I was lucky to have grown up in the woods and valleys of Ohio. I spent my childhood outdoors and now I live in the Sierras, where I hike in the most magnificent mountains and forests on earth. No matter what has ever happened in my life, nature has always been my redeemer.
I am inspired to uncover how the power of nature touches us at a deep and profound level. It reinvigorate a sense of the spiritual each time we recognize how we are natural creatures in a natural world and are intricately interwoven into its search for a better way. Nature is relentless in its ability to overcome any barriers to its forward progress.
This same power is inside of us and is active during dreaming.
As a child, I wrote poetry, music and interpreted the dreams of my friends and family. Poetry was my religion and gave me a special connection to the more holistic side of life. As a symbologist, I have spent my life researching the common metaphors appearing in the dreams of individuals and in the myths and art of civilization.
We spend two thirds of our lives building the belief structures that are disassembled during the one third of our lives spent sleeping. In many ways, dreams seem to rehash some of our more difficult experiences, although therapists use dreams to uncover clues to help a client understand how they have become stuck. If the experience we are rehashing was meaningless, we wouldn't have dreamt about it.
Dreaming reveals how unhappiness is merely the hunger pain for change.
I feel like I have accomplished many things in my life, but inspiring others toward greater heights has been my most rewarding profession. As a dream analyst, I guide others in understanding this profound inner guidance.
We are the hero of a nightly adventure that allows us to activate self knowledge and direction in life. Dreaming reveals how some part of us seems to know us better than we know ourselves.
The omnicient ability to see the way forward, which seems beyond our reach in daily life, becomes the plot and story lines of our dreams. The heroes of our ancient tales traverse exotic landscapes to uncover the treasures that will reveal both, their identity and destiny. In the same way, we are the sleeping hero who is given the clues that will awaken us to our destiny.
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10/28/08 12a-3a Houston, TX. Last night I had two dreams... The first was me boarding a cruise ship. It was a nice warm night, the water was calm. The cruise ship was beautifully lit with white lights everywhere and the harbor/port was buzzing with soft and romantic boats and sounds. I was with a group and we took a small wooden boat to get to the larger. As we approached my mother dove in with joy. Almost like she couldn't resist the urge to be in this calm and lovely sea. I jumped in in fear after her. Then I realized I was the one in danger. Not actually in danger but the only one scared. Then I could hear the fish as if they were in a large school as the brushed the bow's bottom as they swam by. Then an extremely large, big mouthed fish that was brown and green in color with big eyes buzzed me. Almost just saying hey I see you and it's no big deal but I was here first.
The second was me falling in love. The man was a close family friend, mostly of my older brother (Heath). He and I don't speak in waking life, so the fact that we were just normal in the dream was a great feeling. I felt no fear, animosity or regret around him. I was comfortable. My brother and I seemed to be living or staying in a big open house. There were no rooms but there were doors. I just didn't know where they went. There were a lot of high windows with lots of sunlight coming in but the house was just grey in color but in a warm, peaceful way. There were lots of posts like in a big cabin and lots of stairs. There was no furniture. I was the only one who went upstairs where there were lots of empty shelves. There was something drawing this friend and me closer together and I knew we were in love but I didn't want to disappoint my brother, my family. I kept hiding things from them and denying my feelings to this man. I kept thinking they have to know. Each time my brother went out the front door I was sure it was because he was upset or felt awkward that this man and I had a connection. Finally the man couldn't take it and wouldn't accept it anymore. As he was professing his love and I clearly felt the same my brother came upon us. I was so worried and he just walked away. NOt in an angry or disappointed way but saying "I knew all along I'm happy for you" or "I never cared the way you thought I did I just want you happy". Then the scene changed from us in this place announcing our love to me meeting him outside school. It must have been a high school or grade school. I met him outside. He was very excited because they had just discovered his natural ability to instantly formulate nourishment? I don't really know how to explain it now, but in the dream he said "watch, i take 10 sprints then I eat a banana and 3 teaspoons of peanut butter and I'm a machine" It was like a new invention and he had been hired by endorsers and athletes and teams worldwide. He would be very successful and I was so proud of this person and loved him so much. I continued to follow him as he made formulas for all of our turns. We were running and laughing and were very happy. As we rounded a chainlink fence from an alley to a new street I thought "when do I tell him this will not work out? when do i tell him that someone so much younger than me can't make this work? That right now things are great but in real life they won't be very soon?" AS we rounded the corner (now on vespas) he asked me to join him at his favorite taqueria. It was a like this soulful, hip hubub while everything around seemed lifeless (buildings/people walking by). There were all kinds of interesting people on the patio. Two girls took my attention. They were having breakfast with iced coffees with cream. They had also just ordered two shots and dropped a dark liquid into what looked like milk. I remembered wondering if it was coffee dropped in kailua? They were so happy to be friends. I woke up waiting for him to come backout. Wondering what he would surprise me with next.
