Dream Interpretation: Owl & Peacock

Two interesting dream symbols, the Owl and the Peacock: 

Owl
The owl is most often thought of as a symbol for wisdom and knowledge.

Peacock
The peacock is often thought to symbolize vanity.

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Dream Interpretation: Alien Abduction

Have you ever had a dream where you were abduction by aliens? Since there are numerous books recounting  people’s experiences of being abducted by aliens, I wonder what dream dictionaries say about this kind of dream. Therefore, I did an internet search. The following dream interpretations vary considerably. At the bottom of this post, I’ve included some information about reports of actual alien abductions.

Alien(s)

If you dream that you are an alien from outer space this will denote that your ideas are starting to get out of hand in regard to occult matters. It is your minds way to ‘put the brakes on’. If you dream you have been abducted by aliens this shows your fear of changing your surroundings or your deep seated fear of losing your home and family. To see aliens of any kind is bringing out your fears and must be correlated with the rest of the dream.

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Alien

Occasionally, people will have dreams about UFO’s and aliens. What these dreams symbolize, collectively or individually is difficult to explain and understand. Meeting and talking to aliens may suggests that significant changes are coming into your life and, at the moment, things feel strange and foreign to you. If you dream that you are the alien, it suggests that you may feel detached from some parts of yourself and from others. You may be a stranger in your immediate surroundings, and some self-evaluation and familiarization is suggested.

Source: Dream Lover Incorporated, http://www.dreamloverinc.com

Alien : Dream Interpretation Dictionary – Alien

Alien: Meeting aliens predicts important changes. See yourself as an alien and valuable new friends are about to enter your life.

Source: The Illustrated Dream Dictionary by Russell Grant

A part of yourself that is neglected or unknown, such as your spiritual self. Undiscovered parts of yourself. Dreaming that you are surrounded by aliens is an indication that you might be finding some difficulties adjusting to a new environment, new people or a new job.

(Source: Myths – Dreams – Symbols)

Alien Abduction

Kidnapping by non-human beings. The first reported claim of alien abduction was in Brazil in 1957 and since then there have been reports from all over the Western world – in Europe including the UK, Australia, South Africa, Russia, and North America. Although people?s experiences vary quite widely, the following features recur

Light, especially a beam which draws the person up, and sometimes vibration.

A spacecraft of some kind.

Humanoid beings, especially small gray ones with large black eyes, who communicate by telepathy.

Medical tests being performed and eggs or sperm removed so that human/alien offspring can be produced.

Lost periods of time and inexplicable small wounds.

Very few accounts are complete but sometimes the full story is recovered through hypnosis.

http://www.experiencefestival.com/dream_interpretation_alien

Carol Chapman

Animals and Saints

I loved this quote from Christine Valters Paintner PhD’s blog. It brought to mind one of the animals I have a special connection with.

In ancient times, one sign of the holiness of mystics and Saints was a special connection to animals. Animals have their own wisdom that comes in part from their otherness, they open a window to dimensions of God we might not otherwise see.

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A semi-wild feline who allows me to feed him, I can pet him as long as we stay outside. He’s a rather serious fellow who has a number of fields to patrol for foxes and raccoons. He also has a sense of responsibility when it comes to the numbers of voles in the garden.

When I go for my daily walk, I often see him in a dry ditch along the road. I like that he greets me with a meow.

I named him Valcor because he looks like the Luck Dragon in the Never Ending Story.

Carol Chapman

Dream Interpretation – Messing Up a Public Performance

Another common dream from The Common Dream Book by Gillian Holloway, PhD. In this one, you’re giving a speech and everything goes wrong. At first things may seem good–more people arrived than you expected, they’re really enthusiastic about your topic, they love you . . . and then, things start going wrong. The microphone is broken, people in the audience are talking and you can’t shout loud enough to drown them out, your electronic visual presentation won’t work, people are leaving the room, those who remain begin to fight . . .

She says that some people believe that this is a dream about an upcoming task that the dreamer is nervous about. She believes that the dream is telling the dreamer to get more connected with without it is that he or she is undertaking.

The watchword is “service.” If the dreamer can get the focus off of him or herself and to the needs of the people in the audience, the fears the dreamer feels will begin to leave.

People who work giving presentations in front of the public often have these kind of dreams when a new stress turns up such as if they’ve taken on too much or they come down with a cold.

She has found that people who handle this kind of stress the best are able to keep their performances in perspective, not being overly proud when things go well and not being overly devastated when they do not.

Carol Chapman

Dream Interpretation – do you every dream about computers?

Computers represent mental functions, according to Gillian Holloway in The Complete Dream Book. Therefore, the memory has to do with your memory, the hard drive with what’s driving you, the computer screen with perceptions, and the printer with carrying through with your ideas.

