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These are some of the latest dreams submitted to Dream Channeler. For an expanded meaning of key words, click on the underlined text.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
I have a continuing dream that I win a big jackpot (lotto), something like $20,000. I take my family and we travel to pick up the cheque and decide how it will be saved, spent. It is a tiring dream as I am trying to do what is right and take care of my family. Will this come true? If so, when? Or does it mean something else?
Amadeb, age 44
Dear Amadeb:
This is a positive dream, but with a warning. As you suspect, dream winnings are not the same as material winnings, however your dream is telling you to look for some sort of gain nonethless. I feel you could win through a lottery or legalized gambling scheme of some sort (assuming you're playing), though not necessarily to the degree indicated here. Keep on playing as regularly as you play now, but don't spend your life savings on lottery tickets. What the dream is telling you is that unexpected gain can be yours, possibly through something as mundane as your everyday employment, if you will keep your faith in the rewards of life. This is true not only now but also in the years to come. Say to yourself, "This means me!" It's when we lose faith that rewards stop coming. The dream warns where loss of faith might enter unawares: worrying about providing for a family contributes to a negative belief system that takes energy ("What if I can't provide?") that would be better put toward a more positive expression of your faith in life and self ("I can provide; I will provide!") Rather than worry when money appears to be short, put that energy toward telling the Universe what you want it to provide: a life of ease and abundance, for example. (One thing I stress constantly with my clients is that you must work with your Guides. Let them know, even if it's just in your head, how you want them to help. Lighting a candle during a silent prayer is also helpful and helps focus spiritual energies. Direct that energy through your Guides and up to the Universe. Remember that while the universe is always ready to listen to our pleas, it doesn't always answer them in the specific ways we request, e.g. a lottery ticket for precisely $20,000.) Know too that when grief or hardships come, they contain lessons to help us grow toward Spirit rather than away, and these must also be met with an attitude of thankfulness as if they were the greatest gifts of life themselves. For as hard as it may be to accept or even believe that at the time, contained in them is our route toward perfection and oneness with our Maker.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
For the past several years -- off and on -- I have been having what I call "lost dreams." I am always in a different town, country or city, and am either endlessly walking trying to "get home" or on a crowded bus looking out the window to see where I need to get off to "get home" or on a crowded subway trying to "get home." In a lot of these "lost dreams" I sometimes ask people directions to "get home" but no one knows and sometimes I am crying in my dreams because I do not know how to "get home" and I want to "get home" and am quite scared. I have NEVER made it "home" yet in my dreams and really hate having these "lost" dreams. Also, I am not sure which "home" I am dreaming of either! Can you please tell me why I keep having these recurring "lost" dreams? I am a stay-at-home mom with school aged twins and married to a wonderful man. Thank you for your time!
Annie, age 40
Dear Annie:
While I won't suggest you're unhappy in your life, your dreams are clearly telling you that you're unfulfilled on some level. Constant nagging dreams are exactly that, and you might be surprised to learn how many of us are plagued by them. The "home" you keep dreaming of isn't a physical place, but rather a state of being that something in you is desperately crying out for. (If you couldn't attain that state, your dreams wouldn't be telling you to do something about it.) So, the alarm is sounding loud and clear; the task now is to find out what it's telling you. Rather than suggest an answer, I'd like you to ask your subconscious mind, right before going to sleep, to give you an answer in your dreams. Do this on a night when you're likely to have uninterrupted sleep and don't have to rush out of bed in the morning. Whatever images or feelings come to you when you wake (if it's in the middle of the night, even better, because then you've been "messaged"), write them down in full detail. If you have four different dreams, what stands out most? Usually one or two promptings will bring results, but keep trying till you get something. Get back to me with the results. Later, if the dreams persist, you can give yourself a pre-sleep suggestion that the dreams come in pleasantly rather than troublingly. (It's rather like changing the channel when there's something on TV you don't want to see.) Believe it or not, you can direct your dreams, but first, you'll have to assure them you're doing something to fix the problem situation. In fact, once you take a step towards fixing it, the dreams will change.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
I was at home with my family and my son runs in my arms from his room crying, saying that something bit him. But before he got to my arms I predicted in my head that he had a bad dream. He had some kind of bite on his face. So a friend of the family and I took him in the room to check him out. He was fine. My son is his usual playful self. Me and Phyllis start talking and all of a sudden I think that I'm pregnant, because in real life I haven't gotten my period. So we come to the conclusion that I might be pregnant. So now I'm moody and irritable and flipping out on my family but not my son. I'm still feeling the effects of my son waking up the way he did. So I'm cursing out my family every time they do or say something. Someone's ringing my door or banging on it. I look through the peep hole and at first I can't recognize the person. But then I see that it's my aunt Halima and a t.v. crew. And a celebrity (I can't remember his name.) I open the door and the celebrity guy tells me that someone from my past wants to see me again. He reads me a letter that the person wrote and I'm crying, happy. He asks me who could it be. I think of two people: the one I think I'm pregnant by, Victor, and my first love, Leroy. It was Leroy. So I'm crying and I'm nervous. I go to the bathroom to try to get myself together and I turn around and it's him. We hug and we talk, but I'm still emotional because I still think of him and miss him. I run out to my apartment. But it is an apartment in the building where I grew-up in. Anyway, I feel bad and I run out to go catch him and I open the door and he's standing right there in front of my door.
Brenda, age 25
Dear Brenda:
This is an interesting dream because you are already trying to predict the meaning of it. It's also a hodge-podge of daily events, fears and upcoming opportunities on the emotional level. You are right in thinking your son's problems are largely based on fear, but there is an underlying reality that worries you. In fact, he is very much the type to get in trouble by not being aware of his surroundings, and you sense this on a psychic level. Certainly, this is a child who should be watched closely and warned about the consequences of any ill-advised action or even play that could prove harmful. Falling from heights is a karmic possibility, and any form of daredevil activity should be strongly discouraged, even into adulthood. Follow your intuition on this, because you're often right about what you sense. At the same time, you must guard against taking your fears and frustrations out on your family. I sense food allergies that exacerbate your emotional state from time to time. Acidic and starchy foods (pizza comes to mind) eaten in the evening might be partly to blame. You may hear news of someone you know through some source like t.v., though this feels farther off in the future. In any case it promises to be positive. As well, pregnancy is a very real possibility for you if you don't take heed of the dream warning, just as you've been warned to be careful by friends. Don't be surprised to find yourself in touch with someone who reminds you of an early love. Here, the possibility of a positive love experience is opening for you now.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
I am walking through an empty mall. There are two men walking around the mall and they are teasing me or bugging me. I decide to climb up onto a high silver table where they have some clothes that they are selling. They continue to "bug" me. I become very angry and start throwing the clothes off the table and yelling leave me alone. I am crying. One of the men is standing with his hands in both of his front pockets laughing. The other man says ok, this is enough, he reached up to help me done and somehow the table folds in half lowering me to the floor. I wake up. I am breathing very fast and still crying.
Cathy, age 34
Dear Cathy:
You probably don't need a channeler to tell you this dream is expressing your frustrations with life. Let's look at why. First, the mall is empty. A place that would normally be full of life and abundance contains only two men who irritate you. Paradoxically, they have something you see to be of value: a table made of silver that elevates you to a higher place and offers a change of image ("clothes".) But what happens when you get there? You reject both the attention and the possibility of change. Silver reflects -- if you're standing on a silver table, what would you see? What is there about yourself that you'd like to change (I sense there are three immediate things) that you aren't working towards on your own? Part of you wants to take yourself less seriously ("standing with ... hands in pockets and laughing"), but another part of you, the immediate self that is conscious of what you want and how you see yourself, is too frustrated to let this happen. When you say to yourself (and mean it) that "this is enough," then you will reach the point where you can turn your life around. I sense an opportunity for you to make this happen coming within three months. But you must do the work.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
The first part of my dream has been reccuring for about a year and comes up in many of my other dreams. It always starts out with me running to the backyard at my old house where I am determined to touch the trunk of a plum tree. Every time I touch it, a small girl with curly black hair dressed in black, shows up beside the tree and states that her name is Brainianna. Then I see the branches of the tree start to grow tall to the skies. I see a nest of three eggs on the ground in front of the tree and I pick each one up and throw them on the pavement so they crack.
In the last reccurence, I saw a sunset behind the tree and the plum tree turned yellow.
After this reccuring episode, I am an obeserver in this next part of my symbolic dream. I see two men sitting on a log in the midst of a lake, fishing. They were using long sticks with pieces of fruit stuck to the pointed end and seemed unsuccessful in catching any fish. So one man tied a piece of long string onto the end of the stick, tied the fruit on and let the bait down at the dark bottom of the lake and got two fish. I then changed roles and jumped into the lake and started swimming down a clear stream where I saw mermaid. Then, I jumped off a water fall and landed in a giant fountain where I begin swimming with large fish. I saw a pond with sharks and the water is drying out and the sharks are dying, so I managed to save one and keep him alive in the fountain. Then he junmped out of the fountain and transformed into an eagle and flew away. Then the scene changes quickly and I am standing before a giant oak tree that is taller than the mountains and there is one coin on every leaf on the tree so that it shines in the sunlight.
CJ, age 26
Dear CJ:
This is an extraordinary dream about your potential for relationships, as well as your fears around this. Try to recall the emotional state of your formative years. For in your “old house” there are clues to your emotional beliefs that affect you even today. There is much determination in your will to “touch” that part of life that truly appeals to you. Yet when you do a panicked part of you (your “Brain”) interferes. The conscious mind is very good at rationalizing away our deepest needs and desires. Look to the unconscious (what you call your “inner child”) to tell you what’s really in your best interest.
You may recognize what I mean when I say a part of you becomes discontent with things as they are, and throws the eggs of possibility on the ground, making them “crack.” How often have you picked at things in real life, until they begin to show their flaws? Think of this particularly in terms of your relationships. It’s fine to examine things with a critical eye to determine whether they’re worthwhile to you, but once you’ve done so, let your intuitive side sense whether what seems right or wrong outwardly may have a deeper emotional connection to your needs.
You may find that you allow yourself to pick apart three potentially worthy relationships, rather than nurturing and allowing them to come to fruition (an egg is simply something in embryo, not a fully developed thing.) You may then find yourself disappointed, like those lonely men sitting in the midst of the lake. You even share in their disappointment when they cannot catch anything until they “go deeper.” For it is in their depths that the true value of relationships lie and not on their surface where the flaws and cracks are all too evident.
When you find this depth of understanding in yourself, you’ll find yourself swimming in streams where extraordinary creatures (and relationships) live. You may find your fears (sharks) are easier to wrestle with (though there’s no need to cling to such fears in the mistaken belief they’re worth keeping.) Then something extraordinary will be wrought out of your understanding and the Tree of Life you long to touch will bear its greatest fruit on every leaf and branch.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
I'm at my grandparents' house, which is the same as it used to be. I'm trying to light a fire and I'm playing with the flu. The smoke is black and acrid and gets into the house. Then I have to go to my grandmother's room. I ask someone to come with me so my grandparents' ghosts won't bother me. We get to my grandmother's closet, which is very cluttered with dresses and things, and that's the end of the dream. I always have disturbing family dreams when I am away from home too long. It's been almost 6 months and I'm getting homesick. I'm at the point of not wanting to meet anymore new people or listen to their stories.
