To have something a little lighter in subject - no more talk of hurricanes for right now, mkay? - I'll fall back on the tried and true practice of memes.
Do you believe dreams are ever symbolic?
I think dreams are generally always symbolic. As such, I feel that dreams are highly personal. What something means in a dream to me is not going to be the same as what that same something would mean in a dream to you. I don't therefore believe it's possible for anyone to interpret another's dreams. Only the dreamer can search for that inner meaning themselves.
How do you interpret dreams? Do you feel some are scenes from past lives? Future premonitons? Hidden thoughts and feelings?
A little of everything. I think dreams are many things, and oftentimes many things woven in together. Memories of places we've been, times we've experienced, thoughts and hopes and fears; concepts of our place in the Universe and even momentary fragments of the greater Self and the connection we all share; the One of all things. And then sometimes, you just watch too much tv before you go to bed and suddenly, you're in a sitcom. That's the thing about dreams. You never know so you always should pay attention.
What do you feel was your most symbolic/meaningful dream?
I don't know that I can say there was any one defining dream for me. I've had many over the years which struck a cord at that time in my life, or alerted me to possibilities that I maybe hadn't thought of in the waking world. There's a freedom in dreams, so I think they all hold deep meaning in their own way.
~ castles of sand by Memory and Dream
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