Applying meaning to your dreams
By Debbie on Dec 20, 2008 in Meaning of Dreams | comments(0)
I quite often get asked how you can understand or at least apply some meaning to a dream. Dreams can be such an eclectic selection of symbols and events that it can be hard to know where to start or what on earth the dream meant!
Here is an example of one of my dream client’s dreams, with a short analysis and how the meaning could apply to their waking life:
“I’d joined a search for a missing woman and was scrambling up a steep slope covered in low growing bushes which were good for grabbing hold of to help you move up the mountain. It was quite fast going and was being televised about all these people joining the search. As we got further up we found potential signs of life . . . half eaten corn on the cob which increased hopes. We carried on . . I came to a point where I stopped and the main group carried on and I lost sight of them. It was quiet and eerie and I was scared. Saw a woman to the side of me . . or a ghost? Frightened. Knew I could blow a whistle but didn’t. I woke up feeling scared . . . . “
The dreamer in this example is a woman who was just about to leave her employed job and become freelance. But she did not quite have a hold on exactly what it was she wanted to do. She related to the ‘missing woman’ as she felt that she had not yet formed her identity. She had a ‘mountain’ ahead of her to climb symbolising the challenge of a new work life, and she is scared of the journey ahead. The dreamer identified that there were some areas of help (low growing bushes) relating to her security of friends and family. The television theme was interesting as the dreamer was thinking about moving into working with video and media. Luckily there were some signs of life (corn on the cob) showing that the dreamer still had some hope about her new future. The main group carries on (people in her current workplace) and she is left alone. The dreamer knows that she is able to ‘blow the whistle’ and go back to her former life at any time. But she bravely chooses the road less well travelled.
