Shapeless presence

[bennuwings]

The dream took place in my room and I felt like I woke up. I felt a strong, apprehensive presence in my room and the closet door was open. I reached out to touch my lamp (It’s a touchlamp) so it would emit a low light, but nothing came out. I got up and went to the door and started to open it and then something closed it from the inside like it was pushing on it hard.

I tried to get my fingers into the gap between the door and the frame when I tried to open it again, but my hands were too big because I had some thick brown winter gloves on. I called out to my mom and dad for help, and they came and forced the door open.

We peddled down the hallway into the living room and I took off the gloves. Then I heard thick, destitute footsteps coming down the hallway tiles but it wasn’t visible but I could feel it. I stepped toward it determined and then the footsteps quickened and I grabbed it. Then I woke up with the feeling of the presence lingering as though it was still there…but I knew it wasn’t.

This dream was different than other dreams. In other dreams like this my voice is usually lost and I cant talk at all past a raspy whisper, as well as I’ve never turned around to go after it I’d just usually keep running. My voice was strong this time and a little concerned about my situation, and I wasn't afraid to turn around and see the shapeless presence that was coming towards me.

Also, on a side note, my ears were ringing at a very high pitch when I woke up. Very high.

[sparklekaz]

Hello Bennu,

In dreamscape the house is representative of the dreamer. The rooms in the house each defining an aspect of the dreamers personna. The bedroom is the most private part of the dreamer and a place in which he relaxes and feels safe.

You awake from sleep and feel a strong apprehensive presence. To feel apprehension in a place where you should feel at your most secure and safe is very unsettling. The fact that you were awoken from sleep and felt it makes it doubly so. It might indicate that in some aspect of your private life, you have been asleep or unaware of something...until now..and you have suddenly awoken or become aware of it. You try to put on your lamp, or light so as to illuminate the room but it does not work. You may be trying to bring some light on the matter, this is just playing with the images and the dream meanings Bennu, but u can see where I am going with it..so think on this yourself!!

A strong presence a feeling of apprehension, it is fear! Something you are afraid of a problem maybe that worries you and your mind is clothing it in the form of a ghostly entity. The good thing in this is that you went to open the door to face it. Many people run from their fears in dreams, usually clothed in the form of a monster or goul. You said that your fingers were too thick to open the door. Wearing gloves, you were hindered. Is there a situation that you have been handling with some care in your waking life..i.e. with kid gloves?? You call on your parents for assistance. This does make sense when we dream of our parents they represent security, roots the need to reaffirm this familial presense in our lives. You may feel the need for that family support around you. Do you live with them or if you do not and haven't seen them for a while, it may be good to touch base with them. If you do have a stressful situation in your life which you are dealing with, knowing u have some support around you is important.

I think the footsteps behind you is all part of the apprehension being haunted by something. You face your fear though and you did the right thing by challenging it. Often when we confront something, we see it for what it is and what had seemed immense and difficult to deal with becomes easier as you are in control. Your voice is strong and assured and you seem to intuatively know that what ever is coming towards you, you can deal with. The high pitched ringing noise in your ear could be one of three things, it could be spirit vibration, or it may be caused by your blood pressure being raised due to your anxiety levels being up and this can manifest itself in a high pitched ringing sound. Also a raised temperature can do this.

This is just my interpretation Bennu, simply take from it that which resonates with you and leave the rest.

Love and light
Kaz

[bennuwings]

I've thought alot about the dream since I've had it, and your interpretation aided me in finding much needed foundations of thought.

The fear was a very old fear that had been at the back of my mind for a very long time. It showed itself after being silent for so long to see how much I'd changed since last we'd met. I know it was surprised by how things were different, and I was very happy with my ability to deal with it differently this time.

I'd been out of contact with my family for close to 5 years and had just recently begun to reestablish a much cherished bond I once had with them over the last few months. It's been nothing short of beautiful, and I wasn't about to not ask them for help in my dream...I'd been choking on my pride for too long in not asking for help and I was overwhelmed to tears when they answered my call so readily.

The gloves are definately off as it were, and I'm ready to deal with not only the old fear but the new ones as well. I have the resolve to not be scared of myself anymore, and I realize I dont need to see what I'm afraid of as long as I know its there I can thwart it. It knows this and I feel it wants to be free of haunting me too...it craves peace as much as I do. We're both deserving of it.

There is an issue that still requires light shed on it, and I'm working toward its resolution and when I receive it I'll be able to move on. It's not far away, and it makes me smile to know the horizon is there.

The ringing of my ears was my soul talking to me...I've no doubt in my mind. The apprehension echoed into my waking life so I would be able to know it wasn't just a dream and the intensity leaked thru so I could identify and find resolution in very awake, destitute terms. It was its way of saying goodbye and thank you...a gift from a fear that would be its own thankful undoing.

Thank you kaz. *hugs*

For our horizons, and may they be beautiful.

[sparklekaz]

Dear Bennu,

Thank you so much for your feedback, it is good to know that I was on the right track.
I am very happy for you that you have had contact with your parents after so much time apart. It is very important to have that familial support in our lives. It is only when we have not had it for such a long time that we realise, just how much it means to us when we get it back, how special and precious it is. My mother is now dead and I miss her very much, even though we often disagreed. But I would give anything to have her around me now. My father, we hardly ever speak and rarely see each other.

Whatever your fears may be Bennu, I have no doubt in my mind that you know how to deal with it, in your own way. Sometimes, facing the fear, only allows us to be free when we are aware of what that fear really is. Often when people run away from a fearsome presence of ghoulish figure, they know they are afraid, but not what they are afraid of. The fact that you are fully aware of what you are afraid of, is really quite rare. I know fear is a necessary part of life, but when it cripples us and renders us immobile, it can be destructive. You are not rendered immobile by your fears. In some ways it helps you to understand things about yourself.

How beautiful that you hear your soul talking to you, and you understand its message don't you. It is my pleasure to help in anyway I can Bennu, even if it is simply to be another sign post on the path of life.

Love and light
Kaz