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So, this dream only lasted a split second. I was looking in the mirror, and my eyes were disproportionate. There were no whites, just the iris and massive dilated pupils. I didn’t have any dreams straight after or before. It was just an image.
In this dream you are letting in too much light in a situation where you don’t need that much. Your eyes have enough light without dilating. You need differentiation which comes from the contrast of light and dark. The pupils help regulate how much light you need. It is like you are way out of control on how much light you need.
So I have been having these two dreams for a couple years now and it seems like I have them every time I sleep with out the TV on. Just trying to figure out what they mean or if they are in some way connected.
It always starts out as your normal dream , hanging out with friends playing softball , riding bike , never anything that raises question .. but after a while the dreams just fade into blackness and there I am , I see myself . Which doesn’t happen in my dreams, beside these two dreams i can always see myself . In the first dream after the darkness fades I see myself sitting in this huge closet of a old run down 3 story house , cob webs , broken windows , dark and dingy and dusty but I feel totally comfortable . And I’m just sitting there Indian style looking at the ground, All of sudden I turn behind me and push the wall out to reveal a whole new hidden room and pathways inside the walls of the house , and generally I always think this is a scary dream because I’m always trying to find a way out of the house and I move around like I don’t want to be heard or seen , and I have been to this dream so many times I have actually been able to control it a little bit like usually I always lead myself to this basement full of old junk and clutter that you cant even see the floors but lately I have been avoiding the basement and continue to go through the walls and other hidden passages , sometimes I’ll go to the balcony and look out over the backyard , then I start climping down the sides of the house to run far away , but then I always realize I need to back for some reason , like last night when I had the dream I didn’t know she was there because i never seen her but my dream had made me go back for my sister . But I never find her , nor a scary killer , it’s just me I’m always alone.. like I’m keeping my own self stuck there and when I do leave the house in the dream it always fades to darkness again and then there i am , back to having a normal dream with my friends or boyfriend . I have seen this house so many times tho that I could draw a picture of the house and tell you where every room is and wich one’s have hidden path ways and where they lead to .
Now my second dream I have just as often as the house , but they seem completely un related to each other and this dream is always a short little “skit” starts the same way , a normal dream fading into blackness but then there is am .. this time deep waters , and its always down pouring with rain , and I am always holding on to this box made of wood with gold triming and a lock , (I guess you could picture a very small treasure chest) but I always see the docs and try swimming to them but I can never make it , getting caught by sea weed , running out of energy , but I never ever let go of the box , instead I begin to drown and I let myself do it , and just before I go complete under the water I either wake up or it fades into a normal dream again
A piece of paper with something under it and the paper wiggled. I remember it was a bee, but don’t think I ever actually saw it. I had a rock, im sure I had it to smash whatever was underneath.
I used to wake up screaming and crying, for some reason it was the scariest thing. It meant something horrible to me.
This is a response to Cariane’s dream,
Hi Cariane, What this dream is telling you is that you make something that is a small possibility of causing you a little pain into something really huge. The bee just probably wants to escape so that it can make honey, but you blow up the fear in your mind of it attacking you. In order to solve the dream you have to be able to do exactly the opposite which is to take a small positive quality in yourself and make it much bigger so that it can do great things for you.
I dreamed someone was trying to rape my n I yelled for my man he came but wut his pants down n was huggin me what does it mean
This is a response to Monica’s dream,
Hi Monica, When someone is trying to rape you, it means that they are trying to overpower someone and get high on the use of the power. With your man you wanted some help with being overpowered, but he is only interested in sex, not in you. Both men are only thinking of themselves and not you. What this means is that you have to take your life in your own hands and get really empowered inside to live the kind of life you want. You cannot rely on others especially men who are so single-track minded.
