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I had a dream last night that we had a huge kitchen in my house that we haven’t been in since we moved here a long time ago. It was well lit, cleaned, had a big table in it, decorated for the fall already and had my kids cups there WITH a microwave. It was nice and it had a door that let out to a big beautiful yard. Would love to know if this dream is telling me that my current situation going to lead to me to something great or just more depression. Thanks!!
This is a response to Brenda’s dream,
Hi Brenda, A beautiful and bright kitchen in a dream means that your role is going to be to help nurture others in their development. Kitchens are the place where we get fed so your job is to feed others souls. When the kids are nurtured, they can go out and flourish.
Every dream, especially positive ones, take an act of strong will to implement in the real world. This is what this dream would have you do. When you nurture yourself and your family and others, then great things will happen, but you have to work hard to do the nurturing work.
I had a dream that the
sun just virtually disappeared and left the
whole earth in darkness. People all over were
screaming, crying and praying .
This is a response to Juna’s dream,
Hi Juna, When you have a dream like this, you can interpret it on a collective level or an individual level. The sun has left the world or the sun has left me. The sun represents the light that comes from turning to the spiritual teachings that benefit our beings like the injunction to love our neighbors or to be generous rather than greedy. When people turn to their own selfishness and greed, the sun goes out. It happens to us individually and to us a collective whole. To get it back is simple. Turn to the teachings and act out of them. That is what brings light.
I dreamt of an owl. With piercing yellow eyes. Peering at me through the cracks in the patio floor. This may be a result of seeing an owl some weeks before. Also, many years ago. I had a really dark dream. It was me vs a really sinister force. I was like a green beret. Dozens of other guys. I was defending something. Standing up for something. Not sure but, I’m convinced that I am a soldier of God. A psychic told me once.
This is a response to Mark’s dream,
Dreams are symbols of being able to use your inner wisdom to guide you. This is because owl’s are animals that can move even when it is really dark. It is analogous to finding your way in the dark in your life. When you deal with really dark things that are sinister, you cannot just use force against force because the sinister people tend to be really good at being sinister. What you need is guidance and inner wisdom, like an owl. It requires going inward for guidance first before you act. It seems like your “standing up for something” abilities are in good shape so there will probably come a time when God will ask you to use them, but you have to be prepared for consequences the way a soldier is prepared to die. It may be something like being prepared to get fired in work so you have to use a lot of wisdom and try to stay out of fighting if you can, but sometimes being fired is the right soldierly act. If it is based upon inner guidance, then God will open another door for you. Sometimes the effect of sacrificing yourself like a soldier is for the benefit of others so that they can have integrity and courage.
I have had this reoccurring dream about a house for a couple years. It’s a different house all the time-not mine, and always 2 story. Sometimes it has a second staircase. The house “feels” normal except for this one room upstairs that I never make it in to. The door is closed, I know this even though I rarely make it even upstairs. I want to. Never alone, always one other person. A friend or family member, but not alone. I try and talk them into going In there with me but we never make it there. The room doesn’t feel scary but I do feel anxious in the dream about whatever is inside. I’d like to know what this means.
This is a response to Becky’s dream,
Hi Becky, The room in the house on the upstairs is part of your higher self that you are not able to open yet or have not been able to open yet. It is like you have an ability that is represented in the room, a part of you, only you are not open up and have that be a part of you. Since the other people cannot go into the room either, it has to do with a part that is generally undeveloped in the world and especially in your circle. If it were already developed, it would be open for others. When you begin to open it, it will benefit others in a really powerful way.
The way to find out about what is behind the door is to ask yourself what is missing with the way your circle operates in the world and how would the infusion of a new energy make everyone so much more united.
I had a dream that I was walking holding hands with my husband and we were happy and then he walks right into a spider web and I start laughing. And then the spider web wraps around me.
This is a response to Mercedes dream,
Hi Mercedes, Spider webs can be either positive or negative in a dream. In this one it seems to be more positive. Spiders weave webs which are symbols of making connections between people. The more connections you have the stronger the relationships. You two seem to have a strong web together so you can actually reach out and connect with a lot of people which will make your community a better more united place.
