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Hi Richard,
I had a very vivid dream last night that I was being chased by spies and after escaping I was pulling live new born babies out of a window box of soil by their umbilical cords that had leaves on the top and washing them off like newly dug potatoes.
what can it mean?
Feeling a bit disturbed by it all!
This is a response to Ben’s dream,
Hi Ben, When you are running away from something in the dream, it means that your inner self wants to run toward a positive end with the positive energy that is like the opposite, but positive of the thing you are running from. In your case you are running from spies. Spies try to investigate a situation where an enemy is without being caught. So it is like they caught you doing something that you were not supposed to do, in their eyes, and then escaped. The new born babies means that you were helping people develop new parts of themselves like as if they were new born. The fact that they were like potatoes means that you nurtured them. The reason you are being chased is because in certain places doing really positive behavior like that is seen as a negative because developing potential is a threat to a controlling organization. They can’t stand development because they can’t control people who are developing quickly. So first you need to see yourself as being able to be like a positive spy which is to see possibilities in people that they don’t see, then you can nurture it and develop it, but you have make sure you are in an organization that appreciates your work or you will have to do undercover like a spy.
I had a dream years ago that has bothered me for years. I am sitting at my kitchen table looking out the sliding glass door. When I notice that four children are standing at the fence. They are all blond, there is a teenage girl, two younger girls and a very young boy. (Between 3-5 yrs old) they are dressed in old fashion clothing the girls have bonnetts,I can clearly see the color blue on them. This dream has stuck with me for many years can you please help me make sense.
This is a response to Tiffany’s dream,
Hi Tiffany, This category of dream is more neutral in feeling so it is more about the metaphor than any type of fear. You are at your kitchen table which is the place where you are fed metaphorically as in your spiritual food. The children represent children out of the past which means that the food you need is in understanding of lives of children in the past. Most history is about men who have started and fought in wars, but little is written about the way children were treated. This leaves present day children to the same kinds of mistreatment as the past. When you understand this, you can also understand yourself.
I’m try to figure out wat my dream means ,it starts wth a family gathering my uncle says I have an inheritance of 19,000 $ , an he’s been won ting to give it to me for years , but wonted to wait til the time was right
This is a response to Barbara’s dream,
Hi Barbara, In this dream your uncle is giving you an inheritance of a sizeable sum of money. When you look at in a metaphoric way, which the dream is trying to convey, the inheritance, which is worth a lot to you, means he is giving you a quality that he has that will be very valuable to you in your life. It is not money. It is a symbolic inheritance. You can think of what you admired about him and then begin to emulate his quality and behavior. When you do this, it will be worth way more than 19,000 $.
Hi there I had a dream last night that my mum died , not sure on how she died all I Remember is my sister’s never told me , they had the funeral with out me knowing and then later on I found out !!
This is a response to Bree’s dream,
Hi Bree, Your mom dying in a dream can be either positive or negative so I will tell you the positive side and then the negative. The positive side is that the negative aspects of your mom that affect in a negative have died or are about to die in you. This is good because when her negative is no longer alive in you, you are free to be yourself and do with your life what you choose. If it is negative, it means that the positive aspects of your mother have died in you. This only happens when your life is going in a really bad way like a life or crime or an addict or something.
In the real world your mom probably has a mix of good and bad qualities like the rest of us. The idea is to detach or die from the negative and live in the positive.
I had a dream that we were in this room and we had just found out that my sister and brother in law were going to have a baby the whole time we were in the room the baby grew then she had the baby ( it was very quick how fast it grew and then she had the baby, but in the dream it was totally normal.) ( I was with my Husband the whole dream) then we walked to this other room and then I realized we were in our old house that I used to live in when I was younger. We were remodeling the whole living room area. We had just finish fixing the floor although I did notice that it looked just the same after we finished it. It was just new. Then I look up at the wall and it looks very pretty we were putting stone and marble on the walls and the design was beautiful. Then I look up and notice one of the tile is see through and my husbands mom says to me “that see through tile is dirty it is very very dirty.” So we all look close and it was a wasp nest. But these wasps were HUGE and they stared coming towards us trying to sting us. Everybody was freaking out and started running away, but in the dream I was not scared of them. I kept saying I’m not scared of them where is the wasp spray I’ll kill them. ( these things were so big. Nothing I have seen before. Their stinger was probably like 5 inches long.) so, then one of the wasp garb my lower part of my shirt and started pulling on it so I start shaking it off my shirt then another grabs the shoulder part of my shirt and starts tugging at it too. Then I wake up but still thinking that the wasp is on me so I wake myself up shaking off my shirt.
I’m not sure what the meaning of the dream is.
