This dream is indicative of a mental leap I have made in my spiritual growth.  I passed through several different events thinking one way, and once out of those situations, I gained a different perspective and could more clearly see what was actually occurring.

In the dream, I was in a large school.  I needed to make my way out, but in every room I needed to pass through, there were zombies.  You had to do your best and get past them without being attacked.  The only good thing was that they didn’t follow you into the next room.  I made my way through each room, very carefully, and finally out the front door, making sure to close it after me in case they followed.  I took several steps away from the building, then turned back to look.  The entire wall facing me was made of glass.  I could easily see in to some of the rooms I had passed through and the zombies in each.  I noticed then that the zombies didn’t attack at any provocation.  Instead, they only appeared to attack if one blocked them from doing what they were trying to do.  For example, in the last room I had passed through, the zombies were trying to approach the door out and pass through it.  I could see someone blocking their way by putting a desk or chair in front of them.  Before this, they had not noticed the individual.  But as soon as the person did this, they became enraged and tried to attack her.  I realized then that had always been their behavior, but I hadn’t noticed, thinking instead that they attacked at anything.  I knew then that as long as one didn’t block whatever the zombies were attempting, they could safely pass them at any time. 

The zombies represent an instinctual or mindless way of reacting and/or behaving when in specific situations or relationships.  Everyone reacts instinctively when feeling provoked or under threat.  Some people become angry and some fearful but then will attack whatever is making them feel vulnerable.  This can be others saying or doing something that we don’t like or agree with, or it can even be a new thought system we learn that puts into question our current behavior.  The dream indicates that as I have grown mentally/spiritually, I have had to work through several different behaviors I instinctively used.  While in the process of working through these issues, I assumed that the old thinking had to be blocked.  Now that I have worked through the issues represented, I understand that I didn’t need to block those thinking patterns.  I merely needed to avoid them and use new thinking/behaviors.  By leaving the old thinking patterns alone and just bypassing them with new thinking patterns, the change was much easier and smoother to make and far more effective.  This is true as well in our outward relationships.  We cannot change the behaviors of others.  If we attack their behavior, this is generally met with anger and resistance, and we will be attacked as well.  We can still grow and change while leaving others alone to do what they think is right.

This is a good example of a dream which specifically addresses a physical health issue.This dream was in response to an idea I have been concentrating on for the past few months.  I was wondering why my body suddenly started having a hard time losing weight.  My calorie intake seemed to have suddenly hit a new low for the limit I could eat and not gain weight.  I assumed my logic was sound as to what was occurring, but this dream seems to be an affirmation of what I believe.

In the dream, I am looking at a large piece of paper with a horizontal bar graph on it.  This is all I see.  It seems to be divided into three parts.  I begin looking at it on the right and work my way left, interpreting the information given on the graph.  The far right section has marks on it indicating various things I do not concentrate on, but I understand that it represents if I work out extremely hard, beyond my norm, what the result would be on my weight.  I would be able to eat more calories and keep my weight down.  This also includes a strict diet of healthy foods.  I know myself, and I will never work out to that extreme.  The middle section, or second section, is highlighted in black.  It, too, has various marks indicating different information that I do not concentrate on.  But I know that it represents my normal nutrition/exercise regime- morning Yoga, walk in the evening, and relatively healthy eating.  This is the range of activity I have done for several years, and it is clearly indicated that I will maintain the calorie intake I prefer if I just do this.  The far left section, or the first part, again had marks indicating different information that I did not concentrate on.  But I knew that this represented my current level of physical activity (no walking) and that it clearly showed I have to consume fewer calories than what I am used to due to changes in my body, just to keep my current body weight.  I decided it would be far better to be in the black zone, walking and doing my morning Yoga routine, so I could eat the level of calories I prefer.

In this dream, I am shown one of my fears-not being able to escape old patterns of behavior and thinking, and having it sabotage my life.

