In this dream, I am being shown two directions I can go, but one appears more dangerous than the other.

I am with my husband and we need to go somewhere specific in a very busy city.  We know where we are going, we have been there before.  The office we need to go to is in a very busy area with many businesses so that during the week there is a lot of congestion on the roads right before and in the area.  We know this and don’t look forward to having to go there.  We are also on foot, but for some reason need to take the freeway.  In my head, I can see a map of the area and that there are at least three different ways to reach the same place.  My husband chooses the freeway which will get us there the fastest.  We step onto it at a moment when no cars are coming and it is clear.  We are at a spot which passes under an overpass, and here it narrows and there are no shoulders.  It  bottlenecks at this particular spot, but widens to its normal size in both directions once past the bottleneck. There are other people also choosing to walk the freeway in the same direction we are.  Some are white and some are black.  Everyone is at least middle-aged, perhaps a few are older.  My husband and I lead the way and pass through the bottleneck and begin walking.  But then a car comes our way.  For whatever reason, we must walk against traffic to take this route, which is the shortest to our destination.  The car is going very fast and I realize this is highly dangerous.  We could easily get hurt or killed if we stay in this direction.  I fall back to where we started under the overpass, past the bottleneck.  My husband keeps going without looking back and disappears over the horizon.  The other people had started to go as well, but became scared and came back to where I was.  I don’t want to get killed trying to make this journey and wonder if there is another way to go.  Just twenty feet or so away there is another section of the highway, parallel to the one we are on.  The traffic is going in the same direction as the one I am on, but that section makes a turn that will lead me to my destination and I can walk with the flow of traffic.  I assume this would be safer.  There is more congestion in that direction, and it will take longer, but I think I am far less likely to get hurt or killed.  Either way, once I get close enough to my destination, there is much traffic congestion and I will be forced to a slow pace anyways. The other people standing with me seem to have the same idea.  We look around to find a way to the other section of freeway.  The only thing connecting the two freeways are spanners of metal.  I wonder to myself if I can just cross on one of those.  I keep looking for a spanner that is wider and safer and possibly see a concrete connector that is wide enough to form a pathway between the two freeways.

SIGNIFICANT SYMBOLS:

City-one’s community, environment or current situation

Destination-where one’s efforts are leading

Husband-my actual husband or what he represents to me.

Freeway-associated with the journey of life.  May indicate the direction one is pursuing.

Bridge-transformation or journey in understanding.

Walking-one’s current activities, situation, state of mind, or journey. One’s course of action or conduct.

Speeding Car-symbolic of yourself, your work, or your current situation, possibly a dangerous situation.

People-various aspects of oneself.

Journey-a passage through time, experiences or awareness.  One’s life journey.

White people-various aspects of myself that are known to me consciously.

Black people-various aspects of myself that are unknown to me or suppressed.

Concrete-something real, stable, and unyielding.

In the dream, I am moving through a current situation (city) with a specific goal in mind (destination).  I am using logic to help me get there (my husband).  I am going through a transformation or journey in understanding (bridge).  The direction I am pursuing (freeway) has several different ways to get to the same place (I know this in the dream).  But my logic (husband) leads me to try the fastest path.  This path goes against the flow of traffic (the direction people should take).  My current activities, situation, state of mind lead me down this path (walking).  But I perceive the direction I am going as possibly dangerous to myself (speeding car) and reconsider my efforts.  There are various aspects of myself, some known (white people) and some unknown (black people) that I am taking with me on this journey.  Because I believe the shortest path to achieving this goal might actually cause me harm (speeding car),  I try to find a safer way.  I think I might have found something real, stable (concrete) to help me get going in a safer direction (moving with traffic in the same direction).  It will take a little longer, but I will be less likely to be hurt (hit by moving car).  I am shown that whether I take the fastest route or the safer route, either way will still take me to the same goal (destination) and that once I am close to that goal, there is a natural slowing of the process that cannot be avoided (traffic congestion).

An interesting dream, in that it is telling me that efforts I am making are leading to a specific goal, but I can rush and possibly hurt myself, or slow down and get there with less damage.  Either way I will get there.  My natural fear wants me to slow down and take the safer route.  I have actually had several dreams telling me the same thing, so this is obviously something very important that I must pay attention to.

