DREAM DICTIONARY

Dream Dictionary - Buddha, Buddhist - Buildings

Buddha, Buddhist
There is a saying that goes'If you meet the Budda on the road,kill him.' In dreams the Buddha represents the denial or loss of ego. There needs to be liberation from thinking and desiring. If we dream of beingBuddhist, we need to lokk at the difference between western and eastern religion. Spiritual clarity and all that it entails.

Buffer: In our dream imagery there may be a nedd for symbols which represent barriers and difficulties. To run into a buffer between us and the rest of the world, and this may be experienced in dreams as an actual physical barrier.

Bugle Call:This announces success to your efforts.

Bug: A warning to act cautiously as there are unfortunate influences around you.

Buildings:Buildings in dreams represent the constructions we make in our lives.They are attitudes and beiiefs we have built from our experience, perception, and often from our family habits and customs. Where in real life we can learn a lot about a person from his personal environment , so in dreams a building can also reflect the dreamer's character hopes and concerns.

The features of the building mirror the features of the dreamer's personality. Buildings in dreams can become composite, and therefore confusing . In understanding the dream, we should interpret the main appearance of the building first, as its main function, and the secondary appearance as qualities to be recognised. Various buildings have various meanings:

Boarding House or Hotel:To dream of a boarding house or hotel indicates that we may not feel secure within our living conditions.

Castle, Fortress, Citadel: The symbolism of a castle or fortress is that of defended space and therefore can be taken to represent the feminine or the Great Mother.

Courtyard:In dreams: the courtyard is a place of safety and often the shape will be relevant .

Church, Temple etc: As an environment for us to consider our system of belief, any religious building will suggest a place of sanctuary and refuge. Although we may not consciously adhere to any particular religion , most of us have principles by which we live, which will surface in dreams in recognisable images.

House: If we are aware that the house is not empty - that there is something in it (e.g.furnishings) it shows some aspect of the dreamer. Someone else in the house suggests that the dreamer may be feeling threathened by any aspect of his own personality.

If there are different activities going on it indicates there is a conflict between two parts of our personality, possibly the creative and the intellectual. The front of the house portrays the front we show to the ouside world. Going into/out of the house We may have to decide whether we need at that time to be more introverted or more extroverted.

An impressive, awe-inspiring house In a dream like this we are conscious of the Self or the Soul. Moving to a larger house There is need for a change in our lives, perhaps to achieve a more open way of life, or even for more space.

Being outside the house The more public side of ourselves is being depicted. A small house, or the house where the dreamer is seeking security, or perhaps the safety of babyhood, without responsibility. If the smallness of the house is constricting We are being trapped by our responsibilities, and may need to escape. Work on the house; cementing, repairing, etc. Relationships may need to be worked on or repaired, or perhaps we need to look at health matters. We may need to take note of the damage or decay that has occured in our lives.

Igloo:Because of its shape, the igloo stands for completeness and sanctuary. It is warm on the inside and cool on the outside and therefore signifies the difference between the internal and the external.

Pyramid:The pyramid is considered to be a focus for power, so for one to appear in a dream is to be concentrating on the power within.

Tower (Obelisk, Steeple, Lighthouse. etc.)Any image of a tower is representing the personality , and the Soul within. While there are obvious connotations that connect it with masculinity, it is more correct to percieve it as the Self within a wider context. When thought of it in this way attention can then be paid to other attributes of the tower, such as where windows, doors and staircase are placed. This leads to a greater understanding of the Spiritual Self.

Warehouse:The Ware House being primarily a storage place has the symbolism of being a repository either for spiritual energy or for spiritual rubbish.
Components of buildings: Balcony (or ledge, sill, etc.) We all have need for support within our lives and a balcony indicates both support and protectiveness. It can also represent the Mother in her protective aspect.

Construction or demolition: of a building. We all have the ability within us to construct successful lives and equally an ability to self-destruct. A dream that highlights costruction or demolition gives us access to those qualities and abilities within ourselves.

Doors:Doors refer to the openings of the body and therefore by default, one's sexuality. The front door and back door signifies the vagina and the anus respectively. Breaking down the door can be taken to indicate an inhibition over sex and an unwillingness to face the issues. It can also represent rape or abuse.

