Such an interesting topic! Our dreams are the gateway to the deeper levels of self, and through their presentation we can learn, grow and evolve into more enlightened versions of ourselves. We all dream! Whether we remember them or not, and analysing your dream is simply about learning a new language. The language of your dreams!
Our dreams are symbolic, and though there are many books that can guide your interpretation of these symbols, the final analysis is always up to you. If you dream of a spider for example, I would ask "what does a spider mean to you"..."describe it for me"..."how do spiders make you feel"? It is in the answers you give to these questions that we find the meaning of that symbol to you.
Although our dreams present themselves in an illogical & weird way, we apply logic to analyse it alongside intuition and personal experience. We can all remember at least one "escaping" dream - you were being chased by someone or something, desperately trying to run away - this dream may reflect something or someone in your waking life that you are trying to escape...or perhaps you are trying to escape a decision you don't want to make, or emotions you don't want to face or responsibilities you wish you didn't have. The monster in our dreams is usually some aspect of ourselves or our lives that we are trying to run away from.
Dreams can be analysed on many different levels, and in fact the same dream may mean different things to you at different times. Our dreams can be about reflection, about problem solving, about facing fears or expressing how we truly feel about things. For example; in your waking life someone may be getting on your last nerve and you really feel like throttling them...perhaps in the dream environment you do just that! Our dream landscape provides a safe environment for us to express how we truly feel. In our waking lives we have learned how to mask our thoughts and feelings, but in our dreams we cannot. We can't run and we can't hide. In your dreams, the truth be told!
Water Dreams refer to our emotions; what was the water like, what were you doing and how did you feel? Drowning may suggest you are overwhelmed by emotions in your waking life - going into water suggests entering an emotional period whilst coming up out of the water may suggest an end to an emotional period in your life.
Dreams provide an objective view of ourselves, and it does so through all the people and symbolism we find there. Everything and everyone in our dreams can refer to aspects of ourselves and our lives. For example, houses in our waking lives are our physical homes - our safe haven - and they represent a version of ourselves. Similarly, the houses we dream of can refer to our inner lives - mentally, emotionally & spiritually - and therefore the shape it is in can refer to us on those levels. Was the house you dreamt of run-down and in need of repair? Can you relate this to your waking life? On an inner level, mentally or emotionally, perhaps you are feeling exhausted, run-down and in need of a make-over?
When you first begin analysing your dreams, you can focus simply on how you felt in the dream, then see where that feeling shows up in your waking life. For example; "I felt scared & alone in the dream"..where are you feeling exactly like that in your waking life?
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