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.

This dream is a warning that something I thought I had taken care of is going to come up again, possibly in a significant way.

In the dream, my husband and I knew we had a problem with a wasp nest.  The nest was on a guest pillow in the hall closet.  We took the pillow out and washed it.  We both assumed that took care of the problem.  As I went to place the pillow back in the closet, I saw that the wasp nest was still there.  Half of it was still alive.  It looked like small jade plants.  I thought, “Oh, well” and placed it back in the closet anyways because I didn’t want to mess with it again.  This disturbed the wasps still alive in the nest and they awoke and flew at me.  They went under my hair at my neck.   I held myself very still to not provoke them.  I could feel them moving there and then it felt like they were stinging me.  But it was a dull sting, as if they were just tapping me and not actually stinging.  The tapping began to feel stronger and I began to panic that it wasn’t going to stop but only get worse. 

SIGNIFICANT SYMBOLS

Husband-my actual husband or what he symbolizes to me

Hall-transition from one consciousness to another

Closet-that which is in storage and may be utilized at a later date

Pillow-Can correspond to rest, relaxation, sleep, or sexual activity

Wasps-that which is irritating or stings

Wash-cleansing or purifying something

Jade Plant-symbol of prosperity in Asian cultures

Neck-personal will, self

Hair-the thinking that one has

Sometimes we have issues that we think we have dealt with effectively and then find out they are still a problem.  This dream addresses that type of situation. I have an issue with what I offer others (guests-not the people I am strongly connected to) in my daily life, relaxing or relating with them (pillow).  Just for me to welcome others into my life requires me to transition in thought (hall) because this is not part of my normal behavior.  I find myself being irritated (wasps), but I make the effort to cleanse (wash away) those irritations I experience.  I use logic (husband) to help me clean up (wash away) those irritations I have.  I think I have taken care of the problem, but then find there are still several aspects to relaxing/relating with others that I find irritating. I decide to ignore it but find I can’t.  The irritations (wasps) are many (Jade plant representing prosperity in Asian cultures) .  These irritations get into my thinking (hair) and could effect my personal will or willingness to spend time with others (attempted stinging of my neck).  I try not to let this happen but the irritations seem to bother me more and more.  I want help but don’t know if it will come in time.

Welcoming others into my personal life is difficult for me, but I have worked at trying to be more open with family and friends.  I believe I have managed to come up with a set of behaviors on my part that work for me, given my personality and limitations, although others may still find me closed.  This also holds true for work (guest) relationships.  At work, you need to appear reasonably friendly and approachable for others to feel comfortable with you.  I attempt this, but can’t say I am truly successful.  This can make it difficult when problems arise in the work area with individuals.  There are always times when a misunderstanding will occur between individuals or groups at work.  Whether or not the issue is cleared up in a positive way depends on the individuals and their behavior.  Just within the past week I had an issue come up at work that had nothing to do with me but I ended up in the middle of it due to circumstances.  The behavior of the other person really irritated me (the wasps).  The person became angry with me for something I was not responsible for.  When I thought of it, it made me even more irritated and angry.  I tried to use logic to overcome the feelings, but it wasn’t working.  I finally had to pray and ask God for help.  I didn’t want this small issue to turn into a big issue just because of how I felt.  When another moment came up to interact with this person on a separate issue, I could have been antagonistic.  But by praying and setting my intention to be positive in spite of how I felt, I was able to be considerate and had a positive interaction with this individual who irritated me so much.  All that transpired before seemed to blow away because of this positive interaction.

The dream brought this issue I have to my conscious mind.  By being aware of how I react when irritated by others, and by choosing to react in a different way, I was able to overcome the problem and turn it into a non-issue.  I tried logic but still needed God’s help through prayer and setting my intention for the outcome I wanted.

I had this dream several years ago, but I thought it was a good example of how we can receive information on others.

In this dream, I was standing on a beach, speaking with a friend.  I could see her husband a little ways from us.  He had his  hands on an extremely large, round boulder that was resting in the sand. He was trying to push it.  The boulder was at least a thousand pounds, if not more.  It didn’t look to me as if he was moving it at all.  My friend smiled proudly and told me her husband had moved the boulder a whole inch.  I might have said something like “Oh” because that didn’t sound like a real feat.  She told me quite emphatically, “Oh, no!  It is very impressive he moved it a whole inch!”  I could tell she was very pleased by what he had done.

