My Father climbing out of a tiger's mouth.

[Icaxi]

Last night I had my first dream in a long while, it wasn't scary as it was strange. Before I begin I would like to make a few things clear to help with interpretation.
- I have been somewhat nervous lately, On Friday I had a date with a boy I am very fond of and he showed signs of liking me but I'm afraid of other girls trying to get with him.
- I do not speak to, or see my father anymore. Two months ago or so he decided he didn't want to see my sister and I, I'm not shaken by this though since I didn't have a good relationship with him and am somewhat happy with the free time I have now that I don't see him. A bit of detail on our relationship was that he was very unsupportive, drank too much, overprotective, and had a tendency to get physical.

Besides those two things I can not recall any other important details.

It begins with me and my "family" living on a farm, these people are not seen for long but they are portrayed as a simple but nice group consisting of a Mother, Father, and Son. We're outside, the land on our farm is particularly plain and surrounded on it's borders by dark green pine trees, there is not a cloud in the sky. I remember seeing a glass dome over me for a few seconds, it was radiant and reflected many colors also it had a distinct diamond shape pattern. It disappears and the entire family calmly sits on the ground and begins carving into the dirt the same diamond shaped pattern, I remember I was using a knife to do this. Suddenly a white tiger, about the size of a normal dog so it wasn't big at all, emerges from the bordering trees. I am fascinated by it since it is a rarity, yet the family seems to pay only a second of attention to it. It's passive, if not scared, and tries to simple walk across the area and go but I call to it like how I do to one of my cats. Nervously is walks over and I take my cell phone from my pocket to take a picture, when I go to look at it I see my father from the torso up climbing out of its mouth. He had (Pardon to those who are sensitive about drugs) a joint/blunt sticking out of his mouth and taunted me about something. I don't remember what it was exactly but it was along the lines of "You can't do it." He fully emerged from the tiger but I ignored him, I began to take pictures of the tiger with my phone instead.

That's how far I got until I woke up, care for an interpretation?

[unclesirbobbyrobson]

Well normally I would say that deams link to recent events. But the deam does feature your father. Often dreams are about recent events. But occasionally issus like this will cause dreams. You have not so much been looking over recent events .... more thinking and reflecting over changes... thinking if you like or dislike something.

These feelings about your father have maybe been solidifying. You are glad that he is now passive in your life... just like the tiger.You were a little scared of him... hence the tiger maybe.... now you feel you want to ignore him... you are glad that he is not interestd


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[Roxxie]

It seems to me that you are of two minds about your father -- the one that came out of the tiger and the tiger itself.

The one that came out of the tiger is the one you described from your waking world. He is abusive and drug smoking. You do your best to ignore him in your life, as you did in your dream.

The tiger itself, is how you want your father to be -- non abusive, non aggressive, non threatening. You want to be able to call him over without the family making a fuss. You want him to be there for you. You want him to be gentle.

I'm not sure what to make of the camera phone. I'm going to take a guess here and say that your father was this nice, gentle man at a some points in your life that you can remember. Your mind is finally separating these two people and opting to remember (with the camera phone) the good times while you put a lid on this relationship.

[sailrmc]

Stepping back a couple of steps...Your dream is exploring the notions that have been formed about men, relating to the man that you have known best, your father. It relates the fact that perhaps the reason that you have had a negative relationship with your dad, is that he has been controlled or at least chastised by women (perhaps by you, perhaps by your mom??) Driving him to drink or making it necessary for him to relieve tension by smoking pot etc.

When separation from someone significant in our life takes place the subconscious mind makes an effort to make sense of it all. In many ways there are unresolved issues that need resolution, they need figuring out...Why? I am glad you asked that question. Unless we figure out that which is perplexing us how can we learn so that we do not continue the pattern.
I feel that this dream was incubated as a result of meeting someone that you might be interested in. All of a sudden the mind goes to work (in overtime mode) so that you will explore the reasons that you may have a distrust in men. This way you will not hold the negative emotional baggage that you have been given to carry, against all men...
I feel that you will have other dreams that will help you to bring to conscious awareness, that, which you help you to sort out negatives that you may harbor about men (primarily distrusts).
Be ready for more dreams by the part of you thats is your biggest partner and supporter (the subconscious mind). It's primary purpose is to allow you to succeed in this life...and how you perceive others is a huge part of that, giving you the highest probability of happiness, and peace!
All the best to you,
sailrmc