Inner-Child Dream?

[knowledge_of_self]

Hi Everyone:

I had a pretty strange dream last night that I would like to share.

I don't remember too much of it, so I'll write what I do remember.

I was in a very small town that looked like the old North American Gold Rush cities, with old buildings.

My bf (neema) was there with me too. I don't know what we were doing there, we were just there. I do remember thinking I was older, maybe 30-35... but neema looked the same age as now.

The strange thing about this town was that I think it was a town on the astral plane. In a sense that, everything seemed very surreal and dream-like. Everything had a hazy effect to it with a sort of foggy, purplish hue. There were no people around either, so it was almost like a ghost town.

All of a sudden, I saw this little girl around 7-10 years-old. She was blonde, with hair down to her shoulders. I approached her and asked her who she was. She wouldn't tell me, I asked her what she was doing here and where her mom was. She wouldn't answer that either. I remember she did say a couple of things but stuff that didn't really make sense. I felt like she was trying to avert my attention from asking who she was or where her mom was. Things like, "don't you think this flower is pretty?" and she would pick a flower. So I took hold of her and looked her straight in the eyes and asked her kindly who she was again. I said, "if you're lost, it's OK, I can help you find your mom." At that moment she laughed and ran away. So I started chasing her through the town, leaving neema behind.

I remember I came across a school, so I went in to inquire and see if they knew anything about a missing child. No one was there, except when I walked into the office there was a secretary. She was an old woman who was on the phone. She seemed really busy, even though there was no one around (who was she talking to on the phone? ) I kept waiting for her to finish but she wouldn't. I said excuse me a few times and she ignored me, after a few minutes I said another excuse me, but a little bit louder/bolder this time. So she looked up from her phone conversation. I asked her if she knew anything about a missing-child. I told her I found a child in town who ran off. I asked her if she knew who the little girl was, or who her mother was. She kept looking at me with an agitated look on her face. Finally she blurted: "Maybe YOU'RE her mom!" That didn't make any sense to me, so I kind of just backed away, and left.

I started looking for the girl again, and I saw her a few times. She seemed like she was taunting me, wanting me to chase after her. I could hear her laughter. I kept asking her to stop and let me help her but she wouldn't. Finally she ran into an old building, and I ran in after her. The building turned out to be a museum of the Holocaust. I have never been to one in real life, but I could tell this was one. There was pictures of Holocaust children everywhere, and weapons and other things. As I looked around, I felt like a child shouldn't be in a place like this... it was too frightening. I told myself, I HAVE to find her!

I don't remember what happened after that. So I woke up.

The dream was pretty weird for me because my dreams usually have a lot more detail than this. That's why I felt like we were on the "astral plane" there is no other word I can use to describe it. I think perhaps the child was my own inner-child, but other than that, I don't know what to make of it. I think there are definite similarities to this dream and what's happening in my real life, as I've just realized I've been acting like a child for a long time and that I need to really grow up. So the child-grown up dynamic was a strong presence in this dream, osit.

I'd like to hear what everyone else thinks. Any other interpretations?

 

[theos]

I think perhaps the child was my own inner-child, but other than that, I don't know what to make of it. I think there are definite similarities to this dream and what's happening in my real life, as I've just realized I've been acting like a child for a long time and that I need to really grow up. So the child-grown up dynamic was a strong presence in this dream, osit.

The above was my take on your dream as well. Your higher self is chasing your inner child around while she taunts you and doesn't take things seriously. Meanwhile you're chasing this child around and leaving neema behind which kinda reflects your situation in real life. Maybe your attachment to anime is a means of protecting yourself from the "holocaust" which is life on earth.

 

[knowledge_of_self]

The above was my take on your dream as well. Your higher self is chasing your inner child around while she taunts you and doesn't take things seriously. Meanwhile you're chasing this child around and leaving neema behind which kinda reflects your situation in real life. Maybe your attachment to anime is a means of protecting yourself from the "holocaust" which is life on earth.

That's an interesting thought. Thanks Odyssey.

 

[Zadius Sky]

Hi Deedlet,

Here's my take on your dream (my thoughts are similar to Odyssey's, though).

I was in a very small town that looked like the old North American Gold Rush cities, with old buildings.

My bf (neema) was there with me too. I don't know what we were doing there, we were just there. I do remember thinking I was older, maybe 30-35... but neema looked the same age as now.

The strange thing about this town was that I think it was a town on the astral plane. In a sense that, everything seemed very surreal and dream-like. Everything had a hazy effect to it with a sort of foggy, purplish hue. There were no people around either, so it was almost like a ghost town.

The "old" aspect probably means that there is something that you're clinging onto - same thing with the "ghost" as being bounded to a something (or showing a fear of being older). An empty "town" (as in being with others or community) could be a sense of being rejected by others or isolating yourself from others (maybe Neema since he was present?). The terms like "astral," "hazy," and "foggy" could be related to not seeing things as they really are.