This is a response to Christina’s dream,
Hi Christina, The first part of your dream tells you of the metaphor of fast change or fast growth. This is there to show that internal growth or making something beautiful in your life can grow and change quickly. What you are trying to do in the other part of the dream is make an older part of your own self ( houses are symbols of self) into a new and more beautiful self. You are able to achieve this rather quickly like your sister giving birth. This means that you have an ability in your family to change quickly so that your life becomes better. You do it and it works. The challenge you have is that your mother-in-law tries to find the small things negative like dirt and then blow them up so that you feel them like huge wasps attacking you. Since you are your sister are not used to this kind of behavior, you don’t realize how good she is at creating havoc for her own gain. What you are going to have to learn to do is to realize that you are really good at seeing the positive and then making it better and letting go of those who are trying to sting you through criticism.
Hi Joaoercio,
This dream tells you that words have a lot of power, negative or positive. When you play with negative words, you always lose and bad things happen. The solution is to use and think in positive terms like love and gratitude. That is where the good stuff is in life. Then it will be like you get a brand new life.
i dreamed of me playing a cursed game in my tablet when i losed in the game ghosts appeared from the tv of my mom then i runned to the roof but i wanted to close the door and i died before i back to the roof
Ok so my dream started while i was in an apartment that seemed to be my apartment in the dream. Suddenly a horrific earthquake erupts and my mother, two nephews and i run out the apartment. We are running like crazy trying to find a safe place this earthquake looked like the San Andreas Movie! These tall buildings were tumbling to the ground we couldn’t find any shelter or a safe place it felt like it was lasting forever. Now we were all surrounded by 3 tall buildings and they were all crashing down we had no place to go. So as were running i see a hole in the ground that appeared to be the rooftop of another building so i have my nephews and my mother jump down it and i follow after while the building are all collapsing over us. Next thing i kno im back at home laying in bed with my boyfriend perfectly fine but our apartment roof is kinda caved in . He and i had a little disagreement and then we were fine and i woke up. Please tell me what this means . Its driving me crazy!!! To be honest im a lil worried. Help please.
I dreamt of my late grandmother reading my hand and telling me iam going to be rich. And my mom who is alive read my hand and said d same.pls explain.
This is a response to Everard’s dream,
Hi Everard, Being rich in a dream means, above all else, that you are rich in your connections with others. It doesn’t mean necessarily that you are rich with money, because the dream world is not so concerned with money. It does not mean that couldn’t have a lot of money, but it definitely means that you are going to rich in friends. This is an inherited trait passed from your grandmother through your mother and onto you. When you use it, your life will be richer than you can possible begin to imagine. Friends are the greatest wealth.
i had a dream where a married couple kept killing me in several different realities i was aware but the outcome was unavoidable several people around me were also killed by this couple any thoughts?
This is a response to Michael’s dream,
Hi Michael, This has something to do with the thought of marriage killing you. The reason for this, no doubt, has something to do with the need to remain independent and the fear of losing it in a relationship. The actual reality is that the stronger you are in your independence, the better you are in being able to relate to someone because you both can be strong which creates a lot of positive energy.
I dreamed that cat attached it’s claws to right arm repeatedly & when my friends finally got him off my buff went to jail. After that my ex asked me to have sex with her & we had awesome sex
This is a response to Vic’s dream,
Hi Vic, In this dream the cat symbolizes independence. It is like your independence is trying to hang onto you, but your friends are trying to get you to be dependent on someone. You get to jail when you are dependent on someone. When you are independent in your own self, then that is when you can get really close to someone as if it you are have good sex, but you have to be strong and independent in yourself first.
Hi Richard
I had a dream where by I was shouted by my inlaws, but I’ve never met them before, they were so angry at me but I didn’t reply them nor say a word to them. Please help i’m terribly worried because I like the guy so so much, I want to know the meaning of this dream or what does it exactly symbolizes.
This is a response to Sali’s dream,
Hi Sali, The presenting negative emotion in the dream is worry. You worry that you are going to be yelled at despite having never met in-laws. When you have worry, the solution always has something to do with confidence. Confidence what you get from having a bank of positive memories in the past and the being assured that you can make positive things happen in the future. Worry is a protective emotion because you don’t want anything to go wrong. When you work on your confidence, you will start seeing that you have had a lot of times where you were really positive with people and got positive reactions, and that you are good at turning negative experiences into positive ones.
Hi Richard
What does my dream mean?
When I’m in my high school clothes in the middle of an empty street and my maternal nana has a knife to kill me and she is chasing me trying to find me, but i am hiding. In this street there is a Half empty Christmas Tree left there with only the cheap ornaments left on it, I go to this tree and pick one up and take it with me.