SIGNIFICANT SYMBOLS:

Friend-the person themselves or the relationship I have with that person or insights into that person

Husband-the person themselves or the relationship with that person or insights into that person.

Beach-a time of joyfulness, or peaceful or solitary reflection.  Consciousness between spirit(emotions) and the physical world.

Boulder-Difficulties that need to be overcome or gone around.  Emotional aloofness or the inability to change or open up.

In this dream, my friend communicates directly with me (in the dimension between the Spirit world and the physical world as represented by the beach). She lets me know of an important change with her husband.  She tells me specifically, “He moved the boulder a whole inch.” The boulder represents difficulties within her husband that he has needed to change.  Even a little bit of a change (moving the boulder one inch) is an accomplishment worth celebrating (as she clearly tells me).  He is still working at moving the boulder, an indication that he is still working at changing his problems areas even though he has already made improvements.

Sometimes, we can receive communication from people who are alive, letting us know how they are doing.  Usually, the information (in my experience) is because the person has made an important decision that will effect the rest of their lives.  That sounds like something big, like being married or divorced (as examples), but that is usually not the case.  Generally, the information I receive is about the person changing their attitude or approach to life just a little bit.  This change occurs in their beliefs or attitudes or ideals or values.  It may seem like a small change in how they deal with their problems or in how they approach life, but it effects their behavior and relationships in big ways.  For example, the couple in the dream had had marriage problems to the point they came close to separating and divorcing.  But at a certain point in all of this trouble, the husband changed his attitude about what he should and could be doing in the marriage and became a better and more caring husband.  It was a small change in attitude which caused him to change his approach to his marriage and his wife.  When he did this, their marriage changed from a hardship to a blessing.  Within just a few years, I witnessed a couple very much in love and happy to be together just because he changed his attitude just a little bit.  He also became a better father, a better son, and a better worker.  He became a much happier person.  And all because he changed his attitude just a little bit.

I think anytime we make changes in our basic personality, it is just like what is represented in this dream-trying to move a boulder that weighs a thousand pounds. This dream clearly indicates the husband had to make a huge effort to change his attitude .  It did not casually happen.  He had to work at it and work at it until he finally succeeded. This is true of all of us if we wish to make a change in ourselves that is permanent and against our normal behavior.  But it can be done if we are just willing to keep trying.

In this dream, I am being told that I will be helping a friend to change her attitude/beliefs somewhat.

In the dream, I am helping a friend move from one apartment to the next. It is late in the evening, perhaps even close to midnight and it is raining.  Not a hard rain, just steady.  She lives in an apartment complex and is moving from her current apartment in one building to another apartment on the opposite side of the complex.  We leave her current apartment to go to the new one, as she is ready to spend the night there.  The ground is very slick due to the rain and she keeps slipping on the walkway because she has on cute, clear plastic slip-on shoes that have no traction. It exasperates me that she is wearing silly shoes in this weather and can’t even walk to where she needs to go.  I grip her firmly around the shoulders and guide her/hold her up that we may keep walking forward without her falling.  This works and we continue on to her new apartment.

SIGNIFICANT SYMBOLS

Friend-specifically the person or what that person means to me

Apartment-one’s current situation or experience or personality

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

Rain-conditions that are coming down/Emotions and the release of feelings/a cleansing process

Shoes-an individual’s beliefs, ideas, occupation, foundation, principles, direction, perspective

Condition of walkway-slick-difficulties

This is a message to me about a current situation with a friend of mine.  She has had a poor idea of how to handle certain aspects of her life and finally makes the move to change (moving from one apartment to the next).  She has difficult circumstances to get through (the rain) but it is nothing insurmountable (rain isn’t that bad, just steady).  This is the completion of a growth cycle for her (the night). It is a slight change, as evidenced by the imagery in the dream in which she is still in the same apartment complex, but now in a different apartment, indicating a slightly different orientation or approach to her current situation.  I help her to make this change, but am exasperated by her impractical beliefs/ideas/direction (cute, modern shoes).  If I didn’t help her, I don’t believe she would be able to make the change on her own (slick conditions, unable to walk). But I am able to help her get to where she needs to be.

