Christiane’s dream or a dream answering a question without incubation

Hi ! This is Christiane, the author of the blog.

A dream came to visit me last night. In the morning it offered its pearls of dew on the meadow of my memory.

At dawn, I wandered barefoot in the grass, I gathered the fresh liqueur of its images and I savored it.

To day, I would like to share it with you.

My dream 

I am on the mountain sitting on the ground, alone by the side of a dirt road.  I am looking at the scenery, the mountains, the wide valley, the cloudless sky.  All is green and peaceful.

I hear someone singing in the sky.  He’s not heard much but he’s heard. He sings for the whole valley and the mountain.  He sings Bach or Mozart.

He’s a young man, a soldier dressed in green.  He’s sitting on something, suspended to something that we don’t see, that we don’t hear. This way he moves forward over the valley between the mountains.  It’s very surprising, it draws attention, it’s beautiful, it doesn’t impose itself but once seen, once heard, it is unforgettable.

And these last words fill me with gentle, serene joy.

Interpretation

I am on the mountain sitting on the ground, alone by the side of a dirt road.

The mountain :

for me, life on the mountain can be very harsh, but the beauty of nature affords daily wonderment.

The mountain is green, covered with grass.

 For me, grass represents dreams, as it renews itself permanently, naturally.

Does this description mean anything to me, what does it  remind me of?

This image corresponds exactly to my daily life which is not always easy, but I’m filled with wonder when I see “Nature’s know how”.  So this image adequately describes my everyday life devoted to inner life and dreams.

Sitting on the ground, alone by the side of a dirt road.

I am quite alone in this study of dreams and  I pause by the roadside, I rest a while along my path.

I am looking at the scenery

The dream invites me to look at my life dedicated to dreams, so that I become more conscious of it. Why am I invited to look around and  let my eyes wander ?

Since dreams often make comments about the day before, I ask myself :

- What happened yesterday that the dream wants me to see ?

Surely the sight before my eyes  must reveal it.

What does this remind me of in view of my dedication to the study of dreams?... I don’t know.

I hear someone singing in the sky.  He’s a young man, a soldier dressed in green.

A young man :

is dynamic way to affirm oneself in life.  He is capable of undertaking enterprises to which he will devote most of his energy.

A soldier :

for me is a courageous man, willing to give up his own life to defend freedom, as so many French and foreign soldiers did in the last two world wars to liberate France, my country.

He wears a uniform, he belongs to an order he has chosen, he doesn’t allow himself to go astray and he abides by a certain discipline.

 Dressed in green : 

For me it’s the color of the forest, of the unconscious.  This green is also the color that doctors wear in the operating room. With this detail the dream indicates that this singing soldier is practicing a therapeutic activity.

 Using the interview method, I ask myself :

- What does all this description remind me of, in my interior or my exterior world, at this time in a life dedicated to dreams?  That man is myself, I know that I am a soldier in the army of dreams, fighting for inner freedom. For years my dreams have repeatedly told me so.  The unconscious is the victim of so much disorder, abuse and violence, we massacre so many facets of ourselves by excluding them from our lives. All racist crimes, all genocides, all cruelty against animals in the exterior world are first committed in our interior world, within ourselves, by ourselves, on ourselves and our instincts, and consequently they happen in the outer world.

That is what the soldier in the army of dreams, the interpreter, is battling against. 

Yes, the dream interpreter is truly a soldier who defends the freedom of each individual’s inner world, the unconscious, which is so ignored, repressed and denied ;  Truly in this way the interpret is creating freedom and peace in the outer world.

So this dream is talking about me, it is asking me to become aware of what I’m doing.

 The soldier sings, he sings Bach or Mozart

From the point of view of the dream, when I express myself, it’s a song from within that comes up and I’m astonished at being told by the dreams that I’m singing Bach or Mozart.  Yes, it’s true I am singing a sacred song when I interpret a dream.

He’s not heard much but he’s heard.  He sings for the whole valley and the mountain.

The dream underlines that my words are not heard much but still that doesn’t keep me from singing.

The soldier is sitting on something, hanging from something that we don’t see, that we don’t hear. This way he moves forward over the valley between the mountains.

What is it that the dream wants to express when it puts me in such a position ?

 Where do I find myself like that, in the air, in an immaterial realm singing for the whole mountain and the whole valley, singing without knowing who can hear me ? Oh ! It’s on my blog !                                                                                                                                                                                                 My dream is talking to me about my work on my blog !                                                                                          Such a thoughtful attention !  It brings tears to my eyes.

Now I understand : yesterday I was asking myself all kinds of questions :                                                                                                                                                                                  - Do the interventions on my blog serve any purpose ?                                                                                                         - - Is all the work I do with dreams useful ?                                                                                                            - Is it adequate to say that dreams are the expression of the divine in every one of us, as I have shown in ch.10 with the dream of the cat in the café, and in ch.11 with Sylvia’s dream? 

                                                                                                                                                                                            - -Won’t I scare away those who do not want to hear about divinity in man ? - Isn’t this the best way to turn them away from dreams? 

- Is my tone appropriate?

 Answering all my questions, my doubts, my worries, the dream came to reassure me, to let me know what it thinks of my blog :

It’s very surprising, it draws attention, it’s beautiful, it doesn’t impose itself but once you discover it, you hear it and it remains with you.

The dream left me with those last words, filling me with profound joy and serenity.

 Illustrations

Dew by Eric Geinrnaert; eric.ambre.jaune@hotmail.fr

Music in the operating room; www.medson.net/recherche.html

Michael Chance interprets the Passion according to Mathew by Bach

An insignificant dream !

