So, I
often have some pretty strange dreams. I
have a friend who always says “Please don’t tell me about your dreams… I don’t
care.” Which I get, but still, I have some pretty interesting ones.
I
dream about spiders a lot. They
apparently mean something. Actually
everything means something. I like to
look things up in dream journals when a particularly vivid dream hits me, but I
truly have no confidence that anything they say is accurate. I always wonder who decided what different
elements in a dream mean? How do we know
that is true or accurate? I think Freud
had a lot to do with it and Jung; but don’t we kind of know now that Freud
wasn’t the sanest person to begin with and that the pool of people he chose to
study were not a standard by which the general public would choose as
‘normal’. Anyway… that being said. Here is my latest dream.
In the
ocean just offshore and there is suddenly a cow in the water. A group of people decided that we should get
the cow out of the water and devised a raft type contraption pulled by a boat
to do just this. However, we were concerned
about sharks because the cow raft contraption wouldn’t go very fast without
tipping over. (Yes, my dreams are this
detailed. It’s no wonder I often wake up
tired. I’ve “done” so much while
sleeping.)
To
keep the sharks away we decided I would follow (fuzzy detail… in a boat? Just swimming?
Who knows.) with a big stick that would put out sound waves and hopefully
distract the shark. However, having not
thought this through properly, the distraction became ME and now the shark was
following. I made it to shore, on a very
short beach with the tide coming in and was quite fearful the shark would
follow into the shallow water and bite me.
So I climbed up the rock cliff in front of me a bit to get out of the
way of the shark. I made it just high
enough that the shark couldn’t get me.
It’s head was touching the bottom of my foot, but I couldn’t get any
higher without risking falling and giving the shark his opportunity to eat
me. So I stayed that way until the tide
went out. It seemed like a really long
time.
I must
have eventually managed to extricate myself from my friend the shark, because
then I was staying with a friend in a beautiful ocean front home and we were
going to sleep. I couldn’t sleep because
we were so close to the water and I couldn’t relax after my near fatal shark
encounter. So I went for a walk and
quickly found myself on a path in a semi wilderness where I happened upon a….
smoothie machine. It was oddly stationed
about 20 yards from the concession stand where one would pay (and get other
food). I grabbed my smoothie and went to
pay. At the window, imagine my glee to
see that Johnny Depp was working there; though I wondered why on earth he was
there even in my dream. I told him it
was wonderful that he was so “nice” and “down to earth” (one can only assume
because he chose to work in this little out of the way smoothie spot in the
middle of nowhere. I may have tried to
tell him about the shark encounter, but alas; it was time to wake up. Or so said my husband walking from room to
room to wake the house up for Monday after a nice long weekend.
If one
were to look up the main elements of my dream in a dream dictionary; you might
find…
Shark: To see a shark in your dream indicates
feelings of anger, hostility, and fierceness. You are undergoing a long and
difficult emotional period and may be an emotional threat to yourself or to
others. Perhaps, you are struggling with
your individuality and independence, especially in some aspect of your
relationship. Alternatively, a shark represents a person in your life who is
greedy and unscrupulous. This person goes after what he or she wants with no
regards to the well-being and sensitivity of others. The shark may also be an
aspect of your own personality with these qualities.
Alternate Possibility: Who knows why a shark is there; but the shark
pressing on my foot all night could have been my daughter doing her best at
extreme cuddling where she entwines herself in my limbs to the best of her ability
(all while asleep, it’s really pretty incredible). My guess is her foot was under my foot and
pressing into the bottom of it.
Now I’m
wondering if this isn’t also from the nature show I caught with my
daughter. Although it was about lions
and cheetah’s and such; although one was in a tree to get away from hyenas.
Cow: To see a cow in your dream symbolizes your
passive and docile nature. (excuse me while I laugh. However, there is one person in my life I do
fall into this behavior with and I was not happy Sunday. Could be.) You obey others without question. (more
laughter) Alternatively, a cow represents maternal instincts or the desire to
be cared for. For some cultures, the cow represents divine qualities of
fertility, nourishment and motherhood. (Alternate explanation: probably because I watched the last few
minutes of a movie with cows in it, but still, why in distress and why in the
OCEAN?).
Rescue:
To dream that you are being rescued or rescue others represents an aspect of
yourself that has been neglected or ignored. You are trying to find a way to
express this neglected part of yourself. Alternatively, it symbolizes an
unconscious cry for help. Perhaps you are too proud in your waking life to ask for
assistance. (Not too proud to ask for
help, but there is an issue or two in my life that this could describe.)
Ocean: To see an ocean in your dream represents the
state of your emotions and feelings. It is indicative of spiritual refreshment,
tranquility and renewal. Alternatively, the dream means that you are feeling
empowered and unhindered. You have a positive outlook in life and are not
limited by anything. If you are sailing across the ocean, then it signifies new
found freedom and independence. You are showing great courage. If the ocean is
rough, then the dream represents some emotional turmoil. You are doing your best
to handle life's ups and downs.
So,
whatever that means… Goodnight. Don't let the bedbugs (or sharks) bite.