I received this message because this person is important to me and I am worried about her.  I have wondered if she will ever mature and start making better decisions with her life and the direction she is going. The dream clearly indicates that she will get a slightly different attitude or approach in her thinking/behavior, but I need to “support” her as she does it or she might not be able to complete the change.  But the indication is clear that she will be successful.  This dream is reassuring and provides positive reinforcement for my activities in our relationship.  I might doubt her ability to change, but the dream clearly indicates it is already happening and almost done.

This dream is possibly a reference to events that have already occurred, and also to events to come.

In the dream, I was at work.  I was put in charge of a young boy.  I knew it was only for a little bit, not part of my regular duties. He was very young, perhaps three years old. I knew that he constantly misbehaved and this was no exception.  I verbally corrected him twice and redirected him to another activity, but he acted up again a third time.  He was obviously getting out of control, not caring what I thought or what I said, and this was making me angry.  I grabbed his arm and spanked him on his butt three times.  I told him again how he needed to behave and redirected him. This time he behaved.  Thankfully, not long after, another person showed up and took the boy.   They left for his regular classroom and I was free to get back to my work.  I felt badly for having spanked the boy.  Being at a school, I knew I was not allowed to spank a student without the parent’s permission.  I assumed I would be fired.  I went to my boss, the principal, and told him what happened.   He didn’t reassure me, but instead grinned widely and told me, “He’s needed that for a long time!” My boss seemed to think the incident was quite funny.

Significant Symbols:

Work-generally corresponds to one’s present occupation

Three-child’s age may represent a particular situation or experience of the same age in your life

Boy-may represent an idea, a project or a person of about the same age

Misbehavior-my perception of how the idea, project or person is behaving

Spanking-my reaction to the misbehavior.  A more extreme effort to take control of the situation

Boss-one who is in authority

In this dream, I have a situation at work that I am being held responsible for even though it is not part of my normal duties (taking care of a boy I don’t normally take care of at work).  I do my best to keep it under control but it keeps getting out of hand (reprimanding the boy to keep him under control).  I find myself becoming angry and overreacting to regain control (spanking the boy).  Finally, the responsibility is taken from me (someone else takes the boy).  My action works (the boy behaves) but the downside is I might get fired because my actions will probably be considered extreme (spanking when I am not allowed to). Someone who is in authority (the principal) but is not directly involved in the situation becomes aware of what has happened and is secretly pleased (their reaction in the dream is clearly indicative of what they think). The authority figure seems to believe the situation needed to be handled and is glad that it has happened.  But there is still no reassurance I won’t be fired for my actions (no clear outcome as to the consequences of my actions).

The dream is a review of a situation at work I find difficult to handle and finally respond to in a harsh manner.  The dream reviews what has happened so far and then warns of the last event where I will respond harshly. Within just a few days after having this dream,  I had an incident at work where I responded harshly to my Big Boss. My main thought upon reviewing this dream, before the incident occurred, was to maintain control of myself and respond thoughtfully and logically to whatever came my way, because something was obviously going to happen. When the incident finally happened, I tried very hard to maintain control of my frustration and anger and respond as politely and firmly as I could.  At the same time, I put forth the appearance of being helpful and willing to work cooperatively to resolve the problem.  The problem in question was removed from my realm of responsibilities and hopefully will stay removed.  As of now, I do not know what the long-term consequences will be.

The advantage of this type of dream is that I knew something was going to happen in which I would become angry and have a reaction to a situation.  It was a warning.  Being forewarned, I resolved to behave in the best way possible regardless of how I felt or what I thought.  This allowed me to change a possibly disastrous response into a positive and courteous one.  Whatever happens after this, I at least know I behaved and reacted in the best way possible. As you can see, there is no warning of the long-term consequences because those are not important.  What is important is my changing my behavior for the better to achieve a more positive outcome.

I believe this dream is telling me what I have just gone through and what is to come.  A warning that the trying times I am experiencing are not done yet.

