Landlord
Cleans Up
I am coming home. As I walk up the path to my apartment door, I
see my Landlord has come in and is cleaning and painting my
apartment. My heart starts pounding and I must leave before
he sees me. I don't want to face him.
I quickly go to my car to leave before he sees me. As I am
pulling out of my parking lot, I see three cars blocking the
driveway. I am so anxious to leave; I bump into the first car.
The driver gets out and says, "What do you think you're doing?"
I wake up.
The Symbols
Dreams taking place in what you perceive to be home usually
refer to your dependence (or independence) or your sense of
security. The apartment (or house) symbolizes the body of the
dreamer. The landlord is the owner of the house -- the person
responsible for it, so he symbolizes the dreamer or that part of
dreamer's psyche that is in control of the other parts. The act
of cleaning is just that -- cleaning out the garbage you've
collected both internally and externally. If you are painting, you
are either covering up something (whitewashing) or improving
it. Cars symbolize a sense of freedom, being in control or are a
means of escape. The driver is the person in control.
The Interpretation
I am on my way home -- where I feel safe. I see the landlord (me)
cleaning and painting my apartment. I have spent the past
several years cleaning out the internal garbage I've collected
and trying to improve myself, so this is not an unusual dream
for me to have.
Except that I am afraid to face my landlord (myself). The dream
is telling me that in spite of my cleaning I am still trying to cover
up something (painting) and I go to my car and try to escape.
But there are cars blocking me and I bump into one. The driver
gets out and asks me what I am doing. In this case the driver is
again me (that part of me that is in control of me).
Now this may sound crazy, but after all, it is a dream -- I stop
myself from running away and ask myself what I am doing. In
other words, why am I running away? (I should know better by
now.) I wake up before I can answer myself. The fact that there
were three cars blocking my way tells me that there is no way
that I was going to get away with running away -- I was going to
stop myself and make me face myself no matter what. And the
fact that I woke up before I answered the question tells me that
I am afraid of the answer (and of course, it was fear that made
me cover it up, whatever it is, in the first place.)
Unfortunately, the dream gives no indication of what I am
covering up and running away from. Hopefully, another dream
will tell me. As of today, I am still working on it. But this dream
got its message across loud and clear.
My Action Plan
There is not much action that I can take as a result of this
dream, because as I said there is no indication of what I am
running away from. The only thing I can do is be more aware, of
my dreams and in every day life, and look for signs and symbols
that my subconscious might be using to communicate with me.
In fact, within a few days of having this dream, I woke up feeling
very disturbed but could not remember more than one or two
aspects of the dream. I have also had two other "wild" dreams
that I am still working on interpreting. You will probably read
about them once I do.
More dreams -- Water, Water Everywhere; Trees for Two; Cats!;
Fire!; A Day at Work; Shopping For a Bra
Go to Symbol Dictionary.
Schumann's: Traumerei
(Dreaming) performed and
© John Bell Young. It is used
with permission.
be an expert on dreams. I
have no degree in Psychology
or any other science. I
profess to be a dreamer -- in
every sense of the word,
because I dream and I have
learned to interpret my own
dreams. I make no promises
that I can interpret your
dreams. I merely hope to help
you learn to interpret your
own dreams. You are
welcome to learn from my
experiences.
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