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: Hundreds of real dreams
A BASIC INTRO to what dreams are about
BASIC
TECHNIQUES to interpret dreams
DREAM
DICTIONARY A to Z of symbols complete with essays on symbols in everyday real
uses
BASIC SYMBOLISM - DREAM
SYMBOLS : Basements
- Your boss
- Best friend
- Babies/pregnant
- Brothers
- Cafes
- Cars
- Castles
- Children
- Creative dreams
- Clothes
- Churches and cathedrals
- Deaths
- Demons,witches and goblins
- Dogs
- Drink and drugs
- Farms, gardens and plants
- Factories
- Fathers
- Faucets/taps/pipes
- Food
- Earthquakes and volcanos
- Foreign Countries
- Grandparents
- Guards
- Guns and knives
- Horses and animals
- Hauntings
- Hospitals
- Hotels + huge buildings
- Houses
- Locks
- Men(unknown)
- Military -
Money
- Mothers
- Monster
- Mountains
- Movies
- Music
- People
- Police
- Phone
- Politics
- Planes and flying
- Prison -
Rivers
- Rapists and intruders
- Railways
- Roads
- Schools
- Sea
- Sex
- Shops
- Sisters
- Skies in dreams
- Skyscrapers and tall buildings
- Snakes and spiders
- Space
- Sports
- Street
- Teeth
- Tidal waves
- Time
- Toilets in dreams
- Towns and streets
- Trees
- Water
- Weddings and engagements
- Windows
- Work
OTHER
SUBJECTS: external
causes of dreams : Music
in dreams :
Premonitions :
Telepathy : Specific
dreams :
Synonyms in dreams :
Children's
dreams and dreams about your child :
Recurring dreams CASE STUDIES :
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CLOTHES : Clothes in dreams are symbolic of two things - the way we
would like the world to see us(our preferred image) and our fears about how
the world actually sees us. Poor clothes will obvious then link to our fears
about how others see us in a bad way. But clothes also send subtle dream messages
out about the signals we are sending out. Think especially about the day before
and your image and how you wished to appear. Was that a theme at all.
KEY WORDS(Pick a quote which captures your feelings right now. Think especially
of the day before the dream) :
- "I want to appear more ..."
- "I have got a really bad image right now"
- "sending out signals"
- "He makes you believe that he can do it..."
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CASUAL CLOTHES : Clothes in dreams can signify two things. They can
represent the way we would like to be seen by the world and they can symbolise
the way that the world sees us. Casual clothes tend to link to anything which
involves a casual or relaxed attitude. So it may represent how you feel like
you had a casual attitude towards work or how you have generally been lazy
recently. In an alternative sense it may mean that others feel that you have
been relaxed in your attitude towards work or something. Casual clothes will
tend to link to the words relaxed, casual attitude, and lazy. Think how such
words appear in your thoughts and feelings right now.
KEY WORDS(Pick a quote which captures your feelings right now. Think especially
of the day before the dream) :
- "I have been to casual in my attitude"
- "I need to take this more seriously"
- "I tried to casually drop some hints","I have tried to be
less lazy recently"
SUITS and FORMAL CLOTHES : Formal clothes can symbolise several things.
They generally will link to how the world sees us (our image) or to how we
would like others to see us. Try to look for themes in your life where you
use the words impress, formal,respectful or serious. For instance you may
have tried to impress someone. Or maybe you showed a respectful attitude after
you heard of someones death. You may also have had a very formal chat with
someone.
KEY WORDS(Pick a quote which captures your feelings right now. Think especially
of the day before the dream) :
- "I hope to really impress"
- "I had a very serious conversation with him"
- "we showed how important this was to us"
- "showing a respectful attitude"
UNDRESSING : If we undress we show ourselves for what we are. In dreams
undressing may suggest that we are showing our true feelings. Maybe you have
decided to tell someone exactly how you feel about them. But undressing may
show that you are tantalizing someone with the truth or they may casually
reveal some secret of yours.
KEY WORDS(Pick a quote which captures your feelings right now. Think especially
of the day before the dream) :
- "being open and honest"
- "revealing my true feelings"
- "revealing what you know"
- "telling secrets "
ESSAYS
CLOTHES
in dreams : What do clothes mean in practical dream interpretation?
