Two Nights of Upheaval and Leaving Behind
Feb. 21st, 2008 06:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
qosOn each of the last two nights I've had disturbing dreams (to the level of nightmare on the night before last) about environmental upheaval and leaving things behind.
Two nights ago, the dream was of a storm that became more and more intense, until there was water and rising and swirling in a high wind threatening to engulf everything. I was trying to get my daughter and my parents into a van or mobile home to get them away, and we had just a few minutes to grab some things. There was a large open box of possessions in front of us, but we couldn't carry everything. I deliberately left behind a Raggedy Ann doll that my grandmother had made for me and the Living Bible my parents had given me when I was a child.
On the way to the van, we passed a side door into an auditorium. I sensed that whatever was behind the storm (growing ever more intense) was there, and was afraid to look. However, my daughter and mother started to look, and at that moment I woke up. I was deeply unsettled by the dream, and by seeing a golden disc with square rays around it and a stylized face within fading from sight as I opened my eyes. I can't remember anything like that before. It scared me, and I didn't know how it was connected to the dream or to my waking.
Last night, I dreamed I was in a tall building -- possibly the Space Needle -- during an earthquake that went on and on. The floor had a large section that turned in a circle (like the Space Needle's restaurant, except that in this case the center turned while the outer part was stationary). After the earthquake, it was a hotel, and I needed to check out to go home, but I was realizing I had many personal possessions there, including a special framed piece of art ("Invitation Under the Moon") and perhaps others. I realized there was no way I could check them on an airplane. Then I realized I had furniture there too -- but it was the white with gold trim little girl bedroom furniture I had while growing up. I began to realize I'd need to rent a truck and drive home. Then my cousin appeared, reminding me that he and his family live in Northern California (they don't, actually) and they could help. In fact, since I didn't want that furniture anymore, they could take it.
So I had two dreams in a row in which I felt myself at physical risk due to natural upheavals, both of which involved moving circles (the wind and water moving in circles and the rotating circle on the floor) and leaving behind things from my childhood.
At first I was disturbed by the implication that I would be leaving the artwork behind, since it's very much something I associate with LM, but as I typed this, I realized I was adapting my usual plans in order to take it with me, and I was not going to give it to my cousin and his family.
Any suggestions on meaning here? I have to run to work. . .
Two nights ago, the dream was of a storm that became more and more intense, until there was water and rising and swirling in a high wind threatening to engulf everything. I was trying to get my daughter and my parents into a van or mobile home to get them away, and we had just a few minutes to grab some things. There was a large open box of possessions in front of us, but we couldn't carry everything. I deliberately left behind a Raggedy Ann doll that my grandmother had made for me and the Living Bible my parents had given me when I was a child.
On the way to the van, we passed a side door into an auditorium. I sensed that whatever was behind the storm (growing ever more intense) was there, and was afraid to look. However, my daughter and mother started to look, and at that moment I woke up. I was deeply unsettled by the dream, and by seeing a golden disc with square rays around it and a stylized face within fading from sight as I opened my eyes. I can't remember anything like that before. It scared me, and I didn't know how it was connected to the dream or to my waking.
Last night, I dreamed I was in a tall building -- possibly the Space Needle -- during an earthquake that went on and on. The floor had a large section that turned in a circle (like the Space Needle's restaurant, except that in this case the center turned while the outer part was stationary). After the earthquake, it was a hotel, and I needed to check out to go home, but I was realizing I had many personal possessions there, including a special framed piece of art ("Invitation Under the Moon") and perhaps others. I realized there was no way I could check them on an airplane. Then I realized I had furniture there too -- but it was the white with gold trim little girl bedroom furniture I had while growing up. I began to realize I'd need to rent a truck and drive home. Then my cousin appeared, reminding me that he and his family live in Northern California (they don't, actually) and they could help. In fact, since I didn't want that furniture anymore, they could take it.
So I had two dreams in a row in which I felt myself at physical risk due to natural upheavals, both of which involved moving circles (the wind and water moving in circles and the rotating circle on the floor) and leaving behind things from my childhood.
At first I was disturbed by the implication that I would be leaving the artwork behind, since it's very much something I associate with LM, but as I typed this, I realized I was adapting my usual plans in order to take it with me, and I was not going to give it to my cousin and his family.
Any suggestions on meaning here? I have to run to work. . .
