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Hello, my dream happened some months ago, so the details might be vague.
The experience involved me hovering over the calm depths of the ocean or lake as a colorful wave of energy as my reflection showed me. It was night-time, slightly foggy, and overall beautiful. Their were four advanced/mythical cities on a platform on the four corners of the watery base making an even square alignment with precise distance. As I saw the beautiful cities light up the nightly heavens, I could literally feel the life sprouting out, but oddly I couldn’t see any lifeform…besides myself.
Afterwards I woke up around 2-3am feeling a small surge of energy. I didn’t feel nervous, but I felt a little excitement and mostly confusion.
Dear Andre,
This is a pretty interesting dream. The calm depths mean that when you go to the depths in yourself in a calm and peaceful manner, then the four mythical cities will begin to open to you. These four cities represent the four parts of yourself, spirit, mind, heart, and body. Each one will come sprouting out in your life in their time. You can think of this dream as a metaphor for how you should go about your spiritual or personal development. You first begin in calmness, go deep, and then things will be revealed to you. Day by day new things will come to you if you allow them. It will greatly enrich your life.
Thanks for the reply back. I figured something divine or spiritual was trying to show me something.
Your answer to my question was just excellent.
Hi Richard I hope everything’s well with you and your love ones.. I had a brief dres m where my fingers was interlocked or entwined…I was unable to loose my fingers..I went to a young girl and asked her to uncurl my fingers. She grabbed each finger and pulled them apart. I walked through a business section of a town and a man dpilkef walnuts all on the sidewalk, I preceded to pick up the big walnuts from the ground ,but stopped, I saw others grabbing boxes full of walnuts so I too grabbed a box full of walnuts and carried it away.
Hi Lovelyaslace,
This is pretty interesting on a physical level as well as metaphoric. You can google walnuts and see what kind of benefits that they provide for people. It may be helpful for you. Metaphorically you need something that will unlock your fingers. Fingers represent the virtue of nimbleness which is being able to work intricately on things. Probably when you get to very detailed things you lose your nimbleness. It is hard to say exactly, but you can ask yourself how you lose that quality.
I don’t know if this was a dream or a spirit to spirit encounter all I know it felt too real and I was aware of everything. My boyfriend and I have been broken up for almost two months now with absolutely no contact. Last night I felt his spirit come into my room and attempted a sexual encounter. In this I wasn’t alarmed or afraid. I woke up from it only to fall into another encounter; it seemed as a continuation from the encounter. All I know it all seemed too real. I don’t know if I’ve been on his mind, if he’s been lurking, or etc. Please help me understand.
Dear Pumpkin,
What this experience tells you is that some of the energy from your relationship is still lingering. It is as if he wants to get close when you feel the energy. The energy will block you from being your true self and feeling free to experience and go for things in the world. It is not him, it is just energy. You can send the energy off as if it goes to another planet and in the meantime, you can begin to feel the positive energy of feeling more free and going for things.
I was hired to clean up someone’s apartment. I started by sweeping the floor. The floor was covered in thick dust as if the owner of the apartment had not done any cleaning for years. After that, I found some dusty figurines nearby and started to wipe and polish them. The figurines were some unidentified creatures but they all looked great and majestic. There were three golden, four silver and six bronze figurines. I put the three golden figurines on the table that somehow appeared beside the wall. I then proceed to clean the bookshelf nearby. After arranging the books on the bookshelf, I then put the four silver figurines on each slot of the bookshelf. The remaining bronze figurines were not displayed and were hidden away in the store room. The dream ends when I was going to clean the kitchen.
Dear Kelly,
Cleaning in this dream is a metaphor for helping someone to clean up their lives of the dust of ego and self so that they can find their real treasures inside of themselves. You seem to have some kind of gift for helping people get over themselves so that they can find their true treasure inside. Most people have acquired “dust and dirt” that keep them being their true selves. You can help them.
Hi I, uh, had a dream about a hollow index finger. The middle of the 3 segments was open and there was nothing inside my finger, but everything worked fine except there was a big hole. It looked like cracked porcelain or maybe plastic? What does it mean?
Dear Roland,
The index finger is a metaphor for pointing out the direction you need to go in. The hollow index finger means that the direction you are moving toward is hollow or without a lot of substance. The question the dream asks for you is about moving forward into a direction that has positive purpose and substance.