CASUAL
CLOTHES : What does casual clothes mean in dream symbolism
SUITS
in dreams : What do suits mean in real dreams
NAKEDNESS
in dreams : the meaning of Nudity in real dreams
UNDRESSING
in dreams : The symbolic meaning of stripping in dreams
Dream
Dictionary : An A to Z of symbolic meanings with every meaning for each symbol
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DREAM STUDIES : Real dreams about clothes
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THE DREAM - I am standing halfway up the stairs at my school. I see
a shirt that I know is mine. I know its a well made shirt but the material
is extremely poor.
THE REALITY The previous day the dreamer had to take some harsh criticism
off another person. She had to accept the criticism because that person was
very influential and was known for spreading rumours about people.
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "I hate having to sit and take the criticism that she is directing
towards me. I cannot respond because I know that
THE INTERPRETATION The strongest clue for this dream was the clothes - clothes
link to our reputation and the way that people see us. So this dream caught
two feelings. That the dreamer was confident that she was in the right - that's
why her clothes were nice. Yet the quality of the material was poor so that
captures a second feeling - that the image she has may fall apart at any moment.
The ground floor in dreams symbolises the day to day real world of reality.
The upstairs can represent your imagined thoughts. So in this case the dream
shows that the dreamer had to make a judgment partly on the reality of the
situation(where she had confidence in her reputation) but also the imagined
thoughts(the possibility that this person would spread rumours about her).
Symbolic
Meanings
CLOTHES : "your image and reputation - here her clothes are made with bad
materials. That shows how you feel vulnerable"
SCHOOL : "school of life - a lesson that needs to be learnt - learning to
behave for the best even when you know you are right. "
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DREAM TIP : Dream symbols can be like words. Think of clothes linking
to the word 'image'. Now write down several quotes which capture your intuitions
about the day before such as "I was very tired yesterday","My colleagues seem
to be talking about me at work behind my back", or "I have been worried about
my sister". Now look at those quotes and see which could link to the word
'image' . It could well be that any dreams that link with the word image could
link to the dreams meaning.
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THE DREAM - I am suddenly in my own childhood. I see myself with the
poor clothes I had on and having to make do with the old books that I had.
Everywhere around me was filth and poverty.
THE REALITY The dreamer had just had a child and was filled with thoughts
of his own childhood. He was determined that his own child would not go through
the hardship he had to face.
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "The birth of my son has made me think of my own childhood. I want
to make life easier for my child"
THE INTERPRETATION The dreamer associated his own childhood poverty with the
birth of his son. He interpreted his own dream. Clothes often symbolise our
image and reputation - how other people see us. Also the dream simply meant
that the birth had set off a mood within him - how he was reflecting on his
own childhood. Big events make us think in a bigger way. We tend to remember
things from long ago and see the wider perspective in life.
Symbolic
Meanings
POOR CLOTHING : "the dreamers own poor upbringing. This is linked to his own
present situation with his son"
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DREAM TIP : One way to really understand dreams is to wait until something
big happens. If some event occured and you simply could not stop thinking
about it all day then its very likely that your dreams that night will be
about this. So look carefully at the feelings you have on this issue and try
to link them to the various possible symbolic meanings.
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THE DREAM - I was getting dressed. Instead of putting on my own clothes
I put my friends clothes - his yellow trousers and his red top. I left my
black shirt and trousers on the bed.
THE REALITY The dreamer was feeling a lot brighter than recently and had been
cheered up by a friends optimism.
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "I feel a lot more optimistic recently. My friend has a much brighter
image and is more cheerful. I have been copying his approach to life"
THE INTERPRETATION Clothes often symbolise the signals that we unconsciously
send to the world. So this day the dreamer suddenly decoded to get himself
out of a rut. He wished to show a brighter and more optimistic side. Clothes
then show this new frame of mind - with brighter colours symbolising brighter
and more optimistic feelings.
Symbolic
Meanings
BED : "your personal habits and ways of doing things "
CLOTHES : "how you feel inside - the signals you send out on any particular
day or during some situation"
DRESSED : "in a certain frame of mind - your mood"
RED : "danger, passion, sexual energy"
YELLOW : "happy and sunny disposition"
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DREAM TIP : Dreams will focus on things that are important to you right
now. In many cases they will be symbolic representations of the very issues
you wake up thinking about. Those issues maybe small conversations from the
previous day. It depends what your mind is focusing on. If you think a lot
about work then it could be about that. Try to isolate the issues you are
thinking about and interpret a dream in that way. Look for evidence in the
symbols of the things dominating your mind.
