I was in a country like Nepal, India or Tibet. I was walking, early morning, on what looked like a bridge, very wide and made of wood. There was no water underneath, just this vast land, reminding me of Tibet.
There were 2 people playing with a dog in the distance and they were throwing a ball for it to chase and catch.
I then put a very small clear crystal on the bridge because I knew that this was a very healing place and it would cleanse it for me. I then walked away.
Later on the same day I came back to the bridge to get my crystal and noticed that there were many more crystals on velvet fabric also on the bridge. The bridge was also now packed with people, reminding me of Nepal.
I picked up my crystal and then found another way that I had to pick up, even though I had not put it there. It didn't feel wrong to do so. This crystal was huge and phallic looking and black!
I then walked around looking at the people. I was with my partner and also my son, (we don't have kids). My son was drawn to a group of people on the bridge who were looking up at the sky. Really they were looking at what looked like a split in the sky.
As I got closer I noticed that people’s hair was being drawn up towards this part of the sky and then my son put his arm up and he nearly got pulled up off his feet towards what looked like a split in the sky.
I was amazed but not shocked, but my partner was sceptical. Before he could say anything I told him not say anything to our son because I knew our son was very spiritual and I didn't want him to tell him off or stop him exploring his spirituality.
Dream edited for easier reading - JT, 2005
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Hi Silvia,
What a stunning and beautiful dream! Hair raising even ... ;)
There are many significant aspects to your dream. I'll open up some and I'm sure others will add more and ask you questions to help you to elucidate the full meaning:
Often we dream of bridges when we are either in, or contemplating, some kind of transition in life.
A bridge joins one land mass to another usually, and we use a bridge to cross from the side we're on to the other side. Consequently we often encounter dream bridges when we feel, in our waking life, as if we are leaving one point (land mass) to cross to the next. In our English language we also talk of "bridging the gap", meaning to find a link between two opposing (non-meeting) places, so a dream bridge can symbolise a way of creating a meeting point between two viewpoints or stages in life.
However in your dream you see where you're heading (the dog playing chase and catch) and you know what you have to do to prepare yourself for crossing the bridge (you have to lay the crystal on it to heal and cleanse the path). Stripped down to the bare minimum, this translates as "I recognise a need to heal something within myself to cleanse and clear the path between where I am now and where I am going."
The dog playing chase and catch symbolises where you're heading, so you might like to ask yourself what feelings the scene (dog, ball, people) instilled within you as this would reflect the attitude you are seeking to work towards.
Dogs mean different things to different people, but animals in our dreams usually reflect our own instincts. Many people see dogs as instinctively loyal and friendly, for example, in which case their dream dogs might symbolise their own loyalty and friendliness. Your dream dog was playful, playing ball games ... the theme was catch and chase. As you look ahead in your life now, what do these themes bring to mind: playful, catch, chase ...?
Your dream crystal multiplied as did the people on the bridge and you discovered a new crystal you had to pick up. This one was phallic looking which, in obvious symbolism represents sex and creativity, as well as thrust and Yang (male) powers. Juxtaposed alongside this, the split in the sky to which your dream son feels drawn could be seen as sexual too, receptive, Yin.
The male side (Yang, left brain, outer world) is seen as the active part of the dreamer (where the dreamer is male or female) whereas the female side (Yin, right brain, inner world) is seen as the passive, receptive part of the dreamer. Spirituality is also seen as a Yin value, a part of our inner world: the process of getting in touch with spirituality is a process of opening up (like the split in the sky), of becoming receptive and open to what IS.
I am missing out heaps, Silvia, as I know others will want to take part in this.
The person who will be very spiritual is you, IF that is your conscious choice. The dream, I feel, put you more in touch with your spiritual choices: healing, cleansing, opening yourself up, recognising your creativity (phallic-shaped crystal) ... the crystal was black, suggesting the creativity within your unconscious or dark, hidden self. The dog playing: could be the game of life, the basic truths which await you on your spiritual journey.
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