I'm inside an hourglass

**lmrsngl6125** · 10-28-2014 11:04 AM

hello everyone and thank you! if anyone can interpret this dream I would appreciate it greatly.It starts with a field of pitch white. The only way I can explain it is, it is the opposite of pitch black. Complete and total whiteness. In the distance, very far away, I see a tiny black dot coming quickly closer,from a first person's point of view. As it gets closer, it resolves into an hourglass, very ornately and beautifully crafted, only built differently from the standard hourglass. instead of being crafted with two bulbs, 1 full 1 empty, this hourglass is crafted with one continuous cylinder, completely full with grains of rice. I get the feeling that it is immense in size, perhaps even larger than it is represented in the dream. Also, the closer it gets, I begin to smell and taste blood. I am wary but not afraid. The hourglass is shaking subtly, the grains of rice are undulating to the point that something else rises to the surface. it is me, beaten, bloody, bruised, broken, clothes are torn and disheveled. My eyes are wide open and my expression is fiery. Then I begin to hear sounds of weeping, and wailing, aand moaning, and then I wake up, heart pounding, in a cold sweat. Well, that's it! Any interpretation is welcome, but would prefer Christian interpretations. Thank you all so much for your time.

one more thing, it's a recurring dream

**Sageous** · 10-28-2014 03:49 PM

Welcome to DV, lmrsngl6125!

I have no interpretation for you, except to suggest that you consider what kind of meaning an hourglass holds for you, personally, and what being trapped inside a full one (meaning it can't work, BTW, which could be important) with the emotions and sensations listed might mean to you. Same with what it is filled with -- ask yourself, "Why rice?"

I'm sure people will offer you interpretations eventually, but with dreams I believe the best interpretation will come from the person who knows you best, and who can attach the proper meaning to the images you encountered... that person being you, of course.

Oh, and all interpretations aside, your dream certainly had some impressive imagery!

Good luck!

**lmrsngl6125** · 10-29-2014 02:20 AM

Thanks Sageous, for the warm welcome and for taking the time to respond. I think you're right about me being the best person to interpret my dreams. I think I'd istill like some suggestions from people more experienced with these matters.My dreams
typically seem so alien to me that I don't even know where to begin with an interpretation.
But I'll give it some more thought and see what I come up with. Good luck to you as well!

**Sageous** · 10-29-2014 02:37 AM

You might consider posting this dream in the Dream Interpretation subforum in the General Dream Discussion forum; there's usually someone lurking about there who might try their hand at interpreting your dream...

**CNGB** · 10-29-2014 04:05 AM

I'm not all that experienced when it comes to dream interpretation, but I've done it a few times and sometimes I'm pretty accurate. The trouble with this is that I'm by no means what you might call a "professional," and so the only real reason I've been even half-decent at interpretation prior to this is because I knew the person already. As Sageous has said, the best interpreter of your dream will be you--but I can understand the want to have someone else's opinions. And sometimes dreams are so wacky that we can't understand them ourselves without a bit of outside help.

Honestly, though, the most I can offer you is that you have perhaps run out of time. In the dream you don't seem to be feeling that great, exactly. Perhaps you have accepted that you have run out of time--or perhaps that you will accept when you do run out of time. In fact, if I'm onto something here, then the real question is what it is you've ran out of time for.

The rice bit is interesting, too, and probably fairly important--though I just don't know what it might represent.

**lmrsngl6125** · 10-29-2014 11:34 AM

Thank you all very much for your insights and observations. I've had this dream for a few years now and it's troubled me,(for good reason), but your
words have given me some clarification and I think I'm starting to make sense of it all. Just incase you're still following this thread and are curious to know what I may think, I'll post what I've come up with so far. l think the white field represents a state of righteousness and goodwill that I'm currently in now and have been fighting to hold on to against temptations. I think the rice represents the wealth I could have if I give in to those temptations. But, once I acquire this wealth, I lose the fight against temptation,and against myself, which is why I'm all beaten and bloody, and staring back at myself angrily. The hourglass may represent that onice I've made this choice to do the wrong thing, there may be no time to turn back, and I'll be stuck(or trapped),with the decision I've made. Whew! I've had this dream for some time now, an I think it's been for this moment in my life. Thank you all, I know what to do.