In the dream, my husband and I went through a carnival Haunted House adventure.  It was set in a large warehouse and had three separate Haunted Houses within it.  Everyone had to go through one specific Haunted House first.  We did this and came out onto a metal landing set in the middle of the warehouse which indicated we were at least two floors up. This landing connected with the other two Haunted Houses.  One of the entrances was directly across from the Haunted House we were in, and the other entrance was up a short flight of stairs and slightly to the left.  Each entrance was dimly lit by a single, metal fixture above the closed door to the Haunted House and had a sign to the right of the door, also dimly lit, which gave the name of the Haunted House. It had the distinct look of a “Resident Evil” video game.   In the dream, I read the names but don’t remember them now.  The name indicated the type of Haunted House it was (just as an example, Haunted Forest or Haunted Hospital).  At this juncture, you could pick which Haunted House to go into next.  The one directly in front or the one up the stairs and slightly to the left. I assumed each person based their choice on what would seem the most appealing to them-more scary or less scary.  I was inclined to go with less scary next.  The first Haunted House had shaken me up and I needed to rest.  My husband wasn’t bothered by it all and went into the store to look around.  I sat down on a bench right outside the exit.  Almost immediately behind us by just a few minutes came our daughter.  She had walked through by herself.  She had a smile on her face as she had enjoyed the experience.  Just as she came out, the lights went out and the hallway we were in was plunged into darkness.  The only exit visible to the eye was to the gift store/restaurant.   Somehow I could see what she was doing and knew she needed to put her hand on the railing to her left and feel her way along until she reached the store.  I was going to speak up and tell her, but then saw she figured it out before I even had the chance.  She felt her way along using the railing and entered the store without ever seeing me.  Perhaps a minute later, a girl who appeared to be her cousin came out of the Haunted House as well.  She had walked through with two friends and they were smiling and laughing, but I could tell her cousin had been shaken up like I had been.  They didn’t notice me even, though the lights were back on, and proceeded to the store.  Then my daughter came out just a minute later and looked at the next two Haunted House entrances.  She picked the one on the same level as the first and entered by herself without hesitation. I waited for my husband.  I knew we would be going through the same Haunted House behind her.

Significant Symbols

Husband-literally my husband and/or what he represents to me

Carnival-how I am handling the situation

Haunted House-the status of one’s state of consciousness/current situation or experience

Three-body/mind/soul (trinity), great strength

Doors-opportunities, openings, directions or new pathways to personal expression to unexplored regions of the self

Stairs-rising or descending to another level of consciousness, awareness, spirituality, etc.

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

Store/Restaurant-a place to buy any need, idea, possibility or to be fed or nurtured physically, mentally, spiritually

Lighting-bringing something under investigation, a lesson/truth/knowledge coming to light

Atmosphere-indicates how I feel about what is occurring

Daughter-literally my daughter and/or what she represents to me

Cousin-literally the cousin and/or what she represents to me

In this dream, I am shown what I have just recently experienced and what is still coming my way. I have voluntarily put myself in a situation which I find “scary”, but it is not a truly terrifying experience as it is a “fun” Haunted House. The carnival Haunted House indicates that the experience can be taken in a light-hearted fashion or in a more serious fashion, depending on one’s own personality and fears. The Haunted Houses seem to be more than one story high, indicating there is a change in consciousness that is required to move through them.  The Haunted House up the stairs and to the left requires a slight shifting of one’s consciousness (more open and receptive) before you can even enter into that experience. The lighting represents that each Haunted House brings a particular light/truth/knowledge into the awareness of the person experiencing it.  The sign at each door is a warning of how that experience will be presented to the individual.  For example, there will come an experience of an actual health crisis or a situation that calls for the deliberate “fixing” of some portion of one’s self in the “Hospital Haunted House”.  The “Resident Evil” video game indicates the atmosphere related to the experience as a whole.  To me, the game is scary yet it is fun to play.  It is also a puzzle game.  If you don’t figure out the clues, you will be stuck inside the game. In other words, it is possible that if I don’t figure out a way through the Haunted Houses (dealing with and accepting the truths they represent) then I will be stuck until I do. The fact that I find the experience of the first Haunted House difficult shows that the issues the Haunted House represents are truths/knowledge I find challenging.  My husband seems to be experiencing his own personal challenge at the same time, but it doesn’t bother him the way it bothers me.  The fact that we do this together shows we help each other out during this time. We complete the first portion of the experience and I have to take a mental/emotional break before continuing on.  My husband, who is unfazed by his experience, considers new ideas but doesn’t buy into anything that I know of (the store/café). Our daughter is also having a challenging experience, but like her father, she is unfazed by it.  She does this by herself.  She too considers new ideas but doesn’t buy into anything that I know of.  We become aware that her cousin is also experiencing some “scary” situation, but has the support of her friends . Like me, she seems to be shaken by what she experiences but comes through okay.  Then our daughter decides to continue on by herself to the next part of the experience.  She chooses the most logical place to go next, just as her father and I would.  She doesn’t seem to need any help.  There are three Haunted Houses which must be experienced before the journey is complete.

