Lake Dream

I've been writing about my dreams as of late for several reasons:
1) I've been dreaming again after a period when I had no dreams and wasn't sleeping well.
2) I believe dreams are a significant part of one's awareness
3) So many of my really vivid dreams in the past couple years have included my late Grandma, who I have an incredible connection with
4) I sense dreams are a gateway to another world

Still trying to piece together where I was last night. I recall a fantastic mountainous and lake or river setting. Winding roads and beautiful homes. It was dusk. The skies were a dark sapphire blue, reflected in the still waters. The rising moon gave the lake a sparkling appearance. I was with my family, and a family which once had a close friendship with mine.

We drove unusually fast to the house we were staying at. I was sure we might just miss a sharp curve and plummet off a cliff and vanish into the innocent looking waters below. We reached our destination intact. The home itself doesn't register as much as the artifacts within it. There was a wall calendar, or something like it, with somewhat historic photos that had been colorized. One was of a water skiing pyramid, and I was informed one of the beautiful women atop the pyramid was my Grandma in all her glorious youth.

I recall being in a room which was in most ways like any other. The one exception was a nook adjacent the four-post bed which had a very modern looking brown chaise, which affixed to a custom hole in the floor via a metal post. Apparently this hole accommodated interchangeable furniture pieces. A small twin bed in this case was the alternate piece that had been placed there at one time. This area of the bedroom had a kidney bean shaped area of wood flooring whereas the rest of the room was wall-to-wall carpeted.

My Grandma came into the room. She looked around and appeared sad when she saw the area featuring the chaise. She didn't speak, I just read it on her face. She recalled the bed having been there, something about her and the bed or someone she was close to and the bed. It's blurred in my recollection.

Another part of my dream placed me with childhood friends, now grown adults. We were at a child's party at one of their homes. The home had a sunken, tiled living room and built-in sectional. The home seemed cavernous, literally, as if built into a cave or otherwise subterranean. There was an elevated water feature in the corner of the room, a naturally occurring one that had been built around. Somehow I managed to be wielding a 3-drawer vertical filing cabinet, placing it near or in the water feature. Then suddenly the cabinet was sinking. I reached in to retrieve it only to discover it hadn't been sinking so much as it was being sucked into a porthole inside this small pool. The pool was blue-green in color and the surround inside looked much more like a natural tide pool than anything remotely man made. I managed to fully recover the file cabinet, and knew something had been pulling on it vs. some form of suction, otherwise the water would have been drained out. My friend apologized for the incident and mentioned they have plans to finish the jacuzzi. Odd.

Dusk: This is a dream of sadness; it portends an early decline and unrequited hopes. Dark outlook for trade and pursuits of any nature is prolonged by this dream.

Water: To dream of clear water, foretells that you will joyfully realize prosperity and pleasure.

Lake: To see a lake in your dream, signifies your emotional state of mind. You feel restricted or that you are unable to express your emotions freely. Alternately, the lake may provide you with solace, security and peace of mind. If the lake is clear and calm, then it symbolizes your inner peace.

House:  To see a house in your dream, represents your own soul and self. Specific rooms in the house indicate a specific aspect of your psyche. Being aware of someone else in the house suggests that we may be feeling threatened by an aspect of our own personality. The house is popularly known as the seat of the soul, and in spiritual terms links us to the way we are in the world. A house represents security and safety, and therefore signifies protection and the Great Mother.

Bedroom: The bedroom portrays a place of safety where we can relax.

Bed: Since sleep is a way of leaving the busy world behind, a bed can represent a form of spiritual sanctuary and a sense of purity. For most people the bed and bedroom signify a private place. If the bed is made, then it symbolizes security.

Photographs: In dreams these can represent a spiritual need to understand the past. In a sense they are a microcosm within a microcosm, a small part within a greater whole. Obviously photographs represent memories, past occasions, perhaps past difficulties. To be looking at photographs of someone from the past is to be looking at that person's qualities, perhaps bringing them forward into our own lives and making use of those same qualities within. When we dream of looking at photographs, we are often looking at an aspect of ourselves, perhaps our younger self or part of ourselves that we no longer feel is particularly valid.\

Friends: Signify aspects of your personality that have been developing and making you grow as a person. The relationships you have with those around you are important in learning about yourself, so look to the friends you dreamed about for signals of personality traits they have that you desire in yourself, and work on those things. Additionally, dreaming of friends sometimes foretells that you will hear happy news from them.

Grandmother: To see your grandmother in your dream represents nurturance, protection and unconditional love. Consider the qualities and characteristics that exist in your own grandmother.