I had a dream that me and my boyfriend were going down a road that curves usually a road we always take to get to where we live. My boyfriend is picking up pace as we are about to make a round turn when he picked up pace I said to him “your trying to kill us dude damm” and everything went dark except the image of me and him inside the truck flipping over and over as we crash.?
This is a response to Sabrina’s dream,
Hi Sabrina, The problem you have in the dream is that your boyfriend is driving your life or driving the relationship. You are not in charge. He is out of control in the dream as he probably is in real life. You have to take over the wheel in your life and not let him drive your life around. If you do not take more control, it will be disaster for you.
Well first my son came in my room mom I had a bad dream u were pregnant he said I was grumpy then my bf said he had a dream I called him an said I’m pregnant then I had a dream I was with my new born.. An also alot of frequent dreams of water thank u an god bless
This is a response to Stephanie’s dream,
Hi Stephanie, Being pregnant in a dream when it is positive means that there is a new positive energy growing inside of you, like a new part of yourself that wants to develop. Water has to do with relationships. If the water is a like a swimming pool, it is usually about positive relationships. It looks like you have work to do in the area of your relationships.
My father in law had a dream and wondered what it meant. He was in a large home, it did not have any furniture in it. All the floors were iced over and there was a woman mopping the floors coming out of the bathroom.
This is a response to Patti’s dream,
Hi Patti, The problem with this dream is the iced over floor. It means that when he steps in the house there is a lot of coldness probably related to the feminine energy in the house. He needs a find of way of warming up the house with a lot of love. This can be done by finding positives in others and acknowledging them and ignoring the cold feelings.
Hi!
This is the 2nd time in 1 week that I dream about this one guy. I haven’t met him for like 2 years and haven’t even talked to him in these 2 years. We used to study together, we were more like acquaintance, not even friends. and now I’m dreaming that he wants me as his girlfriend and in these dreams I even like the attention of him and want to be with him, although I have a boyfriend. Due to some unfortunate circumstances he had to go back to his hometown a month ago and sometimes he tells me that he feels like it won’t work out, could that be the reason of my dreams? Because now I’m not sure of my feelings, I just know that I would never cheat on my boyfriend.
This is a response to CC’s dream,
Hi CC, The way to deal with this dream is meditate on the positive quality that the guy in your dream has. He has something very positive that you need to develop in yourself. Him wanting to be with you means in the dream context that his positive energy, which you also have in potential, wants to be with you. When you discover what you admire about him, then you can gradually develop that. It should strengthen your relationship with others including your boyfriend, not the opposite, but you have to be committed to changing yourself everyday.
hi could u please tell me what my dreams mean I had a dream of seeing an orange snake it was sleeping and then the same night I met my old friend she had a brown dog in a dream at one moment the dog was so vicious with me I ran away trowing my phone in its mouth I got to a place where there was a tap I opened the tap and splashed water on the dog and it calmed down for a while but started to chase me again I also in this dream saw a psycologist white lady telling me I am going to receive an unexpected money and at the same time dreamed of being in a group of church friends practicing church songs can someone please explain this dream to me
This is a response to Caroline’s dream,
Hi Caroline, Whoops. I see that I just answered your dream under anonymous. Check it out.
hi could u please tell me what my dreams mean I had a dream of seeing an orange snake it was sleeping and then the same night I met my old friend she had a brown dog in a dream at one moment the dog was so vicious with me I ran away trowing my phone in its mouth I got to a place where there was a tap I opened the tap and splashed water on the dog and it calmed down for a while but started to chase me again I also in this dream saw a psycologist white lady telling me I am going to receive an unexpected money and at the same time dreamed of being in a group of church friends practicing church songs can someone please explain this dream to me
This is a response to the Anonymous dream,
Snakes in dreams signify great change especially the beginning stages of change so you can assume that you are supposed to change but your spirit is asleep to what the change is. So what happens is the aggressive dog comes in and that wakes your spirit up. Dogs are symbols of friendship and loyalty when they are positive and symbols of aggressive protectiveness when they are negative. So the dream wants you to be able to develop your capacity in friendship and relationship building. You have to first draw a boundary with aggressive behavior and then you can open lots of relationships. You try to be friendly to the aggression which is what opening the tap and splashing water on the dog is in symbolic terms, but it only temporarily got rid of the aggression. So with a vicious aggressive person it is better to not have a relationship if they cannot exercise self-control over their aggressiveness. The psychologist part telling you that you are going to get a lot of money has a lot to do with making a lot of friends. Lots of money in a dream means that you are going to be rich in friends like when you are singing in church. The main key to having lots of friends is joyfulness.
