Ok, so this dream which I had a few days ago seems interesting, and I have a few ideas already for what some of it means, but would appreciate additional ideas:
The dream itself is in my dream journal here:
Love Story at College, Mary Had a Little Lamb, Sheep Farm, and Chaperone - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views
Some thoughts I already had:
Obviously, there is a power struggle in this dream with the sheep that is supposed to follow but winds up stealing the show. Sort of like back seat driving? That is consistent with my other dreams recently with power struggle politics theme.
The fact that I am at college may be about how I have been learning a lot of new ideas lately, so my mind kind of feels like I am in college again.
It is interesting that I am a young man in this dream whereas in real life I am a middle aged woman. And yet in the presentation, if the girl is the sheep, then the young man must be Mary.
The sheep metaphor in part is probably Christian, since I am Christian and Christian symbolism is definitely present in my dreams. I am experiencing more spiritual growth lately I believe, so spirituality is front and center in my mind.
There is that car symbol again just like in most of my dreams lately, and this time the young men in their automobiles.
But what is that chaperone about? And do you have any other ideas that I may have missed?
Edit: Note how in this dream I defend my right to not be in charge. I kind of know where that is coming from. I at times prefer not to be in charge.
Edit2: I detect a sense of humor in this dream, at least I find it humorous.
Edit3: Btw, I do not have a cousin in real life, not literally anyways. None of the characters in this dream were real.
Edit4: The idea of courting or the courting of ideas? I have recently been courting many new ideas which I am not married to yet, but which I am sizing up for commitment to them. Some of these ideas come from Buddhism for example. The joining of Christianity and Buddhist ideas, as I believe the two faiths can work very well together and complement eachother. So that may be part of it, I think.
Edit5: notice how the dream contains two versions of Mary Had a Little Lamb: it is the presentation that we present, but also the young woman follows the young man to school like the lamb follows Mary, and the professor tells the girl she cannot participate just like the teacher in the nursery rhyme turned the lamb out of school because it did not belong there. But then in the nursery rhyme it is explained that the lamb loves Mary just as Mary loves the lamb, and the love between me as the young man and the less smart (simple?) girl mirrors that. So the dream is a variation on Mary Had a Little Lamb with a presentation of Mary Had a Little Lamb embedded within it.
It is intriguing that the early retirement age cousin won the lottery and bought the farm, but she will let the young man and woman go there as long as we will let her come with us. So she owns the farm, but does not take control, lets go of power. There is the theme of power and not being in charge again. Of course, a sheep farm seems like a peculiar choice when one won the lottery, except that "the Lord is my shepherd, and I shall not want" and as Christians we are commanded to feed the sheep. Winning the lottery in this dream I don't think is about money, but more about having the means to do stuff like raise sheep, having what is needed to raise sheep or to provide the opportunities for courting.
Edit6: The interaction between the smart young man and the simple young woman he loves, as well as the interaction between Mary and the lamb, this could be about the relationship between the conscious and subconscious in my mind. The two are vying for control especially now that I am pursuing lucid dreaming and dream interpretation. The wiser of the two will be wise enough to let the simpler of the two be in charge when that part of me so desires. And it is not straightforward which is the smarter of the two: my conscious or my subconscious, but ultimately it does not matter because we are a team, even when one of us knows better.
The good shepherd knows that his attention should be on the sheep not on the shepherd himself. The sheep may be dumber than the shepherd but in his wisdom and out of love for the sheep, he focuses his attention on the sheep.
I also think that it is not a coincidence that Jesus' mother's name is Mary, and also I read the Gospel of Mary (most likely Mary of Magdala) which is a non-biblical early Christian mystical text, and it impressed me. So this is definitely a spiritual dream.
Edit7: I think I just realized why the chaperone is needed! You see if the courting is about my Christian self courting the Buddhist ideas, then the chaperone is my conscience which decides which spiritual ideas to commit to, to ensure that there is no marriage of ideas that are not compatible with my spiritual growth after all. The ideas are attractive, but the young men have not gotten out of their cars yet, ready to drive to other maidens if needed. I have not committed to embracing Buddhist thoughts yet, and my journey may take me elsewhere. Since I am the young man in the beginning of the dream, I may well be the young men in their automobiles as well. Although in that scene I did not clearly identify with anyone, and perhaps that is because this is one of those dreams where all the dream characters are in fact me.
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