Thread: Can you help me understand what the dead person said in my dream?

Death in dreams, even warnings of death probably talks about endnings, rather than actual death.
It might be a sudden change that is approaching, or may already have happend in your life, you're just not completely aware of it yet?

What the dream is about ... well.. you might want to look to the surroundings and the people as well as the words.
We're all going to die one day.. none of us came to this place to survive

I would look at the rest of the dream for emotions or sudden changes.. to find clues. Also.. did he remind you of someone? An unknown, dead relative might be a forgotten memory?

I think the cars stacked might be a play on words for the "Cards are stacked"
As for the other part, I think like the previous post. It mens a facet of your life, or a interest, job, living arrangement etc. is coming to an end or already has and that the new will be good, like a birthday gift etc.

Although it would usually be best to have additional general background information about you as well as any other recent events just before the dream in order to provide an accurate interpretation, it looks like it’s fairly safe to say that the dream appeared in response to having taken the potential employer’s test.

So it’s possible that when faced with being “examined against certain collective standards”, there’s often a kind of semi-conscious response within you which continues to motivate your actions over time in a way that may go too far beyond just wanting to do a good enough job, for example, which leaves room for other things.

If so, then the dream would be fulfilling its usual role of trying to balance out an attitude or belief etc. which may not always be in your best interest and which could negatively affect the development of various aspects of your personality.

Following along with this approach to your dream, the client who demands the outlandish stacking of the cars apparently on top of each other (and with which you freely go along) is likely this “controlling opinion” or outlook etc. which “dominates” your thinking at times, leading to the inability of various parts of yourself to move ahead in their development (the stacked cars).

Such a generally collective way of thinking and acting through “obeying the rules” that are laid down by the “client” (who is apparently obsessed mostly with “getting his own way” no matter what the consequences are for others) would tend to get in the way of a more personal outlook over time.

It’s possible that the policeman is linked in some way to the ideas of “guilt” and “crime”, perhaps suggesting that sometimes, doubts appear as to how certain things in your life could be overly neglected.

In your post, the car owner is referred to twice as “her” and once as “him”. Assuming that the sentence involves only the car owner and does not include the policeman, the slip in typing “him” could hint at an adherence at times to certain so-called “masculine” values as related to power and domination for example (stacking the cars no matter what other collective values may say about the matter), resulting in the drawing of energy away from more “feminine” concerns such as relationships (an expensive ticket was issued as a result of the “power drive” of the client in insisting on the stacking of the cars).

Perhaps there is a kind of back and forth attention being paid to various emotional concerns (the client will reimburse her for the ticket), but apparently the car owner won’t get access to her car to move it to where she wants to go.

The dream then shows you as a kind of harried slave who has to fix up the consequences arising from the crazy dictates of the client (have to rush to the police station to sort things out).

This part of the dream also illustrates how any given symbol has two sides to it, a positive and a negative.

In the first part of the dream, the policeman’s action (representing collective and necessary controls on an individual’s actions in certain circumstances) is justified by common sense although there may be a hint that “he’s not with it” in his merely issuing a ticket.

A more appropriate response might have been to report such an out of control matter to a superior in order to get the problem genuinely resolved instead of just issuing a ticket.

This may indirectly touch on the negative side of the police as often seen from the point of view of dreams, namely, that a policeman can represent an attitude which is mainly concerned that things continue in a very collective and orderly way, maintaining a sort of tidy conventional behavior that will not be shocking to anyone.

So the presence of a policeman in a dream could also signify that the dreamer is tending to avoid following her or his own individual, personal way which could lead to the expressed or unexpressed disapproval of others.

Perhaps the friendly policeman tells you in effect that you have to go beyond any idea of a too excessive “all-rules” based and non-personal-enough outlook in order to enter the “dark” side of this problem.

Only then could you potentially find the undeveloped and wiser attitude (the ghost who is the cousin of your grandfather) which might be able to balance the two poles in yourself, the collective and the personal.

The “dead end” would be the problem outlined above or another equivalent one, and the solution to it is “being reborn” into a healthier outlook (your birthday).

However, one has to die in order to be reborn; that is, an old attitude etc. has to go no matter how much we may have depended on it over the years and this is emotionally like going through the wrenching pain of an outer death.

The “when” would probably occur after you were seized by an emotion strong enough to want to change certain habits although any such change would have to be worked at while still involved with all of the very real life difficulties of holding down a job etc.

However as mentioned, without knowing anything much about you, this approach to your dream may not fit your personal circumstances very well, but I hope these ideas can be helpful in some way.

Please feel free to make any comments you may wish to about this particular way of looking at your dream.

Originally Posted by riveroflaroo

did he remind you of someone? An unknown, dead relative might be a forgotten memory?

No. He was an unknown dead person. I can see that 1) His being a stranger (an unknown person) symbolises the fact that I am worried about not knowing what will happen in the future. 2) His being dead symbolises (perhaps) that I have finished up with a stage of something (the employer's test here) and waiting for the next unknown stage.

Originally Posted by kadie

I think the cars stacked might be a play on words for the "Cards are stacked"
As for the other part, I think like the previous post. It mens a facet of your life, or a interest, job, living arrangement etc. is coming to an end or already has and that the new will be good, like a birthday gift etc.

This is possible. Indeed,they were stacked as if they were playing cards.That has to do with my arrangements, right?

it looks like it’s fairly safe to say that the dream appeared in response to having taken the potential employer’s test.