Dan, age 37
Dear Dan:
The fire is your spark in life, your joie de vivre, that you're trying to rekindle, but old fears get in the way. This creates a kind of inner "smoke screen" that's rather noxious to your system. It could also indicate respiratory porblems here, possibly a 'flu virus. The clutter of old dresses is you trying to sort out which old "persona" to wear from day to day to help you get through. You should be pushing to grow and chuck those old patterns and "exteriors".
Dear Dreamchanneler:
I was walking along in what I believe was a morning winter sky, i looked up and saw the white pale moon on a blue sky and then noticed to my left another one at a quarter and to my right one at half, the person I was walking with who I think was my mom was worried but I had no fear of it...and I have been told its time...whatever that means.
Dan, age 38
Dear Dan:
This is a dream urging you to get moving with your goals and life aspirations. It's a suggestion that you let go of whatever may be holding you back: fear, regret, self-doubt or even other people. While you are subconsciously picking up your mother's anxiety for you on this account, your own lack of fear at time's passing suggests you could use more drive to push yourself onward. Try to connect with your passion for winning. Your moons are suggestive of subconscious or creative urges, but their paleness indicates a lessened or diminished state. The universal clock (as signified by the changing moons, in this case) is always ticking and it's time for you to get going. You will know this by the number of stressful events you encounter in the near future, some of which will tell you that even your body is slowing down. Others may suggest a move to you. Don't be depressed by this, but rather let it galvanize you to action and pick up your pace.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
Riding a beautiful train through Africa, the grass is very green with rock walls all the colours like technicolour. Men in white pith helmets with blue coats and spears on horses protecting the people on the train from far off bandits - feeling of no fear and heading for a tunnel towards the sea. I am currently heading to Africa in the middle of the Atlantic.
Daniel, age 37
Dear Daniel:
This is a fantastic symbolic dream of true spiritual growth, as evidenced by all the "technicolour" details while on the "sea" of life. "Green" in particular is a healing colour and indicates growth, as well as being the most abundant colour on earth. You are guarded and even protected from above by high spiritual emissaries or forces, as indicated by the spiritual purity of the colours white and blue, and the horses. They're looking after you and those with whom you're sharing this portion of your life's journey. Look for periods of euphoria to come your way. This period of your life will be a highlight and can even serve as a marker or "ideal" of what life can be for you, if you allow it.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
I have a recurring dream and I have no clue what it means. I’m a knight in a forest and there’s a narrator saying ‘My name is Dave.’ They say things like, ‘Dave is a brave man. He’s a very wise man and a fine knight.’ Then the camera pans up to the trees and there’s a squirrel and then the squirrel starts laughing and I wake up screaming and terrified. By the way, my name really is Dave but I don’t work in film.
Dave, age 26
Dear Dave:
This is a perfect example of a dream that can aid in self-development. There are some very big clues to what this dream is telling you. First, there’s an omniscient narrator. This tells me you’ve invoked your Higher Self, or a Spirit Guide, urging you to recognize your better qualities: you are brave, wise and a fine knight (your ‘ideal’ self.) The film imagery indicates you’re highly conscious of being observed by others. When you focus on yourself you hear positive messages, but when the focus moves (‘pans up’) to others who sit in judgment over you, you become self-conscious. This terrifies you—not because their opinions are valid (why would you care what a ‘nut-case’ thinks?) but because you pay attention to them. Focus on your ideals and live up to them, and disregard the judgment of others.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
A beautiful young man (I think it was Ryan Phillipe), was the "prize" in a contest ... kind of like a hunt, where whoever caught him was the winner. He was scantilly dressed, and I was turned on by his appearance, though I was an observor, not a participant. The setting was outside my parents' house. He ran around the side of the house and was "caught" by a Crocodile Dundee-type, who was gay. He grabbed the boy, put him in the cab of his semi (a huge truck, which was parked in my parents' backyard), and started tying him up, to deliver him to the contest marshalls, I suppose. His (Ryan's) reaction wasn't alarm, nor was it pleasure. It was more resignation. Feelings of lust and pity remained with me after I woke up.
David, age 39
Dear David:
You see relationships as a kind of prize that will make you feel like a winner, but you stand on the sidelines instead of participating fully. You're able to engage the animal/sexual aspect of these relationships (your "Crocodile Dundee" side), but view that with some disdain (or "resignation.") In fact, you regard it as a kind of abduction ("He grabbed the boy"), and realize it's only half ("semi") of what you're trying to achieve. Try to integrate the physical ("lust") with the emotional ("pity", though it need not stay that way), and you'll achieve greater success in your efforts to establish a wholeness to your relationships.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
I am in my childhood bedroom. I know this sounds weird, but this house was really haunted. I have not lived in this house for about 31 years. Anyway, all of a sudden I see this Goldfish bowl. It is filled with about 15 goldfish. I know in my mind that they are hungry so I walk over to feed them. Amidst all of the fish is one tiny goldfish. I proceed to feed the goldfish and all of the bigger ones take the food leaving the little one out. I give them some more food and then they let the little one eat. But as soon as the little one begins to eat the other fish start to pick on him and bite him. I poor in some more food so that the other goldfish will leave the little one alone. All of a sudden, one of the middle sized goldfish jumps out of the bowl and lands in a dust ball under my old spare bed. I wash him off in the sink and he is ok. I put him back in the bowl and he swims around. Then a big gigantic gold fish jumps out and I can't get him. He keeps on squirming and I can't get ahold of him. I let him lay there for about a minute. I can then pick him up and put him back in the bowl. However, I am not sure that he will survive. Meanwhile, I notice that there is a message written from my now fiance on the wall. It is sort of like written from the inside of the wall out asking me to get something for him from the store. But I get the feeling that there is anger in the note. My childhood room which was always pink begins to be half painted blue with black stencils on it. (I hate blue, and I would never use a black stencil) Anyway, I wonder who is painting my room such horrible colors. I have a feeling its my mom, whom I love by the way.
Dlorsingit, age 40
Dear Dlorsingit:
On the whole, this is a dream of new beginnings and personal fulfillment. The number 15 represents the idea of desire, which also ties in with feelings of love and renewal. The goldfish represent prosperity and continue to grow bigger. Don't neglect them when they fall at your feet, but don't worry so much over them either. Certain aspirations you've had since childhood can start to become realities now. Your fiance, who sees the "writing on the wall", has something major to tell you. It will not be negative, even though you fear love brings more punishment than reward. This is something you learned from your mother early on, possibly as early as age three. You're about to drop those beliefs, which you may not even recognize are buried in your subconscious, and take a big step forward.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
I am female. A few weeks ago I had a dream about how it will look when the end of the world comes. The day was beautiful, sunny and clear. I was inside of the house. I looked through the window and suddenly I saw black clouds coming from the west side. I got real scared. It started raining hard, big hell started dropping from the sky. I saw three tornados coming from the north (I always dream of tornados and I am scared of them) and hard winds picking up. I was terrified more when there were big rocks with fire falling from the sky. I was screaming and crying and calling God's name, saying, "God, I am sorry. Please give me a chance in that time." My husband woke me up. He said I was crying and moaning as if I was calling for help. (I used to go to a congragation 6 years ago. I used to attend since I was 2 years old and got baptised at 12 years old. I was a really innocent girl, but six years ago I did wrong and I stopped going to the congragation. Is it telling me I should go back?) Please tell me what this dream means. I have been thinking about it almost every day. Every time I see the sky now turning like that I feel scared and more when they mention there is a tornado warning in other counties around us.
Edith, age 24
Dear Edith:
Thank you for this very interesting dream. One thing that's important to keep in mind with dreams like this one is that they're hardly ever literally true. Rather, they are symbolically true for the dreamer. In other words, if you dream of the end of the world you aren't dreaming of the end of the phsyical world but rather of something that could happen to you that may feel as though your world is ending. I am not speaking of death. In this case, I don't feel there is a physical menace to you or your family, but emotional storms and tornados you are weathering. Don't be surprised to discover there are three of them. As you state, there is something that is bothering you in your past. If you let it, it will eat you alive from within and cause profound disturbances in your emotional life. If you're holding something in your conscience that is bothering you, simply ask for forgiveness. That is what the church teaches, is it not? There's no need to go back to your particular congregation or even to be in a church to do so, unless you want to. If you accept that God is everywhere, then you simply need to talk to Him and He will hear. If you feel you need to ask forgiveness of another person, let your conscience decide whether it needs to be in person or from inside you with your heart. In any case, make peace with yourself and get beyond it. You have some good things coming in the near future that need your full emotional support and attention. Everyone makes mistakes. As great as they seem at this moment, yours are not so much greater than anyone else's that you should let them cause further grief and suffering.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
I am alone in my parents apartment, although it is not a place I remember being in before. I find a woman there who I do not know and no matter what I do I cannot get her to leave. I keep asking her how she got in and she keeps saying, “This was my father's house and he gave me the key.” She allows people to enter the apartment and I keep trying to kick them out. They pay more respect to her than they do me. She laughs at me. I struggle with locking the door to get rid of them because there is something wrong with the lock. I actually wonder how safe my parents are living in this place. I still don't understand what she is doing there. She feels completely entitled to be there and shows no sign of leaving. We are in the kitchen, and in the middle of the kitchen is my parents’ double bed. She begins to root through their cupboards and I try to stop her as she looks through their things (hoarded objects, collections of everything from plastic baseball bats to food to creams and medications to an unusual amount of plastic muffin pans--all of which are a surprise to me). Suddenly she decides she's hungry and wants cashews. I tell her that I don't know where they keep them (I don't), but when she climbs up on the kitchen counter I tell her I will find them for her and I do, asking her not to eat them all because they (my parents) will blame me. She sits in my parents’ bed in the kitchen eating cashews and I try again to get her to leave. “My father gave me the key,” she says, smiling like I don't have a chance. I struggle with her physically to get her out the door and feel uncomfortable as I dig my nails into her thigh. I don't like touching her. Although she struggles to free herself from my grasp, she does not hurt me physically. And she is stronger than me. Suddenly we are watching a film or video of my show (a theatre piece I am developing and performing) and I reconize her as a collaborator (although I have never collaborated with another writer on this). It seems natural she has written the second half, or the ending. But watching it it makes no sense to me. It’s like an art film where she recites “I am so cold” over and over again and then begins to sweat and then caresses the back of some guy’s head saying “I am so cold” until he too is dripping in sweat. I can't watch anymore. I tell her I've just received a grant to work on my project (this is true) and ask how hers is going. I ask for her contact information and she's already written it on a card for me. Name (it's not one I know), phone, and the words “wood, earth, water, goddess.” She starts taking things from my parents cupbords and putting them into her bag. I keep taking them from her and putting them back. Finally, I tell her if she takes them she is going to have to pay for them. She throws some money on the bed, but when I turn my head the money is gone. So I check for my own money and it is still where it should be, but I hide it from her anyway. She makes a last grab for some things from the cupboards and I take them from her. A half-finished tube of some ointments for dry chapped lips and something else. I cannot understand why she wants these things. My parents’ cupboards are well stocked, but this is the last of these two products. I hear the front door open and my parents enter. She has made a mess of the place and I rush to make the bed and clear things up, and tangled in the sheets I find a tube of lubricating jelly. She and I both laugh in surprise at what the parents might be up to in their bed. As my parents come into the room I am trying to remake the bed. They sit at the opposite side of the room and ask what the hell is going on. She remains on the bed as I approach them, and they see her as well. My father stands up as I come near, but he looks like someone else and he's 3 feet tall. Looking up at me, both he and my mother, quite disconcerted with their diminutive size, yell, “What the hell is going on???” I am freaked out as well. Suddenly my sister walks into the room and plops herself on their bed, boots and all. Oblivious. Lays right down as if it's her bed and is in the way of my tidying the bed. No one says any thing. (This was an unbelievably vivid dream and I remember it completely. I was so frustrated throughout the dream, trying to get this woman to leave and trying to protect my parents belongings. It felt very real as I dreamt it.)
