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Subject: Gun fighting

peter

06:29 22/05/2002 

Along with some of my good mates I am on top of a hill in some tropical country.

The hillside is covered in trees and vegetation. We are all on the top, hiding behind sand bags and mounds of mud. We are looking down between gaps and breaks in the mounds.

Coming up at us are army soldiers, shooting at us. They are sneaking up the hillside, all dotted around so it is hard for us to spot them. They are camouflaged with guns.

We also have guns and try to shoot them but never seem to get them.

I know they are coming to get us! Then suddenly one of my good mates is shot in the head and is killed. We don’t know what to do, and the next thing they are upon us. I think I then get shot also.

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Lena

07:44 22/05/2002 

Hi Peter,

The initial thought I get is that you have some sort of issue in your life that you could control, but you are letting it get to you instead.

I'll come back with more later.

Lena

guest

08:35 22/05/2002 

Thanks Lena, hope to hear again soon

Lena

19:07 23/05/2002 

Hi Peter,

When you're trying to work out the meaning of a dream, it's a good idea to start by analysing what the symbols in it mean to you. For example, soldiers might mean aggression, or protection, or something else. How do you see them?

When you read what I wrote above, did it ring any bells for you, or just make you feel more confused?

If you write some ideas down, I'll be able to help you more.

Lena

Anne

08:29 26/05/2002 

Hello Peter, Are you or have you been in the army?

It seems you feel very vulnerable, maybe something is getting on top of you.

Jane Teresa Anderson

16:18 26/05/2002 

Hi Peter,

In your dream you are on top of the hill and the soldiers (the threat) are coming up from below. What is coming up from below in a dream often represents what is coming up from your unconscious. This is how it works:

We experience things ... we relegate some things, experiences, thoughts and feelings to the unconscious mind ... i.e. we 'forget' about them for now and they become hidden in the unconscious mind.

BUT, the thing is, the unconscious mind is incredibly powerful. Thoughts and beliefs lurking in the unconscious mind can and do have a much greater effect on our lives than the thoughts and beliefs we are conscious of (we know about).

So, we have beliefs hidden in the unconscious which are more powerful than the beliefs we know about. See the link between 'hidden' and 'camoflaged' - as in your dream?

At certain times in life we have experiences that put us in touch with what we have hidden in our unconscious. New understandings about our life and who we are start to come up for us. At such a time we often fight this new knowledge - after all, life may be pretty comfortable as it is and change can be frightening (even if that change is ultimately for the better).

Your dream may well be showing previously camoflaged beliefs coming up from your unconscious mind - and you fighting them. You're "on top" of things, you feel (just as you are "on top" of the hill) so you feel threatened by change. You attack it. But it's getting through - it shoots your friend in the head. The head can represent the way you think - a shot in the head (killing someone in a dream) is most likely about killing off (putting an end to) your old ways of thinking.

What could be changing for you now, Peter? What changes could you be fighting? What new ways of thinking are breaking through? What new knowledge about your past could be breaking through?

What chances are you taking in life (just as you were taking chances in the dream)? Where do you feel these chances are taking you? On the other hand, what could this chance-taking be preventing from happening in your life?

The beliefs we carry or hide in our unconscious mind may be good or bad ... working for us or against us ... but one thing is for sure: you're in a far more powerful position if you know WHAT those unconscious beliefs are (through your dreams) and then you can decide how to act on this information.

The bottom line of your dream is: do you wish to fight what is coming up from your unconscious mind or are you ready to find our what's there?

Hope this helps,

Jane Teresa Anderson

guest

05:08 27/05/2002 

Thanks alot,

that has made a fair bit of sense what u worte. It was good to read what u thout!

When u think about it, it does relate to alot of things.

Jane Teresa Anderson

17:30 27/05/2002 

A pleasure, Peter,

Jane Teresa

luciano

16:39 23/06/2002 

hi peter i dont' know your age but i believe you quiet young . your person is full of spirit and life . because you are on top of the hill . you are not sure anyawy , and you fear of things

these who soot at yuo are many words that you have with the peaple during your days as you relised same are better then you .so think of these peaple and be carful on conversation

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