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Subject: crossing the line

Janelle

15:19 25/07/2000 

This powerful dream left me with a feeling of strength and victory.

I was a male (male energy, human, whatever) and I found myself on the left side of a public hall. There were others in the hall but I had a task and was oblivious to what the others were doing.

I was standing inside the hall at the front left hand side. There was a door open next to me which led to the outside where the sky was blue and sunny. Facing me in at the opposite left hand end of the hall were a bunch of Marilyn Manson people dressed in black with gothic makeup and sinister looks on their faces.

I faced them and they walked towards me. As they got close I pointed my long fingernail at the floor and drew repeated chalky lines in front of me to protect me from them. As they approached the line they dropped and fainted.

This was working on all of them until a voice started calling them and they started waking up.

I knew I had to get out then, so I ran outside and flew up into the air where a big hook was dangling from the sky. I grabbed the hook as onlookers watched and sailed up into the sky. I went up and up and up way beyond the clouds into a space that was misty white, peaceful and very high up. The earth was so far below. I saw a speck of a river way below and a voice said, "The river always keeps close to the Earth, it has to".

I was carrying a child in my arms during this time and was getting a bit concerned as to whether my arms would have the strength to hold it, so I put it in one of those child pouch things on the front of me. Then I entered what felt like home and safety. The people there were happy, christian sort of folk who did the right thing and were peaceful and virtuous.

We were in a dwelling way up in what felt like the ceiling of the sky and I remember sitting down to eat some food and put the child down. I don't remember the rest except that at some stage another voice said, "The ocean does not know the depth of its soul" or something like that.

Dream edited for easier reading - JT, 2005

gracie

14:02 26/07/2000 

far out janelle, that's awesome! i would say that there's a fairly strong message thats pretty obvious so you might already know but with spirituality, we always talk of being in the light. when we meditate, we surround ourselves with white light to protect us. maybe you need to practice drawing lines or boundaries around yourself to protect you from the people around you who are letting their negative energies enter your space. are there people in your life at the moment who you think might be doing that? as for the ocean bit, you yourself gave me advice about emotions and seeing as it's talking about 'depth' i would say that even though you don't think these people are affecting you, they are on a deeper level. just remember to always work with the light and love and just like in your dream, the scarey people won't be able to touch you...they will try really hard but you will always be in a safe environment.

Jane Anderson

17:27 26/07/2000 

Hi Janelle and Gracie,

Janelle, Gracie has given you some great advice there and she's right onto the dilemma. I'll just add a little bit more ... I have a feeling others will add specifics:

You obviously work in the public eye (the public hall) or are considering it, and the dream shows your need to have your own sanctuary, your private space to rest and rescue yourself. Both the hook and the baby pouch reminded me of rescue helicoptor paraphernalia. Your arms (how you embrace and handle the world) were getting tired from your public/ professional efforts and so you needed to rescue the new self/new work/vulnerable self (baby) by making it safer. There may have been a feeling here of holding your new work (?I'm guessing) closer to your chest due to feeling anxious about your ability to handle it.

Yes, as Gracie says, it's all about knowing and keeping your boundaries. The dilemma is in being able to reach out and empathise while nurturing yourself too.

Gothics like being inside. You said they looked sinister ... 'sinistre' is French for 'left' (left side) which in dream symbolism is the inner self too. The sunshine outside was bright in comparison with the gothic feel inside.

Remember everyone in a dream can be seen as an aspect of yourself, so while you may feel negative pressures from the world around you when you are under stress, consider whether this is a reflection of your own fear/wish to stay away from the sunlight/away from the public.

I read, 'The river always keeps close to the earth' as suggesting that the flow of life (river) or your emotions (water) are part and parcel of being in-touch, being grounded (the earth). The river cannot do its day-job in the sky: you do your work by empathising with people, by finding places where emotions and life forces touch. It's as if the dream emphasises the emotional aspects of your work.

However part of the beauty of this dream, as Gracie points out, is its recipe for retreat and replenishment. You can use this powerful dream feeling of the sanctuary in the sky on a daily basis as a visualisation or meditation, or before sleep on nights when you just need total love, care and replenishment.

The hook: my first reaction, which I don't think applies, was that 'hook' can symbolise addiction. (We get hooked on things to escape, and there was an element of escape into the sky ..). However hooks also catch fish, and fish often symbolise the soul. The fish is a particularly Christian symbol and you mentioned that the dream sky people were Christian-like. As the dream later followed through with the ocean/soul statement (and fish swim in oceans), I feel this is a dream of finding the right mix between your spirituality and your grounded everyday river of work.

May you feel safe and fully blessed as you tend to whatever this baby represents in your life.

Jane Anderson