I just had a dream where I was hanging out with my fiance and family when 5 burly tattooed men come try to take me away and kill me…everywhere I go they were there. One time I went back home where my children and fiance also resided….my fiance opened the door and instantly looked back at me in fright but held his stance as he tried closing the door in the rebels face..but as he tried he failed.. My fiance screamed and put up a fight but they tossed him to the side. I then turned around with tears rushing down and find that I can escape through my kitchen window….I succeeded barely. I kept running and running until I was numb… Anguish was burning in me..my eyes were raging wishing for more tears but were running on empty. I eventually was walking in the dark and made it to my cousins house..for some reason my dream moved her residence because in reality she lives right next door..but no in this dream she was in another city. Once I knocked on her door she looked at me with shock as if she knew everything….I went in and had a strong feeling my children were there but they weren’t in sight…then I see headlights appear behind the drapes of my cousins house.I was looking to hide anywhere in this Greece colosseum that at first was my cousins small house… Eventually I hide at the top of a closet that held my tight to the ceiling as I looked down upon a whole concert of people.. The bad guys that were chasing me were on stage……. One spotted me and had another come after me. My mom looked at me in sadness. I didn’t have enough time to hide but managed to hide underneath a bed.. Unknown Children were in the room and I was afraid that their innocence would reveal my location… A man ran into the room and I held my breath. He pulled a shirt from underneath the bed where I lay. Then he whispers where is she? One child says, ” I see eyes!” I cried and knew I had to come out but this different tattooed man that pulled that shirt from underneath the bed shook his head side to side with sudden urge…. To tell me to stay hidden…then I listened cause not seconds later we heard another man coming and he fled before the other man saw his deception. The other man came in.. He had long hair pulled back in a dark pony tail. There were provocatively dressed women in there too that followed him. They were saying there were children everywhere in this room and looking quickly at me under the bed..as if the women knew about me to and was trying to protect me too… The man didn’t care so he pulled down his pants and the children started and I had an arm muscle spasm and the man saw my arm leap. I hesitated then noticed a sheet over my head as I slowly walked in the room..I said to the lady”, mommy can I get comeetha?” I know I didn’t spell it right but it means food in Spanish. I was trying to make the guy think I want the person they were looking for or i would have been toast. I said ,”I love you mama!”the lady told me I love you too baby. I got out!I finally got out…I ran down the alley again still dark…I saw cars coming and I lay on a dirt mini hill when these cars see me but it wasn’t who I feared was after me. They said what are you doing it’s dangerous out here !!!I said to one of the men that there was some kind of Mexican gang coming after me as if I saw something I shouldn’t have. I went into the man’s car the was crimson red and had two steering wheels inside… It looked like he forgot how to drive sometimes… I felt safe finally…but with a stranger… Why?! I saw a car come in our direction and told him I need to hide he put a huge black jacket over me I was still in the front passenger seat. Whoever it was whether the bad guys or just more strangers didn’t see me..I told the man one he started driving again to take me far…far away..to To another city. I was thinking to myself I just want my children and fiance to be safe even if it means I have to be away…im not ready to die. He sounds like a great idea…. Feels like a little time goes by and we’re in a school like platform but indoors where there’s other people. We stayed there for a little but little did I know one of the teachers had ties to that gang…He was watching me the whole time!!! For some reason I felt something in me to fight..I developed super powers of done some sort but it suffocated individuals… I didn’t want to them.. Just make them stop.. I eventually got out and went home to my family my fiance was furious for me being gone all this time..I woke up…I feel the dream didn’t finish correctly…might be more.
I have some auto correct from my phone so If some sentences don’t sound right, I’m sure you’re correct. I was just in such a rush to get it down
This is a response to Britnee’s dream,
Hi Britnee, What this dream relates to is the fear of the aggressiveness of the culture that makes you run and hide in your life. The aggressors are really persistent and you go to great lengths to get away and hide because the fear is really great in your mind. You can’t have had this dream without some bad cultural experiences related to this in the past, but, at this stage in your life, the fears seem to be really ramped up probably because of having a fiancé. The solution to the difficulties you have with the fear of aggression is to realize that you have super powers so let them go (to get rid of them). This is equivalent in the real world to erasing the memories and letting gp of attending to the aggressive people in your mind. They are not real anymore and that is exactly why you have them dream so you can let them go and replace them with aggressively going after your own positive goals. This is the key, to realize that there are really positive goals waiting for you to be aggressive towards them. See the most positive goals you can think of and then start going for them.
