Dream 1: Shoving Coins Into A Box February 20, 2004
The Dream:
I was riding in a car. The car stooped near
this other vehicle from which a person came out and shot the trunk. It
was clear in my dream that this was a robbery. Later, I saw myself as a
prisoner on the back of a car shoving coin from a box.
After all this, I saw my body flying away and I was trying to land on a
hill but there was a lot of them and many of them were marked at the
pick. I was afraid to land because some of them had traps.
This is all I remember, thanks
Comments
Observations from Jerry Web Master Myths-Dreams-Symbols
Looking back at my interpretation and what Jorge had to say in response to it, I can see more clearly what he was afraid to acknowledge. He was afraid to tell his ex-wife. The whole situation is robbing him of being whole and living a balanced life. This is the 'thing' that was holding him prisoner, and also the 'thing' he was paying into {shoving coins into the box}. The person shooting into the trunk {a symbol for the unconscious because it is a place where you hide things} is his other self, that part of him that wants to acknowledge to his ex-wife, and ultimately to himself that the situation is causing so much unhappiness in his life.
The hills are the obstacles he feels he must overcome because of the situation and events, obstacles that have to be conquered in order to bring about balance to his life. Being afraid to land is metaphor of being afraid to tell his ex-wife, and confront the situation as he should. We can never cure an illness {complex}untill we admit there is one.
Jung tells us dreams compensate what we already know. He also tells us that a purpose of dreams is to help bring balance to our lives. These are two main themes of all dreams. What we know consciously is compensated by the dream to inform us of the unconscious unknowns. The dream is a mirror of the true self, the true condition of the dreamer. Jung says dreams are like a play, with the dreamer being the players, and the audience at the same time. If we listen to and try to understand our dreams we will be like Jorge; experience an Ah Ha! moment that brings about a new knowledge. And that knowledge was there all along, we just need to realize it and confront the inevitable.
Jerry