I had this dream several years ago, but it taught me an important lesson in using dreams to help myself.

In the dream, I was sitting at the kitchen table with my husband and children.  We were having dinner and talking about nothing in particular, when my husband said something that really upset me.  I became quite angry and began arguing with him.  The argument quickly escalated and I awoke still very angry.

SIGNIFICANT SYMBOLS

Kitchen-where one is fed physically, mentally, spiritually.

Table-putting things out in the open.  One’s family. 

Food-nourishment or sustenance of a physical, mental or spiritual nature.

Husband-my actual husband or what he represents to me.

Children-my actual children or what they represent to me. Being full of potential, but presently undeveloped.

Argument-conflict with others or with one’s self.

In the dream, my husband (my actual husband) and I are putting things out in the open (table).  We are receiving nourishment or sustenance physically, mentally, spiritually (food).  In the process, my husband says something which makes me quite angry (I conflict with him over this issue).  This conflict turns into a full-blown argument and leaves me quite angry (I was unable to deal with the conflict in a positive manner).

At the time of this dream, I awoke and wondered if it meant we would have an ugly argument with no happy resolution.  I don’t normally argue with my husband so this would be unusual.  Just a few days later, we were at the dinner table, eating and talking, and my husband said something which made me quite angry. In that split second, I remembered the dream and knew the argument would get worse if I continued my current reaction.  And so I stopped myself and decided to not respond to his provocation.  The meal continued and we began talking about something else.  The meal ended peacefully and we were both happy.  I think my husband was quite surprised I didn’t become angry and start arguing with him.  He seemed to appreciate my non-confrontational response.

The dream indicated an event where my husband and I were sharing physically, mentally, spiritually.  This event would end in discord. But the dream also acted as a warning, letting me know what was coming up and giving me the opportunity to react in a different manner.  I was able to choose a different reaction to what was happening and thus have a much more positive and loving outcome.  The experience also taught me that I didn’t need to react instinctively every time my husband upset me but to react with purpose, the purpose being of sustaining a loving and mutually respectful relationship where each person is allowed their own differing opinion without rancor. Because I heeded the warning of the dream, I was able to have this specific event with my husband where we shared physically, mentally, spiritually and it ended in harmony instead of anger.  It was the next step in the development of a close, loving relationship.

Hated this dream!  Woke up feeling terrible, so must translate to feel better.

In the dream, my daughter had died and it was two months later.  I was not aware of why she had died, just that she had.  I was told by a woman that it was time to go through her effects.  The woman had several books my daughter had owned.  We opened each one and looked through them.  We were surprised to find that in each book were several red snake/worm like creatures.  At least five or six in each. My daughter had not needed to keep them, but for some reason she had.  While she was alive, they had been alive.  I presumed because she fed them.  But once she had died, enough time had passed, they had died as well. We went through each book, one by one, and shook the snake/worm creatures out.  The last book was a Driver’s Instructional book, but it looked the same as the others.  All of them were hard-bound and in dark, muted colors of red, black, brown, and blue.  When I opened the Driver’s Ed book, I saw my daughter had written in it as she worked her way through the reading and questions.  Her handwriting was large and childish.  I could see she had passed the course and earned her driver’s license.  There were the snake/worm creatures here as well, but one was still alive.  We shook it out, and as it fell it faded out as it finished dying.  I knew there would be no problems from it or from any of the other worms.  We were done then and I walked away.  As I did, I thought to myself, “I haven’t cried yet in the two months since she died.”   I knew it was because I was in shock, but now the shock was finally wearing off and the reality was setting in.  I began to cry and feel that terrible grief you feel when someone you dearly love passes away.

SIGNIFICANT SYMBOLS:

Daughter-Can represent relationship with actual daughter or a warning about daughter.  That part of one’s self that might need direction.  Might represent someone else who is like your daughter in personality or relationship.

Dead-the end of an idea, an experience, a project or relationship.  Symbolic of a transition or change.

Books-associated with knowledge or lessons that may be gained or that are already in one’s possession.

Driver’s Education Class-learning to take control of one’s destiny and/or the direction your life is going

Red-Desire (lust), energy, trouble, misunderstanding or anger.