Thank you for that.It’s true and after your response and understanding of my words I understood that I had a past…wasn’t the best but I do have goals that I fear will burn to the ground.. I have children and a wonderful family now… Thanks again
I need help interpreting please…..
I dreamt about that woman again.
This time, I was in a mansion hallway. It wasn’t lit, so the moonlight shone in. I was looking out the window and there was a forest under the cliff that this mansion stood on.
There was a door with a brightly lit room behind it. There was a lot of chatter coming from it, so I went to have a look. I stepped up to the door and it opened. Turned out I stood on a button. While it was open, the light was super bright and this noise was so loud.
I walked in and suddenly I was in a ballroom. There were people talking and that song from the last dream was playing. A stage was set up at the back for a rock band, but no one was there.
I wanted to look around, so I put one foot forward, and that’s when the people noticed and turned on me.
These people turned into zombies while they were shouting for flesh.
I wanted to escape, but I couldn’t feel for the door, and turning your back on zombies is a huge mistake, I’d imagine.
That’s when the woman came back. Everything stopped by her word. The music, the zombies (which were piles of bones by now) and me.
I was still by the wall, but I was also on the other side of the room, though he denied it. He was like an agitated, but more in control me. He was wearing bright yellow and I wore pale blue. The wall opened back up behind me and we went back through the hallway.
The other me swiped to open the front door. Outside was a dock and a boat which had the name Seven. The woman and other me got in and I climbed in with them.
We went down this calm river. It seemed like this boat was hauling itself along. The woman sang a relevant song. I looked at the water. It was so smooth and reflective, I wanted to put my hand in the water. However I couldn’t because it was solid.
Once the woman finished singing we were falling down a waterfall which ended within the forest.
I woke up before we crashed.
Karu, There are two selves in this dream. One is the more the self related to your mind. It is in a mansion so it is a big self, but when you get the lights and sound (inspiration ), the people there turn into zombies. It is as if they don’t get your inspiration. They are dead to it and then turn on you. The resolution would be less light and sound and then the people would be able to get inspired. The other self is your relational self which has the same kind of ending. The calm water turns to a waterfall in the same way that you have too much light and sound. The key for you to make things work is to not ramp things up so much. Ramping yourself up kills your self.
Let me get this straight: If I want inspiration again, It’s best not to overthink? If that’s what you’re telling me, then I guess I can wait a little more. If not, can you break this down for me? I’m having a hard time understanding.
There’s another thing I forgot to mention. The other me said I wasn’t supposed to see him, but the woman said she wanted him there.
It is more like people cannot handle a huge amount of light. They need the light to be given in small doses at first and then gradually increased. It is like it is too much for them to suddenly see the sun when they have been in darkness. People are prone to bail when they are presented with new ways of living or being. It is like they just get overwhelmed and cannot handle it. However great the light is or the relationship waters, it will turned against you unless you do it gradually.
I guess I can do that. Since retirement, I’ve become a completely different person. It’s best, if I wanna get back into the limelight or something.
I always had a fear of burglars coming to our home. In this dream that is what happened. The first thing i remember was there was a door and i saw a shadow under the door. I went to my dad and told him and we were looking out the window. We usually keep the blinds down at night because we have a really big window in the room but in the dream in was all up. So my mother quickly turned them down. But will doing this the burglar appeared right in front of us, we wasn’t even scared but he was somewhat teasing. Like he stuck his tongue out to us and stuff. And while he was doing that I screamed at him, not the girly “scared” kind of scream but a angry scream. Then he went to the back of our house and i opened another window and screamed again. When I went into another room (my room) he was there, which was weird because outside my window were bars, and he managed to still get in. I tackled him and beat him, i also remember kneeing him to the balls. It was a long fight then i brought him to my dad. But instead of beating him. He talked to him, like he said some wise words and stuff to him like “why are you doing this, you should blablabl” I was shocked by this and told him to call the police already. But he said no and said something about how people can change. Anyways the burglar still ran away and when he reached the lower ground outside of our house he stole my painting materials, which i really love and i shouted at him ang begged him to leave it cause it was precious to me. Then he stopped and separeted some colors and left some for me while bringing the other half. My dad was there talking to him again hut i was furious. I had a bottle of 1L water in ny hand and i ran after him and started beating him but he still kept running and i was running after him, and we were suddenly in the place filled with people, it was a cafeteria filled with bad guys (other burglars i guess) then this burglar was talking to me and we kept talking and talking and i dont know we sort of because friends and I actually liked him in a more than friend. It felt like we were in love with each other..weird. Later on after talking a lot he escorted me back home and he gave back my painting materials and said sorry and i went back to my room from the outside, and this time my room was a dancing studio (dont know why). And the last part I remember was asking my aunt to teach me how to tap dance.