Please help me interpret this dream
Kind Regards
Lina
This is a response to Lina,
Hi Lina, Your maternal nana with a knife represents the way she is trying to cut you down emotionally so that you will do what she wants you to do so you can be who she wants you to be. She is fear that you are going to become like that Christmas tree with cheap ornaments (worthless). You take the ornament because that is the way you feel when you are attacked. The key process is to learn how to feel really uplifted in positive without a lot of support from others. It requires building your own encouragement system inside which is supported by having really positive memories and a very positive voice of encouragement and enthusiasm inside. With some help and work you can get the voice working pretty quickly which will change everything for you.
It has been. Long time since I have had a dream that I completely remembered.
-The dream starts off with me at a family reunion at my job Shoneys meeting family I have never met. It’s the Christmas holiday. at first I was nervous and then after meeting them it was and instant bond and connection of love.
-Next me & my immediate family got into a car, and me and my boyfriend (which in real life I don’t have, the guy who was my boyfriend in my dream happened to be a fling thing of mine in real who I don’t speak to anymore; however he is a National guard member and that how I met him) anyways we were taking him to his duty station tto see him off. he switched from army to Navy. The car was flying in the air and we went to a place that was like a whole other planet but it was still earth. We dropped him off. I felt so happy for him because he was happy. I thought I had been dressed in regular clothes but when I came out from a building on the base I was in uniform! ( I’m a national guard member who is looking into going active)
-Next my family and I … Including the ones from the family reunion end up at a football stadium. Apparently I big like flood|storm was going to come in and a lot of ppl were going to be injured and or lose their life. Well the storm came in and somehow me and my family found the safest plce in some type of bathroom stalls. We the flood rushed in it was havac, but for some reason I felt safe. Some random dude was running and saw us safe and pleaded to just be let him. I was afraid at first because I didn’t want othera to see and then everyone try to rush in and it start a big brawl. But for some reason I let him in.
– after the storm, we all came out and the center of the stadium where the concessions is turned into like a flea market. The men running it where from like Dubai or something.. Anyways I thought I was broke but everyone who survived the storm had a lot of cash (like about 50k) either in their pocket purse or whatever. Mine happened to be in my purse. So I’m going shopping looking at all the beautiful clothes and purses and I stumble into my ex-boyfriend (he is my real ex-boyfriend in real life of 3 year) I see him with some model type chick looking girl and he is just spending all his money on her. Idk but for some reason this bothered me sooooo much. (That night before I had the dream. My ex was suppose to help me do something important and he let me down and I was really upset/angry because he has a female roommate and a male roommate and goes out of his way for them, but when it comes to me, because I don’t give him what he wants FULLY he treats me like I some type of mooch..) anyways I say hi to him at first and he says hi but gives me the cold shoulder kind of like he is all about this girl. I ended coming back around 2 more times and telling me she is only with him for his money. He said he doesn’t care. And then. I ended up trying on some ball gowns with some uppity females. And then the end!
This is a response to Jazmyn’s dream,
Hi Jazmyn, You had a fairly long dream, but the message is pretty simple, albeit very powerful. First of all from the first part of your dream it is so obvious that you connect easily and well with people. That is a good thing. The problem comes to you when you are trying to go for new longer term more intimate relationships. Because of the stormy things have happened to you, what your mind believes it that the solution is to be soldier-like, really tough. However, the dream indicates that what you need to be is more of who you are inside, a person that connects well and easily can have lots of relationships. The strength you need inside is the strength to stay away from your ex because he is obviously in relationships for his own gain. When you try to involve him, you end up in the wrong place psychologically. The focus instead should be on connecting. In the part of the dream where people were being flooded, but you were safe, that is because you and your family are safe in the connections with each other. Love is the protective force, not physical strength.
I had a dream that my soon to be ex husband left his phone around and left, while he left I grave the phone quick and was going thru it to see if I find any information of him seen someone else but instead I found and email of him talking to a physchol lady to read his life love etc .. What that means ?
This is a response to Keyla’s dream,
Hi Keyla, What you found is what you were looking for in the dream only you don’t know it. Him searching for love life means that he had left you in search of another. The difficult you will have is letting the relationship go, but when you do so, a brand new much better life will appear.
I dreamt 2 people came to our house late this afternoon to take my husband to be murdered. Apparently he had accidently shot someone they knew and it was a revenge murder. Before he was taken they let us say goodbye to each other, knowing that he wouldn’t return. They took him in my husband’s car. Then I realised I hadn’t picked up my children from daycare and it was 6:40pm but it was an old daycare centre, not our current one. I got my children home and while inside I hear noise out the front and see a man get into an older model black ute and drive off. I then see that my husband’s car is parked in the driveway and his keys were left by the front door. I was so overcome with grief I instantly woke up. (And now can’t sleep!) Help. I’ve never ever dreamt that he has been murdered before
This is a response to Laura’s dream,
Hi Laura, Murder in a dream means that a relationship has been killed or stopped. Shooting someone means shooting them down as in criticizing them, which could have been accidental, but it had its consequences nonetheless. It is not to be taken literally, but metaphorically. It is more about the culture men live in than anything else. They have an awful time with relationship with each other because they can’t take suggestions of criticism very well. The purpose of the dream is to understand something about that culture and how bad it is on men.
