Bottom

This is sometimes used in England to suggest the posterior, the behind. So it might be word play for that; if about the bottom of a garden, hill or hole, it can suggest something at the back of your mind – known but pushed to the back; If you are at the bottom it suggest difficulties, or a long climb, effort to get to the top, or even back to where you were; being at the bottom can also be despair. The bottom of some sort of container depicts the holding power, the power to contain and support.

If so, it indicates something you do not usually expose publicly, or something to do with your sexual characteristics; the you that others see but you may not know about or be personally aware of.

If the dream is about the bottom of a garden, hill or hole, it can suggest something at the back of your mind – known but pushed to the back. But if you are at the bottom  of a hill or hole it suggest difficulties – perhaps something difficult to reach or obtain, or a long climb, difficult to climb out of, an effort to get to the top, or even back to where you were. Being at the bottom can also be despair.

Getting to the bottom can also link with finding out what is the cause of something, what is ‘at the bottom’ of a mystery or someone’s behaviour. It also means going deeply into something, perhaps into oneself.

Example: We are alone. Death confronts us. We reach rock bottom. We fully accept our humanity. Then comes death and all falls away except that Reality innate in all things.

Bottom of a bucket or box: The power to hold, to contain something. So when we say ‘the bottom fell out of the world for me’, we mean that we no longer feel held up or sustained by the world.

Bottom of a bag: This could refer to something you had forgotten you had, or something difficult to find amongst your memories or resources. Can occasionally refer to sexual feelings in some form.

Bottom of a hill: This suggests the beginning of something such as the start of a climb or of reaching somewhere in life.

Bottom of a road: Far away, or not immediately important but something you are meeting.

Bottom of the sea or river: What is hidden, unconscious or difficult to get. May sometimes show something precious.

Idioms: bottom fell out; bottom line; bottom out; bottom rung; bottoms up; from the bottom of my heart; get to the bottom of; hit rock bottom; scrape the bottom of the barrel; you can bet your bottom dollar.

Useful Questions and Hints:

If this is about my body, what is the dream suggesting?

What hill, hole or situation am I at the starting point of, or down to earth about?

If I am finding something or reaching to the bottom of something, what am I reaching for in life?

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