F, age 38
Dear F:
Two aspects are pronounced in this dream, and are actually intwined. The first of these is a sense of spiritual, or creative, identity. You may be aware of the echoing of the biblical phrase, “In my Father’s house there are many mansions.” Your spiritual self is reaching out to you, striving to make you stretch your creativity to include more aspects of your being, particularly the spiritual, or Creative Forces, of the universe. If it were not so, I would have told you. You were, in fact, told this twice in your dream, both times with a reference to the ‘key” to creativity (in this case.) As you open up to the natural (“wood, earth, water, goddess”) creative realms, be open also to the higher forces guiding you, even to the point of writing your “ending,” both literal and metaphorical. You are also being urged to overcome childish things, in this case, fear of parental and familial opinion as your spiritual self, or “collaborator”, guides you in your creative endeavours. You note correctly that your spritual self will not harm you physically, and is also stronger than your conscious self, as you struggle with the key to accessing both the material and spiritual, the conscious and subconscious. The second aspect, related to the first in that it is also creative, is the blatant sexual and sensual imagery in the dream: muffin tins, cashews (think of their shape), lubricating gels, tangled sheets, caressing the (back of some guy’s) head, sweating. There is an additional suggestion that you warm up emotionally: when your alter-ego repeats her mantra, “I am so cold,” she is suggesting that you may be holding back emotionally. You might also be suffering frustration in trying to uphold your parent’s values while maintaining your own, which will be different in many ways. As well, there is a fear that you will “pay for” your desires, if they are beyond the norm. Diversity of outlook (“many mansions”) is key, suggesting as they do a different set of values for every one of us. In any case, both the spiritual and the sexual are linked here; both are creative uses of energy, two sides of one coin, although care must be taken not to confuse them when working with them directly. There is also the suggestion that you be ‘safe’ sexually speaking.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
I had a dream that I was once again living with one of my life long friends (I lived with him for several years about 5 years ago and we grew up together, but we have drifted apart a bit since he got married and moved to the other side of Australia) in an old, run-down house that had one single large room and 1 large bedroom. We had an old man living with us who was a giant (I mean a Jack and the Beanstalk giant, so he was like 40 feet tall) and he lived in the only bedroom. He was a really nice and friendly giant who was super clean and tidy, and we really liked him, but for some reason we had to keep him a secret from the rest of the world, and we had to tell lies to cover up his presence in our house: for instance, when a friend came around and saw his shoes, we told him that they were really a pair of large cane picnic baskets. We had to keep checking in on him for some reason in his room, but he was never in, though he always made his bed and kept the bedroom super clean and tidy. When I came back out again, our little single beds in the corner were also made neatly with blankets folded on top like in a hotel. The big room we lived in had 1 large red couch and a TV and our 2 little single beds in each of the 2 back corners. Both myself and my friend Jason live with our partners now, but they were not in the dream. I woke up feeling dazed and a bit confused, and it took me ages to figure out reality from the dream, as it seemed so real because I don't usually remember my dreams to that amount of detail. What does it mean?
Glenn, age 29
Dear Glenn:
There's a great deal to the content of this dream, and I'm going to touch on the most important aspects. It's for you to look more fully into it and act as you see fit. In day-to-day life we meet a lot of people, but few of them become "lifelong friends." A friendship like that is rare, or a "giant" among friendships. That's the sleeping giant in the bedroom. Despite your great fondness for this giant and his positive qualities, he's been neglected to the point that he is absent from the "run-down" state of your friendship. Yet even without an active aspect to this relationship, it runs well enough at a distance that not only is your giant's bed always made, so is your own and Jason's. Why would you hide such a thing, especially from a friend or partner? The red couch and TV suggest two possible reasons: the first is that someone in your current living arrangement would be jealous (would see "red") over this sleeping giant; the second is that the passive activities of day-to-day living (as symbolised by the TV) have taken priority over friendship. For this reason you choose to disguise it as something innocuous as a cane picnic basket. My suggestion is to reactivate this life-long friendship in a manner that satisfies both you and Jason, while not allowing it to become a problem to anyone else who may be threatened by it (the passive nature of a couch also suggests it's fine as long as the jealousy stays dormant.) If it does become a problem, make sure the communication stays open so that no one is threatened by your giant friendship.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
Dreamt several times recently of an old girlfriend (from 12 years ago). Very emotionally powerful. When I see her I'm deeply overcome by these emotions and wish to express to her how much I've come to realize how much I was (am?) still in love with her. (If you're familiar with the movie Solaris, that pretty well describes it.) She always seems to "slip through my fingers" and disappears (leaves?) at the end. I never quite know her full feelings, though I still sense some of the old love she once had for me. I've had similar patterns in dreams for years, one in particular where I had a wife (who is not someone I've ever met in this life) "who left when we still were quite young",-she died. A devasting dream. Other former girlfriends do not appear (if at all) with anything quite like these impacts. These are always the most emotionally charged dreams I have (I rarely remember others) and end up affecting me for days/weeks. I am currently single, and have been for longest period now. Any thoughts or interpretations are most gratefully welcome.
Greg, age 40
Dear Greg:
These dreams of old lovers are expressing a number of things at once. First, they're telling you that while your emotional life is still alive, it's "slipping through your fingers." And while you sense that you never quite "know her full feelings," what you're really missing is experiencing your own full feelings in this context. Second, and more importantly, the dreams are alerting you to the possibility of connecting with someone new in a meaningful and intimate way. It probably surprises even you how much you still want to feel. And while I don't sense that going back to the original person would be ideal, that same level of intensity is what you might strive for in a new relationship. Many of us long for the past at some point, but few of us would be satisfied if we went back there. The "wife" you've never met represents a deeper interpretation of the same theme -- the elusive ideal love. This may actually be a past life vision of a relationship so searing it comes through in this lifetime to urge you to get on with things and find someone appropriate for you now. Desire is the key -- we attract to us the things we most deeply long for. (Buddhists would say that desire is a negative and perpetuates the Wheel of Life, but while we're alive we get nowhere without expressing our desires.) Your task is to make the desire active. Let yourself become impassioned by it. My sense is that if you put yourself out there, your emotional climate will change drastically over the next two years, and that the four year mark will cement something much more significant than what you are now experiencing.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
I had a dream two nights ago that I really wanted to get into this house, but I couldn't find a way in. I finally found a pipe that led into the house, and as I crawled into it, I realized it was a sewer pipe. I guess I didn't care, because I made my way through the pipe and got into the house. Last night, I dreamed that I had my own Gulfstream airplane, I can't remember much of the dream, but the airplane image has stayed with me. Is there significance in these two dreams occuring together over two nights? From your dictionary it seems that I need to go through the 'shit' to get to my inner self...but then the airplane seems to signify that I am on a higher journey (higher than sewage?). Thanks for your great site!
Heather, age 31
Dear Heather:
You're on the right track with your interpretation, but part of the problem with self-interpretation is projection. It's a "What You Fear Is What You Get" sort of thing. In this case, I would say you are being offered two routes to self-understanding. The first, the more difficult of the two ways to get inside your self (house) is a tight fit and, more significantly, relegated to the lower regions of self examination (crawling through the sewer pipe). Your subsequent dream of an airplane indicates the readiness of your spirit to soar to the heights of self knowledge (airplane), catching the "natural currents" (Gulfstream) of Universal Knowledge. Which will you choose?
Dear Dreamchanneler:
I am navigating on an enclosed cabin boat at sea with my mother; I think I am the Coast Guard or something similar. The seas start to get choppy, and we receive warning that a major storm is coming. I know we don't have much time and that we must get back as quickly as possible. While we are heading in to safety a blip comes on the radar that there is a boat within the vacinity, and it is heading out rather than in -- when I look out the window I can see it. I know that I should turn around and warn the occupants to go back, but I also know that if I do, I'll be putting myself and my mother in danger. I feel very anxious, but finally make the choice to head in. We make it to safety to some dock or other, but as we are pulling in I see a man on a transistor radio saying he received a mayday call from the boat and it is a woman and her child and they are in trouble. I see them on the radar and I see the boat in the water going up and down on the waves. The man says it's my choice, and I look at my mom and in my head I say "this is your job, no matter what happens" and I quickly take off after the smaller boat. On our way, the waves get worse and I know we are not going to make it, but I feel very ok and resigned about it. I see a great wall of water come at us, and our boat tips upwards and then everthing goes grey for about 10 seconds. The next thing I know, my mom and I are walking out of the water onto a beach and we see rows of houses beyond. There is no colour, everything is grey, and there is a steady, soft rain. I feel extremely desolate. We begin to walk down a path between the houses, which are very lovely, with lots of flowers and vines, yet colourless. I begin to suspect that we have died and are ghosts. Just then, two technicolour neon butterflies--I think one was purple and the other yellow--flit by our heads, and I know that we must be dead because in reality butterflies do not look like that. We then see our house (not the real house I grew up in, but our house in the dream) and we walk up to the door. We feel compelled to ring the doorbell, again solidifying the fact that I think we are dead. The doorbell doesn't ring, no one hears us, and I turn to my mom and say we are ghosts. I wake up crying and the feeling of utter sadness stays with me for a little while. I can surmise that it may signify the ending of a certain way of life which causes me some regret, and new beginnings in a new direction, but wonder if you have some more clarification for me.
