This dream came to me after an argument with my husband.

I moved from the living room into the bedroom.  I was straightening up and putting things away, when I noticed I had a piece of broken glass in my hand.  I noticed it as I straightened the curtains on the bedroom window.  As I moved to the end of the bed, I noticed a dog coming to the front door, which was glass.  It was black.  The door was open, but I didn’t want to deal with the dog or the neighbor following it, and closed the door without saying a word to either.  They both looked at me quite shocked.  I moved to the end of the bed to have better light and saw that I actually had at least four broken pieces of glass in the back of my hand.  One of them was quite large, at least one and half inches long.  Only a small end of it was embedded in the back of my hand and the rest stuck straight out. The other slivers were quite small but still there, sticking out of my skin just like the large piece.  I told my husband, “Look!  I have broken glass in the back of my hand.  I don’t know where it came from.”  I pulled out the glass and looked around the room to see if it had come from there.  I pulled aside the bedspread from the end of the bed and saw that the broken glass had come from there.  It was an old glass we had bought in Las Vegas when we were young and hadn’t been married very long.  The glass was broken into mostly large pieces on a bench at the end of the bed and had gotten covered by the end of the bedspread.  I knew I hadn’t broken the glass and no one else lived in the house, so that only left my husband.  I asked him, “Why did you break the glass?  And why did you just leave it there?”  He didn’t answer, but began helping me clean it up.  I was upset with him for being careless and thoughtless and now I was hurt.  Not badly hurt, but still hurt.

SIGNIFICANT SYMBOLS:

Living room-one’s state of mind or environment.  Could correspond to one’s daily activities or a more formal and public life.

Bedroom/Bed-sexual activity, intimacy, and passion.  Sleep, rest, the unconsciousness.

Day-fresh start/new beginning.  Clarity, truth, insight. 

Curtains-something which can obscure one’s vision. 

Windows-associated with sight, awareness, attitudes, or that which one presents to the world.

Spouse-my actual spouse or what he represents.

Left-receptive, open-minded, liberal.  The unconscious part of one’s self.

Hand-service, participation, or work.

Four-associated with stability, materiality, and something that is of the earth

Broken-something that was neglected, broken, ignored.  Something that is no longer of use.

Glass-that which holds something to eat or drink.  Could represent a fragile part of one’s life.

Dog-may be symbolic of loyalty and faithfulness or aggressiveness and territorialism.

Black-knowledge associated with the unknown, the unconsciousness, or the suppressed. Mystery.  The unknown or unconscious knowledge we have which is being brought to our awareness.

Neighbor-the actual person or the relationship one has with their neighbor.  Something or someone near to one that must be lived with or endured.

Door-an opportunity, experience, idea or new pathways to personal expression.  Unexplored regions of the self.  Front door, what is coming next.

Blanket/covers-personal security and comfort.  That which covers the situation.

I am moving from one state of mind (living room-thinking of daily activities) to another (bedroom-intimacy in relationships) and making the effort to correct or clean up my thinking (straightening up) as part of a new clarity or insight (day) I have gained.  Part of this process involves opening one’s view (opening curtains).  When I do this, I become aware (window) that my logic (my spouse) has hurt me (broken glass) in being receptive or open-minded (left) to service (hand) in the material realm (four).  It’s not serious (small bits of broken glass, easily taken out) but it could be serious if I just ignored it.  I try to figure out where it originated from (finding where broken glass comes from).  As I do this, I become aware of a new opportunity or experience coming to me that has been in my unconscious but now is making itself known (black).  It stems from loyalty and faithfulness (dog) and must be lived with or endured whether I like it or not (neighbor).  But I am not ready to deal with it and shut myself off from the opportunity (close the door).  This seems like a bad idea judging from the fact that the symbols in the dream appear shocked at my action.  I continue to seek out what is causing me a problem, even though I have taken care of it (removed the glass).  I find the cause in my intimate relationships (bed) and until now I have hidden it using my logic (my spouse using blanket/covers).  But now I see a fragile part of my life (broken glass) has caused this problem.  This seems to have started long ago in the past when my sp0use and I were just having fun (as represented by the actual glass and when we bought it).  I am frustrated at this (angry at spouse) but will correct the error (clean up broken glass).

This dream came about because of a stupid argument I had with my spouse.  Yes, we all have stupid arguments.    But it helped to point out that no matter how far we come in our personal growth with ourselves and others, there is always more to learn and correct.  We must be willing to correct ourselves when we know we need it.  Knowing you need to change something about yourself is not enough.  You must make the effort and actually change.