Snake-Wisdom, energy, temptation, or power.

Worm-that which is earthy or even a despicable person.

Grief-corresponds to the release of emotions.  A severe disappointment.

In this dream, I have several directions in which I can try to interpret it.  The first direction is the most obvious-literal.  In the literal interpretation, my daughter dies in real life and after a few months I go through her things and make certain observations about what I find there (looking through her books and finding the snake/worm creatures).  After that, I begin the deep grieving that accompanies the loss of someone we love with our whole heart.

In the next interpretation, which is probably the most likely, the dream is entirely about me and has nothing to do with my daughter.  In this interpretation, there is a part of myself which has needed direction (daughter).  It dies (transitions into something else or ceases to be).  After some time, I review what knowledge or lessons were gained in this part of myself (going through the books).  I find that I kept a specific type of desirous, earthy wisdom (red snake/worm) there because I wanted to and not because I needed to.  But with the death of this part of myself, this desirous earthy wisdom also dies and will no longer be able to effect me.  It is indicated I have also finally learned enough to be able to control my own destiny (passing the driver’s ed course and earning license).  This has been a very recent development, and I find myself releasing great emotion (grief) due to the loss or change (death) of this part of myself.  This must be coming soon, as I am not in this state of mind yet.

The last interpretation I would consider is that the dream is not about me at all but about my literal daughter, concerning spiritual change within her.  Not her literal death but the death and rebirth of something new within her.  The same interpretation would apply if the dream were about me but instead the meaning is applied towards her.  If I view her as being like me, then I might see her in the dream as being me.

It is also possible for the dream to be symbolic of both of us- meaning it applies to both of us at the same time because our personal spiritual journeys are similar in growth and development.  This would be wonderful, as it clearly indicates an evolution in our spiritual journey where we have finally matured enough to control our own destiny and no longer be subject to the effects of karma.  It is clearly indicated by the handwriting that our maturity level here is still more childish than adult (the handwriting in the driver’s ed book), and so there is still much room left for growth and development.

This dream belonged to my spouse, from a few weeks ago.  I thought it had interesting implications, indicating a forewarning of events to come.

In the dream, my husband was riding in the bed of a pick-up truck as it moved down the road.  He didn’t say who was driving.  The truck stopped under a large tree.  Directly overhead in the branches were three purple snakes.  They were large and dangerous and immediately began hissing at him.  They were close enough they could attack him.  One in particular seemed more angry and vicious then the others and seemed about to strike.  He awoke, startled.

SIGNIFICANT SYMBOLS

Truck-Oneself, one’s work, one’s current situation.

Tree-Wisdom, knowledge and belief systems.

Three-Body, mind and spirit.

Snakes-Wisdom, energy, temptation, power, or harmful or threatening conditions.

Purple-Honor, spiritual vision, or that which is extremely important.  Selflessness or personal suffering.  Spiritual development.

Attack-Environment of hostility or oppression.  Conflict between oneself and others or portions of oneself.

My husband is at his work (truck).  He does not direct what is happening (he isn’t driving) and merely goes where is directed.  A situation is coming in which he will be subjected to a specific wisdom or belief system (tree). There is a spiritual development (purple) within this belief system (trees) that will bring wisdom and or energy and power (snakes).  But my husband finds it threatening (attack) and so not something he wants. This development will come in three parts (three)- an actual physical event (body), an opportunity at a mental lesson which will create a permanent change in thought (mind), and then a third opportunity which will create a permanent spiritual development.

This is a forewarning of events to come which will directly effect my husband, and so effect me.  But the symbology is positive, even though it appears quite threatening.  Sometimes change comes to us whether we want it or not.  What matters is how we handle what is happening and learn and grow from it.  It doesn’t matter if we want the change, only how we respond to it.  A positive response will bring spiritual development and growth.  A negative response could bring frustration, anger and loss, and even more difficult lessons to be learned.  It is clearly indicated with the purple snakes that this is a lesson in spiritual growth, which brings its own rewards once earned.  It could mean significant change in my husband’s growth as a person, and even significant change in our actual physical lives.  I hope I will like it.

