me.  But it was a dull sting, as if they were just tapping me and not actually stinging.  The tapping began to feel stronger and I began to panic that it wasn’t going to stop but only get worse. 

SIGNIFICANT SYMBOLS

Husband-my actual husband or what he symbolizes to me

Hall-transition from one consciousness to another

Closet-that which is in storage and may be utilized at a later date

Pillow-Can correspond to rest, relaxation, sleep, or sexual activity

Wasps-that which is irritating or stings

Wash-cleansing or purifying something

Jade Plant-symbol of prosperity in Asian cultures

Neck-personal will, self

Hair-the thinking that one has

Sometimes we have issues that we think we have dealt with effectively and then find out they are still a problem.  This dream addresses that type of situation. I have an issue with what I offer others (guests-not the people I am strongly connected to) in my daily life, relaxing or relating with them (pillow).  Just for me to welcome others into my life requires me to transition in thought (hall) because this is not part of my normal behavior.  I find myself being irritated (wasps), but I make the effort to cleanse (wash away) those irritations I experience.  I use logic (husband) to help me clean up (wash away) those irritations I have.  I think I have taken care of the problem, but then find there are still several aspects to relaxing/relating with others that I find irritating. I decide to ignore it but find I can’t.  The irritations (wasps) are many (Jade plant representing prosperity in Asian cultures) .  These irritations get into my thinking (hair) and could effect my personal will or willingness to spend time with others (attempted stinging of my neck).  I try not to let this happen but the irritations seem to bother me more and more.  I want help but don’t know if it will come in time.

Welcoming others into my personal life is difficult for me, but I have worked at trying to be more open with family and friends.  I believe I have managed to come up with a set of behaviors on my part that work for me, given my personality and limitations, although others may still find me closed.  This also holds true for work (guest) relationships.  At work, you need to appear reasonably friendly and approachable for others to feel comfortable with you.  I attempt this, but can’t say I am truly successful.  This can make it difficult when problems arise in the work area with individuals.  There are always times when a misunderstanding will occur between individuals or groups at work.  Whether or not the issue is cleared up in a positive way depends on the individuals and their behavior.  Just within the past week I had an issue come up at work that had nothing to do with me but I ended up in the middle of it due to circumstances.  The behavior of the other person really irritated me (the wasps).  The person became angry with me for something I was not responsible for.  When I thought of it, it made me even more irritated and angry.  I tried to use logic to overcome the feelings, but it wasn’t working.  I finally had to pray and ask God for help.  I didn’t want this small issue to turn into a big issue just because of how I felt.  When another moment came up to interact with this person on a separate issue, I could have been antagonistic.  But by praying and setting my intention to be positive in spite of how I felt, I was able to be considerate and had a positive interaction with this individual who irritated me so much.  All that transpired before seemed to blow away because of this positive interaction.

The dream brought this issue I have to my conscious mind.  By being aware of how I react when irritated by others, and by choosing to react in a different way, I was able to overcome the problem and turn it into a non-issue.  I tried logic but still needed God’s help through prayer and setting my intention for the outcome I wanted.

I had this dream several years ago, but I thought it was a good example of how we can receive information on others.

In this dream, I was standing on a beach, speaking with a friend.  I could see her husband a little ways from us.  He had his  hands on an extremely large, round boulder that was resting in the sand. He was trying to push it.  The boulder was at least a thousand pounds, if not more.  It didn’t look to me as if he was moving it at all.  My friend smiled proudly and told me her husband had moved the boulder a whole inch.  I might have said something like “Oh” because that didn’t sound like a real feat.  She told me quite emphatically, “Oh, no!  It is very impressive he moved it a whole inch!”  I could tell she was very pleased by what he had done.

SIGNIFICANT SYMBOLS:

Friend-the person themselves or the relationship I have with that person or insights into that person

Husband-the person themselves or the relationship with that person or insights into that person.

Beach-a time of joyfulness, or peaceful or solitary reflection.  Consciousness between spirit(emotions) and the physical world.

Boulder-Difficulties that need to be overcome or gone around.  Emotional aloofness or the inability to change or open up.

In this dream, my friend communicates directly with me (in the dimension between the Spirit world and the physical world as represented by the beach). She lets me know of an important change with her husband.  She tells me specifically, “He moved the boulder a whole inch.” The boulder represents difficulties within her husband that he has needed to change.  Even a little bit of a change (moving the boulder one inch) is an accomplishment worth celebrating (as she clearly tells me).  He is still working at moving the boulder, an indication that he is still working at changing his problems areas even though he has already made improvements.

Sometimes, we can receive communication from people who are alive, letting us know how they are doing.  Usually, the information (in my experience) is because the person has made an important decision that will effect the rest of their lives.  That sounds like something big, like being married or divorced (as examples), but that is usually not the case.  Generally, the information I receive is about the person changing their attitude or approach to life just a little bit.  This change occurs in their beliefs or attitudes or ideals or values.  It may seem like a small change in how they deal with their problems or in how they approach life, but it effects their behavior and relationships in big ways.  For example, the couple in the dream had had marriage problems to the point they came close to separating and divorcing.  But at a certain point in all of this trouble, the husband changed his attitude about what he should and could be doing in the marriage and became a better and more caring husband.  It was a small change in attitude which caused him to change his approach to his marriage and his wife.  When he did this, their marriage changed from a hardship to a blessing.  Within just a few years, I witnessed a couple very much in love and happy to be together just because he changed his attitude just a little bit.  He also became a better father, a better son, and a better worker.  He became a much happier person.  And all because he changed his attitude just a little bit.

I think anytime we make changes in our basic personality, it is just like what is represented in this dream-trying to move a boulder that weighs a thousand pounds. This dream clearly indicates the husband had to make a huge effort to change his attitude .  It did not casually happen.  He had to work at it and work at it until he finally succeeded. This is true of all of us if we wish to make a change in ourselves that is permanent and against our normal behavior.  But it can be done if we are just willing to keep trying.