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A BASIC INTRO to what dreams are about

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DREAM DICTIONARY A to Z of symbols complete with essays on symbols in everyday real uses
BASIC SYMBOLISM
- DREAM SYMBOLS : Basements - Your boss - Best friend - Babies/pregnant - Brothers - Cafes - Cars - Castles - Children - Creative dreams - Clothes - Churches and cathedrals - Deaths - Demons,witches and goblins - Dogs - Drink and drugs - Farms, gardens and plants - Factories - Fathers - Faucets/taps/pipes - Food - Earthquakes and volcanos - Foreign Countries - Grandparents - Guards - Guns and knives - Horses and animals - Hauntings - Hospitals - Hotels + huge buildings - Houses - Locks - Men(unknown) - Military - Money - Mothers - Monster - Mountains - Movies - Music - People - Police - Phone - Politics - Planes and flying - Prison - Rivers - Rapists and intruders - Railways - Roads - Schools - Sea - Sex - Shops - Sisters - Skies in dreams - Skyscrapers and tall buildings - Snakes and spiders - Space - Sports - Street - Teeth - Tidal waves - Time - Toilets in dreams - Towns and streets - Trees - Water - Weddings and engagements - Windows - Work
OTHER SUBJECTS: external causes of dreams : Music in dreams : Premonitions : Telepathy : Specific dreams : Synonyms in dreams : Children's dreams and dreams about your child : Recurring dreams CASE STUDIES : 1 2 3 4 5
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GUNS : Guns have obvious links to strong feelings. They capture moments when we focus our anger and argue intensely. So think back to the day before and see how confrontation featured in your mind.

When you point a gun you are targeting something and pinpointing it. In dreams there are several unusual meanings of guns. Guns can link to inhibitions which have been focused on by others. They can link to precise arguments that we are pointing out to others so think of debates where you have been trying to highlight something.

KEY WORDS(Pick a quote which captures your feelings right now. Think especially of the day before the dream) :
- "My inhibitions were obvious"
- "focusing precisely on... "
- "I told him precisely"
- "The focus was concentrated on her"
- "I got totally blamed"
- "there was a confrontation"

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FIGHTS : Fighting in dreams often links to very powerful emotions. Its a very male thing and usually quite easy to spot. Just think back to the day before the dream. What was the source of aggression in your mind. Did you feel resentful? Did you feel drawn into a heated and difficult situation or did you start an argument? Just simply ask yourself what annoyed you the day before!

KEY WORDS(Pick a quote which captures your feelings right now. Think especially of the day before the dream) :
- "He should respect me more"
- "I hate it when things do not turn out right"
- "Why am I always a failure!"
- "confronting him"
- "I just cannot stop thinking about it"
- "I cannot accept it"
- "an epic struggle"
- "struggling against something "
- "reasons to avoid doing something"

KNIVES: Knives are fairly easy symbols to understand. They symbolise how we have become deeply interested and stimulated by something. It maybe a relationship that has become very intense. It maybe simply a TV program or film you got very emotionally involved with. It maybe an academic subject that you are trying to understand. The dream simply shows that you are getting highly involved either emotionally or intellectually in something. Simply ask the question - "what could I not stop thinking about yesterday?"

KEY WORDS(Pick a quote which captures your feelings right now. Think especially of the day before the dream) :
- "I cannot stop thinking about it"
- "I have been getting really into it"
- "Starting to understand the subject in great detail"
- "I could not stop thinking about what happened yesterday"

POISON : Poison is a fairly obvious symbol. It rarely links to poison itself but is more connected to bitter feelings and poisoned atmospheres.

KEY WORDS(Pick a quote which captures your feelings right now. Think especially of the day before the dream) :
- "poisoned relationship"
- "she cannot see its slowly destryoing her"
- "a poisonous atmosphere"

ESSAYS
Guns in dreams : A detailed essay on the symbolism of guns
Knives in dreams : A detailed essay on the symbolism of knives in dreams
FIGHTS in dreams : Fighting in dream symbolism
MILITARY in dreams : What is the significance of the military in real dreams
Dream Dictionary : An A to Z of symbolic meanings with every meaning for each symbol
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DREAM STUDIES : Real dreams about guns and knives
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THE DREAM - I am fighting with this man. We are struggling hard. Then I think I am watching the fight. At one stage one of the men points a gun at the others horse. This wins the fight because the man does not want to have his horse shot. His horse even realises that it is going to be shot and appears very nervous.