Jenny, age 33
Dear Jenny:
This is a significant dream and it contains an important message. In fact, it might be more accurate to call this dream a vision, though not a literal one of impending death. Think of the boat trip as being akin to a portion of your life's journey. In the dream you have much psychic "help" (radar, personal intuition) giving advance notice of problems that lie ahead. (The fact that you and your mother are the Coast Guard, rather than simple crew members, signifies a strong conscious identification with higher authority in the spiritual sense.) Your tendency is to take notice of the warnings and head for safety, but in the long run you're torn between following common sense and doing your "duty" (job.) Your mother seems bound up in this, so perhaps it's her side of the family from which you've inherited this trait. If we remind ourselves that we have Free Will and the ability to choose in any given situation, where do we place the concept of "Duty"? Duty is not something we follow blindly and without thought, but our choice to do what is best and right under the given circumstances. Our duty is to be the best we can be, for ourselves and our Maker. One of the highest duties we can follow is to aid our fellow human beings, even when it sometimes costs us in so doing. Still, we may feel haunted by the knowledge that having done the right thing has left us feeling lost and desolate. The butterflies tell us something about this. Butterflies are symbols of transformation, as you have guessed, but transformation to and for a higher purpose. Purple is the Transmuting Ray, while yellow is indicative of mental energy. They are the seventh and third Chakras, located in the Fifth Eye at the hairline (purple or violet) and the Solar Plexus (or "Sun Centre.") In times of fear or loss, they can both be helpful when meditated on (literally by closing your eyes and envisioning the colour in those places for five to seven minutes.) Knowing this, then understand that whatever you give freely can be elevated for the Higher Good. Even so, loss is a part of life and comes to all of us from time to time. The fact that we can know we have done the right thing is both redemptive and a consolation. Nothing comes to us that is too great to endure, as hard as that is to believe. All things are meant for a purpose, but knowing you would give your life to save another's is among the highest choices anyone can make in the name of duty.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
I dreamed that I was in my house and feeling depressed. At the kitchen door I met myself coming out in a brightly-coloured, flower-patterned shirt, looking happy and smiling. I thought to myself, “If I only had a friend like myself I could be happy.” A few days later I dreamed again that I was in my house. I called on my father for advice. He reported that my other self had just called from a long car trip across New York State. I said, “Where am I?” He said my other self was just approaching the border to Windsor and that he was about to go and pick me up. What do these dreams mean?
Jody, age 32
Dear Jody:
Wow! Your subconscious wants you to get this message so badly it gave it to you twice. This is a basic symbolist dream. To dream of being in your house often tells about the state of your soul. In this case, you’re feeling a little lost and divided from yourself, as indicated by the question “Where am I?” and the statement ‘At the kitchen door I met myself…’ You called on your Higher Self (the ‘father’) for guidance, and it responded by telling you where you are and that it was going to ‘pick [you] up.’ It’s also telling you the answers you need lie within (“If I only had a friend like myself”) rather than with an external source. Since you were ‘approaching the border’ in your dream, I think you’ll soon be feeling better about where you are and what’s happening to pick you up and bring you back together.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
In my dream i'm living with my father and i was in my room channel surfing. All of a sudden my mother tears into the driveway and parks her car under my window. She steps out half-way and screams for me. Curious, I poke my head outside but say nothing, and mother notices. She says that one of the dogs had been ganged up on by the others and she needs me to help her save it. She reaches inside the car and brings out my favorite dog, Cleo. Cleo died about 2 yrs ago. She was pregnant when she was attacked by other dogs and died. Well, she puts Cleo on the car roof and screams at me to help her. I'm horrified to see all the blood, so i toss the remote onto my bed and rush down the stairs to the back door. U have to go thru the kitchen to get to the door and my father was in the kitchen with his arms crossed. I stopped to see what he was doing and he says something like, u know ur mother, this is a trap, u shouldn't go out there. But i don't listen and run outside. I'm looking down at my feet as i run, thinking i should run faster, when i look up. I'm a few feet away from mother and her car and i stop so i don't scare the dog. But when i look up, mother's holding a gun and shoots me almost point blank range. I wake right after that and my body's numb and tingling and i was scared.
Jody, age 18
Dear Jody:
Your dream works on two symbolic levels. In the first, you're being offered an opportunity to contemplate opposing forces within your personality: mother/father, yin/yang, emotion/reason. The wisdom with such things (wisdom being the amalgamation of the opposing forces of feeling and logic) lies in merging the opposing halves to form an integrated whole, thus unifying and balancing the contrasting elements of your personality. (In the strongest individuals, heart and mind are equal partners, neither of which dominates the other.) On another level, you're being shown these forces in a literal manner: your father exhibits a cautious response to emotional crises, arms folded across his chest in a symbolic gesture of shutting out the heart; your mother, on the other hand, presents you with dramatic realities that touch on your fears. When you don't respond, she makes the drama seem larger by putting the dying dog on the roof till you abandon your "remote" control. Your mother represents an extreme (self-annihiliation) of what could happen if you give in entirely to emotion, while your father is warning you that reacting without thinking is a trap. You're being given an opportunity to see the two extremes and find common ground. While I don't sense any immediate physical danger here, your personality may be in danger at such a young age by being exposed to such extremes of behaviour, especially while you're open and freely "channel surffing." Take care to guard your inner growth carefully.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
I'm not sure my experience was even a dream. Yes, I was sleeping when it happened, but it was unlike any dream I'd ever had. The best word to describe it would be 'hallucination'. In the dream I was at home in the living room, feeling nothing in particular emotionally. From out of nowhere, I was attacked by a skunk. It was attacking my neck region and I was more frightened than I've ever felt; either in a dream or in reality. I was pulling on the skunk to get it off me, but I couldn't do it. Then, again from out of nowhere, a large deer with complicated and large antlers started to attack the skunk. The feeling I had was that the deer was trying to help me, but its actions were nearly identical to the skunk. I was screaming "Help, help!" and I think I woke myself up partially because I was actually softly screaming in reality. But I couldn't shake myself out of the dream. I was paralyzed. My eyes were open, but I actually felt the skunk and deer were still on me. It was like I was still feeling the physical and emotional parts of the dream, but I couldn't see the animals anymore. I knew something was wrong -- I've never had a dream where I woke up and couldn't move. I woke my partner with my cries of "Help!" and he shook me and tried to get me out of the dream state I was in. I may have fallen asleep again immediately or the last part of the description may have been part of the dream because the next thing I knew I was awake in bed and it seemed/felt like time had passed. I immediately felt panic and honestly didn't know where I was. I started screaming, "Where am I?" and again woke my partner. He calmed me down and explained we were in bed. I was awake now and I had to get up and recover before trying to sleep again. The next day, my partner recounted the experience and it was exactly as I'd remembered. My dreams are usually very ordinary and pragmatic. I almost always dream about work, home, going shopping, meeting people, etc. Very boring, uneventful and non-traumatic things without much deep symbolism. But this was less like a dream and more like an experience. I feel like "something" happened to me and that the skunk and deer symbols mean something important and I need to figure it out. Some history: I had night terrors as a kid for a few years and recurring nightmares. These both stopped as soon as I hit puberty. Since then, I do dream a lot, but I've never had such a vivid dream and I've never been paralyzed in bed before.
Judy, age 38
Dear Judy:
When we experience traumatic dreams with strong messages, it can be helpful to rework the dream material by asking for clarity on subsequent nights as we fall asleep. Sometimes the asking isn't necessary because the dream content will repeat itself. Dreams are like pets -- they're trying to communicate their needs to us, but often the language gets in the way. Animals generally need simple things -- exercise, nourishment, comfort, safety. Dreams are much the same. Rather than look for complexities, it's better to start off simply. Skunks, for instance, are repellent to most of us and, unless you have a personal fondness for them, I would stick with the interpretation that the skunk represents someone whose actions will leave you feeling much as you have described. And, whatever they may be in the wild, deer suggest something we're fond of -- thus the pun on "dear." In this case, the deer is male. That all this occured in your "living" room tells me events in your domestic life, possibly within your home, are set to cause you conflict from the perceived attack and a fondness for another that may tend to make things more "complicated", as suggested by the deer's antlers. The attack may come from two sources, or possibly one, who you perceive as both a negative and a positive influence. Who in your living space exhibits these qualities: the first a weaselly sort of person who leaves you feeling slightly repelled, and the second a larger male you are fond of, but whose complicated behaviour may leave you feeling attacked? Also, who may try to take advantage of you emotionally or physically? I'm sensing the likelihood of an improper overture by someone, possibly while under the influence of alcohol. Head this off before it occurs, whether by total avoidance of such an individual or simply by ensuring you aren't left alone with him. Anywhere you feel unsafe, take heed. The fact that your dreams are usually mundane suggests your life is normally on an even keel. In this case, a vision is warning you things are about to get off-track to the extent you may literally be paralyzed (i.e. unable to act), emotionally or physically, by upcoming events. The fact that your eyes were "open" didn't seem to help once the attack started. Rather than panic, however, your dream is telling you to look into anything not going well on the domestic front (family, friends, partner, etc.), thereby allowing you to communicate your needs and feelings, and ensure things stay on track. I feel this proactive approach on your part needs to be maintained for a period of up to four months, after which the likelihood of such events catching you by surprise will lessen considerably.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
My dreams are always in colour except for one I had a few nights ago. Everything was in black, white & grey and I can't really remember much detail except that I was driving along a country road that was winding back and forth. All of a sudden three beautiful birds ran across the road in front of me into the bushes making me stop, and then I woke up. The birds were the only colour in the dream and they were the most wonderous colours I've ever seen, like irridescent rainbow colours and the birds were like peacocks only with longer flowing tails. It was brief, but I can't get the birds out of my mind because they were so beautiful.
KCC, age 37
Dear KCC:
I note you submitted this dream a number of months ago, but in any case be prepared to receive some very startling news soon, probably at work or in financial matters. Moreover, be prepared to grab the best aspects of it when it comes, for a bird in the hand is worth two or even three in the bush, and opportunity is often fleeting.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
Last weekend when I was ill I had a disturbing dream that has left me wondering what it was all about. It is one which, except for a few details, I have not had any difficulty remembering. The setting was in a rural/built-up area with typical houses and some shacks well spaced apart. I was in a large shack watching through cracks in the siding at a house a short distance in front of me that was under threat from some men in the open garage of a house opposite it, and to my right. There was a lot of furtive activity and the men in the garage had some sort of small rocket, or missile launcher. There were others with me in the shack but I did not seem to know them. I had a rifle, and at one point attempted to get a "bead" on the guy with the launcher in the garage, but activity got more heightened. Although there did not seem to be anyone around the house under siege, or threat, I suspected that there probably were people inside. Out of fear, I gave up on trying to shoot at the guy with the launcher and tried to hide the gun under the dirt on the floor of the shack. It was strange that, although we were inside the shack, we also seemed to be out in the open on the opposite side to the activity. Perhaps there was a large door, or opening of some sort. Suddenly there was a bright white flash and the sound of a missile, or rocket, picking up speed. I saw it whiz by in front of me and heading directly for the house. There was an awful sound of the closed metal garage door being penetrated by the missile. It left a hole in the door about the size of a baseball bat, but there was no explosion. Suddenly, a large house full of people directly behind the house under siege started to collapse. It slowly went down like a "house of cards", spilling people out all over the place. There was only a pile of rubble left with people running about, many hurt and buried. Again there was no explosion, as the missile went right through the first house and into the one behind. Then from my peep hole I noticed that the launcher was being aimed at the shack where we were hiding. I realized then that they knew that we were up to no good and I shouted to everyone to get out and run away from the direction of the launcher. We just got clear of the shack when there was another bright white flash and the sound again of a missile winding up. I yelled for everyone to to "hit the dirt". The missile went right through the shack and sailed over us, and was imbedded in the trunk of a huge oak tree just a few feet in front of us. At this point, I was scared shitless, and started to waken as there was an awful explosion and ball of fire in the vicinity of where the house had collapsed. I was now awake and trembling. What I have described is vividly impressed upon my memory -- there must be something significant about it.