I awoke from this dream upset.  Yet the meaning, once interpreted, isn’t upsetting.

In this dream, I went to a church I had never been to before because a few friends invited me.  My husband went with me.  We stepped inside and were greeted by members of the Church who happened to know us.  They immediately pointed out the construction going on within the Church sanctuary.  There had been a huge tree in the center, the size of one of the giant Redwoods of California.  It had been cut down and a huge stump remained.  The members of the Church had decided to turn it into a giant altar and use it for worship services.  Workers were busy carving designs and shapes into it to make it beautiful and useful.  Freddie and I were both amazed and I thought I would like to try this Church out and see if I liked it.  We sat at a table to talk to some of the people.  A new parishioner sat with us.  He had red hair and a red beard and appeared in his thirties.  He was recently “Born Again”.  I knew him from before, when he still drank and did drugs.  I happily greeted him and asked him how he was.  He smiled and told me about the changes he had made, then arose and went to speak with his fellow parishioners.  He told them about me and what I believed spiritually.  Immediately, some of them came to me and ran me out of the Church.  Freddie and I ran hard, into the inner city, and found a place to stay in an empty apartment building.  It appeared to be a condemned public-housing building.  We settled into our apartment.  Then a friend arrived, a famous black movie actor.  He had helped us to safety.  I took his arm and stepped out into the hall with him.  I wanted to thank him in private.  I told him I was sorry  for the trouble we had caused and thanked him for his help in saving us from the people who hated us.  Then suddenly one of those people was there, a middle-aged woman with blonde hair.  She immediately attacked me verbally and came at me.  The friend and I ducked and grabbed the other two people in the apartment and ran out of the building.  Somehow we blocked her so that she couldn’t follow.  We walked away on the city street.  A dark-headed woman who was with us smiled and said she had taken care of the problem.  The apartment exploded in flames.  We continued on and my husband went to work.  I returned to my house and my sister-in-law came to visit me.  She told me I needed to hide from the people who wanted to hurt me.  She told me I needed to hide on the property my mother-in-law had owned and lived on.  There was still a trailer and vehicle there, but I told her I thought my husband would let me buy an RV to live in  while I hid out.  I would park it next to my mother-in-law’s old trailer.  She said that was a good idea and thought it would work.  She then commented she needed to leave her truck there as well in case I needed it.

SIGNIFICANT SYMBOLS

Church-Symbolic of religious or personal beliefs or a childhood association with religion.  One’s spiritual or moral life.

Husband-My literal husband or what he represents to me.

Friends-Wanting to be friends with the person in the image or to be more intimate with what they represent.

Tree-Knowledge or belief systems.  Possibly symbolic of the Cross, and/or Enlightenment.

Altar-Corresponds to ritual or faith.

Hair-Ideas, thoughts, creativity, intellect, state of mind, mental processes.

Beard-Proliferation of ideas or creativity.  Or possibly the need to hide.

Red-Energy, trouble, misunderstanding, anger or lust.  One’s desires.

Chased-A conflict  between others or portions of oneself.

City-One’s community, environment, or current situation.

Apartment-Temporary lodging or condition.  One’s current situation or experience.

Condemned-An idea or belief system that has been condemned.

Actor-That personality we present to the world.  Associated with the role we play in life.

Woman-Can represent the emotional, intuitive, family, or maternal instincts.

Blonde (yellow)-Intelligence and power, wisdom.

Attack-A conflict with oneself and others or portions of oneself.  Associated with feeling weak, inferior, or criticized.

Running-Associated with that part of oneself that is running away from something.

Dark-The unknown, the mysterious, or the unconscious.

Explosion-To discredit or prove false.  Can represent a sudden or dramatic change.

Home-One’s personality or current situation or experience

Work-One’s present occupation and/or one’s duty or obligation.

Sister-in-law-A close relationship with one who is like a sister, and/or what she represents to me.

Mother-in-law-The individual or what she represents to me.  The need to look after one’s activities.

Land-The place of consciousness represented by my mother-in-law.

RV-One’s current situation or experience that is mobile or temporary.

Truck-That which can carry people, belongings, ideas, etc.  May be associated with oneself, one’s work, or one’s current situation.

