The
night before last, I had an interesting dream about extraterrestrial Life. It
was one of four dreams recalled in the morning and does not appear to relate to
the other three.
In the
dream, I was standing near a newsstand. I looked over at the assortment of
magazines and newspapers stacked on the stand. All of the cover pages were
similar and “shouted” out the existence of extraterrestrial life. Various
pictures were shown, including the supposed remains of an alien. The headlines
all highlighted the word extraterrestrial or alien. The story was the lead on
every publication and dominated the news.
Now
extraterrestrial life is not a subject in which I have any particular interest.
I am aware of the chatter on the Internet concerning the subject, and many are
still hopeful of finding evidence for life elsewhere in the universe. However,
this was more than evidence for some type of organic life; the publications
indicated that evidence existed for visits by alien life forms at some previous
time in the earth’s history. And this evidence was now released by the
government.
There
are probably three main possibilities for the meaning of this dream: symbolic,
literal, and literal incorporation of a movie or TV program. Since dreams are
not normally literal, at least in every aspect, it is likely that my
subconscious just fabricated my dream experience by using alien lifeforms to
symbolize something else. If I can understand what they symbolize, then I can
begin to unravel the meaning of the dream. If the dream is precognitive,
perhaps something will dominate the news that is like a story of
extraterrestrial life in some way. The deciphering of the dream is finding the
correct association.
The second
possibility is that some startling revelation will be made about
extraterrestrial life that dominates the news. The only reason I consider this
as a possibility is the high degree of correlation between my dreams and actual
events that later occur.
The
third possibility is that I will watch a TV program or movie has the theme I
encountered in the dream. The newsstand in the dream suggests the news media
will be involved in some way. Yesterday I did have an experience with TV that may relate to the dream. I watched the Charlie Rose hour, which consisted of a
roundtable discussion by various media experts on the current front-runners in
the primaries for the presidential nomination. Much of the discussion centered
on Donald Trump, who seemed to be regarded as unlike any other politician. The
expression he is from another planet
might be an apt description of their view.
My
purpose in presenting this dream is to provide insight into how I undertake the
interpretation of a puzzling dream. I consider all the possibilities, and often
I do not know which one is correct until some later event occurs. Sometimes the
associations in the dream become obvious as I reflect on the past day or experience
the events of the current day.