Ken, age 73
Dear Ken:
Congratulations on your vivid dream recall and clear description of the dream content. You're right in thinking that the vividness with which you perceived this dream is an indication of its significance. If you were a general in a wartime attack, this might be the sort of report you would receive from a battlefield. In this case, your body was the battlefield and your Higher Self was the general. While it may seem frightening to recall to your conscious mind, it was simply your unconscious mind relaying symbolically the battle your body underwent during its illness. Rather than a solid house, you saw your body as a "shack" with cracks in it. The cracks represent the chinks in your body's armour, its inability to withstand the illness. You may have seen others around you who were suffering from similar indications, as evidenced by the other "houses" in the distance, also under attack. Or this could indicate your ability to transcend your suffering and see it from a distance. When you described the people you did not know, however, you were dreaming of both the invading and repelling forces within your body. Frequently our minds give us battle imagery to describe illness. The depiction of soldiers or a police force often indicates the protecting forces, while the people we don't know -- often nameless, faceless people -- are indicative of the virus or germ that has attacked us and left us ill, even if we sometimes feel fear for them when they're attacked in turn. If you can train your mind to recognize the enemy in your dream and repel or attack it (as evidenced by the gun), you can help your body fight off further illness. In this case, your fear prevented you from overcoming the illness, despite the fact that you were telling yourself to "hit [back at] the dirt," or illness. Try in future to overcome your fear of "what might happen if" and fight back at the invaders. I perceive a certain nervous condition here, though, and would caution you against unnecessary agitation in this regard (i.e. don't overwhelm your subconscious in attempting to train it to do this.)
Dear Dreamchanneler:
It was one summer afternoon out in the open field, and I saw dozens of healthy and beautiful horses grazing, very calm and relaxed. Suddenly a number of them started to levitate. I noticed some had wings that spanned automatically as soon as gravity became unknown to these lovely creatures. One after the other they formed a spiral-like air track as they were airborne. Soon I found myself looking up at the sky, trying not to lose any view of such a magnificence, the afternoon sun going down, casting purple shadows in the atmosphere. Then with the last horse I could see, I caught a deep breath and uttered to myself, "Wow, that was amazing." I woke up the next morning feeling well rested and content.
Leo, age 38
Dear Leo:
This is a telegram from your subconscious to let you know how you’re doing. Horses suggest higher spiritual power, and the fact that they were beautiful and healthy suggests positive growth through a ‘calm and relaxed’ attitude. That the horses were levitating at will suggests a very high power channeled through your spiritual centres. That ‘gravity became unknown’ to the horses suggests you’re leaving some of your lower earthly urges behind, as well as the ‘gravity’ of your fears and emotions. The colour purple evokes the spiritual chakra of the Fifth Eye. Watching the sunset suggests the end of a phase in your growth. As your name is Leo, the sun symbolism is not insignificant (the sun rules the zodiacal sign Leo.) Look around and you’ll likely see signs of this ‘amazing’ growth in everyday acts and in your friends and companions, as suggested by the herd. If this is a recent dream, watch for the ‘amazing’ to manifest in your life in the coming weeks and months.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
It seemed like we were at June & Ozzie’s home [my sister and brother-in-law, who live some distance from me]. I don’t know if Len [my husband] was with me. A couple whom we did not know came to stay as though they had been invited. I got the feeling they were not too clean. They took my room. I was going to take them shopping at some mall down the highway. June said ‘if you wait Ozzie might like to go too’. Ozzie was eating at the time so I don’t remember if we waited for him or not. The man had some kind of special phone set up. More involved than just a cell phone, and he answered a call. I may have had the feeling in the dream that why do we always have to wait for Ozzie. This is when if awakened from the dream.
Loretta, age 77
Dear Loretta:
This dream is a health warning for you and your brother-in-law, though neither outcome need be dire. The unclean couple that comes to visit is a sign of the risk of underlying systemic infection through a virus or bacteria. The need here would be for a greater intake of clean water to help cleanse and flush the system. You will hear news soon relating to health issues for yourself and your brother-in-law. The news (the man on the cell phone) on your side will be better than on his, but the news you hear, after a "wait", will ultimately be positive. Note: As this dream was submitted by a family member, it was easy to follow up on. Indeed, after a worriesome week, the news came in that what at first looked like a serious downturn in health for the dreamer's brother-in-law was cleared up with a quick operation. In this case, the reason the communication device was "special" was because the dreamer had been learning to interpret her own dreams and had opened a "special" channel of communication with her Higher Self for that purpose.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
My dog, an Akita, took off in the woods and field again. I was about to start searching for her when she came back with 2 puppies, same breed as her (I want to get a second dog of the same breed in a near future, as she's getting older) and 2 other mixed breed, medium size, mature dogs. We put them all in the truck and started driving around town trying to find the owner(s) of the dogs. We got some pointers, but never really found the owners. We just kept searching and searching. In the dream, even though we never found them, I never felt like giving up but more like the "Ever-ready Bunny", going and going and going, looking up and forward, smiling and confident.
Mae, age 39
Dear Mae:
This is a pleasant notice about upcoming additions to your social life. You'll find yourself moving in a mixed circle of congenial friends, some of whom will be older ("mature"). You may all share a certain interest in looking for meaning ("owners") in life, but the point is not the search but rather the togetherness you share in discussing and considering your commonalities. You have a strong quest for meaning in life, as do most highly developed people. This "ever-ready" quality will help keep your life exciting and meaningful as long as you choose to pursue it. I would suggest looking into some of the Edgar Cayce series of books as an adjunct to your search. You will find some suggested titles in the recommended reading portion of this website.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
Hello Jeff - I very seldom remember my dreams. What can I do to remember? I have tried before going to sleep, asking my angels to help me remember, to no avail. Very interesting site, will look thoroughly when I have some spare time. What does it mean when someone dreams of themselves, he is usually naked? Maribell
Maribell, age 0
Dear Maribell:
Regarding the prompting of dream memory, I've heard of drastic routines where people set alarm clocks to wake themselves every 90 minutes so they'll be in the middle of a dream when they wake. That seems a bit much, but then I love my sleep. I've never encountered anyone who couldn't remember a slip of something after trying repeatedly. Keep at it, and leave a pen and paper by your bed. You may wake in the morning to find you've scribble something without remembering it! Dreams of seeing oneself naked could indicate fear of exposure (to ridicule, to the judgement of others, etc.)They could also indicate a need to see ourselves as we truly are. Context is important. How did the dreamer feel on seeing himself?
Dear Dreamchanneler:
I'm parading onto a fashion runway with about 5-6 other guys, behind Whoopi Goldberg who designed our clothing. We're all in beige-dyed lambs-wool tunics and baggy trousers that look like Mongolian ethnic clothing, and have yellow and red streamers and hats: Whoopie calls us “clowns”. As we’re walking the flow gets interrupted and I bump into the guys ahead of me: they've stopped because someone has scrawled with chalk, "It's ok to speak English," on a blackboard for free expression. To this message the crowd is yelling, "speak American!" It seems I'm an English speaker, but they don't actually know that, so I'm not a target. We pull off the stage, and step down into a school hallway, and run into a classroom for which I'm the TA. The other TA was organizing handouts, and I was out of breath and on adrenalin because of the English issue. I didn't have any idea what the class was even about, but I went ahead and organized papers and seemed to be doing exactly the right thing. The prof, an Indian (Asian) man, asks me to grab the class’s attention for him because he has a soft voice, and the class then begins. I then wake up.
Matt, age 24
Dear Matt:
This dream speaks about inner dichotomies and issues seeking resolution. You view yourself as part of a select group ‘parading onto a fashion runway with 5-6 other guys’, while others incorrectly see you as innocents in ‘dyed lambswool.’ You view yourselves as individuals (‘Mongolian ethnic’ and ‘English speakers’), though the guise doesn’t really fit (‘baggy trousers’.) While the crowd is louder (‘speak American’), and can impede your progress or ‘flow’, you value your uniqueness, like Whoopi Goldberg, a true original who has made her own "design" in life. While you can pass for one of them (‘I’m an English speaker, but they don't actually know that’), you feel threatened by what “seems” and what’s “actual”, and the thought of exposing your true self (‘so I'm not a target’) in public. You prefer an environment where you’re in control ‘doing exactly the right thing’ while the other "you" (the ‘other TA’) takes over and “organizes.” This is where your voice is loudest: ‘The professor … asks me to grab the class’s attention’. Also, your inner voice or subconscious (‘a soft voice’) is asking you to pay attention so it can be heard.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
I have recurring dreams that I can't speak. I feel like I'm swallowing my words and it's hard to talk. It's almost like I'm underwater and trying to make a point. I also dream about a guy that doesn't love me anymore. He is content and vivid.
Meghan, age 28
Dear Meghan:
From the limited information you've provided I can tell you just so much. Next time you have one of these dreams, write all the specifics down and send them to me. For now, here's what I get: The most telling detail here is the water, which relates to your emotional state. Being underwater and trying to make a point is almost impossible, so it would indicate that you're struggling with emotional issues (again, specifics would help) that have overwhelmed you, either currently or in the past. You can't communicate these, and must swallow your own words instead of expressing how you feel. I suspect you have an idea what these issues are, but haven't fully articulated them even to yourself. Try asking your dreams to reveal more about what you're struggling with, and perhaps they will provide a clue as to how to resolve them. The second seems somewhat more prophetic than descriptive. Was there a heartbreak that you're hanging onto? If so, then it's almost ready to pass, and you'll feel a lot better about yourself in that regard once it does.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
I had a very specific dream that I would like your advice on: First: I went to the guys (I always dream about and still love but he says he doesn't love me) to confront him and found my sister there. They were having an affair ( which she has done to me before ) He said it came natural to him and my sister said the same. I tried to leave but it was like a tried to leave but it was like a video tape, I kept rewindingto the back of this long driveway and kept running and running and running........ but was always back at the beginning of the driveway.