In the dream, I am exploring new Spiritual/religious beliefs I am not familiar with (going to an unfamiliar Church).  My husband (literally) is with me in this endeavor.  We do this because we know people who have these beliefs (friends) and they attract us to this thinking.  We observe in this particular spiritual/religious belief (Church), those who follow it (friends) are turning what remains of an old belief system that was amazing and awesome (stump of giant old tree) into something that aids in one’s spiritual faith (altar).  It appears beautiful and amazing to my husband and me (the work being done is beautiful and intricate), and I know I want to explore it more.  We try to become more familiar with the people who are doing this (friends working on this endeavor).  But there is  a belief represented by my old acquaintance (young man with red hair and red beard) that does not allow us to stay.   He represents the thinking within the spiritual/religious belief I am exploring which does not accept some of my personal spiritual beliefs and experiences.  It is a misunderstanding in thinking (red hair) and possibly also a need to hide from some of the truths I believe in (red beard) which causes them to have conflicts with me (chase us off) and try to hurt us.  In our efforts to escape this conflict, we move into a temporary (not our apartment) belief system that has been condemned (condemned building). It was a progressive belief (city) but has already proven unusable (condemned).  I used a particular personality to accomplish this (as represented by the actor).  It seemed to work well until I am confronted again by emotional/intuitive (woman) wisdom (blonde/yellow hair) that represents a conflict within myself where I feel weak, inferior, and/or criticized (attack), which I must overcome.  I try to escape this conflict (running from woman) and manage to block those feelings within which are bothering me so much (block the woman from following me).  Using the mysteries of God thinking (dark-headed woman), I discredit or prove false (explosion) those feelings, or make a sudden or dramatic change (explosion) that will eliminate those feelings.  I then return to my normal personality (home) and am presented with a new place of consciousness that I think will work best (moving to my mother-in-law’s property).  This is an independent way of thinking-being my own boss yet open and friendly to others-as represented by my sister-in-law and mother-in-law.  At first, I will stay in this way of thinking temporarily (RV).  I can use some of my sister-in-law’s ideas/beliefs (her truck) to help me in this.

This dream is about my spiritual journey.  I would like to incorporate more traditional Christian worship into my life as I see beautiful aspects to it that I think are amazing, but some of the beliefs I hold are not respected by traditional Christians, and are even feared.  Some churches would even force me out if I tried to talk about what I actually believe.  And so I have left the traditional Church and tried to find my own way on my spiritual journey.  I moved into a temporary state of mind that involved contemporary thinking/beliefs but which I already knew wouldn’t work in the long run.  This state of mind still left me feeling vulnerable and subject to criticism for what I believe.  And so I have moved again into my old, familiar place of consciousness which does work for me, but still leaves me vulnerable.  I decide to try a more independent, self-reliant form of thinking to protect myself from other’s criticism and attacks, but which is also friendly and open.  I believe this will work best, but it remains to be seen.

As you can see, one’s personal spiritual journey can involve several evolutions as one finds their way.  But you must be faithful to what you believe, and eventually your path will be made clear.

This dream is interesting in its symbology.

In the dream, I was at work.  I had completed whatever it was I had to do, and now needed to work on something else.   I stepped outside and looked to where I needed to go.  The area I was in didn’t look as it actually does in real life.  Instead, it seemed to be in the desert.  The land was open and flat but green with grass.  It seemed to be the area in which my father lives.  I needed to  actually travel to where my next assignment was located; through the open, green desert to a distant neighborhood.  It was dusk at this time.  There was a two-lane asphalt road.  I began but I did not walk.  I started on the shoulder of the road, crawling on my belly.  I pulled myself along with my arms, little bit by little bit.  I would stick my hands into crevasses in the road to help pull me along.  The surface of the road had an icy off-white look and the black of the asphalt could be seen through it.  I decided this was taking a lot of energy and switched to my hands and knees.  I did this for a little while.  This too was difficult, but not as much as crawling.  I was worried my knees would start hurting, though, and tried moving on my belly again.  I did this for a little while and then moved back to my hands and knees.  I realized my knees didn’t bother me as much as I thought they would and kept moving along.   I was vulnerable as I did this and worried someone would stop and harass me.  Thankfully, no one did.  I crawled into the neighborhood I needed to be in and stopped when my road intersected with another.  There were nice, modest,  middle-class homes on all sides.  I knew my destination was one of the homes close by.  I reached into my pocket to pull out the address of the home I needed to go to.  It was fully night now.