Opening and closing the door While often taken to stand for intercourse, this can show the dreamer's attitude to sex. Refusing to open the door Although the dreamer may not technically be a virgin, for this to occur represents an innocent approach to their sexuality.

A door between the outer and inner rooms shows there may be a conflict between the conscious and the unconscious. Barring the door This highlights the dreamer's need for self protection. If an animal or person forces his way in and destroys the lock Our own protective mechanisms have let us down.

Escaping by another door indicates the dreamer needs to find a new solution to the one he thought of to solve the problem. Someone knocking at the door signifies that the dreamer's attention is being drawn to an external situation.

Reference: 10,000 Dreams Interpreted: Pamela Ball: The Complete Book of Dreams: Edwin Raphal.

Dream Dictionary - Breath - Broadcast

Breath: If anyone dreams he has bad breath he will despised by everyone.

Breath: To become aware of one's own breathingin a dream indicates a deep connection with the process of life. To be aware of someone else's breathing indicates the need for empathy and understanding with that person.
Our own emotional state can very often have an effect on the rate at which we breathe which then becomes translated in dreams into, for instance, a panic attack.
To be breathing underwater is an instinctive return to the womb like state.
The Soul. Breath is the power of the spirit and life giving power, wihout it we are nothing.

Breeze:To dream you are in a strong breeze presages a successful speculation.

Breeze: To dream of a breeze being meaningful indicates a centented state of mind. Wind is usually considered to belong to the intellect, so by association a gentle breeze indicates love, while a still breeze indicates a degree of abrasiveness.
Psychologically for most people a breeze indicates happy times.
The old saying 'shes' like a warm breeze' goes some way to explaining the symbolism of virginity, unconditional love and the Spirit.

Briars: To go through places covered with brambles means trouble ahead. If they prick you , unknown enemies will slander you with your friends, and unfavourable rumors will cause problems with your lover, if you bleed, expect heavy losses in trade.
If you dream you pass through them without injury, then you will eventually triumph over all your enemies and be happy.

Bribe:For a man to dream that he recieves a bribe at an election contest is indicative of purity and honesty of character of the political parties to whom he is opposed.

Bricklaying:You will increase your financial security by patient hand work.

Bride: To see a bride warns you to beware of a rival either in business or love.

Bride:When a woman dreams of being a bride, she is often trying to reconcile her need for relationship and her need for independence. She needs to have an understanding of the changes in responsibility.
In a Man's dream, a bride indicates his understanding of the feminine, innocent part of himself. To dream of being at a wedding, especially your own, indicates the integration of inner feeling and outer reality.
Psychologically, we are seeking union of the unintegrated part of ouselves. We may be looking for the innocent feminine within.
The spiritual need for, and recognition of love, receptivity and fertility.

Bridegroom: To dream of a bridegroom usually indicates the desire to be married or to find a partner. It often shows the desire to be more responsible or to take on responsibility for someone else. It is a connection with, and an understanding of, the 'romantic' side of one's nature and indicates the need for integration of the intellect and the real world.
The need for partnership may be more intellectual than emotional, and we may need to make a connection with the drive of the masculine.
A bridegroom can represent the dreamer's need to take care of somebody or something, and maybe to exert a degree of control.

Bridge:The bridge is one of the most commonly found images in dreams and almost invariably indicates the crossing from one phase of life to another. The bridge may be depicted as weak or strong, sturdy or otherwise, which gives an indication of the strength of connection necessary to make changes in the dreamers's life.
The symbol of a bridge in a dream signifies the emotional connection between the dreamer and other people or various parts of his life.
Crossing the River of Life. The River Styx.

Bridge:To fall off a bridge signifies obstruction. If the bridge is made of wood you may receive some honour: if it is iron, you will encounter many obstacles which will cause you trouble . To stand under a bridge for any length of time is very unlucky.
To dream you are crossing over a bridge is a good omen. It denotes prosperity through life and success to love. To dream you are passing under a bridge indicates that you will never be perfectly at ease. To dream a bridge breaks down with you on it denotes sudden death.

Briefcase:A business trip willbe successful only if the briefcase is well worn.: if it is new, your trip will fail through lack of preparation.

Bridle:To be bridled in a dream, as in being yoked to something indicates the need for restraint and control. If the bridle is made of flowers it indicates a more feminine way of imposing control. If the bridle is harsher - such as one of metal and/or leather we perhaps need to be harder on ourselves or on someone we love.
The bridle can indicate the need for focused attention on some aspect of our lives.
A degree od spiritual restraint or control may be needed.

