On a lighter side....recurring dreams.

[DemExpat]

I used to have dreams oh so often about my little children and pets running away from my circle of protection and not being able to save them from imminent danger....just dreadful dreams which would wake me up shaking inside.

These have passed (my kids are grown now, just about...:-)) and now I find I am having a funnier, weirder recurring dream - that I am in an airplane taxiing along the streets, on freeways and highways, never taking off from the ground.

What's up with THAT? :D:D:D

It is not disturbing in any way, just weird and knowing that it is weird in the dream, wondering why I am in this situation, and if all will be OK with this jet cruising down the road........

The only 2 explanations I can think up are that I dislike flying as I get older, and wish I could travel great distances by flying without leaving the ground,:silly: or that it represents something within myself wanting to go somewhere developmentally or spiritually and I can't "get off the ground".....

Anyone ever had silly, but interesting to experience, dreams like these?

:hi:

DemEx

[Dover]

1. ........I vote for the latter explanation.

Up up and awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

Haven't had a recurring dream for many many many moons. But when I did it involved an airplane.

[KittyWampus]

2. When Younger- Dreams Ocean Coming Up The Street.

I live 2 blocks up from the Atlantic on eastern LI.

When much younger the ocean would be scary.

Then, when older the ocean came and I wasn't scared.

Those dreams have stopped.

[smirkymonkey]

3. Hi DemExPat!

I have had the very same recurring dream as well. Sometimes the plane will get off the ground a few feet but never takes off and I am usually going down a highway.

I don't like to fly either (although I will do it because I love to travel) and I also feel like I can't quite get my life off the ground. I am very frustrated in my "real" life, so that could be the reason I have that dream so often.

I also have dreams where I am stuck on top of a very tall building, or some high precipice and I am terrified to move because I am so afraid of falling.

Last night I had a dream (also recurring in various forms) that I was clinging to a girder of an unfinished skyscraper and I was paralyzed with fear and couldn't move because I was afraid of falling. I finally got into a shaky, makeshift elevator that was open and held up by one cable from the top. It first went up to the very top of the building which horrified me because I thought it was going to fall and then it started to go down, but it was very wobbly and I was hanging off the side. I could actually feel that I was losing strength and couldn't hold on much longer and there was still a way to go to the ground - I don't remember how it ended.

[DemExpat]

6. Awful experiences, those dreams of fear of falling from great heights.

When younger I used to dream of seeing loved ones being sucked into whirlpools...:scared: :cry:

But aren't those dreams of driving down the highway in a jet just....ridiculous? :D
Funny that you have the same scenario, SM!

:pals:

DemEx

[loudsue]

4. I'm always flying on the back of a horse....I love it.

It's a recurring dream theme. Horses fly me to all these remarkable places.

One time, the horse flew me to this ranch-type place, and when we landed, there was this old grandmotherly Native American woman and a grandfatherly Native American man, dressed in colorful outfits, and they were dancing and celebrating. (The horse knew just where to take me! -- They were obviously waiting for me!) So, I jumped down from the horse's back, and pulled out a Pipe, and a Native American Holy Man (who I knew personally) joined us, and we all smoked the Pipe, and we all danced in the sunshine, even the horse. That was one of my favorite dreams.

Whenever there's an important transitional point going on in my life, flying horses come and take me on a flight-ride. Sometimes, the whole dream is just me, the horse, and the sound of the wind in our face as we fly. It's very grounding, actually....it feels like "going home".

Cool thread idea, DemEx! It's been a heavy week, and it's good to reflect on dreams right now!

:kick::kick::kick:

[DemExpat]

7. Pegasus.....

http://www.pegasusproducts.com/myth.html

Sounds like a great dream, loudsue!