I had two spiders in on dream tell me to go home. I’m curious as to what this means please reply back or email me
This is a response to Joshua’s dream,
Hi Joshua, Spiders when they are negative in a dream our symbols of negative web-building which is web building based upon being exclusive. This is what seems to have happened in your dream. Positive spiders build positive webs that are inclusive. Negative web builders get off on killing relationships through exclusion because it gives them power.
I had a dream of a female with 3 legs, the middle leg looks smaller than the outer ,she was weeping ,when she was showing a friend of hers then I woke up
This is a response to Rosetta’s dream,
Hi Rosetta, In this dream having 3 legs is a metaphor because in our culture it looks bad and probably isn’t helpful in moving forward. A lot of times people don’t think they can move forward because they don’t look good enough. You can be a source of comfort and encouragement with others by only focusing on their positive qualities. You can see the good in others and not the blemishes or things wrong. Then they will feel supported and encouraged and be able to move forward.
I dreamt of catching a shark off the shore of the beach with my bare hands in its mouth. It was about to attack a stranger relaxing on the beach shore with her pets. I was calm. Then I took the shark I caught to show to my friends close by. Afterwards, I caught an alligator right by the same place; again bare hands by the mouth & took to show my friends. I was a bit more frightened of the alligator then shark. What could my mind be trying to tell me?
Amanda,
Sharks and Alligators, when they are negative as in this case, are symbols of inappropriate use of aggression to overpower others. It is what happens often in the world. This type of aggression is very disturbing because it keeps people from being calm and tranquil. You seem to have the ability to stop aggressive people so that others can continue their calm. It is an amazing ability almost like a super power and greatly needed in today’s world.
Dear Richard,
I had this weird dream it its still bugging me. I was going to a concert with my friend and her cousin tagged along. I remember that I lived in an apt. And he lived near me so we walked together. Then out of nowhere he asks me what a relationship feels like which I responded with I don’t know. He asks me if I wanted to be in a relationship with him and I asked him if he didn’t think he was rushing into things and he asked me “don’t you just want to rush into things sometimes ?” I was shocked and said nothing but apperantly he took it as a yes. The setting changed and he said he wanted to talk about our relationship and that he did rush into things and he was breaking up with me . I felt hurt like I was in a real relationship but we had only started dating like a couple of minutes ago. Then I started dating someone else and the same thing happened . I’m really confused and scared so I was wondering if you could help. Thank you
Yuki
This is a response to Yuki’s dream,
Hi Yuki, The fear that the dream is showing to you is the fear of things happening really quickly and then ending before you have time to think or decide on whether something would be a good idea. This probably has something to do with the fact that you don’t believe that you have the right to say yes or no in a situation, that you have the right to choose what is best for you. The metaphor in the dream is speed, which means that inside you feel rushed into things without you fully deciding. The best thing to do is to relax and slow down and have a strong belief inside that you have the right to decide for yourself. Then you will have much better relationships than you have now.
Hi,
I recently had my sister try to get my kids taken from me. She smiled in my face the whole time then turned around and betray me. This is not the first time.
Well i had a dream that i was queen elizabeth and felt stable and proud to be her. But in my dream i didnt want anything to do with my sister. I didnt consider her my family. My maids were telling me not to be so harsh on her.
But i stood in my thrown and felt as if i dont need to be around such a evil person she is not my sister. I didnt harm her in my dream i didnt see her either i basically made her a stranger a nobody to me. Ill tell the truth it was a very good feeling it felt like i paid my dues and didnt need anyone. Does this mean ill never forgive my sister in real life??.i know god likes us to forgive and i never been one to hold grudges..maybe my sister really done it this time? Wat does this dream mean??oh and before i was quern elizabeth i was walking in line with alot of other ladies and we were all holding babies the women in front of me kept dropping her baby oved n over so i helped her but i had to take my some of my clothing off to get a good grip on the baby so it wouldnt fall. It was fustrating in my dream wat does this all mean??
