So real?

[joyeus77]

I had a dream that my family and I were living in a differant home and we were very happy with normal activity. Only my father who has been past for a few years now was living with us. I felt like he was out of place but it seamed to be the norm through the whole dream. I was watching the kids and my hubby play in the front yard while I was washing some dishes when the phone rings and it is my fathers old place of work. They are calling to ask me to come get him as he has shown up and started acting like he works there still. I get in the car and go there and he is older than when he past and is now senile and I have to explain to him that he doesnt work there anymore....(keep in mind that while he seams to be a normal part of my life in the dream hein my mind in the dream seems to not belong there.) so I get my father in the car and head towards home but we pull into the graveyard where my grandparents are burried... the graveyard is differant as if time has past from what it is really like now. we proceed to walk out towards the graves and sit on a bench by the graves ( thise bench is not actually in the graveyard in real life) my Father starts to talk with me however now there is no sound in the dream I seam to be talking with him but not sure what about. I ask him to stay there for a moment and I walk over to my grandparents grave and when i look down it is not there headstones but a differant one in there place in the shape of a heart only with my fathers name and mine. I hear someone call me from the dirrection my father had been however not his voice and I turn around to see who it is...
This is when I woke up... the dream seemed so real as if it was a normal day and when I woke I could not move for a few and all I could think of were people I was close to that have been gone for years and two other family memebers I have not seen since before my father past.
Can anyone help me to understand my dream

[sailrmc]

Joyeus77,
Your dream is really significant and it's type is fairly common among those who have lost friends and family.

Your's is essentially telling you that your father is gone now (in real life) but will always be present and part of you. You may be saying, hey this is a no- brainer!
In reality yes, you know that you dad is no longer alive (in a waking world sense), but he is alive within you and he will always be a part of you). This is the big picture that is being portrayed.

You see, in our lives, we absorb or take in a little of everyone that we come to know. This especially applies to parents, family, and close friends. They all become part of us, alive within us so to speak. Sometimes they are so real, that one tends to think of them as being here...if even for just one moment.

Your dream is an acknowledgment of just what I have stated.
When one who has passed appears and feels out of place is it is a way that the subconscious mind is stating, of course he is out of place, he is no longer with you on this earth...BUT he is always within you. His influence and direction has been absorbed by you. Everything...good and bad is there within reach. The mind extrapolates the lessons learned and they become intuition and wisdom that you have gained as a result of this special person being in your life. The final scene puts him in the place with beloved ancestry and they collectively will serve as valuable guidance for you, at your beckoned call, throughout life.

So you see, your dream is helping you to put him in this very category...as someone who will always be there for you!
all the best to you!
sailrmc

[joyeus77]

Thank you I have dreamed of him and even herd his voice in the past but never has it felt so real to me... and when things in the dream were changing such as sound and then no sound or the tombstones not being what they should I knew this was not the normal that I had in the past... Thank you for your interpretation... I tried the dictionaries and other things that my help but none seamed to peace together what that feeling in the dream could have been.

[sailrmc]

My pleasure...
sailrmc

[Varzandeh]

Hi,
Dreaming your deceased father alive means something good , you will have some more dignity and money ina few months.
Washing the dishes means ending a sorrow or repenting sins.

A graveyard means a travel is on the way.
Good luck.

[unclesirbobbyrobson]

Dreams will often link to new feelings emerging within us. Quite often we think during sleep and those thoughts probably generated this dream. If the dream has a a meaning it simply captures those thoughts that you woke up with. Those deep feelings for people now gone. They are alive in your dreams and so show that deep affection that you have for them and other sadly missed people.

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It is almost impossible to interpret someone else's dream. Dream use symbols many of which have a personal meaning. A particular symbol may have many varied meanings some of which are positive and some of which are negative. Take for instance a soldier whose appearance in a dream may symbolise a need for discipline. But it is confusing because that soldier may link to you and your situation but it may also be about someone else's need for discipline. It may also be a dream about events that have just passed but equally it is possible that the dream will refer to a need for discipline in some new situation. There are so many possibilities a dream interpretation can become meaningless and vague. Yet there is often a very clear message coming through. Yet the dream interpreter cannot make the connections tat the dreamer can make. It is impossible to know what happened to the dreamer the day before or to know what issues have been on the dreamers mind. Its impossible to know fully of the dreamers past. A dream interpretation is at best a guess.

But one helpful tip is to see symbols as words. The soldier stands for discipline. Try to see how that word featured in the events of the previous day. Think about the day to come and how that word features in your mindset right now. What long term issues feature the theme of discipline. Try to establish any connection whatever. Its a matter of building up clues.

These pages are especially helpful in showing you how to interpret dreams

Dream dictionary interpretation - How to interpret dreams Interpreting dreams
Dreams analyzed - How to use dreams symbols Triggers for dreams
Dream dictionary symbols - How to analyse and interpret dreams Dream dictionary