The above likely to seem to have set you to see where you are now (like a starting point). Then, you meet a little girl (she could be your child-like nature or could be a representative image for your anima) and you start chasing after her (a sense of chasing could be trying to overcome a goal or reaching for the important outcome).

Then, you're at the school, which means that you are trying to learn something or the idea of being at a school could trying to get you see a current lesson.

I remember I came across a school, so I went in to inquire and see if they knew anything about a missing child. No one was there, except when I walked into the office there was a secretary. She was an old woman who was on the phone. She seemed really busy, even though there was no one around (who was she talking to on the phone? ) I kept waiting for her to finish but she wouldn't. I said excuse me a few times and she ignored me, after a few minutes I said another excuse me, but a little bit louder/bolder this time. So she looked up from her phone conversation. I asked her if she knew anything about a missing-child. I told her I found a child in town who ran off. I asked her if she knew who the little girl was, or who her mother was. She kept looking at me with an agitated look on her face. Finally she blurted: "Maybe YOU'RE her mom!" That didn't make any sense to me, so I kind of just backed away, and left.

Hmm, the above jumps at me as an impression of a fear of being older or growing up.

I started looking for the girl again, and I saw her a few times. She seemed like she was taunting me, wanting me to chase after her. I could hear her laughter. I kept asking her to stop and let me help her but she wouldn't. Finally she ran into an old building, and I ran in after her. The building turned out to be a museum of the Holocaust. I have never been to one in real life, but I could tell this was one. There was pictures of Holocaust children everywhere, and weapons and other things. As I looked around, I felt like a child shouldn't be in a place like this... it was too frightening. I told myself, I HAVE to find her!

Interesting, I think the idea of being in a museum is kinda like being in a place of memories and past. My first thought was a window into a past life where you weren't able to grow up and died young. Of course, "Holocaust," as Odyssey said, can be a real life and you are keeping it in a place of the "past" where it could not touch you, but seeing it actually frightened you. The fact that the girl has led you there was perhaps trying to get your attention on that aspect?

The dream was pretty weird for me because my dreams usually have a lot more detail than this. That's why I felt like we were on the "astral plane" there is no other word I can use to describe it. I think perhaps the child was my own inner-child, but other than that, I don't know what to make of it. I think there are definite similarities to this dream and what's happening in my real life, as I've just realized I've been acting like a child for a long time and that I need to really grow up. So the child-grown up dynamic was a strong presence in this dream, osit.

I think so, too. I also think "weird" is a good thing because your subconscious mind or higher self was trying to get your attention on the task at hand.

For what it's worth. :)

 

[knowledge_of_self]

Thanks Zadius, you gave me much food for thought.

 

[manitoban]

Hi D,

I agree with other's interpretation and fwiw, a few more thoughts.

I remember I came across a school, so I went in to inquire and see if they knew anything about a missing child. No one was there, except when I walked into the office there was a secretary. She was an old woman who was on the phone. She seemed really busy, even though there was no one around (who was she talking to on the phone? ) I kept waiting for her to finish but she wouldn't. I said excuse me a few times and she ignored me, after a few minutes I said another excuse me, but a little bit louder/bolder this time. So she looked up from her phone conversation. I asked her if she knew anything about a missing-child. I told her I found a child in town who ran off. I asked her if she knew who the little girl was, or who her mother was. She kept looking at me with an agitated look on her face. Finally she blurted: "Maybe YOU'RE her mom!" That didn't make any sense to me, so I kind of just backed away, and left.

I think that if we consider all the people in the dream as aspects of self, then the secretary could also represent an aspect of you, and being older, might be about the older, "wiser" part of you. This wiser part is aware that you need to start "mothering" your inner child. At the same time, this part of you is also very distracted, busy and is for the most part ignoring your concerns about the child. Maybe this is about you starting to pay attention to the inner child and not being too "busy" to do so?

I started looking for the girl again, and I saw her a few times. She seemed like she was taunting me, wanting me to chase after her. I could hear her laughter. I kept asking her to stop and let me help her but she wouldn't. Finally she ran into an old building, and I ran in after her. The building turned out to be a museum of the Holocaust. I have never been to one in real life, but I could tell this was one. There was pictures of Holocaust children everywhere, and weapons and other things. As I looked around, I felt like a child shouldn't be in a place like this... it was too frightening. I told myself, I HAVE to find her!

I think the Holocaust is, as Odyssey said, symbolic of the terrible reality of life on earth. Your inner child is "in" this world, and you don't want to face it, its too frightening, it shouldn't be happening.

The dream was pretty weird for me because my dreams usually have a lot more detail than this. That's why I felt like we were on the "astral plane" there is no other word I can use to describe it. I think perhaps the child was my own inner-child, but other than that, I don't know what to make of it. I think there are definite similarities to this dream and what's happening in my real life, as I've just realized I've been acting like a child for a long time and that I need to really grow up. So the child-grown up dynamic was a strong presence in this dream, osit.

Yes, I think that this is related to to your inner child, and to your current situation, and maybe the astral aspect to it is simply a symbol that it is your subconscious, the part of us that we generally can't see clearly, communicating to you.