SIGNIFICANT SYMBOLS:

Work-generally corresponds to one’s present occupation, one’s duty, or obligation.

Desert-that which is not fertile, is bleak, or is abandoned.

Grass-associated with growth, healing, energy or vibrancy.

Father-represents authority, leadership, or power.  Can also represent what I think of my actual father.

Dusk-the ending of one period in one’s life, experience, or relationship.

Road-associated with the journey of life.  Direction one is pursuing.  One’s destiny.

Black-associated with the unknown, the unconsciousness, or the suppressed.

Crawling-something that just creeps along.  Could suggest humility or the need for it.

Belly-assimilation, digestion, or personal constitution.

Knees-flexibility, ability to bend, bowing to Divine Will.

Hands-service, participation, or work.

Ice-that which is frozen, impenetrable, or cold.  Separation between consciousness or physicality and spirit.

Neighborhood-sharing a similar psyche/attitude/consciousness with a group of people.

Home-one’s current situation or experience; one’s psyche as a person or in a situation; one’s state of consciousness.

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

I have completed some project/endeavor in my current occupation, duty or obligation (work) and now need to start something else (move on to new project/assignment for work). To do this, I must share a similar psyche/attitude/consciousness with a group of people (neighborhood) and I must move in a particular direction (road) to accomplish this. This work, what I have done and what I will do, is located in a state of consciousness which normally appears bleak or abandoned (desert) but which has produced growth, healing, energy and/or vibrancy (grass).  It is similar in some fashion to what my father does (father-his work, efforts, responsibilities).  This marks the ending of one period in my life (dusk).  This particular direction I travel in (road) is marked by becoming familiar, very slowly (crawling),  with the unknown or unconscious (black).  It is also marked by a separation between consciousness/physicality and spirit (ice) but which I seem to somewhat be able to see through (ice is opaque).  I must assimilate (belly) the unknown or unconscious (black), and learn to be flexible (knees) while providing service (hands).  In the process of doing this, I find it is not nearly as painful as I thought, to be flexible (knees), and determine to remain that way (continuing along on my knees).  I finally reach my destination and achieve a similar consciousness/attitude with a group of people (neighborhood).  I am still waiting to settle into my own consciousness and do what I need to do (new location of work in home in new neighborhood).  This marks a completion of my efforts (night) and the beginning of something else (eventual daybreak).

What the dream is saying, is that I have gone through a period of growth and development in the completion of one area of my life and will now start a new area with a different level of consciousness.  In this process of change, I have had to learn to be more flexible while providing service to others, become more familiar with those hidden truths I was not aware of, and be more aware of the tie between the physical world and the spiritual world.  The area of work I have been in might appear bleak or devoid of growth, but I find growth and healing there.  This is similar to what my actual father has experienced in his work.  This marks the ending of one period of my life, of a specific level of consciousness, and the movement of myself into a different level of consciousness which is similar to that of other people.  I still don’t know what this new level of consciousness feels and looks like, but I am moving into it and will know soon.

In this dream, I see something that seems obviously desirable to me but is ignored by others.

I was at a friend’s or relative’s home.  We were visiting in the living room in a very casual way.  The front door was open.  I happened to be sitting on the couch where I could see directly out the open door.  A Panda bear came into view just a few feet away.  He was young, perhaps half the size of an adult Panda bear.  He was very cute as Panda bears tend to be.  He ambled his way into the living room, curiously looking about, and began sniffing his way around the room.  I exclaimed happily, “There’s a Panda bear in the house!”  No one responded.  They ignored me and the bear and continued on with whatever they were doing.  I didn’t understand why they would ignore the bear.  I thought to myself I would like to take him home and keep him.  I wondered if my husband would let me do that.  The Panda Bear looked a little goofy, as if he might be a simple-minded.

Friend’s or Relative Home-A state of mind that is not my normal state, but one in which I temporarily visit as represented by “friends” or “relatives”.

