TJ writes:

“A friend of mine had this dream last night about me.

“In his dream he was talking/meeting with me. The conversation in this dream took a place two years after whole issues that I am going thru now happened (separation, etc.)

In the dream I was involved in all kind of activities that I would not usually do. I was enjoying antique, art, history and taking anthology classes. In this dream my life was much better then now. I was travelling around the world and was living in a beautiful big house.”

 The fact that it was a friend who had the dream indicates simply that there is an element of empathy there and that he is the messenger of the dream.  The fact that he is the messenger of the dream adds an element of “objectivity” to it in that, despite his empathy, he is in a advantaged position from the point of view of emotional detachment.  NOT that he is detached but is in the better position to be if that is a necessary counteraction to your seeing what you want as would be in the case of a dream involving wish-fulfillment in contradistinction to cosmic-karmic destiny.

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INTERPRETATION   by R. J. MacDonald

Elements of dream: 

“talking/meeting” with me” -  Purposeful and significant communication intended by Life for TJ

“two years after whole issues that I am going thru now” – The two year period indicates unfoldment in “Life’s time” as per required by developmental life processes (not the whimsical and humanly impatient willfulness that is typical of the individual wanting all good changes NOW.  This is an implication of the need for patience as the different elements of her life unfold. 

“all kind of activities that I would not usually do”  - This is a reference to the fulfillment of the unfoldment that is possible, that is that TJ who’s natural abilities and proclivities may be otherwise inactive and suppressed likely, in part, due to her previous situation with her husband will now have the liberty of movement in order to manifest.

“enjoying antique, art, history and taking anthology classes”  -  This seems to indicate here more the particularities of her activities suggesting that there are abilities in the classical arts and related subjects, especially that that involves cataloguing.  If particularities are specified in a dream that can be a reference to a past-life activity the value of which may be still intact and influential in respect to the soul such that “carrying on” these activities as per past developments is advised. 

“my life was much better then now” -  Indicates that the direction that she is going in at present will lead to significant improvements in her life…a ways down the road.  This is an implicit statement of en-courage-ment.

“I was travelling around the world and was living in a beautiful big house”  This indicates the quality of life that will be experienced if the constructive changes are made.  Interestingly one is a dynamic activity and the other a valued object which suggests that both internal experience (traveling) and worldly acquisitions (beautiful big house) are in order in accordance with the improved karma of TJ.

SUMMARY

As always is the case, freewill will facilitate, that is enhance or depreciate the future and so this dream of substantial, active hope in contradistinction to passive promise seems to say that there is a karmic element involved in the dream which suggests a karmic justice in compensation for injustices suffered in the prior years of her life with her wayward husband (see previous dream.)   The message seems to be that although she had suffered the injustice that she is not to be discouraged and with the right choices and courage that her life will be significantly improved over time.  The dream is not otherwise likely to have been given to her were it not the case that she might become discouraged and thus not to take advantage of the new liberty to build her life up in accordance with what is constructive.  This is essentially a dream of encouragement (en-courage-ment) where same may be needed.  The compensatory karma may be there (which may be something of a credit) but co-creation is strongly recommended nonetheless.

A dream message of a broken marriage to come.

THE DREAM  as dreamt by Tiny J

"I week or so ago before I learned about my husband’s affair; I had a dream. In this dream my son and I were trapped in a room and chased by a huge lion. This lion pushed and chased us to the room door and then left.  We were very frightened by this lion but able to escape unhurt."

INTERPRETATION  by RJ MacDonald

PLEASE NOTE:  This is a premonitory dream in that the dream occurred before the the significant event occurs which was the husband's leaving the wife and son for another woman.

Elements:  husband and I – the significant players in the relationship, huge lion – the husband with his big ego, self-centeredness and animal lusts,    room – social context of marriage, trapped – characterizing conditions, implies the nature of the relationship, chased – pursued aggressively for his purposes,  door of the room – the paradoxical/ironical way out, pushed and chased – the cause of the mobility and position of the victims was the aggression of the other, us – remaining component of the family, the mother and child (son,)  lion left at point of door – recognized the default of escape and liberty – his self-imposed openness of the relationship change, mother and son frightened – emotionally traumatized but not permanently damaged, able to escape unhurt – in the end mother and son will actually be free and unharmed as the gains outweigh the losses considering the nature of the partner (husband, as symbolized by the symbolic selfishness of a huge lion.)

Integrated meaning:  Tina J, a woman who’s husband had left her for another woman before she had had experienced a premonitory dream in which her husband was depicted as a “beast,” that is with a lion’s appetite for romance and in disregard for the sanctity of his marriage and family, which appetite is symbolized as being an instinctual indulgence below that of the values and sensitivity of the human soul.  In the dream a singular room appears, in contrast to a whole residence, as a symbol of a defined, closed and restricted context of containment.  In the room the lion (the husband) chases (the mother and son) which chase is contrary to a give-and-take mode of behavior but rather is an individual's ego-drive for his own benefit, in contrast to a willing union, unimposed and freely engaged in by virtue of the individual will.  In short and simple terms, this is selfish aggression.  The purpose of the aggression is to capture, contain and confine, which is indicated by virtue of the singular room in contrast to a "home."  This dream dynamic, that is the singular room, indicates stifled growth were the mother and son to remain with the errant husband and father as well as indicating the priority of the self from the lion's perspective, in contradistinction to the fullness of life warranted by the whole family .  The dream shows the paradox and irony manifesting in the karma of the dynamics where the self's purposes are served rather than the other's such that the selfish chase only gives rise to the opposite of "capturing" the heart but instead repulses the targeted victims, in that the victim moves away from the lion and towards the open door symbolizing escape and detachment and entry into the wider world beyond the selfish confines of the brute.  In the dream the lion generates fear which is an emotion polar opposite to love which is the ideal constitution of a constructive relationship.  The dream contains the message that mutual love is lacking in the relationship - even if the victim loves the brute.  The ultimate escape in the dream equates to liberation from relationship dynamics that are not constructive to the mother and son.