Category: House

Old Friend from Childhood

Dear Marsha,

Here’s a dream for you.  I dreamed:

I was with a friend, she was an old friend from childhood. Leslie. I was on the toilet which also had a bed beside it.  She was on it.  I remember thinking she had an awful mess in her home because there was a half-eaten spare-rib and small corn on the cob on the floor next to the toilet.

I remember thinking my house was not nearly as messy as I thought.

She was talking on and on about her mental illness and suffering.

Then, we were walking to her car. She looked at her phone and said, “Friggin Raisin.”  Then I realized she was saying the name of her ex-husband, Reyes. We got in the car and I sat in the back seat. She began texting and driving, so I panicked and told her to please stop.  She refused. I got so afraid I told her to pull over so I could get out. She left me by this blue bridge I could walk over.  I lived just right over that bridge.

What is the meaning of this dream?

Olive

 

Dear Olive,

Let’s look at some of these symbols.

 

An old childhood friend = something/someone alongside you in your childhood

Leslie = from the low meadow / remembered (see The Name Book by Dorothy Astoria)

Toilet = a place to get rid of toxins and wastes in your life

Bed = a place of privacy (Micah 2:1); those in relationship with (of like mind with) (Is 57:7)

Meat = mature spiritual learning (Gen 9:3, Heb 5:12-14)

Spare-rib = sparse mature spiritual learning

Corn = amount of God’s seed

Floor = foundation

House = you, your personal life and relationships

Walking = going in the direction of

Car =ministry/work

Phone = spiritual line of communication (uses “air” waves – air=spiritual)

Raisin = dried-up “fruit” (results)

Ex-husband = one used to be in close/intimate covenant with

Reyes = counselor (see The Name Book by Dorothy Astoria)

Back seat = not in control

Texting and driving = carelessly in control

Bridge = a transition period

Blue = depression

Now, just for fun, let’s substitute the symbolic meanings into the dream. This is going to read very sloppy and be difficult.  If you don’t want to go through this process, skip on down to the “paraphrasing”.

I was with something/someone alongside me in my childhood. From the low meadow / remembered. I was on the place to get rid of toxins and wastes in my life which also had a place of privacy/those in relationship with (of like mind with) beside it.  Something/someone alongside me in my childhood was on it.  I remember thinking something/someone alongside me in my childhood had an awful mess in the home because there was sparse mature spiritual learning and small amount of God’s seed on the foundation next to a place to get rid of toxins and wastes in my life.

I remember thinking my personal life and relationships was not nearly as messy as I thought.

Something/someone alongside me in my childhood was talking on and on about something/someone alongside me in my childhood’s mental illness and suffering.

Then, something/someone alongside me in my childhood and I were going in the direction of something/someone alongside me in my childhood work. Something/someone alongside me in my childhood looked at something/someone alongside me in my childhood spiritual line of communication and said, dried-up results.  Then I realized something/someone alongside me in my childhood was saying the name of one used to be in close/intimate covenant with something/someone alongside me in my childhood. I sat not in control. Something/someone alongside me in my childhood began carelessly in control, so I panicked and told to please stop.  Something/someone alongside me in my childhood refused. I got so afraid I told her to pull over so I could get out. She left me by this depression transition period I could walk over.  I lived just right over that transition period.

 

To paraphrase this, this interpretation might be saying:

You are being “visited” by an “old friend from childhood (memories of suffering leading to depression). This happens while you are in a place of rest (bed) and a place of getting rid of toxic/wasteful things (toilet) from your past.  You realize this brings remembrances of mess and sparseness of the “meaty” teachings (spare-rib half-eaten) of Jesus and it brings small amounts of things to grow on (seed=corn).  You begin to believe your current situation is not as bad as you thought when you compare it to the past. You are in the back seat (not actively choosing this direction).  You dislike the way this is going, so you “get off the ride”. You are left in a depressing transition time but know that you just need to walk through it.

 

A more simple paraphrase might be:

You are remembering suffering from your childhood and how you didn’t get strong teachings of Jesus.  In looking back, you realize your current situation is not as bad as you thought.  It’s depressing to think back on these things and it puts you in a depression for a time until you can drop it again.

 

 

 

 

 

Boss said Too Cold

Hi Marsha,

Here’s another dream, Marsha.  What do you think?

 

Last night I dreamed:

I was in a house that was also my school.  It was cold. My boss was in her office and she was walking out saying it was cold and she was going to leave.

Signed,

T.O.F.

 

Dear T.O.F.

The symbols may help us.

House = You, your personal life and relationships (Mt 7:24-27, Heb 3:6, 2 Timothy 2:20-21)

School = Place of spiritual learning ( Mt 9:13, Heb 5:12, 6:1)

Cold = without warmth or life (Mt 24:12)

Boss = Authority over you / one in power over you (Lev 25:6, 25:40, Eph 6:5-9)

 

These symbols substituted in the dream says:

I was in my life and relationships that was also my place of spiritual learning.  It was without warmth or life.  My authority over me / the one in power over me walked out saying it was without warmth or life and was going to leave.

To paraphrase this:

My life and relationships (which included my spiritual learning) was without real life and warmth. Even those I looked to for support/guidance/mentorship abandoned me.

 

Side Note:  I find this a sad dream.  It speaks of a past without warmth.  I believe the Lord may have given you this dream to help you identify the past problems you have had to overcome (or are overcoming).  I encourage you to embrace who you are now, look clearly on what you have had to overcome, and try to forgive those who have let you down in the past.

May God’s healing love be poured over you.

Marsha Dunstan

 

 

Snake Dream

 

Marsha
A friend of mine had this dream. Can you tell me what you think?
C.K.