Then I am upstairs at my granddads workshop. Cannot remember anything else from there then someone is pointing at me.

Then at one point I am standing up and sitting down really fast. Suddenly someone else is sat next to me - we seem to be connected and in front of me are two men who seem to be connected. One of them is very weird.

THE REALITY The day before the dream the dreamer had taken part in a very heated discussion. His friend had been going through a trauma with people who were attacking her character. Realising the intense nature of the discussion he then decided that he should step very carefully with this matter. He felt that he too could become the target of the passionate arguments. That arguments could be twisted and connections made to himself. If he started to point out the flaws in the arguments of his friend then maybe he would become the target.

DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer - "I realise she is still very upset about this. She was blamed unfairly. I do not want to get too much involved right now because if I start trying to talk to her she may turn on me.She is in an unpredictable mood. I think time will help her sort this out".

THE INTERPRETATION So how can we link the dream to the reality. Horses are always symbols of intense passion and energy. They can easily represent the dreamers friend and her passionate views - she was in a mood to take anything in her path. The horse knowing it is going to be shot is perhaps symbolic of the need to recognise that passion. The message then was that the dreamer should be careful how he treads. He feared that he could easily be dragged into the debate which was something he wanted to avoid.

The first scene also deals with the different perspectives. He had tried to stay unbiased and perhaps try to present the other side of the story to his friend. That is symbolised by the changing perspectives.

The scene in my granddad's workshop links grandfathers with working. Grandfathers symbolise wisdom and experience - so that relates to the dreamers need to use wisdom and use all the experience he had to handle the situation.

For the dreamer the last part of the dream symbolised a connection. He felt that he and the weird man were connected in some way. So therefor this symbolises the need to tread carefully with his friend or else she might turn her guns on him. She was obviously very passionate about her thoughts and if he became too involved with the "other side" she might make some weird connections and then turn her sights on him.

So overall the dream symbolises the need to tread carefully during this difficult situation. At first he wanted to present a possible alternative viewpoint. Yet then he decided it was best to just tread carefully. He should recognise the delicate nature of the situation and support his friend. He should recognise the passion of her views and support not question her. Pointing out the flaws in her arguments was not the best course of action. It may link him with the opposition. From which point she may make some weird connection and turn the guns on him

Symbolic Meanings
FRONT : immediately obvious parts
GRANDDAD : "the passage of time - allowing the dreamers friend time to calm down"
GUN : "focusing on something in particular - aiming at people she blames"
HORSE : "realising the dreamers friends passion on this matter. Noticing how unpredictable she is"
MAN : "male emotions - realising that he should not push things too much"
WORKSHOP : "working on some emotional situation"
UPSTAIRS : "coming to a conclusion on some matter"
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DREAM TIP: Dreams are about our feelings. So when a fight occurs in our dreams it means that we feel as if we are fighting against something. Think about what things you have been fighting against in real life. Are you fighting against someone who is being confrontational? Are you fighting against something that you disagree with. Are you fighting against your own poor self image and a wish for greater recognition.
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THE DREAM I was sort of floating over Harvard and the grounds, and the campus and was enjoying the beautiful scenery - in my dream, I belonged there. Then I started walking around and met lots of people I know. Suddenly, my eye caught a woman I did not like and knew that was going to do something bad to me so I walked carefully behind her and slit her throat but without killing her, I only wanted to give her a warning not to mess with me. Lots of people come to congratulate me on the brave deed. Then I met a man, who has a very high position (and is my cousin actually) he was with his mother, and they congratulated me on my baby.