She suggests to note your reaction to the situation in your dream because this will help you to know how to deal with whatever situation is challenging you that the computer problem in your dream represents.  

Carol Chapman

May a Christian Believe in Reincarnation?

This is a great article referring to many passages on reincarnation in the Bible and ancient orthodox Jewish writings. The article also says that the resurrection as “the end of death” originally referred to the end of reincarnation:

Reincarnation-also known as the transmigration of souls-is not some exotic idea of non-Christian mysticism. In ancient orthodox Jewish and Christian writings, as well as the Holy Scriptures, we can find reincarnation as a fully developed belief, although today it is commonly ignored.

ATMA JYOTI ASHRAM – May a Christian Believe in Reincarnation?

Edgar Cayce Acid-Alkaline Balanced Diet for Wellness

 I have found the Edgar Cayce suggestion of eating 80 percent alkaline-reacting to 20 percent acid-reacting foods to be quite helpful in my life. I’ve often found that eating oranges or even a couple of leaves of raw kale can help to stop a cold in the offing. Of course, it’s best to use prevention and keep away from too many sweets and starches, which seem to predispose me to a cold.

From a blog from Australia:

“Edgar Cayce indicated that cold and flu germs thrive in an overacid system. What can cause this imbalance? Poor diet, stress, and even negative thinking!

Deal constructively with stressful situations by quieting yourself within and looking for positive solutions. Try not to allow yourself to think negatively! Negative thoughts can impact not only your happiness, but your health as well.

The [physical] solution: Be sure that 80% of your diet comes from alkaline-forming foods, such as all fruits (except cranberries, plums, prunes and strawberries), all vegetables (except lentils and corn), milk, molasses, brown sugar, and brewer’s yeast.”

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I appreciate that she also includes the value of positive thinking and also feeling good. Sometimes I get so wrapped up in the food that I forget how important de-stressing through exercise, socializing, and leisure activities can be.

Carol Chapman

Dream Interpretation: Being Chased

Here’s another dream that many people experience: You’re breathlessly trying to run away from someone or something like an animal that wants to kill you.

Gillian Holloway, PhD, says in The Complete Dream Book, that these dreams are about the situation of being chased, not about the person, animal, or criminal gang that is chasing you. 

Your pursuers represent pressure you’re experiencing that reminds you of a situation you could not avoid in your childhood that gave you feelings of insecurity, fear, or  withdrawal. In other words, you are under some kind of stress that is “pushing your buttons.”

It will help to examine the internal conflict you’re experiencing and to realize that it is largely internal rather than caused by outside circumstances. Then you may feel better and more confident.

Carol Chapman

Dozing Drivers A Problem on U.K. and U.S. Roads

I see that Malcolm Stephenson, in his U.K. blog, has noted that British drivers are falling asleep at the wheel.  

An estimated 2.3 million drivers fall asleep at the wheel every year, according to new research.

Of 1,000 drivers questioned in a joint survey by road safety charity Brake and recovery company
Green Flag, 7% admitted to falling asleep at the wheel.

Malcolm Stephenson

Lately, I’ve seen a number of articles in in U.S. publications on dozing drivers as well. Evidently many single vehicle accidents–when a person drives into a tree or a guardrail–are the result of the driver falling asleep at the wheel.

Carol Chapman

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Soul Mate Predestined According to the Talmud

Because I met my husband first in a dream before I encountered him in waking life I have wondered about soul mates and twin souls.  The dream told me about his home, his dog, his best friend, his work, and showed me how he looked. I was delighted to find this description of a soul mate from the Jewish tradition:

Feeling a divine spark might be what is expected when is one finds their Basherte. Beshert is the Yiddish term for pre-destined. But most people know it in its common usage: A Besherte is the person you are pre-destined to marry via a mandate from Heaven. The Talmud tells us that 40 days before the creation of an embryo, one’s marriage partner is determined. This is taken to mean that everyone has their soul-mate in this world… which is up to them to find and marry.

(From the blog of Harry Maryles at http://haemtza.blogspot.com/)

Mr. Maryles describes the Basherte as an unrealistic expectation of perfection in marriage. I agree that perfection in marriage is an unrealistic expectation even with the “Man of my Dreams.” At first, I did expect he would be a “Knight in Shining Armor” because he had come to my attention as if from the divine. However,  I discovered, that we are very different in our natures and are not a perfect match, except, perhaps, in our very stubborn natures.

We may be souls that were pre-destined to marry before conception. And, there was a sense of recognition when I finally mustered enough courage to approach him. He said that when he was with me, he had a feeling of deja vu.

Part of the divine plan may have been to help us grow spiritually as we worked out our differences, which we have managed to do for 14 years.

Carol Chapman