Our dreams are directly responsive to our waking
thoughts and dilemmas. We can “incubate”
a dream on a particular issue using a formal set of procedures. But often the incubation is taking place by
virtue of our regular habits of thinking.
Today’s dreamer presents a case in point.
Dear Carolyn,
Every day I think about my weight problem. The problem is that I am stuck and can’t seem
to lose a single pound without regaining it.
I swear I watch what I eat and I walk a couple of times a week. I’m not expecting miracles, but nothing
happens in spite of what I do. Last
night I dreamed about it:
I am in a large restaurant. Maybe there are 400 or 500 people seated at
tables. It is a raucous scene in that
they are all waiting for their meals or eating their meals and talking loudly. I enter and the restaurant is a few steps down
so I have a clear view of the entire seating area. I have to find my own place to sit and have a
meal. A waitress has directed me to do
this. I see a single seat here and
there. I approach a table with a family.
It has an empty seat and they invite to
sit down and join them. But I know I
should not sit and eat.
In another restaurant scene, again I am looking for
a seat in a place that is full. But
ultimately the restaurant begins to thin out and I do find a seat and sit down
to have my meal. But before I can get
started a nerdy young man sits down uninvited and says he wants to interview me
as I am the expert. This makes me laugh.
I say wait what am I an expert in? He says “dieting.”
Signed,
Counting Calories
Dear Counting,
Agreed. Your
Dreaming Self is most likely responding to your regular and repeated waking thoughts
about your weight and dieting. And, the
second part of the dream states plainly that you are an expert in dieting,
indicating that you already know what you need to know to achieve your goals. Then your dream presents a blunt self-assessment:
You find yourself overlooking a large, full
restaurant. Consider this a view of your
own body. It’s full, yet you are looking
for a place fit in another meal. Dear
Dreamer, do you continue eating when you are already full or there is little
space for more food? The 400 or 500
people in the restaurant may be a reference to the number of calories appropriate
to any meal. Filling up every empty
space works against you.
Finally, in your dream you say, “I know I should notsit and eat.” Time for honesty with
yourself Dear Dreamer. Are you truly and
consistently following the tried and true methods for weight loss, or are you more
like the people in your dream – waiting for your next meal, eating a meal while talking loudly about dieting?
Sweet Dreams to You!
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