Recurring or Repeat Dreams
Dear Dreamtime,
I have a recurring dream that my car has been stolen. I come out of a store or work and look for my car and it is gone! I report it stolen, but never get it back. Can you tell me what this dream means? Dreamer
Dear Dreamer,
The Dreamtime Method of dream interpretation uses a "Multi-dimensional" Thinking Approach to accurately interpret your dream. "Thinking multi-dimensionally" is learning first that you are a Being of many dimensions within, a physical and non-physical Spiritual being which is where your dreams originate. It is then learning to "think" from that multi-dimensional perspective to easily and accurately interpret your dreams. In the following dream interpretation I will now refer to the non-physical, "multi-dimensional" part of you within that creates your dreams as your "DreamSelf Within".
Thinking multi-dimensionally (as your DreamSelf Within does as it communicates your dream to you), this part of you within imagines and thinks of each of your dream symbols as though each is a created physical aspect and ability that you (and it) now possess from within. Understanding this, as I interpret your dream using the Dreamtime Method, I explain each of your dream symbols as though each is an aspect, power, and ability of your own energy that you now possess from within. Interpreting your dream and dream symbols in this way (the Multi-dimensional Dreamtime Method Approach) gives you an absolutely accurate interpretation of your dream because this is the way your DreamSelf Within created your dream as it communicated it to you.
Whenever you have a recurring dream, there is one of two issues going on within your life. You are either "consciously" understanding what your dream communication is telling you and not making necessary changes accordingly in your life. Or you might not understand what your dream is communicating to you and therefore your DreamSelf Within is giving you the same dream theme over and over again until you get its meaning!
With this recurring dream, your DreamSelf is communicating to you that within your current thinking and thoughts creating your now . . . your car has been stolen. Using the Dreamtime Method, I start by taking the everyday definition of a "car." The normal definition of a "car" could be understood as: a vehicle that moves one from "place to place" in their daily living. In this dream, because you say your car has been stolen, your inner DreamSelf is communicating that there is some issue going on in your daily living now (and in the past since this is a recurring dream) where your ability to move from place to place within your own life (your car) is being stolen or robbed from you.
You say that, in your dream, you're always coming out of a store or work, you look around, and your car is just gone. A "store" as a dream symbol from your DreamSelf is communicating your "inner store," or your own "inner resources." "Work" as a dream symbol is communicating "the job" within you that now needs to be done, much as your daily work is a job that you do every day. You either come out of the store (your inner resources) or work (the job that needs to be done now) and your car is gone (your ability to take action on either of these in your life right now). You report the car stolen, but never do get it back. The "action" of reporting the car stolen and then never getting it back is saying that on some level, you consciously know that your ability to move (forward) is being stolen or taken away in your everyday living situation, but you aren't doing anything to help yourself prevent or stop this from happening. This above understanding/interpretation of your dream coupled with the fact that this is a repeat dream is saying that your DreamSelf Within is so adamant that you now make some kind of a change in your life that it keeps giving you this same dream over and over again so you will become consciously aware of this (karmic) situation in your life and do something about it!
Most people in their waking reality think they live out their day and then go to sleep at night and dream. It's really just the opposite. Your dreams come first! You go to sleep transforming into the non-physical, faster moving multi-dimensions of yourself within and dream. Then you wake up to the slower-moving, physical third-dimension and to your created everyday Self and life. In understanding the above, your dreams not only tell you what's going on in your life, but as your own "multi-dimensional energy" from within attracts into your next day and days after dreaming your dream similar three-dimensional (physical energy) to provide the solution for whatever your dream is addressing. It is in this way that your dreams create your everyday, three-dimensional Self and your life. Stating this, I would now look for the information to be available or who or what in your everyday living situation is stealing your ability to move forward with your valuable inner resources (your creativity within). By becoming consciously aware of how you are letting your energy to be taken (stolen), this will then allow you to take action about the situation so you can resolve this continuing energy situation and move forward with yourself and your life.
Please e-mail me back when you get this and let me know if there is anything that you did not understand of how I used the Dreamtime Method to interpret your dream.
Thank you again for submitting your dream for interpretation and good dreaming!
Terri Ullstrup
The Dreamtime
Here's the response I received after I sent the above dream interpretation to the Dreamer:
Dear Terri,
As soon as I started reading your dream interpretation of my dream, I knew what it was referring to. This interpretation could not be more "right on" regarding some of the thinking that I have about how I want to make a career change in my life, but end up saying to myself that I could never do it. I realized from how you explained this dream that I have been constantly (over a period of years now) feeding myself negative talk about making any kind of a change.