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THE DREAM The dream had a urgent sensation. There was a parking lot
partially surround by woods. I was looking for something. I didn't know what
till I heard a baby cry. I ran fast to the baby covered with a white cloth
but the face was concealed. There were two squirrel's next to the baby. I
pushed and scared them away. Then a dark dog arrived resembling a wolf (not
sure). It was riddling or itching the neck of the baby. I tried to fend it
off. Suddenly a white dog attacked me. I managed to hold its nozzle and a
feeling rage and sadness started to fill me and I ripped the lower jaw in
a scream and cried. The dark dog pounced on me. I turn and wrestled with it,
choked it. Am not sure it I killed it.
My brother came along with some other people. Something was still wrong. They
surrounded me asking if everything is all right. I told to take care of the
baby. I started to take off my clothes in irritation. "I have to finish something"
I cried. I didn't know what. I looked at the parking lot and saw the white
dog with a broken jaw moving behind cars. "I have to finish something" I put
my pants back on and someone tried to help. I asked for a knife. Everyone
was surprised. I screamed "Give me a knife". I man with glass quickly turns,
reaches for something and gives a scalpel. The scalpel in my hand. "It will
have to do". I run to the wounded dog.
I woke up at that point. Disguised with myself. I did the right thing protecting
the baby. BUT perhaps the baby didn't need protection. The squirrels were
just watching the baby. The dark dog probably just itching the baby, as if
taking take of fleas. And the white wolf trying to push me away. I felt I
was the problem. Confusion, rage, sadness, all simultaneous with me in the
dream. It made me feel acquired all day. I had to talk about but nothing seemed
to clear the sensation of wrong in me.
THE REALITY The dreamer had recently been putting himself into a project connected
with his career. He had put a lot of effort into achieving something that
was extremely ambitious but because of his own failings and the lack of support
from others this had failed. He had worked on this night and day. Together
with that he recently felt strong feelings for a woman but these could not
be reciprocated because she was a lesbian. On failing his project he was immediately
overtaken with the need to sort things out with her.
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "I am troubled by two issues right now. I have worked night and day
on a work project. It is failing though and I am not getting the support I
require. I have also been thinking about this girl I like. I am really attracted
to her. But I think she is a lesbian. I do not think it is wise to tell her
how I feel. I cannot make up my mind"
THE INTERPRETATION Life is complicated. Dreams obviously link to emotions
and situations on our minds but this situation is tremendously complicated.
Dreams represent day to day life in symbolic form and this dream dream is
very complicated so its probably very difficult to spot what symbol relates
to what portion of his day to day reality. But this dream has been included
in this study for good reason. How exactly would you go about analyzing such
a dream?
Firstly you need to get a hold of the dream. There are lots of complicated
things going on. But the most recent feelings are probably most important.
The dreamer had committed himself to his work but right now he was distracted
by the need to sort things out with the girl he was attracted to.
One way to understand this dream is to spot something that is recognizable
in the dream. In this case it is the feeling that something is unnecessary.
That is a key point and key emotion from the dream - "perhaps the baby didn't
need protection." The dreamer then goes onto feel that the fault was with
him.
That emotion clearly links to real life. The dreamer had shown a moment of
recognition. He finally realised that he was going from one thing to another
- from work to the need to sort things out with this girl. He was spotting
danger where danger did not exist. It was not necessary to move from one thing
to another. This was a mere emotional reaction. When the attempts to win the
love of a lesbian failed he threw himself into work and when work projects
failed he then went in the other direction.
The symbols are very difficult in this dream and perhaps they are not particularly
related to reality. They are merely part of a story. The central point put
across by the dream is that something was unnecessary and that is the thing
that you must try to match with real life.
Perhaps the message is clear. The dreamer should carry on with his work project
and concentrate on something more achievable. It may also suggest that he
does not need to sort things out with a lesbian because it is always going
to be a difficult and complicated situation.
Wolves are often a symbol of bad times and that clearly can symbolise reality
- the dreamers work project was in distinct danger of collapse.
The moment where he takes his clothes off and then starts to put them back
on again also links in with reality. In real life he felt the need to open
up his feelings to this girl - in that sense he was nakedly showing his feelings.
