posted January 14, 2002 11:31 PM         

I looked into a hole in the sand and found a gorgeous, ornate, silver beaded plant hanger. I was able, with a little trouble but I was successful, to pull it out of the ground and walk away with it intact. What a find!

My boyfriend thinks this might have been some kind of a break-thru dream for me, since I am always having bad dreams about housing.

posted January 16, 2002 12:53 PM         

This may be a short dream, but it is replete with repetitive symbolism!

Do you feel like you understand the dream pretty well? I think you have the right idea (or at least your boyfriend does!).

posted January 16, 2002 01:44 PM         

One is that I've been looking for a way to make money out of my home, and I do like beads. I have a clear picture of what this unique beaded plant hanger looked like and perhaps I can learn to make it and sell it.

But mostly, I think I have a new gift of intuition in my life. I have been reading several books that describe how to "check in" with 3 centers in your body for knowledge. Apparently if you are tight in your neck and shoulders or jaw, it means you are probably holding anger. If you are tight in your chest area, you are probably longing for something. If your gut is all twisted up, it means you are feeling scared. This new knowledge is helping me to feel more grounded, and helping me in my relationships and communication very much!

posted January 17, 2002 11:47 PM         

Did you happen to say 'hello' to my daugher who lives not too far from Pensacola

Seriously...sounds like something 'nice' is coming into your life

Heart...meant to tell you that it is great that you are starting to access a Higher part of yoursELF in your dreams now. At least this one is a start....and they should get better and better

posted January 18, 2002 05:35 PM         

The beach is where land (or sand) and water meet. So we have a symbolic meeting of conscious self (land) and unconscious self or possibly emotions (water). It could mean that you are on the verge of receiving unconscious material, or perhaps some buried emotional issues. The vendors selling beads on the beach offer some clarification. The beads could symbolize something like aspects of self, or perhaps experiences, or perhaps past lives. Combined with the symbolism of the beach, I would say that we are dealing with emotional experiences/issues that are emerging from the unconscious. The thought of buying beads for your mother offers more direction. Your mother could symbolize the collective unconscious, as well as issues or psychological manifestations that are related to her and/or your relationship with her. Buying beads for her indicates some sort of healing, in my opinion, of some past experiences or emotions invovling her. To me, it seems that your subconscious (or higher) self has initiated a healing process, which will no doubt become physically evident at some time soon.

Looking into the hole in the sand is symbolic of looking into the unconscious, and probably a sort of elusive or shifting (sand) unconscious aspect. So what is there? The "ornate, silver, beaded plant hanger." And you proceed to pull it out and walk away. We have the same symbolism repeated. The unconscious (hole) is holding emotional (silver) experiences (beads) which need to surface (pull out of hole) so that growth (plant) can continue - or not get "hung up" (hanger).

So, the question is, are you dealing with some old emotional stuff connected with your childhood and/or your mother?

Oh, also, it is no accident that you were in "New" Orleans (something tells me there is meaning in "Orleans", perhaps Lexied)

posted January 18, 2002 05:46 PM         

Very cool ! Seems your dream has given you some validation to your recent work

~Princess

posted January 18, 2002 06:21 PM         

You are looking in the sand (unconscious) for diamonds (something valuable/precious). Instead you found three crystals (transformation/spirit/clarity...). What kind of crystals? In general, you found something less "valuable" than for what you were looking, and instead found something more personal with a more personal value or meaning.

Part of the answer is in what you perceive the number three to represent. There are so many possibilities that it is difficult to know how to interpret. I would guess something like completion, unity of opposites, balance, or the mind/body/spirit (trinity) connection. How do you see three?

The dream could be saying that what you are currently looking for, spiritually, will lead you to something unexpected, something unconscious yet familiar, perhaps truth.

posted January 19, 2002 12:16 PM         

As far as my mother is concerned, yes, I always have issues with her. She died 8 years ago, but have had dreams of arguing with her ever since. However, just recently, with my studies of somantic awareness (http://www.traumahealing.com), when I began to feel within myself a certain ~~power of choice~~ as to how I can respond ~~within a relationship,~~ then it felt like some old patterns of dysfunctional behavior which I learned from her are starting to break up. I feel as though I'm being given a chance to put this new awareness into action now!

The "Orleans" part is interesting. That would describe perfectly my situation. "OR-LEANS." As in, ...I stay in her old stubborn mode of relationship relating, OR LEANS on my boyfriend to find some healing for a change!

Heart

posted January 19, 2002 02:36 PM         

After all, I do tend to do LEXIs even in my sleep now (I'll bet Chandra and YIVY, et al do, too!)