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I am a male , age 22 .
So , the dream -> It was dark night ,it was not my house , i was in someone else’s house. It was a big house and the roof was quite high from ground.
There were a few people only. During the whole dream i never entered any room neither i remember if there was any room . there was a bit light only in the hall and everything felt fine.
Suddenly i felt something wrong had happened , i ran from here to there in the hall to see what’s wrong… In the meanwhile i felt some insecurity… May be i recognised that something is wrong certainly (only after this moment i got reminded of a baby) and i just ran towards a very small baby. First i felt i have to secure it .This baby was hanging in middle of the hall with a string tied from the roof . The moment i took the baby in my hand … My whole mentality just changed . I took my penis out and inserted into the baby’s ass (anal sex , i never saw that baby was a boy or a girl ) . i inserted myself that hard into the baby that my penis came out from the front side of baby (i just teared the baby flesh with its intestines coming along with my penis outside) . my dream finished. I woke up because of an orgasm . i felt guilty of being so hypersexual.
Plz answer it if you can.
This is a response to Vikas’s dream,
Hi Vikas, This dream is about your dark self, the lowest of the low self. You have this kind of dream so you can see the darkness and then change it to light. Usually I don’t receive many dreams like this because people don’t often send them. When you transform it you will be your most positive self that is generous and giving and full of light.
So being in a dark place in someone else’s house means that when you are your dark self you are not actually yourself so instead of helping the baby, you are taking advantage of it. The fact that you have an orgasm with the baby is the darkest part because it means that you get off on using power. You have to work hard to overcome this because it can be like a drug for men. I honour you for the courage you have to share
HI I dreamed I was in the woods near a cabin that was on a hill. 2 Latino men were sitting at the entrance. Next to the cabin was a 7 foot stone pillar . When I went into the cabin following them. I came upon a dark room through the window. When I turned around both of them stood by this table. On the table were like glad wrap bags full of woman’s accessories and I’ds in these bags. I felt they stole it from past visitors . I asked one of them there name and one said my name is Lewis and I woke up. I know no Lewis people to date can u you please let me know what that means?
This is a response to James Davis’ dream,
Hi James, What you are facing in the dream is the dark part of the culture. It is like you are going into the cultural darkness to see what it is. What you see is a pattern of stealing by Latino men. What you don’t see in the dream is the opposite side of the culture which is the generosity of people. They exist side by side often in the same moment, but most of the time our minds focus on the dark side rather than the light.
The purpose of the dream is to help you begin to use some of your own strong inner self-discipline to put aside the darkness and instead focus on the positive. What makes it difficult to make this step is the way media and political figures prey on the dark side to make people fearful so that they will people to side with them like Fox News in the U.S..
Hi, I’m wondering if you can help me. I had a dream last night, I was in my home with a friend when we heard banging up the stairs we became frightened and went into the livingroom, to see a lady figure coming towards us, she was very tall and pale with long dark hair, she had normal eyes and nose but her smile was like a thin line had been drawn on to make a grin and it was very big, she walked towards us and nearer the end she lifted off the ground very slightly and floated very quickly towards us and grabbed our throats. Then I woke up. Can you shed any light? Thanks in advance.
This is a response to Jeanette’s dream,
Hi Jeanette. This kind of dream falls in the category of ghost-like dreams. It means that you sometimes imagine negative people are actions that are not real. We get these kind of dreams when we have experienced abandonment in one form or another in our lives because when we are left alone our minds tend to imagine the worst. The best thing you can do is to consciously imagine the best possible future in your life with the best possible people and then go after the life you want. The dreams are just telling you that you have some negative energy there that you need to let go of so you can move toward your really positive future. It is fantastic that this is the direction that your life wants to move toward.
I dream,t my dead mum said sorry and gave me a box of promises with a crusifix and a square ruby ring
This is a response to Hilary,
Hi Hilary, Your mum is trying to be your helper from the next world, but you need to open your heart and accept her apology first. The crucifix is a symbol of sacrifice and the ring is a symbol of an alliance between you and her. You can call her for help when you are having difficulties or going for challenges. She is telling you that you are going to need to make sacrifices to get what you want in the same way that Jesus allowed himself to be killed rather than giving into the corruption of the clergy. When you promise yourself something, you can’t let yourself take short cuts or the easy way out like so many people do.