Kari's Interpretation
Your dream shows how you are currently exploring your fear of intimacy and attempting to transend your barriers.
Remember that everything and everyone in the dream is you.
In the first portion you are testing the water. "Diving in after your mom" is simply you feeling like you should follow in your mother's footsteps in terms of relationships.
Interacting with the fish is proof that indeed, there is abundant life 'underwater' or in that area deep 'below the surface' which you probably keep out of conscious awareness.
In the second portion of the dream you are not only exploring the idea of how you move into relationships, but also how the past might have influenced why you keep yourself 'reserved.'
The big open house shows you exploring your potential, but please notice how the house
--has no rooms but has doors...it has no furniture but lots of posts...and empty shelves.--
This is a snapshot of 'what you believe' you have to offer in a relationship. The 'aha' to me is the repetitiveness of doors, posts and the chain link fence at the end....AHA: something that is being protected in this way cannot be filled with furniture (ideas to rest upon) or food on the shelves (what you can share with others and how you can nourish yourself.)
Since the house represents your 'inner architecture' here are things to consider: no rooms but doors? are there no walls? Is this a snapshot of having an easy escape?
The last portion of the dream takes place in a school setting (learning) and focuses on nourishment (how you have been trained to find nourishment.) Food in a dream is a more broad view of how you find nourishment in life.
His ability to "formulate nourishment" is a classic snapshot of 'hiding the banana' or the covert way that your mind is saying....I like sex...it nourishes me. He (you) is even getting endorsements on that idea! This suggests that you are opening to intimacy.
As the chain link fence appears, it becomes obvious how you sabotage relationships. The idea is no longer hidden in the obscurities of the large open house... You wonder how to bring it up. It is a conversation you need to have with yourself.
The tacqueria or 'foreign' restaraunt suggests that you need to find a new way, an exotic way, a more foreign way (or something different from what you have done in the past) to receive nourishment in life.
The image of dropping liquid in cream is another way of exploring sex for more profound fulfillment....kind of like nourishment from the breast when you are a baby (your reference to cream.)
Perhaps you are exploring a new relationship or going through changes in your approach because of something you are observing in your mother. Either way, your mind is awakening you to a sense of real fulfillment
I dreamed that I was at lunch at school. There were actually friends from my grade school in real life there...old friends. We were in a booth against the wall (all white-right side). I was facing the other side of our booth and the whole cafeteria lined with tables. There were six people at my table...all girls. I was in the middle of two and there were three on the other side. We were having such a great time and it seemed like it was the first day of school. In the far corner of the cafeteria was a table of six guys. Exactly opposite and facing me was a great looking one. He and I exchanged a few glances. He was somehow the most unattainable of the group. On the way out I ran into him and he teased me like an upper classman would. I instantly felt a connection though and was upset that he didn't take me seriously. For some reason I was able to get my hands on his records and they showed that he had been there for 7 years. I teased him about being so great when he was really not going anywhere in life quick. He stopped and looked at me differently. Later that afternoon, back at "lunch" in the cafeteria we connected on a deeper level. He sent a friend over and all the girls were shocked. I was just upset he didn't come himself and paid no attention really. The guy seemed to be just flirting with all the new freshmen girls at the table. When he left I asked a friend what he meant by his questions and she said you didn't know? I said what? she said he was trying to find out which one you are. I said which one am I? she said wasn't it obvious with his question about the jimmy choos? then she said now he really knows who you are and i think he likes it. I looked at him across the room and knew that something big was about to happen...then i woke up!
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