Odd dream.

An Hispanic woman and I had just moved in together as roommates.  The woman and I seemed to be friendly with each other even though we didn’t really know each other. We set our bedroom up with twin beds and shelves and other odds and ends.  I tried hard to make it a practical arrangement while also appealing to the eye.  I stepped out for just a little while and then came back in and looked at the arrangement again.  It was workable but not the most appealing.  I thought we would just need to live in it for a while and then change things as we decided what we liked and didn’t like.  

Our little apartment seemed to be placed at one end of a large, upscale grocery store. One wall was open and anyone in the grocery store could see into our apartment.  They could even walk in if they wanted and touch our things or even take them. It was very odd but for whatever reason we had agreed to this.

We had another room which acted as our living room.  I stepped into the living room to see how that looked and found two Hispanic men in there.  I think one of them was my husband.  He and the other man had come in and looked around to make sure everything was safe for the situation.  My husband had moved a few things and even put a loaf of bread away into a drawer so that no customers would come and help themselves.  I didn’t like the bread being in the drawer but again decided to wait to move anything until we had lived with the arrangement and had a better idea of what would work for us.  I considered different places for the bread but left it where it was.

SIGNIFICANT SYMBOLS:

Apartment-One’s place of residence. Temporary lodging or condition.  One’s current situation or experience or personality.

Hispanic- very group/family oriented.  More relationship focused. More fatalistic, less time conscious.

Woman-Can represent the emotional, intuitive, family, or maternal instincts.  An idea, project, or person who is represented by the symbol of the woman with similar characteristics and/or behaviors.

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

Groceries-associated with choices and decisions. May symbolize opportunities or possible directions in one’s current situation.

Store- a place where one might buy any need, idea, or possibility (i.e. physical-literal diet or food for thought; mental-a new image or attitude; spiritual- where to search next in one’s journey)

Wall- symbolic of an obstacle that stands in the way or that might be overcome.  May represent a protective barrier, shelter, or boundary.

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

Two- division of the whole, or cooperation, union, and adaptability.

Men/Man- corresponds to the masculine side of one’s nature.  Masculine traits-strength, courage, determination, virility.  Independence.

Bread- that which is needed (kneaded) or used for one’s own physical, mental or spiritual well-being, development or success.

In my current situation or experience (apartment), I am becoming quite intimate with a more relationship focused (Hispanic), maternal (woman) ideal.  This is definitely seen in my intimate relationships (beds/bedroom) and reflects more cooperation, union and adaptability (two).  At the same time, others can observe me in this process (living in store) and decide that what I am doing is something they might want to try (grocery store).  I still have a protective barrier (wall) to help shield me from others but it is easily overcome if others decide to try it.  This new ideal is also seen in my current daily activities or public life (living room). I use strength, courage, determination (men) to protect myself during this time.  I have what I need (bread) to keep me sustained but I am very protective of it and keep it hidden for now.  Later, I will be more open.

This indicates a new phase I am entering where the ideal I live by is warmer and more nurturing.  I exhibit this in my personal life and my everyday life.  This is a behavior others can notice and imitate if they so desire.  For now, I hide the basis of this ideal I have adopted but will show it later once I have become accustomed to living in this particular way.  This indicates a good step forward in my growth.