" A dinosaur is coming "

My niece has been saying this a lot recently... as an invitation to play but also when certain emotions come up.

A beautiful illustration of the dreaming mind's capacity to take in the world around us and shape it into symbolic imagery-

My dream from a few nights ago

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I am in a wild location where dinosaurs live along with tribal people.

Most of the dinosaurs can be lived with- setting boundaries and fighting them off.

But not the T-Rex

A fearful atmosphere descends as we hear him coming.

Everyone lines up to be inspected by him..

He's going to choose someone to eat.

I am trying to hide my niece behind me but I know this will make him angry and more likely to choose her.

I look at her innocence and beauty and am terrified for her life.

I decide to sacrifice myself in place of her and spend the rest of the dream trying to find a safe place to hide from the T-Rex.

I try a cave that seems like it will fit only me and hide in the shadows, only to find his size changes to fit inside.

I know there is a place that will work- a rock temple formed into the earth's rock that will hold him off, with a small entrance only I can get into.

But I just cant get there... I pass through many crumbling houses and potential places but that just aren't strong enough.

In the end I jump into the ocean thinking I can escape- only to find there is a huge crocodile-like dinosaur in there.

I wake up.

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The dinosaur in this dream?

An aspect of my shadow.

A huge, tyrannical shadow that scares and threatens other parts of me into submission.

What if I decided to stop running?

What if I attempted to understand and transform this image?

We can work that way with the intense and scary images from our dreams,

Even after the dream itself- going back into the dreamspace in our imagination and exploring,

Or maybe even dialoguing with that aspect of ourselves.

Personally I loved this dream and found it rather fun (upon waking)...

I find it so fascinating to see how the mind creates these stories and characters to send us a message,

All whilst activating that age old part of the psyche that is inthralled by drama, excitement and myth.

@rjpalmerartist