I'm tired of having this dream over and over and of my negative thinking about myself that I now see from this dream interpretation, is actually creating this. Thank you for your insightful interpretation. I'm going to try and change my thinking about this and see if this draining repeat dream goes away for good so I can move ahead with what it is I really want to do.
Sex Dreams
Dear Dreamtime,
I have a repeat dream of having intercourse with an old boyfriend. I am happily married now to a great guy and am increasingly worried about this. Can you help and tell me what this means? --Dreamer
Dear Dreamer,
Whenever you have a recurring dream, there is one of two issues going on within your life. You are either "consciously" understanding what your dream communication is telling you and not making necessary changes accordingly in your life. Or you might not understand what your dream is communicating to you and therefore your DreamSelf Within is giving you the same dream theme over and over again until you get its meaning!
In this dream, your DreamSelf Within is communicating that within your current thinking and thoughts creating your now . . . you are having intercourse with your old boyfriend.
Within each of us are two types of energy, male and female. Your "male energy" is that part of you within that is your ability to act in life and to take action. Your male energy as a dream symbol is always represented by the image/figure of a man or men in your dream.
Your "female energy" is that other half of you within which is your intuition, the doorway to your talents, abilities, and creativity. Your female energy as a dream symbol is always represented by the image/figure of a female or females in your dream.
The three-dimensional definition of sexual intercourse can be defined as the physical merger of a male and a female's energy. Sexual intercourse as a dream symbol of communication from your multi-dimensional DreamSelf symbolizes the merger within you of your own "male energy" (your inner ability to act and take action in your life) with your own inner "female energy" (your intuition, creativity, talents, and abilities).
In this dream, you were having intercourse with your old boyfriend. When you dream of other people that you know in waking reality, whatever you feel and associate with them is what you are looking at within yourself. In other words, it is like looking into mirror. The other people that you are dreaming about in the dream are reflecting back to you the aspects and abilities of what you associate with them that you possess similarly within yourself. In understanding this, it means that the dream information being communicated to you in your dream regarding them is actually about you, not them.
From the above definitions of male and female energy and what it means when you dream of other people who you know in waking reality, your old boyfriend is symbolizing your own previously created male energy within or how you "took action" in your life in the past. You did not tell me what you felt and associated with your old boyfriend. If what you felt about him when you dated him was positive or if he was a man of action who took definitive direction in and with his life, then your DreamSelf is saying you need now to take similar action in your life to merge (the act of intercourse with your boyfriend) your many talents and abilities (your female energy within) to create a new beginning for you. This can be likened to how a man and woman have sexual intercourse together and then create a "new physical Life."
If your old boyfriend was indecisive and not an action man, then your inner guidance, your DreamSelf Within is saying that right now you are being indecisive and not taking any action to use your creativity in your life as symbolized by you having intercourse (merging energies) with your old boyfriend (his/your old indecisive ways). Since only you know what your old boyfriend was like in the past, you will have to fill in the blanks of what type of action you are now similarly taking in your everyday life.
Most people in their waking reality think they live out their day and then go to sleep at night and dream. It's really just the opposite. Your dreams come first! You go to sleep transforming into the non-physical, faster moving multi-dimensions of yourself within and dream. Then you wake up to the slower-moving, physical third-dimension and to your created everyday Self and life. In understanding the above, your dreams not only tell you what's going on in your life, but as your own "multi-dimensional energy" from within attracts into your next day and days after dreaming your dream similar three-dimensional (physical energy) to provide the solution for whatever your dream is addressing. It is in this way that your dreams create your everyday, three-dimensional Self and your life. Stating this, I would look in your next day(s) after dreaming this dream for circumstances (the energy) to become available for you to take some "new action" regarding the use of your inner talents, abilities, and creativity to create a totally new direction for you and your life.
Please e-mail me back when you get this and let me know if there is anything that you did not understand of how I used the Dreamtime Method to interpret your dream. Thank you again for submitting your dream for interpretation and good dreaming!
Terri Ullstrup
The Dreamtime
Here's the Dreamer's response to the above Sex Dream interpretation:
Dear Terri,
What a relief I had in reading your interpretation as I thought there was some unresolved issue going on with my old boyfriend! I do need to take some action in a decisive way with some creative work I have been thinking about doing for years. My old boyfriend was a "doer" in life, so your dream interpretation makes perfect sense when I think of it in that light. This interpretation has really given me something to think about in moving ahead. Thank you so much!
