| © Margaret L. Cunningham, PhD 2002 |
| Last updated June 5, 2011 |
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| KINDS OF DREAMS |
| DAILY DREAMS. We can't consciously attend to each detail of our environment. Our unconscious gathers and sorts this information into "important" and "less important" groups. The "important" may come back in a dream. For example, maybe we haven't noticed a change in the sound of our car engine. We may dream about not being able to get where we want to go. Two days later we think, "I’d better get my car’s oil checked." [Hint: when interpreting dreams always look for the ‘obvious’ first.] |
| PREDICTIVE DREAMS. We may think time is linear. In dreams time is circular or spiral. About two weeks before the Oklahoma City bombing, a client said that her mother in a dream told her, "Don’t go to Oklahoma City". The client said, "I wasn’t planning to go to Oklahoma City." "Well," her mother said, "just don’t go to Oklahoma City." The mother had died many years earlier. The client had no connections to Oklahoma City or the bombers. |
| OUR PATH. Dreams can remind us when we are going along with the crowd to the detriment of following our true path. These dreams frequently involve modes of mass transportation: buses, planes, trains, etc. |
| BIG DREAMS usually occur at transition times in life and help with this process. Often they contain archetype images and bring needed energy. |
| DIVINE DREAMS can be big dreams but they occur more regularly. They help us connect with the universe, with the divine. |
| Dreams can be "deflating" if we get puffed up with ourselves. These dreams often incorporate humor. |