This dream is interesting in its symbology.

In the dream, I was at work.  I had completed whatever it was I had to do, and now needed to work on something else.   I stepped outside and looked to where I needed to go.  The area I was in didn’t look as it actually does in real life.  Instead, it seemed to be in the desert.  The land was open and flat but green with grass.  It seemed to be the area in which my father lives.  I needed to  actually travel to where my next assignment was located; through the open, green desert to a distant neighborhood.  It was dusk at this time.  There was a two-lane asphalt road.  I began but I did not walk.  I started on the shoulder of the road, crawling on my belly.  I pulled myself along with my arms, little bit by little bit.  I would stick my hands into crevasses in the road to help pull me along.  The surface of the road had an icy off-white look and the black of the asphalt could be seen through it.  I decided this was taking a lot of energy and switched to my hands and knees.  I did this for a little while.  This too was difficult, but not as much as crawling.  I was worried my knees would start hurting, though, and tried moving on my belly again.  I did this for a little while and then moved back to my hands and knees.  I realized my knees didn’t bother me as much as I thought they would and kept moving along.   I was vulnerable as I did this and worried someone would stop and harass me.  Thankfully, no one did.  I crawled into the neighborhood I needed to be in and stopped when my road intersected with another.  There were nice, modest,  middle-class homes on all sides.  I knew my destination was one of the homes close by.  I reached into my pocket to pull out the address of the home I needed to go to.  It was fully night now.

SIGNIFICANT SYMBOLS:

Work-generally corresponds to one’s present occupation, one’s duty, or obligation.

Desert-that which is not fertile, is bleak, or is abandoned.

Grass-associated with growth, healing, energy or vibrancy.

Father-represents authority, leadership, or power.  Can also represent what I think of my actual father.

Dusk-the ending of one period in one’s life, experience, or relationship.

Road-associated with the journey of life.  Direction one is pursuing.  One’s destiny.

Black-associated with the unknown, the unconsciousness, or the suppressed.

Crawling-something that just creeps along.  Could suggest humility or the need for it.

Belly-assimilation, digestion, or personal constitution.

Knees-flexibility, ability to bend, bowing to Divine Will.

Hands-service, participation, or work.

Ice-that which is frozen, impenetrable, or cold.  Separation between consciousness or physicality and spirit.

Neighborhood-sharing a similar psyche/attitude/consciousness with a group of people.

Home-one’s current situation or experience; one’s psyche as a person or in a situation; one’s state of consciousness.

Night-an ending, a completion, a dormancy, a closing.

I have completed some project/endeavor in my current occupation, duty or obligation (work) and now need to start something else (move on to new project/assignment for work). To do this, I must share a similar psyche/attitude/consciousness with a group of people (neighborhood) and I must move in a particular direction (road) to accomplish this. This work, what I have done and what I will do, is located in a state of consciousness which normally appears bleak or abandoned (desert) but which has produced growth, healing, energy and/or vibrancy (grass).  It is similar in some fashion to what my father does (father-his work, efforts, responsibilities).  This marks the ending of one period in my life (dusk).  This particular direction I travel in (road) is marked by becoming familiar, very slowly (crawling),  with the unknown or unconscious (black).  It is also marked by a separation between consciousness/physicality and spirit (ice) but which I seem to somewhat be able to see through (ice is opaque).  I must assimilate (belly) the unknown or unconscious (black), and learn to be flexible (knees) while providing service (hands).  In the process of doing this, I find it is not nearly as painful as I thought, to be flexible (knees), and determine to remain that way (continuing along on my knees).  I finally reach my destination and achieve a similar consciousness/attitude with a group of people (neighborhood).  I am still waiting to settle into my own consciousness and do what I need to do (new location of work in home in new neighborhood).  This marks a completion of my efforts (night) and the beginning of something else (eventual daybreak).

What the dream is saying, is that I have gone through a period of growth and development in the completion of one area of my life and will now start a new area with a different level of consciousness.  In this process of change, I have had to learn to be more flexible while providing service to others, become more familiar with those hidden truths I was not aware of, and be more aware of the tie between the physical world and the spiritual world.  The area of work I have been in might appear bleak or devoid of growth, but I find growth and healing there.  This is similar to what my actual father has experienced in his work.  This marks the ending of one period of my life, of a specific level of consciousness, and the movement of myself into a different level of consciousness which is similar to that of other people.  I still don’t know what this new level of consciousness feels and looks like, but I am moving into it and will know soon.