One way to get a handle on the meaning of your
dreams is to look for puns or plays on words.
What better way to generate a shift in a dreamer’s thinking than to make
a verbal shift? Our dreams employ plays
on words to turn our thinking upside down, to shake us up and force us to see
things in new ways. This is called for
often when the dreamer is stuck in a self-defeating pattern of behavior and
doesn’t see it – like today’s dreamer.
Dear Carolyn,
I’m in my late 20’s and have a pretty good job
making decent money. I do still live
with my parents even though I could probably move out and make it on my
own. Both my brothers are college
graduates and are my parents’ favorites.
Most of my friends are married already!
I’m not ready for that!
Anyway, I like things the way they are – my parents
and I get along really well. They can travel
and not worry about the house or the dog, so to me, it seems like a win-win.
Anyway, I keep having this dream every couple of
months. Let me know what you think it
might mean: Every time I have this
dream, it’s different. Maybe it’s in a
different place or with different people, but it always ends the same way. In last night’s version, I was hanging out
with some of my friends from high school.
We decide to go to another place, a party or a bar or something. Next thing I know, they are way out ahead of
me on the road and I’m just sort of standing there. Then, a police officer comes up and puts me
under arrest! Hands on the car, being
frisked, the whole nine yards. Every
time, I try to tell the officer I’m innocent.
I didn’t do anything. But I wind
up in jail, arrested for something I didn’t do.
Signed,
Frustrated
Dear Frustrated,
Your dream most likely is pointing something out to
you through its use of a play on words.
In it you are arrested for something you didn’t do. In waking life, this might be a situation of
mistaken identity or false accusation. But
your dreaming self is not mistaken.
In your dream, your friends have left you
behind. Just as in your waking life,
they are further down the road, finding mates, progressing to the next stage of
life and the next. You on the other hand
are ‘arrested,’ stopped in place, unable to move forward because of something
you have not done.
Maybe a first step would make the difference for you
Dear Dreamer: Move to your own place –
you can still house-sit when your parents need you. Or perhaps you want to further your education
and your prospects. Have you thought of
starting your own business? Whatever it
is, you must take one step and then the next, or you will continue to be
arrested for something you do not do.
Sweet Dreams to You!
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