This is a response to Alex’s dream,
Hi Alex, When you have a burglar in a dream, it is not the same as real life. It is a metaphor for how you allow for abilities to be taken from you. So what did he steal? He stole your painting materials. This means that you have a part inside of yourself that steals your creativity or your artistic expression. It is like, whoever this guy represents, he is so everywhere in your head all the time that he takes away your positive artistic expression. Most likely he is a negative voice in your head that your father tries to reason with. It is probably a part of you that is trying to be a perfectionist (not exactly sure), but it is common with artists. To deal with him you try to fight with him, but the only thing that does is send your artistic expression away. Somehow you find a way to work it out with him and then you get your expression back. Working it out with him means being able to calm down and find the positive in what you are doing, having him be a positive voice of encouragement rather than a burglar.
So basically you have to move from critical, perfectionist-type expression to positive and encouraging. Then your art will flourish.
I keep having a reoccurring dream that my girlfriend has an unexpected baby. In some of the dreams it is a boy and in some the gender is unknown. In all of the dreams I’m holding the baby and I am happy yet worried about how I will take care of it. Any idea why I keep having this dream?
This is a response to Gabe’s dream,
Hi Gabe, The reason that you are having this dream is that you are comfortable in the way the relationship is now so you don’t want it to change. If she has a baby, it means that she is developing something new inside of her which then means that she will change. This is what you are fearful of. What you should be doing is cheering her on her change work and then being aggressive for making your own changes in your own life. When you both have this attitude, then the relationship goes from good to much better everyday. When you are fearful, it will go from good to bad to worse. Take the former option. It works.
Lately I’ve been having dreams where I go back to particular places. Like, for instance, an entire town, Disneyland and a pop culture expo. I wouldn’t call them recurring dreams, because each time, the story is different.
I’ve also been seeing Marth and Ike lately. In one, I was marrying Marth and we got this test which I couldn’t figure out, then in another one, he was pregnant and nearly lost the baby by falling in the bath tub onto Jessie from Toy Story.
I often see Ike in the gameplay style of Fire Emblem. In the first one, he was pregnant, but still on the battlefield.
Both times, I was the mother of the child.
Hyong, Going back to the past in playful setting and being pregnant means that in the past you were pregnant with possibilities in the play and now you need to return to that kind of mind frame of playfulness.
Hello Richard,
I had a dream a few nights ago that has me really worried. In the dream I was in my office at work. I opened a cabinet and saw a file with my name on it. When I opened it there was only one piece of paper in it. The paper just said “Kill” eight times (2 collums four deep). I woke up terrified! Please tell me my subconscious isnt crazy!
-J
This is a response to James’ dream,
Hi James, Killing in a dream means killing relationships as in ending them. A lot of offices and businesses don’t have any value at all for relationships. They just want them killed and all of the focus to be on the task. This is because a lot of administrators don’t understand the connection between positive relationships and productivity. In a really good company there is a lot of focus on tasks and a lot of focus on positive relationships, but in bad companies the idea is to kill relationships. I guess you are in the latter kind. The best thing to do is to just ignoring their killing ways and go for having both good task behavior and good relationships.
Hi my name is Tricia and early this morning i had a dream i was smelling a big white flower and it suffocated me. I woke up right before i died.