 

Snake Dream:
I remember being in a kitchen at someone’s house.  There were several other people there – maybe 5 or 6 people in total.  I don’t remember knowing these people. I began to walk from the kitchen toward the back of the house. I don’t know where I was going or why. I walked through a short corridor and was passing through a bedroom (I think) when I saw a snake on the floor.  It appeared to be thick and brown-ish. I don’t remember any other details about the snake. I stopped short and turned back to the kitchen. I found my mom and told her about the snake. (In real life, my mom is always the person we would go to, to kill spiders, etc. because she isn’t bothered by doing so.) Previously, I didn’t know my mom was one of the people at this house. She, willingly, agreed to get rid of the snake. She walked back to the bedroom area where I had seen the snake and grabbed it by the tail. When she did so, the snake became elongated and began to lunge as she held the tail. Again, I retreated to the kitchen and sat on the kitchen counter with my legs hanging down. I was wearing a pair of men’s basketball shorts. My mom came into the kitchen, still wielding the snake, and it was still thrashing about and lunging aimlessly. However, the snake did make contact with my left leg, and bit my outer thigh through my basketball shorts. I don’t remember the bite hurting. I remember feeling startled and scare, but the snake let go of my leg and my mom was able to get rid of it somehow. Afterward, there was a pink mark on my leg where the snake had bit through my shorts. I remember asking my mom if she thought I needed medical treatment, but she wasn’t sure. I remember she was trying to look up online what kind of snake it may have been to determine if the bite was dangerous, or not. I don’t remember feeling pain in my leg or feeling worried about the bite. I didn’t end up seeking out medical treatment, but remember sitting in a large hot tub outside alone that had a red and white canopy over it. I remember thinking that maybe I was at a Kentucky Fried Chicken because of the red and white striped canopy over me while I was in the hot tub!

 

Hello C.K.., Marsha here.

 

                Thanks for sending in the dream.  This is full of good learning symbols. Let’s look at them.

 

Kitchen = place of preparing teachings (Neh 9:15, Prov 18:20)
Someone’s house = area of life for someone else (Prov 15:25)

 

Several other people there = others involved too, or at least around while this is happening

 

Walk toward the back of the house – seeking out what’s in the background

 

Short corridor = short period of transition

 

Snake – lies, a “long tale” (Rev 9:19, 12:9)

 

Floor – foundational issue

 

Thick – one upon another

 

Brownish – humanity in nature (not saying evil…just human) (Ezk 47:12)

 

My mom (who in real life is always the person we would go to – to kill spiders, etc. because she isn’t bothered by doing so) = other(s) who are helpful in dealing with issues

 

She willingly agreed to get rid of the snake – another person willingly trying to fight the lies (snake)

 

When she did so, the snake became elongated and began to lunge – when another person tried to help fight the lies (snake), the lies became longer and an attack on the dreamer.

 

I retreated to the kitchen – the dreamer retreats to a place of receiving teachings

 

Legs = ability to go forward (Ps 147:10, Prov 26:7, Hab 3:16)

 

Left = dreamer’s spiritual identity (Mt 24:40-41, 25:33, 25:41)

 

Pink mark = mark of faith (pink = faith)

 

Didn’t end up seeking out medical treatment = it became ok and didn’t need help dealing with it.

 

Hot tub = in “hot water” – in pressure and trials

 

Outside = feeling “outside” of things

 

Alone = feeling “alone”

 

Red = wisdom, power, anointing

 

White = purity, Holy

 

Kentucky Fried Chicken – Fast Food = place where being “fed” or taught things very fast; what you have learned (feeding on) is not especially healthy/good for you (fast food) – (food – teachings Neh 9:15, Prov 18:20)
Substituting these symbolic meanings into the dream, the dream interpretation might be as follows:

 

To the dreamer:
                While you (amidst others) are trying to minister to someone (in someone else’s area of life), you are able to see that person’s humanity issues (brown) and background lies (snake) they believe in.  These lies are compounded one upon another (thick). You seek help from others to try to deal with these lies and issues, but in the process you are attacked. This attack has affected your ability to go forward (leg) in your spiritual identity (left). You are able to get through it on your own (not receive medical attention) and come out of it with visibly more faith (pink mark). But you have found yourself in some pressure/trials (sitting in “hot water” hot tub) and have learned very quickly some things that aren’t particularly healthy for you (fast food). Still, you have a covering (canopy) of wisdom, power, and anointing (red) along with Holy and purity (white).

 

 Wow!  This dream means the dreamer has been going through some hard times, but has come out of it with more faith, and a little learning.  The dreamer is wise, powerful and anointed in purity and God’s holiness.
Please let me hear back from you.  I would be very interested to know what the dreamer thinks of this.

 

Marsha

 

To the readers: I also want to point out a couple of other teaching hints that are good in this dream.

 

1.       When you are interpreting a dream and the dreamer is given ambiguous numbers like: “maybe 5 or 6” — then that is a clue that the actual number is not important in the dream.  Don’t confuse the interpretation by trying to decipher what 5 means and 6 means and trying to put it together.

 

2.       When the dreamer attaches a statement to a person as she did in describing her mom, then often that statement is important in the interpretation process.  Not always…sometimes the dreamer is trying to justify why someone may show up in her dream.  But often.  In this case, the dreamer said, “I found my mom and told her about the snake. (In real life, my mom is always the person we would go to, to kill spiders, etc. because she isn’t bothered by doing so.)”  This statement is a good hint that “mom” in the dream may be about her ability to deal with nasty things…

 

FOLLOW – UP:   After the dreamer received the dream interpretation, I heard back from the dreamer and she stated that this dream was “right on.”  It explained some issues she’d been dealing with.  It greatly lifted her spirits and encouraged her.
YAY GOD!

 

Marsha