Meghan, age 28
Dear Meghan:
This dream deals with Past Life associations and negative habits. First I want you to look at the typo "guys" instead of "guy." I suspect this relates to how you keep getting attracted to and involved with a particular type of guy. In this case, it's a type you don't really trust. It's "natural" for them to do what they do, even if it's not natural for you. This is why you keep rewinding the video -- you aren't breaking the connection between you and this "type" that doesn't suit you. Next time you find yourself at the beginning of a relationship, look for signs that tell you whether you're getting involved with the same type of man. Are the same negative emotions coming up? The same issues? If so, it's up to you to ask, "Why do I keep attracting the same type of man?" and "What good will it do me to play this same scenario (relationship) over again?" As for Past Life associations, we're often born into relationships with people with whom we share "baggage." In this case, the relationship between you and your sister (particularly with regards to the men you see) is one in which she feels she needs to take from you. This doesn't necessarily mean that you took from her in another lifetime, but that she feels she needs to even the score. Perhaps you won the love of her life in another era, and she subconsciously resents that to this day. It also seems that you allow this to happen by getting involved with men who will play the role of being taken over by her. Make it part of your conscious quest to attract men who won't betray you. You can do that simply by telling yourself this repeatedly, as in a prayer or mantra. You can also ask your subconscious to help you do this every night when you go to sleep. Your dreams will signal you when you've got the message internalized.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
A recent dream involves a woman from my relatively recent past calling me on a Tuesday (she's in Montreal). We're both in marriages right now. She expresses the depth of her love to me and I reciprocate the same feelings. It feels amazing, though awkward because my daughter is standing fairly close by, though she can't seem to hear the conversation. I woke up feeling disappointed that it was a just a dream.
Mike, age 43
Dear Mike:
This dream feels like a soul connection being made on the superconscious level (a higher level of the subconscious that reaches out beyond the self) by both you and your former love interest. While there are feelings still being expressed subconsciously, you recognize your real life commitments to your marriage, symbolized by the presence of your daughter, who is unaware of your deeper feelings. It may be that on some future Tuesday you'll come across news of this other woman. Otherwise, Tuesday (ruled by the planet Mars--male energy), could simply indicate that she's connecting with the most masculine part of you. Perhaps your waking disappointment stems from the need to channel your submerged passion into your current relationship instead of letting it wander on its own. This seems like a real possibility, and one that would make you happier than you are now, instead of literally "dreaming of what might have been."
Dear Dreamchanneler:
I saw a well and when I put my hand in it there were lot of stones or pebbles which came out in my fist. There was one shivlinga black (hindu religious god symbol) and one designer serving tray was also there. I saw the well next day also and when I looked into the well there were bees flying in it. There were stairs also. I was trying to go up but that was too high and I felt that my dress was not fit to go up and my mother was with me. The well and stairs were in castle or palace (very old.) I ate sweets also.
Monika, age 37
Dear Monika:
This dream is telling you of your spiritual aspirations and how they may be realized. The well represents the hidden depths of your soul. This dream is telling you that whatever lies inside you is what you make of your aspirations, be they positive (the shivlinga--a symbol for peace and prosperity, as well as the forgiveness of sins), or negative (the bees, which represent the potential for a stirred up state of emotions.) The stairs indicate a journey upward to enlightenment or understanding, which does not come easy for you as you are easily discouraged and self-doubting (“my dress was not fit”.) Yet anyone can make this climb once the soul makes its choice. Do not forget, however, that life is both bitter as well as sweet. Which do you choose it to be? Both the well and stairs come from a “very old” place, the source of all life forces.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
I experienced when I was very young -- around 10 -- dreams that came true sometimes. Is this psychic?
Neelak, age 47
Dear Neelak:
Yes, it is psychic. Many people experience dreams that come true, but there is no age barrier to this. Some people are able to access direct channels of information in their dream states, where others have only occasional flashes of insight. Anyone can improve their psychic abilities simply by practicing them. For instance, when you have a question or issue you need to resolve, try asking a simple question right before you fall asleep. It may take a number of tries before you achieve results. Be prepared to "catch" the answer when it comes, whether it wakes you in the middle of your sleep or is there just as you open your eyes in the morning. If need be, keep a pad of paper and a pencil nearby to write things down. Often it's the word or phrase or single image from a whole wealth of words and images that has relevance. When an answer comes, it may still need interpretation. Few dream images are direct. Beware of interpreting too literally or too loosely. Neither will do you much good, though there are exceptions of prior "visions" of events that occur in dreams much as they will in real life. This, too, is psychic, though at our present state of human consciousness it is a rarer experience.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
I had a dream the other night and someone kept saying 'Ali Akbar' inside my head. Google tells me that he was a Heshmite prince (maybe grandson of the Prophet Mohammed to whom he bore a strong resemblance). I can't figure out the significance of this and wonder if anything pops into your head. In my dream, I agreed to get out of bed and prostrate myself, facing east, such was the insistence of the voice. My prostration morphed into the yogic sun salutation at which point I said that I was out of practice and couldn't do too many asanas! If you can shed any light on this, it would be appreciated.
Norma, age 44
Dear Norma:
This is a very high power dream. Look for good news from the east. It may have been 'Allah Akbar' the voice was repeating, which is a Muslim phrase meaning 'Praise God!' and is a sign of thanksgiving So keep your eyes peeled for any Muslim influences coming your way. The insistence on the prostrations is both an appreciation of what is coming your way as well as a past life memory of a Muslim lifetime in which you did many asanas and such every day.
Note: Again, as this dream was sent in by a friend, it was easy to follow up on. Three days later the dreamer received a call from a television producer asking for help with the music rights for a new television series about Muslim life.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
I had a dream the other night and can't shake the feeling that it was someone speaking in my ear telling me Something I Should Know, and act on. I was driving down Spring Garden Road in the snow, my husband in the passenger seat, when I saw an old lady about to throw herself off the penthouse balcony of Spring Garden Place. Pulled a U-ey at the bottom of the road, fishtailing in the snow in front of the Maritime Centre; back we went to rescue her. At the elevators in the building we met another rescue team, an evil or at least an ineffectual one, and they jumped us for the available elevator. Time was running. We waited for the next and when we finally arrived at the penthouse the bad team was nowhere to be seen -- but neither was the old woman. We ascertained she hadn't jumped -- I looked down into the street below, which was empty. As we went through her stuff -- boxes of arcane papers and seashells and jewels and the like -- it became apparent that we were sifting through unreadable clues as to why we'd been brought there. As I got more and more confused and awed, the old woman began to materialize in the corner of her boudoir, where I was at her dresser looking thru her jewelry box and also a box of pressed powder that smelled wonderful. She never really 'came in,' and I could see through her to the back of the brocade chair and the curtains behind. She was stocky and solid, sort of a transparent blob, a Jabba the Hut sort of triangle of a presence. She said her name was Mrs Pale Orange and the reason she'd brought me here (and at this point she was saying it to my husband as if I were not present) was that I was to be the world's greatest writer. At which point I really wondered about it all, and woke up.
Patsy, age 45
Dear Patsy:
(Note: the dreamer is a professional writer whose career expectations and subsequent disappointments had recently put her in great distress to the point where she had thought of abandoning it. As predicted, in the weeks following this dream her career started taking a much more positive direction.) You’re right about the voice – it’s your Higher Self advising you not to abandon your career at this point. More than that, this dream is a highly symbolic one about the death of the old self and the birth of a new, younger self. The old lady is you in such despair over your career that you would consider giving it up, which is tantamount to committing suicide for you. The “rescue” will be dramatic and you’ll see how ineffectual your old self-help tactics were, particularly when based on strictly rational beliefs: E.g. “For me to see myself as a success, this should happen at this time and in this way, etc.” That’s the confusion you felt, while the “awe” of being in touch with your subconscious will come in to replace it as the magic your Higher Self predicts starts to happen. In fact, you, as a writer, are already in a place of prestige (the “penthouse”) and will soon realize that. Mrs. Pale Orange is your Creative, or Sacral, Chakra, which is orange in colour and situated roughly over the spleen, near the womb, or creative center of the female body. Meditate on it and visualize it as a vibrant orange to encourage growth. It's a bit depressed and weak (‘pale’) right now, but it will soon kick into gear and bring significant results. Mrs. PO resorted to talking to your husband because you weren’t in a state of mind to hear the message. Just as in life we often learn important things by overhearing them, so, too, in dreams. Things get slipped in unawares, often symbolically, because we’re not ready or open to the news. As much as this dream is a lovely promise, don't start expecting specific things to happen, but rather just be open to whatever is coming creatively.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
I dreamed I was playing with my bird (I have a bird in real life) and threw him down on the futon, then I fell and squashed him with my knee. I was horrified and when I picked him up he was broken, though not dead, with all his life juices spilling out of him. I knew I had damaged his heart through carelessness, but not malice, and woke up weeping.
Phil, age 29
Dear Phil:
Your heart is talking to you, telling you it’s damaged. You may have recently suffered a major emotional trauma, such as the end of a loving relationship. (Ed. note: This was later confirmed.) What’s clear in this case is that the damage occurred not through malice, but carelessness. To give you this information without inflicting further harm, your subconscious chose to give it under the guise of concern over your bird’s health. (Often our pets represent our lower selves and in this case, emotions. You may notice they become depressed when we do or get sick when we get sick. They’re not our Higher Selves, as some suggest, for if they were more powerful than us, what Wizard would allow himself to be owned by a mere human?) What’s important to remember is that the bird is damaged, but not dead. Be good to yourself and give your heart time to heal so it can fly again.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
My dreams are not strange to me at all but I have a question nevertheless. For some reason, I feel everything that is going on in my dreams. When I dream about kissing, I can feel it. When I hug someone I can feel the warmth of their body. When it's raining outside I can feel the rain droplets. Is there some reason that this happens to me?
Raisu, age 17
Dear Raisu:
Two things come to mind. One, you're probably very intuitive and therefore highly sensitive to dream material. The other is that you likely have a strong astrological conjunction between the Moon and Venus or Mercury and Venus in your natal chart, either of which would enhance your receptivity to sensual input. In either case, I would regard it as a gift.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
This has happened before but it always takes different forms. I feel wide awake and I hear noises like someone's coming into my room. Then I feel someone pressing down on me like a spirit entering my body. I can't move. I try to scream and I hear my voice struggling. I begin to pray over and over again. The last time I heard the voice say "go deeper", and I heard a woman singing in the hallway. A man entered my room and told me that my heat was on too high. I just want to know why I feel suffocated when I see and feel these spirits and why do they keep coming to me. I can never go back to sleep after that.
Rose, age 31
Dear Rose:
Definitely a sexual dream here. The good news is you're not being visited by entities, as far as I can tell. What's happening is that your "heat" or sexual energy is turned on high and keeping you aroused and over-stimulated. There's nothing wrong with this, except it's disturbing your dreams. You're being challenged to learn to channel the energy for your Higher Good. Alert your subconcious just before you go to sleep that you would like this energy to be dormant at night. Ask if it can suggest a more creative way to channel it during the day. Perhaps you need to keep a dream diary or start working with ceramics. Find a way to use the energy instead of letting it use you!
