
I am a person who generally remembers her dreams, so I don't necessarily think it's notable when I remember them. But when I can't get it out of my mind, usually it means that I should take a closer look. I frequently am able to interpret my own dreams, but this one I think begs another opinion.
So I'm in my parents house. This is the house we all grew up in. My parents have been there 31 years - I was a couple years old when we moved in, but my 3 siblings have grown up there. Their house is a colonial - 4 levels including the basement and attic. In my dream, my parents have sold their house - but instead of moving out, they are moving into the attic. It's almost like they have no where else to go, and they are mourning, watching the buyers moving all their furniture into the house. So my parents are remodeling the attic, adding bedrooms and a bathroom. You have to know that right now their attic is full of stuff the four of us kids have stashed up there over the last 30 years or so - so who knows what the *bleep* is up there. So in the dream, my parents have moved all us kids' stuff that we have stashed up there towards the back of the attic, and they have asked me to come over and go through my stuff and either take or get rid of all of it. Oh and I should mention that in the dream I am an adult, but my two brothers are still small, like 2 and 6 or something - even though they are now actually 24 and 28. And the attic is about 4 times the size it really is, big enough for bedrooms and bathrooms and a kitchen and stuff. So I spend time going through all this stuff, though I can't remember any specifics - I have the sense that I'm going through memories of childhood as I go through the bags of stuff. Like school papers and clothes and stuffed animals and stuff that bring back all these memories. I'm not sad, just nostalgic.
I woke with this sense that I'm supposed to do something or at least realize something important - but it's not necessarily about my childhood or my parents. I get the sense that it's probably spiritual in nature. But I could be wrong.
So beyond the ridiculously obvious (that I need to move out of my childhood spiritual home or that I need to remodel my spiritual home) this is what I want to know:
What does it mean that my parents have sold the house?
What does it mean that they are going to move into the attic instead of moving out?
Why are we watching the buyers move into the house while we're moving my parents stuff to the attic?
Why are we sad about this?
Why are my brothers still little?
Why is the attic so big?
Why am I going through all my old stuff?
Why am I not sad just nostalgic about all my old stuff?
Anything else you can think of? Any takers?
I was hoping to see some wise replies from others about this. I'll give you what I get off the top of my head.
ReplyDeleteWhat does it mean that my parents have sold the house?
you can't go back
What does it mean that they are going to move into the attic instead of moving out?
you haven't completely moved on yet either
Why are we watching the buyers move into the house while we're moving my parents stuff to the attic?
concern about the place you left
Why are we sad about this?
it was home to you
Why are my brothers still little?
maybe they represent those who haven't moved on
Why is the attic so big?
because you had pizza for supper :)
or maybe because the space you've moved into is bigger than you had imagined
Why am I going through all my old stuff?
just the process of sorting out the things of the past, beliefs, memories, relationships, etc.
Why am I not sad just nostalgic about all my old stuff?
you have acceptance about the transition and change
Of course, interpretation is best left to the person who had the dream. Usually if I can identify the feeling associated with a particular scene in a dream, I can understand what the dream is saying to me.
I know what you mean, Grace about being the best interpreter of our own dreams. But in this case, while I had a certain sense of understanding, I wanted some objective insight.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate what you have said and I think you've hit the nail on the head in several respects. I'll really have to think on it more before I have more comment than that. But it's helpful to have your thoughts, for sure.
Thanks for spending the time on this. I appreciate you.
Lily.