It was the end of the world in my dream. Everyone in town had to go through this building, supposedly to get a new body, and then we all got an allocated room. I found mine, but this lady next door had a panic attack.
While getting new bodies kind of worked, it turned out some people got disabilities along with theirs. I remember one in particular had a bent ankle.
We were allowed to leave the rooms while we waited for the big event. I saw my online friend in another room and we played together for a bit.
Dear Jacqui,
When you have a dream about the end of the world and there are negative elements like disabilities, it means that you have to begin thinking in terms of creating a new and positive world for yourself that is more aligned with your best self and your best abilities. This happens because you are not assertive enough with going forward with the kind of life that you want to live. You probably need a belief change so that you believe that you can create the world you want to live in rather than being a victim of your current circumstances or the culture.
I recently had a dream about driving through a seaside town. We arrived in a neighborhood with homes and apartments that were run down but had been built with a detailed European architectural design, yet they seemed to be unkept for many years. The first home we arrived at looked like the others from the outside, but when we walk through the front door everything seemed to be refurbished other then an old refrigerator. To which, my mother, who was with me, said “wow this house seems nice other then the ugly red, blue, and stainless steel 50’s refrigerator.” To which I became embarrassed of her comment because the owners 4 girls were standing in the kitchen listening/ watching us. To witch we apologized and the mother came to greet us to which we apologized again and were about to go on our way when she had us take her older two girls (she had 4) with us. We made our way to the beach down the street to which many people, remarked that it is polluted. We could have found a nice spot to take in the sunset of if went towards the waves and the softer sand yet we stayed close to the higher edge of the beach.
Dear Leah,
This dream is about the practice of focusing on the positive around you and ignoring the negative. What the dream is telling you is that you have a tendency to focus on a small negative and then get stuck in it. When you get stuck in the negative, it is like you go to the polluted place rather than than the beautiful one. When you focus on the positive and ignore the negative, then your life is constantly filled with beauty. The presenting negative emotion is embarrassment. When you feel embarrassment, it lets you know that you are not focusing enough on the beauty and how to get to more beauty. You need to focus on the beautiful beach and how to get there rather than being stuck in embarrassment and then ending up in pollution. A lot of what works is to ignore the negative.
I live around a swamp area. I dreamed recently I went to the swamp and jumped in. I did so multiple times on purpose. I was happily jumping into a swamp which makes no sense. But I couldn’t get out the last time I jumped in. It felt like something was in the swamp pulling me in.
Dear Mary,
The swamp that you live by is just a metaphor in the dream, but because you live by one, the dream uses it. The purpose of the dream is for you to feel free to dive into things and love being in new experiences all the time. The fear in a swamp is that something is lurking like an alligator to pull you under. The fear happens because of people who are like reptiles that lurk to try to take advantage of others who are more innocent. You need the freedom to go for new experiences, to dive into them. You also need wisdom about who dealing with people who might take advantage of you. You can dive into new things and also be wise about it.
Hi, so back in around 2015, I had a dream where I was on a hill, it had very tall grass and the wind was blowing it gently, there was an abandoned house, and to the left of the house was a cliff, I walked near and could hear soft crying. When I walked to the edge, kneeling in the grass was a young girl with a limp baby in her arms, the girl was crying softly and the wind was blowing her hair. A couple months later, my sister and I were talking about dreams and she told me she had the same dream, except she was the girl. Or she could see from her eyes and feel what she felt. Today, 3 years later, I was walking to work, when all these butterflies came from no where, there where so many that some were just dead on the ground. I felt like they wanted me to follow them, so I did. They led me to a place I’d been before, but there was something new.
There was an abandoned house. It had graffiti all over it, and lubricant and a teddy bear, the floor was broken up, there were bars on the Windows, on the left, there was a mound of dirt that was higher, and there was tall grass.
I felt like something wanted me to go inside the house, but I was too scared.
The lights and security system had been ripped from the walls. And this house looked a lot like the one I dreamed of. (It’s like a little shed)
Anyways, I think someone wants to or has wanted to communicate with me for a long time about this.
I have just been ignoring all the hints.
Please help me and tell me if you think I should go into the house for this spirit.