For the last few years, I have attempted several tests. Everything would go very well until it ends suddenly.In one instance, I passed the test and the interview. I got a wonderful contract, then the whole post was cancelled.

of semi-conscious response within you which continues to motivate your actions over time in a way that may go too far beyond just wanting to do a good enough job,

What motivates me to seek a better reputable job is that one day I had a golden chance to get a PhD Scholarship had it not been for some financial reasons that made only a rich person get the scholarship instead of me. I suffered a lot. You can see now why I dream of dead people (perhaps this means an internalised belief that my hopes will always reach a dead end).

If so, then the dream would be fulfilling its usual role of trying to balance out an attitude or belief etc. which may not always be in your best interest and which could negatively affect the development of various aspects of your personality.

This is correct.

Following along with this approach to your dream, the client who demands the outlandish stacking of the cars apparently on top of each other (and with which you freely go along) is likely this “controlling opinion” or outlook etc. which “dominates” your thinking at times, leading to the inability of various parts of yourself to move ahead in their development (the stacked cars).

This is also correct.

Such a generally collective way of thinking and acting through “obeying the rules” that are laid down by the “client” (who is apparently obsessed mostly with “getting his own way” no matter what the consequences are for others) would tend to get in the way of a more personal outlook over time.

It’s possible that the policeman is linked in some way to the ideas of “guilt” and “crime”, perhaps suggesting that sometimes, doubts appear as to how certain things in your life could be overly neglected.

This is correct.

In your post, the car owner is referred to twice as “her” and once as “him”. Assuming that the sentence involves only the car owner and does not include the policeman, the slip in typing “him” could hint at an adherence at times to certain so-called “masculine” values as related to power and domination for example (stacking the cars no matter what other collective values may say about the matter), resulting in the drawing of energy away from more “feminine” concerns such as relationships (an expensive ticket was issued as a result of the “power drive” of the client in insisting on the stacking of the cars).

Perhaps there is a kind of back and forth attention being paid to various emotional concerns (the client will reimburse her for the ticket), but apparently the car owner won’t get access to her car to move it to where she wants to go.

This has to do with transparency. I was very transparent in real life the customer and the colleagues and set out clear rules. If the customer is to change the rules, it still has to fulfil its obligations.

The dream then shows you as a kind of harried slave who has to fix up the consequences arising from the crazy dictates of the client (have to rush to the police station to sort things out).

Yes, this is what is happening. A colleague (in real life) was reported by client to have made terrible mistakes and I was asked to remove him from the freelance job. I am now following up the matter though it seems that both the client and that colleague are hiding the real reasons why the client dismissed him. I have in real life tried to investigate the matter to get the truth.

This part of the dream also illustrates how any given symbol has two sides to it, a positive and a negative.

In the first part of the dream, the policeman’s action (representing collective and necessary controls on an individual’s actions in certain circumstances) is justified by common sense although there may be a hint that “he’s not with it” in his merely issuing a ticket.

A more appropriate response might have been to report such an out of control matter to a superior in order to get the problem genuinely resolved instead of just issuing a ticket.

Amazing! Yes, that is very right. This is exactly what I suggested in the real life situation. I told the client that the decision he took was too extreme. It could have chosen a more lenient way such as issuing a notice to the colleague.

[QUOTE]This may indirectly touch on the negative side of the police as often seen from the point of view of dreams, namely, that a policeman can represent an attitude which is mainly concerned that things continue in a very collective and orderly way, maintaining a sort of tidy conventional behavior that will not be shocking to anyone.[QUOTE]
There seem to be two points of departure inside the dream. My subconscious was engaged in thoughts about the customer (the first policeman) then it was engaged in another problem whose solution is in the hand of policemen! I guess I was at that point moving at the subconcious level from thinking about the customer to the job application issue.

So the presence of a policeman in a dream could also signify that the dreamer is tending to avoid following her or his own individual, personal way which could lead to the expressed or unexpressed disapproval of others.

It is a matter of controls, who puts them and attitude towards them. This interpretation i

Perhaps the friendly policeman tells you in effect that you have to go beyond any idea of a too excessive “all-rules” based and non-personal-enough outlook in order to enter the “dark” side of this problem.

It seems that the first policeman and the second are totally different symbols. My mode has shifted from the negative into the positive side (strict policeman vs. a friendly policeman).

Only then could you potentially find the undeveloped and wiser attitude (the ghost who is the cousin of your grandfather) which might be able to balance the two poles in yourself, the collective and the personal.

The “dead end” would be the problem outlined above or another equivalent one, and the solution to it is “being reborn” into a healthier outlook (your birthday).

It is a dead end because I cannot in real life know what will happen in the near future that I am worried about.In real life, I do not have a single clue to what might happen if I am given or declined the offer.

However, one has to die in order to be reborn; that is, an old attitude etc. has to go no matter how much we may have depended on it over the years and this is emotionally like going through the wrenching pain of an outer death.

You are right. A part of me was looking at the situation as "a failure" but another part seems to be telling me that failure itself can be the source of success. In real life, several past failures in my past were the very reason that I succeeded at a later stage.

The “when” would probably occur after you were seized by an emotion strong enough to want to change certain habits although any such change would have to be worked at while still involved with all of the very real life difficulties of holding down a job etc.

However as mentioned, without knowing anything much about you, this approach to your dream may not fit your personal circumstances very well, but I hope these ideas can be helpful in some way.

You are right but this is a long story

Thank you for sharing. It has been very useful.