posted July 20, 2003 07:00 PM         

i'm riding on a dolphin through clear shallow water, and it stops and i look down and i see this huge shark about 30 feet below me, it looks at me and swims up toward me, but as it approaches it gets smaller, by the time it is upon me it is only like 3 feet long, i throw a punch at it and it engulfs my hand and bites down around the wrist, breaking the skin and cutting the flesh but not breaking the bone, then i kick it and it lets go, but i'm bleeding profusely, the dolphin takes me to the shore and a woman is there and i go to her for help, she pulls out a lighter and cauterizes my wound and in my dream i start screaming and i actually wake up still yelling.

posted July 24, 2003 12:34 PM         

Dolphins often hold some sort of spiritual message. I would say that there is some situation or other energy, perhaps emotional or from the unconscious (ocean/water), that is being presented to your friend in the guise of a threat (shark) but which is truly a lesson from a spiritual standpoint.

The situation at first seems to be large and threatening, but as it grows nearer, and if your friend maintains a spiritual outlook, the perceived threat becomes smaller and less "painful" to manage. Perhaps the situation (shark) is presenting a lesson on how to properly "handle" certain energies, perhaps a lesson in flexiblity (wrist).

Holding on to a higher understanding (dolphin) will minimize the potential damage caused by such experience, although there may still be pain in the healing of it. There is something of a message in the woman on the shore. She could be symbolic of the use of feminine forces, such as intuition, feeling, or creativity, for the healing of self and learning of the lesson.

So, your friend may feel as if he/she is getting burned, but this is much better than loosing one's hand.

What situation is looming in the waters of your friend's mind that feels threatening?