Brigand:Dangers are in store, but you will surmont them.

Bright: To experience brightness in a dream means that some part of our life needs illuminating, often by an external source.
We have the ability to use the brighter side of our personalities.
Dreaming of brightness synbolizes the dreamer's move towards spiritual illumination.

Brink:To be on the brink of something in a dream literally means we are on the edge of something.
This will have a profound effect on our lives or of those around us.
We may have difficulty in sorting out what is rational or irrational behaviour.
There is the move towards darkness, and then there is the abyss.
The dreamer should be careful - and aware - of a downward spiritual spiral.

Broadcast:When we dream of taking part in a broadcast we are aware of needing to reach a wider audience. This may be risky since we have no means of measuring our audience's response. To dream of listening to a broadcast means we should be listening to the message that other people are trying to get across.
Psychologically, the performer in us needs some form of self-expression.
Widespread spirituality.

Reference: 10,000 Dreams Interpreted: Pamela Ball: The Complete Book of Dreams: Edwin Raphael

Dream Dictionary - Bronchitis - Bud

Bronchitis: To be troubled with this unpleasant disease is a sign that you will, with proper cultivation of your voice, become a good singer, and if you devote much time and attention to the art you will become eminently popular and successful as a singer.

Bronze:A bronze statue indicates that you will not marry the person of your choice.

Brooch: To wear a strange brooch is a good or bad sign, according to the place where you see yourself in the dream, if you are wearing it at home, you will shortly discover something to your advantage in taking advice of a friend who has partly succeeded in the construction of a new machine, and who wants you to join him in bringing it before the public as a patent.
If you are wearing it before a number of strange people, you may expect to be waylaid on your way home and perhaps robbed.

Brood:For a mother to dream that she sees a brood of chickens gather under the wing of the hen is a sign that, in spite of her care, earnest prayers and careful education of her children, some of them will go wrong.

Broom: Beware of a false friend. The broom signifies that someone is seeking to take advantage of you.

Broth:A good sign which signifies profit and gain.

Brothel:To dream of visiting a brothel is a dream of contrary and signifies a happy home life.

Brothel:If a woman dreams of being in a brothel, she has not yet come to terms with the sexuality active side of herself. If a man dreams of being in a brothel it may show a fear of the feminine.
To dream of a brothel indicates the need for sexual liberation and freedom.
The darker side of femininity: It may also represent awareness of man's spiritual debt to woman.

Brother: For a girl to dream of a brother is a sign that she will recieve a proposal of marriage before very long. For a brother to dream of a brother denotes a coming family quarrel.

Brotherhood: Dreaming of belonging to a brotherhood indicates our ned to belong to a group of like-minded people. This could be something in the nature of a trade union, or of the Freemasons. We all need approval from our peers, and such a dream indicates the way we handle ritualised group behaviour.
Any grouping of the masculine usually alerts us to the many sides and aspects of the masculine personality. The Priesthood.

Brother-in-law:if you respect your brother-in-law in your dream, you may find that he has not been honest with you.

Brow:To dream you have a brow of brass, copper, marble, or iron signifies irreconciliable hatred against your enemies. For a young unmarried woman to dream that she is seated on the brow of a hill with her lover is a sign of an unpleasant marriage, if it takes place with the young man she dreams about.
The match will be unsuitable because their tastes will be different, their desires will be contrary, and the conduct of each will be acceptable to the other.

Brown: To dream of anything brown is a sign that you are putting trust in false people.

Bruises: A warning to all but the most robust that their health is suffering from overstrain.

Brush:Should you touch or use a brush in your dream your greatest wish will shortly be granted.

Brutality:To experience some form of bruitality in a dream can be frighteninguntil we realise that we are connecting into the darker, more animal side of ourselves. We may need to deal with fears associated with that side in order to make progress.
Unrestrained passion - whether sexual or otherwise - can appear as bruitality and cruelty in our dreams.

Bruitality: Can manifest itself in demonic acts of evil Althoughrather severs, the dreamer should take note of theis interpretation.

Brutality:To witness a brutal attack indicates a return to childhood haunts.

Bubble: We may dream of bubbles as part of our need to have fun in a childlike way. We often become aware of the temporary nature of happiness, and our need for illusion.

