Funny dream.

I saw my reflection in a glass door just as I was going to go through it.  I stopped and looked again because it didn’t look right.  In the reflection, I was quite fat, obese even.  My waist was quite large.  I had a half shirt on so that my stomach was exposed.  I turned sideways to look and saw a huge lump of fat turning to the left in the shape of a mountain.  It looked quite gross.  I stepped back and looked at myself from top to bottom and saw that even my legs were lumpy and fat and misshapen.  I was quite shocked as I didn’t think I had been eating so poorly I would have gained weight like that.  I knew I hadn’t been eating as well as I should have, but not that excessively.  I thought, “I have to go on a diet immediately and seriously start counting my calories and cutting back.”  I knew I couldn’t let myself stay that way.  I turned away and thought perhaps I had been mistaken and hadn’t seen myself correctly.  I looked again and gave a huge sigh of relief.  I looked like my normal self, and not obese.  Overweight yes, but not obese.  I was greatly relieved.  But I also knew I needed to be careful and not allow myself to overeat and gain weight.  I needed to be vigilant now and not after the fact.

SIGNIFICANT SYMBOLS:

Door-opportunities, directions, or new pathways to personal expression

Image/Reflection-the need for self-reflection and examination.  A representation of an experience, an activity, a thought, or an individual.

Body-symbolizes the self. Can correspond to one’s situation or the environment in which one lives.

Fat-something excessive, overweight, overly pronounced, or very productive.  Something that is weighted down by worries, emotions, or problems.

Stomach-assimilation, digestion, or personal constitution.

Left-associated with the past, receptivity, open-mindedness, or liberal ideas, and the West.

Mountain-represents higher states of mental development.  A great challenge or obstacle that is to be overcome or an ambition that one has chosen.

Legs-one’s foundation, principles, or morals.                

I am passing through a new opportunity or direction (door).  I pause in self-reflection and examination (image in glass door) when I think I see something that isn’t correct (body image is different than what I thought).  I see myself (body) as being weighted down by worries, emotions, or problems (fat).  Two areas I notice in particular- first, my ability to too easily assimilate or digest (stomach) particular liberal ideas or past issues (left).  This could be a great challenge to me (mountain). Second, my foundations, principles or morals (legs) appear unsightly.  I must be very careful and work on making these better (losing weight) before it is too late (becoming obese).  I worry this is how I am now, and look again (recheck image).  I realize I am still okay right now.  But I must be very careful and not lose control of myself to the point where I accept particular ideas in an unhealthy manner and my foundations, principles or morals become unsightly.

According to the dream, I am coming into a new opportunity and must be prepared to be mindful of what I choose to accept and how I behave.  If not, I could lose control of myself and become unsightly in my own eyes and the eyes of others.