Three represents body/mind/soul or great strength.  Each Haunted House represents an opportunity to gain a significant change in my thinking/behavior/beliefs.  This significant change is sought by my Soul for greater Soul development and growth towards God.  The first Haunted House is an experience that is chosen by my Soul and over which I have no choice in what is to happen.  It is an occurrence in the physical realm which brings about issues that must be dealt with.  A reaction is required by me whether I want to or not.  How good or bad I react determines the quality of the experience.  I could react on instinct or I can take a moment to think about what my reaction should be to what is occurring.  If I go with my instinct, there is a good possibility that I will lose control of the situation and make matters worse.  For example, in a carnival Haunted House, if I choose to react instinctively to the scary people and situations presented, I would scream and possibly run and/or hide.  This is funny to everyone else but would be a terrible experience for  me. If I take a moment to logically think about what is occurring and what would be the best way to react in that situation, then I will be able to maintain control of my reactions and enjoy the experience. It will still be scary to me, but I won’t be running and hiding and screaming like a frightened child. I will be able to look around and logically assess what is happening and make the best choices in how to react.

As the physical experience unfolds (it could be a work situation, a bump in your personal relationship, etc.), then there are reverberations that occur in the mental mind.  We still have to process the experience in our thinking (the mental).  This portion of the experience is different from your initial thinking, as you can actually develop new ideas, behaviors, beliefs over time based on the physical experience and how you deliberately choose to react. This change in thinking/behavior/belief will probably be permanent.  Once you have fully incorporated the new thinking/behavior/belief into your mind, then begins the third phase-the spiritual- of actually using your new thinking/behavior/beliefs in the physical world in other situations.  You will now react in a different manner in the physical realm because you have changed your thinking.  As you do this, you expand your spirit by being more loving, forgiving, patient, responsible, selfless, etc. This helps you to gain a greater understanding of God and a greater relationship with Him.  You become stronger by being stronger spiritually and mentally.

There is a down side to this situation.  If you go through the physical experience with your initial reaction and do not think about behaving any differently than what you normally would (as my husband and my daughter have done), then the next phase of the experience will prove to be more difficult.  Instead of expanding your thinking/beliefs/values based on your experience, you instead solidify what you already believe.  You perhaps feel more justified in your current thinking/behavior or you just don’t care about the direct connection between your behavior and the bad experience you just went through. It evidently wasn’t bad enough to make you want to change.  Experiences such as these are meant to serve as opportunities to expand one’s self (physically, mentally, spiritually).  If you initially refute the lessons of the experience, then your soul will be forced to continue the lesson but it will become significantly more difficult.

What you refused to learn before will be presented to you again in a fashion that is less pleasant and harder to ignore.  In this instance, this is represented by the second Haunted House.  You will be placed in another physical experience where your thinking/beliefs/values are again tested, only the experience will be more difficult.  If you gained new thinking/beliefs/values before, then this experience will help to solidify them through practice and the experience itself will not seem as difficult as it could be.  If you did not gain new thinking/beliefs/values, then what you still believe will be tested in a more significant manner, to again give you the opportunity to expand and change what you believe/practice to be more selfless and less selfish.

If you did not learn before what you needed to, then hopefully at this stage you will.  Because if you don’t, then the last phase of the lesson will be very traumatic.  This is the third Haunted House.  Again, what you have learned or not learned is tested and put into practice.  If you changed your behaviors/beliefs/values, then the lesson itself might not actually be that bad.  It might just be the opportunity to put your new beliefs into practice in a long-term fashion, as a commitment to others.  In this phase, you will show greater spirituality by the way you live and work.  But if you didn’t learn from the 1st lesson and the 2nd lesson, then the 3rd lesson will probably be an experience so severe that there is no ignoring it and the devastation that comes from it.  This type of lesson could be the loss of your home, your job, your spouse, your money, your status, or something even more important.  Think of what is truly important to you, and that is what you could lose.

