Thread: My book.

Originally Posted by deepsleep

I recently went to the book store and bought a bok all about dream meanings etc..
The night i bought it me and my girlfriend were near breaking up.
Well I had a dream all about aliens.
well the next morning i checked my book to see why I had a dream of aliens and it said
aliens are a sign that you are stressed do to possibly or becoming single or a sign you are divorcing.
I was amazed.
anyone else have similr things that have happened?

I can well believe that our dreams are affected by the attention we're giving them. Certainly when I became interested in dream meanings a few years ago I had some really wonderful dreams, the like of which I have not seen for a long time.

I would caution against being too literal with dream dictionaries, though. Sure, they give us food for thought. But think it through. There is no scientific reason as to why a dream about aliens should mean what you state. The question is, can you make that same meaning out of the alien dream in your own mind?

I suspect if you look at another dream dictionary it will tell you something different. Hmmmm...let's see...

from www.dreammoods.com, one of the best online DDs in my opinion
Quite different:

Aliens
To dream that you are an alien, symbolizes the undiscovered part of yourself. Your manifestation as an alien may be your way of 'escaping' from reality. Dreams of this nature also symbolizes your outlandish ideas and your wild imagination.

To dream that you are being abducted by aliens, indicates your fears of your changing surroundings or your fear of losing your home and family. You feel that your space and/or privacy is being invaded.

To see aliens in your dream, signifies that you are having difficulties adapting and adjusting to your new surroundings. You are feeling "alienated" and invaded. You are also having difficulties in how to handle or deal with a certain situation or person. On a psychological level, seeing aliens may represent an encounter with an unfamiliar or neglected aspect of your own self.

Originally Posted by Burned up

I would caution against being too literal with dream dictionaries, though. Sure, they give us food for thought. But think it through. There is no scientific reason as to why a dream about aliens should mean what you state. The question is, can you make that same meaning out of the alien dream in your own mind?[/COLOR]

True.

I have problems with this: There's an online interpretation/dream dictionary site I go to. Usually the interpretations are amazingly accurate, though when they're not, I'm left extremely confused. I've even tried in the past to modify the dream a bit so that if fits the explanation that the site gives.

But yeah, I've read some interpretations that are crazy accurate, and they very often help open my eyes to things I need to work on in waking life.