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Topic: My Turn
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Raines
Knowflake Posts: 739
From: Mississippi
Registered: May 2001
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posted October 25, 2002 04:35 PM
 
I need to write this before I forget it. You know me, so this may skip around a bit.  I was standing in a carport in my aunt's old neighborhood.(Good childhood memories there) I could see into the backyard where it was mostly woods. Not dense but still thick with trees. I could see 2 kids( maybe young teens) running through the woods behind the house next door(to the right) There was someone in a storage room that was in the carport and they were looking for things. The house was vacant because the woman who lived there had died. I remember not liking the house and thinking that I wouldn't buy it because it kind of made me feel creepy. I felt better because there were other people there. I told the boy in the storage room that we could not take anything.(It would cause trouble) When we left, he had a pair of glasses/sunglasses(?) in his hand. I was horrified.
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I was at a get-together and it seemed to have something to do with the old woman who had died. There was a group of woman standing there and one of the more middle aged ladies had the pair of glasses.(not sunglasses here)
There is a part I'm forgetting here because I remember being in a room with these ladies and remembering that we had already done this before. There was something, besides the glasses that made me remember but I forgot what it was.
The woman who had the glasses was standing in front of me looking more to the right. I stood behind her so I could look throught the glasses that she had on. I knew already what I would see.(These were special glasses) I pointed to the left so she would look that way and I could see too. There stood the old woman who had died and she had 2 children with her. She held one (on her right side)(about a yr. old) and the other stood on her left. I'm not sure about the sexes but they were fair skinned and blonde. At first I was horrified because the lady looked almost demented(gray, kind of scraggely(sp?) hair. It was past her shoulders) but then I realized she was sobbing. Me and the glasses lady were the only ones who could see her and we started to sob uncontrolably with her. There was a younger woman on my right(younger than middle aged) and she had lost 2 kids.) Next I was on the phone with this woman and was telling her that her kids were safe, the old woman was in charge of keeping them safe.
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I was in my grandmothers backyard and I looked to the fence on the left of the yard and there was a black and white cat stuck at the top. There were dogs all around it. Wait, at first the cat kind of strutted past them on the ground and I was afraid the dogs would hurt it. Then it was on the fence. I called to the cat so I could a better hold on it and help get it off. I pulled on it and kind of raked it across of the chainlink fence. When I got it down I saw that it was a fatter cat(healthy?)I remember thinking about brat(my old cat who died, he was black and white) and Kenyan(my dog who died, he was black) I was thankful that I had been given a cat. Then Ronny was there and I was showing him the cats. There was a black and white kitten who was running all over the yard and a brown and black kitten(had a simese look to it) that arched his back and danced back and forth for a moment. I thought they were cute. Next I'm sitting and there are 3 cats in front of me. The big black and white one, a calico and something else. The black and white one ran to me first and jumped in my lap.(seems it was the kid of the other 2 cats) Next was the calico(the mom) then the last one.(the dad)
The dad cat turned into a little old man(perhaps a fairy, at least that is what he seemed when I woke up.) I remember at first feeling sorry for him because he was not understood because he was simple minded. Then I realized that he just seemed simple because he chose to lead a simple life. It seems that I was being thanked for saving the black and white cat. Last thing I remember is rubbing the top of the little blonde man's head(like tousling his hair. It had not been washed but I didn't seem to care)Thanks for listening 
P.S. When the cats ran to me, they ran in order from right to left. IP: Logged |
Ra
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posted October 25, 2002 08:02 PM
Hmmm ... I will have to give this some thought - as usual. There is definately symbolism here related to unconscious material, and perhaps some need for focus or a different perspective. And I get the sense that you should continue doing those little, simple things which seem inconsequential to others (but you know there is some reason  ). Are you thinking of getting a house of your own? Anyway, I will see what surfaces through the details. Good to hear from you!   IP: Logged |
Raines
Knowflake Posts: 739
From: Mississippi
Registered: May 2001
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posted October 26, 2002 04:33 AM
I think I'm thinking about accepting the house I have as my own. IP: Logged |
Ra
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posted October 29, 2002 01:57 PM
Raines, I do not have time to type this yet, but you are next! Are you feeling more balanced lately? 