:kick:

DemEx

[Mandate My Ass]

8. I love your flying horse dream, loudsue

I occasionally have flying dreams but I'm the one doing the flying. The thing is, I have to stand *completely* still in intense concentration to begin the initial levitation, but once I'm off the ground, I can pretty much control the height and direction with my arms. Sometimes the dream happens at night and the sky is filled with wonderful brightly colored meteors and all kinds of swirling galaxies and beautiful, colorful moons and planets.

Another recurring dream is that of a garden I have recently planted and I go outside expecting only the first shoots to be showing above the ground but I find the most spectacular otherworldly flowers growing and thriving. Some glow, others fill the air with amazing perfume, others change colors before my eyes, but the one thing they all have in common is that I've never seen anything like them before.

Like loudsue said, thanks for this thread!

[DemExpat]

5. I love hearing of people's dreams........!

I should not have brought up this theme.....for last night my old theme of vulnerable animals in danger came back with a vengeance. :eyes:

I was visiting my sister in Denver for awhile in the dream and went into the messy (she and her hubby keep their's super clean and orderly!) kitchen....took the top off a low rectangular container and saw to my horror that it was filled with freshly hatched baby blackbirds and other little animals.....

I felt so guilty that I had not checked on them sooner, as they of course were starving and thirsty and in need of air, light, and room to move. I vaguely remembered having put the eggs there previously - but had "forgotten", been distracted.....

But, as only in these kinds of dreams things progress, I kept coming across other cages and boxes filled with neglected birds, guinea pigs, tame rats, bunnies, etc. All in dire need of attention, care, and loving. On top of that, people wre coming in and out of the kitchen for stuff getting in my way, and letting dogs and cats slip in the door (my long-dead Siamese cat came in and pounced on a rabbit)......and all the time I am trying to clean up the cages and provide food and water and find an emptly cage for all of the blackbirds.

It has been quite some time since I have had this kind of dream - I woke up exhausted and shaken once again.

And it is fascinating and amazing to me how the brain/nervous system work to "produce" such dreams in themes for processing.
Obviously I have not worked out the underlying feelings/state of being/spiritual lessons to get past this!

I do have deep empathy for animals in general, but something tells me that these dream animals represent something in myself that needs attention, something I keep getting distracted from by other things in life - a consequent and diligent caring for myself - now that my kids have been well taken care of, it is time for me. :D

I have to laugh, too, and it gives a sense of power in a way that after only mentioning a dream theme in passing on a post here I created it in "technicolor and double feature" the next time I slept.

:bounce: :D

DemEx

[Dover]

12. That is quite a trick......dream by suggestion!

I guess the "issue" represented by these dreams is UP for you right now. I think of animals as symbolic of our instinctive selves, our inner child, that operates at another level than our rational intelligence. It/They make our ordered rational lives very "messy" because they demand their due and we can't respond through our rational minds which would cage them or keep a lid on it. We nourish that 'animal' side of ourselves by becoming more like them in that we become more intuitive and open ourselves emotionally/spiritually. You cannot become like a bird by "thinking" like a bird. To become a bird you must emBODY it.
Any child knows this naturally.

[DemExpat]

18. good thoughts...in all of these dreams of trying to rescue

these vulnerable creatures, it is indeed a chaos, and in the case of my latest dream, in a very messy kitchen....

It/They make our ordered rational lives very "messy" because they demand their due and we can't respond through our rational minds which would cage them or keep a lid on it.

Often there is a shock of guilt involved too as I discover I have neglected these animals by being too "busy" with other stuff (I kept the lid on the box of blackbird eggs)....like I forgot them....and I feel so lousy about this in my dreams. I often try to get them all into "safe" cages but can't find them or enough to contain them all.

:hi:

DemEx

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[hippiechick]

9. Yes ~

For several years I had recurring dreams of a friend who had passed away suddenly and violently in 1993. There was no pattern to the timing of the dreams (holiday, birthday, anniversary, etc) - they would just come in clusters for several nights, then stop; then start up again.