Dear Dreamchanneler:
My mom picks me up in an old car, but it's in good condition. Like an old Malibu. I'm the passenger. We start driving on the highway and she is driving aggresively but good. She is swerving in and out of traffic. All over the highway there are these distractions, sand dunes and construction men with cranes.
Rose, age 31
Dear Rose:
This is simply a dream to reassure you that life is going on nicely, if a bit aggressively for your liking. There are a number of possible distractions in your near future, some of which may be sexual in nature. These may be taken for what they are -- passing interests. The fact that your mother is driving the car suggests two things. The first is that there is security in what you are doing. The second is that your childbearing years are moving along, though the vehicle (body) is still in good condition. As long as the men in your life are merely distractions, you won't do much with it, however. It might be time to look at the issue a little more seriously, if that's what you want. In your case, motherhood would be a very positive experience under the right conditions.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
I dreamnt that the psychologist, doctor, and psyhcic told me i was going to be raped and it was going to be in the newspaper and then I saw the guy who was going to rape me and we were in a small paddle boat alone together on a big body of water (ocean). Woke up so afraid yelling don't get on the boat!
Rose, age 31
Dear Rose:
When your psychologist, doctor and psychic all agree on something, it's time to listen. Although we all share things in common, seldom do we all agree on the diagnosis. In this case, all agree that you are heading for an emotional crisis (water) that may overwhelm your small craft (personality, psyche.) There's nothing here to suggest it will be a physical rape, but plenty to suggest it will effect you almost as drastically. You're one step ahead of the game in that you're warning yourself not to take the journey. Something in you already knows what the outcome will be and is telling you you needn't go through this. Look around you and see what emotional situation is clearly telling you not to get on board. You'll be glad you didn't!
Dear Dreamchanneler:
About 2 months ago, I dreamt of my mother who passed away last summer. She was looking very horrible with a head only ... no torso. Me and my two older sisters were around in the dream. (One of the sisters was recently diagnosed with lung cancer). My mother had 6 sons but none of the sons were in the dream, just three of us daughters. Another sister of mine, who passed away 19 years ago, just sort of float passed us in the dream. The dream was just a flash and I woke up. Please tell me what you could interprete from this strange dream.
Rui, age 50
Dear Rui:
First, you should know that this dream isn't a premonition of anything awful. Rather, it represents your fearful view of death, as well as the illnesses that bring about that change of state from the physical to the astral plane. You see death as being a horrible state, so your mother looks terrible, being dead. Death means a loss of the physical self, as your symbolism showed, but it need not be a fearful state. If you'd like to contact your mother, you may do so easily by sending out a request right before you fall asleep at night. Try to do this without fear of what your dreams may hold. While your mother may be concerned about your sister's well-being, you can be assured she's safe on the other side and will continue to look after her daughters in death, as she did in life.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
I dreamed that I had really long hair when my hair is actually not even shoulder length and has never been longer than that. Then I dreamed that I won some kind of contest or award where I had to stand in the rain for hours as my prize.
Sally, age 28
Dear Sally:
I see the first dream as a past life vision with no symbolic conent. The hair you experienced was yours in another life and time. The questions is, why is this life coming through now? Not all previous incarnations impact on our current life. You may find that your 4th, 5th and 17th lifetimes are affecting your persona in this one, while the rest are as negligible as shadows. Sometimes they change in importance as other issues come to the surface. In this, I want to direct you to a lifetime experience in France several hundred years ago. Fields of golden wheat seem to be a significant part of the landcape here. (Perhaps they create a sense of nostalgia in you today.) You took a great deal of care and pride in your appearance and were famed for your attractiveness. You also had high ideals that guided your behaviour. Think of these last two points as I discuss the next section of your dream. What does it mean to win a prize that feels like you have to stand in the rain for hours? What is your current attitude toward life, in general? What are your values? Are you making the most of your time here? What ideals would help you get more out of life? (For it's our ideals that guide and give us purpose.) Spend some time meditating on this until you come up with satisfactory answers that will help bring you to a sense of greater purpose.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
I had a frightening dream last night. I was in a wheelchair, unable to move any part of my body. I felt out of control and I was very angry and sad about my condition. Then I realized I was connected to everything in the room by tiny wires and that I could manipulate anything with my will power and nobody would know. I already have early signs of arthritis. Is this a premonition of my future state?
Sandra, age 36
Dear Sandra:
Rather than label this a prophetic dream, I’d say it’s a warning about your state of mind and emotions. You view your life as being ‘out of control.’ You’re angry and sad, and it frightens you. In fact, it paralyzes you. Still, you’ve learned you can manipulate anything secretly through your will without being seen as controlling. Illness is strongly affected by attitude and outlook. This dream is telling you to take responsibility for your life and be more straightforward about your needs. It’s also telling you that you have the will power necessary to do this.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
The other night I had a dream that there was a bad storm with a tornado coming my way. I have had this dream before, but this time the tornado caught up with me and I was holding on to something tight. It sucked me up and twirled me around and then dropped me and i was fine. I have never been in a tornado and freak out during storms. What does this dream mean?
Sara, age 23
Dear Sara:
This is a basic symbolic dream predicting some fairly disturbing emotional turbulence headed your way (tornado.) That fact that you endure it without any lasting damage is telling you not to "freak out" when these emotional storms hit. Better to know that all will be well, rather than panicking about things you can't avoid.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
I have a recurring dream that I know where I'm supposed to be going. I think it's home in my dream, but when I'm on the train or whatever mode is in the dream, it doesn't take me there. Then I get off and try another train or bus and the same thing happens. I actually see the names of the stops, but it's never the stop I need or want. (The dream is always the same but with different modes of transportation.) I feel frustrated, afraid, because I want to get where I want to go, but somehow never get there. Then I wake up
Sara, age 40
Dear Sara:
This dream reflects your basic frustrations with life. The stops, or destinations, are aspects of your life journey. Take a look at what isn't working for you on a day-to-day level and try to come up with a different strategy to help change things for the better. Remember that dream images are subconscious reminds of what will make our waking lives better. As you make these changes in your conscious life, your dreams will reflect this by taking you to your chosen destination. Particular dream destinations may reflect particular aspects of your life. For example, a dream about your hometown may be telling you about your emotional life or chidhood issues. A similar dream taking place in a huge metropolis may be telling you something about your career or workplace. I feel that in 2007 the areas to focus on are friendship and creativity (whatever creativity means to you.) Your love life may not be all you hoped it would be right now, but try to focus on who needs your affection rather than what you are receiving. As you learn to offer more to others around you, you will be surprised by the emotional returns you magnetize and draw toward you as a result.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
I have a recurring dream that I know where I'm supposed to be going. I think it's home in my dream, but when I'm on the train or whatever mode is in the dream, it doesn't take me there. Then I get off and try another train or bus and the same thing happens. I actually see the names of the stops, but it's never the stop I need or want. (The dream is always the same but with different modes of transportation.) I feel frustrated, afraid, because I want to get where I want to go, but somehow never get there. Then I wake up
Sara, age 40
Dear Sara:
This dream reflects your basic frustrations with life. The stops, or destinations, are aspects of your life journey. Take a look at what isn't working for you on a day-to-day level and try to come up with a different strategy to help change things for the better. Remember that dream images are subconscious reminds of what will make our waking lives better. As you make these changes in your conscious life, your dreams will reflect this by taking you to your chosen destination. Particular dream destinations may reflect particular aspects of your life. For example, a dream about your hometown may be telling you about your emotional life or chidhood issues. A similar dream taking place in a huge metropolis may be telling you something about your career or workplace. I feel that in 2007 the areas to focus on are friendship and creativity (whatever creativity means to you.) Your love life may not be all you hoped it would be right now, but try to focus on who needs your affection rather than what you are receiving. As you learn to offer more to others around you, you will be surprised by the emotional returns you magnetize and draw toward you as a result.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
I have a recurring dream that I know where I'm supposed to be going. I think it's home in my dream, but when I'm on the train or whatever mode is in the dream, it doesn't take me there. Then I get off and try another train or bus and the same thing happens. I actually see the names of the stops, but it's never the stop I need or want. (The dream is always the same but with different modes of transportation.) I feel frustrated, afraid, because I want to get where I want to go, but somehow never get there. Then I wake up
Sara, age 40
Dear Sara:
This dream reflects your basic frustrations with life. The stops, or destinations, are aspects of your life journey. Take a look at what isn't working for you on a day-to-day level and try to come up with a different strategy to help change things for the better. Remember that dream images are subconscious reminds of what will make our waking lives better. As you make these changes in your conscious life, your dreams will reflect this by taking you to your chosen destination. Particular dream destinations may reflect particular aspects of your life. For example, a dream about your hometown may be telling you about your emotional life or chidhood issues. A similar dream taking place in a huge metropolis may be telling you something about your career or workplace. I feel that in 2007 the areas to focus on are friendship and creativity (whatever creativity means to you.) Your love life may not be all you hoped it would be right now, but try to focus on who needs your affection rather than what you are receiving. As you learn to offer more to others around you, you will be surprised by the emotional returns you magnetize and draw toward you as a result.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
Two weeks ago I dreamt that I had been walking along a highway, back and forth, up and down a small hill. I had been pacing and was in deep contemplation. I hear a voice, and the voice asks, "How do you want to die?" I reply, "I do not want to die at all." And the voice responds with another question: "Do you want to have a heart attack?" "No!" I shout out in fear. "Anything but a heart attack." "Well," she then says, "what about a car accident?" For a moment I thought about it, and then envisioined it. I even felt the pain that it would cause my loved ones. And I replied, "No, not a car accident." The voice was suddenly gone and I continued to pace up and down a hill along the highway. Four nights ago I had another dream regarding my death. I had been sitting in a packed bleacher around an indoor swimming pool. Directly across from me was a little boy with dark skin wearing a red shirt. No one had been sitting beside me but I had felt a light wind, and then I heard the voice. She sees me looking at the little boy. "You should have had him by now," she says. "You are running out of time," she continues. I do not respond and I stare at the little boy, questioning my fate and wondering if I had written all of my life out before coming to earth. "We have decided for you," she tells me. "You are going to die in a plane crash." As disturbing as the dreams are, I still bought my plane ticket the next day. I fly out West on the 11th of July.
