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DOLPHIN and PORPOISE
- Because dolphins are wild creatures of the sea that actively develop
a relationship with humans, they are often taken to represent the
contact and relationship we have with the deeply unconscious natural
forces within. Such dreams suggest life is not simply operating
blindly, but reaches out to us if we reach out to it.
The dolphin and porpoise also depict powerful unconscious energies
in us; conscious awareness of one's link with all life; contact with
the one life within all things.
Example: About a month ago I decided to terminate a relationship
which had lasted more than twenty years. Two nights after making
this decision my body took over at night and started rocking,
banging, pushing, the back arching. These alternated with rest and
floods of soothing energy pulsating through my whole system. In the
morning my back felt totally open and vulnerable. Soon after this
event I had this dream - I was swimming in a broad river of clear,
warm water full of life energy. It was deep and the river had rock
cliffs rising either side of it, 40 meters high. Above that I could
see the green of some trees in the sunlight. Further up stream the
walls of rock joined and formed a tunnel. I was swimming on my back
when suddenly I saw a huge fish. It was about 4 meters long, coming
out of a cave towards me. I panicked. Then I thought it might be
harmless and went on swimming quietly. It was a dolphin, and very
gently it swam behind my back and covered it, hugging me from
behind. I lay absolutely quiet embraced by the powerful and gentle
energy of this being. Energy was pouring into my back. Finally I
reached round and touched the fin of the dolphin. It was like thick
velvet. Rhea. See: Fish.
DONKEY As
with the animal: The hard working and long suffering
processes of the body, such as the automatic or instinctive processes.
The ass or donkey may also represent your body as a beast of burden,
or that you are living as if you are only a dumb working animal.
If the ass or donkey is being ridden by or pulling someone
else: You may be feeling you are doing all the hard work in a
relationship, or working like a beast of burden.
Riding a donkey or ass or donkey: This may
represent humility or feeling in a lowly position. But this may also
simply relate to your relationship with your body's needs and
responses. For ass as part of the body, See:
Anus.
See: Ass.
DOOR
Opportunity, the openings life offers. Also represents an inner
opening or realisation of new parts of yourself, new feelings, new
ideas. The door can also represent a barrier put between yourself and
others, yourself and life, yourself and God. The opening or closing of
this door represents the movement of your feelings and attitudes.
Death is sometimes spoken of as the other door, birth being the first.
The door is also a threshold between one feeling or condition and
another. Sometimes it links with sexual feelings as when you 'open'
yourself to someone.
DOT An end
or a beginning. A point or centre of consciousness; as a collection of
activities may centre around one desire, or thought, one aim.
DOUGH Money.
The possibilities in us.
DOVE Intuition;
peace, love.
DOWN Down,
in the sense of lying on the floor, or squatting, suggests several
things depending on the context. It can be feeling without power or a
loss of power. It can suggest dropping activity, resting, becoming
passive and open to inner feelings and intuitions. Of course it can
show rest, recuperation, an interlude from activity. See:
Descent.
DRAGON The
parts of your sexual drive or feelings that are untamed and fiery. The
dragon can also represent the power and magic of the unconscious. But
to get the 'gold' or treasure you have to deal with those wild forces
within yourself.
DRAMA
Dramatic events in your dream signify something you feel strongly or
passionately about. Such feelings can be positive or negative, jor or
anxiety. You will need to define what the subject of the drama is
aabout to understand what it is referring to.
Drama Class: Learning to express what you really
feel, or to mobilise your abilities to express yourself in a variety
of situations. It might refer to attempts on the part of your dream
process, to lead you out of a narrow range of feelings and responses
to opportunity and events. Obviously, if you have been in a drama
class, it would link with what you feel about being in such a class.
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