He would show up at the oddest of places (picnics, the grocery, etc) and act like he was 'part of the group'. Nobody else in the dream could see him. He apparently could not see or hear me trying to tell him 'Alan, you can't be here ... you're dead'. It was like there was a sheet of plexi-glass between us.

I talked with a clairvoyant because I was starting to get really freaked out by the clarity and frequency of these dreams. She advised me that more than likely, they weren't dreams, but us actually encountering each other. That he was still not at peace and therefore not able to move on, and somehow I had a role in helping him do so. (I tend to think it's because of all of our friends/family, I'm the only one who 'believes' in 'this kind of thing'; and also because I lost my virginity to him - so there was a bond of sorts between us.)

Once I finally understood this, there were about 2 more dreams, and in the very last one , we made eye contact and I told him - telepathically almost - that he could not be here. He started to walk away, stopped, turned back & reached out & touched my arm before walking away. I have not dreamt of him since, but I think of him often.

O8)

[loudsue]

10. Wow...that gave me chills.

I hope he's at peace now, and has whatever closure he needed from you to be able to move on.

Incredible experience!

:kick:

[shrike]

30. A freaky dream

I had a recurring dream for years -- someone was chasing me, and I couldn't get my legs to move; it was like they were made of cement.

In my early '30s, I had this dream, except this time I turned to face whomever was chasing me. Turned out to be this cool, very pleasant black guy. We shot the breeze a bit, though I don't remember what we talked about. Then we made plans to meet again sometime, for coffee.

I felt very peaceful when I woke up and never had the dream again.

[Sweet Freedom]

11. Whenever I way too much on my plate

I dream that I am driving a Flintstones car (with my feet) and travelling about 30 mph on the 610 Loop in Houston -- never catching up and never getting anywhere!

[DemExpat]

14. Funny! BTW - and this is quite bizarre for me to say.....

One of my first jet trips on roads was about 3 years ago and right off the 610 Loop in Houston....heading for the loop from North of Houston....

Gosh, I just love synchronicities wherever and whenever I encounter them. :D

Maybe we passed each other in our dreams! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

DemEx

[Sweet Freedom]

29. Could be!

(I was the one going reallllly slow!):)

[all.of.me]

15. any kind of vehicle is your personal energy

the bigger the vehicle, the more energy is being explored. i think you are right on with your 'can't get off the ground' analysis. something inside you wants to go, but you haven't quite got what you need to really take off. who is piloting the craft? who is in charge of your personal energy?

flying dreams also have to do with being grounded in reality. maybe you are grounded, not with your head in the clouds.

i had recurring dreams about a cabin in the woods for many, many, many years, like 20. then the cabin expanded into a two story home, then a larger complex. then it became a retail/restaurant area with a big parking lot. this all had to do with the growth i was experiencing. it was cool. i do miss that little cabin in the woods, though!

i don't have recurring dreams so much anymore, but i do have recurring themes. a couple years ago, it was 'meat.' now it is a golden ashram and lots of squares. i always have lots of people in my dreams.

[DemExpat]

19. ...personal energy....

any kind of vehicle is your personal energy


the bigger the vehicle, the more energy is being explored. i think you are right on with your 'can't get off the ground' analysis. something inside you wants to go, but you haven't quite got what you need to really take off. who is piloting the craft? who is in charge of your personal energy?

Good point - I am never the pilot in these dreams, always passenger.

i had recurring dreams about a cabin in the woods for many, many, many years, like 20. then the cabin expanded into a two story home, then a larger complex. then it became a retail/restaurant area with a big parking lot. this all had to do with the growth i was experiencing. it was cool. i do miss that little cabin in the woods, though!

Yes, dreams of houses with ever-expanding rooms/space and possibilities are also one of my recurring dream themes, and some of my favorites!

i don't have recurring dreams so much anymore, but i do have recurring themes. a couple years ago, it was 'meat.' now it is a golden ashram and lots of squares. i always have lots of people in my dreams.

