Recurring themes

[wisp]

Transplutonian,
Driving is a common dream theme for me. I can agree, navigation is involved.MY dreams are about going somewhere, and the discovering and learning the messages along the way. Even though I believe all dreams are obe, it's the astral type dreams I concern myself with navigation and finding my way back (unless in a airplane or rocket now). This was more when I was younger and doing a lot of lucid dreaming and mental travel. Now I do more ground based activities. I don't recall any cave dreams. I had a couple of experiences of being part of earth, and at least once, like a little earth tremor I felt myself coming out of the ground.There was vibration which I could feel, I became scared by it.

There is a lot about vehicles in learning about dreams.There are so many ways of looking at vehicles, like energy movement, physical body, and other such ideas.

There's so much to learn on this subject of vehicles. I'm sure there's a lot about the underworld too, this is so intersting too.Since I don't experience much of 2., I must not have come to that learning level yet. My ground breaking experience was quite frightning!

quote:If I were to try to attribute meaning to them, caves may symbolize the subconscious or the underworld.

Yes, I think so too.

quote:Regardless, I love dreaming.
My dreams are usually very vivid.
I usually remember some upon awakening.
I never have nightmares.
A couple of times I have had flying experiences.

Same for me. My last nightmare was Jan. 1,2003. I have to really work on remembering dreams.Not all my dreams are vivid,but always in color.If the colors are absent and black,white, or gray, I have to still learn what those kind mean.

[cainam_nazier]

On average a car or some kind of vehicle is often how you view yourself of your life.  The condition of the vehicle is kind of a "how you feel about it" kind of thing.  I.E. if its a piece of junk then you may not like your current situation(s), and if it is a flashy sports car your probably fairly happy with your situation.  

There are several things you could be doing with your vehicle and they all mean different things.

1. Getting it fixed.  Could be showing that there is some thing about yourself or your life that you want to change or need to look at.  It is an indication of a problem that needs attention.

2. Accident.  Another indication of a problem, but some thing that could be a little further out but comming to a head soon.  On the plus side its some thing that can be avoided.

3. Travelling.  Kind of shows the direction you feel you are heading.  Just driving is just that...cruising through life, checking things out, nothing is really wrong.  Getting lost however could indicate just that, you could feel like you have no direction, or your not doing what you want and can't figure out how to get there.  Trying to get back to where you were is could be showing that you want to return to "how things used to be", or the typical "mid-life crisis" depending on your age.

4. Ariving at a destination.  Good or bad depending on the place and how you feel about it.  Current situations or habits are bringing you to this point.  The opportunity to change your destination is always available.

That's about all I can think of right now.

But keep in mind one thing.  Some times a car is just a car, or vehicle, and shows up in our dreams because that is how most of us do 90% of our travelling.  Also our vehicle is also a very large and important part of our life, any happiness or unhappiness about our real vehicle can very easily be transfered to the vehicles we use in our dreams.

[Transplutonian]

I Had a dream a few days ago about a car engine.
This engine had a turbine(?), that instead of being fiberglass like other types, was made with steel to a depth of seven inches.

I had a conversation the day before with someone about a car engine, which may have triggered the dream.

I dreamed last night about walking alonside a local road for quite a few miles, wearing pajamas(lol), and carrying a plastic bag containing a semi-spherical piece of steel. I was on my way to a welding shop(which existed only in my dream at that location) to have it cut in half with an acetylene torch. When I arrived, the guy who ran the shop(whom I had went to school with) told me he had no torch. I then walked back home.

Again, part of this dream may have been triggered, as I passed the above mentioned person on the road while actually driving yesterday morning.

[Transplutonian]

Another theme that reoccurs (which I had forgotten about until I dreamed about it last night), is that occasionally I dream about areas near here which are geographically seperate, but in my dreams are adjacent.

More commonly, however, the local landscape is altered in my dreams from that of the waking landscape.

In general, an alteration from waking reality seems to be a component of all my dreams.

Is this the general experience of anyone else?

[wisp]

Transplutonian,

quote:Again, part of this dream may have been triggered, as I passed the above mentioned person on the road while actually driving yesterday morning.

Are you saying that you saw a former old peer on the road, and you had a dream about him a few days before?

