In this dream, I am being warned of a significant spiritual change coming my way.

In the dream, I see myself and my husband in a very large parking lot.  We appeared to have been at a meeting or convention and were now leaving.  It had rained and the asphalt was wet and slick.  My husband began driving through the parking lot. We seemed to be at one end and had to exit at the opposite end, so that he had to pass everyone that was still in the parking lot.  He was driving a little too fast on the slick pavement and began sliding about three quarters of the way across.  The car slid past the others and came up almost to the exit.  It slowed as it did this, almost stopped, and then began sliding back the way it had come.  My husband was trying to brake but couldn’t make the car stop.  He managed to steer the slide so that we didn’t hit any other cars or harm anyone.  But as the car continued sliding towards the end of the parking lot, where a small forest of trees stood, it was obvious the car would hit the trees hard.  It was going to be an ugly crash.  The car had turned so that my side would take the brunt of the impact.  I saw this and braced myself.  But then I remembered that drunks suffered less damage in car accidents because their bodies were relaxed, and deliberately relaxed my body .  Upon impact, I didn’t seem to be awake anymore but instead in an in-between state of consciousness.  I saw myself standing in front of a large, golden, oval picture of my husband’s face.  It resembled a mirror. I asked myself, “What if this is it?  What if I don’t see him again?  Did I spend enough time with him?  Will I regret not being with him more? I wanted him to enjoy the next phase of our lives!”  And then I was back in my body.  But now it was a helicopter crash instead of a car crash, and we had landed in a river.  The current was very strong and I don’t think I could get myself out. I hadn’t even tried when suddenly there were two strong men pulling me out of the wrecked car and onto the riverbank.  They left me safely there and waded back into the river, looking for my husband.  I couldn’t see where he had gone and assumed the water had taken him downstream.  I hoped he was alive and okay. As the two rescuers headed downriver with the current, I saw two very large Great White sharks in the water, heading downriver as well.   I worried they would get to my husband before the two men did.  I wondered how the men could be so brave as to be in the water with the Great Whites. 

The whole time I had been on the riverbank, the water still flowed around my entire body.  I very carefully stood up and the water still flowed completely around me.  I knew this was keeping my body numb so that I couldn’t tell how badly I was actually injured.  I would have to step out of the flow of water at some point and then I would be hit with the pain and severity of my injuries.  Before this happened, I wanted help to be there.  I began screaming, “Police! Police!”  Just twenty feet away was a group of college age students in an outdoor classroom.  Their female professor was lecturing and ignored my calls for help.  I kept yelling and yelling, as loud as I could, directing my calls towards the class as they were the only people around in the forest.  The professor became highly annoyed and finally stopped lecturing, turned to me and told me to shut up so that she could teach her class.  I kept yelling anyways, determined to get someone to help me.  A voice told me the professor was from China and her name was MAAT.  The word was written in black across the teacher’s forehead.

SIGNIFICANT SYMBOLS

Parking Lot-resting

Car-symbolic of work, yourself, your current situation

Driving-one’s journey or direction

Husband-the actual person or what he represents to me

Rain-spiritual healing or purification

Slick conditions-indication to slow down in one’s direction or efforts

Forest-growth, nature, new ideas

White-purity, virginity, innocence, holiness, spiritual

Crash-warning about one’s situation

Helicopter-a practical idea or project of a spiritual nature

Picture-memories, ideas, or relationships

Mirror-that which reflects one’s own image, experience, or situation.  Egotism and thinking of only one’s self

River-flow of spirit/information/insights.  May be associated with one’s life path or direction

Sharks-treacherous/dangerous/be ready for unexpected attacks

Instructor-anyone or anything that aids one’s development.  Authority figure.  One who gives advice or counsel.

China-ancient wisdom/mysterious/unknown

Maat-the name of an ancient Egyptian goddess who represented Truth/law/universal order

In this dream, I have completed a period of rest (the parking lot) and now start to head in a new direction or resume my efforts in what I want to do (driving car and leaving the parking area).  I use logic (represented by my husband) to direct me towards my next endeavour.  But I have entered a period of spiritual healing or purification (rain).  It is not a catastrophic period but a relatively calm period (as evidenced by the type of rain-gentle and calm).  I need to slow down during this period  (slick conditions caused by rain) but my logic (husband) propels me to go more quickly than I should (driving too quickly).  This causes me to lose control of my momentum (car sliding across parking lot).  I do my best to not harm anyone and to regain control.  I am successful in not harming anyone, but am unable to regain control of my momentum.  This causes me to “crash” into spiritual ideas or growth (forest of white trees), which causes a temporary change in consciousness (losing consciousness).  In this state, I reflect on what is to come and wonder if I have done enough with the person who means the most to me (my husband).  I want him to enjoy this next phase of life with me, but don’t know if he will.  When I am again back into my normal consciousness (awakening from crash), I become aware that Spirit (two strong strangers) help move me to a safe place where I can continue on my life’s path or direction.  I see that Spirit is also trying to save my logic (husband) from being lost in the flow of spirit (river) and from unexpected attacks (sharks). For a period, I will be protected (staying safely in the river’s flow) and will receive a flow of spirit and/or insight.  But at some point I will have to step out of that flow of spirit and continue on my path.  I will also need to make an assessment of what harm/damage/changes have been made to myself (helicopter crash injuries) and react appropriately.  But before I do, I know I need to ask for help.  I cry out and assume an authority figure or type of learning (instructor) who is obviously within reach will help out.  But that authority figure or type of learning won’t help. At least not at first.  This authority figure/type of learning has ancient wisdom (China) and speaks Truth (Maat).  I insist on being helped (won’t stop yelling).

I awoke from this dream upset.  The imagery foretells impending disaster, but the  symbology (once translated) actually speaks of a major spiritual change I will be undergoing.  This spiritual change preludes a new stage in my life, one I hope I will be able to share with my husband.  Spiritual change/growth is usually gradual over the course of a lifetime, but can also occur suddenly, through the direction of one’s growth and/or because of a disaster in one’s life.  The change for me appears to be due to gradual growth, gaining momentum, but will seem cataclysmic when the momentum is out of my control and I experience a sudden shift in consciousness. Due to the imagery of the dream, it seems as if it will be unpleasant.  But this is not necessarily true.  In the dream, I don’t seem to be injured, but merely stunned and needing spiritual help/guidance.

I did have a dream similar to this many years ago that portended of a great shift in consciousness by showing me dying in a car crash.  That shift was very difficult to live through and was clearly indicated by the imagery of me dying in the car crash.  In this dream, at least, I am alive and seemingly unharmed, just stunned and needing help.  The dream shows me being protected and aided by Spirit as I go through this process.  But sometimes help can seem slow in coming so that I must remember to keep asking God for guidance and support during difficult periods and be willing to accept that the help might not come in the form I would like (the instructor ignoring me).

Shifts in consciousness can bring a whole new direction in one’s life/behavior/attitude.  When this happens, it is possible the people we share our lives with will be unable to continue with us.  They might not understand our new thinking and behavior and choose to part ways.  Or we might find ourselves unable to continue with them because we have come to see serious flaws in their thinking/behavior.  Or you are both still reasonable, decent people, but your paths have diverged and taken you in separate directions.  I am hoping my husband will be able to continue with me in spite of our having different spiritual beliefs.