Hi Chloe,
The abandoned house signifies an abandoned self or someone who has been abandoned from the time she was a small girl. You seem to have the right energy to help people through abandonment issues because you have the energy of a butterfly with is transformational but very gentle and light. It is as if every abandoned person is in that house. The fear is the fear of the unknown that something dark could be lurking in there. If you can let go of the fear and go into the house, you will feel the energy of people who are crying in their loneliness. You can use your gifts to make them feel embraced and together with others. It is not a one time thing but more like a calling that you have. If you can be light and tender, you will find that there are a lot people you can help.
Hello,
I normally don’t remember my dreams, and if I do, it’s only for a short time after I wake. I have a snippet from a dream I had last night that has stuck with me all day.
Me and my wife were in bed sleeping, I’m having her on my side, and i woke up slightly (like the level of awake when you wake up to adjust your pillow and fall right back asleep), and a close female friend of mine is also sleeping in the same bed. As I wake in the dream, she reaches over and intertwines her fingers with my left hand, and then I fall back asleep.
Dear Ryan,
If you analyze the inner positive quality of the woman who is coming into bed with you, you will find that she has a quality that you really need in your life. When you develop it inside yourself, you will have an even better relationship with your wife and your life will become amazing. You have to ask the question, what do you admire about her and then work like crazy everyday to develop that quality in yourself. Not sure what it is but it is related to the left hand which usually is connected with the right brain which is more creativity.
Hello, here I am again
This time I saw the number 525 in my sleep and when I woke up I had the feeling as if I had to do something really important.
Thank you in advance.
Hi Jesse 25 is 5 times 5 so you can look up number meanings and find what they mean. I am not that good at it, but you might find it useful. It is not something I study.
I have this recurring dream , where my friend’s boyfriend ( who i have a crush on) , and I are in a room together , i used to sleep in the room , and he used to come in my room , talking to his girlfriend on the phone , and then , lying down with me , sharing the same bed , we were not being intimate at all . Actually i kind of love him , despite having my own boyfriend , with whom i have lots of fights , things aren’t well between my friend and her boyfriend also , and i and her boyfriend were both happy and laughing together in my dream . What does this mean ? And i kind of think he kind of enjoys being with me because he always sits beside me even when he is with his girlfriend and keeps on touching me even when i sometimes shift a little .
Dear Rhea,
The reason that you are having the recurring dream is because your girlfriend’s boyfriend has the inner positive qualities that you need in your life and he has the qualities you have. You are attracted to the positive energy he has. When you start to incorporate that energy into your life, you will begin to feel more like yourself and then have a lot more choice about who you want to be in a relationship with. What’s more is that you will be able to achieve a lot more. Ask yourself what he has that you admire. This is what you can work on and be inside yourself.
I had a dream that one of the small diamonds on my wedding ring fell out and I found the diamond on the floor and was carrying it until I can fix it. From what I know and feel, my marriage is not in danger of ending at all, but I’ve recently felt like I was losing my mom to some man that’s not good. Even though the dream involved my wedding ring, can the diamond falling out represent my mom and I’s relationship?
Dear Hannah,
It is true that your mom is a diamond in your wedding ring and that losing her to a bad relationship is like losing one of your diamonds. Sometimes you have to exercise a lot of patience until a person comes back into their senses. What is positive is that you have a diamond ring in the dream, which means that your relationship with yourself and your husband is solid.
I have a fiance and we’ve been illegally having sex. I just dreamt that she was cheating on me and I caught her on the balcony of my room. When she came inside, I was having sex with her trying to hurt her, when I realized she wouldn’t be hurt. As I felt angry and got off of her, I got caught by someone who’s like a farther to both of us then I woke
Hi, The problem you have is one of jealousy which comes from imagining things that are not true. The best thing is to slow down and work out your jealousy issues before you get married. You don’t want to carry them into the marriage because they will ruin it. You are probably going to need professional help to deal with the jealousy. It is a complicated emotion and has roots no doubt in your family of origin from not getting what you needed there.
I dreamed of somebody who was killed and it’s like I was yo be blamed for and later was suppose to go to prison for it because his Corps was in my room but later this person got up with a lot of energy what does it mean
Dear Rachel,
This dream is about the fear of being blamed for things that looked like they happened and looked like you are guilty, but didn’t happen. It comes when you are in an environment where people jump to conclusions and are very judgmental. To solve it you have to learn to ignore those kind of people and be super confident in your own mind and abilities.