You will either be transformed by this experience (slowly or quickly) as your Soul desires, or you will fail the lesson.  If you fail the lesson, you force your Soul to go to Plan B.  This might be a repeat of another series of lessons in this lifetime (if the Soul believes it is possible to teach you the lesson) or the necessary growth and development will be delayed for a later time in another lifetime, otherwise known as Karma.  There will be no denying the lesson if you force your Soul to use Karma to teach you.  Your Soul and God will not be denied in the deliberate growth and development of the Soul.  You can either be a willing participate or not, but it will happen.

In this dream, I successfully made it through my first Haunted House (the changes at my work).  I believe my daughter’s cousin did as well. But my husband and daughter did not learn what they were supposed to in their experiences. I know this because of another dream I had which I have not posted.  Our lessons will continue in the next Haunted House, whatever those experiences are.  Hopefully, all of us will be successful in this lesson.

Sometimes I receive information about others-how they are doing, good or bad.

In the dream, my husband and I were speaking with his sister.  She has a son who is around 14.  She told us he was in a Rock Band.  This was the first time we had heard this and expressed surprise.  She told us to watch,  and we could suddenly see him playing the drums with his band.  We could not see the band, only him.  The music was very loud and in the very Hard Rock genre.  Even though this isn’t the music my husband or I like, the band played well and the song was good.  We were both quite impressed and told her. It was a wonderful surprise to see him doing so well at this hobby he had chosen.

Significant Symbols:

Nephew-the person himself or what I think of him

Hard Rock Band-the means by which one’s energy is being directed

Drums-announcement or important message, or one who seeks attention to emphasize their point of view

Music-in harmony, coordinating one’s energy into a specific direction or purpose

Using the standard method, I should first interpret this dream for myself and not automatically think it applies to someone else.

I see many similarities between myself and my nephew, mainly because of how we were raised and allowed to behave.  This has led us both to unusual hobbies not taught to us by our parents. The hard rock band represents the means by which I am directing my energy (in an unusual fashion-Hard Rock) to deliver an important message.  The music is good, meaning I have managed to coordinate my energy so that it works well for a specific purpose.

Even though I think this message applies to what I am doing here with this blog, it could also apply to my paying job.  It is not the work I would have envisioned for myself, but I have grown to like it and try very hard to do a great job so that I help those I work with and not hinder them.

I believe this dream also specifically addresses an endeavor my nephew is participating in .  I have had a couple of conversations with his mother where she has told me he has been working on something specific and that he is doing quite well at it.  The means by which he is accomplishing this isn’t the norm and would not appeal to many (the hard rock band). He is able to use this unusual means to seek attention (the drums) by directing his energy (the music) into a specific focus/hobby. He is impressively successful at it.

As you can see, the dream applies to more than one situation.  I believe this happens frequently.  Even though my nephew and I aren’t doing the exact same thing, what we are doing is having the same effect on us as individuals and those around us we touch with our efforts.  I received the message about my nephew because it applied to me as well.  This is consistent with dreaming- whatever we dream about effects us (as individuals) in some way- physically, mentally, spiritually.

Here is a good example of a dream with a double meaning.

In the dream, I looked at my foot.  Due to health reasons in the past year, my toenail had almost completely disappeared on my big toe.  I was pleased to see that it appeared to have grown completely back and seemed relatively normal again. 

Significant symbols:

Right-may indicate a proper choice, good judgment, or a correct direction

Foot-direction/journey/personal stance

Toe-one’s principals/stance

Toenail-protective covering

This dream has a double meaning, which is actually quite common for dreams.  With any dream, I should translate the symbology first before assuming the dream might mean anything else. The foot represents my personal stance.  The toe again represents my personal stance, perhaps indicating a situation in which my beliefs/values are brought into question in a specific incident.  The toenail represents the protective covering which helps keep my beliefs/values unharmed.  The fact that it is my right foot can indicate that I have made a proper choice or gone in the right direction with a decision that involves my personal stance in a specific incident.  I am shown that my beliefs/values remain unharmed. This would clearly be indicative of the incident I had at work which I spoke of previously in the “Toenail is loose” dream.  I have come out of the incident with my beliefs/values in place and unharmed.

