Does anyone use lucid dreaming to figure out the meaning of dream symbols?

[kyle2516]

I've been having lucid dreams for years. I have yet to figure out a way to have the meaning of a dream symbol communicated to me. I don't have lucid dreams very often, but when I do, I often ask the dream symbols themselves what they represent, and I have never received an answer. Once, I even conjured up a dream symbol (snake. I know what it means now to me now, but back then I didn't), and asked it what it meant, to which it didn't respond. Is there something I am doing wrong? Has anyone done this before? Is there a way to get a better understanding of what dream symbols mean? Also, is there a way one can communicate with the unconscious so that one may figure out what is going on in their life?

[cyanidebaby]

Hmmm...I don't really put too much stock in dream symbols, but I'll try and help you. It takes quite a high level of lucidity to ask questions and fully get/remember an answer. How you perceive a symbol in waking life is likely to have a little input into what it means in a dream, because it's the same brain that processes information, but in dreams it is more random. To get more help here, what did the snake mean and how did you end up finding that conclusion?

[Philosopher8659]

Yes, I believe it is a language which stands on the same principles of every language. See my Language and Experience : John J. Clark : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive There is a pdf file of the whole on the bottom of the mp3 page.

[Supernova]

Don't be so tied down nyour interpretation of dreams. The same thing can appear in two different dreams and have a completely different meaning in each.