The last three nights, I have had dreams which contained similar themes. I can't quite figure out what they mean, but obviously they must be trying to say something since it's repeating.
In the first dream, the world had basically broken down. Electricity, gas, food and water had become very hard to come by. People were walking the streets trying to find things they needed or seek help. It was tense, but overall it was pretty orderly - especially because there was a very powerful, totalitarian government in place. However, I and my family and various members of my "group" (not sure what the connection between us all was) were living in a very large, technologically advanced house. I was the leader of the group living in the house. We were being provided with necessities by the government. Although we were very fortunate not to be suffering the way most people were, what we were provided with was very scarce. We also had to be careful because the government was watching us closely to make sure we didn't step too far out of line with their rules. The house had a very large underground with many rooms. There were many people, children and families residing there. Because our group was large and there were many children, we were occasionally able to take in children from the outside without the government noticing. There was also a large garden out back. I love to garden, but this one had not been planted by me. Parts of it were beautiful, but a lot of it was strange and unattractive to me. It was also a dangerous place for me to spend too much time because it was easier for the government to keep an eye on me when I was outside.
In the second dream, I was in college. I lived in a small, comfortable dorm room and was dating a very tall, skinny, dark haired man. He was the lead singer of a well known metal band. I had apparently broken up with my husband who is also a singer. However, once again, social order was breaking down. The basics of life had become scarce and the college was shutting down due to the lack of resources. Again, I felt pretty protected from the effects of this scarcity - at least for the time being. At the end of the dream, my mother came to pick me up from school.
Last night I dreamt that the world was at the very beginning stages of breaking down. Again scarcity of basic necessities was the issue. Also again, there was a powerful, totalitarian government in place. My husband and I were out shopping for a new house that we would be able to weather this dangerous period. We went through a house that I kind of liked and was happy to discover had a vast underground basement area. There were already people living there which I was happy about. This house also had a large, pre-existing garden out back. Again, there were many parts of it which I found strange and unattractive. We left this house to look at another house, but I wasn;t impressed with the next house I saw. I seemed to be the one who had the final say in the matter. Buying the house also meant that I would be the leader of the people living in the house. Right before I woke up, I took us back to the street which the first house was on where we could see the for sale sign in the front yard was still there. I think I was about to buy it.
I am pretty sure that these dreams are some how realted to several things going on in my life. The first is that I have been gaining a huge amount of spiritual knowledge lately which goes far beyond what is normally accepted in my religious tradition (Christianity). It isn't in conflict with my religious beliefs, but definitely stretches them. Secondly, my husband and I have come to understand that there are some important things which we are supposed to be doing in life but which we have not been able to do because my husband has been trying to do things in his own, dysfunctional way and blaming me for the bad results. Third, after a year of intense conflict between us, my husband has finally been brought to see his dysfunction and is now on board with working together with me as a partner in order to move forward. Previously, he had been trying to set the course and expected me to adopt his ways of doing and seeing things in order to get on board with him in order to pursue the course he thought we should be on. So, there's been a lot going on, but I'm not sure howwhat exactly these dreams may be trying to tell me!