8/10/24 Unruly Class

I am leading/teaching a dream class at a college. A lot of extra people show up. I am in a square room with rectangular tables a long all four sides. I am standing in the middle. I ask some people to move so I don’t have people behind me.

It is a woman’s turn to share her dream. She is shy and has a quiet voice. She starts to read her dream. Many people are talking and I ask them to be quiet. They do so. Two women, however, keep talking and giggling. I tell them to leave. They are miffed, but they do so. I am angry.

Next scene: I am still at the college but have left my room. I am trying to find it again. I am lost. I find Renee in a room. She is helping to clean up dishes with a few other people. Her room is close to mine so I think I will wait for her and walk back when she does.

Next scene: I am walking with a male professor who teaches in a room close to mine. He makes a comment about hearing me yell at the students. He is teasing me and I enjoy it.

I shared this dream with my sister, Chris. This is what I wrote: I am teaching at a college-a place of higher learning. I am in a square room-square can symbolize self actualization. I ask the students to move who would be behind me. I want to be in front of the class-in control? Extra people have come in and the group is noisy. I need more grounding and quiet. A shy, quiet girl is sharing her dream. (could be a part of me). It is hard to hear her. Two girls are talking and laughing. I tell them to leave. I feel this is me having strong boundaries and am taking control in a positive way. Later, I get lost. Maybe lose my sense of strong boundaries. (a new person came to my last in person group and invaded my boundaries by saying why don’t you do the meditations instead of using Insight Timer and don’t you think it would be a good idea to say a prayer of protection before we start dream work?) I think I can find my way back with Renee who can be too accommodating. That doesn’t happen. I am then with a male professor-my masculine. We are walking down the hall going back to our rooms. I am no longer lost. He teases me about yelling. I can laugh at myself and don’t take myself so seriously.

8/8/24 Three Dreams; two with the action of packing

  1. Anne Martin is a female cow. She would make a good leader and mother.

2. I am sick at first. However, I need to get going. I am with Paul and a woman I know. She came to see me. I have just gotten up from going to the bathroom. I feel better. I need to pack.

3. I am helping a woman pack. She has all these candies she is afraid will get squished. I look for plastic cups to put them in. I see Nancy Campbell and give her a big hug (Nancy died a year ago). She looks great. I then look for a light bulb. The light next to the woman’s things has burned out. I am about to pack up her things when I wake up.

Never-ending Ancestral Tunnel

(Monday, August 12, 2024) first quarter moon Scorpio / Queen of Pentacles tarot

I stand at the top of a sloping river bank and tumble down the grassy hill. The soft, brown sand is deep. My feet sink in several inches, but I keep heading to the river’s edge. Very pleasant.

When I reach the bottom, I see the opening of a cave and I turn right to head inside. Once into the underground, I see that the cave is an ancestral residence that is shaped like a long, long tunnel. Never-ending.

Immediately I notice that this was the home of a man from the fifteenth century. Nothing is new. Some of the house elements are from the original builder, but many others are from other time periods. The furniture, artwork and decor span hundreds of years.

At first I am the only inspector of the underground structure, but others enter the space and wander about, checking out the history. I keep moving forward, from room to room to room.

Day notes:

I got an email last week from my cousin Pat Murphy’s daughter Bridget. A Sheehan family reunion is planned for next year in Kellogg, Minnesota. The Sheehans moved from County Cork to Minneiska in the 1850s, during the potato famine. I have been working successfully on finding more names and dates on Ancestry. I love doing that. My favorite ancestor name is “Experience Bliss” (1649-1721).

This weekend Cullan, Hillary, Wyn and Oona visited the cave in Jordan that sits below an old brewery, along the Minnesota River bank.

Tuesday, August 13: Today I received a message via Ancestry from a distant relative named Judy, related to my grandmother Cermak’s ancestors from Bohemia.

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