But the dream also has a second meaning for me.  Due to health issues over the past few years, my toenail on the right big toe had suffered and stopped growing.  It had almost disappeared.  But with a severe change in diet, the toenail has almost completely grown back.  The image in the dream clearly tells me that it will look normal again very soon.  It is close, but not quite there.

It is not uncommon to have dreams that specifically address issues of physical health.  I don’t have them that often, but when I do, I try to pay attention and do as I am told.  This has resulted in very good health.

In this dream, I am shown my principles are exposed.

I was at work.  Two men in dark clothes were with me.  They seemed to be some of my bosses.  I happened to look down at my bare foot and noticed my big toenail was loose.  This exasperated me as I have been slowly growing it back over the past year.   I reached down and touched it.  It bent back almost to the root.  I saw that in spite of my best efforts, the root that held it down had died again.  I knew the two men observed what I was doing.

Significant symbols

Work-present occupation or how I feel about it

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

Authority figures (bosses)-authority figures at work

Dark Clothing-the unknown made known, in outer personality, attitudes, and behaviors

Foot-personal stance or foundation

Toenail-protective layer one uses to help protect your personal stance or foundation

Two represents a division in opinion of how a certain situation should be handled. At my present occupation (work), events happen in which my personal stance/foundation (foot) is exposed (loose toenail).  Authority figures at my work observe my predicament and learn more about me because of this incident (dark clothing).

I had this dream a few days before this particular incident occurred.  The matter was already ongoing, but I felt compelled to try harder to make the situation correct. Initially, I was given direction to record a certain event in a certain way.  This is reported as an official record to state authorities. A few days after the dream, due to my not wanting to be involved in any type of issue where my actions would be questionable, I felt compelled to readdress the issue with the authority who had given me the orders.  Due to my actions, my orders were changed and the action in question is now being done correctly.  This wasn’t a fun situation for me with all of the trouble that has occurred at my work.  I felt exposed and alone as I stood my ground, as shown in the dream.

If you notice, the dream merely addressed my exposure and the notice of my bosses as to my stance. It doesn’t address if this will have negative or positive consequences in the future because that is not of importance.  What is important is that I stood up for what I believed to be right and I did it in a positive and humble manner.  Your Soul and God are not interested in whether you are rich or financially successful or pretty.  Your Soul and God are interested in whether you are being a moral and decent human being that “does unto others as they would have done unto them.”

Sometimes our dreams help clarify our wants and desires.

In the dream, I was with my husband and we were visiting friends.   I didn’t see the friends, but they had a batch of black Scottish terrier puppies around five or six weeks old.  At least five or six.  They were very cute.  Our friends handed the puppies to my husband to hold while we sat in our truck.  They wiggled and squirmed in his arms, as they were playful and young.  He looked like he didn’t quite know what to do with them and looked to me as if for advice or help.  I just smiled at the whole scene and thought it was quite cute.  I secretly hoped he would pick one to take home.

Significant Symbols:

Husband-represents actual spouse or what I think of him

Friends-friendly relationships with others

Black-unknown or unconscious knowledge

Puppies-loyalty/faithfulness/unconditional love/instincts

Type of Dog-a Scottish terrier has high energy and can be loving and fun

Truck-one’s self, one’s work, one’s current situation

This dream expresses my desire for my husband to instinctively show more unconditional love towards people he has friendly relationships with.  In a friendly relationship (friends), there is a natural instinct to connect and learn with each other (puppies).  I would like for him to embrace that natural instinct and nurture it (keeping a puppy).  This will help bring forth unconscious knowledge/understanding (black) about others and ourselves that we would benefit from and enjoy (type of dog). Our current life situation (truck) would benefit from him opening himself more with others he normally does not try to connect with (such as coworkers who are work friends).

We just had a conversation last night which highlighted this very issue.  I urged him to be more accepting and friendly towards his coworkers but he resists as they aren’t the type of people he would normally connect with.  He allows personality issues to irritate him instead of learning to appreciate them as they are.