In the dream, I was helped to escape an abusive marriage by friends and family.  They brought me to their house where they lived together as a group.  There were at least two men, one of whom was very large, black, and built like a professional weight-lifter.  I was especially close to him and already on the verge of accepting him as my next husband.  He stayed by my side and kept an eye on me.  His best friend was a tall, thin white man.  Everywhere the black man went, the white man followed.  I felt safe with this group and tried to settle in.  I stepped into the kitchen to get a drink and happened to look out the window.  I saw one of the women of the group who had short dark hair stepping out to her car.  I happened to look beyond her and saw my abusive husband just getting out of his car.  He was going to try to get me.  I was immediately terrified, as I knew he would be quite cruel and beat me, perhaps even kill me.  I must have screamed, as the black man immediately came to me with the white man right behind him.  I was panicking and ready to just run for it.  He saw this, grabbed me by arms and asked me what was wrong.  I told him and he calmly said, “Don’t worry.  We won’t let him take you.”  I felt calmer and believed him but was still quite scared. The white man had run outside to head off my husband as soon as he heard.

The divorce represents my changing a particular thought pattern/behavior that has brought difficult, hard results.  I have let go of it and accepted new thinking/behavior patterns that seem much more harmonious and peaceful.  One of these patterns of thinking is especially strong to me and will be my primary way of solving issues/problems.  This is represented by the large, protective black man who will be my next husband.  He stands for hidden truths within myself revealed to me by God that I am finally willing to embrace.  His friend, the white man, represents the spiritual truths which I know consciously.  I use spiritual truths I already know and accept, and rely on God’s revealed “inner mysteries” to handle problems and issues.  Before I relied on faulty thinking and behavior, but I am working hard to change that and rely on God and his truths to guide me and keep me safe.   But I am afraid I won’t be able to keep to my new thinking, and will fall back into the old thinking.  I am assured this won’t happen as long as I rely on the new thinking.

I woke up from this dream quite upset, but upon reflection and after explaining it to my husband, I realized the meaning wasn’t nearly as bad as it seemed.

In the dream,  I bought a lotto ticket and went home.  It was time to find out if I had won.  I asked my husband to look up the numbers on his IPad.  He read the first to me and I saw I had it.  He then read the second and I saw I had that as well.  I was becoming excited now, hoping I had won something.  He then read the third number and I had that one!  I exclaimed happily, “I won!  I have three numbers!”  I knew that meant I had won at least $3.00, which is better than not winning anything at all.  I looked at the rest of the numbers, and I knew before he even said anything, that I had all of them.  Somehow, I had all 6 numbers and had won the $1,000,000.00 lottery prize.  I told him to tell me the last three numbers, but before he could, I said them instead.  He looked at me in astonishment because he knew it meant we had won one million dollars.  I yelled out, “I won! I won! I won the million dollars!”  The numbers had actually been a little hard to read, and I looked more closely at what I was holding.  Instead of a lotto ticket, it was a piece of cardboard with all of the lotto numbers from all of the lotto tickets I had ever bought written on it.  The clerk had given it to me instead of the actual lotto ticket.  I knew that meant I couldn’t claim the prize and wondered if I went to the store and explained what had happened, if they would give me my ticket then.  I really doubted it.  I stared hard at the card and knew that this was probably the only time I would ever win the big prize and couldn’t even claim it.  I woke up very upset.

This dream seems to be in response to a thought I have been having lately.  It indicates that I have tried many times to accomplish something that I would consider to be a big prize.  I finally do-as indicated by my having all 6 numbers of the lottery.   I know I have accomplished something amazing and so does my husband, but I have no way to prove it.  There seems to be no external evidence of the amazing thing I have achieved.  I hope that at some point this accomplishment will become evident in some way by changes in my life, but at this point see little hope of that happening.

Sometimes a dream will give you verification of what you already know is occurring around you.

A friend mentioned she had an interesting dream while on vacation.  She stated that in the dream, her office went to New York City to attend a celebration party.  Two former students of her school who are currently in college and about to be engaged were also at this party.  These two students will also be moving soon to another state on the East Coast to pursue their degrees.  In the dream, she said it felt perfectly natural for them to be there celebrating with her office.  She smiled as she spoke about the dream, as it had been very pleasant.

Interpretation:  From my friend’s perspective, she sees her office as being uplifted into a more cohesive, sophisticated and contemporary unit, as represented by the celebration in New York City, and the young couple working on their degrees and moving to the East Coast.   The young couple becoming engaged also indicates a more intimate relationship among the office staff.  The celebration itself indicates that all are happy about this change and enjoying it.  This change is already in progress, and will soon be recognized as having occurred by each of them.

This seemed like a good dream to start this blog with.  Let me know if you have any comments.