This is a response to Tricia’s dream,
Hi Tricia, In your dream the big white flower has an association in your mind with that of being suffocated. In normal life it would be the opposite. It would give you a positive feeling. This means that at some point when you were experiencing something positive in your life, you got suffocated by someone else in the experience. When you find the time period when you were suffocated from what was supposed to be a flowering, then you can do some work to disconnect that suffocating and get to flowering again.
Thank you so much!! I know exactly what that is and who it is. I was Supposed to move to Pennsylvania in May and maybe still if i could get everything worked out in time. My daughter got sick and now idk if we will be able to go if she needs surgery.
I just was notified a couple of days ago that I would be losing my job on April 30th through no fault of my own. While I am worried about paying my bills, I am taking the stand that there is a reason and a better plan ahead. Last night I had a vivid dream where I was helping with a wedding rehearsal and during the rehearsal, they released two gray doves. Instead of flying away, the doves both flew directly to me and went inside of my jacket next to my chest where I cradled them in my arms. While one was completely inside the jacket the other stuck its head out the top of the zipper. What could this possibly mean?
This is a response to Kim’s dream,
Hi Kim, Doves are symbols of peacefulness. When they come to you, it means that the virtue is being wedded to you inside. Peacefulness, tranquility, and trust in the inner world allow you to realize that there is something else waiting for you, that you need to be at peace with it. This constellation of positive energy tends to be really calm and slowed down which allows for reflection and meditation so that you can receive guidance. The inner world has its own timeline which tends to be different from that of the outer world. When you have peacefulness, things tend to be able to go very slow inwardly which is the state you have to be in to receive guidance. You also have to realize the guidance that comes has its own will which is in your best interest. You cannot force the inner world to give you what you want. You have to be able to accept the guidance and go with it.
When a person is like a witch and gives you a homemade flower but she likes you and you have a dream over it that you were crying what does it mean
This is a response to Lorena’s dream,
Hi Lorena,
When a person is like a witch but gives you a flower, it means that a person has rough exterior, but soft heart. They have to show their roughness outside because they need to protect themselves, but inside they don’t feel that way. What you have to do is learn how to not attend to a person’s rough exterior but respond instead to the positive interior.
my nsme is Anthony just had these dream now i was in a dream that i was putting on a cloth before and letter i decieded to have a hair cut in the market on getting to the market i discovered my cloth were off i was walking naked in market looking for were to cut my hair store to store funny thing is people were not surprise some just ask me like a normal question where is your cloth and i reply i want to cut my hair which i did not see any store to cut my hair i was about going back home when i discovered my cloth was back on me and i went home….whats the meaning i have already prayed about it but am confused
This is a response to Tony’s dream,
Being naked in public just means that you are ok being truthful about things rather than trying to hide yourself or cover the truth. When you realize that you can easily be truthful about things, it is ok to dress in your various roles in life. Truthfulness is like a foundation for building who you are. It is where you always have to start because it is the place where you can do an honest evaluation of where you need to grow.
I had a dream where I was dating my current boyfriend but my celeb. Crush,Taylor Luaghtner, trying to make me date him and I really liked him but I always hurt him emotionally and I couldn’t help but push him away to keep him safe because there was these weird killer monsters coming out of the ground every 2:30 minutes kinda like graboides from tremors but worse….. I’m so confused…..what does this all mean? 😵😦😭😵😦😭😞😲😱😲😱😰😩😶😞
This is a response to Crystal’s dream,
The problem is that there is a part of you that wants to go on a date with the celeb. When you do that, it attracts monsters. This is because recognition seeking, which is what dating a celeb is, creates an environment where you get attacked all the time. It is a really about the worst kind of thing you could do. What you need instead is be the one who gives others a big charge, rather than trying to get it by being with a celeb. It means that you have a lot of great energy to give out and that is what you should be doing. Don’t hesitate in giving out energy that is positive rather than trying to get energy from others.
