Sunday, April 24, 2011

Underwater World and the Dual-purpose Forest

This is some kind of connected dream, or 2 dreams that somehow involve each other.

The dream(s) began at the edge of my grandfather's man-made pond. There at the edge, someone was telling me that there was a place deep below the surface and that if I made it there, there was a way to survive being underwater and breathing. It was very very deep below, they said, and many people did not survive the travel. I can't remember who it was that was telling me, but I feel like it may have been a mer-person. So I jumped in, and down, down, down I went.

I remember I could breathe in the water in but only in very short bursts. While there was water around my mouth, when I breathed in just a little, it was air that filled my lungs. I swam deeper. The travel from the surface to the land was blurred and I can barely remember getting there at all. But finally I arrived. And I was in some kind of building. My breathing remained erratic, but sustainable. I went through locker rooms, where some people were naked for whatever reason. There was a bakery in the building as well. There is something I'm not quite grasping here... but it's on the tip of my tongue.. I was looking for something... but I don't know what.

Flash to another dream where me and a friend, whoever that may be, went into someones back yard, where they had some woods. There was a huge hill that went pretty far down until it leveled off so if i looked up back at their house it was probably 2 acres away and rather high up. There, in the ravine/woods, I had previously found some type of cute animal and I wanted to show my friend, so we were sort of trespassing to see it. I found a baby bear; it was off-white though, like a polar bear, but I think it was supposed to be a brown bear, so perhaps it was leucistic (Leucism is a condition characterized by reduced pigmentation in animals and humans. Unlike albinism, it is caused by a reduction in all types of skin pigment, not just melanin. Typically the eyes retain their color.)

It was shy, but still very cute. The mother wasn't in sight, but she must have been around somewhere because the baby bear was healthy. Then I saw a little pack of baby cheetahs. Four of them, I believe. The mother, once again, was probably off hunting, so I got the chance to pet one of them for a short time (they were also rather opposed to humans). Anyway, so I didn't want to disturb them any longer and left (unbeknownst to me, I left a single, black glove there.)

Another snap forward to another part of the dream, where I was organizing some party in the woods. We all showed up and were hanging out partying, and someone found a random glove and it dawned on me that it was mine, but we were in a completely different part of the woods, near the ocean (random and has nothing to do with anything, but still noted).

I remember saying, "hopefully we don't get caught, but I do so-love the part when a party gets busted and everyone just scatters". I was sitting in the group of guys, who I don't know in real life, and I know one of them had driven me there (though where we parked I didn't know or remember). I remember I was eating something obscure, like cupcakes. And I kept putting chocolate and caramel syrup on them and no one else would eat them (like I cared).


Then I saw these flashing lights or something and I thought, oh crap, we're about to get busted for partying in the woods (I think it might have been a protected area). But when I looked over, it was just this girl whom I've recently fallen out of touch with waving a flashlight back and forth just trying to freak people out. So, as this was my party, I ran towards her and put my arms out wide as if I was going to hug her, but when I got close, instead I reached down and grabbed one of her legs and took her to the ground and looked at her menacingly (Pfft, trying to ruin my party, idiot).

After that, while everyone stayed, I ended up leaving anyway. I walked pretty far until I reached the edge of the woods and the edge of the ocean. There was a steep drop off (cliff-type thing) to reach the ocean, but there was a ladder attached to the cliff wall, that someone had smoothed out (mad made). The ladder went down to a dock (which was ONLY attached to the cliff edge, and not to any other type of land), where there was a car parked on top of it (how did it get there? you may be wondering). When I hopped in the car, the keys were gone, and I remembered that this must be my friends car that drove me there (though I don't remember actually getting to the party). There was a dolphin swimming around making sounds around the dock. The car, I realized had begun to sink and was no longer on the dock at all! I remembered randomly that the car ALSO (for some insane reason) could also be started by a really high pitched sound, like a dolphin. So i started making all these crazy sounds and eventually the car roared to life. Just in time for me to realize that this car not only drove on land, but also underwater. I set the controls so that I would just drive on top of the water, and not underneath it like a very fast moving submarine. Obviously this guy was super-rich :P

So I took off, and eventually found land. I know I had a purpose, and that purpose was... get this... to find this person in an underwater land who had gotten stuck there. I was going to find MYSELF, from the previous dream.

But then my cute-ass cat woke me up.

Some interpretations:

To dream that you are in a locker room, suggests that you need time to cool off and calm down. You are involved in some tough competition or are trying to overcome.

To see the woods in your dream, represent life, fertility, rejuvenation, and spring. Alternatively, the woods symbolize the unknown and the unconscious. You need to open yourself up to discovering your potential and your instinctual nature.

To dream that you are walking through the woods, signify your return to an aspect of yourself that is innocent and spiritual. If you are walking out of the woods, then the dream may be a literal depiction of being "out of the woods" or being in the clear of some situation.

To see a cheetah in your dream, suggests that you need to get moving and be more active in pursuit of your goals. Perhaps you have been a little lazy and you need to get off from that seat.

To see a bear in your dream, symbolizes independence, the cycle of life, death and renewal, and resurrection. You are undergoing a period of introspection and thinking.

To dream that you are breathing underwater, represents a retreat back into the womb. You want to return to a state where you were dependent and free from responsibilities. Perhaps you are feeling helpless, unable to fulfill your own needs and to care for yourself. Alternatively, breathing underwater is analogous to being submerged in your own emotions.

To dream that you throw a glove on the floor, suggests that you need to challenge or address someone about an issue that is bothering you.

To dream that you are at a party, suggests that you need to get out more and enjoy yourself.

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