I've been trying to figure out what passing someone in the opposite direction, means in dreams.

quote:I dreamed last night about walking alonside a local road for quite a few miles, wearing pajamas(lol), and carrying a plastic bag containing a semi-spherical piece of steel. I was on my way to a welding shop(which existed only in my dream at that location) to have it cut in half with an acetylene torch. When I arrived, the guy who ran the shop(whom I had went to school with) told me he had no torch. I then walked back home.

Wearing pajamas, I suspect this dream is sleeping related(sleep walking?).What your wearing is often how you think someone perceives you. And your moving on foot, in touch with the ground. Your trying to change or fix something. The tool isn't available at this location.What could torch mean?Something contained in plastic?Is this something packaged for later use? Something you put away until now?

quote: Another theme that reoccurs (which I had forgotten about until I dreamed about it last night), is that occasionally I dream about areas near here which are geographically seperate, but in my dreams are adjacent.

This isn't clear to it's meaning.

quote:More commonly, however, the local landscape is altered in my dreams from that of the waking landscape.

There are various points of view.

quote:In general, an alteration from waking reality seems to be a component of all my dreams.

I think this is when your making adjustments about things.

quote:Is this the general experience of anyone else?

Well, I know if someone is having a problem with bad dreams, it's often suggested to change your dream.For instance the statement, "If you can change anything about this dream, what would you change?"So, this must be common.

[Transplutonian]

quote:Are you saying that you saw a former old peer on the road, and you had a dream about him a few days before?

No, the opposite. I saw the person and they figured in a dream.
I don't attach any significance to it. I just happened to dream about someone I saw earlier that day.

Now if I dreamed of that person walking down the sidewalk of my home town while dragging a fifty foot log chain and carrying a Barbie Doll and the next day I actually saw them carrying out the above, then that would be disturbingly meaningful...[]

[wisp]

T.

quote:I don't attach any significance to it.

I don't care for the phrase everyday dreams. Yet, those kind are as significant as life itself. If I had met someone who I soon later dreamed about, I would look into a little bit.Since you shared a past time or experience this person, what are you recognizing about that person that can be applied to something happening to you now? If everything in our waking experience is in perfectly timed (synchrony), why did you happen to see that past fellow student that day?

quote:Now if I dreamed of that person walking down the sidewalk of my home town while dragging a fifty foot log chain and carrying a Barbie Doll and the next day I actually saw them carrying out the above, then that would be disturbingly meaningful...

Does a message have to be extraordinary? I have found that certain people in my real life play roles in my dreams. It's difficult to discover what this is about. If this person makes another appearance in your dreams, it may mean you need to look further into it.

I had a dream once of my next door neighbor cutting my grass. When I thought about it while writing it in my journal,I remembered he had cut my grass in real life some time in the past (a couple of times).The shock came when I went outside later that morning, this same neighbor was coming from a neighbor in back of me pushing a lawnmower. The scene looked the same,except he was in a different place in the backyard. He made the comment,"I have two mowers, and neither of them will work."He chuckled. This seemed to be a lot of things to try to figure out here.In the meanwhile, newer dreams takes this dream's place.

If I had dreamed of this neighbor once, it may have had a different meaning.I had several dreams of this neighbor after this. In less than a two year period this neighbor died.There was another interesting connection with this neighbor.His significant other also died rather young a few years before. She had made contact with me after her death. Her message was simple, "I died." She tried to tell me this for a couple of weeks by turning on a kitchen light,which happened to have been broken for a long time.One day it finally dawned on me. I ran next door, and found out she had died two weeks before.

[Transplutonian]

Looking back on my dreams of the last few years, it seems two recurring themes I have are:

1. Driving somewhere and getting in an unfamiliar area and then making an effort to navigate back.

2. Dreaming about caves and/or being underground.


If I were to try to attribute meaning to them, caves may symbolize the subconscious or the underworld. (Or maybe a desire to go spelunking!)
Nothing really jumps out at me about driving, however.


Regardless, I love dreaming.
My dreams are usually very vivid.
I usually remember some upon awakening.
I never have nightmares.
A couple of times I have had flying experiences.


I need to get back in the habit of recording my dreams daily.
Perhaps some lucid dream work too.