Front Door-an opportunity, experience, or idea coming next

Bear-something or someone with two sides.  For example, gentle and kind but when angered, ferocious and mean

Panda-I have no meaning specifically for a Panda.  In this case, I need to apply what I observe about the Panda, meaning his colors and apparent state of mind.

Black-knowledge associated with the unknown, the unconscious, or the suppressed. Mystery

White-generally associated with purity, virginity, innocence and holiness.  The ideal of completeness.

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

Husband-my actual husband or what he represents to me

In this dream, I temporarily enter a different state of mind (friend’s or relative’s home).  As I enjoy this, I observe a new experience or idea coming.  It has two sides (bear), in that it is both knowledge which is unknown or suppressed (black) and it is knowledge which is pure, innocent and/or holy (white).  I think it is amazing and point it out to those I share this consciousness with, but they ignore me.  I would like to incorporate this new knowledge into my normal state of mind, but don’t know if my logic will allow me to.  Or if my actual husband will either. The knowledge seems simple-minded (how the bear appears to me) but I still like it.

There aren’t any clues here as to what the knowledge specifically addresses or comes from.  But generally, for me, if I dream something is black or white, those colors represent the knowledge of God in two different forms.  White is spiritual knowledge- those things that one can understand logically and believe to be true without having to experience personally.  Generally, these are values and morals taught by our parents, schools, and churches.  Black is mystery knowledge- those things that not everyone understands and which must be learned through experience.  Mystery Knowledge can be quite difficult to accept, especially if it contradicts beliefs we have held our whole lives. This is usually knowledge about ourselves-some failing or fault we have but have never acknowledged as a failure or fault.  It is easy to see these in others, but not so easy to see them in ourselves.

For example, I can understand logically that it is wrong to steal because it harms the person I steal from.  Basic spiritual knowledge (white).  On the other hand, what if something is stolen from me and this causes me great harm. My reaction is to hate the person who stole it.  Why shouldn’t I hate the person who harmed me, especially if the harm they caused was very damaging and even life-altering in a negative way?  The mystery knowledge (black) teaches us to not hate, even those who harm us. Why?  Because carrying hate in one’s heart, even if for good reason, causes more harm to yourself than it will ever cause to the person you hate.  This is because hate affects how we view other people, our relationships, our attitudes, our behaviors.  It permeates everything, even if we think we are only applying the hate towards the person who wronged us.

If I have hate and refuse to let go of it, then Spirit/God will step in to teach me why I should not hate.  This Mystery knowledge from God must be learned and accepted as true, through experience.  Upon acceptance of its truth, I am changed for the better. I am now less likely to cause harm to others, and myself, because I no longer hate.  If I do not accept the Mystery Knowledge, then I will suffer the consequences in my life, as my failing or fault negatively effects my relationships/behavior/work/etc.

Through acceptance and living of Truth from Mystery knowledge, we move closer to God, just as we move closer to God through acceptance and living of basic spiritual knowledge (white).

In this dream, I am made aware of a problem at my work.

I was at work, busy doing my job, when someone told me to watch something that was happening outside.  I looked towards where the person indicated.  There was a field next to my work building,   wild with uncut grass and weeds. Behind the building was a large, fenced in corral for animals.    A young woman from my work was in the field cleaning up as she had been directed to do.  I watched as she picked up a large animal and carried it to the corral and placed it inside.  Then I saw her pick up a very large sea turtle.  It was at least four or five feet long and two or three feet across.  I watched in pain as she dropped it at least three times, very hard, onto the ground because it was so unwieldy and heavy.  Each time I could see a new wound open and blood  come out.  After the last time, I had to assume the turtle was dead.  I hoped it was dead for its own sake.  I walked over to the turtle where it still lay on the ground from the last time the young woman dropped it.  It was clearly dead.  I felt very bad for it.   But I knew the young woman hadn’t hurt it on purpose.  This appeared to be the last animal in the field that needed to be moved and then something was going to be done with the field.

Work-one’s present occupation or one’s feelings about work or what is going on there.

Young-youthfulness, naivate, or inexperience.

Woman-An idea, project, or person who is represented by the symbol of the woman with similar characteristics and/or behaviors.