Yet he later realised that this was folly. That is why in the dream he puts
his clothes back on. In day to day life we do not nakedly show our feelings.
We disguise true feelings all the way during the day - if we showed and explained
our true feelings every time we got upset by something then pretty soon civilized
society would soon break down.
Parking lots are often symbols of life been at a standstill and that clearly
links in with day to day reality.
Symbolic Meanings
CAR : "your journey through life and progress towards your goals"
DOG : "a faithful and trusted friend - probably his brother who was working
with him on this work project"
FACE : "facing this girl that he was attracted to"
NAKED : "the dreamer wants to show his feelings openly towards this girl"
PARKING LOT : "the project he is working on is currently at a standstill"
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DREAM TIP : Dreams are very much linked to unconscious feelings rising
to the surface of your mind. Think about the things that you were thinking
about before going to bed. Think about the feelings that force their way into
your consciousness when you wake. Its likely that the things dominating your
conscious mind will be the same issues dominating your subconscious mind.
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THE DREAM I was getting showered and taking a lot of preparation to
get ready for some important event, though I'm not quite sure what the important
event is; I just know that I need to prepare for it. I put on my underwear,
etc., and clothes, and then head out of my bedroom in my apartment. In the
living room, I'm surprised to find my mom, my aunt (her sister) and my ex-girlfriend
in the room waiting for me.
I ask what they're doing there, and they say they've come to see if I'm ready.
My mom asks me a riddle to which I don't know the answer, or never know the
answer. And just then, when I give the wrong answer, my belt magically undoes
itself, the button to my pants shoots off and the zipper to my pants shoots
down; of course, I'm looking down, and I watch as my pants fall immediately
to the floor; but what's troubling is, I'm not wearing my usual boxers, but
tight, flashy bikini underwear (neon green), and when I look up, highly embarrassed,
my mom, aunt and ex are having a good laugh at my expense.
THE REALITY The dreamers mother talks about the dreamers need to lighten up
and take himself less seriously. This dream replays an incident from several
years before. His speedos fell down and he was left embarrassed. His mother
and aunt felt that this was very funny.
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "My mom keeps telling me to lighten up and take things less seriously.
Am I really so serious? "
THE INTERPRETATION The dream starts off in the dreamers bedroom and that often
shows that the its about the very personal issues. Its about your intimate
self.
The dream also features clothes in a very major way. Clothes often link to
issues of our image and reputation. It links in with the signals that we send
out. So this dream deals with how this person expresses himself and also how
he comes across to others.
Perhaps the need for intense preparation shows that the dreamer is too serious
and intense. He thinks too much about things.
One issue which came up with the dreamer is that he takes himself too seriously.
His mother says this to him. So this could very well be the issue which the
dream has been triggered by.
Perhaps the riddle is the most important symbol here. The dream then shows
that this is an enigmatic and unfathomable piece of advice. Exactly how do
you start to take yourself less seriously? Its a big question - what exactly
does that mean in practice?
Symbolic Meanings
APARTMENT : "your approach to some issue on your mind"
BED : "your own very personal habits and peculiarities"
CLOTHES : "your image and reputation - how others see us"
LAUGH : "the fear of ridicule"
NAKEDNESS : "the dreamer does not like to let his guard down "
RIDDLE : "an issue where there is no clear answer in practice"
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DREAM TIP : The best way to understand dreams is to use the reverse
engineering approach. Dreams link to your thoughts so simply ask yourself
what are the unconscious feelings in your mind right now. Think of problems
that keep rising to the surface. In many ways you know what these feelings
are. The dream mind merely represents these symbolically. So you have many
clues already.
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THE DREAM I am at a neighboring police department for some sort of
job interview. I am wearing a skirt and a top. For what ever reason, I am
to go on patrol as apart of the interview, but must go home to change into
something more appropriate. They are not angry with me for not being prepared,
and very accommodating to help me get home to change. So, after some searching
through the closet, I find an appropriate outfit in black to wear for patrol.
Next I am at my police department talking to a former sergeant of mine. She
has her weapon out sitting on the counter next to her. I look at the weapon
and then I look at her face. I gently touch her face and look into her eyes.
She seems confused by this. I then reach down and pick up her fire arm while
she is looking away. I then walk to the vehicle I was driving, evidently it
is my personal vehicle. My former supervisor is speaking with another female,
I recognize her but cannot place her. I then look down at the weapon and place
it against my forehead. I can feel the cold steel pressing against my skin
just above my hairline. I then take both hands and begin to squeeze the trigger.