Dreaming is one of my favorite past times! :D

:hi:

DemEx

[all.of.me]

25. somebody else is your driving force

who runs your life? that sounds harsh, but it's what the dream says. the airplane is a huge vehicle, too! maybe you can't get it off the ground, because you are not in charge.

i love dream work. i've been at it for years. my 14 year old just had to write a paper about archetypes according to jung, and i had the most fun! she was overwhelmed! we talked about dreams a lot.

i had a great one this morning that told me my old tools for growth could be put 'on sale', that the new ones were much better. what a good feeling to wake up with! i've been going through a lot of change in the last year.

i learn what dreams say as i write them down and recite them to my counselor. the way you describe them shows so much how it is affecting you. we just need to pay attention.

[DemExpat]

26. Still working on those self-limitations....

:-)

Like I said, dreaming is one of my favorite things to do.....I also have great dream retention, while my husband says that he hardly "ever" dreams....I can't imagine!

:hi:

DemEx

[all.of.me]

27. no dreams! ack!

i remember them like they actually happened, for years even!

i had a dream as a kid where my mother's living room floor-to-ceiling drapes were on the outside of the window flapping in the breeze over the patio. it's like it was real. and yesterday.

i wouldn't know what to do without this special world!

[KittyWampus]

16. Then There's The "Secret Room" Dreams, Where I Am Inside An Extra

room within the house.

There's also the dreams where I'm in the Hall of Records.

[DemExpat]

20. I often walk in my dreams through a house that I have become owner of

and am amazed at all of the rooms and spaces that keep opening up for me as I look!

:kick:

DemEx

[NJCher]

17. my house

I've had recurring dreams about the property on which I now live. It's an old estate and there's a mansion and the carriage house. I have the carriage house and the mansion has recently been restored by some neighbors with whom I've become very good friends over the years.

Not all are dreams. Some have been flashbacks that are so real that I can even smell and feel from them.


Cher

[DemExpat]

21. I do not often dream of the past, but when I do, it is always in a house

I used to live in.
When I awaken it feels like I really have just been there again. So real!

:hi:

DemEx

[NJCher]

22. house dreams

I've had dreams of the house with people in it, too. I didn't recognize them as people, though--more like I "felt" them as "souls." One of them is the realtor who found me the house. When I told him I wanted to buy a house, he said he needed a day to think of the house for me. It did take just one day and he found me this place. It had been on the market for awhile and the owners were having trouble selling it because it was so secluded. Imagine that--having a hard time selling seclusion in New Jersey!

On the day of the closing, I was here alone. I was waiting for my husband to come with some supplies that we needed to work on the house. We had just put in a new Oriental rug. I had the idea to lie down on the rug and just listen. So I did. I heard voices, like at a cocktail party. I couldn't really make out a full conversation. Just snippets.

The mansion is haunted. My neighbor lives there peacefully with the ghosts. I've seen one of them, as did the previous owner who actually left the place because of it. Living here is quite interesting, to say the very least. :)


Cher

[Dover]

23. Who used to live in the Mansion. Anyone well known?

Have you researched the past of the estate?

[Digit]

24. It sounds like my dream home...

You know...the one I can only dream of having.
Can you post a picture of your carriage house?

[NJCher]

28. looking for some pics

I have some online but I have to think where they're at.


Cher

[yellowdawgdem]

31. houses, cats, mice

The most frequent recurring dream themes that I have are related to being in a house that isn't fully mine, or having to share it with lots of people when I would rather be living alone. In real life I do live alone and love it, so I'm not sure why I continue to have that dream. I also dream lots about cats, sometimes cats that have passed on, whom I am still very close to, or ones that are currently in my life. Although not a recurring dream, I have had 2 dreams recently about a whole flood of mice running out from underneath my bed, and this frightened me, but I remember saying, well, they are actually a little ways from me, so I don't have to worry.