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Subject: Foreign Land

twalker

07:28 28/12/2000 

My sister, my father and I were in a two-story home. I did not identify with the house, but we did occupy it.

My sister and father were upstairs and I was downstairs. The house started to shake. I do not recall anything breaking or falling. My sister ran downstairs. She was frightened. She asked me if I felt the shaking and I told her yes. In my response was, "The earth is falling".

Consequently and expeditiously, the fall came to an abrupt stop.

When my eyes opened, I saw miles and miles of off white sand in front of me. In the mist of the sand was located the St. Petersburg Cathedral that’s in Russia. Now, I knew I was in a foreign land, but it was not Russia. I thought it was India or Africa (even though I have never been to either place).

However I remember saying, after the impact of the transport, "God is it to,e/ (editing – I’ve no idea what twalker meant here so I left it as it is! JT) then I remember looking over to my left and saying, "Is that my husband?"

I never saw my father and when the house took flight or travelled, I never saw my sister. I did not feel scared but, I did feel shocked!

Dream edited for easier reading - JT, 2005

JuliA

03:34 29/12/2000 

Sometimes I read a dream and can almost feel it happening - this was one of those dreams.

The two storey house - is it about you being in "two" minds about something? A two storey or split level house can represent the conscious and unconscious levels of our mind and spirit. It appears whichever meaning it is for you, its a state of mind that you curently "occupy".

Why were your father and sister in the house? what do they mean to you. A good exercise would be to write quickly the first three things that come to your mind about each one. ie for me (for my father) I'd write, great teacher, emotionally weak has trouble communicating, a hero to people outside the family. Alternatively you can write personality characteristics. The outcome of this exercise will flavour your dream in some way.

"The earth is falling" - I wonder what part of your "earth" has fallen or is falling in waking life. Is there a situation that you feel like is falling to earth without you having any control over it? Is something or someone "falling" apart?

Interestingly the shaking only stops when you VERBALISE what is happening. With regards to the above questions can you recognise in that same situation a need to verbalise to yourself or to someone what's actually happening (even your fears about that situation?)

Off white sands - sands of time? Perhaps whatever situation in waking life you are going through, perhaps your dream was trying to tell you to look ahead (sands of time) and know that it'll be ok?

Or the "sands" of a desert - do you feel isolated? I ask this only because Russia is a faraway place again I kept thinking about feeling or being isolated.

I've been to Russia and St Petersburg and its probably the only country I've been to where I really felt like I was in a foreign country, the architecture, the language - it was an overwhelming feeling of being faraway isolated - yet Russia is SO beautiful. Does something allude you? to you feel distant from someone? yourself? God?

"Is that my husband?" - out of curiosity are you married because my feeling about that when I read the dream was that you were not and you were seeing someone whom you thought would be your husband????

When your sister came downstairs in the dream perhaps its a part of you that is/was frightened and has recently gone into your subconscious to realise there is safety. Do you need to recognise that you're safe right now (consciously).

Just some thoughts

JuliA

Jane Anderson

12:43 30/12/2000 

And some more thoughts for you, t:

I related the wide sands to "shifting sands", just as the earth shifts when it shakes in an earthquake, reforming in a new way.

In dreams and in life, the earth (or the substance we stand on, the ground) can symbolise our conscious mind: what we are firm about, what seems solid and 'known' to us. We say we feel grounded when we feel in touch with what is known and solid, and we say we feel ungrounded or flighty when our perceptions are changing and the old ground no longer seems supporting or firm.

The ground lies beneath our feet; it stands under us; we 'understand'. The ground can be our conscious understanding of the world and our place in it. This understanding supports who we feel we are and how we function in the world.

As change occurs for us the old familiar ground shifts and changes. It reforms into something new, reflecting the new perceptions and understandings within.

Your ground shifted lower, went deeper. It fell. Fell into place? Fell into a deeper level? Fell into a more centred place? Fell into more solidity? Fell from a less stable height?

When the ground fell, the second storey (father) disappeared from the dream and the sister came down from the second storey to join you. What changes, for you recently, might involve the disappearance of the influence of your father on you? Or the disappearance of some of your father's attitudes within you? Or the grounding of them through the actions of the part of yourself that is more like your sister? Or the grounding of these due to releasing or realising fear (your sister was frightened in the dream)?

The second storey of the house could be a dream pun on the second story of your life. Is there a second story - a parallel expectation perhaps - running through your life? Have you just recently begun to see this and to let it go? Is this second story (of how your life was or should be or could be) related to your father?

The dream figures shift from known people (father and sister) to unknown people (?husband? God). This seems to me to be a shift from the familiar and local (family) to the grander scheme of the universe. Are you shifting from a life defined by the story of your family to a life defined by the story of a greater power - the power within yourself?

Your perception changes, the sands shift, to one which reveals a foreign land which seems to be Russia, India and Africa. Think of three words you would use to describe each of these countries - as if they had a personality or approach to life. You may find yourself defining something 'new but as yet seemingly foreign' within yourself - your new and forming perception of your shifted world.

How does this sound and where, adding to your answers to JuliA's questions and suggestions, does this now take you?

Jane Anderson

astrobean

11:13 05/01/2001 

OVERALL MEANING: The sensation of shaking and things falling around you signifies that something has been interfering with your peace-of-mind. To dream of religion signifies that you will soon find contentment and inner peace. Being aware of God indicates that you will achieve a rare sense of contentment and a peace of mind through calmly accepting your life.

Therefore, whatever has been interfering with your peace-of-mind, such as any difficulties you have been facing (the earth falling), will be conquered over and your peace-of-mind restored (being transported to a religious-like setting).

OTHER SYMBOLS:

Dreaming of a living father predicts success in business. The fact that your sister runs to you when she is fearful indicates that your relationship is stronger with her than with your father. Sand means that you will be involved in a new venture that leaves you little time for relaxation. However, the whiteness of the sand indicates that this new venture will be successful. Dreaming of having a husband, if you are single, indicates the break-up of a love affair.