We last spoke of Helena (05/ 18), the mother of two children. She had just learnt she was pregnant and  was left facing a painful dilemma : Would she keep her baby or abort ?  She incubated a dream but it did not tell her what she should do. However it advised her to look within herself to discover what she really wanted. 

And so Helena is still tormented. 

Knowing how trying this situation is for her, I phone her to see how she is doing.

 - Helena, how are you?

- I have unbelievable headaches, nausea and I’m exhausted.

- Did you see the doctor as planned?

- No, my gynecologist won’t be there till next week and the G.P. is away.

- Did you get a dream?

- Pff! I don’t know what, it was something hazy. Wof !  A thing, almost nothing, I’ve half forgotten anyway.

As for me, I’m not offended, her reaction illustrates the general attitude towards dreams in France.I reply :

- It doesn’t matter Helena. If you want, we can look at the dream. Tell me what you remember of it. 

Dream

I was with a guy, a young man.  I found him attractive.  We walked side by side on the street.  I was trying to get closer to him, but he wasn’t responding.

Interpretation    

I proceed methodically with the interview technique :

A young man

I ask her the usual question :

- Helena, what is a young man?

- It’s a dynamic man, full of ambition who wants to make his life a success.

- How does a young man live?

- He’s not responsible for a family yet and he can live all kinds of experiences.

I recapitulate the description and establish the link with her daily life :

- So, at this time, what does a dynamic person, who wants to live all kinds of experiences and not be responsible for a family, remind you of?

- Oh!  Ha! Well, it’s me, who would like to live differently and that’s why I’m hesitating to keep the baby.

So then, according to Helena’s own associations, the young man represents the side of Helena, who doesn’t want to have the baby.

Let’ us see further:

I found him attractive. 

The young woman is attracted, tempted to adopt the young man’s attitude, refusing the responsibility to take care of a third child.

Now the dream considers what would happen, if Helena chose to live like the young man.

We are walking side by side on the street

- What is a street ?

- The street  is where everyday life takes place, answers Helena

- What is that street like?

- It’s small, it’s dark.

- So, it describes a dark little everyday life.

 I try to get more details and ask :

- Could you give the name of this street ?

- Euh…Evylod street.

- Evylod ? Sounds like a pun, a play on words, they are frequent in dreams. Tell me, Helena, do you hear something in Evylod ?

- …Yes,… I hear heavy, … and lod, load ! Oh ! Evylod sounds like… “heavy load”.  My God, Helena cries out, that’s what I thought. This decision would be a heavy load to carry.  I would be haunted by the idea that I could have kept the baby.

A few seconds of emotion.

Then I continue exploring the images and ask :

- In what city is this street located ?

- In the city I lived in, when I was a teenager, answers Helena. I don’t feel like going back there.

All of a sudden Helena flares up:

- At that time I was completely immature, I went out, I was partying all the time, I was irresponsible.  I screwed around a lot, I drank and smoked pot, it was “anything goes”!  I don’t ever want to live like that again.

I am astounded and tell her :

- Helena, did you hear what you just said ?

No, when the dreamer describes an element of her dream, she doesn’t realize what she’s saying, so it’s up to me to recapitulate her comments so that she will become aware.

- Listen Helena, I will recapitulate what you’ve said :

If you decide to abort (walking with the young man)

- you will end up in a small, dark life (street)

- also bearing a heavy remorse (heavy load).

This would be the price to pay, because you preferred to go out, party and have affairs. 

But you say you don’t want that kind of life anymore, so what does it mean ?

Helena is silent, she thinks, she tries to find an answer and finally mumbles :

- So, hum,… it means that I don’t want to find myself in the same situation as before and so… that I don’t want to go with that young man…  And so…

But, that means… that means …that means I want to keep the child... …

I WANT TO KEEP THE CHILD the mother cries out !

 She continues :

- Ho, it’s unreal!  That’s what I felt, I’ve always wanted a third child but I was lost.

The voice of the young woman is trembling and I am also teary eyed.

The following dream images barely necessitate an interpretation.

I was trying to get closer to him, but he wasn’t responding.

The side of Helena who would like to experience all kinds of pleasures and activities in the outside world can’t be matched with the one who is pregnant. Helena can’t cumulate these two facets of herself simultaneously.  It’s one or the other.

Commentary

This young man is the opposite image of Sarkosy’s son, who appeared in her preceding dream.  Through these different images we become aware that our inner world is made up of opposites.  In Helena’s case, at this time, the opposites are

- on the one hand : discipline, effort, work

- and on the other hand : an easy life, pleasure and irresponsibility.

Now Helena has chosen.

We are both profoundly touched, filled with immense gratitude and marvel in regards to the dream.

Such an insignificant little dream, so unimpressive that the dreamer didn’t even want to look at it.

This benevolent dream made Helena aware of what she deeply wanted. Here again the dream doesn’t show her what she should do, it merely shows her the consequences of her choice. Then it’s up to her to draw her own conclusion and make her own choice.

And Helena chose lightheartedly.

Illustrations

I thank the artists for their illustrations listed in the order of their presentation:

Ill : blogjump.eu

“Rêve oublié”, “Forgotten Dream” by Colbrak : fotocommunity.fr

A young man : Alex Pettyfer : actu-people.staragora.com

“As a child’s dream”, by the photograph Peter Zulnik

Heavy remorse : Ici.tf1.fr

Smoking : newcourriercasablanca.com

Love affair : actu-people.staragora.com

Tendresse, painting by the French artist Anne Marie Volodos : http://mapage.noos.fr/anne-marie.volodos  

Hand in hand : babynewhome.com

You find this study on the French Blog on 05 22 2007