Field-one’s place of duty, harvest, or mission.  May be associated with one’s field of work.

Corral (fenced in area for animals)-prevents passage in or out.  Could represent being confined through the limits of emotions and/or beliefs.

Turtle-slow, methodical or protection or motherly compassion

Dead-end of experience, project or relationship

I am shown in this dream that there is an effort at my current work (actual place of work) to clean up a specific area (field) for the start of something new.  Someone has been given this mission or duty, but they are inexperienced (young).  This person is similar in characteristics as the woman in the dream.  It is believed to be better to confine (fence/corral) specific attributes or attitudes or behaviors (what each animal represents) so that they do not interfere with what needs to be done. I cannot interpret what the first animal represents as I can’t remember it, but motherly compassion (turtle) is ended (dead) in the process of this endeavor.  It’s not what is intended but it is what happens. I don’t enjoy witnessing this process (watching as the girl accidentally kills the turtle) and know losing the turtle is not a good thing. But there is the process of something new being built (clearing the field) and this might make up for the damage done in the process.

At my work, there have been many changes this year due to a new administration.  People are being let go (not being asked to return) and plans made for changes to positions and what is offered.  As an outsider to the process of what is being done and why, it has seemed unnecessarily rough at times.  I could understand if my fellow workers felt as if no compassion were being shown to them during these changes. If you are not on the receiving end of positive events, then any changes could seem rough and uncaring.  Every worker should believe there is some compassion and empathy shown to them by their administration.  Right now, it appears there is a perception of a lack of motherly compassion due to how everything has been handled.  This could be very damaging to worker morale.  We will see how it all works out.

In this dream, I am shown that I have a new ability or quality available to myself, but I want to keep it to myself.

My husband and I were outside of our home, in the front yard.  As we stood there, a baby deer walked up to me and stood quite close.  We had never seen him before and didn’t know anything about him.  We stepped into our house to the living room and left the front door open.  The baby deer followed us in.  He lay down at my feet as if he belonged to me.  I liked him but didn’t want him in the house because of the mess he would make, being a wild animal. I picked him up and held him.  He did not resist or fight but lay calmly in my arms.   I took him to my fenced-in backyard and laid him on the ground.  I told my husband he would be safe there and wouldn’t make a mess in the house.

Husband-my actual husband or what he represents to me

Front yard-what we show the world.  Awaiting what comes next in life.

Baby-new beginning/idea/or possibility

Deer-independence/nature/wild or gentleness/kindness

Front door-opportunity/idea/experience

Home-one’s personality or current situation or experience

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

Backyard-What we keep to ourselves (secrets from the outside world)

Fence-confining oneself through the limits of emotions, beliefs, or circumstances

In this dream, I have an idea of myself that I show to the world (front yard).  I try to use logic (my husband) to do this. I find a new possibility/idea (baby) comes to me of being more gentle and kind (deer).  This is a new opportunity/idea/experience (front door) that I allow to enter into my current personality/situation/experience (house) and into my daily activities and/or even my public life (living room).  But I am worried this new gentleness/kindness will make a mess of my daily activities/public life, and try to keep it to myself (backyard).  It is indicated that I am confining myself due to limitations of my emotions, beliefs, or circumstances (fence).l

The message of the dream is that I have a new aspect of myself which can be a blessing  and quite wonderful in its effect, but I am limiting myself to its possibilites.  I have personal beliefs/emotions/circumstances which make it difficult to accept this new aspect of myself and allow it to be a part of my daily activities and/or public life. This can be true of anyone when experiencing something new which they didn’t expect.  Even when we develop some new aspect of ourselves which is better, sometimes it takes us a long time to allow it to show through in all areas of our life. My logical mind (and personal limitations) are keeping me from allowing this new aspect of myself to show to others.  But if this is a permanent change within myself, it will eventually show through whether I want it to or not.  I must learn to accept it and let it shine through without causing any harm (messing in my living room).  This is difficult for me, as I have tried other changes that didn’t seem to work well.  This causes me to try and control  this new aspect of myself (fenced in back yard).  Again, even if I resist, as long as I accept this new aspect of myself, I will be unable to confine it permanently.  It will eventually show itself in areas of my behavior and life that I wasn’t planning on.