Thread: Flower Dream

Hey everyone,

I've got a dream that I used to have routinely when I was little, which I am still able to remember quite vividly. It seems to be filled with symbols and I am quite curious what others' interpretations of it would be.

So, the dream takes place in the street in front of my house. There is a huge hole in the ground about 15 feet deep and pretty wide. Inside of the hole there is some sort of huge machine, I have no idea what it is, but the important thing I feel is just that its extremely mechanical and machine-like with oil and grease all over it and nuts, bolts and screws everywhere. It seems to be made out of iron and from looking at it one would sense it would be extremely heavy, which I do in the dream at first. But, the thing that's weird is that once I get the sense that this huge thing is light as a feather, even lighter really. I walk around it and touch it and I feel like I could pick it up and throw it over my house if I want. Then, I get out of the ditch and walk to the side of the street. On the side of the road there is a tiny daisy growing and its stem is so fine you can barely see it and have no idea how it can even hold its own weight up. But, when I move my hand to pick this tiny daisy, I get the feeling of weight I should have gotten from the machine. This daisy feels unbelievably heavy. And not just as though it's heavy and I can't lift it but that just being near it is crushing me because it's so heavy.

So, that's the extent of my dream. I have always figured it just means that things aren't what they seem to be or something like that, but I feel like there's more going on here especially with the signifance of a flower(nature) and a machine having switched feelings of weight. So, throw me your ideas.

If you want to get a sense of me to help with the interpretation I'll try to give a little reference, but remember I had this dream when I was young-in grade school. I'm 23 years old right now and I'm actually in China at the moment teaching English. I have to say that I'm pretty happy with my life right now, but my one...concern or worry is that I have no idea what I want to do with my life. I really want to do something that makes a positive impact on my community and on the planet, but I feel like I have no idea what field I want to get into. I consider myself really openminded and I like to do a lot of yoga, meditation and so on and so trying lucid dreaming is just another area of the mind to explore for me. I haven't had a whole ton of success with it yet, probably because sticking with things has been one of my weak points. But, I keep coming back and trying so I feel like I'll get it eventually. I love cooking, playing sports (volleyball, basketball and soccer especially) and all kinds of music. I generally feel very creative and I consider my strongest point to be my writing and speaking skills (I was an English major in college). I love travelling, which is why I'm here in China now. My love of traveling is just one part, however, of a great curiosity of everything and an urge to explore the world. So, that's me.