It waz all in the same dream but seemed very different like i had teo dreams in one? Help please its bothering me thank you
This is a response to Deserae’s dream,
Being the queen in the dream means that you have the authority over your own life and the life of your children, not your sister. It is your responsibility to raise your children and what you need to feel inside is that you are the queen of your house. This is the ability to have authority. Not wanting to have anything to do with your sister is a healthy response for you to have right now. It is not that you don’t forgive your sister, but that she is not a healthy person to be around for you or your children. God is forgiving, but He also teaches that you have to use your wisdom. In this case, you can forgive your sister, but also stay away from her. Then you can focus on the important thing which is to raise your children. If you continue to have her as a big part of your life, she will try to betray you again. You can be cordial and forgiving, but you also need to be intelligent and think through what she might do. You will know that you can be with her again when she sincerely apologizes and begs forgiveness for the terrible thing she did.
I had a dream i was queen elizabeth and didnt want nothing to do with my blood sister. Was ashamed and felt betrayedby her. And my maids were telling me not to be so harsh on her. But in my dream i felt as if i was doing the right thing. I never claimed her as my sister she thought she was better then me. And still loved her but once i was queen Elizabeth i didn’t harm her just didnt want her by me like as if she was no one to me. What does this mean? In real life my sister does envy me but portrays it as shes a good person. But i feel the envy wen we are together
( i accidentally clicked the ‘post comment’ button and the first half of my story was posted, hope you can find it just above this other half)
.. Even harder for me to keep going, the scariest thing and worst of all that were the snakes. There were snakes on the ground, among the stones, on the walls and on the branches. So as i kept wanting to fight my way thru it all, it was impossible to get by, as the snakes kept biting me, and the stones kept stabbing me on every step, the branches made the worst of it, because no matter how hard i tried to move fast to find a way out, i never did make it around the corner because i kept getting caught and soon after I’d wake up. Not only was this dream weird, it was intriguing because i kept dreaming it for weeks, i kept dreaming blue skys and a sunny day while being trapped in a maze full of desperting obstacles. I never had this dream after those weeks passed and a part of me misses i could. i hope you can help with this.
This is a continuation from the other dream,
The snakes show that the obstacles were people that were being really negative toward you. Now that you are older you can start finding the positive in yourself and others and that will get you through the maze.
I had a dream about my old guy best friend.
In the dream I was sitting down at my school desk, and the guy comes and starts to bother me. My friend (M) he came along and told him to leave me alone, and the other guy never listened to (M). After (M) told him he needed to leave me alone, the guy said “you can have the s|*+”…but that’s when (M) started to beat him up.
I have no idea what this dream could mean, I know I miss him sometimes…but I haven’t had a conversation with him in a while. I even told him that I couldn’t be friends with him (for personal reasons). Please answer asap, because I’m very curious to know why I even dreamt of him. Or even dreamt at all.
This is a response to Nameless143
Hi, This dream is about the ability to be friends with your own self. He is a friend in the dream who is ready to protect you and stand up for you, but since he is in the dream, it means that you do not have the ability to do that for your own self. It is your responsibility to start doing that by learning the process inside. It usually takes some time and effort and help to learn how to be this way for yourself. When you have achieved it, you will be the one inside who is defending yourself, not someone else.
Hello, i hope you can help me translate this one particular dream i had years ago, im 23 years old now, i cant quiet remember how old i was when i had this dream, i know i was very young. I was probably like 12 maybe a bit older, and somehow, last night, as i was laying in bed trying not to think and ready to sleep i remembered that time i had this dream, this weird dream where i was in what looked like a maze, the walls were low, about my height, but not low enough to where i could see what was on the other side, they were made out of bricks and cement, dried up branches would stick in from the outer sides of the walls and would make it hard for me to continue without having to break them, or push them aside. I remember being barefooted, on the ground were just stones, sharp stones which made it
This is a response to Anonymous,
The reason that you remember the dream that you had when you were 12 now is because now at 23 you are able to deal with the issue you had back then. At that time you didn’t have the support or maturity that you have now. The metaphor is that your life was like a maze that you couldn’t find your way out of. This usually has to do with the fact that at 12 other people were controlling the way you had to do things all the time. At 23 you have more choice and you can look inside and find your own answers to your life. Then it will be easy to make your way through life because it will be as if you can fly up above the maze and see possibilities.