In our weekly Mindful Dreams column, Aneta Baranek of the School of Metaphysics is offering free dream interpretations to The Mindful Word readers, as well as articles on dreams in general.
If you’ve ever been curious about deciphering the cryptic contents of your subconscious mind, here’s your chance! If you would like Aneta to interpret your dream, fill out this form. She will respond with your dream interpretation through this column, published every Thursday. Aneta would love to receive more comments for the dreams interpreted. If you can relate to a dream posted here or have any insights to add, you can post them as comments to the interpretation, or email her at aneta@themindfulword.org.
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DREAM
Hi Aneta,
My ex, my current girlfriend and I are lying down together. Suddenly, my current girlfriend goes out of the room and my ex-girlfriend lays her hand over me, saying “I love you.” My hand touches her and I respond, “I love you too.” We then kiss each other.
After some time has gone by, my current girlfriend comes back and I turn my back towards my ex. I place my hand on my current girlfriend and sleep peacefully.
I don’t know what this dream means. I’m happy with my present relationship and I don’t think of my ex-girlfriend, but I’m confused as to why this dream came.
– Anamica
DREAMER: Female, 24, India
MAIN SYMBOLS:
Ex-girlfriend — an aspect of the dreamer
Current girlfriend — an aspect of the dreamer
Hand — purpose
INTERPRETATION
Hello Anamica,
I appreciate you sharing your dream. Dreams are symbolic, not literal. Through each dream a person has, symbols deliver important messages from the dreamer’s subconscious mind. The Subconscious Mind is the inner part of us where our soul, our inner Self, resides.
The soul’s message within your dream is about you recognizing aspects of yourself represented by both your ex-girlfriend and current girlfriend.
What qualities do they represent? Whatever these qualities are, the dream is telling you that you’re harmonizing with these qualities very well. The hand symbolizes that you have a clear purpose for recognizing and tending to the qualities that both girlfriends represent.
APPLICATION
Every person, place or thing in your dream represents an aspect of you, the dreamer. As for people, they reflect major qualities of the dreamer. Whenever we have a person appear in a dream, we want to identify two major characteristics that come to mind when we think of that person. Examples of these might include: organized, kind, aloof.
Another layer when interpreting people as symbols appearing in our dreams is to know that people of the same sex represent outer, conscious aspects of the dreamer, while those of the opposite sex represent inner, subconscious aspects of the dreamer.
Everyone we meet comes into our lives for a reason. If we choose to, we can perceive everyone as our teacher. Every interaction is laden with powerful inner lessons of transformation. No matter how short a relationship is on the physical time spectrum, the gifts of inner and outer evolution that come with it can be truly profound.
Our dreams utilize people as symbols to bring our attention to those parts of ourselves that these people represent. Dreams provide us with feedback on how we’re integrating those aspects within ourselves. Once we assimilate each dream’s message, we then have an opportunity to apply it to our waking life experience.
May your dreams illuminate the inner and outer you…
