Haven't posted in a few weeks. Great goodness. I'm trying to remember the last dream I had...let me see if I can put it into words, so many days after.
I was a summer camp counselor for a group of about ten elementary school-aged children. We were walking into the camp's main house/lounge when a loud siren went off. This siren is for emergencies only and I quickly huddle the children together and count heads. We're all accounted for, and at about that time another counselor comes up to us and explains that an armed intruder is on the camp property and we are to all head, single-file, to a common room located within this main house. The children panic of course and began to scatter. As I am desperately trying to gather them again, and almost succeed, a third counselor approaches and tells me I am handling this all wrong. While she begins to explain the 'proper procedure' for a single-file line, my group of kids flee completely and I am left very, very afraid (and irritated).
As I leave that third counselor in my dust, I race off after the nearest kid. I must try to get them all back together for safety. Suddenly, Chris Rock (yes...the comedian) walks into my path, frantic. He is babbling on and on about how freaked out he is and how he wants to go home. As I try to sidestep him, the double doors to my left burst open and in steps... a mountain lion.
The lion snarls at Chris and I. I am literally frozen in my spot thinking, "HOW THE F is Chris Rock here...and a lion?!" Before I can really plan out what to do next, Chris bolts to his left and tries to run away, leaving me with the growling beast. (Thanks, buddy). Much to his dismay, however, the lion of course chooses to go after him and attacks him to the ground. I choose to take this moment and get outta there.
Now I am in some sort of cafeteria, trying to decide if I should hide, continue to look for my group of kids, or something else. I quickly realize I am too frantic to think straight and opt to just sit down at a nearby booth to collect myself first. In doing so, I notice a little boy (not one of my kids) under the booth. He is wearing an orange t-shirt. He is trembling uncontrollably and crying. I take his hand and whisper what I hope are words of encouragement and of a calming nature. I crawl under the booth with him, holding his hand and telling him it will all be okay. Suddenly, we feel something jump from somewhere else and onto the table above us. A mountain lion. The kid looks to me with absolute terror. I mouth "Be very still. Be very quiet." He nods. I can feel the lion breathing above us. I could literally wet my pants in fear.
The lion starts to settle himself above us, as if he is laying down to nap. I start to think we may actually make it out of this situation ... if the lion falls asleep, maaaaaybe we can inch our way out from under the table and leave the room. No such luck. The boy, finally too overcome with fear to take it any longer, lets go of my hand and shifts his weight. Wide-eyed, I watch as the little boy mentally plots out his next few moves ... and I do not like where this is going. Sure enough, the little boy darts out from under the table and tries to run. I know how this will end.
I wake up, shaking.
Let's see. What can this possibly mean?!
Camp - May refer to one's sense of belonging or one's memories of childhood.
Children - Can mean all sorts of things...may signify an aspect of myself or my own childhood, may refer to my innocence and other child-like qualities that are in need of nurturing, or it may be saying that I have repressed hopes and desires that I need to work on. To save children (even though technically I didn't) may refer to my attempts at saving a part of myself that I feel is being destroyed, i.e. that 'child-like' innocence. Interesting.
Celebrity - To dream of an actor/actress will represent whatever that person is to me, or rather, what I "get" from that person. "Consider what the person is famous for and how that may fit into the other elements of the dream. "Their characteristics may be some that I wish to have, for example, Chris Rock is a ridiculous comedian. Maybe parts of me wish I was as ridiculous and random as he is, rather than living structured and almost boring lifestyle I feel I have sometimes.
Mountain Lion - Represents lurking danger, aggression, and raw emotions OR pride and grace, depending on the context. Obviously in this dream, the lion was terrifying and dangerous.
I personally feel that this dream is very telling. I think it's very possible that I am going through a change in life where I have 100% entered adulthood, leaving behind all traces of being a child/teen and that parts of me may be clinging desperately to the things I had and felt when I was still a child. 24 is an interesting age. I do feel I am in that balance sometimes - young & carefree vs. old & whatever it brings. I suppose my subconcious is picking up on these things whether I recognize them so much in reality or not. Fascinating.
Anyway, I'm off. :)
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