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Ra
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posted October 30, 2002 01:32 PM
Okay ... The first scene seems to reflect your thoughts/feelings about the house/situation you are living in. The kids in the woods suggest partially matured thoughts about this - as you said - "I think I am thinking about accepting the house I have as my own." You obviously still have thoughts about each side of the issue. The dream house also suggests some aspect of self that may have "died", and the glasses that the boy has taken could represent a perspective that you lost in the process, and perhaps you are horrified because this perspective is not completely gone, it never completely matured (boy), and it has caused you "trouble" in the past which perhaps you fear a continuation of. Whether or not this view/perspective was a good or bad thing, I do not know. skip ... Again with the glasses. There is something about this old, "dead" aspect of self that needs to be seen or understood. But it seems you are trying to see it through someone else's thoughts/ideas/perspective. What you see is something about the past (old woman), some aspect of self that appears "demented" but is actually just tormented by intense emotions (and remember that this view is through someone else's perspective). It seems that the "death" of this tormented aspect of self may give rise to something new and more enlightened/positive (blonde children) - or that this new thing "died" alongside the old. Whichever, this new aspect currently exists in the astral state, not yet materialized, at least fully. There is much indication of the duality (2) of force and repetition (already done this before) of this particular energy in your life. Knowing you, I can see this back and forth pattern both in the dream and as it has manifested in your life - and you are all too aware of it. You are a very up and down, back and forth person! Difficult, yes - but it also has given you knowledge and experience of the extremes. Yeah, I know - "lucky me!!!" skip ... This last segment seems to suggest certain instinctual aspects that have been "tamed" (cats) and thus near to conscious awareness. Although there may be some concern about the stability of this union of opposite forces (black and white), this is what makes for balance. You embrace it, and it is "healthy." Perhaps you have taken a step toward balance of some sort, removing the confliction of force (black/white, cat/dog) from the "fence" that it has been perched upon. I hope so! Is this what you are showing Ronny - stability/balance? It is interesting that you show him kittens as opposed to the cats you have described. The kittens represent the beginning of this effort. It is no coincidence that 3 cats are then before you. 3 indicates the resolution of duality, the birth of a solution out of conflict, and represents the beginning of a psychological process. So appropriate. Their sequence in coming to you is also interesting. First the black and white one, which suggests opposites coming together. Second the calico, a combination. Third the "dad" (masculine) cat (feminine), which transforms into a human-like personification of this "little", beginning energy within you - suggesting also the fact that it has been there all along (old man) just waiting to enter consciousness/awareness (blonde). In other words, he is a little bit of enlightenment, "elemental" in your beingness, rooted in wisdom, but misunderstood by most ... or somethig like that! What do you think?  IP: Logged |
Raines
Knowflake Posts: 739
From: Mississippi
Registered: May 2001
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posted November 12, 2002 10:28 AM
I think I thought that you'd forgot about me.  I didn't notice that they'd moved this.  I agree and as usual, you astound me. Guess what? Last Tuesday, a female calico cat showed up at my back door. She doesn't seem to belong to anyone and she's very friendly. She follows us and EXPECTS to be let into the house. I had another dream last week and the jist of it was I was in a hotel and it was haunted. I wanted out. I then was in the parking lot going back to get my stuff when I noticed a turtle in a tree. It had a brightly colored shell. As I neared it, I saw that it was a pair of children's shoes. They were bright yellow. I wondered why they were left when I noticed another pair of yellow shoes(tennis shoes?) on another branch. I looked down and saw that I had on bright yellow wooden shoes(Holland type?) and then it was o.k. that the shoes were in the tree.
This one has been bugging me, so I'll bug you. Any ideas? Thanks.....miss you. IP: Logged |
Hopeful
Knowflake Posts: 1396
From: The Mists of Avalon
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted November 12, 2002 12:30 PM
Hi Raines - sorry for the intrusion, but would you take a look at Bee 23 and also at Ra's lexi request? Would appreciate it...Hopeful IP: Logged |
Ra
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posted November 12, 2002 01:32 PM
Raines - I was beginning to wonder! This dream is interesting. It almost seems like a continuation, or an update, of the last one. The hotel indicates transition, and the haunting is no doubt that which haunts self. The tree is Self. The turtle could symbolize the world - slow, deliberate movement - longevity/immortality - or a number of other things. I tend to think this is symbolic of some slow, deliberate process as related to self, and perhaps a grounding of sorts. Shoes suggest uderstanding, grounding, and as that which covers our feet, the quality of our beliefs. There is a progression with the shoes - first children's, then tennis shoes, then on your feet. This kind of underlines the self symbology of the tree and the movement of the turtle, perhaps along with turtle's earth symbology. And the shoes are all yellow - this is good! Enlightenment, transformation, conscious awareness. The ones on your feet are wood - strength, durability - but also uncomfortable, and "dead". Which are they to you? It seems that we are looking more on the positive side, right? So these wood shoes are another reference to the tree as being self. Do you see how these things fit together? The gist of the message seems to be that there is a slow progression of change from your old, haunted self into a more enlightened and grounded self - a happier self. I hope this is true! Is it? Please say yes, I want that so bad for you!!! In fact, I want it so bad that it is entirely possible that I have mis-read this dream. Have I? You know the truth is best for me to hear!  Now I am confusing myself. Just tell me like it is! Miss you too. IP: Logged |
Raines
Knowflake Posts: 739
From: Mississippi
Registered: May 2001
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posted November 12, 2002 06:45 PM
Hopeful, from the bottom of my heart.....Thankyou for overlooking my selfish withdrawals from LL and not forgetting that I exist. I will look, I promise.Ra, Yes, I believe that it was a continuation, it went on for days. I believe that it is finally here. Still slow, but now it is steady. I've finally jumped that hurdle that I've been dragging with me so long. I'm not pretending that all is wonderful, but somehow it is. IP: Logged |
Hopeful
Knowflake Posts: 1396
From: The Mists of Avalon
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted November 13, 2002 09:56 AM
Raines - fyi, I think Bee 23 will interest yOu. Ra's request is for me. You have been missed, but I'm sure you had your reasons. I'm glad you are visiting again. IP: Logged | |
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