Strange social dream

[third11]

I am in a building where there are a lot of people I don't know. I am the onlooker. It's like I am at a hotel. There are some people, a family that has been selected for the witness protection program. They have been watched. The are taken into an elevator where they are put into some sort of tan color full body suit. The back elevator door is opened and they are taken away. I am then in a greyish dark crawl space where there are a lot of other people, again, I don't know. I feel like this is where the family has been taken. Here, I am still the onlooker, but I also see myself. I am in a corner by myself. A man, tall, wearing jeans, I don't recognize him, comes over to where I am and starts spitting at me. Then some other people approach me and start throwing things at me. I let them continue to spit and throw things at me, I don't retaliate or say anything to them. I just look at them.

Next to me, there is a presence that is "watching" me. It's like the presence is seeing how I will respond and because I know the presence is there, I do nothing.

Later, people are laying down asleep. I walk through the area, people are covered up with gray blankets. I am stepping over people. I get back to where I was at first and the man who was spitting at me is there. This time he is afraid of me, and I point my finger at him with tears in my eyes. He falls to the ground and I pretend to throw something at him. There is another person who is looking at me, afraid. Others wake up, but just look. The man is looking at me and I am telling him that it's not up to me to get even with him, but I am still mad. The man shields his face like I am going to hit him, but I don't.

 

[parsley]

Did you have any sense of fitting into the sad nature of the dream, owning it? I ask, because it might help you see whether it's about your past, present, or future. Or symbolizing something else.

It seems as though there were multiple offenses in the past that authorities/others could have prevented, but instead caused --that shaped where you are today.

I am not going to presume this is true, but will just point out what I am seeing in the dream.

I am in a building where there are a lot of people I don't know. I am the onlooker.
This might be about someone else, but also your brain's way of distancing you emotionally, enough to look at the situation squarely.

It's like I am at a hotel.
Someone else's turf, that you are on temporarily. Moderated by others that might treat visitors as outsiders, or even used for their benefit...likely under mutual agreement.

There are some people, a family that has been selected for the witness protection program. They have been watched.
Innocent but put in a position of sacrificing their comfort and stability for the sake of a different cause. Marginal victims of someone else's offense.

The are taken into an elevator where they are put into some sort of tan color full body suit. The back elevator door is opened and they are taken away.
A narrow determined pathway, going directly up or down.... very monitored progress. (Like witness protection.. maybe elevator just an enforcement of that controlled-victim concept.)

I am then in a greyish dark crawl space where there are a lot of other people, again, I don't know.
Vague, trapped, stifled, stuck, victimized, confined, not informed, free to move a little but not to leave.

I shouldn't say this, but it reminds me of what an abuse victim might feel when trying to live out their life normally. They might always feel confined by a previous abuser's intimidation and control, even if the abuser is not visible. Someone else has set the rules and spoken victimization into one's life.

Again, I am not stating this was true, but most of us have memories from our past where we felt victimized at some level.

I feel like this is where the family has been taken.
Empathy..thinking outside yourself to care for others.

Here, I am still the onlooker, but I also see myself. I am in a corner by myself. A man, tall, wearing jeans, I don't recognize him, comes over to where I am and starts spitting at me.
Think symbolically, since nothing obvious comes to mind. Jeans might just show a confidence, being himself without masking his motives with ironed seams and cufflinks. Determined to be who he is.

(Jeans have meant different things over the decades in the US: hard worker, defiant, independent, alluring, trendy, cheap, expensive, mainstream, lower class, down-to-earth upper class, innovator, conformist.)

In spitting, he declares himself above you and treats you as a non-human. He makes no effort to negotiate with you are see what you about -- applies disdain without showing reason.

Then some other people approach me and start throwing things at me. I let them continue to spit and throw things at me, I don't retaliate or say anything to them. I just look at them.

Think back to whether you felt powerful within yourself and above it all, or so oppressed that you saw no way out. When people have been oppressed to a certain point, they see no way of rising above accusations, and start taking on what others declare of them.

Then there is another stance, where God empowers us to see these people for what they are, and allows us to stand firm in who we are and the supernatural strength He has put within us.

Next to me, there is a presence that is "watching" me. It's like the presence is seeing how I will respond and because I know the presence is there, I do nothing.

That could be so many things these days! Real surveillance, traffic cams, googlers, spirits, stalkers, family and employers.

Later, people are laying down asleep.
Maybe gave up on trying to get out? Resting in the inevitable.

I walk through the area, people are covered up with gray blankets. I am stepping over people. I get back to where I was at first and the man who was spitting at me is there. This time he is afraid of me, and I point my finger at him with tears in my eyes. He falls to the ground and I pretend to throw something at him. There is another person who is looking at me, afraid. Others wake up, but just look. The man is looking at me and I am telling him that it's not up to me to get even with him, but I am still mad. The man shields his face like I am going to hit him, but I don't.

Pray about whether your mind is retrieving memories that were put on hold while you dealt with them gradually. Lord, bring healing and protection from harm.

Did you have more thoughts on the dream since posting?

 

[paul1149]

You’ve been a good witness, and for a season (hotel is temporary accommodation) you, and possibly your family, possibly your church family, and this also portends to the church at large, will be going underground, into the culture. There will be persecution, and while you have no strength against it, you will be protected. The elevator speaks of rising up, but according to the wisdom of the Watcher, its back door is used and you end up in a crawl space (this often presages promotion: the Joseph syndrome). You are clothed in tan, signifying you will be in the natural realm for this season. You will be going to a place spiritually where the lines of right and wrong have been badly blurred. All that's left are moral grays.

The tall man represents the carnal dominant culture persecuting you. Your Watcher is also your strength, keeping you from engaging him on his own fallen level.

People are fallen asleep spiritually, covered with blankets of moral obtuseness. Up and walking again, you point the finger of accusation, but it is with tears, not vindictiveness. You only pretend to throw something at him. You're looking for conviction and repentance, not vengeance. Throughout this dream, you have clung closely to the Lord's principles, through both the persecution and the desire to strike back afterward. This is the kind of behavior that springboards out of tests to victory and promotion.

 

[nicedream]

i was told to focus not so much on the symbols in a dream as the feeling you get from the dream. the feeling i get from the images in your dream are feelings of fear, paranoia and isolation. even though you are surrounded by people, there is a disconnect...they are strangers, people who don't understand.

are you having trouble communicating and making yourself known to the people in your life, or do you feel that no one understands? fear/anxiety are very strong emotions. if you feel a lot of fear, it can be hard for other people to understand when they don't feel the same way.

as christians, we might feel different from mainstream culture. but we are called to live in God's love, not in fear, and He wants to help us into a happier, more joyful state of being. But, He also understands our fears and sorrows. Jesus understands *all* our human experiences.

 

[third11]

The dream has left me feeling sad, like an outcast. But, I also feel relieved that I did not retaliate.

I have a sense a clarity in the thoughts you all have shared about the dream. Your thoughts have given me some comfort of the sadness.

Thank you!