So I had a dream the other night, and normally I am able to tell where they come from. If I had a thought, said something, something happened during the day- I can usually pinpoint why I had it in my dream. Sometimes I can't because there isn't anything significant going on in my dream. That being said, I had a dream about the World Trade Center - and I don't know where it came from. No one had mentioned it to me during the day, or anything relating to it...Obviously it wasn't the anniversary... Rather than being a dream of me visiting the site, or what was the WTC and being nostagic for what was - it was an extremely vivid (to the point of nightmare) dream of me in one of the towers as it was on fire, just before (and while) they fell. I am in one of the to most levels, above were the plane crashed, thus trapped. I go into the stairwell, trying to find an exit. Some firefighters have made it up to me and are trying to calm everyone around me down. I am calm, mesmorized by the fire that is slowly creeping up the stairwell. It comes closer to me, and the metal staircase is turning bright orange from the intense heat. I know that it's hot, I panic, but I can't feel anything so I don't move. There is a loud noise and the people around me start to scream. The building starts to shift and I can feel it bottom out. I am falling with the building, everything around me comes down and the dust is everywhere. Everything become pitch black, I know I am dead. My mind switches into another shot, and I am now in a helicopter above the city, watching the buildings fall in a distance. I wake up. This dream has haunted me over the past few days, I wonder why it was so vivid, why I even had it. I am recalling that I flipped through a book at work a week before of the pictures taken by the NYPD as the WTC attacks occured. But there was distance between that and my dream, and I had forgotten about it. I also, several months ago, listened to a 911 recording made by a man in one of the towers. He was trapped in an office above the plane crash, and you can hear him scream as the tower begins to fall (it was extremely disturbing). So, those might exlain the dream...but why now have it? It doesn't seem like anything would have triggered it...Which is what I am wondering. Do you think there is any significance, or it's just an over-active imagination? Any input, suggestions, comments would be appreciated.
dreams usually involve something within subconsciousness, just because YOU dont remember doesn't mean your BRAIN doesnt remember or has forgotten. Looking through the pictures probably explains the plot of the dream, maybe you're going through something causing you to feel cornered? I dont know, but thats possbile because you were at the top of the WTC and had no where to go. Death I think can mean alot of things in dreams, I think it could involve something with guilt, rebirth, or mourning. But I'm not an expert, those are just my guesses.
Thanks, I appreciate the insight. That's more than I would have thought of. I have been under a lot of pressure lately, so you might be right about the feeling cornered. I just thought that it was interesting my mind would chose that way to express itself...
Shambhala Peace, sometimes we dream another's dream and trauma, and this way help to bring it into a greater awareness, and add to the healing of all. So maybe in dream you were tapping into another's experience even as you've been ready to change your own self and tap into your own healing, and greater awareness of who you are. Just go back into the dream and be without fear, and fully embrace the experience. Change ... The meaning is what you feel ring true deeper inside yourself ... and what you make of it. ... just a suggestion ...
Moving Cloud, If that is the case, I am honored that someone chose to communicate their feelings and emotions through me. While it was disturbing for me, I know that I could never feel the same amount of terror they went through. I've begun meditating more, so I will try and open my conciousness before I go to bed and see if they come back to me. See what it is they want to show me. Thank you for your suggestion!
I agree with 1love7766. You're not always going to be able to pin-point what caused your dreams. The real power of your dreams come from your subconscious mind, which holds many latent memories that your conscious mind is not aware of.