Stefania, age 27
Dear Stefania:
I trust that you are alive and well and have not suffered on your plane trip. This dream is not really about your physical health, which is mostly fine, so much as it is about your emotional health. The highway you are pacing is indicative of the path you are treading in what seems like a meaningless direction, worrying about being attacked by your heart, or more literally, your feelings. How would you describe your current emotional state? Would you agree that it is in something like a bankrupt state? Take a good look at what you are hiding inside you, the fear of losing control of yourself emotionally and of being committed emotionally. How do you let your fear hem you in and imprison your feelings? How does that stop you from connecting in a way that is deeply satisfying and meaningful to you? What would it be like for you to be let down in love? Would it be as disastrous emotionally as a plane crash? Think about these questions and ask the still small voice inside to bring you answers. Know that in time you can work through much of what is holding you back. Being in relationships that you work at honestly and with integrity will help you even further. These things aren't said to criticise, but rather to help bring to your conscious mind what you are hiding that your dreams keep repeating. The child you saw may come into your life in time, but it is more indicative of the emotional child inside you, a side of you that keeps itself in the dark, and that is overdue for release.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
Last night I dreamt I kept going back to high school year after year while I was waiting for my friends to graduate and I was taking subjects I am just horrible in like French. During exam time, I realized there was no way I was going to pass these courses just as I had not passed the ones I took the year before. I went to the registrar's office and tried to drop the courses but they said all they could do was to give me a zero on my transcript but on one of the courses I actually received a 41%. Prior to graduating, all of my marks were A's with the occasional B. I already have a university degree and I kept wondering what was going to happen to my degree. Finally, I realized I could have just been auditing the high school courses or at least been taking things I was interested in rather than risking the state of my transcript. At the end of the dream, I decided that was it, I was finally going to walk out of that high school and not come back. Sometimes I think these dreams have to do with the deadline pressure I live in with work - but I am starting to wonder if I keep going back and facing the same old lessons I've faced before and everything depends on me finally learning the lessons (although in the dreams it is my dyslexia that gets in the way, ie. directional orientation and courses that require memorization of facts -- something I can't do if they are not in the context of a concept.) Reading this over it occurs to me that I might be presenting myself with challenges I can't handle, ie. why have I signed up for courses I don't need and can't do?
Susan, age 39
Dear Susan:
You're on track with the things you suggest. You're an over-achiever and you subconsciously take on stresses in life that you don't need. But if you don't need it, why do you keep doing it? It's a form of self-punishment for certain choices you've made in life that you feel aren't right for you and are now holding you back with others you perceive as not being on your level. (Why would you be in high school when you've already got your university degree?) And while you excel in the areas you like, you're convinced they don't count (possibly because you need to excel in things that you aren't good at in order to prove yourself worthy.) The good news is that you'll come to the end of the road in terms of learning certain life lessons by the time you turn 41. The question then will be, what will you have to give up? And what will you choose to leave behind? Yet this isn't a warning so much as it's a dream of encouragement -- literally, that you're doing better than expected, despite your frustrations. You can't opt out of the "lessons", but you can take heart that they won't last forever. (There are always lessons to be learned, so others will present themselves when you're ready.) You also know that you can learn lessons indirectly -- you can "audit", and learn through books, teachers or the life lessons of others. You don't need to cut yourself with a knife to know it hurts. More importantly, in future you'll be able to walk away from lessons you recognize are no longer necessary once you put your mind and will towards making the decision to get past them.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
I'm showing a friend (male) a sketchbook, flipping through the pages, one by one. There is a beautiful painting on each page. The paintings are in very, very bright, beautiful colours. Mosts are abstracts, some are stills. The only detail I can remember of the context of the pictures, is seeing a drawing of the earth from space and thinking how realistic it looked. I know that I have done these pictures but I have no memory of doing them and am amazed that I had actually created them. I didn't realize I was capable of it. Any insight into this dream would be appreciated (I am not an artist in real life). Thank you.
Susan, age 50
Dear Susan:
On the contrary, I want to tell you that you are a creative artist, despite the fact that you don't paint pictures. Rather, you create with your energy. When we dream of colours we are very often dreaming of abstract symbols for energy and emotions. Think of how we describe our emotional states: 'She has the blues'; 'He was green with envy,' etc. If we could see our auras as easily as we see the sky and the trees, it would make perfect sense why we say these things. In your case, the colours are bright and beautiful, indicating an upcoming time of great bounty that you will be sharing with others by making use of this energy. The things you experience are likely to amaze even you (seeing the earth from space suggests an out-of-body experience, for instance.) You will become aware that you are indeed capable of creating these miraculous moments. Take note of how and why they manifest in your life, and continue manfesting them in future as you can.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
Some background: my best friend just broke her neck by falling out of a second story window and I am having a rough time coping with all of it. Last night, I had a dream that I was growing wings through my stomach -- they hadn't sprouted, though I could just feel a protruding rib-like thing. I had to keep explaining to everyone that I was growing wings, but no one would believe me so I would have them feel my stomach. I kind of liked the idea of growing wings, but I felt like no one really understood. This dream seems pretty symbolic, but I can't figure it out!
Tara, age 19
Dear Tara:
Thanks for the background and the dream, though I'm not sure they are connected. Certainly there is an element of fear relating to physical conditions beyond your control (whether a broken neck or wings sprouting from your stomach.) Still, I suspect the dream has more to do with how you feel about your body and certain inner aspirations. Wings, symbolic of both flight as well as divinity, suggest a strong growth in a direction that will make you feel somewhat freakish, as well as powerful in a way that is beyond the norm. Look to your inner urges and talents: do you harbour dreams of dancing, singing or anything otherwise creative? I would suggest that your dream is about giving birth to those private urges that will at times make you feel "special" as well as different from those around you. The suggestion here is not to be bothered when others don't understand you, although you don't mention any worries around this. Indeed, it seems to please you. Perhaps in time you will be forced to look at your differences and take a stand on them. There will always be people who will challange you if you stand out from the crowd. If they could "feel" how you feel, just as you let them feel your stomach, they would not continue to stand in your way. Know your own worth and don't allow them to do that.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
Some background: my best friend just broke her neck by falling out of a second story window and I am having a rough time coping with all of it. Last night, I had a dream that I was growing wings through my stomach -- they hadn't sprouted, though I could just feel a protruding rib-like thing. I had to keep explaining to everyone that I was growing wings, but no one would believe me so I would have them feel my stomach. I kind of liked the idea of growing wings, but I felt like no one really understood. This dream seems pretty symbolic, but I can't figure it out!
Tara, age 19
Dear Tara:
Thanks for the background and the dream, though I'm not sure they are connected. Certainly there is an element of fear or a sense of emotional disturbance over physical conditions beyond your control (whether a broken neck or wings sprouting from your stomach.) Still, I suspect the dream has more to do with how you feel about your body and inner aspirations. Wings, symbolic of both flight as well as divinity, suggest a strong growth in a direction that will make you feel somewhat freakish, as well as powerful in a way that is beyond the norm. Look to your inner urges and talents: do you harbour dreams of dancing, singing or anything otherwise creative? I would suggest that your dream is about nurturing those private urges that will at times make you feel "special" as well as different from those around you. The suggestion here is not to be afraid when others don't understand you, although you don't mention any fear around this. Indeed, it seems to please you. Perhaps in time you will be forced to look at your differences and take a stand on them. There will always be people who will challange you if you stand out from the crowd in any way. If they could "feel" like you, as you let them feel your stomach, they would not do so. Know your own worth and don't allow them to do that.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
I had a dream about my lover. He was on an old-fashioned, black spiral staircase. I think the dream started earlier but this is what I remember: He was not moving anywhere on the stairs. He was partly up but wasn't able to ascend higher till things worked out between us. We both had a troubled childhood and mental/emotional issues that at times can make things hard for us. We’re emotional people and have emotional sun signs. So, I was dreaming about this; a semi-argument or debate between us. It's a little fuzzy here but I know I was trying to explain something to him. He didn’t look at me when he said this line but I stared at him with my hand on the stairs and my feet on pretty, green grass and he spoke: “But you don’t even feel safe with me” He was let down, hurt, and even a bit angry. At him, or me I am not sure. It was general negative emotion. Hereafter we looked at each other the rest of the dream (I don’t know if that’s important info or not) without focusing on anything else. In fact, I only remember stairs, grass, and him.
I wish I remembered all I said to him, it cleared everything up and he felt better and understood. I feel like the dream tried to help but I forgot it!
Anyway, I talk about why at times I didn’t feel safe and things about him that made me safe as well. I expressed both my appreciation and things I didn’t like. See, he’s hurt me in past (thus the unsafe feeling) but I think I understand it somewhat (and he is very loving at times and caring towards me) but he doesn’t fully understand me and why I am still hurt, if I’m correct. Sometimes it’s hard to talk with him about it when it used to be very, very easy. That feeling came out in this dream. I can’t remember all I told him but I explained everything to him and he finally got it and such peace came over me and his facial expression showed peace and new comfort with me as well: understanding. At this point I was on the stairs with him, I had went up to him and he placed his hand on my back and we ascended together, but we didn’t get to the top. It ended with us gradually making our way up in each other’s gaze and him helping me climb up.
I feel this dream is telling me something good for the most part and trying to help me, I researched and I have my own sense about it as well, but I wanted help still. I think my dream may be saying that for us to ascend, he needs to understand me better—channel his old understanding again and also gain new understanding so I feel safer, thus he can help me more because I can fully accept it with my newfound safety and comfort. And if he feels safer too, he can also open up to me, and before he opens up more and before we reach the top, I have to do it first and he must understand me for it to have the right affect. (I hope that made sense, I tried.) Then after he takes care of me, he can take care of himself, open up to me more, etc…and we reach the top finally with me perhaps helping him this time. Do you agree at all? I take the dream and our personalities in consideration to my view here.
Tonya Marie, age 19
Dear Tonya Marie:
Your dream interpretation is largely correct, so congratulations on being able to listen to your Higher Self. The emphasis here is on mindfulness -- the mindfulness of knowing your partner intimately, even down to his DNA (the "spiral staircase", which is also the ascension/descension principle in life, as you correctly pointed out.) There is also the mindfulness of staying tuned in to one another even while you both change and grow (represented by the unbroken gaze between you, as you keep tuned into each other's needs, fears, and emotional states.) It's also about the mindfulness -- the knowing -- that you do not need others to be stable and keep your footing on the "pretty, green grass." There will be times when you need to depend on your own stability in order to help each other grow and climb in life, and times when that understanding of your stability and emotional strength will be tested. Do not doubt that you can do this and achieve your ideals in this relationship. It has been given to you as a testing ground, as long as you both will do the work to reach the top.
Dear Dreamchanneler:
dreamed that I was wearing a red dress and had lost weight (a good sign.) I looked very well but the feeling was empty, I felt very empty like, Why did I get all dressed up? My father was in a dream trying to talk to me. There was a lot of people around from different periods of my life going back to childhood. I looked great but didn't feel it.
Zhanna, age 39
Dear Zhanna:
Your dreams are trying to tell you something about your attitude to life. What good will it do to impress others with appearances when you don't make the effort to be the person you love? What would your father say in this situation? My suspicion is that he would tell you to concentrate on the inside and forget about impressing people or getting back at people who have made you angry (red) or unhappy about yourself. Ask you