THE REALITY The woman whose throat the dreamer cut was actually an actress in a silly movie she was watching before going to bed. In that movie the woman played a very bad character. Before that the dreamer watched an episode of CSI episode on a woman found with a slit throat. The woman from the first movie had red hair - just like the dreamer.

DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer - "I have been looking after my young baby. Often I do not get much contact with adults. So watching TV last night I found it was a way of releasing tension. I guess its just natural escapism".

THE INTERPRETATION Many many dreams are triggered by events from the day before. If the dreamer has a quiet day then a dream may link to some TV program that they got caught up in.

Knifes are often about issues and feelings that we are getting very involved with. Its all in a very personal way. In this case the stabbing shows that the dreamer really got involved with this TV program. So the very presence of this knife shows that the dreamer really got into this film.

As we watch TV we also bring to the story issues in our own life. A TV program may touch on emotions in our own life. The TV program obviously featured a rich and impressive lifestyle. The mention of the baby symbolised how she felt extremely proud of this at that moment.

Dreams capture emotions as they are formed. In real life TV will often stir us up. If a dreamer watches the film Braveheart it may stir up some emotions in the dreamers life where he or she wishes to assert their own freedom. So in dreams the story of the TV program and the real life emotions that they stir are mixed together in some bizarre story.

The dreamer was living seperately from her partner at that moment and she was spending most of her time looking after her new baby. So TV gave her the chance to feel involved with the world a little more and play out her own emotions.

Symbolic Meanings
BABY : "watching TV makes the dreamer think about her own life. She sees stories which capture meaning in her own life"
KILLING : "someone whom you dislike and wish to resist"
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DREAM TIP: Dreams often feature strong symbols like murders and rapes. But remember dreams are about our own feelings. We often feel worse than is actually the case. We often feel as if we could kill someone at work or at school. Look for the extreme emotions in your own life. Look for strong emotions from the day before as they can easily trigger dreams.
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THE DREAM I was killing people by throwing knives at them. But my friend was like a guard. I would hide behind her and when the people I were to kill were looking for me, I would half pop out and throw knives at them and kill them. At one point in the dream the people told her to move and she wouldn't, like she was protecting me.

THE REALITY The night before the dreamer had a mini argument with her friend in the dream. She spoke to her about something which upset her earlier that day at school. The dreamer told her friend that she barely knows her. Yet her friend gave a confusing reaction in that she gave no reaction at all.

DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer - "I am so annoyed at my friend. I was really angry at what happened at school yet she was not really taking my side or helping me get rid of my bad feelings".

THE INTERPRETATION It is amazing how often dreams link up to the day before and some feeling on your mind about events that have just happened. So when it is clearly shown that something happened the day before its worth looking through the symbols to see if they correspond in some way to the thoughts going on in your mind.

This dreamer felt that she was not understood by her friend and was not offered support from her. Its interesting to ask the question - just how would such thoughts actually be symbolised in a dream? Its not an easy thought process to put into dream symbols.

Well lets have a look!

The dream features the friend acting like a guard. Guards are a symbol of protection. Clearly that could link up to reality as the dreamer wishes for her friend to support her and help her in the troubles in life.

People in dreams often link to issues involving behavior. They ask questions about how we are acting or how other people are acting. Thats clearly a relevant symbol here as the dreamer was confused by her friends behavior. It was clearly inappropriate behavior for a loyal friend.

Symbolic Meanings
GUARD : "The dreamer wants help and support from her friend"
KILL : "a wish to kill off some behavior "
KNIFE : "the dreamers issues and disputes at school"
PEOPLE : "the dreamer is upset because someone is acting inappropriately"
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DREAM TIP : The dream mind is a conceptual mind. Therefor try to think about the kinds of conceptual thoughts and emotions currently occupying your mind. Try to write down some quotes which capture your feelings on major issues concerning you and especially events from the day before the dream . For instance think of quotes like "I have been unhappy at work recently", or "I had a really strange conversation with my best friend yesterday and don't know what to make of it". Its quotes like this which interest our dream minds. Try to link your dreams to conceptual thoughts currently rising to the surface of your mind.
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