There are 15 bullets in a magazine and one in the chamber. I squeeze off all
16 bullets into my head. I feel them entering my head, but it doesn't hurt.
I look around and see my supervisor has discovered her weapon is missing and
assumes I took it, but she and the other girl do not realize I have already
shot myself. I then look into the rearview mirror at my fresh wounds, I see
the holes in my skull through the hair on my head, they look small and wet,
but no blood is pouring out. I sit back and seem to wait for death to take
me. But all I am feeling is kind of woozy and light headed. Like when you
are in bed about to fall asleep. My supervisor and the other woman approach
the car, so I start it and drive off. I am not sure where it is I end up,
but next thing I know I am stopped. Another female supervisor, this time a
captain approaches me. Still not knowing that I have actually shot myself.
She is saying that she knows that I don't want to find another job. That she
understands me being depressed. I start to cry. And say to her, "you actually
think trying to talk to me about being depressed is going to help?" implying
that because we were both police officers, we both have had the same training
in dealing with suicidal people. And nothing she was saying to me would have
any affect on me. For what ever reason, I set the weapon down next to me.
The woman, whom I don't recall who she is but is familiar, is next to me *(I
believe she is someone from a job in the past, but no one I was very close
with) she reaches down and picks up the weapon and tells the captain that
it is empty. Still no one realizes that I have shot myself, and I am still
seemingly waiting for death to take me away from all of this, but it is not
coming. The captain is assuming the bullets are in my vehicle and seems relieved
that I have not used them. I cant understand why no one is seeing what I've
done, but also relieved that no one is trying to help me by making a bigger
scene about it. But it also seems that I am wary that there is as much attention
as there is because if for what ever reason death doesn't come to take me,
I still have to try to get another job, and I know this will make it impossible
to do, because of the psychological aspect of it. Then I wake up, crying.
THE REALITY The dreamer had been a police officer for the previous three years
but had recently been laid off. She had been extremely depressed and had even
thought of ending her own life because of this.
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "I was recently made redundant as a police officer. I really want to
find another job in the police department. I loved the job and still think
like a policewoman"
THE INTERPRETATION Clothes in dreams are strong symbols. They are clues to
how the world sees us and how we are behaving. So if the dreamer is wearing
police clothes then she is very much still a policewoman in her own mind.
Being a cop is very much a state of mind. You are sending out signals of authority
and trying to diffuse difficult situations. So her job still occupies her
mind. She wakes up and wishes to do her job. So this dream is therefor about
her failure to adapt to life outside the police force.
The dream also involves the dreamers supervisor. This is very much a symbol
of how the dreamer is managing and supervising her own adaptation to life
outside the force.
The dream also involves this very vivid suicide. This is probably not a premonition.
It simply reflects the day to day issues and the dreamers state of mind. Just
because someone feels suicidal it does not mean that they are actually suicidal.
Perhaps there is also a recognition of the dreamer of her own feelings. That
is combined with her own training and knowledge of such conditions. Her job
has taught her about people who are feeling very low. She knows that talking
through issues while in such a state will not do much good. She realises that
therefor she has just got to get through that period and hope that things
will get better.
Also important and in her mind maybe a wish to carry on in her chosen career.
In order to do that she must be careful not to seek psychiatric help as that
would affect her medical records and so reduce the chances of landing a new
position.
Symbolic Meanings
CAPTAIN : "the ideas that are in charge of your personality"
UNIFORM : "still thinking and feeling like a cop and wanting to be one"
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DREAM TIP : Dreams tend to heal us. When we go to sleep some issue
will be bothering us and we simply cannot get it out of our minds. Then we
wake up refreshed and the problem seems to have magically disappeared. Its
highly likely that the dreams you wake up to will link to this very issue.
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THE DREAM we are back at my child hood home (a common theme in my dreaming
last night) and I have no idea why Paris Hilton is at my house, in the dream
there are no cameras or anything like it is a TV show, she is just staying
with us for the weekend for some reason. Parts of my childhood house look
like they are in the middle of being remodeled, but nothing is fully finished.