Other People You Know from Waking Reality in Your Dream
Dear Dreamtime,
I dreamed that I was at a girl's house (I am male), someone who I used to know in high school. She was my girlfriend at the time. She was very popular and fun with everybody, but I have not seen her in years. In my dream, my current girlfriend (in reality) showed up at this old girlfriend's house and was extremely jealous. My girlfriend in real life is not the jealous type. Does this mean that my old girlfriend and I will be reunited? Please tell me what this dream means. -- Dreamer
Dear Dreamer,
In this dream, your DreamSelf Within is communicating that within your current thinking and thoughts creating your now . . . you are at an old high-school girlfriend's house.
Within each of us are two types of energy, male and female. Your "male energy" is that part of you within that is your ability to act in life and to take action. Your male energy as a dream symbol is always represented by the image/figure of a man or men in your dream.
Your "female energy" is that other half of you within which is your intuition, the doorway to your talents, abilities, and creativity. Your female energy as a dream symbol is always represented by the image/figure of a female or females in your dream.
When you dream of other people that you know in waking reality, whatever you feel and associate with them is what you are looking at within yourself. In other words, it is like looking into a mirror. The other people that you are dreaming about in the dream are reflecting back to you the aspects and abilities of what you associate with them that you possess similarly within yourself. In understanding this, it means that the dream information being communicated to you in your dream from your DreamSelf regarding that person is actually about you, not them.
Using the Dreamtime Method, the normal, everyday understanding of a "high school" is a place to learn and be educated. The everyday understanding of a "house" is a physical place where one lives. Now, in your dream you are at an old high-school girlfriend's house. You said that this girlfriend was very popular and fun.
Putting the above definitions and understandings together and then thinking as your DreamSelf Within does, this dream is communicating that right now you are learning and being educated (high school) regarding your own "female energy" within (as symbolized by your old high-school girlfriend, she being female). The dream is saying that you should be looking at your own female energy within, your inner talents and abilities, just as you used to think of your old girlfriend's. You said that she was creative, fun, and popular. You should be looking now at your own talents and abilities in the same way symbolized by you being at her "house' where the dream symbol of her house is representing you (the dream symbol of a house generically interprets to mean: you or your "Self").
In the dream, your current girlfriend shows up at your old girlfriend's house and is very jealous that you are there. The dream symbol of your current girlfriend is communicating/representing what you presently think and feel about your own inner creativity now. She represents the attitudes that you have about your own "female energy" within (your own talents and abilities) in your waking reality. She is jealous of your high-school girlfriend in the dream. Your current girlfriend as a dream symbol is communicating/saying that within you right now, you want to learn to have more fun and enjoyment and think better of your creativity and self-worth (just like the high school girlfriend), but whatever it is that you are doing now with your talents and abilities (the present girlfriend), this situation is causing a conflict within your everyday living (symbolized by the emotions of jealousy in your dream).
To get a better idea of what your DreamSelf is communicating in this dream, I would look at how you feel conflicted about valuing your talents, abilities, and creativity and having some fun with them versus what you are doing with them now. I feel that then you will have the answer to what this important dream is addressing.
Most people in their waking reality think they live out their day and then go to sleep at night and dream. It's really just the opposite. Your dreams come first! You go to sleep transforming into the non-physical, faster moving multi-dimensions of yourself within and dream. Then you wake up to the slower-moving, physical third-dimension and to your created everyday Self and life. In understanding the above, your dreams not only tell you what's going on in your life, but as your own "multi-dimensional energy" from within attracts into your next day and days after dreaming your dream similar three-dimensional (physical energy) to provide the solution for whatever your dream is addressing. It is in this way that your dreams create your everyday, three-dimensional Self and your life. Stating this, I would look for the energy in your next day(s) after dreaming this dream to help you to reconcile what it is you want to do now with your creativity versus what you are currently doing, so that you may have more fun and pleasure. And dreamer, this issue is very important because it is a life lesson you are learning (as symbolized by the dream symbol of "high school"). As to whether you and your old girlfriend will be reunited . . . well, as you can see by how I interpreted this dream, this dream is about you and your inner creativity, not whether you and your old girlfriend will get back together!
Please e-mail me back when you get this and let me know if there is anything that you did not understand of how I used the Dreamtime Method to interpret your dream.
Thank you again for submitting your dream for interpretation and good dreaming!
Terri Ullstrup
The Dreamtime
Here's the Dreamer's response to the above dream interpretation:
Dear Terri, You could not have been more accurate with this dream interpretation. I am going through what seems to be a mid-life crisis about my work. I am a highly paid professional, but not having much fun. I find myself daydreaming about doing something totally different, but always get pulled back into the reality that I couldn't possibly do anything else than what I'm doing now (i.e. the conflict in the dream). I had no idea that the dream symbols in my dream could tell me this. I really thought this dream was telling me to look up my old girlfriend, but your interpretation makes perfect sense. I need your dream book to learn your method, quite interesting. Thank you!
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