I was running a marathon (i don’t do that in real life) my outfit is pink, purple, and black. There aren’t a lot of runners in this race. I’m being chased by my crush and his friends. They’re in a supportive role on his behalf. It’s all playful in nature, like him pursuing me. I liked it in my dream. There is a fork in the path I’m running in. An arrow appears to tell me where to go. He catches up and remains close. He giggle at his pursuits. It’s all playful. Later, at a more formal setting he presents me with a wrapped gift. I open it and it’s a blown up photograph of a photo of me and his friends on a (fishing) boat. It’s black and white. The room we’re in is white, and we’re surrounded by loving company. However, I noticed he edited the way I look and I don’t like the photograph for that reason. He is a photographer in real life and he is very outdoorsy. I guess we’re a couple in my dream?
*I giggle at his pursuits
Dear Mary,
You are running a marathon in your mind of how you would like to be in a relationship with your crush. It is all well and good, but the important thing to do is to start acting on your feelings for him to see if it is going to work out or now. You cannot stay in the fantasy forever because much of it will be hard work to make the relationship work with a lot of pain.
I have recurring dreams where I’m having to hide from a group of people trying to kidnap/ kill me and for some reason I always hide behind pictures hanging on the wall, or I try to climb through the ceiling. Can you tell me why I dream about hiding in such strange places?
It may be because you are
stressed.That dream usually occurs to those who are stressed
Dear Breanna,
Hiding the way you do is an attempt to blend into the wall as if you are not there. You have a fear of calling attention to yourself as if something bad is going to happen to you if you are seen. This means that you have experiences of being put down or criticized. What you need is to be validated or acknowledged for your positive qualities and abilities. You can do it yourself by remembering the positive things you do each day and you can be around positive people who validate you. At some point you are going to have to deal with the way you feel criticized inside because it won’t go away by itself.
I tell my dad to come pick me up. my dad never comes and it was 1:45 and he was supposed to be there at 11:30 to 12:00 am so I call my mom and I was with Oliver ( the boy I like) and right before we were gonna start hooking up I had to go pee and so did he. So then my mom calls me back and tells me there’s been an accident sends me a pic of the white van turned over and a video of my dad all torn up bleeding and hurting in pain and I start crying
Dear Mae,
This dream is about the fear that when you ask for support from your dad, that something bad is going to happen to him and you are not going to be able to get it. It shows you that before you have a relationship with a boy, you need to feel your own strong support inside. The reason this is important is because a positive relationship with a boy depends on you having your own strong self when you are in the relationship. A strong self is what actually makes the relationship work. If you have had a positive relationship with your dad, it would be easy. I am thinking that you probably haven’t. If that is the case, you have to go cautiously into the relationship until you have a strong self. If you don’t, you will seek from the boy what you didn’t get from your father.
I was meeting an old crush (I talked about him vaguely yesterday) at a restaurant where his and my parents were. Apparently in the dream we were dating and infringe of him were some sheets mentioning marriage. In the dream it seemed like both parents had agreed but he hadn’t even asked me to marry him. I kept on waiting for a surprise ring or for him to say the words but he just assumed we would get married. I seemed disappointed and unhappy in the dream? (I am currently worrying about my future but not in a romantic way, it’s more about career/ studying).
Dear S,
If the metaphor of marriage were real, the solution to the dream would be to take charge more and you be the one asking him to get married. In the same way you need to take charge of your future and go after it strongly. Worry is a sign that you don’t have a lot of confidence in yourself. Remember your positive abilities and then go strongly toward the future you want.
I just woke up from a dream laud in my bed bed and suddenly felt someone was grabbing me. I tried to get out of their grip but the person had several hands. At this point my mother appeared lying on the other side of the bed asleep.The scariest thing was just before I let loose and woke up. The person grabbing g hold of me looked like my sister.
Dear Merlyn,
The questions you should ask yourself from this dream is why your sister is grabbing onto you and gripping you with many hands. It sounds like something is going on with her in her life and she is very fearful of something. You can take the time to talk to her in a gentle and compassionate manner so she can open up to you and begin to deal with it.