We go down the stairs and into what is really my mom's bedroom in the house,
but in this dream it is my room. We are hanging out and I am trying hard to
think of things to talk about where I could relate to this girl. Finally I
ask her if she would like to go to a night club. She says yes and she already
is dressed for the night club so I have to get dressed. The whole time I am
picking out my clothes, she is standing there watching me, looking at everything
I hold up to decide on, but there is no expression on her face, so I don't
know if she thinks I should wear it or not. In my dream I have this battle
in my head over whether I should just wear the clothes I always wear, or if
I should wear my one and only higher end shirt, a juicy couture shirt (I have
this in real life, and it really is my only higher end label shirt, if any
of you consider this higher end, I don't know!) that I had found at a thrift
store. I go to start and get it out of the drawer, but then I stop and think
that I don't know what season it is from and surely Paris will know that it's
from three or four seasons ago and that would be worse than wearing up to
date cheaper clothes. I decide to wear it anyway, and we leave for the club.
The dream skips to the club scene, but it is like a carnival fair where every
bar is outside and you walk up with tickets from the ticket booth to get your
drinks. I am with Paris, my real life brother Jason, and some guys I don't
know who is Paris' date. She is extremely intoxicated, and her date is trying
to buy her three more shots of liquor. The bartender starts to get the drinks,
but Paris falters and almost falls over, and the lady hands the tickets back,
and says Paris has had enough for the night. I am really irritated with her,
because our night is over prematurely because she can't hold her liquor. Her
date says he has to go somewhere, and could we take Paris to the car, and
he will meet us there. We start trying to help Paris towards where our car
is parked, but she goes unconscious, so we are right by this tent with one
of those picture taking machines in it, and we take and lay her in there,
until my brother and I can drive the car over and get her in. When we go back
to get her in, she is halfway back awake and her date is there holding her
up on her feet and he is really ticked and says "What's wrong with you guys?
You left her here unconscious! Are you crazy? Look, someone's done something
to her. All her clothes are gone!!" And we feel horrible because she is only
in her underwear and totally unaware, and someone had obviously done something
to her, and we were responsible, because we had left her alone. Then the dream
went to inside the tent we had left her in, and it was flashing like little
scenes of all these different women in the tent who were drunk and being taken
advantage of by different men, probably thirty different women flashed in
my mind, none of which I know, and the last one to show was Paris. (In real
life I don't care that much for Paris and would never have her as a guest
in my home). (Interpreted on www.dreammoods.com)
THE REALITY On the very day of the dream the dreamer went to work and got
a call from a neighboring store. She was told that her store was likely to
get a visit from the district manager. She had a short time to fix what was
wrong with the store. The store got a better audit score than the previous
visit but the manager still found fault with several things.
DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer
- "I think this was a premonition of the actual day of the dream. I had
a surprise visit from a regional inspector. I had to impress her and make
her feel important."
THE INTERPRETATION The vast majority of premonitions are of the very day of
the dream. They glimpse the emotions that the dreamer may feel on the very
day of the dream. In this dream the dreamer has to deal with someone who has
very high standards and also the need to impress. Dreams often use one symbol
as a way of pointing to something else. Here the dreamer had to deal with
the exact same themes in real life on the very day of the dream. She had to
treat the district manager with the same sense of deference as Paris Hilton
receives(simply for being rich and important).
The dream involves the dreamer making choices. Should she wear the one item
of designer clothes that she possesses in her wardrobe. That is symbolic of
her own choices and decisions she had to make in the short time she had to
prepare for the visit. Should she concentrate on one item or should she try
to give the whole store a quick tidy up. The dreamer is obviously having to
devise some strategy and thinking through exactly what is the best way to
impress her visitor.
The dream takes place in a nightclub. What could that symbolise in this context.
In a nightclub loud music is playing and any real conversation is totally
impossible. Perhaps that links to the situation the dreamer had to face. It
is a very busy situation with lots going on. There is very little opportunity
to really talk and hence to impress.
The dream deals with alcohol. In this sense the alcohol links to Paris Hilton
and a total lack of control. In the dream things are getting out of hand.
Sometimes alcohol can symbolise deluded thinking. But in this sense it maybe
refers to the whole visit and how it becomes unmanageable and out of control.
If Paris remained sober then maybe that shows that the visit is pushed in
the direction that the dreamer wished. But out of control and drunken people
are impossible to direct.
Later in the dream Paris is down to her underwear. She is almost naked in
public. In that sense this mimics the day of the dream. The dreamer was vulnerable
and open to anyone wishing to take advantage. In a surprise visit you are
truly vulnerable.
