Re: Dropping dead
Would appreciate any comments on this. Thanks.
It’s hard to know what your dream means without knowing what’s going on in your life and where your focus is but there are some pretty standard, even Biblical images in your dream. If this were my dream, I might consider the following:
I was hiking up in some mountains, and with me on the trip came my father. We were up on a footpath in a beautiful area with lush canopies and hillsides covered in rhododendron and lots of other cool flowering bushes and plants.
For me, this would represent aspirations. I’d probably associate this with my desire for spiritual progress and I’d take the fertile environment as a good sign.
I’d have to decide if “father” was going to be the part of me that is authoritative, protective and sensible or if it was going to represent my actual father. Since you’re a fella, and I’m not, you’ll have to consider if father is a shadow aspect, acting out later in the dream to get your attention.
We went into some castle/cloisterlike ruins that lay on the mountainside.
I’d probably feel excited about such a dream setting, seeing it as a place where I might find hidden scrolls or mysterious artifacts of a spiritual nature. How did you feel about the setting?
A ruined edifice could represent a largely discarded belief system.
My dad started walking on the edge of a 600 m drop and I feared for his life so I told him to stop and walk normally. Instead he made an insane jump which would have sent him tumbling down the mountainside, had he not narrowly caught hold on the outer castle wall with one of his hands. He climbed up and sat recklessly leaning over the edge of the cliff and said: “Come look at the view!”
Do you feel this may represent a behaviour in your present repertoire? Is there some way you or your dad are throwing yourselves off the deep end? Does that frighten you? Is it the remnants of old beliefs that give you some stability now or, is that in fact, holding you back from a true leap of faith and a broader perspective (the view)?
“What the hell are you doing, dad!” I yelled. Next second he was throwing himself off to the next portion of the wall, this time though, he fell. I feel myself screaming as he falls in slow motion down the mountainside. But he somehow manages to get another hold 20 m down.
So, “Dad” seems to know better than you that everything is okay, though he is descending, so maybe that’s not an ideal symbol. If “Dad” represents authority, then perhaps descent has a deep purpose in your worldview, maybe going deep within? Of course, Moses had to come back down the mountain if he was to deliver the tablets, so descent is necessary for bringing back the information.
Next scene, he’s back on the footpath,
How Biblical, he found his path!
and I’m so pissed at him so I tell him I’ll go another way if he doesn’t stop this, NOW. He doesn’t seem to listen so I leave.
I go down into the green valley below. A river flows through the valley, and down here there are kids playing. It’s a wealthy suburban area with pretty large houses and villas. I feel like a poor beggar.
Well, your way certainly leads to a place of repose and refreshment but it leaves you feeling impoverished.
I wake up with my mom in my room, I describe the dream and she listens but doesn’t pay attention.
Mum (sorry, I’m Australian) may represent your more intuitive, feminine aspect. Just as Dad should have been sensible, Mum’s supposed to be nurturing and attentive but here she is ignoring you. Why, do you think?
"A dream is a question, not an answer."
(Therapist and dreamworker Strephon Kaplan
Williams)
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