Bubbles: Are beautiful but fragile objects remind us of the transitory nature of human existence, that nothing is permanent.
A bubble represents the illusort elements of everyday life and more specifically, the daydream.

Bubbles:A sign of gaiety. Avoid dissipation, or you may lose your sweetheart.

Bucket:To dream of a bucket with the bottom knocked out denotes that you will shortly lose heavily by a great mercantile fraud unless you exercise proper precaution.

Buckle:For a woman to dream that she has lost the buckle of her belt is a sign that some important agreement she has made, or that has been made on her behalf, will be broken, and she will suffer from it.

Buckle: Dreaming of an ornate buckle has the same symbolism as that of a belt in that it can represent the holding of high office or status. It can also indicate honour and can be a symbol of lyalty or membership.
To be fastening a buckle in a dream shows that we accept responsibility for what we do.
A buckle can have a double meaning in this case. It can represent a protective element against the forces of evil, it can also help us take the strain and not 'buckle ' under pressure.

Bud:To dream of a bud is to recognise the undolding of a new way of life, new experiences or new emotions. To dream of a bud dying or shrivelling up indicates the failure of a project.
A new idea or way of thinking holds a great deal of potential, as yet untapped.
How the world unfolds before us - and how we can influence that - is symbolised here.

Reference: 10,000 Dreams Interpreted: Pamela Ball: The Complete Book of Dreams: Edwin Raphael

Case History - Precious Jewel- Lucid Dreaming

Twenty years ago I attended Tarthang Tulku's workshop on Tibetan Buddhism at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California. Rinpoche ("precious jewel"), as we called the teacher, had been forced to leave Tibet when the Chinese Communists had invaded, and had "just gotten off the boat" from India.

He therefore spoke precious little English. The bits of his speech that weren't already broken were frequently broken with laughter. I had been expecting esoteric explanations of advanced theory, but what I got was something incalculably more valuable.

Rinpoche would indicate the world around us with a usual swoop of the hand and portentously announce;"This...dream!" Then he would laugh some more and pointing at me or some other persons or object, rather mysteriously it seemed, he would insist:

"This dream1"followed by more laughter, Rinpoche managed to get the idea across to us (how, I don't really know; I wouldn't rule out telepathy, considering how very few words were exchanged). that we were to attempt to think of all our experiences as dreams and try to maintain unbroken continuity of consciousness between the two states of sleep and waking.

I didn't think I was doing very well with the exercise, but on my way back to San Francisco after the weekend, I unexpectedly found my world was in some way expanded.

A few nights later, I had the first lucid dream I remember since the serial adventure dreams.I had when I was five years old. In the dream:It was snowing gently, I was alone on the rooftop of the world, climning K2.

 As I made my way upward through the steeply drifting snow, I was astonished to notice my arms were bare: I was wearing a short-sleeved shirt, hardly proper dress for climbing the second highest mountain in the world! I realized at once that the explanation was that I was dreaming! I was so delighted that I jumped off the mountain and began to fly away, but the dream faded and I awoke.

I interpreted the dream as suggesting that I wasn't yet prepared for the rigors of Tibetan dream yoga. But it was also a starting point, and I continued to have lucid dreams occasionally for eight years before I began to cultivate lucid dreaming is earnest.

Incidentally, my impulsive behaviour when I became lucid is typical for beginners. If I were to have such a dream now, I would not precipitously jump off the mountain. Instead, I would fly to the top of the mountain and find out if I was climbing it for any reason besides "because it was there."

INTENTION FOR WESTERNERS

Few Westerners are likely to feel at home with the Eastern idea of a guru, but the idea of intention should be familiar enough. Although most people report occasional spontaneous lucid dreams, lucid dreaming rarely occurs without our intending it.

Consequenly, if we want to have lucid dreams more frequently, we must begin by cultivating the intention to recognize when we are dreaming. If you are initially successful in your efforts, take heart from the Tibetan exhortation that it takes no fewer than twenty-one efforts each morning to "comprehend the nature of the dream state."

Paul Tholey has experimented extensively with a variation of the ancient Tibetan techniques of inducing lucid dreams through the power of resolution." Here is my adaptation of Tholey's method. 

Reference: Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming:Stephen LaBerge, Ph.D. & Howard Rheingold