The dream dealt with all the themes in the real life situation. It can easily
be classed as a premonition. Of course its difficult to prove this. The dream
had no obvious connection to work. But the point is that the emotions that
she felt in the dream were identical - the same need to impress someone who
is wildly out of control and who you do not really like.
Symbolic Meanings
CAMERA : "proof of something - the regional inspector tries to get a picture
of the standards in the dreamers shop"
CRAZY : "unpredictability"
INTOXICATED : "do not let the regional inspector get out of control "
NIGHT CLUB : "a busy situation where you cannot really talk properly"
PARIS HILTON : "a need to impress - the dreamer needs to impress her
regional inspector who marches in with the same air of self importance"
PICTURE : "see something in a particular way - portray something in a certain
way"
THRIFT : "little time - not having much time to improve things. Make some
simple improvements that can be achieved quickly to impress the inspector"
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DREAM TIP : Think about the actual day of the dream. Have you been
thinking about some important event that is happening then? Have you been
thinking about how you are going to put some plans into action. Dreams may
focus on the day to come and how you are relating to problems you wish to
solve.
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THE DREAM I had been walking on some sort of path with a woman dressed
in vivid white, almost like a Greek Goddess would have been dressed. She had
longish light brown flowing hair and she was beautiful and full of spirit.
She was talking to me and though I wrote then that we talked about Diana,
now I can not remember what she said, almost as if I could not hear her. I
felt very warmed by her presence.
THE REALITY Lately the dreamer been on sort of a spirituality bender, learning
and reading all she could. She went to bed with the clear thought in my head
that she wanted some spiritual guidance and that she was ready. Her three
year old son came bombarding in my room at 530 the next morning and woke her
up. She was disappointed that she could not remember her dreams. But she closed
her eyes and turned slightly to the side and the dream came back to her.
THE MEANING The dream captured the following feelings within the dreamer -
"I have been on a spiritual journey recently and have been especially
interested in dreams. Although I have not started to understand dreams in
the way that I wished I do find it endlessly fascinating. Although I do not
understand what the dreams truly mean I know that this is a world that is
important to us. I sense the goodness in dreams and the wish to understand
them"
THE INTERPRETATION Dreams capture and reflect our emotions. So do not be surprised
if you get spiritually uplifting dreams if you are currently on a spiritual
high. This is clearly a spiritual dream and its definitely got a good and
pure message to it. It reflects the positive feelings that the dreamer has
for dreaming and spiritual issues at that time.
The words cannot be clearly heard in the dream. But the sense of goodness
comes through. That perfectly captures the dreams emotions on this subject.
Understanding dreams is not easy and perhaps the inability to hear what the
goddess is saying is linked to her current inability to really understand
how dreams work. In that sense it captures the feeling that dreams do have
a positive message and meaning yet she does not truly understand them. Yet
she senses the goodness in the process of dream interpreting.
Also important is Diana. Diana is the Greek god of hunting. Perhaps that is
symbolic of her current interest in hunting down the meaning of her dreams.
So far from being a dream of immense significance this is a perfectly ordinary
dream which captures our current mindset on some issue. Its symbols are the
building blocks of the mind and when pieced together they help us see how
the mind works.
Symbolic Meanings
DIANA : "the Greek goddess of hunting probably symbolises the dreamers
own wish to hunt down the meaning of her dreams"
WHITE CLOTHES : "the goodness and purity of the dream world - the dreamer
currently has positive feelings about dreams"
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DREAM TIP : The dream mind is a conceptual mind. Therefor try to think
about the kinds of conceptual thoughts and emotions currently occupying your
mind. Try to write down some quotes which capture your feelings on major issues
concerning you and especially events from the day before the dream . For instance
think of quotes like "I have been unhappy at work recently", or "I had a really
strange conversation with my best friend yesterday and don't know what to
make of it". Its quotes like this which interest our dream minds. Try to link
your dreams to conceptual thoughts currently rising to the surface of your
mind.
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of real dreams that are correctly interpreted. If you feel you can link a
dream with something in your life then please e-mail me at hairybobby2000@yahoo.co.uk
(please try to give as many details as possible. Explain each person in the
dream and your feelings about them. Give background details about major issues
affecting your life right now and especially any strong feelings you felt
on the day before the dream).