I had a dream/nightmare of these great big vines… I was at a ceremony with my boyfriend, friends,and family, everyone I care about and I was the speaker….suddenly there was vines everywhere first grabbing my family all 5 of them then my friends and everyone but me boyfriend as soon as I was about to leap for him to grab him and run the vines grabbed him to….it ripped him in half😭 I burst into tears an ran as people around me git grabbed and killed when the were a good distance back I discovered that digging into the ground got rid of them so I started digging I got a branch out of nowhere and dug deep and I finally got deep into the ground and I started digging and crawling and going as far as I could as I started getting stabbed with many things in the ground I kept going remembering what they’ve done to my boyfriend and as I was digging one came after me it got in the tunnels I was digging and so I covered up the ground behind me and continued digging and then it grabbed me and pulled me backwards and it threw me into the sky and the last thing I seen was a snake with very sharp bloody teeth and glowing red eyes the snake was bigger than anything I’d ever seen and it looked at me and smiled and gave an evil laugh and then it turned into the devil and I woke up to the sounds of my screams just as he was beginning to rip me in half……. what does this mean
This is a response to Shay’s dream,
Hi Shay, This dream sounds like a good plot line for a movie. The problem with the dream for you starts when you are the big speaker at a ceremony and everyone is watching and honoring you. At this moment you are the most vulnerable to the energy represented in the vines and the devil figure. For some reason the dream wants you to know that. Going for recognition and honors is an inappropriate goal that just leads from bad to worse to horrendous. The goal should be more action-oriented especially action that results in the benefit to others. When you live life in an action-oriented matter then you cause growth like a positive vine that produces amazing fruit.
It is a common mistake people make thinking that recognition will get you somewhere. It doesn’t.
Hi Richard,
I dream of looking up at the sky and seeing a lot of commercial airplanes flying in the sky. Then they all would land perfectly right after each other. That was the only thing that stood out, the rest I couldn’t remember.
This is a response to Lois’ dream,
Hi Lois, This dream is about imagining where you would like to go in your life, but not actually being able to get there or anywhere. Usually this happens when the starting point for a vision is too big. Start by imagining goals or visions that are not as difficult to reach, then gradually increase the difficulty.
Thank You!
The first dream i had was, i was in my work place and thier was a really high pitched noise i went over to the counter and sawa red dial, i turned it and the noise cause a sever pain in my hearing,i the dreamt i was in a place for realxation and healing everywhere looked browney gold. I then had a dream about seeing a brown Peacock, my house door was open, i was looking into the house and the peackock was by the door, he came out onto the front lawn. A baby Horse was there also in brown and it was licking the peackock?
This is a response to Tristrum’s goal,
Hi Tristrum, The high pitch noise in the work place means that you have symbolic noise that makes it painful to do the work. Noise in the workplace is a symbol for the way that you are distracted from actually achieving anything. It is difficult to tell from the dream what the distraction is. It could be co-workers or the environment or the way the rules are. The other dream is a like a solution or the opposite to the first one. It is relaxing and healing. Brown is an earthy color which comes when you need to use your real abilities. Peacocks are usually symbols of beauty but a brown one means that you should think of abilities as beautiful things. A horse is a symbol of empowerment alone with enthusiasm. So when you are empowered to use your skills and have enthusiasm you can create something that is beautiful and useful.
Ok thanks 🤔🤔
U dreamt of two white horses, one was feeding on bloody animals, I tried getting close to him he started pursing me I ran as fast as i could but he didn’t miss my direction. I returned back to the house only to find the both of them in my sitting room I was now feeding them, they were eating from my hand we were happy but I was scared because normally am scared of animals.. please what does this mystery signify..
This is a response to Perpetual’s dream,
Hi Perpetual, Horses are symbols of the ability to be strong and enthusiastic. It is usually the kind of qualities you need when you are going for goals that require a certain amount of skill besides the enthusiasm. This dream says that you have a certain amount of fear when you are trying to go for these kinds of goals because you are fearful of having the combined qualities of enthusiasm and your own empowerment. If you are just calm and relaxed, then you will find that you will be able to have these qualities used inside of you, which will help you achieve some remarkable goals.